Luther College was ranked for its top undergraduate teaching programs and named one of the nation’s top liberal arts colleges.

And now we have our College Football Playoff teams ... maybe. After the fantastic Saturday of games and Alabama's win over Auburn, what should the final rankings look like?

There is not one specific “best-fit college” for everyone. While the release of the Best Colleges guide by U.S. News & World Report is highly anticipated each fall and garners a great deal of media attention, it needs to be used strategically.

It was a short reign at the top for Fairfield University. A year after looking down on the rest of regional colleges in the north on the U.S. News and World Report, the Jesuit university is back in third place, behind Providence College and Bentley University.

College rankings are an annual ritual this time of year. And the list of lists keeps growing. The most high-profile list of ranked American colleges comes from U.S. News and World Report, which put out its latest today. But Washington Monthly, CNN Money ...