With it being October, or as I like to refer it, championship season, a bit of change in the methodology:
- Championship rating
- This is comprised of ratings from the past two weeks (and in the future, anything from the week of September 28th on)
- A runner must have two races in this time period to be eligible
- I take whichever is the higher rating, championship or entire season, and apply it to these rankings
- This will aid those who have improved throughout the season
- Eliminating inactive runners
- I took out runners who haven’t had a rating in at least a month (counting back from October 5th)
HYPOTHETICAL MEET – AKA THE ACTUAL RANKINGS
| Rank | Team | Division | Region | Score | Trend |
| 1 | Hart | 3 | 20 | 95 | 0 |
| 2 | Shepherd | 3 | 25 | 249 | 1 |
| 3 | Benzie Central | 3 | 20 | 257 | -1 |
| 4 | Grandville Calvin Christian | 3 | 21 | 269 | 0 |
| 5 | Charlevoix | 3 | 19 | 329 | 0 |
| 6 | Ithaca | 3 | 24 | 346 | 1 |
| 7 | Traverse City St. Francis | 3 | 19 | 351 | -1 |
| 8 | Pewamo-Westphalia | 3 | 24 | 399 | 0 |
| 9 | McBain | 3 | 20 | 439 | 2 |
| 10 | Clare | 3 | 25 | 478 | -1 |
| 11 | Kent City | 3 | 21 | 512 | 2 |
| 12 | St. Louis | 3 | 24 | 514 | 3 |
| 13 | Grand Rapids Covenant Christian | 3 | 21 | 584 | -1 |
| 14 | Saugatuck | 3 | 22 | 584 | 8 |
| 15 | Stockbridge | 3 | 24 | 598 | NR |
| 16 | Reese | 3 | 25 | 640 | 1 |
| 17 | Boyne City | 3 | 19 | 666 | -7 |
| 18 | Byron | 3 | 26 | 671 | 0 |
| 19 | Harbor Springs | 3 | 19 | 685 | -5 |
| 20 | Roscommon | 3 | 19 | 688 | -4 |
| 21 | Bloomingdale | 3 | 22 | 817 | -1 |
| 22 | Galesburg-Augusta | 3 | 22 | 822 | -3 |
| 23 | Kingsley | 3 | 19 | 891 | 1 |
| 24 | Richmond | 3 | 26 | 927 | -1 |
| 25 | Leslie | 3 | 24 | 943 | NR |
TOP 5 AVERAGE
| Rank | Team | Top 5 Avg. |
| 1 | Hart | 129.7 |
| 2 | Shepherd | 116.2 |
| 3 | Grandville Calvin Christian | 115.2 |
| 4 | Traverse City St. Francis | 113.9 |
| 5 | Benzie Central | 113.7 |
| 6 | Ithaca | 111.9 |
| 7 | Charlevoix | 109.4 |
| 8 | Pewamo-Westphalia | 105.4 |
| 9 | McBain | 104.2 |
| 10 | Stockbridge | 102.5 |
| 11 | St. Louis | 102.2 |
| 12 | Roscommon | 101.9 |
| 13 | Clare | 101.8 |
| 14 | Kent City | 101.4 |
| 15 | Boyne City | 97.8 |
| 16 | Byron | 95.7 |
| 17 | Grand Rapids Covenant Christian | 95.3 |
| 18 | Saugatuck | 95.0 |
| 19 | Harbor Springs | 92.5 |
| 20 | Reese | 92.4 |
| 21 | Galesburg-Augusta | 89.1 |
| 22 | Bloomingdale | 88.4 |
| 23 | Richmond | 87.1 |
| 24 | Kingsley | 84.5 |
| 25 | Reed City | 82.9 |
TOP 7 AVERAGE
| Rank | Team | Top 7 Avg. |
| 1 | Hart | 121.4 |
| 2 | Grandville Calvin Christian | 109.6 |
| 3 | Benzie Central | 108.9 |
| 4 | Shepherd | 106.5 |
| 5 | Ithaca | 104.2 |
| 6 | Charlevoix | 104.0 |
| 7 | Pewamo-Westphalia | 100.6 |
| 8 | Traverse City St. Francis | 99.6 |
| 9 | St. Louis | 94.5 |
| 10 | Clare | 93.6 |
| 11 | McBain | 92.4 |
| 12 | Grand Rapids Covenant Christian | 91.4 |
| 13 | Kent City | 90.6 |
| 14 | Stockbridge | 88.2 |
| 15 | Saugatuck | 85.9 |
| 16 | Harbor Springs | 85.8 |
| 17 | Boyne City | 84.6 |
| 18 | Byron | 78.3 |
| 19 | Kingsley | 77.1 |
| 20 | Reese | 76.6 |
| 21 | Richmond | 75.3 |
| 22 | Roscommon | 74.2 |
| 23 | Reed City | 73.5 |
| 24 | Galesburg-Augusta | 72.6 |
| 25 | Jackson Lumen Christi | 69.5 |
TOP 5 SPREAD
| Rank | Team | Top 5 Spread |
| 1 | Charlevoix | 14.0 |
| 2 | Pewamo-Westphalia | 19.2 |
| 3 | Saugatuck | 20.6 |
| 4 | Reese | 20.6 |
| 5 | Benzie Central | 20.8 |
| 6 | Hart | 22.0 |
| 7 | Quincy | 23.4 |
| 8 | Schoolcraft | 24.7 |
| 9 | Coloma | 27.6 |
| 10 | Grand Rapids Covenant Christian | 29.7 |
| 11 | McBain | 30.0 |
| 12 | Shepherd | 32.6 |
| 13 | Manistee | 33.8 |
| 14 | Grandville Calvin Christian | 34.4 |
| 15 | Lawton | 35.4 |
| 16 | Clare | 35.4 |
| 17 | Hartford | 35.5 |
| 18 | Manton | 35.8 |
| 19 | Harbor Springs | 40.5 |
| 20 | Canton Preparatory | 40.5 |
| 21 | Ida | 40.6 |
| 22 | Bronson | 41.0 |
| 23 | Montague | 48.5 |
| 24 | Ithaca | 49.6 |
| 25 | Kent City | 49.9 |
TOP 7 SPREAD
| Rank | Team | Top 7 Spread |
| 1 | Pewamo-Westphalia | 28.7 |
| 2 | Benzie Central | 29.1 |
| 3 | Charlevoix | 36.3 |
| 4 | Grand Rapids Covenant Christian | 37.5 |
| 5 | Hart | 39.4 |
| 6 | Grandville Calvin Christian | 45.1 |
| 7 | Quincy | 46.4 |
| 8 | Saugatuck | 47.4 |
| 9 | Harbor Springs | 48.0 |
| 10 | Clare | 49.2 |
| 11 | Ida | 49.4 |
| 12 | Shepherd | 50.5 |
| 13 | Hartford | 57.4 |
| 14 | Manton | 60.5 |
| 15 | Ithaca | 61.2 |
| 16 | McBain | 62.1 |
| 17 | Coloma | 62.6 |
| 18 | Kingsley | 63.7 |
| 19 | Jonesville | 65.7 |
| 20 | St. Louis | 65.9 |
| 21 | Sanford-Meridian | 66.9 |
| 22 | Dundee | 67.3 |
| 23 | Reese | 67.3 |
| 24 | Montague | 67.3 |
| 25 | Manistee | 68.5 |