Composite 2019 USNWR and 2018 ATL Rankings

Composite Ranking	School	USNWR Ranking	ATL Ranking	Average Ranking
1	University of Chicago	4	1	2.5
2 (tie)	Stanford	2	5	3.5
2 (tie)	Harvard	3	4	3.5
4	Yale	1	7	4
5	University of Virginia	9	2	5.5
6	University of Pennsylvania	7	6	6.5
7	Duke	11	3	7
8	University of Michigan	8	8	8
9	Columbia University	5	13	9
10 (tie)	University of California - Berkeley	9	11	10
10 (tie)	NYU	6	14	10
12	Northwestern	11	10	10.5
13	Cornell	13	9	11
14	Vanderbilt	17	12	14.5
15 (tie)	University of Texas	15	15	15
15 (tie)	Georgetown	14	16	15
17	Washington University in St. Louis	18	17	17.5
18	University of Southern California	19	19	19
19	University of California - Los Angeles	16	23	19.5
20	Notre Dame	24	18	21
21	Boston University	22	24	23
22	Boston College	27	20	23.5
23	University of Alabama	27	22	24.5
24	University of Minnesota	20	32	26
25 (tie)	University of Georgia	32	21	26.5
25 (tie)	University of Iowa	27	26	26.5
27	Washington and Lee	26	30	28
28	Ohio State University	32	29	30.5
29	University of Illinois	37	25	31
30	Emory University	22	41	31.5
31	William and Mary	37	27	32
32	George Washington University	24	44	34
33	University of Wisconsin	27	42	34.5
34	Wake Forest University	32	38	35
35	Temple University	47	28	37.5
36 (tie)	University of North Carolina	45	31	38
36 (tie)	Arizona State	27	49	38
38	University of Florida	41	36	38.5
39	Baylor University	50	33	41.5
40	Southern Methodist University	50	34	42
41	Seton Hall	59	35	47
42 (tie)	Villanova	65	39	52
42 (tie)	University of Utah	54	50	52
44	University of Missouri	65	43	54
45	Georgia State University	65	46	55.5
46	Louisiana State University	88	40	64
47 (tie)	University of New Mexico	88	45	66.5
47 (tie)	University of New Hampshire	85	48	66.5
49	St. Louis University	88	47	67.5
50	University of Tulsa	101	37	69

Note: the following USNWR top 50 ranked schools were not included in ATL's rankings and thus do not appear here, as we cannot factor them into our composite: University of California–Irvine (USNWR #21), Indiana University–Bloomington (Maurer) (USNWR #32), University of Washington (USNWR #32), Fordham University (USNWR #37), University of California–Davis (USNWR #37), Brigham Young University (USNWR #41), George Mason University (USNWR #41), University of Arizona (USNWR #41), University of Colorado–Boulder (USNWR #46), Florida State University (USNWR #47), University of Maryland (USNWR #49), University of Connecticut (USNWR #50), University of Richmond (USNWR #50)

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