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NCSA Collegiate Power Rankings

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2008 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 4 2.0
2 Amherst College NCAA 2 4 4 3.33
3 Middlebury College NCAA 5 5 13 7.66
4 Washington University in St. Louis NCAA 12 2 17 10.33
5 Stanford University NCAA 4 1 27 10.66
6 Duke University NCAA 8 19 17 14.66
7 Bowdoin College NCAA 7 25 17 16.33
8 Massachusetts Institute of Technology NCAA 7 38 11 18.66
9 Tufts University NCAA 28 15 17 20.0
10 Emory University NCAA 17 7 40 21.33
10 Princeton University NCAA 1 60 3 21.33
12 Harvard University NCAA 2 61 2 21.66
13 University of Notre Dame NCAA 20 21 30 23.66
14 Haverford College NCAA 10 51 17 26.0
15 Johns Hopkins University NCAA 14 16 50 26.66
16 Washington and Lee University NCAA 15 35 34 28.0
17 Colby College NCAA 22 64 1 29.0
18 Hamilton College NCAA 17 34 40 30.33
19 University of Pennsylvania NCAA 5 79 9 31.0
20 Northwestern University NCAA 14 40 40 31.33
21 University of California--San Diego NCAA 38 4 57 33.0
22 Cornell University NCAA 12 75 13 33.33
22 Yale University NCAA 3 93 4 33.33
24 Wellesley College NCAA 4 95 13 37.33
25 University of Chicago NCAA 9 71 34 38.0
26 Georgetown University NCAA 23 77 17 39.0
27 Brown University NCAA 14 103 7 41.33
28 Carnegie Mellon University NCAA 22 54 50 42.0
28 Kenyon College NCAA 32 37 57 42.0
28 Penn State University--University Park NCAA 48 9 69 42.0
31 Wheaton College NCAA 56 26 45 42.33
32 United States Naval Academy NCAA 20 65 45 43.33
33 Bates College NCAA 24 78 34 45.33
33 New York University NCAA 34 33 69 45.33
35 Carleton College NCAA 5 105 27 45.66
36 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps-McKenna College NCAA 11 81 57 49.66
36 University of Denver NCAA 85 47 17 49.66
38 University of Virginia NCAA 23 17 110 50.0
39 Dartmouth College NCAA 11 132 9 50.66
39 Vassar College NCAA 11 111 30 50.66
41 Boston College NCAA 35 69 50 51.33
42 Pomona-Pitzer College NCAA 7 98 50 51.66
43 Columbia University NCAA 9 135 17 53.66
44 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor NCAA 25 3 135 54.33
45 Illinois Wesleyan University NCAA 59 19 96 58.0
45 Vanderbilt University NCAA 19 59 96 58.0
47 DePauw University NCAA 49 17 110 58.66
48 College of William and Mary NCAA 33 105 45 61.0
49 Brandeis University NCAA 31 122 34 62.33
50 Denison University NCAA 52 28 110 63.33
51 Skidmore College NCAA 47 66 78 63.66
52 St. John's University NCAA 75 40 78 64.33
53 University of California - Davis NCAA 42 95 61 66.0
54 St. Lawrence University NCAA 58 45 96 66.33
55 Davidson College NCAA 9 175 17 67.0
55 Rice University NCAA 17 88 96 67.0
57 Wake Forest University NCAA 30 45 135 70.0
58 Colorado College NCAA 26 178 7 70.33
59 Colgate University NCAA 17 166 30 71.0
60 Franklin and Marshall College NCAA 40 113 69 74.0
61 Case Western Reserve University NCAA 41 79 110 76.66
62 Gettysburg College NCAA 48 67 120 78.33
63 Stonehill College NCAA 106 98 34 79.33
64 Boston University NCAA 57 76 110 81.0
65 Grinnell College NCAA 11 200 34 81.66
66 Bucknell University NCAA 30 189 27 82.0
67 University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill NCAA 28 14 205 82.33
68 St. Olaf College NCAA 54 133 61 82.66
69 Dickinson College NCAA 44 132 78 84.66
70 Luther College NCAA 97 29 135 87.0
71 Furman University NCAA 37 108 120 88.33
72 Smith College NCAA 17 199 50 88.66
73 Augustana College NCAA 91 57 120 89.33
74 Centre College NCAA 44 140 85 89.66
74 Swarthmore College NCAA 3 253 13 89.66
76 Southern Methodist University NCAA 67 70 135 90.66
77 Whitman College NCAA 37 192 45 91.33
78 Occidental College NCAA 36 155 85 92.0
78 Ursinus College NCAA 69 87 120 92.0
80 Hobart and William Smith Colleges NCAA 63 50 168 93.66
81 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NCAA 44 183 57 94.66
81 Wesleyan University NCAA 11 256 17 94.66
83 Hope College NCAA 97 39 151 95.66
84 Pepperdine University NCAA 54 67 168 96.33
84 Purdue University--West Lafayette NCAA 64 34 191 96.33
86 University of Puget Sound NCAA 80 59 151 96.66
87 University of California - Berkeley NCAA 21 7 265 97.66
88 Lehigh University NCAA 31 195 69 98.33
89 Muhlenberg College NCAA 71 164 61 98.66
90 University of Illinois -- Urbana-Champaign NCAA 38 34 225 99.0
90 Wheaton College NCAA 59 70 168 99.0
92 University of Richmond NCAA 40 162 96 99.33
93 University of San Diego NCAA 107 86 110 101.0
94 Calvin College NCAA 116 24 168 102.66
94 University of Delaware NCAA 71 127 110 102.66
96 Merrimack College NCAA 123 139 50 104.0
97 Colorado School of Mines NCAA 75 90 151 105.33
98 University of Wisconsin--Madison NCAA 38 18 265 107.0
99 Kalamazoo College NCAA 67 145 110 107.33
100 Juniata College NCAA 97 91 135 107.66