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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 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 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