Have you been waiting for the latest edition of the U.S. News and World Report rankings?Well, they’ve finally arrived, and KU moved up one tick to 38th among top American public universities. The university ranked 85th when considered with top public and private schools.Most noteworthy, perhaps, is the ranking relative to its peers in the Big 12 for Kansas. This year, Kansas is tied for the fifth highest ranking in the conference, behind the University of Texas at 44th, Texas A&M University at 62nd, Baylor University at 75th (are you seeing a trend in location yet?) and the University of Colorado-Boulder at 79th.Joining Kansas at 85th overall is Iowa State University, followed by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Missouri-Columbia tied at 91st. The University of Oklahoma at 108th and Kansas State University at 124th round at the list.Neither Texas Tech University nor Oklahoma State University” were listed among the rankings.The top-ranking public school was the [University of California-Berkeley][14].Check back on the blog later for some additional analysis and rankings of the schools. [13]: oniArticleAdDisplayNoSurvey();