The policy debte rankings in the USA are now complete with the NDT rankings being published by Jim Hanson hansonjb@whitman.edu of Whitman College. The NDT college policy rankings also differentiate between the overall rankings and the “varsity” debate rankings. JV and novice results are also figured in to the overall rankings.

The sweepstakes page can be accessed at http://www.whitman.edu/rhetoric/ndt/ .

The top 50 varsity programs in the USA include:

1.Kansas (Univ. of) 363

2.Georgia 357

3.Wayne State Univ. 354

4.Oklahoma 315

5.Emory 309

6.Missouri State 281

7.Vermont 269

8.U.S. Military Academy 255

9.Wake Forest 255

10.Southern California 254

11.CSU Fullerton 249

12.Northwestern 238

13.Texas-Dallas 238

14.Liberty University 235

15.Wyoming 235

16.Gonzaga 234

17.California 236

18.Miami 233

19.Whitman College 227

20.Michigan State Univ. 226

21.Dartmouth 224

22.Texas (Austin) 222

23.Rochester  220

24.New York Univ. 219

25.Mary Washington  206

26.Richmond 204

27.Binghamton 203

28.Wichita State 203

29.Harvard 202

30.Baylor 199

31.Cornell University 191

32.Idaho State 188

33.Pittsburgh 185

34.Samford 179

35.Louisville 170

36.Kansas State 155

37.Weber State Univ. 151

38.North Texas 148

39.West Georgia 147

40.Michigan University 140

41.Kentucky 138

42.Towson 134

43.Iowa 134

44.Missouri-Kansas City 133

45.Concordia 131

46.Vanderbilt 128

47.Central Oklahoma 127

48.West Virginia Univ. 127

49.Case Western 121

50.Marist College 114

The top 100 overall policy debate programs include:

1.Liberty University 467

2.Oklahoma 431

3.Wayne State Univ. 368

4.Kansas (Univ. of) 363

5.Georgia 357

6.Kansas State 338

7.Emory 329

8.Binghamton 323

9.U.S. Military Academy 323

10.Southern California 316

11.John Carroll Univ. 294

12.Rochester  293

13.U.S. Naval Academy 289

14.Cornell University 282

15.Missouri State 281

16.California 280

17.Wichita State 279

18.CSU Fullerton 276

19.Vermont 275

20.Wake Forest 267

21.James Madison 265

22.New York Univ. 257

23.Mary Washington  252

24.Boston College 244

25.West Virginia Univ. 240

26.Northwestern 238

27.Texas-Dallas 238

28.Wyoming 235

29.Gonzaga 234

30.Miami 233

31.George Mason Univ. 229

32.Whitman College 227

33.Michigan State Univ. 226

34.Richmond 226

35.Texas (Austin) 222

36.Dartmouth 224

37.Idaho State 216

38.Vanderbilt 215

39.Kansas City Kansas C 214

40.Samford 213

41.Pittsburgh 212

42.Baylor 209

43.Missouri-Kansas City 207

44.Harvard 202

45.Bard College 201

46.Weber State Univ. 199

47.Kentucky 188

48.Towson 178

49.Cal Poly 176

50.Louisville 176

51.North Texas 173

52.Central Oklahoma 170

53.Clarion University 164

54.Miami (Florida) 159

55.Case Western 155

56.CSU Sacramento 155

57.Emporia State U. 154

58.San Francisco State  154

59.West Georgia 147

60.Michigan University 140

61.Iowa 134

62.Northern Iowa 133

63.Concordia 131

64.Fresno City College 123

65.Appalachian State 120

66.Marist College 117

67.Western Connecticut 116

68.Texas San Antonio 113

69.Georgia State 112

70.Redlands 110

71.Johnson County 108

72.Kings College 108

73.Denver 106

74.Bakersfield College 105

75.Michigan-Dearborn 105

76.Georgetown 101

77.Stanford 100

78.George Washington 97

79.Florida State 92

80.Southwestern 89

81.City University NY 87

82.Cal. State Long Beach 82

83.Illinois State University 75

84.Augustana IL 74

85.Piedmont College 69

86.Pepperdine 69

87.Macalester 68

88.Fordham University 65

89.Diablo Valley College 63

90.Florida 63

91.Los Angeles City Col 56

92.Catholic University 55

93.Eastern New Mexico U 55

94.SUNY-Buffalo 54

95.Fort Hays 52

96.CSU Northridge 51

97.El Camino College 48

98.Mercer 47

99.Puget Sound 46

100.Loyola Marymount U. 46