BYU rank of influcence comparison

[scott715]

http://time.com/27821/us-college-rankings/

School influence rating
177.5 Texas
116.4 BYU
81.5 Kansas
71.8 Oklahoma
60.2 Uconn
51.9 Oklahoma St
50.1 West Virginia
44.3 Baylor
35.2 Cincinnati
33.4 Texas Tech
30.1 Kansas St
27.2 TCU
27.0 Iowa St
24.3 Memphis
18.8 USF
16.6 UCF
7.4 BSU

PAC
328.5 UCLA
316.5 USC
310.0 Stanford
262.4 Cal
99.4 Arizona
96.4 Arizona St
95.4 Washington
76.9 Oregon
56.7 Utah
36.4 Colorado
34.8 Oregon St
32.8 Wash St

[redneckjedi]

I thought this was pretty awesome, until I read the methodology: counting famous people from Wikipedia listed as alumni. Still, we're better than Utah.