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However, the latest rankings show that KU would have the second lowest U.S. Some KU fans have speculated, for example, that KU could be a candidate to move to the Big Ten Conference due to KU’s membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities, among other factors. News & World Report rankings haven’t been mentioned much, talk of academic reputation has factored into discussions regarding conference realignment. Schools that have announced they are moving to a new conference are shown in that new conference. Here’s a look at the power 5 schools that are ranked in the top 50 overall national rankings, broken down by conference. In fact, every other power conference has at least one school ranked in the top 15, while the Big 12’s highest ranking will be Baylor at No. It will be the only power five conference that doesn’t have a single school ranked in the top 50. When conference reorganization is done among the “power five conferences” - UCLA and USC have announced plans to move to the Big Ten - the Big 12 will be in a unique position, and one that probably won’t make many conference highlight reels. Among the public additions, Central Florida is the highest ranked at No. 89 nationally, which would tie it for the second highest ranking in the conference, behind Baylor and equal to TCU. However, BYU - the private addition to the conference - does rank highly at No. Three of the four new schools are public, but none of them currently rank above KU in the U.S. The Big 12 has announced plans to add Brigham Young University, the University of Houston, the University of Cincinnati and the University of Central Florida.Īs the rankings stand now, KU is projected to be the top-ranked public school in the Big 12. Texas and Oklahoma both have announced plans to leave the Big 12 Conference and join the SEC. Those rankings will change once a reorganization of the Big 12 Conference is complete in the next couple of years. The numbers are overall rankings for public and private schools, as the conference has two private school members: Baylor and TCU. Here’s a look at the complete Big 12 rankings, including each school’s ranking change from a year ago. We continue to refine those measures through our ongoing university strategic planning and Higher Learning Commission accreditation processes.” “Still, we remain focused on our own measures of success.

“We appreciate that prospective students and their families may look to these rankings, and we always prefer to increase our standing,” KU Chancellor Douglas Girod said in a press release. KU, though, improved in the rankings while Iowa State fell five spots.

A year ago, it was tied for fourth in the conference, sharing the spot with Iowa State. KU’s standing in the Big 12 is up slightly. KU continues to be the top-ranked university in the state, and now is fourth among current members of the Big 12 Conference, and is second in the conference among public universities, trailing only departing Texas. Among all universities - both public and private - KU moved up one spot to No. 56 among all public schools ranked by the media company, up from No. News & World Report, which published its 2023 edition on Monday. The University of Kansas has inched ahead two more spots in the closely watched university rankings from U.S. The Kansas Union on the University of Kansas campus is pictured on Tuesday, Aug.