Determined by Sailing World’s coaches’ panel: Michael Callahan (Georgetown), Ken Legler (Tufts), and Mike Segerblom (USC).

COED (preseason rank)
1. Harvard (1)
2. Dartmouth (5)
3. Tufts (3)
4. St. Mary’s (2)
5. Hawaii (4)
6. Hobart/Wm. Smith (7)
7. Kings Point (9)
8. USC (6)
9. Brown (13)
10. Stanford (8)
11. Yale (10)
12. Boston College (12)
13. Charleston (14)
14. Georgetown (11)
15. Connecticut College —
16. Washington College —
17. Navy (15)
18. Rhode Island (17)
19. Old Dominion (16)
20. UC Santa Barbara (18)
Also receiving votes: MIT, Coast Guard, Wisconsin, UC Irvine

WOMEN’S (preseason rank)
1. Old Dominion (2)
2. St. Mary’s (1)
3. Brown (3)
4. Tufts (5)
5. Yale (4)
6. Connecticut College (7)
7. Charleston (6)
8. Hobart/Wm. Smith (8)
9. Georgetown (9)
10. Dartmouth (10)
11. Stanford (11)
12. Harvard (13)
13. Hawaii (12)
14. South Florida (14)
15. Boston College —
Also receiving votes: Navy, Boston Univ.