With that out of the way, let’s take a peek at the law schools outside of the Top 50, i.e., the law schools that make up the rest of the Top 100, starting with Nos. 55 through 71. This section of the rankings was especially erratic, with six ties (two ties, one three-way tie, one four-way tie, one five-way tie, and one eight-way tie). Here we saw four schools soar with double-digit gains, and a few drop by quite a bit.
| Pepperdine University (Caruso) | 55 | -3 |
| University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 55 | -3 |
| University of Missouri | 57 | +4 |
| University of San Diego | 57 | +11 |
| Marquette University | 59 | +9 |
| Pennsylvania State University Dickinson Law | 59 | +16 |
| University of Arizona (Rogers) | 59 | -4 |
| University of Oklahoma | 59 | -4 |
| St. John’s University | 63 | +5 |
| University of Houston Law Center | 63 | +5 |
| University of Maryland (Carey) | 63 | -8 |
| University of South Carolina | 63 | +3 |
| Yeshiva University (Cardozo) | 63 | -2 |
| Northeastern University | 68 | – |
| Pennsylvania State University-University Park | 68 | – |
| University of Kentucky (Rosenberg) | 68 | -7 |
| Loyola Marymount University | 71 | -10 |
| Seton Hall University | 71 | -10 |
| The Catholic University of America | 71 | +23 |
| Tulane University | 71 | +7 |
| University of Cincinnati | 71 | +7 |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 71 | +11 |
| University of Richmond | 71 | -5 |
| Wayne State University | 71 | -16 |
Way to go, San Diego (+11), Nebraska (+11), Penn State Dickinson (+16), and Catholic (+23)! As for the biggest drops in this segment of the rankings, we’ve got Loyola Marymount (-10), Seton Hall (-10), and Wayne State (-16). Ooof.
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Moving right along, let’s check out the schools that make up the bottom of the Top 99. This segment is the most volatile yet, with one tie, two four-way ties, and three five-way ties.
| Drexel University (Kline) | 79 | -4 |
| Georgia State University | 79 | -4 |
| Loyola University Chicago | 79 | -1 |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas (Boyd) | 79 | -1 |
| University of Pittsburgh | 79 | +12 |
| Belmont University | 84 | +7 |
| Drake University | 84 | -2 |
| Florida International University | 84 | -16 |
| Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge (Hebert) | 84 | +7 |
| Texas Tech University | 88 | -6 |
| University of California-San Francisco | 88 | -6 |
| University of Denver (Sturm) | 88 | +1 |
| University of Maine School of Law | 88 | +32 |
| Duquesne University (Kline) | 92 | +2 |
| University of Miami | 92 | -10 |
| Regent University | 94 | +14 |
| Saint Louis University | 94 | – |
| University at Buffalo-SUNY | 94 | +14 |
| University of Oregon | 94 | -12 |
| University of St. Thomas | 94 | +4 |
| Lewis & Clark College (Northwestern) | 99 | -17 |
| Stetson University | 99 | -1 |
| University of Hawaii-Manoa (Richardson) | 99 | +28 |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City | 99 | +18 |
| University of Montana (Blewett) | 99 | +4 |
Hoooo, boy! These are some of the most offensive drops in rank thus far in the 2025 rankings, right along with some of the biggest gains. Here we have three double-digit drops, and Lewis & Clerk has one of the largest drops yet, down 17 spots. On the flip side of the coin, we have schools like Pittsburg (+12), Buffalo (+14), Regent (+14), Missouri-Kansas City (+18), and Hawaii (+28) climbing the rankings, with Maine coming in with the largest gain of all thus far, with a 32-spot increase. Congratulations!
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