Below are the assigned values for each race; these are assigned according to the table here. If you want to understand how these numbers are used to compute rankings, please read the NSWC Slalom Ranking Explanation for 1997.
| Race | Field Strength | Importance | Amoskeag | 4 | 6 | Animas | 5 | 6 | Bellefonte | 4 | 5 | Blackwater | 4 | 5 | Cedar | 6 | 6 | Cheakamus | 4 | 6 | Codorus | 4 | 5 | CoveredBridge | 4 | 5 | Crystal | 7 | 4 | Esopus | 5 | 5 | Esopus-DBH-1 | 5 | 5 | Esopus-DBH-2 | 5 | 5 | FallCreek | 5 | 4 | Farmington | 5 | 5 | Fiddlehead | 4 | 5 | FiddlersElbow | 2 | 5 | GlacierBreaker | 9 | 5 | Jefferson | 5 | 6 | Jr-Olympics | 5 | 8 | Jr-Sr-Ms-Natl | 6 | 9 | Jr-Trials-1 | 7 | 9 | Jr-Trials-2 | 7 | 9 | Kern | 6 | 5 | LastDitch | 5 | 5 | Lehigh | 5 | 5 | Loyalsock | 5 | 5 | Mascoma | 5 | 6 | Mid-Am-1 | 10 | 7 | Mid-Am-2 | 10 | 7 | MothersDay | 4 | 5 | Mulberry | 9 | 5 | NOC-DBH-1 | 10 | 7 | NOC-DBH-2 | 10 | 7 | NW-Jr-Oly-Qual | 5 | 6 | Nationals | 10 | 10 | Nooksack | 4 | 5 | Ocoee-DBH-1 | 10 | 6 | Ocoee-DBH-2 | 10 | 6 | Payette | 5 | 5 | Punchbrook | 4 | 5 | Rattlesnake | 8 | 6 | Riverfest | 5 | 5 | Riversport | 9 | 5 | Salmon | 4 | 5 | SalmonlaSac | 5 | 6 | SnydersMill | 10 | 7 | Southeastern | 10 | 6 | Tariffville | 7 | 6 | Trials-1 | 10 | 10 | Trials-2 | 10 | 10 | Trials-3 | 10 | 10 | W-Trials-Qual | 5 | 7 | Wacko-1 | 4 | 4 | Wacko-2 | 4 | 4 | Wacko-3 | 4 | 4 | WhiteSalmon | 7 | 6 |