America's Best Colleges 2007

US News and World Report released their annual America’s Best Colleges 2007. Unfortunately, I think Duke dropped a ranking or two from last year. Was this related to the Lacrosse accusations? Bottom line is, when it comes to arbitrary rankings, you mine as well be thought of as one of the best.

Here are their top 20 National Universities:

1. Princeton University
2. Harvard University
3. Yale University
4. California Institute of Technology
4. Stanford University
4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
7. University of Pennsylvania
8. Duke University
9. Dartmouth College
9. Columbia University
9. University of Chicago
12. Cornell University
12. Washington University in St. Louis
14. Northwestern University
15. Brown University
16. Johns Hopkins University
17. Rice University
18. Vanderbilt University
18. Emory University
20. University of Notre Dame