We have recently published two articles that look at academic reputation in a somewhat different way. One shows the public universities with the highest rated academic departments across 15 major disciplines; the other compares the overall departmental rankings for private elites and publics across the same 15 disciplines. http://publicuniversityhonors.com/400-2/
http://publicuniversityhonors.com/rankings-academic-departments-private-elites-vs-publics/