Not that we want or need this, but what keeps Baylor from being or attempting to be in the AAU? I know we'll be an R1 school in 2024. Here's the list of the 66 AAU members. Nebraska was an AAU member when they moved to the Big 10, but got kicked out in 2011 so still true that the Big 10 has never taken in a school which is not AAU.

https://www.aau.edu/who-we-are/our-members


Duke University
ACC
Georgia Tech
ACC
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
ACC
University of Virginia
ACC

Indiana University
Big 10
Michigan State University
Big 10
Northwestern University
Big 10
Penn State
Big 10
Purdue University
Big 10
Rutgers
Big 10
The Ohio State University
Big 10
University of Iowa
Big 10
University of Maryland
Big 10
University of Michigan
Big 10
University of Minnesota
Big 10
University of Wisconsin
Big 10
University of Illinois
Big 10

Iowa State University
Big 12
University of Kansas
Big 12
University of Texas
Big 12

Stanford University
Pac 12
University of Arizona
Pac 12
University of California Berkley
Pac 12
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Pac 12
University of Colorado Boulder
Pac 12
University of Oregon
Pac 12
University of Southern California
Pac 12
University of Utah
Pac 12
University of Washington
Pac 12
Texas A&M University
SEC
University of Florida
SEC
University of Missouri
SEC
Vanderbilt University
SEC
Boston University
Non-P5
Brandeis University
Non-P5
Brown University
Non-P5
Caltech
Non-P5
Carnegie Mellon University
Non-P5
Case Western Reserve University
Non-P5
Columbia University
Non-P5
Cornell University
Non-P5
Dartmouth University
Non-P5
Emory University
Non-P5
Harvard University
Non-P5
John Hopkins University
Non-P5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Non-P5
McGill University
Non-P5
New York University
Non-P5
Pennsylvania University
Non-P5
Princeton University
Non-P5
Rice
Non-P5
Stonybrook University
Non-P5
Tufts University
Non-P5
Tulane University
Non-P5
UC Irvine
Non-P5
University of Buffalo
Non-P5
University of California Davis
Non-P5
University of California San Diego
Non-P5
University of California Santa Barbara
Non-P5
University of California Santa Cruz
Non-P5
University of Chicago
Non-P5
University of Pittsburgh
Non-P5
University of Rochester
Non-P5
University of Toronto
Non-P5
Washington University in St Louis
Non-P5
Yale University
Non-P5

We need a medical school on or near campus (unsure about this)
Get classified as R1 on research

https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=224080

Apparently the B1G gets a ton of money through this which is why they focus on these schools

Last time I checked Ohio St was P5.

Yes, I missed it in Big 10, but its showing in error as Non-P5, I'll edit

The fact we think we are close to R1 is good news, but considering Baylor Med split with Baylor back in the day for access to Federal funding AAU is probably not going to happen, but from looking around not all have a medical school so you never know. Not sure what pulls more weight there.

Don't see Baylor starting up a medical school from scratch to meet AAU certification. I think the last AAU school was admitted back in the mid 60s as well, so basically it doesn't happen anymore. A few places have lost it, Neb and Syracuse are two I know of.

CaliByWayOfKS said:

---

The fact we think we are close to R1 is good news, but considering Baylor Med split with Baylor back in the day for access to Federal funding.

Don't see Baylor starting up a medical school from scratch to meet AAU certification. I think the last AAU school was admitted back in the mid 60s as well, so basically it doesn't happen anymore. A few places have lost it, Neb and Syracuse are two I know of.

---

Utah and UC-Santa Cruz were added in 2019. They have a list with admitted dates on their website.

What I get for listening to ESPNLA while driving earlier when they were talking about it.

I should have just googled, there are way more after the 60s as well. Rice in the 80s, wager thats due to a heavy weight engineering program.

Why was Nebraska booted? Did they try to prevent it?

Baylor3216 said:

---

Why was Nebraska booted? Did they try to prevent it?

---

apparently it was because the medical school was in omaha and not lincoln

It's been there a long time. Odd

I've noticed that The 13th grade is not listed as an AAU school yet they claim they are.