NCSA Collegiate Power Rankings
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 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 | 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 |
| 6 | Bowdoin College | NCAA | 6 | 21 | 21 | 16.0 |
| 7 | Princeton University | NCAA | 1 | 47 | 2 | 16.66 |
| 8 | Tufts University | NCAA | 27 | 6 | 21 | 18.0 |
| 9 | Stonehill College | NCAA | 1 | 27 | 29 | 19.0 |
| 10 | Wesleyan (CT) University | NCAA | 12 | 34 | 21 | 22.33 |
| 11 | College of New Jersey | NCAA | 4 | 2 | 66 | 24.0 |
| 11 | Harvard University | NCAA | 1 | 69 | 2 | 24.0 |
| 13 | Washington & Lee University | NCAA | 14 | 32 | 29 | 25.0 |
| 14 | Haverford College | NCAA | 8 | 56 | 12 | 25.33 |
| 15 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | NCAA | 7 | 58 | 12 | 25.66 |
| 16 | Northwestern University | NCAA | 12 | 29 | 41 | 27.33 |
| 17 | Dartmouth College | NCAA | 9 | 67 | 7 | 27.66 |
| 18 | Colby College | NCAA | 20 | 31 | 35 | 28.66 |
| 19 | Yale University | NCAA | 3 | 80 | 7 | 30.0 |
| 20 | Cornell University | NCAA | 13 | 66 | 18 | 32.33 |
| 21 | Georgetown University | NCAA | 23 | 68 | 11 | 34.0 |
| 22 | University of Pennsylvania | NCAA | 4 | 88 | 12 | 34.66 |
| 23 | Bates College | NCAA | 21 | 49 | 35 | 35.0 |
| 24 | Brown University | NCAA | 15 | 84 | 7 | 35.33 |
| 25 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | NCAA | 61 | 60 | 2 | 41.0 |
| 26 | Kenyon College | NCAA | 32 | 45 | 53 | 43.33 |
| 27 | Union (NY) College | NCAA | 36 | 43 | 53 | 44.0 |
| 28 | University of Virginia | NCAA | 23 | 26 | 86 | 45.0 |
| 29 | Penn State University | NCAA | 48 | 15 | 86 | 49.66 |
| 30 | Boston College | NCAA | 40 | 51 | 66 | 52.33 |
| 31 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | NCAA | 43 | 71 | 48 | 54.0 |
| 32 | University of Michigan | NCAA | 25 | 24 | 120 | 56.33 |
| 33 | Villanova University | NCAA | 1 | 87 | 86 | 58.0 |
| 34 | DePauw University | NCAA | 49 | 13 | 120 | 60.66 |
| 34 | University of Richmond | NCAA | 34 | 95 | 53 | 60.66 |
| 36 | Messiah College | NCAA | 4 | 15 | 165 | 61.33 |
| 37 | Ithaca College | NCAA | 7 | 26 | 165 | 66.0 |
| 38 | Johns Hopkins University | NCAA | 13 | 36 | 151 | 66.66 |
| 39 | Denison University | NCAA | 51 | 16 | 134 | 67.0 |
| 40 | Wake Forest University | NCAA | 27 | 44 | 134 | 68.33 |
| 41 | Dickinson College | NCAA | 45 | 78 | 98 | 73.66 |
| 42 | University of Rochester | NCAA | 34 | 82 | 111 | 75.66 |
| 43 | Providence College | NCAA | 2 | 78 | 151 | 77.0 |
| 44 | University of North Carolina | NCAA | 27 | 4 | 213 | 81.33 |
| 45 | University of Mary Washington | NCAA | 8 | 52 | 189 | 83.0 |
| 46 | Gettysburg College | NCAA | 47 | 70 | 134 | 83.66 |
| 47 | St. Lawrence University | NCAA | 61 | 68 | 134 | 87.66 |
| 48 | Franklin and Marshall College | NCAA | 39 | 80 | 151 | 90.0 |
| 49 | Wheaton (MA) College | NCAA | 66 | 35 | 179 | 93.33 |
| 50 | University of California-Berkeley | NCAA | 20 | 7 | 277 | 101.33 |
| 51 | Nazareth College | NCAA | 26 | 96 | 189 | 103.66 |
| 52 | Bloomsburg University | NCAA | 77 | 51 | 189 | 105.66 |
| 53 | University of Maryland | NCAA | 55 | 27 | 237 | 106.33 |
| 54 | Salisbury University | NCAA | 44 | 24 | 277 | 115.0 |
| 55 | University of Iowa | NCAA | 60 | 53 | 237 | 116.66 |
| 56 | West Chester University | NCAA | 56 | 40 | 262 | 119.33 |
| 57 | Shippensburg University | NCAA | 50 | 53 | 262 | 121.66 |
| 58 | Washington & Jefferson College | NCAA | 94 | 94 | 189 | 125.66 |
| 59 | Stevens Institute of Technology | NCAA | 71 | 59 | 277 | 135.66 |
| 60 | Springfield (MA) College | NCAA | 56 | 30 | 331 | 139.0 |
| 61 | Michigan State University | NCAA | 74 | 46 | 304 | 141.33 |
| 62 | Indiana University | NCAA | 74 | 38 | 351 | 154.33 |
| 63 | Rutgers University | NCAA | 60 | 76 | 331 | 155.66 |
| 64 | Ohio State University | NCAA | 60 | 12 | 396 | 156.0 |
| 65 | Rowan University | NCAA | 33 | 19 | 456 | 169.33 |
| 66 | Ohio Wesleyan University | NCAA | 100 | 64 | 351 | 171.66 |
| 67 | University of Connecticut | NCAA | 68 | 58 | 396 | 174.0 |
| 68 | Lynchburg College | NCAA | 43 | 93 | 487 | 207.66 |
| 69 | Bryant College | NCAA | 20 | 68 | 560 | 216.0 |
| 70 | Catawba College | NCAA | 25 | 91 | 586 | 234.0 |
| 71 | Western New England College | NCAA | 62 | 72 | 586 | 240.0 |
| 72 | Swarthmore College | NCAA | 3 | 954 | 12 | 323.0 |
| 73 | Davidson College | NCAA | 10 | 954 | 12 | 325.33 |
| 73 | Wellesley College | NCAA | 4 | 954 | 18 | 325.33 |
| 75 | Columbia University | NCAA | 9 | 954 | 18 | 327.0 |
| 76 | Bucknell University | NCAA | 27 | 954 | 12 | 331.0 |
| 77 | St. Michael's College | NCAA | 11 | 954 | 29 | 331.33 |
| 78 | Vassar College | NCAA | 13 | 954 | 33 | 333.33 |
| 79 | Colgate University | NCAA | 15 | 954 | 35 | 334.66 |
| 79 | St. Joseph's (PA) University | NCAA | 9 | 954 | 41 | 334.66 |
| 81 | Hamilton College | NCAA | 15 | 954 | 48 | 339.0 |
| 82 | College of the Holy Cross | NCAA | 32 | 954 | 35 | 340.33 |
| 83 | Trinity (CT) College | NCAA | 25 | 954 | 48 | 342.33 |
| 84 | Smith College | NCAA | 19 | 954 | 59 | 344.0 |
| 85 | Assumption College | NCAA | 31 | 954 | 48 | 344.33 |
| 86 | Bryn Mawr College | NCAA | 21 | 954 | 66 | 347.0 |
| 87 | Connecticut College | NCAA | 36 | 954 | 53 | 347.66 |
| 88 | College of William & Mary | NCAA | 31 | 954 | 59 | 348.0 |
| 88 | Fairfield University | NCAA | 4 | 954 | 86 | 348.0 |
| 90 | Lehigh University | NCAA | 32 | 954 | 59 | 348.33 |
| 91 | University of Scranton | NCAA | 8 | 954 | 86 | 349.33 |
| 92 | Lafayette College | NCAA | 27 | 954 | 76 | 352.33 |
| 93 | Quinnipiac University | NCAA | 12 | 954 | 98 | 354.66 |
| 94 | La Salle University | NCAA | 22 | 954 | 98 | 358.0 |
| 95 | Mount Holyoke College | NCAA | 23 | 954 | 98 | 358.33 |
| 95 | Oberlin College | NCAA | 23 | 954 | 98 | 358.33 |
| 97 | University of the South | NCAA | 34 | 954 | 98 | 362.0 |
| 98 | Skidmore College | NCAA | 41 | 954 | 98 | 364.33 |
| 99 | Merrimack College | NCAA | 7 | 954 | 134 | 365.0 |
| 100 | University of Delaware | NCAA | 66 | 954 | 76 | 365.33 |