2004 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 |
Harvard University |
NCAA |
1 |
2 |
9 |
4.0 |
| 2 |
Princeton University |
NCAA |
1 |
1 |
11 |
4.33 |
| 3 |
Williams College |
NCAA |
1 |
1 |
12 |
4.66 |
| 4 |
Yale University |
NCAA |
3 |
7 |
21 |
10.33 |
| 5 |
Dartmouth College |
NCAA |
9 |
10 |
13 |
10.66 |
| 6 |
Stanford University |
NCAA |
7 |
1 |
28 |
12.0 |
| 7 |
Villanova University |
NCAA |
1 |
3 |
39 |
14.33 |
| 8 |
Duke University |
NCAA |
6 |
21 |
23 |
16.66 |
| 9 |
Brown University |
NCAA |
17 |
12 |
22 |
17.0 |
| 10 |
Georgetown University |
NCAA |
24 |
6 |
24 |
18.0 |
| 10 |
University of Pennsylvania |
NCAA |
8 |
4 |
42 |
18.0 |
| 12 |
University of Richmond |
NCAA |
1 |
18 |
37 |
18.66 |
| 13 |
University of Notre Dame |
NCAA |
19 |
13 |
26 |
19.33 |
| 14 |
Tufts University |
NCAA |
27 |
28 |
8 |
21.0 |
| 15 |
Middlebury College |
NCAA |
8 |
12 |
45 |
21.66 |
| 16 |
Cornell University |
NCAA |
14 |
15 |
41 |
23.33 |
| 16 |
Providence College |
NCAA |
2 |
8 |
60 |
23.33 |
| 18 |
Butler University |
NCAA |
7 |
21 |
49 |
25.66 |
| 18 |
Carleton College |
NCAA |
4 |
42 |
31 |
25.66 |
| 20 |
Columbia University |
NCAA |
11 |
17 |
50 |
26.0 |
| 21 |
Washington & Lee University |
NCAA |
13 |
39 |
29 |
27.0 |
| 22 |
Emory University |
NCAA |
18 |
2 |
63 |
27.66 |
| 22 |
Truman State University |
NCAA |
8 |
8 |
67 |
27.66 |
| 24 |
Amherst College |
NCAA |
2 |
11 |
78 |
30.33 |
| 25 |
College of the Holy Cross |
NCAA |
28 |
43 |
25 |
32.0 |
| 26 |
Bowdoin College |
NCAA |
10 |
40 |
48 |
32.66 |
| 27 |
Santa Clara University |
NCAA |
2 |
23 |
74 |
33.0 |
| 28 |
Rice University |
NCAA |
16 |
71 |
18 |
35.0 |
| 29 |
Manhattan College |
NCAA |
16 |
19 |
72 |
35.66 |
| 30 |
Colorado College |
NCAA |
29 |
73 |
6 |
36.0 |
| 31 |
College of New Jersey |
NCAA |
5 |
3 |
101 |
36.33 |
| 32 |
Trinity (TX) University |
NCAA |
1 |
4 |
112 |
39.0 |
| 32 |
Vanderbilt University |
NCAA |
20 |
54 |
43 |
39.0 |
| 34 |
University of Virginia |
NCAA |
22 |
19 |
77 |
39.33 |
| 35 |
Xavier (OH) University |
NCAA |
6 |
28 |
87 |
40.33 |
| 36 |
Bucknell University |
NCAA |
27 |
65 |
30 |
40.66 |
| 37 |
Penn State University |
NCAA |
48 |
5 |
73 |
42.0 |
| 38 |
Bates College |
NCAA |
23 |
50 |
57 |
43.33 |
| 39 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
NCAA |
4 |
91 |
36 |
43.66 |
| 40 |
Wheaton (IL) College |
NCAA |
65 |
13 |
61 |
46.33 |
| 41 |
Lehigh University |
NCAA |
37 |
33 |
71 |
47.0 |
| 42 |
Northwestern University |
NCAA |
12 |
78 |
52 |
47.33 |
| 42 |
University of Chicago |
NCAA |
13 |
67 |
62 |
47.33 |
| 44 |
Hamilton College |
NCAA |
21 |
52 |
70 |
47.66 |
| 45 |
Bentley College |
NCAA |
9 |
66 |
69 |
48.0 |
| 46 |
American University |
NCAA |
99 |
3 |
44 |
48.66 |
| 46 |
Johns Hopkins University |
NCAA |
15 |
14 |
117 |
48.66 |
| 48 |
Claremont McKenna College |
NCAA |
12 |
53 |
82 |
49.0 |
| 49 |
Loyola (MD) College |
NCAA |
3 |
16 |
129 |
49.33 |
| 50 |
University of California-Santa Barbara |
NCAA |
46 |
5 |
99 |
50.0 |
| 51 |
Ithaca College |
NCAA |
7 |
9 |
135 |
50.33 |
| 52 |
Trinity (CT) College |
NCAA |
22 |
56 |
75 |
51.0 |
| 53 |
Haverford College |
NCAA |
9 |
112 |
33 |
51.33 |
| 54 |
Colby College |
NCAA |
18 |
84 |
54 |
52.0 |
| 55 |
Kenyon College |
NCAA |
30 |
46 |
81 |
52.33 |
| 55 |
Marquette University |
NCAA |
91 |
11 |
55 |
52.33 |
| 57 |
James Madison University |
NCAA |
3 |
28 |
128 |
53.0 |
| 58 |
Wellesley College |
NCAA |
6 |
139 |
15 |
53.33 |
| 59 |
John Carroll University |
NCAA |
4 |
61 |
96 |
53.66 |
| 60 |
Washington University |
NCAA |
103 |
5 |
56 |
54.66 |
| 61 |
Drury University |
NCAA |
12 |
20 |
133 |
55.0 |
| 62 |
University of North Carolina-Wilmington |
NCAA |
18 |
18 |
131 |
55.66 |
| 63 |
University of California-Los Angeles |
NCAA |
26 |
6 |
137 |
56.33 |
| 63 |
University of Michigan |
NCAA |
25 |
4 |
140 |
56.33 |
| 63 |
Wake Forest University |
NCAA |
28 |
32 |
109 |
56.33 |
| 66 |
University of Scranton |
NCAA |
6 |
60 |
106 |
57.33 |
| 67 |
Vassar College |
NCAA |
14 |
139 |
20 |
57.66 |
| 68 |
Pomona-Pitzer College |
NCAA |
5 |
92 |
83 |
60.0 |
| 69 |
Southern Methodist University |
NCAA |
75 |
41 |
65 |
60.33 |
| 70 |
Calvin College |
NCAA |
3 |
22 |
157 |
60.66 |
| 71 |
Marist College |
NCAA |
18 |
68 |
97 |
61.0 |
| 71 |
New York University |
NCAA |
35 |
30 |
118 |
61.0 |
| 73 |
Swarthmore College |
NCAA |
3 |
167 |
14 |
61.33 |
| 74 |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
NCAA |
56 |
29 |
103 |
62.66 |
| 75 |
University of California-Davis |
NCAA |
43 |
1 |
145 |
63.0 |
| 76 |
Wesleyan (CT) University |
NCAA |
11 |
164 |
16 |
63.66 |
| 77 |
Assumption College |
NCAA |
33 |
161 |
1 |
65.0 |
| 78 |
University of California-Berkeley |
NCAA |
21 |
9 |
167 |
65.66 |
| 78 |
University of Illinois |
NCAA |
40 |
30 |
127 |
65.66 |
| 80 |
Gustavus Adolphus College |
NCAA |
71 |
6 |
125 |
67.33 |
| 80 |
Union (NY) College |
NCAA |
37 |
57 |
108 |
67.33 |
| 82 |
St. Olaf College |
NCAA |
61 |
37 |
107 |
68.33 |
| 83 |
University of North Carolina |
NCAA |
29 |
8 |
171 |
69.33 |
| 84 |
University of New Hampshire |
NCAA |
97 |
8 |
105 |
70.0 |
| 85 |
Brandeis University |
NCAA |
32 |
102 |
79 |
71.0 |
| 86 |
United States Military Academy |
NCAA |
10 |
157 |
47 |
71.33 |
| 87 |
Rollins College |
NCAA |
2 |
25 |
188 |
71.66 |
| 88 |
Holy Family University |
NCAA |
87 |
95 |
34 |
72.0 |
| 89 |
Purdue University |
NCAA |
58 |
40 |
120 |
72.66 |
| 90 |
Tulane University |
NCAA |
44 |
77 |
98 |
73.0 |
| 91 |
DePauw University |
NCAA |
40 |
86 |
95 |
73.66 |
| 92 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
NCAA |
23 |
90 |
110 |
74.33 |
| 92 |
College of William & Mary |
NCAA |
6 |
19 |
198 |
74.33 |
| 94 |
Denison University |
NCAA |
49 |
44 |
132 |
75.0 |
| 94 |
Western Washington University |
NCAA |
16 |
63 |
146 |
75.0 |
| 96 |
Boston University |
NCAA |
64 |
7 |
156 |
75.66 |
| 97 |
Lafayette College |
NCAA |
30 |
154 |
51 |
78.33 |
| 98 |
Stonehill College |
NCAA |
111 |
120 |
5 |
78.66 |
| 99 |
Regis College |
NCAA |
38 |
197 |
3 |
79.33 |
| 100 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
NCAA |
49 |
106 |
84 |
79.66 |