ASU, UA left off ‘Playboy’ list of top party schools

For the first time since 2012, neither Arizona State University nor University of Arizona made Playboy's annual list of Top 10 Party Schools.

It’s the second time that ASU hasn’t ranked in the list’s 10 scandalous editions (Playboy has published one in 1987, 2002, 2006, and every year since 2009.)

Instead, the top spots go to Ohio University, University of Iowa and Florida State University.

It seems ASU has officially lost their party-school reputation, at least as far as the very-official national party analysts are concerned.

Last month, ASU was left off The Princeton Review's list of the top 20 "party schools" in the country for the fourth year in a row.

Even BroBible.com left Arizona's state schools off their list of "The 20 Best Party Schools For 2015." To some, this all is good news, but for others it might be hard to take.

Previous Playboy fame

UA took No. 4 on the Playboy list last year, though ASU was missing. ASU was No. 9 in 2013. Neither placed in 2012, and ASU was No. 3 in 2011.

They've come a long way: ASU was Playboy's No. 1 party school in the nation in 2002, according to the State Press.

Playboy editors created this year's list by considering "access to nightlife and musical events," "creativity when planning social gatherings," a reader’s poll, feedback from Playboy’s social-media fans, and information from the National Center for Education Statistics, the NCAA, and the U.S. Economic Census, according to a press release from Playboy.