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 (March 25, 2009)
Coed [#] = first-place votes received, (#) = previous ranking
Total Points    
01. Georgetown [19] (1)
415 11. Stanford (15)
200
02. Boston College [1] (3)
391 12. Hobart/Wm. Smith (20)
174
03. Yale (4)
378 13. South Florida (11)
162
04. St. Mary's [1] (2)
357 14. MIT (13)
141
05. Charleston (6)
317 15. Eckerd (17)
130
06. Harvard (8)
303 16. SUNY Maritime (12)
87
07. Navy (7)
298 17. Connecticut College (16)
84
08. Roger Williams (5)
271 18. Salve Regina
69
09. Tufts (10)
232 19. Boston Univ. (14)
67
10. Brown (9) 231 20. Old Dominion
40
Also receiving votes: Washington College (37 points), UC Irvine (13), Vermont (7), USMMA/Kings Point (6)
Women [#] = first-place votes received Total Points    
01. Charleston [19] (1)
311 09. Connecticut College (8)
120
02. Yale (3)
298 10. Stanford (11)
108
03. Harvard (6)
246 11. Hobart/Wm. Smith
85
04. Georgetown [1] (2)
243 12. Dartmouth (10)
81
05. Boston College [1] (5)
242 13. Tufts
65
06. St. Mary's (4)
202 14. Boston Univ. (14)
61
07. Old Dominion (9)
186 15. Navy (12)
26
08. Brown (7)
171
 
Also receiving votes: Hawaii (17 points), Eckerd (16), MIT (15), Roger Williams (14), Hawaii-Hilo (3), Coast Guard (2), South Florida (2)

21 coaches submitted votes for this poll: Eckerd College, Coast Guard, Columbia, South Florida, Washington State, Charleston, URI, Kings Point, Bowdoin, New Hampshire, Fordham, Brown, Vermont, Navy, Dartmouth, Salve Regina, Georgetown, Hobart and William Smith, Denison, Old Dominion, Stanford