Girl's Team Rankings
| Rank | Team | Pre-Season | 2012 State Finish |
| 1 | Wayzata | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Eagan | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | East Ridge | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | Eden Prairie | 11 | -- |
| 5 | Lakeville South | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Edina | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Chanhassen | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | Forest Lake | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Bemidji | -- | -- |
| 10 | Willmar | 8 | 10 |
| 11 | Moorhead | 10 | 7 |
| 12 | Prior Lake | -- | 11 |
Girl's Individual Rankings
| Rank | Athlete | Grade | Team | Pre-Season | 2012 State Finish |
| 1 | Clare Flanagan | 12 | The Blake School | 1 | *1 |
| 2 | Anna French | 11 | Wayzata | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Megan Hasz | 10 | Alexandria | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Jenna Truedson | 11 | Bemidji | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Bethany Hasz | 10 | Alexandria | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Bethany Kozak | 12 | White Bear Lake | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | Bailey Ness | 12 | East Ridge | -- | 33 |
| 8 | Anastasia Korzenowski | 9 | Chanhassen | -- | 15 |
| 9 | Anna Van Wyk | 11 | Eagan | -- | 58 |
| 10 | Hannah Jeter | 12 | Eden Prairie | -- | 115 |
| 11 | Alayna Sonnesyn | 12 | Wayzata | -- | 43 |
| 12 | Rachel King | 11 | St. Michael-Albertville | 12 | 14 |
*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 | Pre-season | 2012 State Finish |
| 1 | Wayzata | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Stillwater | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Eden Prairie | 6 | -- |
| 4 | Edina | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Mounds View | T10 | 15 |
| 6 | Rosemount | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Chanhassen | -- | |
| 8 | Hopkins | 5 | -- |
| 9 | Hutchinson | 9 | -- |
| 10 | Chaska | 8 | 10 |
| 11 | Totino-Grace | -- | |
| 12 | Centennial | 7 | 7 |
Other teams receiving votes: Apple Valley, Bemidji, Burnsville, Owatonna, Red Wing, Robbinsdale Armstrong, Willmar
Boy's Individual Rankings
| Rank | Athlete | Grade | Team | Pre-Season | 2012 State Finish |
| 1 | Obsa Ali | 12 | Richfield | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Connor Olson | 11 | Wayzata | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Jacob McDermott | 12 | Cretin-Derham Hall | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Zack Benning | 12 | Hastings | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Joey Duerr | 11 | Chaska | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Isaiah Barlow | 12 | Hutchinson | 9 | 59 |
| 7 | Cal Lawton | 12 | Eden Prairie | -- | 27 |
| 8 | Matt Lumbar | 12 | Edina | 11 | 41 |
| 9 | Eli Krahn | 10 | Stillwater | 4 | 24 |
| 10 | Chris Meados | 12 | Andover | 10 | 15 |
| 11 | Ian Eklin | 11 | Wayzata | -- | 35 |
| 12 | Sam Sinkler | 12 | Minneapolis Southwest | -- | 25 |
Other Athletes receiving votes: Ashenafi Hatte, Washington Technical Magnet; Joe Klecker, Hopkins; Joe Louiselle, Totino Grace; Faysal Mahmoud, Burnsville