2006 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 |
7 |
3.0 |
| 2 |
Amherst College |
NCAA III |
2 |
11 |
6 |
6.33 |
| 3 |
Middlebury College |
NCAA III |
8 |
3 |
21 |
10.66 |
| 4 |
Washington University |
NCAA III |
11 |
7 |
21 |
13.0 |
| 5 |
Bowdoin College |
NCAA III |
6 |
21 |
21 |
16.0 |
| 6 |
Tufts University |
NCAA III |
27 |
6 |
21 |
18.0 |
| 7 |
Emory University |
NCAA III |
20 |
4 |
41 |
21.66 |
| 8 |
Wesleyan (CT) University |
NCAA III |
12 |
34 |
21 |
22.33 |
| 9 |
College of New Jersey |
NCAA III |
4 |
2 |
66 |
24.0 |
| 10 |
Washington & Lee University |
NCAA III |
14 |
32 |
29 |
25.0 |
| 11 |
Haverford College |
NCAA III |
8 |
56 |
12 |
25.33 |
| 12 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
NCAA III |
7 |
58 |
12 |
25.66 |
| 13 |
Colby College |
NCAA III |
20 |
31 |
35 |
28.66 |
| 14 |
Carleton College |
NCAA III |
5 |
54 |
29 |
29.33 |
| 15 |
University of Chicago |
NCAA III |
15 |
41 |
35 |
30.33 |
| 16 |
Bates College |
NCAA III |
21 |
49 |
35 |
35.0 |
| 17 |
Wheaton (IL) College |
NCAA III |
55 |
23 |
41 |
39.66 |
| 18 |
Hobart and William Smith Colleges |
NCAA III |
61 |
60 |
2 |
41.0 |
| 19 |
Claremont McKenna College |
NCAA III |
27 |
17 |
86 |
43.33 |
| 19 |
Kenyon College |
NCAA III |
32 |
45 |
53 |
43.33 |
| 21 |
Union (NY) College |
NCAA III |
36 |
43 |
53 |
44.0 |
| 22 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
NCAA III |
22 |
50 |
66 |
46.0 |
| 23 |
Colorado College |
NCAA III |
27 |
92 |
21 |
46.66 |
| 24 |
Trinity (TX) University |
NCAA III |
1 |
8 |
134 |
47.66 |
| 25 |
SUNY Geneseo |
NCAA III |
12 |
46 |
98 |
52.0 |
| 26 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
NCAA III |
43 |
71 |
48 |
54.0 |
| 27 |
DePauw University |
NCAA III |
49 |
13 |
120 |
60.66 |
| 28 |
Illinois Wesleyan University |
NCAA III |
55 |
42 |
86 |
61.0 |
| 29 |
Macalester College |
NCAA III |
25 |
83 |
76 |
61.33 |
| 29 |
Messiah College |
NCAA III |
4 |
15 |
165 |
61.33 |
| 31 |
Calvin College |
NCAA III |
2 |
9 |
176 |
62.33 |
| 32 |
New York University |
NCAA III |
37 |
48 |
111 |
65.33 |
| 33 |
Ithaca College |
NCAA III |
7 |
26 |
165 |
66.0 |
| 34 |
Johns Hopkins University |
NCAA III |
13 |
36 |
151 |
66.66 |
| 35 |
Denison University |
NCAA III |
51 |
16 |
134 |
67.0 |
| 36 |
Gustavus Adolphus College |
NCAA III |
73 |
10 |
120 |
67.66 |
| 37 |
Dickinson College |
NCAA III |
45 |
78 |
98 |
73.66 |
| 38 |
St. Olaf College |
NCAA III |
55 |
91 |
76 |
74.0 |
| 39 |
University of Rochester |
NCAA III |
34 |
82 |
111 |
75.66 |
| 40 |
St. John's (MN) University |
NCAA III |
69 |
75 |
86 |
76.66 |
| 41 |
Willamette University |
NCAA III |
61 |
73 |
111 |
81.66 |
| 42 |
University of Mary Washington |
NCAA III |
8 |
52 |
189 |
83.0 |
| 43 |
Gettysburg College |
NCAA III |
47 |
70 |
134 |
83.66 |
| 44 |
St. Lawrence University |
NCAA III |
61 |
68 |
134 |
87.66 |
| 45 |
Franklin and Marshall College |
NCAA III |
39 |
80 |
151 |
90.0 |
| 46 |
Hope College |
NCAA III |
94 |
12 |
165 |
90.33 |
| 47 |
Wheaton (MA) College |
NCAA III |
66 |
35 |
179 |
93.33 |
| 48 |
University of Puget Sound |
NCAA III |
81 |
39 |
165 |
95.0 |
| 49 |
Wartburg College |
NCAA III |
7 |
17 |
262 |
95.33 |
| 50 |
Augustana (IL) College |
NCAA III |
94 |
44 |
151 |
96.33 |
| 51 |
Whitworth University |
NCAA III |
6 |
51 |
237 |
98.0 |
| 52 |
Linfield College |
NCAA III |
1 |
61 |
237 |
99.66 |
| 53 |
Nazareth College |
NCAA III |
26 |
96 |
189 |
103.66 |
| 54 |
Salisbury University |
NCAA III |
44 |
24 |
277 |
115.0 |
| 55 |
Otterbein College |
NCAA III |
6 |
40 |
304 |
116.66 |
| 56 |
Mount Union College |
NCAA III |
14 |
66 |
277 |
119.0 |
| 57 |
Washington & Jefferson College |
NCAA III |
94 |
94 |
189 |
125.66 |
| 58 |
Loras College |
NCAA III |
29 |
47 |
304 |
126.66 |
| 59 |
North Central College |
NCAA III |
15 |
38 |
331 |
128.0 |
| 60 |
Central College |
NCAA III |
9 |
94 |
304 |
135.66 |
| 60 |
Stevens Institute of Technology |
NCAA III |
71 |
59 |
277 |
135.66 |
| 62 |
College of Mount St. Joseph |
NCAA III |
37 |
100 |
277 |
138.0 |
| 63 |
Springfield (MA) College |
NCAA III |
56 |
30 |
331 |
139.0 |
| 64 |
Allegheny College |
NCAA III |
88 |
96 |
237 |
140.33 |
| 65 |
University of California-Santa Cruz |
NCAA III |
68 |
79 |
304 |
150.33 |
| 66 |
University of Redlands |
NCAA III |
7 |
20 |
427 |
151.33 |
| 67 |
Rowan University |
NCAA III |
33 |
19 |
456 |
169.33 |
| 68 |
Ohio Wesleyan University |
NCAA III |
100 |
64 |
351 |
171.66 |
| 69 |
Chapman University |
NCAA III |
11 |
99 |
427 |
179.0 |
| 70 |
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
NCAA III |
19 |
14 |
513 |
182.0 |
| 71 |
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
NCAA III |
29 |
22 |
560 |
203.66 |
| 72 |
Lynchburg College |
NCAA III |
43 |
93 |
487 |
207.66 |
| 73 |
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
NCAA III |
26 |
27 |
586 |
213.0 |
| 74 |
Maryville College |
NCAA III |
3 |
81 |
560 |
214.66 |
| 75 |
Carthage College |
NCAA III |
34 |
57 |
586 |
225.66 |
| 76 |
Western New England College |
NCAA III |
62 |
72 |
586 |
240.0 |
| 77 |
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater |
NCAA III |
50 |
29 |
647 |
242.0 |
| 78 |
University of Wisconsin-Platteville |
NCAA III |
50 |
86 |
703 |
279.66 |
| 79 |
Hardin-Simmons University |
NCAA III |
42 |
53 |
786 |
293.66 |
| 80 |
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
NCAA III |
71 |
33 |
821 |
308.33 |
| 81 |
Swarthmore College |
NCAA III |
3 |
954 |
12 |
323.0 |
| 82 |
Vassar College |
NCAA III |
13 |
954 |
33 |
333.33 |
| 83 |
California Institute of Technology |
NCAA III |
7 |
954 |
41 |
334.0 |
| 84 |
Grinnell College |
NCAA III |
15 |
954 |
48 |
339.0 |
| 84 |
Hamilton College |
NCAA III |
15 |
954 |
48 |
339.0 |
| 86 |
Pomona-Pitzer College |
NCAA III |
6 |
954 |
66 |
342.0 |
| 87 |
Trinity (CT) College |
NCAA III |
25 |
954 |
48 |
342.33 |
| 88 |
Brandeis University |
NCAA III |
34 |
954 |
41 |
343.0 |
| 89 |
Berry College |
NCAA III |
2 |
9 |
1028 |
346.33 |
| 90 |
Connecticut College |
NCAA III |
36 |
954 |
53 |
347.66 |
| 90 |
Grove City College |
NCAA III |
3 |
954 |
86 |
347.66 |
| 92 |
University of Scranton |
NCAA III |
8 |
954 |
86 |
349.33 |
| 93 |
Whitman College |
NCAA III |
36 |
954 |
66 |
352.0 |
| 94 |
Oberlin College |
NCAA III |
23 |
954 |
98 |
358.33 |
| 94 |
Yeshiva University |
NCAA III |
45 |
954 |
76 |
358.33 |
| 96 |
John Carroll University |
NCAA III |
6 |
954 |
120 |
360.0 |
| 97 |
University of the South |
NCAA III |
34 |
954 |
98 |
362.0 |
| 98 |
Case Western Reserve University |
NCAA III |
37 |
954 |
98 |
363.0 |
| 99 |
Skidmore College |
NCAA III |
41 |
954 |
98 |
364.33 |
| 100 |
Muhlenberg College |
NCAA III |
73 |
954 |
76 |
367.66 |