Top 50 law faculties, 2014 edition

With 355 votes, we now know the truth; note that some ordinal gaps reflect very small vote differentials (e.g., Michigan and Penn, Cornell and UCLA), while others reflect larger ones (e.g., NYU and Berkeley, UCLA and Texas).  You can get a sense of the attempt at strategic voting by noting, especially further down the list, how many rated their school better than Yale.  2013 results are here.  Irvine has noticeably solidified its position in the interim.  U.S. News continues to influence evaluators, but results for Irvine, Florida State, Illinois and others show that its influence is more limited among readers of this blog.

1. Yale University  (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices)

2. Harvard University  loses to Yale University by 142–140

3. Stanford University  loses to Yale University by 237–47, loses to Harvard University by 225–62

4. University of Chicago  loses to Yale University by 238–46, loses to Stanford University by 165–109

5. Columbia University  loses to Yale University by 256–33, loses to University of Chicago by 166–108

6. New York University  loses to Yale University by 256–35, loses to Columbia University by 143–129

7. University of California, Berkeley  loses to Yale University by 270–18, loses to New York University by 213–61

8. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor  loses to Yale University by 274–21, loses to University of California, Berkeley by 170–95

9. University of Pennsylvania  loses to Yale University by 281–8, loses to University of Michigan, Ann Arbor by 133–128

10. University of Virginia  loses to Yale University by 280–8, loses to University of Pennsylvania by 148–99

11. Duke University  loses to Yale University by 280–9, loses to University of Virginia by 163–93

12. Georgetown University  loses to Yale University by 283–9, loses to Duke University by 146–113

13. Northwestern University  loses to Yale University by 281–10, loses to Georgetown University by 151–99

14. Cornell University  loses to Yale University by 283–8, loses to Northwestern University by 134–114

15. University of California, Los Angeles  loses to Yale University by 280–11, loses to Cornell University by 128–122

16. University of Texas, Austin  loses to Yale University by 287–2, loses to University of California, Los Angeles by 156–89

17. Vanderbilt University  loses to Yale University by 277–4, loses to University of Texas, Austin by 162–62

18. University of Southern California  loses to Yale University by 282–3, loses to Vanderbilt University by 117–98

19. University of California, Irvine  loses to Yale University by 278–8, loses to University of Southern California by 127–102

20. George Washington University  loses to Yale University by 280–5, loses to University of California, Irvine by 137–82

21. Washington University, St. Louis  loses to Yale University by 281–2, loses to George Washington University by 114–97

22. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities  loses to Yale University by 279–3, loses to Washington University, St. Louis by 105–103

23. Boston University  loses to Yale University by 273–10, loses to University of Minnesota, Twin Cities by 110–102

24. Emory University  loses to Yale University by 277–3, loses to Boston University by 127–78

25. University of Notre Dame  loses to Yale University by 271–4, loses to Emory University by 116–80

26. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign  loses to Yale University by 276–3, loses to University of Notre Dame by 99–91

27. Fordham University  loses to Yale University by 278–4, loses to University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign by 103–90

28. University of California, Davis  loses to Yale University by 271–5, loses to Fordham University by 108–91

29. Boston College  loses to Yale University by 274–6, loses to University of California, Davis by 102–87

30. University of Iowa  loses to Yale University by 276–6, loses to Boston College by 103–93

31. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill  loses to Yale University by 275–2, loses to University of Iowa by 101–88

32. University of Wisconsin, Madison  loses to Yale University by 272–2, loses to University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill by 98–87

33. College of William & Mary  loses to Yale University by 268–2, loses to University of Wisconsin, Madison by 99–84

34. Indiana University, Bloomington  loses to Yale University by 273–3, loses to College of William & Mary by 94–81

35. Florida State University  loses to Yale University by 259–12, loses to Indiana University, Bloomington by 90–80

36. University of Alabama  loses to Yale University by 257–7, loses to Florida State University by 94–83

37. University of California, Hastings  loses to Yale University by 271–7, loses to University of Alabama by 92–87

38. University of Arizona  loses to Yale University by 267–4, loses to University of California, Hastings by 93–85

39. Ohio State University  loses to Yale University by 270–3, loses to University of Arizona by 94–81

40. Cardozo Law School/Yeshiva University  loses to Yale University by 259–4, loses to Ohio State University by 85–77

41. University of San Diego  loses to Yale University by 266–3, loses to Cardozo Law School/Yeshiva University by 81–71

42. University of Colorado, Boulder  loses to Yale University by 266–3, loses to University of San Diego by 83–78

43. Arizona State University  loses to Yale University by 263–6, loses to University of Colorado, Boulder by 79–78

44. Tied: George Mason University  loses to Yale University by 271–2, loses to Arizona State University by 87–82 University of Georgia  loses to Yale University by 264–3, loses to Arizona State University by 93–63

46. University of Washington, Seattle  loses to Yale University by 268–2, loses to George Mason University by 95–79

47. Washington & Lee University  loses to Yale University by 268–1, loses to University of Washington, Seattle by 82–71

48. American University  loses to Yale University by 264–7, loses to Washington & Lee University by 94–77

49. Tied: Brooklyn Law School  loses to Yale University by 260–5 University of Florida, Gainesville  loses to Yale University by 252–3, loses to Cardozo Law School/Yeshiva University by 71–70