1. Georgetown
           Only fourth at Paul Short even though they missed two of top three and three of top four.

2. Providence 
           Two of top five did not run well at Paul Short but still won

3. Colorado
           Coburn and McLoughlin yet to run this year and may not, team would drop without them

4. Stanford
           Took weekend off but pre-nationals will show their strength and new depth

5. Villanova
           Second at Paul Short without Reid

6. Florida State
           Developing runners showed well at Notre Dame

7. New Mexico

8. Arizona
           Expected to perform at championship season 

9. Oregon
           Penney is finally healthy and adds to Duck depth 

10. Iowa State
           Griak winners keep up Cyclone tradition 

11. Washington
           Huskies need to get everyone running well to keep position, maybe it will be at end of season like last year 

12. Duke
           Still missing top two runners, expect them to show at championship season 

13. Texas
          Won home competition and continued to show developing depth  

14. North Carolina
           Depth developing, Schaaf always performs well at the end of the season 

15. Princeton
            If Fluehr twins run, Princeton deserves this ranking, otherwise not in top 20 

16. West Virginia
            If depth can develop they can move into the top-10

17. Syracuse
           Top runners all ran at Paul Short but in spite of third place finish they did not impress

18. BYU
          Morgan Haws continuing to prove herself a strong #1 runner 

19. California
          Strong run at Griak (2nd) needs another run against complete teams to prove higher ranking 

20. Michigan 
         Developing depth without top runner showing up running yet.