The rankings are compiled by Sailing World Magazine and determined by the coaches of the ICSA. Every coach gets 1 vote to rank all the teams.
| Latest Rankings (April 22, 2009) |
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| Coed [#] = first-place votes received (#) = previous rank | Total Points | ||
| 01. Boston College [21] (1) | 458 | 11. Hobart/Wm. Smith (9) |
216 |
| 02. Georgetown [3] (2) |
455 | 12. Tufts (11) |
188 |
| 03. Roger Williams (6) |
403 | 13. Boston Univ. (18) |
176 |
| 04. Charleston (5) |
377 | (tie) Stanford (10) |
176 |
| 05. Yale (3) |
375 | 15. Vermont |
161 |
| 06. St. Mary's (4) |
358 | 16. Brown (12) |
126 |
| 07. Navy (8) | 304 | 17. Washington College (20) |
108 |
| 08. Harvard (7) |
281 | 18. South Florida (15) |
94 |
| 09. SUNY Maritime (13) |
258 | 19. Eckerd (16) |
75 |
| 10. Connecticut College (14) |
244 | 20. Old Dominion (18) |
66 |
| Also receiving votes: MIT (38 points), USMMA/Kings Point (27), UC Santa Barbara (23), Hawaii (16) |
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| Women [#] = first-place votes received | Total Points | ||
| 01. Yale [14] (2) | 348 | 09. Connecticut College (10) |
167 |
| 02. Charleston [8] (1) |
333 | 10. Dartmouth (9) |
151 |
| 03. Boston College [2] (3) |
311 | 11. Stanford (11) |
114 |
| 04. Harvard (6) |
253 | 12. Hobart/Wm. Smith (12) |
101 |
| 05. Georgetown (5) | 247 | 13. MIT (13) | 59 |
| 06. Brown (4) |
243 | 14. Boston Univ. |
35 |
| 07. Old Dominion (7) |
188 | (tie) Tufts (14) |
35 |
| 08. St. Mary's (8) |
187 | ||
| Also receiving votes: Rhode Island (33 points), Roger Williams (20 points), Eckerd (15), Coast Guard (11), Navy (11), Hawaii (2) 24 Coaches submitted votes for this poll, Roger Williams University, Univ. of Victoria, Coast Guard, Harvard, UC Irvine, Yale, Rhode Island, Kings Point, Hobart and William Smith, University of Vermont, Eckerd College, SUNY Maritime, Connecticut College, Washington State, Bowdoin College, College of Charleston, Old Dominion University, Fordham University, Brown University, Dartmouth, Navy, Boston University, Salve Regina University, Stanford Sailing World's college rankings are determined by an open coaches poll. For more information on the poll, or on how your team's coach can become a part of it, www.sailingworld.com/0904rankings. |
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Remember when Gtown Womens was ranked 3rd even though the vast majority of coaches voted them as number 1? That was because 2 coaches forgot to include Gtown on the ballot at all. It looks like that at least one of the 3 coaches who ranked Gtown Coed as #1 did something similar for BC Coed this time around; otherwise how could the two teams almost be tied in points with such a discrepancy between first place votes?
Sailing World should do something to maintain the credibility of the poll from careless coaches. Wouldn't it make sense to throw out picks that are clearly baseless?