Although both Ivy League and Big Ten are technically athletic conferences, and in terms of athletics, Big Ten is a far bigger name than Ivy League. In terms of academics, however, I heard people qualifying Big Ten schools as being in a tier immediately below that of Ivies.
In my mind only some Big Ten schools truly are on an academic level just below that of Ivies: Northwestern, Michigan, UIUC, Wisconsin and possibly Minnesota and a couple of others... I wouldn't put Nebraska (and possibly IU, Iowa) on the same academic level as NWU, Michigan, UIUC, Wisconsin.
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