In the second grouping of business schools, ranked 26th through 50th, the biggest story is Iowa State which improved by 32 places in a single year to rank 47th from 79th.
| 2019 Rank & School | Y-O-Y Change | 2018 Rank | 2017 Rank | 2016 Rank | 2015 Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26. Rice (Jones) | -3-3 | 2323 | 2929 | 2525 | 3333 |
| 26. Notre Dame (Mendoza) | 55 | 3131 | 2929 | 2525 | 2525 |
| 26. Washington (Olin) | -3-3 | 2323 | 2121 | 2121 | 1919 |
| 29. Georgia Tech (Scheller) | -1-1 | 2828 | 2929 | 3434 | 3030 |
| 29. Vanderbilt (Owen) | -3-3 | 2626 | 2525 | 2222 | 2727 |
| 31. Ohio State (Fisher) | ———————— | 3131 | 2727 | 2727 | 3030 |
| 32. Brigham Young (Marriott) | 33 | 3535 | 3434 | 3131 | 3333 |
| 33. Arizona State (Carey) | -4-4 | 2929 | 2525 | 3535 | 3030 |
| 33. Penn State (Smeal) | -2-2 | 3131 | 3636 | 4141 | 3737 |
| 35. Minnesota (Carlson) | -6-6 | 2929 | 3232 | 2727 | 2727 |
| 35. Wisconsin-Madison | 22 | 3737 | 3434 | 2727 | 3333 |
| 37. Georgia (Terry) | 33 | 4040 | 4848 | 5555 | 5353 |
| 38. Michigan State (Broad) | -1-1 | 3737 | 3737 | 3535 | 3737 |
| 38. Texas-Dallas | 22 | 4040 | 3838 | 3737 | 3333 |
| 40. Texas A&M (Mays) | -4-4 | 3636 | 3838 | 3131 | 2727 |
| 40. Maryland (Smith) | 88 | 4848 | 4747 | 4141 | 4141 |
| 40. Rochester (Simon) | 44 | 4444 | 4343 | 3939 | 3737 |
| 43. Boston (Carroll) | 55 | 4848 | 4444 | 5050 | 4545 |
| 43. SMU (Cox) | 55 | 4848 | 5252 | 4848 | 4848 |
| 43. UC-Irvine (Merage) | -1-1 | 4242 | 4444 | 4848 | 5353 |
| 43. Pittsburgh (Katz) | 99 | 5252 | 5353 | 5555 | 4848 |
| 47. Iowa State | 3232 | 7979 | 6565 | 7171 | 6363 |
| 47. UC-Davis | -10-10 | 3737 | 4242 | 4545 | 4848 |
| 47. Illinois-Urbana-Champaign | 11 | 4848 | 4040 | 3939 | 4747 |
| 50. Boston Univ. (Questrom) | -8-8 | 4242 | 4444 | 4141 | 4343 |
| 50. Alabama (Manderson) | 1313 | 6363 | 5454 | 5353 | 5858 |
