11.   Fourteen others all ranked below the average.

12.   His team has never finished a season ranked below ninth nationally and this week is third.

13.   I realize that as national holidays go, National Columnists Day ranks just below National Biting Insects Week, but hear me out.

14.   In fact, in terms of prerogatives and authority, the judiciary ranks below both the army and the civil service.

15.   In many high schools, seniors wonder whether they will succeed in college after attending schools ranked below national norms.

16.   In World War II, soldiers from all over were called Yanks and ranked slightly below God.

17.   In the pantheon of American presidential politics, college students rank far below high-tech and Hollywood moguls as sources of campaign cash.

18.   No doubt, sports is big business and the Ryder Cup probably ranks just below the Olympics and the World Cup on the global stage.

19.   No wonder the state ranks below most others in basic services such as education and health care.

20.   No Democrats have replaced Republicans in these states, which are ranked below according to their share of federal quotas to grow peanuts.