UAB and Georgetown added to AAU

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2026/10/30/georgetown-and-university-of-alabama-at-birmingham-added-to--the-aau/

Will UH be next?

I wonder how the Crimson Tide feel about this?

Catholicism remains the only faith group represented in the AAU with ND and Georgetown.

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Pretty wild to see a system flagship out of the AAU with one of the other system schools in.

Is there another example of that?

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Does FSU count as a co-flagship?

USF made it in ahead of them.

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Georgia is an example.

UGa is considered the flagship.

But GaTech got in ahead of them.

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I was meaning part of the same system.

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GaTech is an example.

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So 2, pretty rare.

And has to feel rough for Bama. They’ve had a history of trying to keep UAB down in sports too.

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Another thread on this from yesterday…

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Ah!

Missed that one.

Yeah, UAB does OODLES of biomedical research.

UH is really just getting started on that trajectory. The new medical school and upcoming biomedical research building will help.

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