NCSA Collegiate Power Rankings
2009 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 III | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2.0 |
| 2 | Amherst College | NCAA III | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2.66 |
| 3 | Middlebury College | NCAA III | 5 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Washington University in St. Louis | NCAA III | 12 | 4 | 14 | 10.0 |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | NCAA III | 4 | 24 | 12 | 13.33 |
| 6 | Tufts University | NCAA III | 28 | 10 | 21 | 19.66 |
| 7 | Johns Hopkins University | NCAA III | 15 | 18 | 27 | 20.0 |
| 8 | Carleton College | NCAA III | 8 | 35 | 27 | 23.33 |
| 9 | Bowdoin College | NCAA III | 6 | 50 | 21 | 25.66 |
| 10 | Washington and Lee University | NCAA III | 17 | 41 | 37 | 31.66 |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University | NCAA III | 22 | 26 | 48 | 32.0 |
| 12 | Trinity College | NCAA III | 33 | 27 | 48 | 36.0 |
| 13 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps-McKenna College | NCAA III | 11 | 34 | 64 | 36.33 |
| 14 | Bates College | NCAA III | 25 | 57 | 37 | 39.66 |
| 15 | University of Chicago | NCAA III | 8 | 81 | 31 | 40.0 |
| 16 | Wheaton College (IL) | NCAA III | 56 | 28 | 48 | 44.0 |
| 17 | Hamilton College | NCAA III | 20 | 68 | 46 | 44.66 |
| 18 | Colby College | NCAA III | 23 | 91 | 37 | 50.33 |
| 19 | Kenyon College | NCAA III | 32 | 51 | 69 | 50.66 |
| 20 | Franklin and Marshall College | NCAA III | 42 | 46 | 79 | 55.66 |
| 21 | Pomona-Pitzer College | NCAA III | 6 | 108 | 58 | 57.33 |
| 22 | Illinois Wesleyan University | NCAA III | 60 | 25 | 88 | 57.66 |
| 23 | College of Wooster | NCAA III | 77 | 101 | 1 | 59.66 |
| 24 | Wesleyan University | NCAA III | 13 | 154 | 21 | 62.66 |
| 25 | DePauw University | NCAA III | 49 | 39 | 102 | 63.33 |
| 25 | St. Olaf College | NCAA III | 47 | 85 | 58 | 63.33 |
| 27 | Grinnell College | NCAA III | 14 | 150 | 37 | 67.0 |
| 28 | Denison University | NCAA III | 53 | 32 | 126 | 70.33 |
| 29 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | NCAA III | 41 | 105 | 79 | 75.0 |
| 29 | St. Lawrence University | NCAA III | 58 | 19 | 148 | 75.0 |
| 29 | University of Rochester | NCAA III | 35 | 102 | 88 | 75.0 |
| 32 | Dickinson College | NCAA III | 45 | 109 | 79 | 77.66 |
| 33 | Muhlenberg College | NCAA III | 71 | 103 | 64 | 79.33 |
| 34 | Case Western Reserve University | NCAA III | 41 | 87 | 113 | 80.33 |
| 35 | Gettysburg College | NCAA III | 49 | 92 | 113 | 84.66 |
| 36 | Gustavus Adolphus College | NCAA III | 88 | 8 | 171 | 89.0 |
| 37 | Hope College | NCAA III | 88 | 37 | 148 | 91.0 |
| 38 | Centre College | NCAA III | 45 | 130 | 126 | 100.33 |
| 39 | Kalamazoo College | NCAA III | 60 | 123 | 126 | 103.0 |
| 40 | Luther College | NCAA III | 88 | 54 | 171 | 104.33 |
| 40 | University of Puget Sound | NCAA III | 81 | 45 | 187 | 104.33 |
| 42 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | NCAA III | 68 | 52 | 196 | 105.33 |
| 43 | Macalester College | NCAA III | 25 | 229 | 64 | 106.0 |
| 44 | Augustana College (IL) | NCAA III | 88 | 128 | 141 | 119.0 |
| 45 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | NCAA III | 71 | 163 | 126 | 120.0 |
| 46 | University of St. Thomas | NCAA III | 134 | 13 | 218 | 121.66 |
| 47 | Union (NY) College | NCAA III | 42 | 115 | 218 | 125.0 |
| 48 | Willamette University | NCAA III | 60 | 120 | 196 | 125.33 |
| 49 | Allegheny College | NCAA III | 94 | 70 | 218 | 127.33 |
| 50 | Occidental College | NCAA III | 37 | 258 | 88 | 127.66 |
| 51 | Grove City College | NCAA III | 125 | 175 | 88 | 129.33 |
| 52 | Juniata College | NCAA III | 98 | 152 | 148 | 132.66 |
| 53 | Oberlin College | NCAA III | 20 | 310 | 79 | 136.33 |
| 54 | Ursinus College | NCAA III | 81 | 190 | 141 | 137.33 |
| 55 | Wittenberg University | NCAA III | 125 | 141 | 148 | 138.0 |
| 56 | Coe College | NCAA III | 98 | 59 | 281 | 146.0 |
| 57 | Moravian College | NCAA III | 125 | 75 | 240 | 146.66 |
| 58 | Linfield College | NCAA III | 118 | 48 | 281 | 149.0 |
| 59 | Bethel University | NCAA III | 177 | 79 | 196 | 150.66 |
| 60 | Sewanee - University of the South | NCAA III | 41 | 303 | 113 | 152.33 |
| 61 | Washington and Jefferson College | NCAA III | 104 | 60 | 300 | 154.66 |
| 62 | St. Norbert College | NCAA III | 125 | 77 | 263 | 155.0 |
| 63 | Lawrence University | NCAA III | 56 | 266 | 148 | 156.66 |
| 64 | Westminster College (PA) | NCAA III | 122 | 209 | 141 | 157.33 |
| 65 | Rhodes College | NCAA III | 49 | 299 | 126 | 158.0 |
| 66 | Wartburg College | NCAA III | 125 | 16 | 346 | 162.33 |
| 67 | Nebraska Wesleyan University | NCAA III | 125 | 66 | 300 | 163.66 |
| 67 | Susquehanna University | NCAA III | 115 | 274 | 102 | 163.66 |
| 69 | Wilmington College | NCAA III | 236 | 183 | 88 | 169.0 |
| 70 | Millsaps College | NCAA III | 84 | 164 | 281 | 176.33 |
| 70 | Wabash College | NCAA III | 54 | 235 | 240 | 176.33 |
| 72 | Beloit College | NCAA III | 60 | 277 | 196 | 177.66 |
| 73 | Central College | NCAA III | 122 | 124 | 300 | 182.0 |
| 74 | Albion College | NCAA III | 104 | 226 | 218 | 182.66 |
| 75 | Catholic University of America | NCAA III | 116 | 216 | 218 | 183.33 |
| 76 | Ohio Wesleyan University | NCAA III | 111 | 74 | 369 | 184.66 |
| 76 | Ripon College | NCAA III | 125 | 233 | 196 | 184.66 |
| 78 | Mount Union College | NCAA III | 125 | 36 | 396 | 185.66 |
| 79 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | NCAA III | 217 | 155 | 187 | 186.33 |
| 80 | Simpson College | NCAA III | 125 | 143 | 300 | 189.33 |
| 80 | United States Coast Guard Academy | NCAA III | 215 | 157 | 196 | 189.33 |
| 82 | Concordia College -- Moorhead | NCAA III | 125 | 122 | 328 | 191.66 |
| 83 | Lycoming College | NCAA III | 125 | 219 | 240 | 194.66 |
| 84 | Ohio Northern University | NCAA III | 215 | 29 | 346 | 196.66 |
| 85 | Cornell College | NCAA III | 88 | 159 | 346 | 197.66 |
| 86 | Principia College | NCAA III | 125 | 298 | 171 | 198.0 |
| 87 | Alma College | NCAA III | 125 | 238 | 240 | 201.0 |
| 88 | McDaniel College | NCAA III | 125 | 272 | 218 | 205.0 |
| 89 | St. John's University | NCAA III | 134 | 62 | 421 | 205.66 |
| 90 | Loras College | NCAA III | 226 | 73 | 328 | 209.0 |
| 91 | Monmouth College | NCAA III | 125 | 82 | 421 | 209.33 |
| 92 | Lebanon Valley College | NCAA III | 221 | 146 | 263 | 210.0 |
| 93 | Concordia (WI) University | NCAA III | 178 | 119 | 369 | 222.0 |
| 94 | Bridgewater College | NCAA III | 125 | 214 | 346 | 228.33 |
| 95 | Northwestern College | NCAA III | 229 | 44 | 421 | 231.33 |
| 96 | Hampden-Sydney College | NCAA III | 98 | 250 | 369 | 239.0 |
| 97 | Carroll University | NCAA III | 125 | 96 | 554 | 258.33 |
| 98 | Millikin University | NCAA III | 125 | 308 | 369 | 267.33 |
| 99 | Guilford College | NCAA III | 125 | 188 | 497 | 270.0 |
| 100 | Maine Maritime Academy | NCAA III | 223 | 288 | 300 | 270.33 |