80 Marks in CLAT 2026; Expected Rank, NLU, Admission Chances Category-Wise

80 marks in CLAT 2026 can fetch a candidate an AIR ranging from 1,585 - 1,615. With such an AIR, there are low chances of admission into top NLUs like NLSIU Bangalore, NALSAR Hyderabad, NLU Odisha, etc.

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Expected Rank in 80 Marks in CLAT 2026
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80 Marks in CLAT 2026; Expected Rank, NLU, Admission Chances Category-Wise

80 marks in CLAT translates to 1,585 - 1,615 AIR. While this rank can be considered low for those looking forward to joining top NLUs like NLSIU Bangalore, NALSAR Hyderabad, NLU Odisha, etc, however, candidates who are interested in joining NLU Sonepat, NLU Assam, NLU Jabalpur, can breathe a sigh of relief with such marks. One should know that the admission chances in National Law University varies depending on different universities. Going by the past trends, in most of the NLUs, the success chances of a General category student in any of the state wise NLU is unlikely. However, it is not the same with other categories.

While the top NLUs, like NLU Gandhinagar, NLU Mumbai, etc have almost zero success chance of admitting students belonging to reserved categories with 80 marks in CLAT, NLU Aurangabad, NLU Visakhapatnam, NLU Sonepat, NLU Assam, etc have a silver of hope for the reserved category students. The data mentioned here has been derived based on past trends, and the official stats can vary based on different factors such as total number of exam takers, seat availability, etc.

Expected Rank in 80 Marks in CLAT 2026

As mentioned above, expected rank in 80 marks range from AIR 1,585 - 1,615. This performance can be considered as poor, as it does not fetch admissions into top NLUs like NLU Assam, NLU Sonepat, NLU Jabalpur, etc. The table below shows data about the expected rank in 80 marks in CLAT 2026:-

Marks	Estimated Rank
80.5+ marks	Up to AIR 1,585
80+ marks	Up to AIR 1,615

80 Marks in CLAT 2026: Category Wise Admission Chances in NLU

All India Rank ranging from 1,585 - 1,615 does not enable one to get into top NLUs. However, there are a handful of universities in which the candidate can get admission in, with such a score. Know that the data differs based on different NLUs and categories. The table below shows an elucidated description of the category wise admission chances in NLU with 80 marks in CLAT 2026:-

Name of the NLU	Category-wise Success Chances
Name of the NLU	General	OBC	EWS	SC	ST
NLSIU Bangalore	Highly unlikely	Highly unlikely	Highly unlikely	Low	Low
NALSAR Hyderabad	Highly unlikely	Highly unlikely	Highly unlikely	Low	Low
NLU Kolkata	Highly unlikely	Highly unlikely	Highly unlikely	High	High
NLU Jodhpur	Highly unlikely	High	Highly unlikely	Highly unlikely	Highly unlikely
NLU Gandhinagar	Highly Unlikely	Medium	Highly Unlikely	Highly Unlikely	Highly Unlikely
NLU Bhopal	Highly Unlikely	Medium	Highly Unlikely	Highly Unlikely	Highly Unlikely
NLU Mumbai	Highly Unlikely	Highly Unlikely	Highly Unlikely	Highly Unlikely	Highly Unlikely
NLU Raipur	Highly Unlikely	Medium	Highly Unlikely	Highly Unlikely	Low
NLU Lucknow	Medium	Highly Unlikely	Low	Highly Unlikely	Highly Unlikely
NLU Odisha	Highly unlikely	Highly unlikely	Highly unlikely	Highly unlikely	Highly unlikely
NLU Punjab	Highly unlikely	Highly unlikely	Highly unlikely	Highly unlikely	Highly unlikely
NLU Kochi	Highly Unlikely	Medium	Highly Unlikely	Highly Unlikely	Highly Unlikely
NLU Patna	Highly Unlikely	Medium	Medium	Highly Unlikely	Highly Unlikely
NLU Nagpur	Highly Unlikely	Medium	Highly Unlikely	Highly Unlikely	Highly Unlikely
NLU Ranchi	Highly Unlikely	Highly Unlikely	Medium	Highly Unlikely	Highly Unlikely
NLU Trichy	Highly Unlikely	High	Highly Unlikely	Highly Unlikely	Medium
NLU Aurangabad	Highly Unlikely	High	High	Highly Unlikely	Highly Unlikely
NLU Visakhapatnam	Low	High	Medium	Highly Unlikely	Highly Unlikely
NLU Sonepat	Medium	High	High	Highly Unlikely	Highly Unlikely
NLU Assam	Medium	Very High	Very High	Very High	Very High
NLU Jabalpur	Medium	Very High	Very High	Very High	Very High
NLU Shimla	Low	Medium	Medium	Very High	Very High
IIULER Goa	Low	High	Medium	Very High	Very High
NLU Agartala	Very High	Very High	Very High	Very High	Very High
NLU Silvassa	Very High	Very High	Very High	Very High	Very High

Scoring 80 marks in CLAT 2026 corresponds to an estimated All India Rank of 1,585–1,615. Such a performance is generally insufficient for admission into top NLUs like NLSIU Bangalore, NALSAR Hyderabad, or NLU Odisha, especially for general category candidates. However, candidates—particularly from reserved categories—still have reasonable chances in mid- and lower-tier NLUs such as NLU Sonepat, NLU Assam, NLU Jabalpur, NLU Aurangabad, and NLU Visakhapatnam. Admission prospects vary significantly across universities and categories, and these trends are indicative rather than definitive, as actual outcomes depend on factors like seat availability and total number of applicants.