Best Women’s Basketball Colleges | NCSA Power Rankings 2018

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There are over 1300 four-year colleges with women’s basketball programs across four division levels (D1, D2, D3 and NAIA). The best colleges list is based on proprietary analysis of NCSA Favorites data obtained from the college search activity of the over 100,000 women’s basketball recruits on the NCSA recruiting network, U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges, and IPEDS graduation rate data (more on NCSA Power Rankings methodology).

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1

Duke University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

1400

General Rank:

9

Grad Rank:

10

2

Stanford University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

771

General Rank:

5

Grad Rank:

18

3

University of Notre Dame

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

697

General Rank:

18

Grad Rank:

4

Columbia University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

510

General Rank:

5

Grad Rank:

8

5

Brown University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

452

General Rank:

14

Grad Rank:

5

6

University of California - Los Angeles - UCLA

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

1079

General Rank:

28

Grad Rank:

37

7

Yale University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

379

General Rank:

3

Grad Rank:

3

8

Princeton University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

374

General Rank:

1

Grad Rank:

2

9

Harvard University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

366

General Rank:

2

Grad Rank:

1

10

University of California

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

605

General Rank:

28

Grad Rank:

37

11

University of Southern California

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

540

General Rank:

28

Grad Rank:

30

12

Vanderbilt University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

470

General Rank:

14

Grad Rank:

33

13

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

979

General Rank:

51

Grad Rank:

44

14

Cornell University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

372

General Rank:

14

Grad Rank:

21

15

University of Michigan

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

521

General Rank:

39

Grad Rank:

46

16

Northwestern University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

352

General Rank:

11

Grad Rank:

26

17

University of Pennsylvania - Penn

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

310

General Rank:

8

Grad Rank:

7

18

University of Virginia

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

391

General Rank:

34

Grad Rank:

24

19

Wake Forest University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

424

General Rank:

38

Grad Rank:

56

20

Davidson College

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

327

General Rank:

36

Grad Rank:

23

21

Rice University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

305

General Rank:

14

Grad Rank:

42

22

Georgetown University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

281

General Rank:

22

Grad Rank:

16

23

University of Florida

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

693

General Rank:

83

Grad Rank:

75

24

Villanova University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

420

General Rank:

92

Grad Rank:

43

25

Dartmouth College

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

242

General Rank:

11

Grad Rank:

15

26

Georgia Tech

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

477

General Rank:

68

Grad Rank:

95

27

Boston College

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

287

General Rank:

53

Grad Rank:

29

28

University of California - San Diego

NCAA Division 2

NCSA Favorites:

387

General Rank:

83

Grad Rank:

69

29

Johns Hopkins University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

232

General Rank:

11

Grad Rank:

20

30

University of Georgia

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

599

General Rank:

109

Grad Rank:

89

31

Penn State

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

453

General Rank:

99

Grad Rank:

83

32

University of Connecticut

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

996

General Rank:

112

Grad Rank:

113

33

Ohio State University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

714

General Rank:

109

Grad Rank:

112

34

University of Miami

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

584

General Rank:

92

Grad Rank:

129

35

Elon University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

340

General Rank:

53

Grad Rank:

108

36

College of William & Mary

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

258

General Rank:

53

Grad Rank:

45

37

University of Maryland

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

437

General Rank:

126

Grad Rank:

78

38

Boston University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

324

General Rank:

74

Grad Rank:

88

39

Bucknell University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

278

General Rank:

81

Grad Rank:

47

40

Pepperdine University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

379

General Rank:

92

Grad Rank:

103

41

University of Wisconsin

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

365

General Rank:

92

Grad Rank:

93

42

University of Texas - Austin

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

711

General Rank:

112

Grad Rank:

151

43

University of California - Irvine

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

273

General Rank:

83

Grad Rank:

57

44

University of Washington

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

384

General Rank:

112

Grad Rank:

102

45

University of Illinois

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

319

General Rank:

99

Grad Rank:

91

46

Clemson University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

687

General Rank:

137

Grad Rank:

137

47

Syracuse University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

483

General Rank:

126

Grad Rank:

131

48

University of Chicago

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

186

General Rank:

3

Grad Rank:

36

49

Lehigh University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

267

General Rank:

92

Grad Rank:

63

50

Emory University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

204

General Rank:

28

Grad Rank:

52

51

Gonzaga University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

374

General Rank:

117

Grad Rank:

118

52

University of California - Davis

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

277

General Rank:

92

Grad Rank:

85

53

Texas A&M University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

909

General Rank:

150

Grad Rank:

164

54

Butler University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

406

General Rank:

72

Grad Rank:

192

55

Creighton University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

312

General Rank:

53

Grad Rank:

168

56

University of California - Santa Barbara

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

299

General Rank:

74

Grad Rank:

135

57

University of Richmond

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

218

General Rank:

59

Grad Rank:

61

58

Colgate University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

191

General Rank:

40

Grad Rank:

50

59

Florida State University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

962

General Rank:

178

Grad Rank:

155

60

Virginia Tech

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

337

General Rank:

150

Grad Rank:

107

61

Santa Clara University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

232

General Rank:

62

Grad Rank:

101

62

New York University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

208

General Rank:

51

Grad Rank:

104

63

Michigan State University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

643

General Rank:

178

Grad Rank:

184

64

Lafayette College

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

190

General Rank:

87

Grad Rank:

49

65

James Madison University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

282

General Rank:

138

Grad Rank:

120

66

Tulane University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

227

General Rank:

78

Grad Rank:

111

67

North Carolina State University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

741

General Rank:

178

Grad Rank:

202

68

Carnegie Mellon University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

164

General Rank:

34

Grad Rank:

60

69

Purdue University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

377

General Rank:

112

Grad Rank:

210

70

Texas Christian University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

494

General Rank:

170

Grad Rank:

199

71

Colorado College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

174

General Rank:

59

Grad Rank:

66

72

University of San Diego

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

433

General Rank:

203

Grad Rank:

158

73

Washington University in St. Louis

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

139

General Rank:

18

Grad Rank:

28

74

Amherst College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

135

General Rank:

21

Grad Rank:

9

75

University of Pittsburgh

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

263

General Rank:

145

Grad Rank:

126

76

Furman University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

246

General Rank:

141

Grad Rank:

116

77

Tufts University

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

144

General Rank:

50

Grad Rank:

22

78

George Washington University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

225

General Rank:

112

Grad Rank:

114

79

Xavier University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

339

General Rank:

132

Grad Rank:

212

80

Loyola Marymount University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

240

General Rank:

99

Grad Rank:

159

81

Indiana University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

447

General Rank:

203

Grad Rank:

185

82

Baylor University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

1238

General Rank:

161

Grad Rank:

280

83

Drake University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

249

General Rank:

80

Grad Rank:

200

84

Southern Methodist University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

251

General Rank:

126

Grad Rank:

163

85

Rutgers University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

248

General Rank:

150

Grad Rank:

142

86

American University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

243

General Rank:

150

Grad Rank:

134

87

Miami University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

255

General Rank:

170

Grad Rank:

146

88

Loyola University Maryland

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

189

General Rank:

90

Grad Rank:

138

89

Appalachian State University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

471

General Rank:

166

Grad Rank:

274

90

Northeastern University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

160

General Rank:

78

Grad Rank:

100

91

University of Minnesota

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

252

General Rank:

150

Grad Rank:

182

92

Bentley University

NCAA Division 2

NCSA Favorites:

137

General Rank:

73

Grad Rank:

54

93

Auburn University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

634

General Rank:

251

Grad Rank:

230

94

Fordham University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

197

General Rank:

126

Grad Rank:

141

95

University of South Carolina

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

750

General Rank:

251

Grad Rank:

243

96

Vassar College

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

119

General Rank:

40

Grad Rank:

41

97

Belmont University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

372

General Rank:

124

Grad Rank:

309

98

Marquette University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

253

General Rank:

203

Grad Rank:

149

99

California Institute of Technology

NCAA Division 3

NCSA Favorites:

111

General Rank:

10

Grad Rank:

40

100

Bradley University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

253

General Rank:

144

Grad Rank:

217

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