The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas, founded in 1883.
The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California.
William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas.
The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a public flagship research university in Eugene, Oregon, founded in 1876.
Michigan State University (MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan.
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Ohio State University, commonly Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio.
