2005 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 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
2.33 |
| 2 |
Amherst College |
NCAA |
2 |
9 |
4 |
5.0 |
| 3 |
Duke University |
NCAA |
5 |
5 |
16 |
8.66 |
| 4 |
Middlebury College |
NCAA |
11 |
2 |
16 |
9.66 |
| 5 |
Stanford University |
NCAA |
5 |
1 |
33 |
13.0 |
| 6 |
Washington University |
NCAA |
11 |
3 |
27 |
13.66 |
| 7 |
Bowdoin College |
NCAA |
7 |
19 |
16 |
14.0 |
| 8 |
Princeton University |
NCAA |
1 |
42 |
2 |
15.0 |
| 9 |
Harvard University |
NCAA |
1 |
43 |
2 |
15.33 |
| 10 |
University of Notre Dame |
NCAA |
18 |
16 |
33 |
22.33 |
| 11 |
Emory University |
NCAA |
20 |
8 |
41 |
23.0 |
| 11 |
Washington & Lee University |
NCAA |
13 |
29 |
27 |
23.0 |
| 13 |
Northwestern University |
NCAA |
11 |
29 |
33 |
24.33 |
| 14 |
Haverford College |
NCAA |
9 |
62 |
8 |
26.33 |
| 15 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
NCAA |
5 |
67 |
8 |
26.66 |
| 16 |
Carleton College |
NCAA |
5 |
49 |
27 |
27.0 |
| 17 |
Dartmouth College |
NCAA |
9 |
69 |
6 |
28.0 |
| 18 |
Colby College |
NCAA |
19 |
34 |
33 |
28.66 |
| 19 |
Bates College |
NCAA |
22 |
33 |
33 |
29.33 |
| 20 |
Wesleyan (CT) University |
NCAA |
9 |
59 |
21 |
29.66 |
| 21 |
Yale University |
NCAA |
3 |
86 |
5 |
31.33 |
| 22 |
University of Virginia |
NCAA |
22 |
13 |
65 |
33.33 |
| 23 |
Cornell University |
NCAA |
14 |
73 |
16 |
34.33 |
| 23 |
Tufts University |
NCAA |
28 |
54 |
21 |
34.33 |
| 25 |
Trinity (CT) College |
NCAA |
24 |
36 |
50 |
36.66 |
| 26 |
University of California-San Diego |
NCAA |
35 |
6 |
72 |
37.66 |
| 27 |
Wheaton (IL) College |
NCAA |
51 |
25 |
41 |
39.0 |
| 28 |
Columbia University |
NCAA |
9 |
98 |
21 |
42.66 |
| 28 |
Hamilton College |
NCAA |
19 |
62 |
47 |
42.66 |
| 30 |
Georgetown University |
NCAA |
25 |
74 |
33 |
44.0 |
| 31 |
University of Chicago |
NCAA |
14 |
78 |
41 |
44.33 |
| 32 |
Kenyon College |
NCAA |
29 |
47 |
58 |
44.66 |
| 33 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
NCAA |
22 |
39 |
79 |
46.66 |
| 33 |
SUNY Geneseo |
NCAA |
12 |
26 |
102 |
46.66 |
| 33 |
Stonehill College |
NCAA |
1 |
98 |
41 |
46.66 |
| 36 |
Villanova University |
NCAA |
1 |
75 |
65 |
47.0 |
| 37 |
Trinity (TX) University |
NCAA |
1 |
4 |
138 |
47.66 |
| 38 |
University of Richmond |
NCAA |
1 |
95 |
50 |
48.66 |
| 39 |
Penn State University |
NCAA |
50 |
20 |
79 |
49.66 |
| 40 |
Truman State University |
NCAA |
9 |
8 |
138 |
51.66 |
| 41 |
College of William & Mary |
NCAA |
31 |
76 |
50 |
52.33 |
| 42 |
Boston College |
NCAA |
37 |
57 |
72 |
55.33 |
| 43 |
Willamette University |
NCAA |
51 |
32 |
87 |
56.66 |
| 44 |
DePauw University |
NCAA |
42 |
27 |
102 |
57.0 |
| 44 |
Rice University |
NCAA |
17 |
89 |
65 |
57.0 |
| 46 |
Ithaca College |
NCAA |
8 |
14 |
152 |
58.0 |
| 46 |
Oneonta State University |
NCAA |
84 |
63 |
27 |
58.0 |
| 48 |
University of Michigan |
NCAA |
22 |
4 |
152 |
59.33 |
| 49 |
Drury University |
NCAA |
12 |
16 |
152 |
60.0 |
| 50 |
Calvin College |
NCAA |
2 |
6 |
179 |
62.33 |
| 51 |
Vanderbilt University |
NCAA |
18 |
71 |
102 |
63.66 |
| 52 |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
NCAA |
53 |
52 |
87 |
64.0 |
| 53 |
John Carroll University |
NCAA |
5 |
72 |
116 |
64.33 |
| 54 |
Wake Forest University |
NCAA |
27 |
37 |
130 |
64.66 |
| 55 |
Providence College |
NCAA |
2 |
91 |
102 |
65.0 |
| 56 |
Gustavus Adolphus College |
NCAA |
77 |
17 |
102 |
65.33 |
| 57 |
Messiah College |
NCAA |
3 |
20 |
179 |
67.33 |
| 58 |
New York University |
NCAA |
32 |
45 |
130 |
69.0 |
| 59 |
Wartburg College |
NCAA |
7 |
12 |
191 |
70.0 |
| 60 |
Johns Hopkins University |
NCAA |
14 |
22 |
179 |
71.66 |
| 60 |
Union (NY) College |
NCAA |
70 |
87 |
58 |
71.66 |
| 62 |
Denison University |
NCAA |
50 |
18 |
163 |
77.0 |
| 63 |
Gettysburg College |
NCAA |
45 |
55 |
138 |
79.33 |
| 63 |
University of Rochester |
NCAA |
37 |
71 |
130 |
79.33 |
| 65 |
St. Norbert College |
NCAA |
4 |
83 |
152 |
79.66 |
| 66 |
Muhlenberg College |
NCAA |
70 |
98 |
72 |
80.0 |
| 66 |
St. Olaf College |
NCAA |
62 |
91 |
87 |
80.0 |
| 68 |
Bentley College |
NCAA |
8 |
71 |
163 |
80.66 |
| 68 |
University of Wisconsin |
NCAA |
32 |
19 |
191 |
80.66 |
| 68 |
Ursinus College |
NCAA |
70 |
70 |
102 |
80.66 |
| 71 |
Shippensburg University |
NCAA |
45 |
38 |
163 |
82.0 |
| 72 |
University of California-Santa Barbara |
NCAA |
45 |
82 |
130 |
85.66 |
| 73 |
St. John's (MN) University |
NCAA |
77 |
79 |
102 |
86.0 |
| 74 |
University of North Carolina |
NCAA |
29 |
9 |
225 |
87.66 |
| 75 |
University of Illinois |
NCAA |
37 |
36 |
204 |
92.33 |
| 76 |
Furman University |
NCAA |
38 |
88 |
152 |
92.66 |
| 77 |
Wheaton (MA) College |
NCAA |
62 |
41 |
179 |
94.0 |
| 78 |
University of Puget Sound |
NCAA |
77 |
50 |
163 |
96.66 |
| 79 |
Tulane University |
NCAA |
43 |
70 |
179 |
97.33 |
| 80 |
James Madison University |
NCAA |
3 |
100 |
191 |
98.0 |
| 81 |
Elizabethtown College |
NCAA |
2 |
69 |
225 |
98.66 |
| 81 |
Luther College |
NCAA |
101 |
65 |
130 |
98.66 |
| 81 |
College of Wooster |
NCAA |
59 |
58 |
179 |
98.66 |
| 84 |
University of Washington |
NCAA |
46 |
14 |
240 |
100.0 |
| 84 |
Western Washington University |
NCAA |
18 |
42 |
240 |
100.0 |
| 86 |
Otterbein College |
NCAA |
5 |
56 |
240 |
100.33 |
| 87 |
Hobart and William Smith Colleges |
NCAA |
68 |
73 |
163 |
101.33 |
| 88 |
Linfield College |
NCAA |
1 |
68 |
240 |
103.0 |
| 89 |
Purdue University |
NCAA |
62 |
46 |
204 |
104.0 |
| 90 |
Baylor University |
NCAA |
84 |
25 |
204 |
104.33 |
| 91 |
University of California-Berkeley |
NCAA |
21 |
15 |
278 |
104.66 |
| 92 |
Hope College |
NCAA |
96 |
56 |
163 |
105.0 |
| 93 |
University of New Hampshire |
NCAA |
98 |
81 |
138 |
105.66 |
| 94 |
University of Iowa |
NCAA |
56 |
39 |
225 |
106.66 |
| 95 |
Southern Methodist University |
NCAA |
71 |
47 |
204 |
107.33 |
| 96 |
King's (PA) College |
NCAA |
31 |
89 |
204 |
108.0 |
| 97 |
Winona State University |
NCAA |
68 |
69 |
191 |
109.33 |
| 98 |
Allegheny College |
NCAA |
83 |
44 |
204 |
110.33 |
| 99 |
Salisbury University |
NCAA |
45 |
11 |
278 |
111.33 |
| 100 |
Abraham Baldwin Agriculture College |
NCAA |
120 |
200 |
300 |
206.66 |