------------------ 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)