<p>I don’t think that USF has been designated a flagship school either. Last I heard, the criteria to be designated a flagship was only met by two schools- UF and FSU. While USF was the closest of the rest of the schools to meeting that criteria, I don’t believe that they have reached that level yet. </p>
<p>I believe there was a set of 14 criteria for a university to meet before they were considered a flagship (I think they only had to meet 12 or 13 though?) and FSU and UF met them, while USF I think only had 11 of the 14. I could be wrong, though.</p>