1 > 2 (in rankings)

When it comes to rankings, there is different math.

From the Daily Cal: UC Berkeley was ranked the second-best public university in the country by the U.S. News & World Report on Monday, defending its title for two consecutive years. UC campuses excelled as a whole in U.S. News & World Report’s Top Public Schools: National Universities list for 2022, with all nine campuses ranking in the top 50. UC Berkeley ranked second behind UCLA and has held that title each year since 2020. ...In 2019, UC Berkeley initially ranked second on the list, but then became “unranked” after misreporting alumni donation rates since 2014, according to an updated ranking released by U.S. News & World Report. In 2018, it tied for first place with UCLA...

Full story at https://www.dailycal.org/2021/09/14/uc-berkeley-ranks-no-2-in-us-news-top-public-universities-list/.