A know a DG at Ole Miss who is from LA but couldn't get into LSU so she went to Ole Miss. So what..you hear these type of stories all the time.

Rankings are hilarious. I personally like them because I'm competitive about stupid shite like this. But in general the SEC has a lot of good universities and in general a good majority of our universities could move up. However, the southern stereotype still keeps us down

A lot to do with these rankings include peer reviews, ect. The PR of a university matters a lot in determing the rankings. I was actually looking up top 10 party schools of 2013 the other day and LSU wasn't on any of the lists i found and i know for fact in 2010 when i looked last, i know LSU was top 2-5 in several of them. LSU hasn't stopped partying, we still get down i promise

Could LSU have stopped the media outlets from not mentioning them? I have no idea

I know LSU is in the process of making big strives to become more focused on academics and research. Especially with the LSU 2015 and LSU Flagship 2020 Campaigns.

Last fall my friend who goes to SMU took the same Econ Class as I (Money and Banking). We always compared our tests and junk just for fun. I wasn't impressed with the 40,000 he's paying a year based solely on that class & SMU Cox is supposedly one of the best business schools

Also, whoever said LSU Petro Engineering isn't good is BS'n themselves. It's easily top 5 with Texas, A&M, OU, and CSotM

One thing LSU has going for it (many other SEC colleges can say the same) is our brand. Everyone across the US has heard of LSU. I'd personally rather be ranked where we currently are and have our recognition than be ranked top 50 and have no one know where the hell you went to college. Another example, Alabama has became a hell of a school and should be ranked higher but the association with Alabama hurts them IMO.

Each state flagship has strong programs to provide for the needs of their state. In saying that, with the insane amount of economic development in SLA and with more to come, it has prepared LSU to build a brand new business complex and will break ground for our new engineering complex in 2014. LSU will continue to rise to fit LA's needs, for example the announcement of IBM coming to BR is going to benefit LSU tremendously. The state will invest 14 million toward computer science education and 65% of that will go to LSU to advance our program. They predict it should become a top 15 program in the nation

Your weakest college should show the strength of your university

This post was edited on 7/25/13 at 5:19 pm