re: Ranking the SEC schools academically?

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I have nothing against Mizzou being a top 4 school, but the logic here is terrible. ND wipes the floor with everyone in the SEC, but they are not an AAU school and don't care to be. Should Mizzou be ranked ahead of ND?

Just take a look at the list, tons of oddball names in there. Some of those schools got in and stay in by politics alone.

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AAU membership is determined foremost by federal research dollars, which are heavily concentrated in the fields of engineering and medicine. Schools without schools in these areas may well be fine academic institutions with strengths in other areas.