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Date: August 29, 2005
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Colby impressive 11th in NCSA's Division III power rankings

WATERVILLE, Maine - Colby College placed 11th among Division III schools and 18th out of all divisions in the National Collegiate Scouting Association's 2005 Collegiate Power Rankings.

The rankings are calculated for each school at the NCAA Division I, II and III level by averaging the U.S. News & World Report ranking, the U.S. Sports Academy Director's Cup rank (NACDA) and the student-athlete graduation rate of each school. The Director's Cup ranking evaluates the strengths of NCAA athletic programs.

Colby ranked 13th in Division III student-athlete graduation rates and 34th in the final Division III NACDA ranking.

Colby had a 28.67 power ranking (lower score is best) in the Division III listing. Ten of the 11 New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) schools were ranked in the top 17, with Colby ranked ahead of Bates, Wesleyan, Tufts, Trinity, Connecticut College and Hamilton.

Colby's 28.67 ranking was good enough for 18th place out of 284 schools ranked in the all divisions listing.

NCSA Division III rankings (top 20 of 96 ranked)

1.Williams, 2.33; 2. Amherst, 5.00; 3. Middlebury, 9.67; 4. Washington (Mo.), 13.67; 5. Bowdoin, 14.00; 6. Emory, 23.00 and Washington & Lee, 23.00; 8. Haverford, 26.33; 9. MIT, 26.67; 10. Carleton, 27.00; 11. Colby, 28.67; 12. Bates, 29.33; 13. Wesleyan, 29.67; 14. Tufts, 34.33; 15. Trinity (Conn.) 36.67; 16. Wheaton, 39.00; 17. Hamilton, 42.67; 18. University of Chicago, 44.33; 19. Kenyon, 44.67; 20. Carnegie Mellon, 46.67, Geneseo, 46.67

NCSA All Divisions rankings (top 20 of 284 ranked)

1. Williams, 2.33; 2. Amherst, 5.00; 3. Duke, 8.67; 4. Middlebury, 9.67; 5. Stanford, 13.00; 6. Washington (Mo.), 13.67; 7. Bowdoin, 14.00; 8. Princeton, 15.00; 9. Harvard, 15.33; 10. Notre Dame, 22.33; 11. Emory, 23.00 and Washington & Lee, 23.00; 13. Northwestern, 24.33; 14. Haverford, 26.33; 15. MIT, 26.67; 16. Carleton, 27.00; 17. Dartmouth, 28.00; 18. Colby, 28.67; 19. Bates, 29.33; 20. Wesleyan, 29.67