<p>does anyone know where i can find us news college rankings from as far back as possible in order to judge their validity as far as long term rep</p>
<p>1995:</p>
<ol>
<li>Harvard 4.9</li>
<li>Princeton 4.8</li>
<li>Yale 4.8</li>
<li>Stanford 4.9</li>
<li>MIT 4.9</li>
<li>Duke 4.6</li>
<li>Caltech 4.7</li>
<li>Dartmouth 4.4</li>
<li>Brown 4.5</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins 4.8</li>
</ol>
<p>1999:</p>
<ol>
<li>Caltech 4.7</li>
<li>Harvard 4.9</li>
<li>MIT 4.9</li>
<li>Princeton 4.8</li>
<li>Yale 4.8</li>
<li>Stanford 4.9</li>
<li>Duke 4.6</li>
<li>Johns Hopkins 4.7</li>
<li>Penn 4.4</li>
<li>Columbia 4.6</li>
</ol>
<p>I remember like a a year and a half ago someone posted this link. Its an excel file that contains the top 50 in the usnews rankings from 1991 to 2001. </p>
<p><a href="http://thecenter.ufl.edu/usnewsranking.xls%5B/url%5D">http://thecenter.ufl.edu/usnewsranking.xls</a></p>
<p>(published in 1992).</p>