The East Coast Conference has released the first poll of the cross country season with the STAC women in 2nd place and the men's team in 5th. These rankings follow a successful season in which the women won the ECC Conference Championship marking their second conference title in three years. The Lady Spartans earned 89 points in the poll were only 4 points behind Roberts Wesleyan with 93 points.The men finished 5th in the ECC Conference Championship but went on to finish 11th in the East Regional race. This marked the best regional finish in program history.
2013 ECC Men's Cross Country Preseason Poll
| School | Pts. |
| 1. LIU Post (8) | 80 |
| 2. Roberts Wesleyan (1) * | 66 |
| 3. Molloy | 63 |
| 4. Dowling | 48 |
| 5. St. Thomas Aquinas | 47 |
| 6. Queens | 38 |
| 7. Daemen * | 27 |
| 8. NYIT | 26 |
| 9. Bridgeport | 10 |
2013 ECC Women's Cross Country Preseason Poll
| School | Pts. |
| 1. Roberts Wesleyan (7) * | 93 |
| 2. St. Thomas Aquinas (2) | 89 |
| 3. LIU Post (1) | 86 |
| 4. Molloy | 63 |
| 5. Dowling | 54 |
| 6. NYIT | 51 |
| 7. Queens | 41 |
| 8. Daemen * | 40 |
| 9. District of Columbia | 31 |
| 10. Bridgeport | 17 |
( ) - first place votes
* - ineligible to win conference championship as NCAA provisional member