Original list published in 1985
College of William & Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia
Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
University of California (applies to the campuses as of 1985: Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Diego, Irvine, Davis, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, and Riverside)
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Texas at Austin
University of Vermont (Burlington)
University of Virginia (Charlottesville)
Runners-up
As part of the initial 1985 publication, Moll also selected nine "worthy runner-up" universities:[14]
University of Colorado Boulder
Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta)
University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
New College of Florida (formerly New College of the University of South Florida, it became an independent part of Florida's State University System in 2001)
Pennsylvania State University (University Park)
University of Pittsburgh
State University of New York at Binghamton (also known as Binghamton University)
University of Washington (Seattle)
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Notable updates
Greenes' Guides list (2001)
The list of "public Ivy" institutions has gone through several revisions over the years, much like other university rankings and conferences. A notable update was published in 2001, when Howard and Matthew Greene included the following 30 colleges and universities in The Public Ivies: America's Flagship Public Universities.[2]
Northeastern
Pennsylvania State University (University Park)
Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
State University of New York at Binghamton
University of Connecticut (Storrs)
Mid-Atlantic
College of William & Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia)
University of Delaware (Newark)
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Virginia (Charlottesville)
Western
University of Arizona (Tucson)
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Washington (Seattle)
Great Lakes and Midwest
Indiana University Bloomington
Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
Michigan State University (East Lansing)
Ohio State University (Columbus)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Iowa (Iowa City)
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Southern
University of Florida (Gainesville)
University of Georgia (Athens)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Texas at Austin