Aug. 26, 2008

Notre Dame, Ind. - The University of Notre Dame is ranked fifth in Division I and 12th overall in the sixth annual National Collegiate Scouting Association (NCSA) Collegiate Power Rankings.

NCSA's 2008 Collegiate Power Rankings rate colleges and universities comprehensively based on student-athlete graduation rates, academic strength and athletic prowess of the university. The institutions posted in the `08 Power Rankings are in an elite group of less than six percent of colleges and universities across the nation.

The Collegiate Power Rankings are calculated for each college and university at the NCAA Division I, II and III levels by averaging the U.S. News & World Report ranking, the U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup ranking and the NCAA student-athlete graduation rate of each college or university. The collegiate power rankings are based off of the U.S. Sports Academy Directors' Cup rating which 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.

For a complete overall ranking list, as well as rankings by division level, visit www.ncsasports.org/about-ncsa/power-rankings.

Top 10 Overall
1.	Williams College
2.	Amherst College
3.	Middlebury College
4.	Washington University in St. Louis
5.	Stanford University
6.	Duke University
7.	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8.	Tufts University
9.	Emory University
9.	Princeton University
11.     Harvard University
12.	University of Notre Dame

Division I
1.	Stanford University
2.	Duke University
3.	Princeton University
4.	Harvard University
5.	University of Notre Dame
6.	John Hopkins University
7.	University of Pennsylvania
8.	Northwestern University
9.	Cornell University
9.	Yale University