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Acceptance rate isn’t a major factor in the USNWR ranking besides UAT still has a high acceptance rate… test scores have a somewhat bigger impact but other factors are more important…
UAT has been dropping for years now and quite dramatically while Auburn just dropped a few spots recently because USNWR decided to adjust its methodology. Auburn ranks #1 in AL and it’s not even close, followed by UAB… UAT doesn’t even make the Top150 nationally. I think UAT dropped 50-60 spots in the past few years…

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I will concede Auburn as the top rated school in the state and there are reasons for that but both Auburn and Alabama were ranked almost dead even as recently as 7 or 8 years ago. Both were among the Top 50 public schools in the country at that time. Auburn has fared significantly better in the U.S. News rankings though since as you mentioned they changed their ranking criteria

My point was that the metrics of Alabama's qualifty of incoming freshment (Avg ACT/SAT scores, GPA, etc) has improved dramatically the last few years. In fact, Alabama's avg or median ACT/SAT for incoming freshmen was a tenth of a point behind Auburn's last I looked up the stats a couple of years ago yet Auburn has only modestly dropped a few spots from their highest US News rankings a few years ago compared to Alabama which has dropped significantly more in the US News rankings since their highest ranking about 10 years ago.

Auburn will always have an advantage over "UAT" in these rankings because the AU system is basically all on the main Auburn campus whereas the UA system is spread out over three distinct 4 year universities with UAB and UAH.

Auburn only has AUM which is basically a relatively small satellite branch of the main campus and doesn't dilute resources and academic programs away from Auburn's main campus the way that UAB and UAH do from the main UA campus in Tuscaloosa.

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I'm surprised to not see any LSU players on this list. They had some mashers in the 90s.

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This is hard to believe considering every home run listed is after the gorilla ball era and after both the bat and ball were toned down. The 1997 LSU team shattered the previous home run record that season finishing several home runs ahead of 1997 Alabama who also surpassed the previous home run record that same season.

It's hard to believe that weren't longer home runs hit by guys like Eddy Furniss and Brandon Larson

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It’s so stupid black and whites and America fight against each other

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Especially considering that the culture war has dramatically shifted away from race towards gender and sex recently. Ironically, the main thing that leftists have traditionally used to divide us (identity politics) is slowly being undermined by the unsustainable nature of identity politics. Leftists have leaned so heavily into the gender wars that they've alienated young and middle age black and latino men to such a degree that it's becoming a serious threat to the left's ability to regain political power.

To your point about how stupid it is for blacks and whites in America to fight each other the gender war has ironically forced white, black, and latino men further right and created opportunities to form moderate to right leaning coalitions to push back against the demonization of masculinity and the diminishing of men's role as leaders in society.

The Republican party has a huge opportunity to seize on the gains with black and latino men in the last election and grow their base with these coalitions.

Travel and Tourism contributes 2.6 Trillion to the U.S. economy. The U.S. is set to lose 12.5 Billion for a 22% decrease...

...except that 22% of 2.6 Trillion is $572 Billion with a B...

...while 12.5 Billion with a B is only about 0.481% of 2.6 Trillion with a T

In other words, the U.S. travel and tourism industry is set to lose a whopping 0.481% from last year and is going to bring in 99.519% of the revenue it did last year. Oh the horror!! :lol:

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Boyfriend would have had to ride this one out. Some of the other too but bf probably won't be in the picture in a few years so he needs to take a step back.

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Boyfriend...yes, take a step back and don't be offended. Stepdad who has supported his stepdaughter all her life? Huge difference. The stepdad in this case has every right to be hurt and offended.

Husbands, father's, and stepdads have more or less always been considered expendable by society but up until the not too distant past have at least been respected and appreciated for fulfilling their duties of being good husbands, fathers, and providers when they've stepped up.

Nowadays modern society at best treats most husbands, fathers, and sttepfathers like they're uneeded and at worst like they're the enemy and the problem. Young men (and mang men in general) see this and have made made the logical and rational decision that marriage isn't worth the risk yet the msm and social media have the gall to pretend to wonder why young men are giving up on marriage

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Mandeville should be the only Louisiana city on the list.

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I have family that lives in Mandeville and it would certainly make the list if not for it not meeting the minimum population threshold (which apparently is 25,000+). Mandeville's population is roughly 15,000.

Mandeville, LA didn't make the list for the same reason that Mountain Brook, AL (population 21,000) didn't make the list.

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There are indeed a lot of head scratchers on the list as far as being ahead of cities/suburbs that are universally considered much nicer.

Meh...I don't see a big issue with Dothan at #190 on the list. There's nothing particularly special about it either but it's a decent city of about 75,000 conveniently located only an hour and a half drive from Destin,, 30-A, and PCB. Again, nothing super special about the city but at #190 on the list it isn't being ranked as if it is super special.

The bigger headscratchers to me are how so many Texas border towns/cities rank so highly or how a city like Enid, OK that has actually lost a bit of population and probably wouldn't make any top 10 list among Oklahoma residents are ranked so highly.

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They listed Decatur and not Mountain Brook. I think whoever made it is clueless

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There aren't any cities with a population of less than 25,000 on the list so that must be the minimum population cut off to be included. That's the only reason Mountain Brook isn't on the list.

Then again, you would think that Vestavia Hills (for example), which is a really nice suburb with a population of 38,000 (well over the minimum population cutoff) would rank ahead of places such as Decatur and Dothan in Alabama or Enid in Oklahoma

U.S. News & World Report rankings of the 250 best cities to live in America in 2025. Texas absolutely dominates the list. Florida has the 2nd most cities among SEC states

Listed below are all the cities in SEC states that made this year's list:


1) Johns Creek, Georgia
3) Pearland, TX
6) League City, TX
8) Leander, TX
12) Broken Arrow, OK
14) Flower Mound, TX
15) Pflugerville, TX
16) Sugarland, TX
20) McAllen, TX
22) Edmond, OK
23) Cedar Park, TX
24) Alpharetta, GA
25) Hoover, AL
26) Rogers, AR
27) Mansfield, TX
28) Round Rock, TX
29) O'Fallon, MO
30) Frisco, TX
35) St Peters, MO
36) St Charles, MO
37) McKinney, TX
38) Hendersonville, TN
41) Laredo, TX
42) Moore, OK
44) The Woodland, TX
45) Katy, TX
47) Springdale, AR
52) Roswell, GA
55) Enid, OK
58) Pharr, TX
59) Parkland, TX
61) Allen, TX
62) Edinburgh, TX
64) N Richland Hills, TX
65) Midland, TX
66) Franklin, TN
67) Missouri City, TX
68) Palm Harbor, FL
70) Mission, TX
73) Spring, TX
74) Weston, FL
75) Fayetteville, AR
77) New Braunfels, TX
82) Carrollton, TX
83) Rowlett, TX
85) Huntsville, AL
89) Conway, AR
90) San Angelo, TX
96) Oklahoma City, OK
97) Brownsville, TX
99) Temple, TX
102) Wylie, TX
105) Grand Prairie, TX
106) Lee's Summit, MO
107) El Paso, TX
108) Victoria, TX
111) Conroe, TX
112) Harlingen, TX
113) Georgetown, TX
120) Abilene, TX
124) Jupiter, FL
128) Alafaya, FL
130) Decatur, AL
137) Amarillo, TX
145) Odessa, TX
146) Kingsport, TN
147) Dalton, GA
149) Irving, TX
150) Plano, TX
152) Palm Beach Gardens, FL
153) Bryan, TX
158) Smyrna, GA
159) Mt. Pleasant, SC
160) Murfreesboro, TN
161) Metairie, LA
162) Ormond Beach, FL
164) Austin, TX
166) Pensacola, FL
169) Lubbock, TX
173) Norman, OK
176) Warner Robins, GA
177) The Villages, FL
178) Wichita Falls, TX
179) Naples, FL
181) Johnson City, TN
182) Daphne, AL
187) Ft. Smith, AR
189) Richardson, TX
190) Dothan, AL
193) Columbia, MO
195) Blue Springs, MO
198) Riverview, FL
199) Lexington, KY
200) Greenville, SC
203) Bonita Springs, FL
205) Eagle Pass, TX
206) Lewisville, TX
209) Corpus Christi, TX
212) Ft Worth, TX
216) Pinellas Park, FL
219) Kendall, FL
221) Apopka, FL
222) Tyler, TX
223) Elizabethtown, KY
225) Nashville, TN
227) Doral, FL
233) Longview, TX
236) San Antonio, TX
239) Jefferson City, MO
241) Clermont, FL
242) North Port, FL
246) St. Petersburg, FL
249) Arlington, TX


Number of cities listed for each respective SEC state:

Texas - 54
Florida - 18
Missouri - 7
Georgia - 6
Oklahoma - 6
Tennessee - 6
Alabama - 5
Arkansas - 5
Kentucky - 2
South Carolina - 2
Louisiana - 1
Mississippi - 0


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