1997 Preseason Rankings

TEAM RANKINGS
 1. Stanford 
 2. UCLA 
 3. Georgia
 4. Mississippi
 5. Mississippi State
 6. Pepperdine
 7. Texas Christian
 8. Duke
 9. Texas
10. Kansas
11. LSU
12. Fresno State
13. Florida
14. South Alabama
15. North Carolina
16. Virginia Commonwealth
17. Harvard
18. Auburn
19. New Mexico
20. California
SINGLES RANKINGS
 1. Johan Hede, Mississippi
 2. Cedric Kauffman, Kentucky
 3. Thomas Dupre, Mississippi State
 4. Ryan Wolters, Stanford
 5. John Roddick, Georgia
 6. Fredrik Giers, Fresno State
 7. Simon Aspelin, Pepperdine
 8. Enrique Abaroa, Kansas
 9. Michael Hill, California
10. Eric Taino, UCLA
11. Les Pearson, Auburn
12. Gus Fernandes, LSU
13. Paul Goldstein, Stanford
14. Richard Wernerhjelm, VCU
15. Lars Hjarrand, Minnesota
16. Stephen Baldas, Georgia
17. Matthieu Ballay, Mississippi State
18. Luke Smith, UNLV
19. Johan Landsberg, Mississippi
20. B.J. Stearns, Texas
DOUBLES RANKINGS
 1. Fisher-Weir Smith, Texas Christian
 2. Diaz-Polonyi, Boise State
 3. Budgen-Sceney, Pepperdine
 4. Goldstein-Wolters, Stanford
 5. DeLuise-Niemeyer, MTSU
 6. Li-Sprengelmeyer, Clemson
 7. Arnold-Blake, Harvard
 8. Smith-Tishler, UNLV
 9. Loughrin-Stearns, Texas
10. James-Westlin, South Alabama
11. Koehler-Muzyka, Duke
12. Chisholm-Retylyl, South Alabama
13. Critchon-Hamilton, Arkansas
14. Baldas-Roddick, Georgia
15. James-Myers, Purdue
16. Giers-Gullett,  Fresno State
17. Alaily-Pearson, Auburn
18. Abaroa-Avila, Kansas
19. Merkert-Ziehn, Wake Forest
20. Breen-Lin, UCLA
Others include:
28.Samayoa-Spencer, USC