2006 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 U.S. Sports Academy 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 U.S. Sports Academy 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 |
Williams College |
NCAA |
1 |
1 |
7 |
3.0 |
| 2 |
Amherst College |
NCAA |
2 |
11 |
6 |
6.33 |
| 3 |
Middlebury College |
NCAA |
8 |
3 |
21 |
10.66 |
| 4 |
Duke University |
NCAA |
5 |
8 |
21 |
11.33 |
| 5 |
Stanford University |
NCAA |
5 |
1 |
33 |
13.0 |
| 5 |
Washington University |
NCAA |
11 |
7 |
21 |
13.0 |
| 7 |
University of Notre Dame |
NCAA |
18 |
6 |
21 |
15.0 |
| 8 |
Bowdoin College |
NCAA |
6 |
21 |
21 |
16.0 |
| 9 |
Princeton University |
NCAA |
1 |
47 |
2 |
16.66 |
| 10 |
Tufts University |
NCAA |
27 |
6 |
21 |
18.0 |
| 11 |
Stonehill College |
NCAA |
1 |
27 |
29 |
19.0 |
| 12 |
Emory University |
NCAA |
20 |
4 |
41 |
21.66 |
| 13 |
Wesleyan (CT) University |
NCAA |
12 |
34 |
21 |
22.33 |
| 14 |
College of New Jersey |
NCAA |
4 |
2 |
66 |
24.0 |
| 14 |
Harvard University |
NCAA |
1 |
69 |
2 |
24.0 |
| 16 |
Washington & Lee University |
NCAA |
14 |
32 |
29 |
25.0 |
| 17 |
Haverford College |
NCAA |
8 |
56 |
12 |
25.33 |
| 18 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
NCAA |
7 |
58 |
12 |
25.66 |
| 19 |
Northwestern University |
NCAA |
12 |
29 |
41 |
27.33 |
| 20 |
Dartmouth College |
NCAA |
9 |
67 |
7 |
27.66 |
| 21 |
Colby College |
NCAA |
20 |
31 |
35 |
28.66 |
| 22 |
Carleton College |
NCAA |
5 |
54 |
29 |
29.33 |
| 23 |
Yale University |
NCAA |
3 |
80 |
7 |
30.0 |
| 24 |
University of Chicago |
NCAA |
15 |
41 |
35 |
30.33 |
| 25 |
Cornell University |
NCAA |
13 |
66 |
18 |
32.33 |
| 26 |
Georgetown University |
NCAA |
23 |
68 |
11 |
34.0 |
| 27 |
University of California-San Diego |
NCAA |
32 |
6 |
66 |
34.66 |
| 27 |
University of Pennsylvania |
NCAA |
4 |
88 |
12 |
34.66 |
| 29 |
Bates College |
NCAA |
21 |
49 |
35 |
35.0 |
| 30 |
Brown University |
NCAA |
15 |
84 |
7 |
35.33 |
| 31 |
Wheaton (IL) College |
NCAA |
55 |
23 |
41 |
39.66 |
| 32 |
Hobart and William Smith Colleges |
NCAA |
61 |
60 |
2 |
41.0 |
| 33 |
Claremont McKenna College |
NCAA |
27 |
17 |
86 |
43.33 |
| 33 |
Kenyon College |
NCAA |
32 |
45 |
53 |
43.33 |
| 35 |
Union (NY) College |
NCAA |
36 |
43 |
53 |
44.0 |
| 36 |
University of Virginia |
NCAA |
23 |
26 |
86 |
45.0 |
| 37 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
NCAA |
22 |
50 |
66 |
46.0 |
| 38 |
Colorado College |
NCAA |
27 |
92 |
21 |
46.66 |
| 39 |
Rice University |
NCAA |
17 |
65 |
59 |
47.0 |
| 40 |
Trinity (TX) University |
NCAA |
1 |
8 |
134 |
47.66 |
| 41 |
Penn State University |
NCAA |
48 |
15 |
86 |
49.66 |
| 42 |
Truman State University |
NCAA |
8 |
26 |
120 |
51.33 |
| 43 |
SUNY Geneseo |
NCAA |
12 |
46 |
98 |
52.0 |
| 44 |
Boston College |
NCAA |
40 |
51 |
66 |
52.33 |
| 45 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
NCAA |
43 |
71 |
48 |
54.0 |
| 46 |
University of Michigan |
NCAA |
25 |
24 |
120 |
56.33 |
| 47 |
Villanova University |
NCAA |
1 |
87 |
86 |
58.0 |
| 48 |
Drury University |
NCAA |
10 |
17 |
151 |
59.33 |
| 49 |
DePauw University |
NCAA |
49 |
13 |
120 |
60.66 |
| 49 |
University of Richmond |
NCAA |
34 |
95 |
53 |
60.66 |
| 51 |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
NCAA |
55 |
42 |
86 |
61.0 |
| 52 |
Macalester College |
NCAA |
25 |
83 |
76 |
61.33 |
| 52 |
Messiah College |
NCAA |
4 |
15 |
165 |
61.33 |
| 54 |
Calvin College |
NCAA |
2 |
9 |
176 |
62.33 |
| 55 |
New York University |
NCAA |
37 |
48 |
111 |
65.33 |
| 56 |
Ithaca College |
NCAA |
7 |
26 |
165 |
66.0 |
| 57 |
Johns Hopkins University |
NCAA |
13 |
36 |
151 |
66.66 |
| 58 |
Denison University |
NCAA |
51 |
16 |
134 |
67.0 |
| 59 |
Vanderbilt University |
NCAA |
18 |
64 |
120 |
67.33 |
| 60 |
Gustavus Adolphus College |
NCAA |
73 |
10 |
120 |
67.66 |
| 61 |
Wake Forest University |
NCAA |
27 |
44 |
134 |
68.33 |
| 62 |
Santa Clara University |
NCAA |
2 |
73 |
134 |
69.66 |
| 63 |
Dickinson College |
NCAA |
45 |
78 |
98 |
73.66 |
| 64 |
St. Olaf College |
NCAA |
55 |
91 |
76 |
74.0 |
| 65 |
University of Rochester |
NCAA |
34 |
82 |
111 |
75.66 |
| 66 |
St. John's (MN) University |
NCAA |
69 |
75 |
86 |
76.66 |
| 67 |
Providence College |
NCAA |
2 |
78 |
151 |
77.0 |
| 68 |
Western Washington University |
NCAA |
18 |
34 |
189 |
80.33 |
| 69 |
Presbyterian College |
NCAA |
100 |
83 |
59 |
80.66 |
| 70 |
University of North Carolina |
NCAA |
27 |
4 |
213 |
81.33 |
| 71 |
Willamette University |
NCAA |
61 |
73 |
111 |
81.66 |
| 72 |
University of Mary Washington |
NCAA |
8 |
52 |
189 |
83.0 |
| 73 |
Gettysburg College |
NCAA |
47 |
70 |
134 |
83.66 |
| 74 |
St. Lawrence University |
NCAA |
61 |
68 |
134 |
87.66 |
| 75 |
Rockhurst College |
NCAA |
14 |
76 |
179 |
89.66 |
| 75 |
University of Wisconsin |
NCAA |
34 |
22 |
213 |
89.66 |
| 77 |
Franklin and Marshall College |
NCAA |
39 |
80 |
151 |
90.0 |
| 78 |
Hope College |
NCAA |
94 |
12 |
165 |
90.33 |
| 78 |
University of Illinois |
NCAA |
42 |
40 |
189 |
90.33 |
| 80 |
Purdue University |
NCAA |
60 |
35 |
179 |
91.33 |
| 81 |
Wheaton (MA) College |
NCAA |
66 |
35 |
179 |
93.33 |
| 82 |
Southern Methodist University |
NCAA |
71 |
49 |
165 |
95.0 |
| 82 |
University of Puget Sound |
NCAA |
81 |
39 |
165 |
95.0 |
| 84 |
Wartburg College |
NCAA |
7 |
17 |
262 |
95.33 |
| 85 |
Augustana (IL) College |
NCAA |
94 |
44 |
151 |
96.33 |
| 86 |
Whitworth College |
NCAA |
6 |
51 |
237 |
98.0 |
| 87 |
Linfield College |
NCAA |
1 |
61 |
237 |
99.66 |
| 88 |
University of California-Berkeley |
NCAA |
20 |
7 |
277 |
101.33 |
| 89 |
Nazareth College |
NCAA |
26 |
96 |
189 |
103.66 |
| 90 |
Winona State University |
NCAA |
64 |
60 |
189 |
104.33 |
| 91 |
University of California-Santa Barbara |
NCAA |
45 |
92 |
179 |
105.33 |
| 92 |
Bloomsburg University |
NCAA |
77 |
51 |
189 |
105.66 |
| 93 |
University of Maryland |
NCAA |
55 |
27 |
237 |
106.33 |
| 94 |
Barry University |
NCAA |
44 |
18 |
262 |
108.0 |
| 95 |
University of Washington |
NCAA |
45 |
18 |
262 |
108.33 |
| 96 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute |
NCAA |
78 |
45 |
213 |
112.0 |
| 97 |
Salisbury University |
NCAA |
44 |
24 |
277 |
115.0 |
| 98 |
Otterbein College |
NCAA |
6 |
40 |
304 |
116.66 |
| 98 |
University of Iowa |
NCAA |
60 |
53 |
237 |
116.66 |
| 100 |
Mount Union College |
NCAA |
14 |
66 |
277 |
119.0 |