Time ranks FSU

http://time.com/money/best-colleges/rankings/best-colleges-in-the-south/

These colleges notched the best combination of educational quality, affordability, and high-earning alumni in the South.

http://accfootballrx.blogspot.com/#!/2017/07/best-southern-schools.html

Nat'l Rank	college	location	Median SAT/ACT score	Est. price 2017-18 without aid	Est. price 2017-18 with avg. grant	% who get need-based grants	% who get merit grants	Early career earnings
11	U. Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	1360/31	$31,221	$15,702	27%	2%	$58,000
12	Rice	Houston, TX	1470/33	$62,697	$24,259	37%	1%	$63,100
15	Vanderbilt	Nashville, TN	1510/33	$67,074	$24,772	45%	20%	$57,900
16	Ga Tech	Atlanta, GA	1400/32	$30,660	$13,755	38%	25%	$65,600
18	U. Florida	Gainesville, FL	1270/29	$21,813	$15,779	33%	39%	$49,800
23	Va Tech	Blacksburg, VA	1220/NA	$26,241	$19,870	31%	15%	$57,400
31	U. Texas	Austin, TX	1290/29	$27,789	$18,755	33%	12%	$53,900
34	Texas A & M	College Station, TX	1200/27	$26,153	$14,821	39%	3%	$55,000
50	NC State	Raleigh, NC	1250/28	$23,647	$14,661	44%	6%	$52,500
60	UNC	Chapel Hill, NC	1320/30	$25,706	$11,648	41%	2%	$46,800
61	Clemson	Clemson, SC	1250/29	$29,371	$17,952	37%	23%	$54,100
62	U. Georgia	Athens, GA	1240/28	$26,535	$14,342	40%	7%	$47,800
64	Duke	Durham, NC	1460/33	$70,898	$22,999	40%	4%	$62,000
118	Wake Forest	Winston Salem, NC	NA/NA	$69,245	$26,923	31%	18%	$51,400
162	Arizona St	Tempe, AZ	1150/25	$27,137	$13,924	52%	5%	$49,900
180	Oklahoma	Norman, OK	1200/26	$26,563	$18,262	27%	25%	$50,000
194	UTEP	El Paso, TX	940/20	$22,911	$5,868	67%	13%	$42,200
195	U. Houston	Houston, TX	1150/25	$26,124	$15,184	51%	3%	$52,400
246	LSU	Baton Rouge, LA	1120/26	$27,186	$14,636	38%	1%	$48,200
251	Florida St	Tallahassee, FL	1210/28	$23,301	$18,045	48%	34%	$44,100
255	Oklahoma St	Stillwater, OK	1110/25	$23,552	$15,360	40%	3%	$47,000
261	Texas Tech	Lubbock, TX	1100/25	$23,835	$16,205	42%	16%	$51,700
261	Louisiana Tech	Ruston, LA	1070/24	$20,480	$9,617	51%	12%	$48,300
277	U. Miami	Coral Gables, FL	1320/30	$65,804	$38,280	13%	18%	$51,300
325	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	1320/31	$70,063	$34,641	35%	9%	$46,200
325	U. Arizona	Tucson, AZ	NA/NA	$27,178	$16,838	48%	4%	$50,800
333	Southern Methodist	Dallas, TX	1310/30	$71,733	$39,530	24%	21%	$51,900
344	Mississippi St	Mississippi State, MS	1130/25	$24,202	$16,660	54%	5%	$47,000

Time's Sources: U.S. Department of Education, Peterson's, PayScale.com, MONEY/College Measures calculations.