<p>OK, so in the North they have Ivy, and in the South we have Kudzu. Here is the Kudzu League (aka the Ivy League of the South):</p>
<p>Duke
Vanderbilt
Davidson
University of Georgia
Emory
UNC Chapel Hill
William and Mary
University of Virginia</p>
<p>(in no particular order)</p>
<p>I like the term "Magnolia League" for Southern Elites. Wake Forest and Washington and Lee are arguably stronger than a few of those schools and should be included.</p>
<p>Alright, I was going for eight, but we need to one-up them Yankees anyhow! So the NEW AND IMPROVED (yes, 10) Kudzu / Magnolia League:</p>
<p>Duke
Vanderbilt
Davidson
University of Georgia
Emory
UNC Chapel Hill
William and Mary
University of Virginia
Wake Forest
Washington and Lee</p>
<p>It's interesting that you included UGA and not Georgia Tech.</p>
<p>Yeah, I suppose it is. But it's also interesting that the Ivy League didn't include MIT...I guess Tech can be our League's MIT, lol. :)</p>
<p>I like this idea. :) Even though I think Magnolia League is a nicer name since kudzu is like, destroying Southern vegetation. (I think it's pretty cool-looking, though.)</p>
<p>If you were going to keep it at 8, I think it should be:</p>
<p>Duke
William & Mary
University of Virginia
University of Georgia
Vanderbilt
Emory
Wake Forest
UNC Chapel Hill</p>
<p>Magnolia League. Haha, I really like the sound of that.</p>
<p>Make Rice replace UGA</p>
<p>I don't know if I count Rice as part of the South...more like the southwest. What if we had a Cactus League? Haha, it would be like Rice, UT Austin, UCLA, USC, Caltech...</p>
<p>Texas is definitely part of the South.</p>
<p>Davidson
Washington and Lee
Duke
WashU
Rice
Vandy
Emory
UVA
William and Mary
UNC-CH
Wake Forest</p>
<p>Let's just say Texas is a land unto itself. That's how most people here view it.</p>
<p>As for the name of the league, since both ivy and kudzu are parasitic vines, I prefer "Kudzu League" for consistency.</p>
<p>WashU? St Louis counts as part of the South?</p>
<p>St. Louis is technically midwest but I definitely think about it as being in the South.</p>
<p>Shouldn't they all be research universities and private:</p>
<p>Emory
Vanderbilt
Duke
Wake Forest
WUSTL
Rice
Miami</p>
<p>What about UF? IT's better than most of the publics that have been listed so far...</p>
<p>Dwincho--wasn't Penn originally public?</p>
<p>UGA shouldn't be on the list, UM or UF should overtake its spot.</p>
<p>i believe tulane should be on that list</p>
<p>Oh, we're gonna fight FSU-UF!</p>
<p>UGA is undeniably considerably better than UF.</p>
<p>You wanna take this outside?!?! :)</p>