2024-25 Top Program Rankings

A national ranking of top programs is produced annually, after the national tournaments for oral advocacy and brief writing have concluded. Here are the 2024-2025 rankings:

Overall Ranking

1) Patrick Henry College

2) Yale University

3) Morehouse College

4) Saginaw Valley State University

5) University of California, Davis

6) Liberty University

7) University of Southern California

8) Georgetown University

9) The University of Chicago

10) California State University, Fullerton

11) University of California, Santa Barbara

12) University of Central Florida

13) University of Maryland

14) University of North Texas

15) University of California, Berkeley

16) San Francisco State University

17) California State University, Long Beach

18) The College of Wooster

19) University of Michigan-Flint

20) University of California, Riverside

21) Loyola University Chicago

22) University of Tampa

23) Macalester College

24) University of Georgia

Honorable Mention: University of Pennsylvania, Benedictine University, Princeton University.

Oral Advocacy Ranking

1) Patrick Henry College

2) Morehouse College

3) Yale University

4) Liberty University

5) Saginaw Valley State University

6) University of California, Berkeley

7) California State University, Fullerton

8) University of North Texas

9) Georgetown University

10) University of California, Santa Barbara

11) University of Central Florida

12) University of Southern California

13) Macalester College

14) University of Maryland

15) University of California, Davis

16) California State University, Long Beach

17) San Francisco State University

18) University of California, San Diego

19) University of Pennsylvania

20) Benedictine College

21) Loyola University Chicago

22) Texas Christian University

23) University of Michigan-Flint

24) College of the Holy Cross

25) United States Air Force Academy

Honorable Mention: Eastern Michigan University, The College of Wooster, William and Mary.

Appellate Brief Ranking

1) University of California, Davis

2) The University of Chicago

3) University of Southern California

4) Saginaw Valley State University

5) Georgetown University

6) University of Maryland

7) Yale University

8) University of Central Florida

9) Patrick Henry College

10) The College of Wooster

11) University of California, Santa Barbara

12) San Francisco State University

13) University of Michigan-Flint

14) California State University, Long Beach

15) University of California, Riverside

16) California State University, Fullerton

17) University of Tampa

18) Loyola University Chicago

19) Liberty University

20) University of Georgia

21) University of North Texas

22) Benedictine University

23) Princeton University

24) Fitchburg State University

25) University of Pennsylvania

Honorable Mention: Binghamton University, SUNY, Marist College, Davidson College.