UMD Frat Rankings - Explained

Relevant Frats - Have a packed social calendar and are the frats that throw darties every available weekend. They have a chapter, good recruiting, and plenty of satellites. Some obviously better than others but can be broken up into four groups.

Upper Top: Sig Nu, Phi Delt

- Easily the top two frats at UMD. Sig Nu has experienced a grow like no other since merging with Figi. Have probably the best relations of anybody. Phi Delt has consistently been top and has been the most consistently great Fraternity at UMD for the past 5 years. The top spot can go either way between these two but they belong in a tier of their own. Will exclusively social with Aphi, Theta, Tridelt, and KD.

Top: Ato, Sig Chi, KA
- The next three to round out the top 5. They will social pretty much with Aphi, Theta, Tridelt, and KD but will also get some of the other four relevant sororities in the mix. Ato has been had probably the best rush of any fraternity the past year and has cemented themselves as the third best fraternity after being low top for a while. Sig Chi has stayed the same and will always be in the 3-4 spot. Easily a top a house and an extremely well run organization with a lot of great guys. KA has been getting some heat and is likely the fifth best now after being two for so long. Probation and bad rushes have hurt them but they haven’t lost any relations. Losing Yale will hurt but I don’t see them falling out of the top 5 unless kicked off campus or the trend in their rush continues.

Lower Top: Dsig, Lambda, Zeta Psi
- Relevant and Solid houses that will darty together and are very similar. They are the most desirable frats for Axid, Aopi, Axo, and Zeta. Will also social sometimes with the top 4 sororities. Dsig has been having great rush classes and keep getting better and better relations. Lambda used to be top 5 but has been on probation a fair amount leashing to a bad spring rush, but they still have great houses and incredible relations, will likely bounce back this fall. They also have garden and have apparently gotten an old chapter house in old town as their social house which will likely help alot. Ever been to a Zeta Psi darty? Enough said. These kids can throw down, keep growing as well.

Upper Mid: Alpha Delt, Tep, Beta
- Last of the relevant or “top” frats. Alpha Delt has been sneaky killing it under the radar. Instead of going on Greek rank and boosting themselves they’ve put in alot of work and are getting a chapter house. Blue is great for darties. Tep and beta still relevant.

Following these frats there are still some pretty large fraternities that will have a fair amount of socials, however they will be with not as desirable sororities.

Middle: Theta Chi, Zbt, Sae

Lower middle: Agr, Psk, Sig Phi

Then comes the rest…
Upper Bottom: Sig Ep, Phi Tau, Alpha Sig

Lower Bottom: Phi Psi, Chi Phi, Sammy, Du, Sig Tau

Final Ranking:
1: Sig Nu, Phi Delt
2: Ato, Sig Chi, KA
3: Dsig, Lambda, Zeta Psi

4: Alpha Delt, Tep, Beta
5: Theta Chi, Zbt, Sae
6: Agr, Psk, Theta Chi

7: Sig Ep, Phi Tau, Asig
8: Phi Psi, Chi Phi, Sammy
9: Du, Sig Tau

There’s been a lot of self ranking on here and organizations like TEP will probably down vote this into oblivion or even pay to have it deleted. The truth is this and it is subject to change in the coming years but this is how things will be for the upcoming school year.