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------------------ Maybe the slacker schools - notably Oklahoma and Alabama - have so many really accomplished students that they simply look easy. ;0) See the ranking below. Danny P. Wallace (Alabama) Connie Van Fleet (Oklahoma) Number of National Merit Scholars at Institutions with ALA-Accredited Programs, 2011 Oklahoma 204 Alabama 181 North Carolina - Chapel Hill 149 Indiana 85 Illinois 67 Maryland 58 Texas 47 Michigan 42 Rutgers 34 UCLA 34 LSU 33 Kentucky 30 Florida State 27 Pittsburgh 25 Iowa 24 Missouri 23 Wisconsin-Madison 20 South Florida 19 Tennessee 18 Wayne State 16 Washington 14 North Texas 12 Southern Mississippi 9 Drexel 5 Kent State 3 Denver 3 Buffalo 2 Catholic 1 Syracuse 1 Hawaii 1 Rhode Island 1 National Merit Scholarship Corporation 2010-11 Annual Report ( http://www.nationalmerit.org/annual_report.pdf)