NCSA Collegiate Power Rankings
2004 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 U.S. Sports Academy 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 U.S. Sports Academy 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 | Harvard University | NCAA I | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4.0 |
| 2 | Princeton University | NCAA I | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4.33 |
| 3 | Yale University | NCAA I | 3 | 7 | 21 | 10.33 |
| 4 | Dartmouth College | NCAA I | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10.66 |
| 5 | Stanford University | NCAA I | 7 | 1 | 28 | 12.0 |
| 6 | Villanova University | NCAA I | 1 | 3 | 39 | 14.33 |
| 7 | Duke University | NCAA I | 6 | 21 | 23 | 16.66 |
| 8 | Brown University | NCAA I | 17 | 12 | 22 | 17.0 |
| 9 | Georgetown University | NCAA I | 24 | 6 | 24 | 18.0 |
| 9 | University of Pennsylvania | NCAA I | 8 | 4 | 42 | 18.0 |
| 11 | University of Richmond | NCAA I | 1 | 18 | 37 | 18.66 |
| 12 | University of Notre Dame | NCAA I | 19 | 13 | 26 | 19.33 |
| 13 | Cornell University | NCAA I | 14 | 15 | 41 | 23.33 |
| 13 | Providence College | NCAA I | 2 | 8 | 60 | 23.33 |
| 15 | Butler University | NCAA I | 7 | 21 | 49 | 25.66 |
| 16 | Columbia University | NCAA I | 11 | 17 | 50 | 26.0 |
| 17 | College of the Holy Cross | NCAA I | 28 | 43 | 25 | 32.0 |
| 18 | Santa Clara University | NCAA I | 2 | 23 | 74 | 33.0 |
| 19 | Rice University | NCAA I | 16 | 71 | 18 | 35.0 |
| 20 | Manhattan College | NCAA I | 16 | 19 | 72 | 35.66 |
| 21 | Vanderbilt University | NCAA I | 20 | 54 | 43 | 39.0 |
| 22 | University of Virginia | NCAA I | 22 | 19 | 77 | 39.33 |
| 23 | Xavier (OH) University | NCAA I | 6 | 28 | 87 | 40.33 |
| 24 | Bucknell University | NCAA I | 27 | 65 | 30 | 40.66 |
| 25 | Penn State University | NCAA I | 48 | 5 | 73 | 42.0 |
| 26 | Lehigh University | NCAA I | 37 | 33 | 71 | 47.0 |
| 27 | Northwestern University | NCAA I | 12 | 78 | 52 | 47.33 |
| 28 | University of California-Santa Barbara | NCAA I | 46 | 5 | 99 | 50.0 |
| 29 | James Madison University | NCAA I | 3 | 28 | 128 | 53.0 |
| 30 | University of North Carolina-Wilmington | NCAA I | 18 | 18 | 131 | 55.66 |
| 31 | University of California-Los Angeles | NCAA I | 26 | 6 | 137 | 56.33 |
| 31 | University of Michigan | NCAA I | 25 | 4 | 140 | 56.33 |
| 31 | Wake Forest University | NCAA I | 28 | 32 | 109 | 56.33 |
| 34 | Marist College | NCAA I | 18 | 68 | 97 | 61.0 |
| 35 | University of California-Davis | NCAA I | 43 | 1 | 145 | 63.0 |
| 36 | University of California-Berkeley | NCAA I | 21 | 9 | 167 | 65.66 |
| 36 | University of Illinois | NCAA I | 40 | 30 | 127 | 65.66 |
| 38 | University of North Carolina | NCAA I | 29 | 8 | 171 | 69.33 |
| 39 | United States Military Academy | NCAA I | 10 | 157 | 47 | 71.33 |
| 40 | Purdue University | NCAA I | 58 | 40 | 120 | 72.66 |
| 41 | Tulane University | NCAA I | 44 | 77 | 98 | 73.0 |
| 42 | College of William & Mary | NCAA I | 6 | 19 | 198 | 74.33 |
| 43 | Lafayette College | NCAA I | 30 | 154 | 51 | 78.33 |
| 44 | Alabama A&M University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Alabama State University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Alcorn State University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Appalachian State University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Arizona State University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Arkansas State University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Auburn University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Austin Peay State University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Ball State University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Baylor University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Belmont University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Bethune-Cookman College | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | SUNY- Binghamton University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Boston College | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Bowling Green State University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Bradley University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Brigham Young University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Bryant College | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Cal State-Bakersfield | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Cal State-Fullerton | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Cal State-Northridge | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Cal State-Sacramento | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Campbell University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Canisius College | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Centenary (LA) College | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Central Connecticut State University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Central Michigan University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Charleston Southern University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Chicago State University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Clemson University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Cleveland State University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Coastal Carolina University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | College of Charleston | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Coppin State University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Creighton University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Dallas Baptist University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Davidson College | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Delaware State University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Duquesne University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | East Carolina University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | East Tennessee State University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Eastern Illinois University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Eastern Kentucky University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Eastern Michigan University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Elon University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Fairfield University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Fairleigh Dickinson University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Florida A&M University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Florida Atlantic University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Florida Gulf Coast University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Florida International University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Florida State University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Fordham University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Fresno State University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Furman University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 44 | Gardner-Webb University | NCAA I | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |