<p>Rankings through the years. As published in American Research Universities, Graham and Diamond. JHU Press 1997</p>
<p>The first recorded effort to rank US schools was done in 1925.
1.Chicago
2.Harvard.
3.Columbia
4.Yale
5.Wisconsin
6.Princeton
7.JHU
8.Michigan
9.UCB
10.Cornell</p>
<p>1957.ACE Study</p>
<ol>
<li>harvard
2.UCB
3.Columbia
4.Yale
5.Michigan
6.Chicago
7.Princeton
8.Wisconsin
9.Cornell</li>
<li>Illinois
11.Penn
12.Stanford
13.UCLA
14.Indiana
15.JHU
16.Northwestern
17.Ohio St.
18.NYU
19.U Washington</li>
</ol>
<p>1966-ACE/Cartter
1.UCB
2.Harvard
3. Wisconsin
4.Michigan
5.Stanford
6.Yale
7.Columbia
8.Illinois
9.Chicago
10.Princeton
11.Cornell
12.Minnesota
13.JHU
14.UCLA
15.Penn
16.U Washington
17. Northwestern
18.CalTech
19.Inidiana
20.Texas</p>