<p>The OP’s list is full of flaws. There are essentially five major regions in the US (West, Southwest, Southeast, Midwest and Northeast). I would also limit it to the top 5 universities. In my opinion, my list would look something like this:</p>
<p>W E S T
1 Stanford University, CA
2 California Institute of Technology, CA
3 University of California–Berkeley, CA*
4 University of California–Los Angeles, CA*
5 University of Washington–Seattle, WA*
Honorable Mention: University of Southern California, CA
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<p>M I D W E S T
1 University of Chicago, IL
2 Northwestern University, IL
3 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, MI*
4 University of Wisconsin–Madison, WI*
5 Washington University in St. Louis, MO
Honorable Mention: University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, IL*
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<p>S O U T H W E S T
1 Rice University, TX
2 University of Texas–Austin, TX*
3 Texas A&M University–College Station, TX*
4 Colorado School of Mines, CO*
5 University of Colorado–Boulder, CO*
Honorable Mention: University of Arizona–Tucson, AZ*
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<p>S O U T H E A S T
1 Duke University, NC
2 Johns Hopkins University, MD
3 Georgetown University, DC
4 University of Virginia–Charlottesville, VA*
5 University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, NC*
Honorable Mention: Vanderbilt University, TN
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<p>N O R T H E A S T
1 Harvard University, MA
2 Yale University, CT
3 Princeton University, NJ
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA
5 Columbia University, NY
Honorable Mention: University of Pennsylvania, PA</p>