Bell on the U.S. News Law School Rankings: Why Is Florida #41 Rather Than #43?

Tom Bell continues his series on the U.S. News & World Report Law School Rankings with a post on The University of Florida's Score in the USN&WR Rankings:

The reasons for revisiting Florida's score mirrors those that applied to Baylor. As did Baylor, Florida did notably better in the USN&WR rankings than it did in my model—about 4% better. As with regard to Baylor, it looks as if USN&WR attributed to Florida higher median LSAT and GPA scores than the American Bar association attributed to it.

Prior posts in Tom's series:

• Bell on the U.S. News Law School Rankings: Baylor & U.S. News Respond to Data Mix-up
• Bell on the U.S. News Law School Rankings: LSAT and GPA Rankings
• Bell on the U.S. News Law School Rankings: Why Is Baylor #51 Rather Than #58?
• Bell on the U.S. News Law School Rankings: Z-Scores
• Bell on the U.S. News Law School Rankings: Accuracy of the Model
• Bell on the U.S. News Law School Rankings: The Role of ABA Data
• Bell on the U.S. News Law School Rankings: Why Model the Rankings?
• Bell on the U.S. News Law School Rankings: Reverse Engineering the Rankings
• Bell on the U.S. News Law School Rankings: Winners & Losers in Use of Reported Median LSATs & GPAs
• Bell on the U.S. News Law School Rankings: Student Quality
• Bell on the U.S. News Law School Rankings: Student/Faculty Ratio
• Bell on the U.S. News Law School Rankings: Financial Aid
• Bell on the U.S. News Law School Rankings: Placement