Lucie It is great that there are parents like you, who know how to research and take the time to find out about schools, but for many, they have blinders and only track schools listed as Top Schools by rating entities. Having schools like Alabama in these list may open students to schools that they would never had considered otherwise.
The more students and families are made aware of schools outside the standard schools thought of elite, the more top flight kids will eschew the traditional Ivy and elite schools for schools like Alabama and other public flagships not as just safety schools but as top choice schools.