(Determined by the ITA National Ranking Committee)
Rank    Team                 Pts.
   1.   Stanford             523
   2.   UCLA                 516
   3.   Georgia              511
   4.   Mississippi          503
   5.   Mississippi State    495
   6.   Pepperdine           493
   7.   Texas Christian      469
   8.   Duke                 466
   9.   Texas                465
  10.   Kansas               459
 
1996 Rolex Preseason Singles Rankings
(Determined by the ITA average points-per-match computer formula)
Rank    Name             School (class)          Pts.
   1.   Johan Hede       Mississippi (Sr.)       699
   2.   Cedric Kauffman  Kentucky (Jr.)          692
   3.   Thomas Dupre     Mississippi State (Jr.) 686
   4.   Ryan Wolters     Stanford (So.)          680
   5.   John Roddick     Georgia (Jr.)           672
   6.   Fredrik Giers    Fresno State (Sr.)      661
   7.   Simon Aspelin    Pepperdine (Sr.)        653
   8.   Enrique Abaroa   Kansas (Jr.)            640
   9.   Michael Hill     California (Sr.)        634
  10.   Eric Taino       UCLA (Sr.)              627
  13.   Paul Goldstein   Stanford (Jr.)          606
  47.   Bob Bryan        Stanford (Fr.)          319
  71.   Mike Bryan       Stanford (Fr.)          208
 100.   Grant Elliott    Stanford (Sr.)           54

1996 Rolex Preseason Doubles Rankings
Rank    Name             School  Pts.
   1.   Ashley Fisher    Texas Christian         350
        Jason Weir-Smith
   2.   Ernesto Diaz     Boise State             343
        Albin Polonyi
   3.   Troy Budgen      Pepperdine              336
        Brad Sceney 
   4.   Paul Goldstein   Stanford                329
        Ryan Wolters
   5.   Anthony DeLuise  MTSU                    322
        Fred Niemeyer
   6.   Bob Bryan        Stanford                 89
        Mike Bryan