America's Preferred Form of Invidious Distinction

Harvard, Princeton Tied in News Rankings (washingtonpost.com)

Perhaps a playoff is in order. For the second straight year, Harvard and Princeton share the top spot in the controversial U.S. News & World Report rankings of "America's Best Colleges."

Yale is number 3, and the University of Pennsylvania is number 4. Harvard had nothing to say for itself (but is no doubt secretly chagrined over having to share the glory with the pumpkinheads.)