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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 III 1 1 4 2.0
2 Amherst College NCAA III 2 4 4 3.33
3 Middlebury College NCAA III 5 5 13 7.66
4 Washington University in St. Louis NCAA III 12 2 17 10.33
5 Bowdoin College NCAA III 7 25 17 16.33
6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology NCAA III 7 38 11 18.66
7 Tufts University NCAA III 28 15 17 20.0
8 Johns Hopkins University NCAA III 14 16 50 26.66
9 Washington and Lee University NCAA III 15 35 34 28.0
10 Colby College NCAA III 22 64 1 29.0
11 Hamilton College NCAA III 17 34 40 30.33
12 University of Chicago NCAA III 9 71 34 38.0
13 Carnegie Mellon University NCAA III 22 54 50 42.0
13 Kenyon College NCAA III 32 37 57 42.0
15 Wheaton College NCAA III 56 26 45 42.33
16 Bates College NCAA III 24 78 34 45.33
17 Carleton College NCAA III 5 105 27 45.66
18 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps-McKenna College NCAA III 11 81 57 49.66
19 Pomona-Pitzer College NCAA III 7 98 50 51.66
20 Illinois Wesleyan University NCAA III 59 19 96 58.0
21 DePauw University NCAA III 49 17 110 58.66
22 Denison University NCAA III 52 28 110 63.33
23 St. John's University NCAA III 75 40 78 64.33
24 St. Lawrence University NCAA III 58 45 96 66.33
25 Franklin and Marshall College NCAA III 40 113 69 74.0
26 Case Western Reserve University NCAA III 41 79 110 76.66
27 Gettysburg College NCAA III 48 67 120 78.33
28 Grinnell College NCAA III 11 200 34 81.66
29 St. Olaf College NCAA III 54 133 61 82.66
30 Dickinson College NCAA III 44 132 78 84.66
31 Luther College NCAA III 97 29 135 87.0
32 Augustana College NCAA III 91 57 120 89.33
33 Centre College NCAA III 44 140 85 89.66
34 Occidental College NCAA III 36 155 85 92.0
34 Ursinus College NCAA III 69 87 120 92.0
36 Hobart and William Smith Colleges NCAA III 63 50 168 93.66
37 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NCAA III 44 183 57 94.66
37 Wesleyan University NCAA III 11 256 17 94.66
39 Hope College NCAA III 97 39 151 95.66
40 University of Puget Sound NCAA III 80 59 151 96.66
41 Muhlenberg College NCAA III 71 164 61 98.66
42 Kalamazoo College NCAA III 67 145 110 107.33
43 Juniata College NCAA III 97 91 135 107.66
44 Sewanee - University of the South NCAA III 40 225 85 116.66
45 Macalester College NCAA III 26 265 61 117.33
46 Knox College NCAA III 80 166 120 122.0
47 Allegheny College NCAA III 85 80 205 123.33
48 Willamette University NCAA III 63 141 168 124.0
49 Rhodes College NCAA III 49 252 96 132.33
50 Grove City College NCAA III 123 213 69 135.0
51 St. Norbert College NCAA III 123 89 205 139.0
52 Coe College NCAA III 106 93 225 141.33
53 Moravian College NCAA III 123 83 225 143.66
54 Linfield College NCAA III 122 68 245 145.0
55 University of Rochester NCAA III 35 322 85 147.33
56 Austin College NCAA III 75 225 151 150.33
56 Gustavus Adolphus College NCAA III 247 22 182 150.33
58 Washington and Jefferson College NCAA III 106 116 245 155.66
59 Nebraska Wesleyan University NCAA III 123 47 301 157.0
60 Lawrence University NCAA III 56 250 168 158.0
61 College of Wooster NCAA III 71 200 205 158.66
62 Ohio Wesleyan University NCAA III 97 61 332 163.33
63 Central College NCAA III 123 88 286 165.66
64 Albion College NCAA III 116 225 191 177.33
65 Simpson College NCAA III 123 149 265 179.0
65 Wittenberg University NCAA III 118 133 286 179.0
67 Earlham College NCAA III 69 263 225 185.66
68 Catholic University of America NCAA III 124 214 225 187.66
68 Millsaps College NCAA III 87 211 265 187.66
70 Monmouth College NCAA III 123 83 359 188.33
71 Lycoming College NCAA III 123 219 225 189.0
72 Alma College NCAA III 123 250 205 192.66
73 Hartwick College NCAA III 123 268 191 194.0
73 Ripon College NCAA III 123 268 191 194.0
75 Concordia College -- Moorhead NCAA III 123 165 301 196.33
75 Loras College NCAA III 232 56 301 196.33
77 Cornell College NCAA III 97 212 286 198.33
78 Hendrix College NCAA III 71 306 225 200.66
79 Bethany (WV) College NCAA III 123 160 332 205.0
80 Ohio Northern University NCAA III 252 63 301 205.33
81 Wesley College NCAA III 273 139 205 205.66
82 United States Coast Guard Academy NCAA III 252 144 225 207.0
83 Hanover College NCAA III 91 268 265 208.0
84 U.S. Merchant Marine Academy NCAA III 257 190 191 212.66
85 Lebanon Valley College NCAA III 258 161 225 214.66
86 Lake Forest College NCAA III 97 248 301 215.33
87 Bridgewater College NCAA III 185 138 359 227.33
88 Wabash College NCAA III 321 162 205 229.33
89 George Fox University NCAA III 125 183 392 233.33
90 Randolph-Macon College NCAA III 122 268 332 240.66
91 Widener University NCAA III 125 97 510 244.0
92 Pacific University NCAA III 125 217 392 244.66
93 North Central College NCAA III 300 46 431 259.0
94 Hiram College NCAA III 123 225 453 267.0
95 Trinity College NCAA III 34 32 736 267.33
96 Hampden-Sydney College NCAA III 106 268 431 268.33
97 Westminster College NCAA III 123 151 570 281.33
98 Guilford College NCAA III 123 268 476 289.0
99 University of La Verne NCAA III 125 73 719 305.66
100 Buena Vista University NCAA III 263 127 539 309.66