The CWUR, which at least takes academics into consideration, and isn't pay-to-play has national rankings as follows:

TU - 21
Vandy - 32
aTm - 41
UF - 47
UGA - 73
Mizzou - 77
UT - 84
UK - 99
LSU - 100
SC - 107
Oklahoma - 114
OM - 122
Bama - 129
Arkansas - 146
Auburn - 153
Miss State - 171

From that I would tier it

Tier I
Texas, Vandy, UF, aTm

Tier II
Georgia, Mizzou, UT

Tier III
Kentucky, LSU, USC, OU, OM, Bama

Tier IV
Arkansas, Auburn, Miss St.

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Posted by Gunny Hartman

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Posted on 8/6/21 at 2:14 pm to SEC. 593

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TU - 21 Vandy - 32 aTm - 41 UF - 47 UGA - 73 Mizzou - 77 UT - 84

UT is Tennessee, TU is the University of Tulsa. The hippie commune in Austin is commonly abbreviated as t.u.

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Posted by AustinAggie

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Member since Jul 2021

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Posted on 8/6/21 at 2:20 pm to SEC. 593

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Tier I
Texas, Vandy, UF, aTm

I’ll take it

Realistically -

1 TX
2 Vandy
3 UF & A&M
4 UGA & Mizzou
5 UT, UK, LSU, OM, OU, Bama
6 Ark, MSST, Auburn

But even at the bottom those universities can have really good individual colleges and departments / niches. It’s hard to be an all around great university in every subject.

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Posted by Pettifogger

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Member since Feb 2012

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Posted on 8/6/21 at 2:51 pm to SEC. 593

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US News rankings?

The CWUR, which at least takes academics into consideration, and isn't pay-to-play has national rankings as follows:

If it took "academics into consideration" it wouldn't massively overrate Missouri, which is by any account an average-at-best national university.

The CWUR is just as suspect as USNWR, just as likely to be pay-to-play susceptible, and adds the fun international intrigue of being UAE based and bankrolled.

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