Big Ten and other Conference Expansion

[redguard117]

Plenty of research is done at Princeton.

Also, the rankings are of colleges and universities in aggregate.

I'm not suggesting this list is more or less valid than any other; it's just the first time I've seen it.

They do, but their grad programs are much smaller in relation to their undergraduate work, which is why they are the anomaly.

 

[Born4Corn]

Interesting ratings from The Times (of London) regarding world universities. Note that, including Chicago at 10, ten B1G schools rank in the top 100.

10 Chicago
19 Northwestern
20 Michigan
31 Wisconsin
33 Illinois
47 Minnesota
53 Ohio State
61 Penn State
69 Purdue
94 Michigan State (tied with Notre Dame)

Indiana was ranked 134 and Iowa 169 by The Times; Nebraska is not among the top 400. (Oklahoma is in the 350-400 tier.)

Surprising (high) to me:

UCLA at 13, University of Washington at 24, UC Santa Barbara at 35

Surprising (low):

Rice at 75, Case Western at 104, Vanderbilt at 106, Dartmouth at 124

Full rankings at The Times Higher Education World University Rankings

I like these rankings better, and not just because they have Nebraska ranked in the 151-200 range. (Seriously, I get that we aren't exactly Harvard, but not in the Top 400, wtf? Especially with some of the schools that they do have in there.)

http://www.arwu.org/ARWU2010.jsp

If you look at the methodology for these rankings you'll see that it's geared heavily towards the quality of the research the university does, and the faculty that they have. Those are the things that the Big Ten is interested in.

9 University of Chicago
17 University of Wisconsin - Madison
22 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
25 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
28 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
29 Northwestern University (This is the one thing I don't like about these rankings, Northwestern should be higher.)
43 Pennsylvania State University - University Park
59 The Ohio State University - Columbus
69 Purdue University - West Lafayette
86 Michigan State University
90 Indiana University Bloomington
101-150 University of Iowa
151-200 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Also of note:
27 University of Toronto
201-300 University of Notre Dame (ND's weak grad and research programs really kill them in these rankings.)

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Exactly. Many college rankings are derived from the volume of research/grad work published. For this reason, smaller liberal arts schools and the non-research oriented schools (Dartmouth and my school) are not as well represented. Princeton seems to be the anomaly

 

[Muck]

Maryland to the B1G rumors starting up again.

Allegedly some radio stations have reported that discussions are underway between the conference & the Terrapins.

Eleven Warriors

Frank the Tank

Also a thread about it on the Scout premium board.

So any 97.1 listeners know what (if anything) was actually said?

 

[OSU_D/]

Maryland to the B1G rumors starting up again.

I'm good with it if they are the throw-in school after UVA

 

[MaxBuck]

I'm good with it if they are the replacement for Penn State.

 

[Nicknam4]

Maryland? Meh. I'm content with the way the conference in its current state. It's harder to take them seriously with the ridiculous clown outfits they like to wear.

 

[darbypitcher22]

Makes you wonder how much validity there is to this. I can't imagine these talks are taking place without another school also looking to join. Any idea what school that might be?

 

[Zurp]

Sounds like the Pitt to Big Ten rumors from some years ago..

 

[Mike80]

Makes you wonder how much validity there is to this. I can't imagine these talks are taking place without another school also looking to join. Any idea what school that might be?

I can imagine it happening in a vacuum. This is Delaney we are talking about here.....

 

[buckeyboy]

I'm good with it if they are the replacement for Penn State.

This

 

[Abenaki]

I'm good with it if they are the replacement for Penn State.

Haven't you followed the Penn State thread? If Penn State leaves the Big Ten no one East or South of Columbus will watch any Big Ten sports. The league will crumble and the Ghost of Joe Paterno will wander the Midwest without seeing anything.

 

[Woody1968]

I'm good with it if they are the throw-in school after UVA

Agree

 

[Zurp]

Haven't you followed the Penn State thread? If Penn State leaves the Big Ten no one west or south of Columbus will watch any Big Ten sports. The league will crumble and the Ghost of Joe Paterno will wander the Midwest without seeing anything.

East?

 

[Abenaki]

East?

NEVER QUESTION PENN STATE LOGIC!!










Yes, I clearly meant East. Thanks :tongue2: