re: Academic Rankings of the Universities involved in Conference Expansion

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Ditto for this statement unless you provide some evidence behind your baseless flippant remark.

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True, USN&WR gets criticized and isn't perfect but it at least uses several objective factors like grad rates, ACT/SAT scores, alumni giving, student recruitment acceptance rates, guidance counselers review, etc, etc. The peer academic rep is the one factor that is quite subjective but it doesn't make up that large a part of the rankings.

The American World University rankings are kind of dubious too for the person that suggested using them. Again, heavily dependant on research funding numbers that penalize schools that are stronger in non-technical fields and those without medical research schools. See the fact that UAB is ranked nearly 50 spots higher than Notre Dame in those rankings and tell me again if you find the rankings valid.