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 | Brighton | 1 | 4 | 233 | 0 |
| 2 | Romeo | 1 | 9 | 249 | 0 |
| 3 | Clarkston | 1 | 7 | 331 | 2 |
| 4 | Dexter | 1 | 4 | 333 | -1 |
| 5 | Saline | 1 | 5 | 425 | 7 |
| 6 | Ann Arbor Skyline | 1 | 4 | 429 | 0 |
| 7 | Rochester Hills Stoney Creek | 1 | 9 | 461 | 13 |
| 8 | Detroit Catholic Central | 1 | 6 | 475 | -4 |
| 9 | Caledonia | 1 | 3 | 508 | 5 |
| 10 | Traverse City Central | 1 | 1 | 541 | -2 |
| 11 | Pinckney | 1 | 4 | 616 | -2 |
| 12 | Hartland | 1 | 7 | 628 | -2 |
| 13 | Zeeland West | 1 | 3 | 632 | 4 |
| 14 | Ann Arbor Pioneer | 1 | 5 | 681 | -7 |
| 15 | Cedar Springs | 1 | 1 | 731 | 0 |
| 16 | Hudsonville | 1 | 3 | 793 | 6 |
| 17 | Port Huron Northern | 1 | 9 | 797 | 2 |
| 18 | East Lansing | 1 | 4 | 802 | 3 |
| 19 | Salem | 1 | 6 | 817 | -8 |
| 20 | Walled Lake Central | 1 | 7 | 846 | NR |
| 21 | Lowell | 1 | 1 | 857 | -3 |
| 22 | Fenton | 1 | 2 | 860 | NR |
| 23 | Plymouth | 1 | 6 | 862 | NR |
| 24 | Farmington | 1 | 7 | 875 | NR |
| 25 | Highland-Milford | 1 | 7 | 880 | -9 |
TOP 5 AVERAGE
| Rank | Team | Top 5 Avg. |
| 1 | Brighton | 201.9 |
| 2 | Dexter | 197.2 |
| 3 | Clarkston | 196.7 |
| 4 | Romeo | 195.3 |
| 5 | Ann Arbor Skyline | 193.4 |
| 6 | Plymouth | 192.7 |
| 7 | Saline | 192.1 |
| 8 | Detroit Catholic Central | 190.5 |
| 9 | Pinckney | 189.7 |
| 10 | Hartland | 189.1 |
| 11 | Caledonia | 189.0 |
| 12 | Rochester Hills Stoney Creek | 189.0 |
| 13 | Traverse City Central | 188.4 |
| 14 | Zeeland West | 187.9 |
| 15 | Ann Arbor Pioneer | 186.6 |
| 16 | East Lansing | 186.2 |
| 17 | Walled Lake Central | 185.2 |
| 18 | Cedar Springs | 185.0 |
| 19 | Holt | 184.3 |
| 20 | Salem | 183.3 |
| 21 | Port Huron Northern | 183.1 |
| 22 | Farmington | 182.9 |
| 23 | Rockford | 182.8 |
| 24 | Fenton | 182.3 |
| 25 | Hudsonville | 182.2 |
TOP 7 AVERAGE
| Rank | Team | Top 7 Avg. |
| 1 | Brighton | 194.2 |
| 2 | Romeo | 192.9 |
| 3 | Dexter | 191.1 |
| 4 | Ann Arbor Skyline | 188.7 |
| 5 | Saline | 188.6 |
| 6 | Clarkston | 188.2 |
| 7 | Rochester Hills Stoney Creek | 186.1 |
| 8 | Detroit Catholic Central | 185.0 |
| 9 | Caledonia | 184.6 |
| 10 | Hartland | 184.5 |
| 11 | Pinckney | 184.3 |
| 12 | Zeeland West | 182.7 |
| 13 | Plymouth | 182.5 |
| 14 | Ann Arbor Pioneer | 182.0 |
| 15 | Traverse City Central | 181.5 |
| 16 | Salem | 180.5 |
| 17 | Highland-Milford | 179.7 |
| 18 | Northville | 179.3 |
| 19 | Rockford | 179.2 |
| 20 | Cedar Springs | 179.2 |
| 21 | Fenton | 178.0 |
| 22 | Farmington | 177.8 |
| 23 | Port Huron Northern | 177.7 |
| 24 | East Lansing | 177.5 |
| 25 | Grand Haven | 177.2 |
TOP 5 SPREAD
| Rank | Team | Top 5 Spread |
| 1 | Grand Haven | 4.4 |
| 2 | Rochester Hills Stoney Creek | 5.3 |
| 3 | Romeo | 6.0 |
| 4 | Grosse Pointe South | 7.1 |
| 5 | Portage Central | 7.4 |
| 6 | Hudsonville | 8.5 |
| 7 | Beverly Hills Groves | 8.7 |
| 8 | Holland West Ottawa | 9.4 |
| 9 | DeWitt | 9.7 |
| 10 | North Farmington | 10.3 |
| 11 | Kalamazoo Central | 10.7 |
| 12 | Macomb L’Anse Creuse North | 11.8 |
| 13 | Rochester | 12.5 |
| 14 | Walled Lake Northern | 13.2 |
| 15 | Mt. Pleasant | 13.7 |
| 16 | Battle Creek Lakeview | 14.8 |
| 17 | East Kentwood | 15.1 |
| 18 | Traverse City West | 15.2 |
| 19 | Livonia Churchill | 16.2 |
| 20 | Warren DeLaSalle | 16.3 |
| 21 | Caledonia | 16.8 |
| 22 | Mattawan | 16.8 |
| 23 | Brownstown Woodhaven | 16.9 |
| 24 | Alpena | 17.0 |
| 25 | Detroit U-D Jesuit | 17.7 |
TOP 7 SPREAD
| Rank | Team | Top 7 Spread |
| 1 | Grand Haven | 11.0 |
| 2 | Beverly Hills Groves | 11.2 |
| 3 | Romeo | 11.8 |
| 4 | Portage Central | 11.8 |
| 5 | Grosse Pointe South | 13.3 |
| 6 | Kalamazoo Central | 18.2 |
| 7 | Traverse City West | 18.9 |
| 8 | DeWitt | 19.1 |
| 9 | Rochester Hills Stoney Creek | 19.4 |
| 10 | Brownstown Woodhaven | 20.0 |
| 11 | Northville | 20.2 |
| 12 | Holland West Ottawa | 21.3 |
| 13 | Highland-Milford | 22.1 |
| 14 | North Farmington | 22.2 |
| 15 | Livonia Franklin | 22.4 |
| 16 | Rochester Adams | 22.6 |
| 17 | Fenton | 22.8 |
| 18 | Rochester | 23.0 |
| 19 | Forest Hills Northern | 23.7 |
| 20 | Okemos | 24.8 |
| 21 | Livonia Churchill | 25.3 |
| 22 | Alpena | 25.6 |
| 23 | Battle Creek Lakeview | 25.6 |
| 24 | Temperance Bedford | 25.8 |
| 25 | Troy | 26.2 |