New York's Top Teams
Choosing a list of top 10 teams is tough until the season opens up and we can see how teams have come together maybe by the time of the Pre-States meet at Chenango Valley on September 18. One spot that is not hard to pencil in is the number 1 spot. In depth discussion for the conferences and classes will be included in the rest of the articles in this series. The team speed ratings listed are a very general average of the projected top 5 runners of 2020, and somewhat more fine-tuned averages will be used for rankings as the year progresses.
| Team | Section | Class | Speed Rating | Runners |
| Saratoga | 2 | A | 137 | Kurto, Bush, S. Wheeler, M. Hart, A. Hart, Belisle, Mongan |
| Fayetteville-Manlius | 3 | A | 115 | Kaercher, Lucchetti, Sullivan, Amack, Sydorowych, Khalifeh, Beecher |
| Shenendehowa | 2 | A | 112 | Hotaling, McLaughlin, Griffin, Klingbell, Sinnott, Knott, Berg |
| Shaker | 2 | A | 112 | Griffin, Higgins, Kearns, Dunkel, Bennet, Korniss, Diefenderfer |
| Corning | 4 | A | 111 | Ketchum, Lawson, Beres, Urban, Grinnell, Gaskievicz |
| Cicero-North Syracuse | 3 | A | 106 | K. Putman, Navarra, G. Putman, Capone, Harbold, Sisk, Kingdeski |
| Ursuline | 1 | A | 105 | Banino, Doyle, Nugent, Gassman, Cain, Grassi, Keane |
| North Rockland | 1 | A | 103 | Pazmino, Pezzementi, Dellamedaglia, Gormley, Fagelman |
| Pearl River | 1 | B | 103 | Boylan, Gazzara, Moroney, O'Sullivan, Ginnane, Durcan, Fitzgerald |
| Ward Melville | 11 | A | 101 | J. Bell, Probst, Laguerre, A. Bell, Liebowitz |