US News Ranks Notre Dame at #15, up from #18 Last Year

Such great news! What pushed it up? Was it the increase in Pell Grant and Questbridge students? International students? Would love to hear any insights. @northwesty ?

Looks like noise to me. Enjoy it – it will change next year.

Brown, Vandy, Cornell, Rice and ND have all been clumped together for the past five years, frequently trading places and tie-ing with each other.

ND was T18 in 2016 (with 18 Rice) and behind 14 Brown, 15 Vandy, 15 Cornell.

T15 in 2017 (along with 15 Vandy, 15 Cornell, 15 Rice) and behind 14 Brown. A dream scenario for ND!

18 in 2018 (behind 14 Brown, 14 Vandy, 14 Cornell, 14 Rice). Aka – the ND nightmare!

18 in 2019 (behind 14 Brown, 14 Vandy, 16 Cornell, 16 Rice). The nightmare continues!

15 in 2020. Behind 14 Brown, tied with 15 Vandy, and ahead of 17 Cornell and 17 Rice. The ND dream returns!