Girl's Team Rankings
| Rank | Team | 9/1 | Pre-Season | 2012 State Finish |
| 1 | Wayzata | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | East Ridge | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Eagan | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 | Eden Prairie | 4 | 11 | -- |
| 5 | Chanhassen | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| 6 | Edina | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Forest Lake | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Lakeville South | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | Willmar | 10 | 8 | 10 |
| 10 | Moorhead | 11 | 10 | 7 |
| 11 | Bemidji | 9 | -- | -- |
| 12 | Mounds View | -- | -- | 14 |
Girl's Individual Rankings
| Rank | Athlete | Grade | Team | 9/1 | Pre-Season | 2012 State Finish |
| 1 | Anna French | 11 | Wayzata | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Megan Hasz | 10 | Alexandria | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Jenna Truedson | 11 | Bemidji | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | Bethany Kozak | 12 | White Bear Lake | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | Bailey Ness | 12 | East Ridge | 7 | -- | 33 |
| 6 | Clare Flanagan | 12 | The Blake School | 1 | 1 | *1 |
| 7 | Tess Misgen | 8 | Shakopee | -- | -- | 21 |
| 8 | Anastasia Kkorzenowski | 9 | Chanhassen | 8 | -- | 15 |
| 9 | Rachel King | 11 | St. Michael-Albertville | 12 | 12 | 14 |
| 10 | Bethany Hasz | 10 | Alexandria | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Anna Van Wyk | 11 | Eagan | 9 | -- | 58 |
| 12 | Alayna Sonnesyn | 12 | Wayzata | 11 | -- | 43 |
*The Blake School moves from Class A to Class AA this year. Clare Flanagan's first place finish in 2012 was in Class A - her time of 14:04.1 would have placed her in 3rd in the AA race, behind Shakopee's Maria Hauger and Wayzata's Anna French.
Boy's Team Rankings
| Rank | Team | 9/1 | Pre-Season | 2012 State Finish |
| 1 | Wayzata | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Stillwater | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Eden Prairie | 3 | 6 | -- |
| 4 | Edina | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Mounds View | 5 | T10 | 15 |
| 6 | Hutchinson | 9 | 9 | -- |
| 7 | Rosemount | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Hopkins | 8 | 5 | -- |
| 9 | Robbinsdale Armstrong | -- | -- | -- |
| 10 | Lakeville North | -- | -- | -- |
| 11 | Alexandria | -- | -- | -- |
| 12 | Chanhassen | 7 | -- | -- |
Other teams receiving votes: Apple Valley, Centennial, Totino-Grace, Winona
Boy's Individual Rankings
| Rank | Athlete | Grade | Team | 9/1 | Pre-Season | 2012 State Finish |
| 1 | Obsa Ali | 12 | Richfield | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Connor Olson | 11 | Wayzata | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Jacob McDermott | 12 | Cretin-Derham Hall | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Zack Benning | 12 | Hastings | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Joey Duerr | 11 | Chaska | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Isaiah Barlow | 12 | Hutchinson | 6 | 9 | 59 |
| 7 | Cal Lawton | 12 | Eden Prairie | 7 | -- | 27 |
| 8 | Matt Lumbar | 12 | Edina | 8 | 11 | 41 |
| 9 | Ian Eklin | 11 | Wayzata | 11 | -- | 35 |
| 10 | Sam Sinkler | 12 | Minneapolis Southwest | 12 | -- | 25 |
| 11 | Eli Krahn | 10 | Stillwater | 9 | 4 | 24 |
| 12 | Hunter Bailey | 11 | Winona | -- | -- | 28 |
Other athletes receiving votes: Jaret Carpenter, Wayzata; Ashenafi Hatte, Washington Technology Magnet; Joe Klecker, Hopkins; Chris Meados, Andover; Logan Ramlet, Edina; Jacob Young, Eden Prairie