Ivy League Undergrad Quality without the elitism

<p>In the U.S. News Rankings, Miami of Ohio is ranked 8th for the best undergraduate teaching amongst national universities. Does anyone believe this to be thoroughly accurate? (Maybe this is just my perception, but I always believed Miami of Ohio to be generally mediocre in the aspect of undergraduate academic, along with the University of Buffalo and Ball State. However, the honors program at Miami of Ohio is said to be quite enlightening. Am I incorrect in this presumption? Have I been mislead?)</p>