Post by lambdachi1988lion on Sept 16, 2021 23:59:19 GMT -5
I'd thought I'd take a look at a different type of standings and see how both our University and our fierce WCC rivals fared in the most well known University Rankings - US News & World Report - www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities
For those, that didn't hear, LMU (along with SCU and Gonzaga) made a pretty massive jump from being classified as "regional" Universities to the big leagues of being "National" Universities (the top tier) a few years back.
This means we go toe to toe with the strong academic institutions on the nation in the list each year (besides Portland/Saint Mary's which still aren't there).
Here is how this year's rankings shook out for 2021:
Pretty great showing for our conference academically and for the Lions in particular.
We are an objectively much better academic school than even when I went there in the late aughts - 2010s. Let's hope we can make a similar showing (or better!) in the Basketball standings soon.
For those, that didn't hear, LMU (along with SCU and Gonzaga) made a pretty massive jump from being classified as "regional" Universities to the big leagues of being "National" Universities (the top tier) a few years back.
This means we go toe to toe with the strong academic institutions on the nation in the list each year (besides Portland/Saint Mary's which still aren't there).
Here is how this year's rankings shook out for 2021:
- #49 Pepperdine(boo)
- #55 Santa Clara
- #75 Loyola Marymount
- #79(tied) Brigham Young
- #79(tied) Gonzaga
- #94 San Diego
- #109 San Francisco
- #136 Pacific
- #3(West Regional) Portland
- #5(West Regional) Saint Mary's
Pretty great showing for our conference academically and for the Lions in particular.
We are an objectively much better academic school than even when I went there in the late aughts - 2010s. Let's hope we can make a similar showing (or better!) in the Basketball standings soon.
