B1G universities dominate Forbes’ list of top 25 public schools in 2016

Everybody feels that they went or are going to the best school in the country.

The truth is, we’re all biased. But if you’re reading this as a B1G student/graduate, you were probably right to be biased.

Why? Well, Forbes came out with its annual list of top public universities in the country, and not surprisingly, the B1G dominated. Six of the 25 schools listed were from the B1G. Here’s the Power Five breakdown:

• B1G: 6
• Pac-12: 4
• ACC: 2
• SEC: 2
• Big 12: 1

Here’s the complete ranking:

1. United States Military Academy
2. United States Naval Academy
3. United States Air Force Academy
4. University of Virginia
5. College of William and Mary
6. University of California, Berkeley
7. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
8. University of California, Los Angeles
9. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
10. University of Wisconsin, Madison
11. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
12. University of Washington
13. University of Florida
14. University of Maryland, College Park
15. Georgia Institute of Technology
16. University of Texas, Austin
17. University of Georgia
18. United States Coast Guard Academy
19. University of California, Santa Barbara
20. Indiana University, Bloomington
21. University of California, San Diego
22. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
23. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
24. University of Colorado, Boulder
25. University of California, Davis

Connor O'Gara

Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.