NDT Overall Program Rankings (Spring 2018 report)

2017-18 · College · Policy (NDT/CEDA)

#	School	NDT points
1	Liberty University	560
2	George Mason University	538
3	Harvard	529
4	University of Kansas	509
5	Wake Forest University	486
6	Binghamton University	469
7	Northwestern University	458
8	UNLV	455
9	Cornell	444
10	University of Iowa	439
11	University of Kentucky	420
12	Emory University	407
13	New York University	385
14	University of Michigan	381
15	University of Missouri - Kansas City	380
16	Oklahoma	373
17	Rutgers-Newark University	370
18	University of Georgia	368
19	Baylor University	363
20	Minnesota	349
21	University of California, Berkeley	349
22	Johnson County Community College	340
23	Weber State University	326
24	Arizona State	325
25	Boston College	322
26	Michigan State University	322
27	University of Central Oklahoma	316
28	University of Southern California	314
29	University of Florida	312
30	Indiana University	304
31	Wichita State University	299
32	Dartmouth College	293
33	University of Wyoming	286
34	Navy	284
35	United States Military Academy	280
36	Georgetown	277
37	UT San Antonio	277
38	Emporia State University	268
39	Missouri State University	264
40	UT Dallas	262
41	Cal State Fullerton	260
42	Wayne State University	259
43	Texas	253
44	Fresno State	245
45	Gonzaga University	244
46	University of Pittsburgh	238
47	James Madison University	237
48	University of Central Florida	234
49	San Francisco State University	232
50	Fullerton College	231
51	California State University - Northridge	223
52	Samford University	223
53	University of Rochester	221
54	Vanderbilt University	220
55	West Virginia University	217
56	University of Mary Washington	216
57	University of Louisville	204
58	Trinity University	200
59	University of Washington	200
60	NewSchool	154
61	University of Houston	146
62	University of Miami	143
63	Puget Sound	139
64	West Georgia	122
65	University of Wisconsin- Madison	106
66	Georgia State University	78
67	Northern Iowa	50
68	Southern Methodist	47

Source: National Debate Tournament, https://nationaldebatetournament.org/download/74/points-reports/2893/2017-18-ndt-points-standings-spring. Retrieved 2026-10-17. HISTORICAL. The newest NDT report with machine-readable text that we could find. Newer reports (2018-19, 2019-20) publish their tables as images and are not used.

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