Schools ranked from 20ish to 100 in US News. However, maybe make it top 30. Emory doesn’t consider interest but Wake does.
Schools like SMU and TCU consider interest and Miami, Lehigh, Tulane, etc. do as well. Early Decision can fill up half of some classes. Can you apply ED1 or ED2 at Boston College? I can’t find their common data set to see if they weight applicant interest or how much of their class is filled with ED. Of course, with UT as a possibility, you may not want to ED anywhere.