1. Whatever ranking being considered, ku pimps themselves wholesale, and massage stats to get the best ranking possible. Think of the standards of the athletic program writ large for the university in general. In other words, ku, institutionally, will say or do anything to make themselves look better than they are.
2. NEVER, ever ask a ku student/grad about their quality of education. They are brainwashed into believing they are getting / got an Ivy League equivalent education when it's often worse than mediocre. More often than not, a student could get into a better degree program at K-State or WSU.
3. ku, institutionally, is the master of self-promotion.