OT: School Power Rankings at Disney World

[High Quality H2O]

Down in Disney World for the past 5 days total mixed bag of people so interesting to see who is getting repped by t shirts / hats from D1 schools.

School of big ears and wiry tails obviously reigns supremes here.

Other than that, most gear I’ve seen in approximate order:

Tier 1 (more than 5 sightings)
Michigan

Tier 2 (3-5 sightings)
Iowa!
Texas

Tier 3 (2 sightings)
Rutgers (counting myself)
Ohio State
UNC
Florida State

Tier 4 (1 sighting)
Penn State
Duke
Maryland
Colgate
Mississippi State
Clemson
Manhattan
Harvard
Indiana (with Hartford Whaler hat btw)

No Florida Gators! No Georgia.
No LSU.
SEC representation weak compared to B1G.

 

[dconifer]

Very impressive and novel, thank you for this...

 

[Good-Knight]

This study starts out with a bias toward Rutgers. I dismiss it and it's conclusions. Disney is so expensive. Nobody from LSU is going to Disney unless it is in front of the business end of a broom.

 

[RutgersLifeR]

Had my RU shirt at MK yesterday. Nice to get a few shout outs as always from fellow RU and NJ faithful.

 

[RedTeam1994]

Nobody from LSU is going to Disney unless it is in front of the business end of a broom.

Nobody from LSU is gonna be there -Disney don’t sell no gator tots at their restreraunts

 

[FastMJ]

Fun post, but you don’t count yourself as a sighting lol.

 

[High Quality H2O]

*Updates since there seems to be some interest here, rough mental notes of additional sightings since first post.

Tier 1 (more than 5 sightings)
Michigan
*Approx 2-3 additional. Clear winner.

Tier 2 (3-5 sightings)
Iowa!
Texas
Ohio State
*2 additional - move OSU up a tier
Penn State
*2 additional - move PSU up 2 tiers.
Rutgers (counting myself)
*1 additional - moves us up a tier.
Apparently counting myself is
controversial, although someone
sitting on a bench would observe 3
RU shirts.
“T-ShirtGate” ensues.

Tier 3 (2 sightings)
UNC
Florida State
Texas A&M
*New Addition
Harvard
*1 additional moves them up a tier
Duke
*1 additional moves them up a tier
Alabama
*2 sightings, although this one is
trickier with hats I believe I was
scoring this correctly vs brave hats
since what I assumed were brave hats
on quick glances were typically navy
blue.

Tier 4 (1 sighting)
Maryland
Colgate
Mississippi State
Clemson
Manhattan
Indiana (with Hartford Whaler hat btw)
UCF
*New add
Stanford
* New add
Pitt
* New add
Syracuse
*New add
Georgia
*New add
Notre Dame
*New add
Navy
*New Add (Midshipmen gear - school specific apparel not general enlisted type of branding here)
Florida
*New add, I do believe they were the
last addition to the list. Buzzer beater
for the gators to get on here.

Final Thoughts.

ACC and SEC make nice late pushes and only fall one back (SEC) and .5 back (ACC with ND) vs B1G

B1G still dominates top of rankings.

Assuming PAC12 is Disney Land not Disney World.

Absolutely pathetic showing by BIG 12.
If you want to count UCF since they are moving there..fine, but even they are on home turf.
Pro sports sightings, pure domination by Mets and Yankees. Although I didn’t count, if I guessed would say that Mets were the winner here, somehow surprisingly.

Is it that some of these Northern Schools better enable you to afford Disney?
It’s Northern School Spring Break but not Southern School spring break?
Or being from the South you are more likely to wear a matching t shirt with your family than one from your Alma Mater?

Guys, I don’t have all the critical answers here. Maybe we will never know.

I do know that place is Nuts.
Need a breather after that trip.

 

[Unionst]

The Harvard people were visiting the Boston area and bought theirs in the bookstore.

 

[fluoxetine]

Count me in for not counting yourself

 

[RutgersLifeR]

@High Quality H2O you can add to your RU count if you go to Disney Springs today for lunch. We'll be at Art's. 🤣🤣