August 05, 2005
EDWARDSVILLE, IL. - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has got the power.
The National Collegiate Scouting Association (NCSA) listed SIUE as No. 25 among NCAA Division II institutions in its recent release of the 2005 NCSA Collegiate Power Rankings.
The NCSA bases its rankings by averaging the US News & World Report ranking, the US Sports Academy Directors' Cup ranking and the NCAA student-athlete gradutation rate.
SIUE was one of several Great Lakes Valley Conference schools in the NCSA Collegiate Power Rankings. Fellow GLVC members Indianapolis was ranked No. 20, Lewis was ranked No. 30 and Northern Kentucky was tabbed No. 46. Two of the newest members of the GLVC also were ranked. Drury placed fourth while Missouri-Rolla was 19th overall.
The rankings were developed to provide data aiming to evaluate the strengths of universities based on academic and athletic standards. For more information, go to the NCSA web site at http://www.ncsasports.org.
