<p>Bigdoglover,</p>
<p>By “top-30”, I take it you referred to the USN college rankings. That’s just one of the many rankings out there. Most other rankings put Big Ten schools higher than ACC schools, sometime significantly. BC, WF, and UVA, etc are either mediocre or awful in research (even UVA president admitted that it’s not on par). How many ACC schools are AAU members?</p>