SEC schools shine in U.S. News 2025 college rankings


Vanderbilt University

The U.S. News & World Report released its annual college rankings Tuesday, evaluating more than 1,700 schools nationwide.

While Vanderbilt stands alone as the SEC’s only private institution, the other 15 member universities are public. Impressively, 14 of them landed in the top 100 public universities in the country.

Here’s where each SEC school placed in this year’s report.

National Rankings

No. 17 – Vanderbilt

No. 30 – Florida

No. 30 – Texas

No. 46 – Georgia

No. 51 – Texas A&M

No. 102 – Auburn

No. 102 – Missouri

No. 102 – Tennessee

No. 110 – Oklahoma

No. 127 – South Carolina

No. 143 – Kentucky

No. 169 – Alabama

No. 169 – LSU

No. 169 – Ole Miss

No. 183 – Arkansas

No. 208 – Mississippi State

Public University Rankings

No. 7 – Florida

No. 7 – Texas

No. 19 – Georgia

No. 29 – Texas A&M

No. 49 – Auburn

No. 49 – Missouri

No. 49 – Tennessee

No. 54 – Oklahoma

No. 63 – South Carolina

No. 74 – Kentucky

No. 92 – Alabama

No. 92 – LSU

No. 92 – Ole Miss

No. 100 – Arkansas

No. 115 – Mississippi State

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