The ABA has published the 2024 Standard 509 disclosures for all law schools, including the final official LSAT/GPA data from the 2023-2024 admissions cycle (compiled with +/- from the prior cycle here). This means that we can now predict the upcoming 2025-2026 U.S. News law school rankings with a high degree of accuracy using their current methodology, which primarily relies on publicly available data.
However, the results this year—as in many years—are so tightly clustered that even extremely minor, unpublished calculation changes (e.g. changing how certain numbers are rounded) could result in a very different set of rankings, even using the same metrics and weights. So, we have decided to publish our predicted rankings in groups. Within each of the below clusters, the difference between one school coming out ahead, behind, or tied with the others will depend on small, largely arbitrary methodological decisions.
Important note: We never recommend that applicants use one-size-fits-all rankings as their primary driver for where to apply or where to attend law school. As discussed in our recent podcast episode on the 509 data with Kyle McEntee, we at Spivey Consulting think ordinal rankings, even using our customized rankings tool My Rank, may at best serve as a starting point for your law school research (and Kyle is averse to even that), but they should never be determinative.
Also note that if U.S. News introduces a new metric or meaningfully alters the weights of their current metrics this year, the rankings could look entirely different altogether.
Here's our full list of predicted rankings by group.
Current 2024 Ranking Predicted 2025 Ranking Group Predicted 2025 Raw Score Group 1 Stanford University 1 Group 1 100 Yale University 1 Group 1 99.55503189 University of Chicago 3 Group 1 99.08244746 Group 2 University of Virginia 4 Group 2 97.7375265 University of Pennsylvania 4 Group 2 97.4961672 Harvard University 4 Group 2 97.16804728 Group 3 Duke University 4 Group 3 96.07104827 University of Michigan 9 Group 3 95.7808896 Northwestern University 9 Group 3 95.72502558 New York University 9 Group 3 95.59032168 Columbia University 8 Group 3 95.49293619 Group 4 University of California, Los Angeles 13 Group 4 93.15227925 University of California, Berkeley 12 Group 4 92.70541776 Washington University in St. Louis 16 Group 4 92.23597085 Vanderbilt University 19 Group 4 91.98658968 Georgetown University 14 Group 4 91.6471114 Group 5 University of Texas 16 Group 5 90.979332 Cornell University 14 Group 5 90.97385296 University of North Carolina 20 Group 5 90.66195375 University of Notre Dame 20 Group 5 89.09823934 University of Minnesota 16 Group 5 88.82145759 Group 6 Boston University 24 Group 6 87.89949691 University of Georgia 20 Group 6 87.35935511 Texas A&M University 26 Group 6 87.13929455 Boston College 28 Group 6 86.87058153 Wake Forest University 25 Group 6 86.235039 University of Southern California 20 Group 6 85.93269949 Group 7 Brigham Young University 28 Group 7 84.79457363 University of Wisconsin 36 Group 7 84.34160121 Ohio State University 26 Group 7 84.24575742 George Mason University 28 Group 7 84.02933115 William & Mary Law School 36 Group 7 83.89359894 University of Utah 28 Group 7 83.79323393 University of Alabama 33 Group 7 83.7181875 George Washington University 41 Group 7 83.56452502 Washington and Lee University 33 Group 7 83.56357612 Group 8 University of Iowa 36 Group 8 82.51802572 University of Florida 28 Group 8 82.24286351 Fordham University 33 Group 8 82.0492181 Florida State University 48 Group 8 82.04153068 University of California, Irvine 42 Group 8 81.831177 Baylor University 46 Group 8 81.51439742 Emory University 42 Group 8 81.45154025 Southern Methodist University 42 Group 8 81.20416282 Group 9 Arizona State University 36 Group 9 79.84285431 Indiana University--Bloomington 42 Group 9 78.6307167 University of Colorado 48 Group 9 78.439835 University of Illinois 36 Group 9 78.41243621 Villanova University 48 Group 9 77.69007914 Group 10 University of Kansas 46 Group 10 77.19611468 University of California, Davis 55 Group 10 77.17991471 University of Connecticut 55 Group 10 76.94946755 Temple University 54 Group 10 76.87630146 University of Washington 48 Group 10 75.93329919 Pepperdine University 52 Group 10 75.85056266 University of Missouri 61 Group 10 75.83292888 University of Tennessee 52 Group 10 75.54242297 Group 11 University of San Diego 68 Group 11 74.95387649 University of Arizona 55 Group 11 74.04834027 University of Oklahoma 55 Group 11 73.98385104 Marquette University 68 Group 11 73.56368766 Pennsylvania State University Dickinson Law 75 Group 11 73.46126809 St. John's University 68 Group 11 73.15981062 University of Houston 68 Group 11 73.07312431 University of Maryland 55 Group 11 72.96305468 Yeshiva University (Cardozo) 61 Group 11 72.82037505 University of Kentucky 61 Group 11 72.61931298 Group 12 University of South Carolina 66 Group 12 72.40200587 Northeastern University 68 Group 12 72.22805635 Loyola Marymount University 61 Group 12 72.21360629 Pennsylvania State University--University Park 68 Group 12 72.14473822 Catholic University 94 Group 12 71.4741279 University of Cincinnati 78 Group 12 71.39859352 Seton Hall University 61 Group 12 71.21802067 Wayne State University 55 Group 12 71.01939397 University of Nebraska--Lincoln 82 Group 12 70.93552617 Tulane University 78 Group 12 70.93366424 University of Pittsburgh 91 Group 12 70.88745858 University of Richmond 66 Group 12 70.52940543 Group 13 Loyola University Chicago 78 Group 13 70.1978115 Drexel University 75 Group 13 70.16884792 Georgia State University 75 Group 13 69.9774062 Louisiana State University 91 Group 13 69.64122908 University of Nevada--Las Vegas 78 Group 13 69.63911637 Florida International University 68 Group 13 68.91536177 University of Maine 120 Group 13 68.46837085 Drake University 82 Group 13 68.46764731 Belmont University 91 Group 13 68.30204404 University of Denver 89 Group 13 67.85183567 Texas Tech University 82 Group 13 67.78744421 University of Miami 82 Group 13 67.52913015 Group 14 Duquesne University 94 Group 14 67.06591407 University of California, San Francisco 82 Group 14 67.03666847 University at Buffalo--SUNY 108 Group 14 66.34447982 Saint Louis University 94 Group 14 66.07957508 University of Montana 103 Group 14 65.6466844 University of Oregon 82 Group 14 65.5722886 Regent University 108 Group 14 65.49606537 University of St. Thomas 98 Group 14 65.45218005 Lewis & Clark College 82 Group 14 65.01378614 Stetson University 98 Group 14 64.92435237 Chapman University 108 Group 14 64.83158035 American University 98 Group 14 64.791268 University of Missouri--Kansas City 117 Group 14 64.61205685 University of Hawaii 127 Group 14 64.54780798 Group 15 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 108 Group 15 64.23962074 Rutgers University 103 Group 15 63.52282156 Case Western Reserve University 89 Group 15 63.48046543 Samford University 103 Group 15 63.45787494 University of Dayton 108 Group 15 63.38218074 Syracuse University 120 Group 15 63.24470392 Mercer University 103 Group 15 63.04259836 Indiana University--Indianapolis 98 Group 15 63.01500944 University of Arkansas--Fayetteville 114 Group 15 62.86575102 University of New Mexico 94 Group 15 62.80875534 Michigan State University 108 Group 15 62.62475045 Group 16 Brooklyn Law School 114 Group 16 61.70160012 West Virginia University 117 Group 16 61.61504671 Albany Law School 117 Group 16 61.1816388 University of Wyoming 120 Group 16 60.4485742 University of Mississippi 120 Group 16 60.36760608 New York Law School 127 Group 16 60.19616955 Washburn University 120 Group 16 60.00241214 Group 17 Cleveland State University 103 Group 17 59.26614154 Hofstra University 130 Group 17 58.71340807 Suffolk University 130 Group 17 58.53398033 University of New Hampshire 98 Group 17 58.40927458 Howard University 130 Group 17 58.33601466 University of Akron 136 Group 17 58.30834268 University of Tulsa 120 Group 17 58.27557168 Seattle University 114 Group 17 57.77809224 University of South Dakota 127 Group 17 57.74604888 Group 18 DePaul University 135 Group 18 57.34609263 University of Detroit Mercy 136 Group 18 55.90523888 Campbell University 134 Group 18 55.65916007 Northern Kentucky University 150 Group 18 55.47926801 South Texas College of Law Houston 150 Group 18 55.34720983 Group 19 University of Arkansas--Little Rock 143 Group 19 54.304243 Loyola University New Orleans 130 Group 19 54.15945203 Pace University 136 Group 19 54.11035449 University of Baltimore 140 Group 19 53.93864651 University of Idaho 145 Group 19 53.31823739 Gonzaga University 120 Group 19 52.64798663 University of Louisville 136 Group 19 52.51042683 Group 20 Liberty University 140 Group 20 52.49531325 University of Memphis 140 Group 20 52.15417351 Quinnipiac University 143 Group 20 51.89437469 St. Mary's University 153 Group 20 50.31654752 Creighton University 153 Group 20 49.98820014 Northern Illinois University 157 Group 20 49.71230095 Group 21 University of Toledo 148 Group 21 49.42727336 Charleston School of Law 178-196 Group 21 49.1600143 Willamette University College of Law 145 Group 21 48.75957169 Ave Maria School of Law 161 Group 21 47.90922831 Southwestern Law School 145 Group 21 46.83227228 Santa Clara University 158 Group 21 46.75397335 Group 22 Mitchell Hamline 164 Group 22 46.34799492 CUNY School of Law 150 Group 22 45.96895067 Elon University 148 Group 22 44.57791808 Mississippi College 168 Group 22 44.48015963 Oklahoma City University 153 Group 22 44.44808725 University of North Dakota 168 Group 22 44.04903719 University of Massachusetts 161 Group 22 43.85213662 University of North Texas 172 Group 22 43.50365537 Group 23 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 159 Group 23 43.38705435 Vermont Law School 168 Group 23 42.82891078 New England Law Boston 159 Group 23 42.15642278 Lincoln Memorial University 165 Group 23 41.8794276 Group 24 Touro University 168 Group 24 41.42498654 Western New England University 178-196 Group 24 41.35103678 University of San Francisco 165 Group 24 41.24989785 University of Illinois--Chicago 161 Group 24 40.96600557 Roger Williams University 172 Group 24 40.82172038 Widener University--Delaware 178-196 Group 24 40.79287395 Capital University 178-196 Group 24 40.19573441 Ohio Northern University 153 Group 24 40.19415728 Groups 25-29 St. Thomas University 172 Groups 25-29 37.59014763 Southern Illinois University 172 Groups 25-29 37.49680129 Widener University--Pennsylvania 165 Groups 25-29 37.26300688 University of Puerto Rico 178-196 Groups 25-29 37.22301564 Nova Southeastern University (Broad) 178-196 Groups 25-29 36.17521213 Faulkner University 176 Groups 25-29 35.04750827 Western State College of Law at Westcliff University 178-196 Groups 25-29 33.99893042 North Carolina Central University 178-196 Groups 25-29 33.7150431 Florida A&M University 178-196 Groups 25-29 32.75732907 Appalachian School of Law 178-196 Groups 25-29 32.31780724 California Western School of Law 178-196 Groups 25-29 31.71218891 Atlanta's John Marshall Law School 176 Groups 25-29 30.93150112 University of the District of Columbia 178-196 Groups 25-29 30.61865858 Texas Southern University 178-196 Groups 25-29 26.73654653 Barry University 178-196 Groups 25-29 26.62443612 Southern University Law Center 178-196 Groups 25-29 24.07376352 Western Michigan University (Cooley) 178-196 Groups 25-29 22.56488394 Inter-American University 178-196 Groups 25-29 17.31094088 Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico 178-196 Groups 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