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