Athletic Conference Breakdown: A10

March 15, 2010 RSS Feed Print

In honor of the NCAA basketball tournament, U.S. News has taken a look at the Division I conferences. How do the schools in the Atlantic 10 Conference match up based on their America's Best Colleges rankings?

  College Name and Location U.S. News Rank Team Nickname
1 Xavier UniversityCincinnati, OH Musketeers
2 St. Joseph's UniversityPhiladelphia, PA 10¹ Hawks
3 La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia, PA 18¹ Explorers
4 St. Bonaventure UniversitySt. Bonaventure, NY 27¹ Bonnies
5 University of RichmondUniv. of Richmond, VA 30^ Spiders
6 George Washington UniversityWashington, DC 53 Colonials
7 Fordham UniversityNew York, NY 61 Rams
8 St. Louis UniversitySt. Louis, MO 88 Billikens
9 University of Massachusetts–AmherstAmherst, MA 106 Minutemen
10 University of DaytonDayton, OH 110 Flyers
11 Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, PA 128 Dukes
12 Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA Tier 3 Owls
13 University of Rhode IslandKingston, RI Tier 3 Rams
14 University of North Carolina–CharlotteCharlotte, NC Tier 4 49ers
All school rankings listed are within the National Universities ranking category utilized in America's Best Colleges unless otherwise noted.
  • ^Liberal Arts Colleges
  • ²Universities Master's (Midwest)
  • ¹Universities Master's (North)
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