2011 NCSA Collegiate Power Rankings
The Collegiate Power Rankings from NCSA are calculated for each college/university at the NCAA Division I, II and III levels by averaging the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup ranking, the NCAA student-athlete graduation rate of each college/university and the U.S. News & World Report ranking. The collegiate power rankings based off of the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup rating evaluates the strength of NCAA athletic departments, while the U.S. News & World Report rating recognizes institutions of academic excellence. The student-athlete graduation rates are based on those provided by the NCAA.
NCSA Power Rank |
College/University |
Division |
Academic Rank |
Athletic Rank |
NCAA Grad. Rate |
Power Ranking |
| 1 |
Amherst College |
NCAA |
2 |
4 |
11 |
5.67 |
| 2 |
Duke University |
NCAA |
9 |
5 |
7 |
7.0 |
| 2 |
Williams College |
NCAA |
1 |
1 |
19 |
7.0 |
| 4 |
Stanford University |
NCAA |
5 |
1 |
30 |
12.0 |
| 5 |
University of Notre Dame |
NCAA |
19 |
18 |
2 |
13.0 |
| 6 |
University of California -- San Diego |
NCAA |
35 |
5 |
3 |
14.33 |
| 7 |
Middlebury College |
NCAA |
4 |
2 |
42 |
16.0 |
| 8 |
Princeton University |
NCAA |
2 |
38 |
11 |
17.0 |
| 9 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
NCAA |
7 |
11 |
42 |
20.0 |
| 10 |
Northwestern University |
NCAA |
12 |
46 |
7 |
21.67 |
| 11 |
Washington University in St. Louis |
NCAA |
13 |
3 |
52 |
22.67 |
| 12 |
University of Pennsylvania |
NCAA |
5 |
68 |
19 |
30.67 |
| 13 |
Bowdoin College |
NCAA |
6 |
22 |
65 |
31.0 |
| 13 |
Harvard University |
NCAA |
1 |
89 |
3 |
31.0 |
| 15 |
Georgetown University |
NCAA |
21 |
55 |
19 |
31.67 |
| 16 |
Johns Hopkins University |
NCAA |
13 |
8 |
75 |
32.0 |
| 17 |
Yale University |
NCAA |
3 |
84 |
11 |
32.67 |
| 18 |
Vanderbilt University |
NCAA |
17 |
56 |
30 |
34.33 |
| 19 |
Boston College |
NCAA |
31 |
64 |
11 |
35.33 |
| 20 |
United States Naval Academy |
NCAA |
16 |
90 |
3 |
36.33 |
| 21 |
University of Chicago |
NCAA |
9 |
27 |
75 |
37.0 |
| 22 |
Dartmouth College |
NCAA |
9 |
77 |
30 |
38.67 |
| 23 |
Tufts University |
NCAA |
28 |
25 |
65 |
39.33 |
| 24 |
Brown University |
NCAA |
15 |
85 |
19 |
39.67 |
| 25 |
Emory University |
NCAA |
20 |
7 |
100 |
42.33 |
| 26 |
Cornell University |
NCAA |
15 |
70 |
52 |
45.67 |
| 27 |
Wake Forest University |
NCAA |
25 |
74 |
42 |
47.0 |
| 28 |
Carleton College |
NCAA |
8 |
71 |
65 |
48.0 |
| 29 |
College of William and Mary |
NCAA |
31 |
96 |
19 |
48.67 |
| 30 |
Pennsylvania State University -- University Park |
NCAA |
47 |
13 |
88 |
49.33 |
| 31 |
Haverford College |
NCAA |
9 |
88 |
52 |
49.67 |
| 32 |
University of North Carolina -- Chapel Hill |
NCAA |
30 |
6 |
114 |
50.0 |
| 33 |
Stonehill College |
NCAA |
105 |
51 |
3 |
53.0 |
| 34 |
Villanova University |
NCAA |
101 |
50 |
11 |
54.0 |
| 34 |
Wellesley College |
NCAA |
4 |
106 |
52 |
54.0 |
| 36 |
Columbia University |
NCAA |
4 |
108 |
52 |
54.67 |
| 37 |
Claremont McKenna College |
NCAA |
11 |
24 |
132 |
55.67 |
| 37 |
Rollins College |
NCAA |
101 |
24 |
42 |
55.67 |
| 39 |
Boston University |
NCAA |
56 |
82 |
30 |
56.0 |
| 40 |
United States Military Academy |
NCAA |
16 |
107 |
52 |
58.33 |
| 41 |
Bucknell University |
NCAA |
30 |
127 |
19 |
58.67 |
| 42 |
Washington and Lee University |
NCAA |
14 |
66 |
100 |
60.0 |
| 43 |
University of Virginia |
NCAA |
25 |
7 |
149 |
60.33 |
| 44 |
University of Denver |
NCAA |
86 |
54 |
42 |
60.67 |
| 45 |
Bates College |
NCAA |
21 |
77 |
88 |
62.0 |
| 45 |
Barnard College |
NCAA |
26 |
108 |
52 |
62.0 |
| 47 |
University of New Hampshire |
NCAA |
104 |
76 |
7 |
62.33 |
| 48 |
Truman State University |
NCAA |
108 |
66 |
19 |
64.33 |
| 49 |
College of Wooster |
NCAA |
71 |
131 |
1 |
67.67 |
| 50 |
Southern Methodist University |
NCAA |
56 |
62 |
88 |
68.67 |
| 50 |
University of Florida |
NCAA |
53 |
4 |
149 |
68.67 |
| 52 |
Augustana College (SD) |
NCAA |
105 |
3 |
100 |
69.33 |
| 53 |
Lehigh University |
NCAA |
37 |
98 |
75 |
70.0 |
| 54 |
University of Richmond |
NCAA |
32 |
138 |
42 |
70.67 |
| 55 |
Seattle Pacific University |
NCAA |
114 |
70 |
30 |
71.33 |
| 56 |
Brandeis University |
NCAA |
34 |
99 |
88 |
73.67 |
| 57 |
Marquette University |
NCAA |
75 |
96 |
52 |
74.33 |
| 58 |
Vassar College |
NCAA |
12 |
162 |
52 |
75.33 |
| 59 |
Bentley University |
NCAA |
104 |
49 |
75 |
76.0 |
| 59 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
NCAA |
23 |
91 |
114 |
76.0 |
| 61 |
Wofford College |
NCAA |
62 |
160 |
7 |
76.33 |
| 62 |
Pomona College |
NCAA |
6 |
92 |
132 |
76.67 |
| 63 |
University of Washington |
NCAA |
41 |
21 |
169 |
77.0 |
| 64 |
Hamilton College |
NCAA |
18 |
128 |
88 |
78.0 |
| 65 |
University of Tampa |
NCAA |
126 |
21 |
88 |
78.33 |
| 66 |
Colby College |
NCAA |
23 |
116 |
100 |
79.67 |
| 66 |
University of Dayton |
NCAA |
99 |
110 |
30 |
79.67 |
| 66 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
NCAA |
47 |
23 |
169 |
79.67 |
| 69 |
Grinnell College |
NCAA |
18 |
108 |
114 |
80.0 |
| 70 |
New York University |
NCAA |
33 |
43 |
169 |
81.67 |
| 70 |
Providence College |
NCAA |
102 |
113 |
30 |
81.67 |
| 70 |
Wheaton College (Illinois) |
NCAA |
55 |
76 |
114 |
81.67 |
| 73 |
Elizabethtown College |
NCAA |
105 |
89 |
52 |
82.0 |
| 73 |
Flagler College |
NCAA |
109 |
49 |
88 |
82.0 |
| 75 |
Syracuse University |
NCAA |
55 |
61 |
132 |
82.67 |
| 76 |
Rice University |
NCAA |
17 |
192 |
42 |
83.67 |
| 77 |
Hillsdale College |
NCAA |
88 |
90 |
75 |
84.33 |
| 78 |
Drury University |
NCAA |
111 |
11 |
132 |
84.67 |
| 79 |
Kenyon College |
NCAA |
32 |
54 |
169 |
85.0 |
| 80 |
Adelphi University |
NCAA |
159 |
45 |
52 |
85.33 |
| 81 |
Colorado School of Mines |
NCAA |
72 |
18 |
169 |
86.33 |
| 82 |
Virginia Tech |
NCAA |
69 |
45 |
149 |
87.67 |
| 83 |
University of California -- Berkeley |
NCAA |
22 |
3 |
239 |
88.0 |
| 83 |
University of Iowa |
NCAA |
72 |
43 |
149 |
88.0 |
| 85 |
Creighton University |
NCAA |
101 |
114 |
52 |
89.0 |
| 86 |
United States Air Force Academy |
NCAA |
101 |
92 |
75 |
89.33 |
| 87 |
American University |
NCAA |
79 |
130 |
65 |
91.33 |
| 88 |
St. Olaf College |
NCAA |
51 |
75 |
149 |
91.67 |
| 88 |
University of California -- Los Angeles |
NCAA |
25 |
11 |
239 |
91.67 |
| 90 |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
NCAA |
62 |
18 |
197 |
92.33 |
| 91 |
DePauw University |
NCAA |
51 |
33 |
197 |
93.67 |
| 91 |
Swarthmore College |
NCAA |
3 |
236 |
42 |
93.67 |
| 93 |
Dickinson College |
NCAA |
47 |
49 |
186 |
94.0 |
| 94 |
Xavier University |
NCAA |
103 |
150 |
30 |
94.33 |
| 95 |
Bellarmine University |
NCAA |
112 |
121 |
52 |
95.0 |
| 96 |
University of San Diego |
NCAA |
94 |
80 |
114 |
96.0 |
| 97 |
Colorado College |
NCAA |
26 |
95 |
169 |
96.67 |
| 98 |
Pepperdine University |
NCAA |
53 |
128 |
114 |
98.33 |
| 98 |
University of Miami |
NCAA |
47 |
51 |
197 |
98.33 |
| 98 |
University of California -- Davis |
NCAA |
39 |
142 |
114 |
98.33 |