NCSA Collegiate Power Rankings
2005 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 | Williams College | NCAA | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2.33 |
| 2 | Amherst College | NCAA | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5.0 |
| 3 | Duke University | NCAA | 5 | 5 | 16 | 8.66 |
| 4 | Middlebury College | NCAA | 11 | 2 | 16 | 9.66 |
| 5 | Stanford University | NCAA | 5 | 1 | 33 | 13.0 |
| 6 | Washington University | NCAA | 11 | 3 | 27 | 13.66 |
| 7 | Bowdoin College | NCAA | 7 | 19 | 16 | 14.0 |
| 8 | Princeton University | NCAA | 1 | 42 | 2 | 15.0 |
| 9 | Harvard University | NCAA | 1 | 43 | 2 | 15.33 |
| 10 | University of Notre Dame | NCAA | 18 | 16 | 33 | 22.33 |
| 11 | Emory University | NCAA | 20 | 8 | 41 | 23.0 |
| 11 | Washington & Lee University | NCAA | 13 | 29 | 27 | 23.0 |
| 13 | Northwestern University | NCAA | 11 | 29 | 33 | 24.33 |
| 14 | Haverford College | NCAA | 9 | 62 | 8 | 26.33 |
| 15 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | NCAA | 5 | 67 | 8 | 26.66 |
| 16 | Carleton College | NCAA | 5 | 49 | 27 | 27.0 |
| 17 | Dartmouth College | NCAA | 9 | 69 | 6 | 28.0 |
| 18 | Colby College | NCAA | 19 | 34 | 33 | 28.66 |
| 19 | Bates College | NCAA | 22 | 33 | 33 | 29.33 |
| 20 | Wesleyan (CT) University | NCAA | 9 | 59 | 21 | 29.66 |
| 21 | Yale University | NCAA | 3 | 86 | 5 | 31.33 |
| 22 | University of Virginia | NCAA | 22 | 13 | 65 | 33.33 |
| 23 | Cornell University | NCAA | 14 | 73 | 16 | 34.33 |
| 23 | Tufts University | NCAA | 28 | 54 | 21 | 34.33 |
| 25 | Trinity (CT) College | NCAA | 24 | 36 | 50 | 36.66 |
| 26 | University of California-San Diego | NCAA | 35 | 6 | 72 | 37.66 |
| 27 | Wheaton (IL) College | NCAA | 51 | 25 | 41 | 39.0 |
| 28 | Columbia University | NCAA | 9 | 98 | 21 | 42.66 |
| 28 | Hamilton College | NCAA | 19 | 62 | 47 | 42.66 |
| 30 | Georgetown University | NCAA | 25 | 74 | 33 | 44.0 |
| 31 | University of Chicago | NCAA | 14 | 78 | 41 | 44.33 |
| 32 | Kenyon College | NCAA | 29 | 47 | 58 | 44.66 |
| 33 | Stonehill College | NCAA | 1 | 98 | 41 | 46.66 |
| 34 | Villanova University | NCAA | 1 | 75 | 65 | 47.0 |
| 35 | Trinity (TX) University | NCAA | 1 | 4 | 138 | 47.66 |
| 36 | University of Richmond | NCAA | 1 | 95 | 50 | 48.66 |
| 37 | Penn State University | NCAA | 50 | 20 | 79 | 49.66 |
| 38 | Truman State University | NCAA | 9 | 8 | 138 | 51.66 |
| 39 | College of William & Mary | NCAA | 31 | 76 | 50 | 52.33 |
| 40 | Boston College | NCAA | 37 | 57 | 72 | 55.33 |
| 41 | Willamette University | NCAA | 51 | 32 | 87 | 56.66 |
| 42 | DePauw University | NCAA | 42 | 27 | 102 | 57.0 |
| 42 | Rice University | NCAA | 17 | 89 | 65 | 57.0 |
| 44 | Ithaca College | NCAA | 8 | 14 | 152 | 58.0 |
| 44 | Oneonta State University | NCAA | 84 | 63 | 27 | 58.0 |
| 46 | University of Michigan | NCAA | 22 | 4 | 152 | 59.33 |
| 47 | Drury University | NCAA | 12 | 16 | 152 | 60.0 |
| 48 | Calvin College | NCAA | 2 | 6 | 179 | 62.33 |
| 49 | Vanderbilt University | NCAA | 18 | 71 | 102 | 63.66 |
| 50 | Illinois Wesleyan University | NCAA | 53 | 52 | 87 | 64.0 |
| 51 | John Carroll University | NCAA | 5 | 72 | 116 | 64.33 |
| 52 | Wake Forest University | NCAA | 27 | 37 | 130 | 64.66 |
| 53 | Providence College | NCAA | 2 | 91 | 102 | 65.0 |
| 54 | Gustavus Adolphus College | NCAA | 77 | 17 | 102 | 65.33 |
| 55 | Messiah College | NCAA | 3 | 20 | 179 | 67.33 |
| 56 | Wartburg College | NCAA | 7 | 12 | 191 | 70.0 |
| 57 | Johns Hopkins University | NCAA | 14 | 22 | 179 | 71.66 |
| 57 | Union (NY) College | NCAA | 70 | 87 | 58 | 71.66 |
| 59 | Denison University | NCAA | 50 | 18 | 163 | 77.0 |
| 60 | Gettysburg College | NCAA | 45 | 55 | 138 | 79.33 |
| 60 | University of Rochester | NCAA | 37 | 71 | 130 | 79.33 |
| 62 | St. Norbert College | NCAA | 4 | 83 | 152 | 79.66 |
| 63 | Muhlenberg College | NCAA | 70 | 98 | 72 | 80.0 |
| 63 | St. Olaf College | NCAA | 62 | 91 | 87 | 80.0 |
| 65 | Bentley College | NCAA | 8 | 71 | 163 | 80.66 |
| 65 | Ursinus College | NCAA | 70 | 70 | 102 | 80.66 |
| 67 | Shippensburg University | NCAA | 45 | 38 | 163 | 82.0 |
| 68 | University of California-Santa Barbara | NCAA | 45 | 82 | 130 | 85.66 |
| 69 | St. John's (MN) University | NCAA | 77 | 79 | 102 | 86.0 |
| 70 | University of North Carolina | NCAA | 29 | 9 | 225 | 87.66 |
| 71 | University of Illinois | NCAA | 37 | 36 | 204 | 92.33 |
| 72 | Furman University | NCAA | 38 | 88 | 152 | 92.66 |
| 73 | Wheaton (MA) College | NCAA | 62 | 41 | 179 | 94.0 |
| 74 | University of Puget Sound | NCAA | 77 | 50 | 163 | 96.66 |
| 75 | Tulane University | NCAA | 43 | 70 | 179 | 97.33 |
| 76 | James Madison University | NCAA | 3 | 100 | 191 | 98.0 |
| 77 | Elizabethtown College | NCAA | 2 | 69 | 225 | 98.66 |
| 77 | Luther College | NCAA | 101 | 65 | 130 | 98.66 |
| 77 | College of Wooster | NCAA | 59 | 58 | 179 | 98.66 |
| 80 | University of Washington | NCAA | 46 | 14 | 240 | 100.0 |
| 81 | Otterbein College | NCAA | 5 | 56 | 240 | 100.33 |
| 82 | Linfield College | NCAA | 1 | 68 | 240 | 103.0 |
| 83 | Purdue University | NCAA | 62 | 46 | 204 | 104.0 |
| 84 | Baylor University | NCAA | 84 | 25 | 204 | 104.33 |
| 85 | University of California-Berkeley | NCAA | 21 | 15 | 278 | 104.66 |
| 86 | Hope College | NCAA | 96 | 56 | 163 | 105.0 |
| 87 | University of Iowa | NCAA | 56 | 39 | 225 | 106.66 |
| 88 | King's (PA) College | NCAA | 31 | 89 | 204 | 108.0 |
| 89 | Winona State University | NCAA | 68 | 69 | 191 | 109.33 |
| 90 | Allegheny College | NCAA | 83 | 44 | 204 | 110.33 |
| 91 | Salisbury University | NCAA | 45 | 11 | 278 | 111.33 |
| 92 | Abraham Baldwin Agriculture College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 92 | Adelphi University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 92 | Adirondack CC | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 92 | Adrian College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 92 | Aiken Technical College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 92 | Alabama A&M University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 92 | Alabama Southern CC | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 92 | Alabama State University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 92 | Albany State University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |