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 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4.0 |
| 2 | Princeton University | NCAA | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4.33 |
| 3 | Williams College | NCAA | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4.66 |
| 4 | Yale University | NCAA | 3 | 7 | 21 | 10.33 |
| 5 | Dartmouth College | NCAA | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10.66 |
| 6 | Stanford University | NCAA | 7 | 1 | 28 | 12.0 |
| 7 | Villanova University | NCAA | 1 | 3 | 39 | 14.33 |
| 8 | Brown University | NCAA | 17 | 12 | 22 | 17.0 |
| 9 | Georgetown University | NCAA | 24 | 6 | 24 | 18.0 |
| 9 | University of Pennsylvania | NCAA | 8 | 4 | 42 | 18.0 |
| 11 | University of Notre Dame | NCAA | 19 | 13 | 26 | 19.33 |
| 12 | Tufts University | NCAA | 27 | 28 | 8 | 21.0 |
| 13 | Middlebury College | NCAA | 8 | 12 | 45 | 21.66 |
| 14 | Cornell University | NCAA | 14 | 15 | 41 | 23.33 |
| 14 | Providence College | NCAA | 2 | 8 | 60 | 23.33 |
| 16 | Butler University | NCAA | 7 | 21 | 49 | 25.66 |
| 16 | Carleton College | NCAA | 4 | 42 | 31 | 25.66 |
| 18 | Columbia University | NCAA | 11 | 17 | 50 | 26.0 |
| 19 | Emory University | NCAA | 18 | 2 | 63 | 27.66 |
| 19 | Truman State University | NCAA | 8 | 8 | 67 | 27.66 |
| 21 | Amherst College | NCAA | 2 | 11 | 78 | 30.33 |
| 22 | College of the Holy Cross | NCAA | 28 | 43 | 25 | 32.0 |
| 23 | Bowdoin College | NCAA | 10 | 40 | 48 | 32.66 |
| 24 | Santa Clara University | NCAA | 2 | 23 | 74 | 33.0 |
| 25 | Manhattan College | NCAA | 16 | 19 | 72 | 35.66 |
| 26 | Colorado College | NCAA | 29 | 73 | 6 | 36.0 |
| 27 | College of New Jersey | NCAA | 5 | 3 | 101 | 36.33 |
| 28 | Trinity (TX) University | NCAA | 1 | 4 | 112 | 39.0 |
| 29 | University of Virginia | NCAA | 22 | 19 | 77 | 39.33 |
| 30 | Bucknell University | NCAA | 27 | 65 | 30 | 40.66 |
| 31 | Penn State University | NCAA | 48 | 5 | 73 | 42.0 |
| 32 | Bates College | NCAA | 23 | 50 | 57 | 43.33 |
| 33 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | NCAA | 4 | 91 | 36 | 43.66 |
| 34 | Wheaton (IL) College | NCAA | 65 | 13 | 61 | 46.33 |
| 35 | Lehigh University | NCAA | 37 | 33 | 71 | 47.0 |
| 36 | Northwestern University | NCAA | 12 | 78 | 52 | 47.33 |
| 36 | University of Chicago | NCAA | 13 | 67 | 62 | 47.33 |
| 38 | Hamilton College | NCAA | 21 | 52 | 70 | 47.66 |
| 39 | Bentley College | NCAA | 9 | 66 | 69 | 48.0 |
| 40 | Claremont McKenna College | NCAA | 12 | 53 | 82 | 49.0 |
| 41 | University of California-Santa Barbara | NCAA | 46 | 5 | 99 | 50.0 |
| 42 | Ithaca College | NCAA | 7 | 9 | 135 | 50.33 |
| 43 | Trinity (CT) College | NCAA | 22 | 56 | 75 | 51.0 |
| 44 | Haverford College | NCAA | 9 | 112 | 33 | 51.33 |
| 45 | Colby College | NCAA | 18 | 84 | 54 | 52.0 |
| 46 | Kenyon College | NCAA | 30 | 46 | 81 | 52.33 |
| 47 | James Madison University | NCAA | 3 | 28 | 128 | 53.0 |
| 48 | Wellesley College | NCAA | 6 | 139 | 15 | 53.33 |
| 49 | John Carroll University | NCAA | 4 | 61 | 96 | 53.66 |
| 50 | Washington University | NCAA | 103 | 5 | 56 | 54.66 |
| 51 | Drury University | NCAA | 12 | 20 | 133 | 55.0 |
| 52 | University of North Carolina-Wilmington | NCAA | 18 | 18 | 131 | 55.66 |
| 53 | University of California-Los Angeles | NCAA | 26 | 6 | 137 | 56.33 |
| 53 | University of Michigan | NCAA | 25 | 4 | 140 | 56.33 |
| 55 | University of Scranton | NCAA | 6 | 60 | 106 | 57.33 |
| 56 | Pomona-Pitzer College | NCAA | 5 | 92 | 83 | 60.0 |
| 57 | Calvin College | NCAA | 3 | 22 | 157 | 60.66 |
| 58 | Marist College | NCAA | 18 | 68 | 97 | 61.0 |
| 59 | Swarthmore College | NCAA | 3 | 167 | 14 | 61.33 |
| 60 | Illinois Wesleyan University | NCAA | 56 | 29 | 103 | 62.66 |
| 61 | University of California-Davis | NCAA | 43 | 1 | 145 | 63.0 |
| 62 | Wesleyan (CT) University | NCAA | 11 | 164 | 16 | 63.66 |
| 63 | Assumption College | NCAA | 33 | 161 | 1 | 65.0 |
| 64 | University of California-Berkeley | NCAA | 21 | 9 | 167 | 65.66 |
| 64 | University of Illinois | NCAA | 40 | 30 | 127 | 65.66 |
| 66 | Gustavus Adolphus College | NCAA | 71 | 6 | 125 | 67.33 |
| 66 | Union (NY) College | NCAA | 37 | 57 | 108 | 67.33 |
| 68 | St. Olaf College | NCAA | 61 | 37 | 107 | 68.33 |
| 69 | University of North Carolina | NCAA | 29 | 8 | 171 | 69.33 |
| 70 | Brandeis University | NCAA | 32 | 102 | 79 | 71.0 |
| 71 | United States Military Academy | NCAA | 10 | 157 | 47 | 71.33 |
| 72 | Rollins College | NCAA | 2 | 25 | 188 | 71.66 |
| 73 | Holy Family University | NCAA | 87 | 95 | 34 | 72.0 |
| 74 | Purdue University | NCAA | 58 | 40 | 120 | 72.66 |
| 75 | DePauw University | NCAA | 40 | 86 | 95 | 73.66 |
| 76 | Denison University | NCAA | 49 | 44 | 132 | 75.0 |
| 76 | Western Washington University | NCAA | 16 | 63 | 146 | 75.0 |
| 78 | Boston University | NCAA | 64 | 7 | 156 | 75.66 |
| 79 | Lafayette College | NCAA | 30 | 154 | 51 | 78.33 |
| 80 | Stonehill College | NCAA | 111 | 120 | 5 | 78.66 |
| 81 | Regis College | NCAA | 38 | 197 | 3 | 79.33 |
| 82 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | NCAA | 49 | 106 | 84 | 79.66 |
| 83 | Abraham Baldwin Agriculture College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 83 | Adams State College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 83 | Adelphi University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 83 | Adirondack CC | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 83 | Adrian College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 83 | Agnes Scott College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 83 | Aiken Technical College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 83 | Alabama A&M University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 83 | Alabama Southern CC | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 83 | Alabama State University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 83 | Albany State University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 83 | Albertson College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 83 | Albertus Magnus College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 83 | Albion College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 83 | Albright College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 83 | Alcorn State University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 83 | Alderson-Broaddus College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |
| 83 | Alfred State College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 200 | 173.33 |