Why are there more than 10 top 10?

<p>Reading through many different posts on CC I've seen people say that their college is a "top 10 university", or that they want to get into so and so college because it's a "top 10 university". However I've seen many, many people say this about way more than 10 universities... What is the basis of this top 10 thing? I know there are many different lists and rankings for universities, but when someone just says "top 10" without referencing any particular list, what is that supposed to mean? =S</p>

<p>It means there can be different Top 10’s as there is no absolute way to rank colleges to begin with and reasonable people have different opinions.</p>