It is never too early to start looking at the 2015 cross country season. Here is a very, very rudimentary statistical analysis for the upcoming season. Keep in mind that I used the state meet course to weight each section. In some cases I added time to section meet times and others I took time away. I also subtracted seniors and scored teams through 7 runners so team depth was rewarded.
Minnetonka starts at the top of the heap as they have everyone back. They are young and talented and probably would have been a top 5 team this past season at the state meet if not for section 6AA. Edina, Wayzata, and Willmar all lose a key member of their squads, but return 6 of 7 to make the top 4 too close to call at this point.
Teams on the rise are White Bear Lake, Austin, Duluth East, and Shakopee.
2015 Girls Power Rankings 62 Becker 2990
1 Minnetonka 417 63 Northfield 3007
2 Edina 423 64 Osseo 3075
3 Wayzata 427 65 Chisago Lakes 3078
4 Willmar 467 66 Tartan 3129
5 Forest Lake 577 67 Princeton 3137
6 Lakeville South 925 68 Apple Valley 3189
7 White Bear Lake 980 69 Mankato East 3255
8 Lakeville North 1035 70 Park Center 3263
9 Shakopee 1063 71 Woodbury 3271
10 Austin 1079 72 North Branch 3274
11 Duluth East 1110 73 Rogers 3337
12 Marshall 1160 74 Highland Park 3343
13 Mahtomedi 1276 75 Detroit Lakes 3352
14 Centennial 1322 76 Roch JM 3361
15 Roseville 1340 77 Orono 3381
16 Mpls Washburn 1342 78 Blake 3457
17 Andover 1361 79 Hutchinson 3470
18 St M-A 1437 80 Delano 3473
19 East Ridge 1498 81 Park 3485
20 Rosemount 1564 82 Owatonna 3558
21 Red Wing 1602 83 Cloquet 3573
22 Waconia 1618 84 Dassel-Cokato 3577
23 St Louis Park 1670 85 Grand Rapids 3615
24 Eden Prairie 1752 86 Hastings 3651
25 Maple Grove 1798 87 Blaine 3660
26 Eastview 1803 88 St Anthony Vill 3688
27 Mankato West 1854 89 Albert Lea 3719
28 Buffalo 1858 90 Little Falls 3818
29 Chanhassen 1892 91 Hill-Murray 3826
30 Winona 1938 92 Hibbing 3841
31 Elk River 1963 93 Thief River Falls 3854
32 Alexandria 2018 94 St Paul Central 3892
33 Eagan 2060 95 Rocori 3900
34 Henry Sibley 2084 96 Spring Lake Park 4113
35 Montecello 2108 97 Mpls South 4192
36 Stillwater 2149 98 Cooper 4238
37 St Cloud Tech 2204 99 Visitation 4238
38 Bemidji 2248 100 Cambridge-Isanti 4324
39 Anoka 2261 101 Big lake 4330
40 BSM 2268 102 Zimmerman 4386
41 Jefferson 2356 103 Hermantown 4393
42 South St. Paul 2400 104 Worthington 4445
43 Hopkins 2407 105 Mound-West 4509
44 Sartell 2413 106 Holy Angels 4538
45 Coon Rapids 2527 107 St Cloud Apollo 4595
46 Totino-Grace 2595 108 St Francis 4602
47 Moorhead 2598 109 Sauk Rapids/Rice 4636
48 Faribault 2612 110 St Paul Como 4925
49 Prior Lake 2630 111 DeLaSalle4986
50 Chaska 2644 112 Cretin-DH5000
51 Roch Century 2656 113 Zum-Mez/Ken5087
52 Mounds View 2657 114 Richfield5133
53 Irondale 2694 115 Kasson-Mant5173
54 Armstrong 2779 116 Simley5203
55 Roch Mayo 2849 117 Fergus Falls 5252
56 Burnsville 2862 118 Wash Magnet 5603
57 Champlin Park 2862 119 Bloom Kennedy Inc
58 North St Paul 2863 120 Fridley Inc
59 Brainerd 2926 121 Mpls Henry Inc
60 New Prague 2936 122 Mpls Southwest Inc
61 Farmington 2939 123 Duluth Denfeld Inc