JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="aercology">
<div class="row shaded">
<div class="columns one"> <span><a href="#">Gema</a></span>
</div>
<div class="columns two"> <span><a href="#">Air Quality<br/>Engineering(AQE)</a></span>
</div>
<div class="columns three"> <span><a href="#">Whitney</a></span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="columns one"> <span><a href="#">Guyson</a></span>
</div>
<div class="columns two"> <span><a href="#">Hoffman</a></span>
</div>
<div class="columns three"> <span><a href="#">Micro Air</a></span>
</div>
</div>
</div>
JavaScript
var items = $('.row a').map(function () {
return $(this).html();
}).get();
items.sort().reverse();
$(".row a").each(function(){
$(this).html(items.pop())
});