Preseason rankings for the 2003-’03 season as determined by Sailing World‘s coaches panel: Michael Callahan (Georgetown), Ken Legler (Tufts), and Mike Segerblom (USC).
COED (prev. rank)
1. Harvard (1)
2. St. Mary’s (2)
3. Tufts (5)
4. Hawaii (3)
5. Dartmouth (9)
6. USC (18)
7. Hobart/Wm. Smith (20)
8. Stanford (10)
9. Kings Point (12)
10. Yale (11)
11. Georgetown (8)
12. Boston College (6)
13. Brown (15)
14. Charleston (7)
15. Navy (13)
16. Old Dominion (4)
17. Rhode Island —
18. UC Santa Barbara (14)
19. Washington (16)
20. UC Irvine —
Also receiving votes: MIT, Washington College, Connecticut College, Wisconsin
WOMEN (prev. rank)
1. St. Mary’s (2)
2. Old Dominion (1)
3. Brown (4)
4. Yale (5)
5. Tufts (6)
6. Charleston (7)
7. Connecticut College (8)
8. Hobart/Wm. Smith (12)
9. Georgetown (10)
10. Dartmouth (14)
11. Stanford (11)
12. Hawaii (3)
13. Harvard —
14. South Florida (13)
15. Navy —
Also receiving votes: Boston College, Boston Univ., Bowdoin, Michigan
