NCSA Collegiate Power Rankings
2010 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 | Amherst College | NCAA | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.66 |
| 2 | Williams College | NCAA | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3.0 |
| 3 | Middlebury College | NCAA | 4 | 4 | 12 | 6.66 |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | NCAA | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9.0 |
| 5 | Stanford University | NCAA | 4 | 1 | 23 | 9.33 |
| 6 | Princeton University | NCAA | 1 | 32 | 4 | 12.33 |
| 7 | Duke University | NCAA | 10 | 10 | 37 | 19.0 |
| 7 | Tufts University | NCAA | 28 | 6 | 23 | 19.0 |
| 9 | Harvard University | NCAA | 1 | 64 | 3 | 22.66 |
| 10 | Cornell University | NCAA | 15 | 52 | 15 | 27.33 |
| 11 | Yale University | NCAA | 3 | 76 | 4 | 27.66 |
| 12 | Haverford College | NCAA | 10 | 59 | 15 | 28.0 |
| 13 | Johns Hopkins University | NCAA | 14 | 13 | 59 | 28.66 |
| 14 | University of Pennsylvania | NCAA | 4 | 81 | 7 | 30.66 |
| 15 | Northwestern University | NCAA | 12 | 50 | 37 | 33.0 |
| 16 | Wellesley College | NCAA | 4 | 88 | 15 | 35.66 |
| 17 | Bowdoin College | NCAA | 6 | 80 | 23 | 36.33 |
| 18 | Brown University | NCAA | 16 | 91 | 7 | 38.0 |
| 19 | Colby College | NCAA | 22 | 95 | 1 | 39.33 |
| 19 | Washington and Lee University | NCAA | 14 | 67 | 37 | 39.33 |
| 21 | Wesleyan University | NCAA | 13 | 91 | 23 | 42.33 |
| 22 | Bates College | NCAA | 25 | 79 | 32 | 45.33 |
| 23 | Pennsylvania State University -- University Park | NCAA | 47 | 11 | 81 | 46.33 |
| 24 | Georgetown University | NCAA | 23 | 70 | 48 | 47.0 |
| 25 | Boston College | NCAA | 34 | 63 | 48 | 48.33 |
| 26 | Trinity College | NCAA | 36 | 51 | 59 | 48.66 |
| 27 | Dartmouth College | NCAA | 11 | 128 | 10 | 49.66 |
| 28 | DePauw University | NCAA | 43 | 26 | 81 | 50.0 |
| 29 | Kenyon College | NCAA | 33 | 52 | 70 | 51.66 |
| 30 | St. Lawrence University | NCAA | 56 | 21 | 91 | 56.0 |
| 31 | Stonehill College | NCAA | 112 | 20 | 37 | 56.33 |
| 32 | College of William and Mary | NCAA | 33 | 93 | 48 | 58.0 |
| 32 | Columbia University | NCAA | 8 | 151 | 15 | 58.0 |
| 34 | Vassar College | NCAA | 11 | 150 | 15 | 58.66 |
| 35 | College of Wooster | NCAA | 68 | 114 | 1 | 61.0 |
| 36 | Bucknell University | NCAA | 30 | 117 | 44 | 63.66 |
| 37 | Hamilton College | NCAA | 21 | 140 | 32 | 64.33 |
| 38 | Franklin & Marshall College | NCAA | 43 | 60 | 91 | 64.66 |
| 38 | University of Virginia | NCAA | 24 | 3 | 167 | 64.66 |
| 40 | Denison University | NCAA | 53 | 33 | 110 | 65.33 |
| 41 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | NCAA | 42 | 124 | 32 | 66.0 |
| 42 | University of Rochester | NCAA | 35 | 75 | 91 | 67.0 |
| 43 | Skidmore College | NCAA | 46 | 55 | 102 | 67.66 |
| 44 | Swarthmore College | NCAA | 3 | 189 | 12 | 68.0 |
| 45 | Centre College | NCAA | 46 | 49 | 110 | 68.33 |
| 45 | Dickinson College | NCAA | 46 | 82 | 77 | 68.33 |
| 47 | University of California -- Berkeley | NCAA | 21 | 9 | 180 | 70.0 |
| 48 | Wake Forest University | NCAA | 28 | 53 | 135 | 72.0 |
| 49 | University of Michigan -- Ann Arbor | NCAA | 27 | 25 | 167 | 73.0 |
| 50 | Villanova University | NCAA | 101 | 51 | 77 | 76.33 |
| 51 | University of North Carolina -- Chapel Hill | NCAA | 28 | 7 | 198 | 77.66 |
| 52 | Wheaton College (MA) | NCAA | 58 | 53 | 123 | 78.0 |
| 53 | Boston University | NCAA | 56 | 118 | 70 | 81.33 |
| 53 | Connecticut College | NCAA | 42 | 143 | 59 | 81.33 |
| 55 | Bentley University | NCAA | 106 | 69 | 70 | 81.66 |
| 56 | Davidson College | NCAA | 8 | 236 | 23 | 89.0 |
| 57 | University of Richmond | NCAA | 30 | 121 | 123 | 91.33 |
| 58 | Ithaca College | NCAA | 107 | 22 | 146 | 91.66 |
| 59 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | NCAA | 68 | 69 | 146 | 94.33 |
| 60 | Lehigh University | NCAA | 35 | 140 | 110 | 95.0 |
| 61 | Colgate University | NCAA | 19 | 236 | 37 | 97.33 |
| 62 | College of the Holy Cross | NCAA | 36 | 236 | 23 | 98.33 |
| 63 | Miami University -- Oxford | NCAA | 77 | 121 | 102 | 100.0 |
| 64 | Stevens Institute of Technology | NCAA | 84 | 38 | 180 | 100.66 |
| 65 | Muhlenberg College | NCAA | 68 | 188 | 59 | 105.0 |
| 66 | Providence College (RI) | NCAA | 102 | 137 | 81 | 106.66 |
| 67 | University of California - Davis | NCAA | 42 | 199 | 81 | 107.33 |
| 68 | University of Maryland -- College Park | NCAA | 53 | 28 | 250 | 110.33 |
| 69 | Syracuse University | NCAA | 58 | 57 | 219 | 111.33 |
| 70 | University of Vermont | NCAA | 88 | 101 | 146 | 111.66 |
| 71 | Washington & Jefferson College | NCAA | 92 | 177 | 70 | 113.0 |
| 72 | University of New Hampshire | NCAA | 110 | 72 | 167 | 116.33 |
| 73 | Barnard College | NCAA | 30 | 311 | 15 | 118.66 |
| 74 | Oberlin College | NCAA | 22 | 265 | 70 | 119.0 |
| 74 | Ohio State University - Columbus | NCAA | 53 | 8 | 296 | 119.0 |
| 76 | St. Louis University | NCAA | 88 | 147 | 123 | 119.33 |
| 77 | Lafayette College | NCAA | 35 | 283 | 48 | 122.0 |
| 78 | Moravian College | NCAA | 122 | 48 | 198 | 122.66 |
| 79 | Elizabethtown College | NCAA | 234 | 125 | 15 | 124.66 |
| 80 | Smith College | NCAA | 18 | 311 | 48 | 125.66 |
| 81 | Juniata College | NCAA | 85 | 161 | 135 | 127.0 |
| 82 | Susquehanna University | NCAA | 112 | 190 | 91 | 131.0 |
| 83 | Bryn Mawr College | NCAA | 25 | 311 | 59 | 131.66 |
| 84 | Messiah College | NCAA | 235 | 19 | 146 | 133.33 |
| 85 | Drew University | NCAA | 68 | 154 | 180 | 134.0 |
| 85 | St. Michael's College | NCAA | 105 | 195 | 102 | 134.0 |
| 87 | University of Massachusetts -- Lowell | NCAA | 162 | 22 | 219 | 134.33 |
| 88 | Union College | NCAA | 43 | 307 | 59 | 136.33 |
| 89 | Transylvania University | NCAA | 85 | 77 | 250 | 137.33 |
| 90 | Mount Holyoke College | NCAA | 25 | 311 | 81 | 139.0 |
| 91 | University of Iowa | NCAA | 71 | 55 | 296 | 140.66 |
| 92 | Salisbury University | NCAA | 138 | 9 | 276 | 141.0 |
| 93 | Ursinus College | NCAA | 77 | 202 | 146 | 141.66 |
| 94 | Rhodes College | NCAA | 54 | 232 | 146 | 144.0 |
| 95 | Quinnipiac University | NCAA | 110 | 236 | 91 | 145.66 |
| 96 | St. Mary's College of Maryland | NCAA | 92 | 225 | 123 | 146.66 |
| 97 | Merrimack College | NCAA | 157 | 143 | 146 | 148.66 |
| 98 | University of Connecticut | NCAA | 66 | 62 | 319 | 149.0 |
| 99 | Siena College | NCAA | 121 | 236 | 91 | 149.33 |
| 100 | Philadelphia University | NCAA | 227 | 154 | 70 | 150.33 |