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| #1 | Purdue University—West Lafayette, West Lafayette, IN |
| #2 | University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL |
| #3 | Texas A&M University—College Station, College Station, TX |
| #4 | Iowa State University, Ames, IA |
| #5 | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
| #6 | University of Nebraska—Lincoln, Lincoln, NE |
| #7 | Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA |
| #8 | University of California—Davis, Davis, CA |
| #9 | North Carolina State University—Raleigh, Raleigh, NC |
| #10 | Ohio State University—Columbus, Columbus, OH |
| #11 | Pennsylvania State University—University Park, University Park, PA |
| #12 | Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI |