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Came across this BuzzFeed graphic earlier this morning.

It attempts to look at how well colleges stack up 

You can see the chart and its Top 10 schools here on BuzzFeed.com.)

which uses the following mix of factors (as quoted from its site):

As a result, it has my alma mater, the University of Georgia, academically ahead of the University of Minnesota, which I find ... strange.

You can see the Minnesota academic rankings here

. You'll have to click on the tabs at the bottom of the page to travel further down the list.)

We all know to take rankings with a big grain of salt. Consider this just for kicks -- or just a warning of what's out there.

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Alex Friedrich

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Came across this BuzzFeed graphic earlier this morning. It attempts to look at how well colleges stack up both athletically and academically. (You can see the chart and its Top 10 schools here on BuzzFeed.com.) The academic rankings it uses come from Forbes, which uses the following mix of factors (as quoted from its site): The…

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