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NCSA Collegiate Power Rankings

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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 1 1 7 3.0
2 Amherst College NCAA 2 11 6 6.33
3 Middlebury College NCAA 8 3 21 10.66
4 Duke University NCAA 5 8 21 11.33
5 Stanford University NCAA 5 1 33 13.0
5 Washington University NCAA 11 7 21 13.0
7 University of Notre Dame NCAA 18 6 21 15.0
8 Bowdoin College NCAA 6 21 21 16.0
9 Princeton University NCAA 1 47 2 16.66
10 Tufts University NCAA 27 6 21 18.0
11 Stonehill College NCAA 1 27 29 19.0
12 Wesleyan (CT) University NCAA 12 34 21 22.33
13 College of New Jersey NCAA 4 2 66 24.0
13 Harvard University NCAA 1 69 2 24.0
15 Washington & Lee University NCAA 14 32 29 25.0
16 Massachusetts Institute of Technology NCAA 7 58 12 25.66
17 Northwestern University NCAA 12 29 41 27.33
18 Dartmouth College NCAA 9 67 7 27.66
19 Colby College NCAA 20 31 35 28.66
20 Carleton College NCAA 5 54 29 29.33
21 Yale University NCAA 3 80 7 30.0
22 University of Chicago NCAA 15 41 35 30.33
23 Cornell University NCAA 13 66 18 32.33
24 Georgetown University NCAA 23 68 11 34.0
25 University of Pennsylvania NCAA 4 88 12 34.66
26 Bates College NCAA 21 49 35 35.0
27 Brown University NCAA 15 84 7 35.33
28 Wheaton (IL) College NCAA 55 23 41 39.66
29 Hobart and William Smith Colleges NCAA 61 60 2 41.0
30 Claremont McKenna College NCAA 27 17 86 43.33
30 Kenyon College NCAA 32 45 53 43.33
32 Union (NY) College NCAA 36 43 53 44.0
33 University of Virginia NCAA 23 26 86 45.0
34 Carnegie Mellon University NCAA 22 50 66 46.0
35 Rice University NCAA 17 65 59 47.0
36 Trinity (TX) University NCAA 1 8 134 47.66
37 Penn State University NCAA 48 15 86 49.66
38 Truman State University NCAA 8 26 120 51.33
39 Boston College NCAA 40 51 66 52.33
40 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NCAA 43 71 48 54.0
41 University of Michigan NCAA 25 24 120 56.33
42 Villanova University NCAA 1 87 86 58.0
43 DePauw University NCAA 49 13 120 60.66
43 University of Richmond NCAA 34 95 53 60.66
45 Illinois Wesleyan University NCAA 55 42 86 61.0
46 Macalester College NCAA 25 83 76 61.33
47 Ithaca College NCAA 7 26 165 66.0
48 Johns Hopkins University NCAA 13 36 151 66.66
49 Denison University NCAA 51 16 134 67.0
50 Vanderbilt University NCAA 18 64 120 67.33
51 Gustavus Adolphus College NCAA 73 10 120 67.66
52 Wake Forest University NCAA 27 44 134 68.33
53 Dickinson College NCAA 45 78 98 73.66
54 St. Olaf College NCAA 55 91 76 74.0
55 University of Rochester NCAA 34 82 111 75.66
56 St. John's (MN) University NCAA 69 75 86 76.66
57 Presbyterian College NCAA 100 83 59 80.66
58 University of North Carolina NCAA 27 4 213 81.33
59 Willamette University NCAA 61 73 111 81.66
60 Gettysburg College NCAA 47 70 134 83.66
61 St. Lawrence University NCAA 61 68 134 87.66
62 University of Wisconsin NCAA 34 22 213 89.66
63 Franklin and Marshall College NCAA 39 80 151 90.0
64 Hope College NCAA 94 12 165 90.33
64 University of Illinois NCAA 42 40 189 90.33
66 Purdue University NCAA 60 35 179 91.33
67 Southern Methodist University NCAA 71 49 165 95.0
67 University of Puget Sound NCAA 81 39 165 95.0
69 Wartburg College NCAA 7 17 262 95.33
70 Augustana (IL) College NCAA 94 44 151 96.33
71 Whitworth University NCAA 6 51 237 98.0
72 Linfield College NCAA 1 61 237 99.66
73 University of California-Berkeley NCAA 20 7 277 101.33
74 Winona State University NCAA 64 60 189 104.33
75 Bloomsburg University NCAA 77 51 189 105.66
76 University of Maryland NCAA 55 27 237 106.33
77 University of Washington NCAA 45 18 262 108.33
78 Virginia Polytechnic Institute NCAA 78 45 213 112.0
79 Salisbury University NCAA 44 24 277 115.0
80 Otterbein College NCAA 6 40 304 116.66
80 University of Iowa NCAA 60 53 237 116.66
82 Mount Union College NCAA 14 66 277 119.0
83 West Chester University NCAA 56 40 262 119.33
84 Shippensburg University NCAA 50 53 262 121.66
85 Washington & Jefferson College NCAA 94 94 189 125.66
86 Loras College NCAA 29 47 304 126.66
87 North Central College NCAA 15 38 331 128.0
88 Baylor University NCAA 78 32 277 129.0
89 Central College NCAA 9 94 304 135.66
90 College of Mount St. Joseph NCAA 37 100 277 138.0
91 Springfield (MA) College NCAA 56 30 331 139.0
92 Allegheny College NCAA 88 96 237 140.33
93 University of California-Los Angeles NCAA 25 2 396 141.0
94 Michigan State University NCAA 74 46 304 141.33
95 Texas Christian University NCAA 97 55 277 143.0
96 Augustana (SD) College NCAA 10 59 374 147.66
97 University of Redlands NCAA 7 20 427 151.33
98 Northwest Missouri State University NCAA 64 19 374 152.33
98 Texas A&M University NCAA 60 23 374 152.33
100 Indiana University NCAA 74 38 351 154.33