Top U.S. Universities - Extreme

Each year, US News and World Report ranks the top US universities. Even though it's completely arbitrary and wrong, try to guess the top 200. Updated for 2025-2026 school year

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	State	Answer
1	New Jersey	Princeton
2	Massachusetts	MIT
3	Massachusetts	Harvard
4	California	Stanford
4	Connecticut	Yale
6	Illinois	Chicago
7	North Carolina	Duke
7	Maryland	Johns Hopkins
7	Illinois	Northwestern
7	Pennsylvania	Penn
11	California	Cal Tech
12	New York	Cornell
13	Rhode Island	Brown
13	New Hampshire	Dartmouth
15	New York	Columbia
15	California	Cal
17	Texas	Rice
17	California	UCLA
17	Tennessee	Vanderbilt
20	Pennsylvania	Carnegie Mellon
20	Michigan	Michigan
20	Indiana	Notre Dame
20	Missouri	Washington (St. Louis)
24	Georgia	Emory
24	District of Columbia	Georgetown
26	North Carolina	North Carolina
26	Virginia	Virginia
28	California	USC
29	California	UCSD
30	Florida	Florida
30	Texas	Texas
32	Georgia	Georgia Tech
32	New York	NYU
32	California	UC Davis
32	California	UC Irvine
36	Massachusetts	Boston College
36	Massachusetts	Tufts
36	Illinois	Illinois
36	Wisconsin	Wisconsin
40	California	UCSB
41	Ohio	Ohio State
42	Massachusetts	Boston U
42	New Jersey	Rutgers
42	Maryland	Maryland
42	Washington	Washington
46	Pennsylvania	Lehigh
46	Massachusetts	Northeastern
46	Indiana	Purdue
46	Georgia	Georgia
46	New York	Rochester
51	Ohio	Case Western
51	Florida	Florida State
51	Texas	Texas A&M
51	Virginia	Virginia Tech
51	North Carolina	Wake Forest
51	Virginia	William & Mary
57	California	UC Merced
57	Pennsylvania	Villanova
59	District of Columbia	George Washington
59	Pennsylvania	Penn State
59	California	Santa Clara
59	New York	Stony Brook
59	Minnesota	Minnesota
64	Michigan	Michigan State
64	North Carolina	NC State
64	New York	RPI
64	Massachusetts	Massachusetts
64	Florida	Miami
69	Massachusetts	Brandeis
69	Louisiana	Tulane
69	Connecticut	Connecticut
69	Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh
73	New York	Binghamton
73	Indiana	Indiana
75	South Carolina	Clemson
75	New Jersey	Rutgers Newark
75	New York	Syracuse
75	New York	Buffalo
75	California	UC Riverside
80	Colorado	Colorado Mines
80	Pennsylvania	Drexel
80	New Jersey	NJIT
80	New Jersey	Stevens Tech
84	California	Pepperdine
84	Illinois	Illinois Chicago
84	Massachusetts	WPI
84	New York	Yeshiva
88	District of Columbia	American
88	District of Columbia	Howard
88	Texas	Baylor
88	Wisconsin	Marquette
88	New York	RIT
88	Texas	SMU
88	California	UCSC
88	Delaware	Delaware
88	Florida	South Florida
97	Florida	Florida International
97	New York	Fordham
97	New Jersey	Rutgers Camden
97	Texas	TCU
97	Colorado	Colorado
102	Alabama	Auburn
102	Washington	Gonzaga
102	California	Loyola Marymount

	State	Answer
102	Missouri	Saint Louis
102	Pennsylvania	Temple
102	Iowa	Iowa
102	Missouri	Missouri
102	Tennessee	Tennessee
110	Utah	BYU
110	California	Chapman
110	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
110	Oregon	Oregon
110	California	San Diego
110	California	San Francisco
110	Texas	UT Dallas
117	Arizona	Arizona State
117	Nebraska	Creighton
117	North Carolina	Elon
117	Virginia	George Mason
117	Illinois	Illinois Tech
117	Iowa	Iowa State
117	California	San Diego State
117	Florida	Central Florida
117	Colorado	Denver
117	New Hampshire	New Hampshire
127	California	CSU Long Beach
127	New York	Albany
127	Arizona	Arizona
127	Maryland	UMBC
127	South Carolina	South Carolina
127	Massachusetts	Clark
132	New York	City College
132	Illinois	Loyola Chicago
132	Pennsylvania	Thomas Jefferson
132	Alabama	UAB
132	Texas	Houston
132	Vermont	Vermont
139	California	CSU Fullerton
139	Connecticut	Fairfield
139	California	Pacific
139	Virginia	VCU
143	New York	Clarkson
143	Ohio	Miami U
143	Oregon	Oregon State
143	New York	Touro
143	Ohio	Dayton
143	Kansas	Kansas
143	Kentucky	Kentucky
143	North Carolina	UNC Charlotte
151	Colorado	Colorado State
151	Virginia	James Madison
151	Washington	Seattle
151	New York	St. John's
151	Massachusetts	UMass Lowell
151	Rhode Island	Rhode Island
151	Utah	Utah
158	Kansas	Kansas State
158	Michigan	Michigan Tech
158	New Jersey	Montclair State
158	New Jersey	Seton Hall
158	New Jersey	Stockton
158	New York	SUNY ESF
158	Ohio	Cincinnati
158	Kentucky	Louisville
158	Nebraska	Nebraska
158	Minnesota	St. Thomas
158	Oklahoma	Tulsa
169	District of Columbia	Catholic
169	Illinois	DePaul
169	Pennsylvania	Duquesne
169	Florida	Florida A&M
169	Louisiana	LSU
169	Georgia	Mercer
169	New Jersey	Rowan
169	Alabama	Alabama
169	Hawai'i	Hawaii
169	Mississippi	Mississippi
179	California	CSU San Bernardino
179	Connecticut	Quinnipiac
179	Alabama	Samford
179	Michigan	Wayne State
183	Illinois	Bradley
183	California	Fresno State
183	Iowa	Drake
183	Florida	Florida Atlantic
183	New York	Hofstra
183	Massachusetts	Simmons
183	Arkansas	Arkansas
183	Michigan	Detroit Mercy
183	Idaho	Idaho
192	North Carolina	East Carolina
192	Indiana	IU Indianapolis
192	Missouri	Missouri S&T
192	New York	St. John Fisher
192	Nevada	Nevada
192	Washington	Washington State
198	New York	Adelphi
198	District of Columbia	Gallaudet
198	Georgia	Georgia State
198	Ohio	Ohio
198	Oklahoma	Oklahoma State
198	Texas	Texas Tech
198	North Carolina	UNC Greensboro
198	North Carolina	UNC Wilmington
198	Texas	St. Thomas
198	Indiana	Valparaiso

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15 Comments

Level 69

Oct 10, 2022

I like this quiz! Thanks for creating it!

Level 68

Oct 10, 2022

Thanks!

Level 83

Sep 22, 2023

If I'm not mistaken, Marquette is in Wisconsin, not Washington. Fun quiz though!

Level 85

Sep 22, 2023

Please accept NJIT for NJ tech. Also, update for new rankings!

Level 68

Sep 23, 2023

Done!

Level 54

Sep 22, 2023

Marquette is located in Wisconsin, not Washington

Level 68

Sep 23, 2023

My bad, fixed

Level 55

Sep 22, 2023

For "Missouri Tech", the full name of the university is the Missouri University of Science and Technology which is stylized as Missouri S&T. That should be what appears.

Level 68

Sep 23, 2023

Fixed

Level 56

Sep 22, 2023

UMass Lowell should be accepted instead of Massachusetts Lowell, nobody calls it that. signed, a UMass Amherst alum

Level 68

Sep 23, 2023

Done!

Level 61

Dec 26, 2025

Can you accept "Boston" for Boston U and "UIC" for Illinois Chicago?

Level 68

Jan 24, 2026

Added

Level 76

Jan 22, 2026

I think you're missing UNC Wilmington

Level 68

Jan 24, 2026

fixed

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