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 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 |
4 |
2.0 |
| 2 |
Amherst College |
NCAA |
1 |
3 |
4 |
2.66 |
| 3 |
Middlebury College |
NCAA |
5 |
2 |
14 |
7.0 |
| 4 |
Stanford University |
NCAA |
4 |
1 |
21 |
8.66 |
| 5 |
Washington University in St. Louis |
NCAA |
12 |
4 |
14 |
10.0 |
| 6 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
NCAA |
4 |
24 |
12 |
13.33 |
| 7 |
University of California--San Diego |
NCAA |
35 |
7 |
1 |
14.33 |
| 8 |
Princeton University |
NCAA |
2 |
39 |
4 |
15.0 |
| 9 |
Tufts University |
NCAA |
28 |
10 |
21 |
19.66 |
| 10 |
Johns Hopkins University |
NCAA |
15 |
18 |
27 |
20.0 |
| 11 |
Duke University |
NCAA |
8 |
16 |
37 |
20.33 |
| 12 |
Carleton College |
NCAA |
8 |
35 |
27 |
23.33 |
| 12 |
Harvard University |
NCAA |
1 |
68 |
1 |
23.33 |
| 12 |
University of Notre Dame |
NCAA |
18 |
21 |
31 |
23.33 |
| 15 |
Emory University |
NCAA |
18 |
6 |
48 |
24.0 |
| 16 |
Yale University |
NCAA |
3 |
66 |
4 |
24.33 |
| 17 |
Bowdoin College |
NCAA |
6 |
50 |
21 |
25.66 |
| 18 |
Cornell University |
NCAA |
14 |
57 |
14 |
28.33 |
| 19 |
Haverford College |
NCAA |
10 |
58 |
21 |
29.66 |
| 20 |
Northwestern University |
NCAA |
12 |
42 |
37 |
30.33 |
| 21 |
Washington and Lee University |
NCAA |
17 |
41 |
37 |
31.66 |
| 22 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
NCAA |
22 |
26 |
48 |
32.0 |
| 23 |
University of Pennsylvania |
NCAA |
6 |
85 |
9 |
33.33 |
| 24 |
Trinity College |
NCAA |
33 |
27 |
48 |
36.0 |
| 25 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps-McKenna College |
NCAA |
11 |
34 |
64 |
36.33 |
| 26 |
Dartmouth College |
NCAA |
11 |
93 |
9 |
37.66 |
| 27 |
Bates College |
NCAA |
25 |
57 |
37 |
39.66 |
| 28 |
University of Chicago |
NCAA |
8 |
81 |
31 |
40.0 |
| 29 |
Brown University |
NCAA |
16 |
106 |
8 |
43.33 |
| 30 |
Wheaton College (IL) |
NCAA |
56 |
28 |
48 |
44.0 |
| 31 |
Hamilton College |
NCAA |
20 |
68 |
46 |
44.66 |
| 31 |
Wellesley College |
NCAA |
4 |
116 |
14 |
44.66 |
| 33 |
Georgetown University |
NCAA |
23 |
81 |
31 |
45.0 |
| 34 |
Brandeis University |
NCAA |
31 |
80 |
31 |
47.33 |
| 34 |
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor |
NCAA |
26 |
3 |
113 |
47.33 |
| 36 |
United States Naval Academy |
NCAA |
22 |
75 |
48 |
48.33 |
| 37 |
Colby College |
NCAA |
23 |
91 |
37 |
50.33 |
| 38 |
Kenyon College |
NCAA |
32 |
51 |
69 |
50.66 |
| 39 |
Swarthmore College |
NCAA |
3 |
144 |
14 |
53.66 |
| 40 |
Franklin and Marshall College |
NCAA |
42 |
46 |
79 |
55.66 |
| 40 |
New York University |
NCAA |
33 |
65 |
69 |
55.66 |
| 42 |
Boston College |
NCAA |
34 |
76 |
58 |
56.0 |
| 43 |
Pomona-Pitzer College |
NCAA |
6 |
108 |
58 |
57.33 |
| 44 |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
NCAA |
60 |
25 |
88 |
57.66 |
| 45 |
College of Wooster |
NCAA |
77 |
101 |
1 |
59.66 |
| 46 |
University of Virginia |
NCAA |
23 |
9 |
148 |
60.0 |
| 47 |
Wake Forest University |
NCAA |
28 |
34 |
126 |
62.66 |
| 47 |
Wesleyan University |
NCAA |
13 |
154 |
21 |
62.66 |
| 49 |
DePauw University |
NCAA |
49 |
39 |
102 |
63.33 |
| 49 |
St. Olaf College |
NCAA |
47 |
85 |
58 |
63.33 |
| 51 |
Grinnell College |
NCAA |
14 |
150 |
37 |
67.0 |
| 51 |
Rice University |
NCAA |
17 |
71 |
113 |
67.0 |
| 53 |
Boston University |
NCAA |
60 |
64 |
79 |
67.66 |
| 53 |
Vanderbilt University |
NCAA |
18 |
72 |
113 |
67.66 |
| 55 |
College of William and Mary |
NCAA |
32 |
115 |
58 |
68.33 |
| 56 |
Skidmore College |
NCAA |
47 |
72 |
88 |
69.0 |
| 57 |
Stonehill College |
NCAA |
115 |
57 |
37 |
69.66 |
| 58 |
Denison University |
NCAA |
53 |
32 |
126 |
70.33 |
| 59 |
United States Military Academy |
NCAA |
14 |
120 |
79 |
71.0 |
| 60 |
Colgate University |
NCAA |
18 |
168 |
37 |
74.33 |
| 61 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
NCAA |
41 |
105 |
79 |
75.0 |
| 61 |
St. Lawrence University |
NCAA |
58 |
19 |
148 |
75.0 |
| 61 |
University of Rochester |
NCAA |
35 |
102 |
88 |
75.0 |
| 64 |
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill |
NCAA |
30 |
4 |
196 |
76.66 |
| 65 |
Dickinson College |
NCAA |
45 |
109 |
79 |
77.66 |
| 66 |
Muhlenberg College |
NCAA |
71 |
103 |
64 |
79.33 |
| 67 |
Case Western Reserve University |
NCAA |
41 |
87 |
113 |
80.33 |
| 68 |
Vassar College |
NCAA |
11 |
207 |
27 |
81.66 |
| 69 |
Gettysburg College |
NCAA |
49 |
92 |
113 |
84.66 |
| 69 |
University of Denver |
NCAA |
89 |
52 |
113 |
84.66 |
| 71 |
Smith College |
NCAA |
18 |
184 |
58 |
86.66 |
| 72 |
Lehigh University |
NCAA |
35 |
128 |
102 |
88.33 |
| 73 |
Gustavus Adolphus College |
NCAA |
88 |
8 |
171 |
89.0 |
| 74 |
Bucknell University |
NCAA |
30 |
211 |
31 |
90.66 |
| 74 |
University of Texas - Austin |
NCAA |
47 |
7 |
218 |
90.66 |
| 76 |
Hope College |
NCAA |
88 |
37 |
148 |
91.0 |
| 77 |
University of California - Davis |
NCAA |
44 |
145 |
88 |
92.33 |
| 78 |
University of Illinois -- Urbana-Champaign |
NCAA |
40 |
20 |
240 |
100.0 |
| 79 |
Centre College |
NCAA |
45 |
130 |
126 |
100.33 |
| 80 |
University of Richmond |
NCAA |
33 |
125 |
148 |
102.0 |
| 81 |
Stevens Institute of Technology |
NCAA |
83 |
38 |
187 |
102.66 |
| 81 |
University of California - Berkeley |
NCAA |
21 |
6 |
281 |
102.66 |
| 83 |
Kalamazoo College |
NCAA |
60 |
123 |
126 |
103.0 |
| 84 |
Columbia University |
NCAA |
8 |
131 |
171 |
103.33 |
| 85 |
Luther College |
NCAA |
88 |
54 |
171 |
104.33 |
| 85 |
University of Puget Sound |
NCAA |
81 |
45 |
187 |
104.33 |
| 87 |
Miami University--Oxford |
NCAA |
66 |
107 |
141 |
104.66 |
| 88 |
Hobart and William Smith Colleges |
NCAA |
68 |
52 |
196 |
105.33 |
| 89 |
Macalester College |
NCAA |
25 |
229 |
64 |
106.0 |
| 90 |
Wheaton College (MA) |
NCAA |
58 |
113 |
148 |
106.33 |
| 91 |
University of Dayton |
NCAA |
108 |
145 |
69 |
107.33 |
| 92 |
Calvin College |
NCAA |
115 |
22 |
187 |
108.0 |
| 93 |
College of St. Benedict |
NCAA |
84 |
139 |
102 |
108.33 |
| 94 |
Syracuse University |
NCAA |
53 |
62 |
218 |
111.0 |
| 94 |
University of Vermont |
NCAA |
89 |
96 |
148 |
111.0 |
| 96 |
Southern Methodist University |
NCAA |
66 |
84 |
187 |
112.33 |
| 97 |
Saint Louis University |
NCAA |
80 |
145 |
113 |
112.66 |
| 98 |
University of California--Los Angeles |
NCAA |
25 |
15 |
300 |
113.33 |
| 99 |
Colorado College |
NCAA |
30 |
242 |
69 |
113.66 |
| 100 |
Furman University |
NCAA |
37 |
158 |
148 |
114.33 |