<p>FWIW, here’s how it would go if we used the new Times Higher Education rankings (just released):</p>
<p>NORTHEAST
- Harvard
- MIT
- Princeton
- Yale
- Cornell
Honorable mention: Columbia, Penn</p>
<p>MIDWEST
- Chicago
- Michigan
- Northwestern
- Illinois
- Wash U
Honorable mention: Wisconsin, Minnesota</p>
<p>SOUTHEAST
- Johns Hopkins
- Duke
- Georgia Tech
- UNC Chapel Hill
- Vanderbilt
Honorable mention: Emory, UVA, William & Mary</p>
<p>SOUTHWEST/ROCKY MOUNTAIN
- Rice
- U Colorado
- Utah
- Arizona
- Arizona State
Honorable mention: None (Not sure what happened to UT-Austin)</p>
<p>WEST
- Caltech
- Stanford
- UC Berkeley
- UCLA
- U Washington
Honorable mention: UCSB, UCSD</p>