GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For years, the higher-ups at the University of Georgia have tried to suppress the school's image as a booze fueled party school -- but from the looks of things, students just aren't buying it.

For the second year in a row, the state's flagship institution landed in the famous -- or infamous -- top ten on the Princeton Review's annual Top Party Schools, although it slipped a couple notches from No. 5 to No. 7 for the 2009 edition. UGA also ranked third on the list for "students who (almost) never study."

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But UGA brass shouldn't despair. Football rival the University of Florida came in No. 1 on the party school ranking for the first time ever, yanking the beer guzzling, kegger inducing title away from West Virginia University.

The Princeton Review surveys nearly 120,000 students for its annual college guide, ranking 62 categories from most conservative students (Texas A&M University) to Great College Town (Chicago, for DePaul University).

For the first time, the review looked at the greenest and most environmentally friendly campuses, and Atlanta's own Emory University made the top of the list. Emory was one of 11 colleges around the country that earned the highest rating for its environmentally related practices, policies and courses.

Meanwhile, Wesleyan College in Macon was first on the list for lots of race and class interaction and diverse student population.

Georgia Tech ranked third for "class discussions rare," and fourth for least accessible professors. But Tech students ranked their athletic facilities high.

Spelman College students put the Atlanta school high on a list of campuses dissatisfied with their library and financial aid. They're also near the top of the list for stone-cold sober schools. Coincidence?

Florida has made the top 20 party school list for the past 15 years, but has never been No. 1.

Freshman Allison Belanger, a journalism and political science major, said she's only been on campus for a few weeks but already has had no problem finding a party.

"All I have to do is leave the dorm," said Belanger, 17. "A lot of people study hard and party hard."

A university spokesman said the party school reputation comes from the school's athletic successes. The Gators won two national basketball championships in 2006 and 2007 and one national football title at the end of the 2006 season.

"The fact that we have three national championships in two years is probably a major contributing factor," Orlando said. "We know our students like to have a good time."

He defended the school's academic climate, noting Florida's incoming students have a weighted grade-point average of 4.1 and an average SAT score of 1,300.

The Associated Press contributed to this article.

HOW GEORGIA SCHOOLS RANKED OUT OF 368 INSTITUTIONS

University of Georgia

Ranking Category

#20: Best Campus Food

#5: Best College Newspaper

#11: Jock Schools

#15: Little Race/Class Interaction

#11: Lots of Hard Liquor

#12: Major Frat and Sorority Scene

#7: Party Schools

#6: Students Pack the Stadiums

#3: Students Study the Least

#10: Best Athletic Facilities

Georgia Tech

Rank Category

#8: Professors Get Low Marks

#4: Least Accessible Professors

#3: Class Discussions Rare

#6: Best Athletic Facilities

Emory University

Rank Category

#15: Best College Library

Agnes Scott

Rank Category

#20: Don't Inhale

#17: Stone-Cold Sober Schools

#11: Town-Gown Relations are Great

#19: Best Classroom Experience

#15: Best Quality of Life

Mercer University

Rank Category

#18: Alternative Lifestyles Not an Alternative

Oglethorpe University

Rank Category

#19: Best College Theater

#13: Lots of Race/Class Interaction

Spelman College

Rank Category

#6: Got Milk?

#18: Nobody Plays Intramural Sports

#16: Least Accessible Professors

#14: Scotch and Soda, Hold the Scotch

#9: Students Dissatisfied with Financial Aid

#5: This is a Library?

TOP PARTY SCHOOLS

Following is a list of the top party schools in the nation, according to Princeton Review's survey of 120,000 students.

1. University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.

2. University of Mississippi, University, Miss.

3. Penn State University, University Park, Pa.

4. West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va.

5. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.

6. Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va.

7. University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.

8. University of Texas, Austin, Texas.

9. University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Calif.

10. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla.

11. University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H.

12. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

13. University of Colorado, Boulder, Co.

14. Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.

15. Tulane University, New Orleans, La.

16. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Ill.

17. Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.

18. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn.

19. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala.

20. Loyola University-New Orleans, New Orleans, La.