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 8, 2009)
Coed [#] = first-place votes received, (#) = previous ranking Total Points    
01. Boston College [14] (2) 375 11. Tufts (9)
 181
02. Georgetown  [5] (1)
 354 12. Brown (10)
 178
03. Yale (3)
 332 13. SUNY Maritime (16)
 160
04. St. Mary's (4)
 327 14. Connecticut College (17)
 91
05. Charleston (5)
 300 15. South Florida (13)
 86
06. Roger Williams (8)
 267 16. Eckerd (15)
 83
07. Harvard (6) 265 17. MIT (14)
 70
08. Navy (7)
 252 18. Boston Univ. (19)
 67
09. Hobart/Wm. Smith (12)
 210       Old Dominion (tie) (20)
 67
10. Stanford (11) 186 20. Washington College
 48
Also receiving votes: Vermont (34 points), Salve Regina (11), UC Irvine (5), Rhode Island (5), USMMA/Kings Point (2)
Women [#] = first-place votes received Total Points    
01. Charleston [15] (1) 277 09. Dartmouth (12) 133
02. Yale [2] (2)
 268 10. Connecticut College (9)
 122
03. Boston College [2] (5)
 229 11. Stanford (10)
 79
04. Brown (8)
 208 12. Hobart/Wm. Smith (11)
 72
05. Georgetown (4) 193 13. MIT 65
06. Harvard (3)
 188 14. Tufts (13)
 38
07. Old Dominion (7)
 174 15. Eckerd
 24
08. St. Mary's (6)
 166
 
Also receiving votes: Boston Univ. (12 points), Rhode Island (9), USC (7), South Florida (5), Western Washington (4), Navy (3)

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.

19 Coaches submitted votes for this poll, Washington State, Coast Guard, Eckerd College, Ohio State, SUNY Maritime, Harvard, MIT, Connecticut College, Rhode Island, Charleston, Fordham, Old Dominion University, Stanford, Brown University, Navy, Bowdoin College, Hobart and William Smith, Dartmouth, and Roger Williams