How SEC Schools Rank Off the Gridiron
The SEC almost always has a team near No. 1 of the nation’s top 25 college football polls, but when it comes to overall quality, the SEC schools don’t quite match up to those in the Big Ten.
Only five SEC schools rank among the top 100 in the 2017 U.S. News Best National Universities rankings. In comparison, all but one of the Big Ten schools rank inside the top 100, with five of them inside the top 50.
Here’s where the SEC’s schools rank on the 2017 National Universities rankings.
Mississippi State University
Location: Mississippi State, Mississippi
U.S. News rank: 176 (tie)
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University of Mississippi
Location: University, Mississippi
U.S. News rank: 135 (tie)
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University of Arkansas
Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas
U.S. News rank: 135 (tie)
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Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
U.S. News rank: 135 (tie)
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University of Kentucky
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
U.S. News rank: 133 (tie)
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University of Missouri
Location: Columbia, Missouri
U.S. News rank: 111 (tie)
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University of South Carolina
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
U.S. News rank: 107 (tie)
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University of Tennessee
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
U.S. News rank: 103 (tie)
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University of Alabama
Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
U.S. News rank: 103 (tie)
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Auburn University
Location: Auburn, Alabama
U.S. News rank: 99 (tie)
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Texas A&M University–College Station
Location: College Station, Texas
U.S. News rank: 74 (tie)
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University of Georgia
Location: Athens, Georgia
U.S. News rank: 56 (tie)
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University of Florida
Location: Gainesville, Florida
U.S. News rank: 50 (tie)
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Vanderbilt University
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
U.S. News rank: 15 (tie)
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