On Friday afternoon Playboy released it's annual Top 10 list of best party schools. The magazine distinguished the University of Texas-Austin as the number one party college in the country because of its stellar athletic program, beautiful women, gorgeous weather, extraordinary nightlife, and students who know how to throw down. WVU takes home the second place prize, presumably because of Morgantown's reputation for boozy La-z-Boy bonfires. Arizona State University made the list for the fifth time, earning Playboy's recognition for having the hottest college girls in the country. The Big Ten was the only conference with two schools making the cut: the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Iowa University. Complete rankings are after the jump, along with photos of girls partying from the schools included on Playboy's Top 10.

1. University of Texas at Austin
   
2. West Virginia University
   
3. University of Wisconsin-Madison
   
4. University of Miami
   
5. East Carolina University
   
6. Arizona State University
   
7. Rollins College
   
8. University of California-Santa Barbara
   
9. Plymouth State University
   
10. University of Iowa

Hottest Girls: Arizona State University
Best Halloween Party: Ohio University
Best Living Mascot: Uga, the University of Georgia bulldog
Best Unofficial Mascot: Scrotie, of the RISD hockey team the Nads
Best Fish-In-A-Barrel College: Sarah Lawrence, where 73 percent of the student body is female
Best Harmless Prank: Antiquing—dusting your friend's face with flour
Best College Sports Bar: The Houndstooth in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Hottest Cheerleaders: The USC WSong Girls—sweater puppies, anyone?
Best Student Section, Basketball: MSU's Izzone, named after Coach Izzo
Best College Radio Station: WSOU, Seton Hall
Best College Drinking Innovation: The Flabongo, a beer bong made out of a lawn flamingo
Hottest Major: Nursing [check out UNC-Chapel Hill]
Best Catholic Party School: Marquette
Best College Sandwich: Fat Philly from the Rutgers grease trucks: two chicken fingers, cheesesteak, gyro meat, two mozzarella sticks, white and red sauces, lettuce and tomato
Best Ivy League Party School: N/A
Best Course: Honors College 299: Far Side Entomology, at Oregon State University
Worst Course: Tree Climbing, Cornell
Hottest New College Sport: Sand volleyball (begins next academic year)
College That Sounds Fun But Isn’t: UNLV
Best Surf School: University of Hawaii
Best Name For Beer Pong: Beer Pong
Best College-Supported Art Project: Brandeis's Liquid Latex Body Art Show. Think painted girls mixed with fetish
Hottest College Girlfriend: Baylor's Rachel Glandorf, who dated [and is now engaged to] Texas QB Colt McCoy
Worst Party School: Tie between BYU and Oral Roberts

Once upon a time my alma mater, Dear Old Penn State, was crowned as the greatest party school in the country by the college  party arbiters at Playboy. It was a proud and hard earned accomplishment, so naturally I have my own grievances with the list. Some may question the inclusion of Rollins College in Orlando and Plymouth State University over larger, more deserving schools and the University of Alabama; surely the campus atmosphere was festive and the tailgates were wild during the school's run to the college football National Championship. Playboy also snubs the social scene at the Ivies and settles the score for the Beer Pong vs. Beirut debate.

What issues do you have with Playboy's rankings? Does the so-called "yellow rose of Texas" beat the belles of Tennessee? Who do you think deserves to be included in Playboy's Top 10? Sound off in the comments.