2009 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 |
Williams College |
NCAA III |
1 |
1 |
4 |
2.0 |
| 2 |
Amherst College |
NCAA III |
1 |
3 |
4 |
2.66 |
| 3 |
Middlebury College |
NCAA III |
5 |
2 |
14 |
7.0 |
| 4 |
Washington University in St. Louis |
NCAA III |
12 |
4 |
14 |
10.0 |
| 5 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
NCAA III |
4 |
24 |
12 |
13.33 |
| 6 |
Tufts University |
NCAA III |
28 |
10 |
21 |
19.66 |
| 7 |
Johns Hopkins University |
NCAA III |
15 |
18 |
27 |
20.0 |
| 8 |
Carleton College |
NCAA III |
8 |
35 |
27 |
23.33 |
| 9 |
Emory University |
NCAA III |
18 |
6 |
48 |
24.0 |
| 10 |
Bowdoin College |
NCAA III |
6 |
50 |
21 |
25.66 |
| 11 |
Haverford College |
NCAA III |
10 |
58 |
21 |
29.66 |
| 12 |
Washington and Lee University |
NCAA III |
17 |
41 |
37 |
31.66 |
| 13 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
NCAA III |
22 |
26 |
48 |
32.0 |
| 14 |
Trinity College |
NCAA III |
33 |
27 |
48 |
36.0 |
| 15 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps-McKenna College |
NCAA III |
11 |
34 |
64 |
36.33 |
| 16 |
Bates College |
NCAA III |
25 |
57 |
37 |
39.66 |
| 17 |
University of Chicago |
NCAA III |
8 |
81 |
31 |
40.0 |
| 18 |
Wheaton College (IL) |
NCAA III |
56 |
28 |
48 |
44.0 |
| 19 |
Hamilton College |
NCAA III |
20 |
68 |
46 |
44.66 |
| 20 |
Brandeis University |
NCAA III |
31 |
80 |
31 |
47.33 |
| 21 |
Colby College |
NCAA III |
23 |
91 |
37 |
50.33 |
| 22 |
Kenyon College |
NCAA III |
32 |
51 |
69 |
50.66 |
| 23 |
Swarthmore College |
NCAA III |
3 |
144 |
14 |
53.66 |
| 24 |
Franklin and Marshall College |
NCAA III |
42 |
46 |
79 |
55.66 |
| 24 |
New York University |
NCAA III |
33 |
65 |
69 |
55.66 |
| 26 |
Pomona-Pitzer College |
NCAA III |
6 |
108 |
58 |
57.33 |
| 27 |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
NCAA III |
60 |
25 |
88 |
57.66 |
| 28 |
College of Wooster |
NCAA III |
77 |
101 |
1 |
59.66 |
| 29 |
Wesleyan University |
NCAA III |
13 |
154 |
21 |
62.66 |
| 30 |
DePauw University |
NCAA III |
49 |
39 |
102 |
63.33 |
| 30 |
St. Olaf College |
NCAA III |
47 |
85 |
58 |
63.33 |
| 32 |
Grinnell College |
NCAA III |
14 |
150 |
37 |
67.0 |
| 33 |
Skidmore College |
NCAA III |
47 |
72 |
88 |
69.0 |
| 34 |
Denison University |
NCAA III |
53 |
32 |
126 |
70.33 |
| 35 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
NCAA III |
41 |
105 |
79 |
75.0 |
| 35 |
St. Lawrence University |
NCAA III |
58 |
19 |
148 |
75.0 |
| 35 |
University of Rochester |
NCAA III |
35 |
102 |
88 |
75.0 |
| 38 |
Dickinson College |
NCAA III |
45 |
109 |
79 |
77.66 |
| 39 |
Muhlenberg College |
NCAA III |
71 |
103 |
64 |
79.33 |
| 40 |
Case Western Reserve University |
NCAA III |
41 |
87 |
113 |
80.33 |
| 41 |
Vassar College |
NCAA III |
11 |
207 |
27 |
81.66 |
| 42 |
Gettysburg College |
NCAA III |
49 |
92 |
113 |
84.66 |
| 43 |
Gustavus Adolphus College |
NCAA III |
88 |
8 |
171 |
89.0 |
| 44 |
Hope College |
NCAA III |
88 |
37 |
148 |
91.0 |
| 45 |
Centre College |
NCAA III |
45 |
130 |
126 |
100.33 |
| 46 |
Stevens Institute of Technology |
NCAA III |
83 |
38 |
187 |
102.66 |
| 47 |
Kalamazoo College |
NCAA III |
60 |
123 |
126 |
103.0 |
| 48 |
Luther College |
NCAA III |
88 |
54 |
171 |
104.33 |
| 48 |
University of Puget Sound |
NCAA III |
81 |
45 |
187 |
104.33 |
| 50 |
Hobart and William Smith Colleges |
NCAA III |
68 |
52 |
196 |
105.33 |
| 51 |
Macalester College |
NCAA III |
25 |
229 |
64 |
106.0 |
| 52 |
Wheaton College (MA) |
NCAA III |
58 |
113 |
148 |
106.33 |
| 53 |
Calvin College |
NCAA III |
115 |
22 |
187 |
108.0 |
| 54 |
Colorado College |
NCAA III |
30 |
242 |
69 |
113.66 |
| 55 |
Whitman College
|
NCAA III |
37 |
264 |
48 |
116.33 |
| 56 |
Augustana College (IL) |
NCAA III |
88 |
128 |
141 |
119.0 |
| 57 |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
NCAA III |
71 |
163 |
126 |
120.0 |
| 58 |
Connecticut College |
NCAA III |
42 |
125 |
196 |
121.0 |
| 59 |
University of St. Thomas |
NCAA III |
134 |
13 |
218 |
121.66 |
| 60 |
Union (NY) College |
NCAA III |
42 |
115 |
218 |
125.0 |
| 61 |
Willamette University |
NCAA III |
60 |
120 |
196 |
125.33 |
| 62 |
Messiah College |
NCAA III |
219 |
14 |
148 |
127.0 |
| 63 |
Allegheny College |
NCAA III |
94 |
70 |
218 |
127.33 |
| 64 |
Occidental College |
NCAA III |
37 |
258 |
88 |
127.66 |
| 65 |
Grove City College |
NCAA III |
125 |
175 |
88 |
129.33 |
| 66 |
Juniata College |
NCAA III |
98 |
152 |
148 |
132.66 |
| 67 |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
NCAA III |
84 |
198 |
126 |
136.0 |
| 68 |
Oberlin College |
NCAA III |
20 |
310 |
79 |
136.33 |
| 69 |
Ursinus College |
NCAA III |
81 |
190 |
141 |
137.33 |
| 70 |
Wittenberg University |
NCAA III |
125 |
141 |
148 |
138.0 |
| 71 |
Coe College |
NCAA III |
98 |
59 |
281 |
146.0 |
| 72 |
Moravian College |
NCAA III |
125 |
75 |
240 |
146.66 |
| 73 |
Transylvania University |
NCAA III |
77 |
69 |
300 |
148.66 |
| 74 |
Linfield College |
NCAA III |
118 |
48 |
281 |
149.0 |
| 75 |
Bethel University |
NCAA III |
177 |
79 |
196 |
150.66 |
| 76 |
Sewanee - University of the South |
NCAA III |
41 |
303 |
113 |
152.33 |
| 77 |
Washington and Jefferson College |
NCAA III |
104 |
60 |
300 |
154.66 |
| 78 |
St. Norbert College |
NCAA III |
125 |
77 |
263 |
155.0 |
| 79 |
University of California--Santa Cruz |
NCAA III |
96 |
89 |
281 |
155.33 |
| 80 |
Lawrence University |
NCAA III |
56 |
266 |
148 |
156.66 |
| 81 |
Westminster College (PA) |
NCAA III |
122 |
209 |
141 |
157.33 |
| 82 |
Rhodes College |
NCAA III |
49 |
299 |
126 |
158.0 |
| 83 |
Wartburg College |
NCAA III |
125 |
16 |
346 |
162.33 |
| 84 |
Nebraska Wesleyan University |
NCAA III |
125 |
66 |
300 |
163.66 |
| 84 |
Susquehanna University |
NCAA III |
115 |
274 |
102 |
163.66 |
| 86 |
Elmira College |
NCAA III |
218 |
153 |
126 |
165.66 |
| 87 |
Wilmington College |
NCAA III |
236 |
183 |
88 |
169.0 |
| 88 |
Drew University |
NCAA III |
71 |
245 |
196 |
170.66 |
| 89 |
Clark University |
NCAA III |
80 |
231 |
218 |
176.33 |
| 89 |
Millsaps College |
NCAA III |
84 |
164 |
281 |
176.33 |
| 89 |
Wabash College |
NCAA III |
54 |
235 |
240 |
176.33 |
| 92 |
Keystone College |
NCAA III |
260 |
223 |
48 |
177.0 |
| 93 |
Beloit College |
NCAA III |
60 |
277 |
196 |
177.66 |
| 94 |
Central College |
NCAA III |
122 |
124 |
300 |
182.0 |
| 95 |
Albion College |
NCAA III |
104 |
226 |
218 |
182.66 |
| 96 |
Catholic University of America |
NCAA III |
116 |
216 |
218 |
183.33 |
| 97 |
Ohio Wesleyan University |
NCAA III |
111 |
74 |
369 |
184.66 |
| 97 |
Ripon College |
NCAA III |
125 |
233 |
196 |
184.66 |
| 99 |
Mount Union College |
NCAA III |
125 |
36 |
396 |
185.66 |
| 100 |
United States Merchant Marine Academy |
NCAA III |
217 |
155 |
187 |
186.33 |