New US News World Report College Rankings Will Be Out Soon

[CashewCrew]

I think we have a legitimate change to leapfrog Miami and Ohio St to get into the top 50 with the likes of Florida and Penn St. That would be HUGE for our perception.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Where do you think Pittsburgh is?

Maybe he's talking about ND

 

[CallMeBruce]

Maybe he's talking about ND

Seems pretty clear he's talking about Pitt.

 

[auggie22]

Not to be a downer, but with the successive funding cuts, and the associated increase in student:teacher ratio, it is probably more likely that UCONN falls in the rankings this year. Thought I saw that we were back around 18:1, when we were a few years ago closer to 16:1. That measure weighs heavily in the rankings.

 

[Irishfan]

Where do you think Pittsburgh is?

Pennsylvania doesn't quite hit the Atlantic. Not officially.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Neither does CT but don't tell anyone.

 

[CallMeBruce]

Pennsylvania doesn't quite hit the Atlantic. Not officially.

Sure but it's clearly an eastern state. That seems an awfully arbitrary distinction to make.

 

[CL82]

Sure but it's clearly an eastern state. That seems an awfully arbitrary distinction to make.

If your conference name is Atlantic Coast Conference, the distinction isn't arbitrary, although names and historic geographic locations aren't relevant anymore.

 

[Irishfan]

If your conference name is Atlantic Coast Conference, the distinction isn't arbitrary, although names and historic geographic locations aren't relevant anymore.

Using that logic, the Big 10 should have 10 teams, the Big 12 should have 12 teams and the SEC shouldn't include Missouri or Texas A&M.

 

[MountainMan]

PAC schools dont' all touch the Pacific either.

 

[The Viking]

Not to be a downer, but with the successive funding cuts, and the associated increase in student:teacher ratio, it is probably more likely that UCONN falls in the rankings this year. Thought I saw that we were back around 18:1, when we were a few years ago closer to 16:1. That measure weighs heavily in the rankings.

Herbst set people up for low expectations about a month ago in an interview with the courant.
I'll assume we stay stagnant or have a slight drop

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Sure but it's clearly an eastern state. That seems an awfully arbitrary distinction to make.

The Keystone State sure is in the country's eastern and Mid Atlantic regions, but it absolutely gets more and more culturally midwestern the further west one travels.

 

[RatholeMA]

The Keystone State sure is in the country's eastern and Mid Atlantic regions, but it absolutely gets more and more culturally midwestern the further west one travels.

I think that's why they say "Philadelphia in the east, Pittsburgh in the west, and Alabama in the middle." AKA Pennsyltucky.