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 (May 6, 2009)
Coed [#] = first-place votes received (#) = prev. rank Total Points    
01. Georgetown [7] (2)
 328 11. Hobart/Wm. Smith (11)
 179
02. Boston College [6] (1)
 324 12. Navy (7)
 169
03. Yale [4] (5)
 316 13. SUNY Maritime (9)
 166
04. St. Mary's (6)
 276 14. Stanford (13)
 130
05. Charleston (4)
 266 15. Boston Univ. (13)
 107
06. Roger Williams (3)
 249 16. Washington College (17)
 126
07. Tufts (12) 236 17. Old Dominion (20)
 64
08. South Florida (18)
 185 18. Connecticut College (10)
 47
09. Harvard (8)
 183 19. Pennsylvania
 35
10. Eckerd (19)
 181 20. Vermont (15)


Women [#] = first-place votes received Total Points    
01. Yale [14] (1) 252 09. Old Dominion (7)
 113
02. Charleston [3] (2)
 240 10. Dartmouth (10)
 101
03. Harvard (4)
 201 11. Brown (6)
 93
04. Boston College (3)
 193 12. Stanford (11)
 83
05. St. Mary's (8)
 180 13. Rhode Island
 56
06. Georgetown (5)
 151 14. Navy
 41
07. Connecticut College (9)
 134 15. Boston Univ. (14)
 38
08. Hobart/Wm. Smith (12)
 114
 
Also receiving votes: Eckerd (22 points), MIT (9), Tufts (6), Western Washington (3), SUNY Maritime (2)

17 Coaches submitted votes for this poll: South Florida, Rhode Island, Roger Williams University, Navy, Old Dominion University, Boston University, Connecticut College, Eckerd College, Bowdoin College, SUNY Maritime, Stanford, Dartmouth, Brown University, Hobart and William Smith, College of Charleston, University of Miami, and Fordham.
 
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.