Looked up 6 NCAA D-III New England Colleges with respect to thier NACDA, ( National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics), Director's Cup rankings.
These rankings are a reflection of the overall success of a College or Universities' athletic programs.
The ranking incluse a wide range of sports, from golf/tennis/water polo/skiing to football/basketball/baseball/hockey.
Obviously if your school plays all these sports and does well, ( as some of the NESCAC schools do), you have an advantage in terms of point totals
Go to nacda.com and click on Director's Cup to look up your school. Rankings include D-I through D-III, and the for years 95/6 through 2009/10
Here are average ranking for 6 NE schools, ( 95/6 to 2008/9 or 14 years), and their highest and lowest rankings over this time span. ( I noticed a couple of years they only listed the top 100, but the rest they listed the top 300 or so. If school was not ranked a given year I gave them a 300 ranking for that year in calculating their average rank.
School Avg ranking Best Ranking- year Worst Ranking comments
ECSU 118 63 (02/03) not ranked in 04/05 ranked in all other years
Keene St 58 19 (06/07) 96 (08/09 ) could not find KSC for
95/96,96/97,97/98
Trinity (CT) 113 34 (98/9) 206 (95/6)
Williams 1 1 4 (97/8) Ranked Number 1 for
13 of 14 yrs

USM 153 62 ( 97/8) not ranked in 00/01
Springfield
College MA 31 13 (99/00 77 (06/07)
Williams play a LOT of sports and play them VERY WELL
ECSU strengths in Baseball W BB, M/W Soccer W Softball and M LAX
Keene plays a lot of sports and is strong in BB, M/W track M LAX and a bunch of others
Springfield is strong in a broad range of sports!!! And is in top 20-30 every year
USM strengths in Baseball, W BB and M/W Track/Field