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 | Duke University | NCAA | 5 | 5 | 16 | 8.66 |
| 3 | Stanford University | NCAA | 5 | 1 | 33 | 13.0 |
| 4 | Princeton University | NCAA | 1 | 42 | 2 | 15.0 |
| 5 | Harvard University | NCAA | 1 | 43 | 2 | 15.33 |
| 6 | Washington & Lee University | NCAA | 13 | 29 | 27 | 23.0 |
| 7 | Northwestern University | NCAA | 11 | 29 | 33 | 24.33 |
| 8 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | NCAA | 5 | 67 | 8 | 26.66 |
| 9 | Wesleyan (CT) University | NCAA | 9 | 59 | 21 | 29.66 |
| 10 | University of Virginia | NCAA | 22 | 13 | 65 | 33.33 |
| 11 | Cornell University | NCAA | 14 | 73 | 16 | 34.33 |
| 12 | Trinity (CT) College | NCAA | 24 | 36 | 50 | 36.66 |
| 13 | Wheaton (IL) College | NCAA | 51 | 25 | 41 | 39.0 |
| 14 | Columbia University | NCAA | 9 | 98 | 21 | 42.66 |
| 15 | University of Chicago | NCAA | 14 | 78 | 41 | 44.33 |
| 16 | Penn State University | NCAA | 50 | 20 | 79 | 49.66 |
| 17 | Truman State University | NCAA | 9 | 8 | 138 | 51.66 |
| 18 | Ithaca College | NCAA | 8 | 14 | 152 | 58.0 |
| 18 | Oneonta State University | NCAA | 84 | 63 | 27 | 58.0 |
| 20 | University of Michigan | NCAA | 22 | 4 | 152 | 59.33 |
| 21 | John Carroll University | NCAA | 5 | 72 | 116 | 64.33 |
| 22 | Messiah College | NCAA | 3 | 20 | 179 | 67.33 |
| 23 | New York University | NCAA | 32 | 45 | 130 | 69.0 |
| 24 | Wartburg College | NCAA | 7 | 12 | 191 | 70.0 |
| 25 | Johns Hopkins University | NCAA | 14 | 22 | 179 | 71.66 |
| 26 | Gettysburg College | NCAA | 45 | 55 | 138 | 79.33 |
| 27 | Muhlenberg College | NCAA | 70 | 98 | 72 | 80.0 |
| 27 | St. Olaf College | NCAA | 62 | 91 | 87 | 80.0 |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin | NCAA | 32 | 19 | 191 | 80.66 |
| 29 | Ursinus College | NCAA | 70 | 70 | 102 | 80.66 |
| 31 | Shippensburg University | NCAA | 45 | 38 | 163 | 82.0 |
| 32 | St. John's (MN) University | NCAA | 77 | 79 | 102 | 86.0 |
| 33 | University of North Carolina | NCAA | 29 | 9 | 225 | 87.66 |
| 34 | University of Illinois | NCAA | 37 | 36 | 204 | 92.33 |
| 35 | James Madison University | NCAA | 3 | 100 | 191 | 98.0 |
| 36 | Elizabethtown College | NCAA | 2 | 69 | 225 | 98.66 |
| 36 | Luther College | NCAA | 101 | 65 | 130 | 98.66 |
| 38 | Purdue University | NCAA | 62 | 46 | 204 | 104.0 |
| 39 | University of Iowa | NCAA | 56 | 39 | 225 | 106.66 |
| 40 | King's (PA) College | NCAA | 31 | 89 | 204 | 108.0 |
| 41 | Adams State College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Albright College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Alfred State College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | American International College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | American University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Anderson (SC) College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Appalachian State University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Apprentice School | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Arizona State University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Ashland University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Augsburg College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Augustana (IL) College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Augustana (SD) College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Bacone College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Baker University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Bakersfield College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Baldwin-Wallace College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Baptist Bible (PA) College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Belmont Abbey College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Bergen CC | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Bethel (MN) College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | SUNY- Binghamton University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Bloomsburg University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Boise State University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Boston University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Briar Cliff University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Bridgewater State College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Broome Community College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Brown University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Bucknell University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Buena Vista University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Butte College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Cal State-Bakersfield | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Cal State-Fullerton | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Campbell University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Campbellsville University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Carson-Newman College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Case Western Reserve University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Centenary (NJ) College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Central College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Central Michigan University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Central Missouri State University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Central Washington University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Cerritos College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Chabot College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Chadron State College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Clackamas Community College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Clarion University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Cleveland State University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Coe College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Colby CC | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | College of Lake County | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | College of Mount St. Joseph | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | College of New Jersey | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Colorado School of Mines | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Concordia (MN) College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Concordia (WI) University | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Cornell College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |
| 41 | Corning Community College | NCAA | 120 | 200 | 300 | 206.66 |