<p>In an interview the USNWR editor in charge of the rankings said that the metrics used were not all that precise and that the difference in the top 10 schools was so small as to be meaningless. I’m sure one could say that about the next ten and so on. If one has to rank, therefore, it might be better to think of the rankings this way:</p>
<p>1 - 10 = tied for 1
11 - 20 = tied for 2
21 - 30 = tied for 3
etc.
Look how many are now in the top 10 and how silly ranking arguments really are.</p>