"ranking against" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a comparison between two or more entities. For example, "The company's sales figures ranked against its competitors showed a significant improvement."
While Matt Doherty, who left his coaching post at Notre Dame over the summer, lived up to his promise as an emotional leader, the North Carolina men's basketball team didn't necessarily live up to its No. 6 preseason ranking against Winthrop.
Research gaps are suggested when comparing topic ranking against the challenges to health system strengthening and scaling up of disease control programs.
Students' ages, which are used to calculate their percentile ranking against students of similar age, were recorded in years and months, but should also have counted days to be precise.
Some Asian countries, including China, Korea and Japan, increased the total number of publications, publication rates and overall ranking against other, predominantly European countries over the decade.
Besides the competition from Miyazato and Shin, Kerr will be competing to maintain her top ranking against a field of challengers from Asia who aren't far removed from their teens.
Instead, all I am seeing is the Blyton fan community close ranks against her critics.
Universities are not ranked against one another, but are assumed to be equal.
It's contrived images and edited clips ranked against each other.
Chiefs 24-21 ChargEarlierlIer I asked how this would rank against other San Diego Chargers chokes, if the score holds up.
Teachers are then ranked against their peers across the city on a scale from low to high.
But ranked against their rule, he says, is "a new generation willing to die for their cause.
