<p>I would like to see where locals rank their local school in its D1 conference(academically speaking). So pick a school that live near and rank the conference it is in.</p>
<p>I live in UW-Madison territory, so I will rank the Big Ten:</p>
<li> Northwestern</li>
<li> UMich</li>
<li> UW-Madison</li>
<li> UIUC</li>
<li> UMinn</li>
<li> Ohio State</li>
<li> Purdue</li>
<li> Penn State</li>
<li> Mich State</li>
<li> Indiana</li>
<li> Iowa</li>
</ol>
<p>Big East...</p>
<p>1 Notre Dame
2. Georgetown
3. Villanova
4. Syracuse
5. UConn
6. Rutgers
8. Providence College
9. Marquette
10. Pitt
11. St. Johns
12. DePaul
13. Seton Hall
14. USF
15. WVU
16. Cinci</p>
<p>D1 football leagues or D1 basketball leagues (which include ivies, patriot league etc...)??</p>
<p>Hmm. Your choice really.</p>
<p>those lists are by academic rank not by actual athletic performance.</p>
<p>ACC:</p>
<p>Duke
U.Va.
Wake Forest
UNC
Boston College
Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
Miami
Maryland
Clemson
Florida State
N.C. State</p>
<p>funployee, look in my original post and it says academic ranking.</p>
<p>I live in the Big Ten conference:</p>
<ol>
<li>Northwestern</li>
<li>Michigan</li>
<li>UIUC</li>
<li>Wisconsin</li>
<li>Minnesota</li>
<li>Ohio State</li>
<li>Penn State</li>
<li>Indiana</li>
<li>Michigan State</li>
<li>Purdue</li>
<li>Iowa</li>
</ol>
<p>MWC:</p>
<p>Air Force
San Diego St.
BYU
Texas Christian
Colorado St.
Utah
New Mexico
UNLV
Wyoming</p>
<p>Pac-10:</p>
<p>Stanford
Cal
UCLA
Washington
USC
Oregon
Arizona
Arizona St.
Oregon St.
Washington St.</p>
<p>Alright, so I'm taking a new approach and ranking schools based not on reputation but quality of undergraduate education, are teachers good and accessible? are there small classes? are there too many TA's? </p>
<p>Some may think this is heresy but here goes:</p>
<p>**Only schools that I am familiar are ranked, some of the smaller schools in the smaller conferences, I cannot tell you anything about them haha.</p>
<p>ACC
1. Wake Forest
2. (tie) Duke and Virginia
3. Boston College
4. Clemson
5. Miami
6. North Carolina
7. Virginia Tech
8. NC State
9. Florida State
10. Maryland
11. Georgia Tech</p>
<p>America East
1. Vermont
2. Maine
3. UMBC
4. Binghamton
5. New Hampshire
6. Stony Brook
7. Albany</p>
<p>Best School in Atlantic Sun: Mercer</p>
<p>Atlantic Ten
1. Richmond
2. Dayton
3. Xavier
4. St. Bonaventure
5. George Washington
6. Fordham
7. Duquesne
8. St. Louis
9. Temple
10. Massachusetts
11. Rhode Island</p>
<p>Big 12
1. Baylor
2. Kansas
3. Kansas State
4. Texas A&M
5. Oklahoma
6. Nebraska
7. Colorado
8. Texas
9. Iowa State</p>
<p>Big East
1. Notre Dame
2. Villanova
3. Georgetown
4. DePaul
5. Pittsburgh
6. Providence
7. Marquette
8. Syracuse
9. Seton Hall
10. South Florida
11. Connecticut
12. (tie) Cincinnati + West Virginia
13. St. Johns
14. Rutgers</p>
<p>Best School In Big Sky: Montana</p>
<p>Big South
1. Birmingham Southern
2. UNC-Asheville</p>
<p>Big Ten
1. Northwestern
2. Indiana
3. Purdue
4. Wisconsin
5. Michigan
6. Michigan State
7. Minnesota
8. (tie) Illinois + Ohio State
9. Iowa
10. Penn State</p>
<p>Big West
1. Pacific
2. UC Santa Barbara
3. UC Davis
4. UC Riverside</p>
<p>piere0913. You can't seriously believe that Indiana and Purdue provide a better undergraduate education overall than Michigan?</p>
<p>Colonial Athletic
1. William & Mary
2. James Madison
3. Delaware
4. Northeastern
5. Hofstra
6. George Mason
7. Drexel</p>
<p>Conference USA
1. (Tie) Rice + Tulsa
2. Tulane
3. UAB
4. SMU
5. Central Florida</p>
<p>Horizon League
1. Valparaiso
2. Loyola - Chicago</p>
<p>Best Independent School: NJIT</p>
<p>Ivy League
1. Princeton
2. Brown
3. Yale
4. Dartmouth
5. Columbia
6. Pennsylvania
7. Harvard
8. Cornell</p>
<p>rjkofnovi, overall Michigan students are better off than Indiana, but there are tons of classes taught by TA's and professors are more concerned about research than teaching</p>
<p>MAAC
1. Loyola – Maryland
2. Fairfield
3. Siena
4. Marist
5. Rider</p>
<p>MAC
1. (Tie) Miami (OH) + Ohio
2. Buffalo</p>
<p>Best School in MEAC: (Tie) Howard + Hampton</p>
<p>Missouri Valley
1. Creighton
2. Bradley</p>
<p>Mountain West
1. Air Force
2. TCU
3. BYU
4. Wyoming
5. Colorado State
6. Utah
7. New Mexico</p>
<p>Northeast
1. Sacred Heart
2. Wagner
3. Quinnipiac
4. Monmouth</p>
<p>There are? Can you prove this? I have read many threads here that state otherwise from people who actually attend the school.</p>
<p>I also believe that Penn State should be ranked above Ohio State in the Big Ten.</p>
<p>Pacific Ten
1. Stanford
2. USC
3. California
4. Washington
5. Oregon
6. UCLA
7. Arizona State
8. Washington State
9. Arizona</p>
<p>Patriot League
1. Army
2. Colgate
3. Holy Cross
4. Navy
5. Bucknell
6. Lafayette
7. American
8. Lehigh</p>
<p>Best Southland School: Samford</p>
<p>Best Summit League School: Centenary</p>
<p>Best WAC school: Idaho</p>
<p>SEC
1. Vanderbilt
2. Alabama
3. Mississippi
4. Arkansas
5. Georgia
6. Florida
7. South Carolina
8. Tennessee
9. Kentucky
10. Louisiana State
11. Auburn</p>
<p>Southern
1. Davidson
2. Wofford
3. Furman
4. Elon
5. Samford
6. College Of Charleston
7. UNC-Greensboro</p>
<p>Sun Belt
1. Denver
2. Louisiana – Lafayette
3. New Orleans</p>
<p>West Coast
1. Pepperdine
2. Loyola Marymount
3. (Tie) San Diego + Santa Clara
4. Gonzaga
5. San Francisco</p>
<p>"Big Ten
1. Northwestern
2. Indiana
3. Purdue
4. Wisconsin
5. Michigan
6. Michigan State
7. Minnesota
8. (tie) Illinois + Ohio State
9. Iowa
10. Penn State"</p>
<p>Pierre0913, is this actually your list? Seriously, you really need to stop posting if you honestly believe Indiana is the second best school in the Big Ten. I'm assuming the fact that you have placed the University of Pittsburgh as one of the top 10 public universities in the country in other threads has nothing to do with placing Penn State last? :) I am glad that I read it though, as it helps to know your posts in the future obviously are based on a reality that's a little warped.</p>
<p>Big Ten Rankings:</p>
<p>1 Northwestern
2 Michigan
2 Wisconsin
4 Illinois
5 Penn State University Park
6 Ohio State Columbus
7 Purdue
8 Iowa
9 Minnesota
10 Michigan State
11 Indiana</p>
<p>"ACC
1. Wake Forest
2. (tie) Duke and Virginia
3. Boston College
4. Clemson
5. Miami
6. North Carolina
7. Virginia Tech
8. NC State
9. Florida State
10. Maryland
11. Georgia Tech"</p>
<p>Pierre0913, I was going to simply focus on your Big Ten rankings, but your ACC rankings were equally absurd. Georgia Tech last in the ACC? Clemson above UNC? Wake Forest better than Duke? Wow...</p>
<p>jec7483. You placed Minnesota too low. It should be ranked just above OSU and PSU.</p>