This week's USTA College Tennis Top 25 Rankings prove that one way to jump from outside to inside the Top 10 is, of course, to beat a Top-10 team.

The Auburn women did just that on Saturday, defeating last week's No. 9, Texas Tech, 4-2, to win the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic in Montgomery, Ala. The Tigers (16-1) leapt from No. 11 to No. 7, giving the SEC three teams inside the women's Top 10 and 10 in the Top 25, as Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi State all broke into the poll this week.

On the men's side, Texas' 6-1 win over Wichita State was enough to see the Longhorns leapfrog both UCLA and Florida to claim No. 7. Up North, Notre Dame's 4-1 victory over Northwestern vaulted the Irish from unranked into No. 24 and dropped the Wildcats from No. 13 to No. 18.

Each team's point total is the sum of its ranking points from the USTA's panel of eight voters (listed below). ADVERTISEMENT Each voter ranked 25 teams from Nos. 1 to 25, with the first-place team receiving 25 points and the last-place team receiving one. For control, the highest and lowest outlying ranking for each team on the ballot was removed. Therefore, the maximum number of points a team can receive is 150. First-place votes were not tallied.

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USTA College Top 25 - Men
Rank (Last Week)
1. (1)   Virginia - 150
2. (2)   Ohio State - 144
3. (3)   Wake Forest - 137
4. (4)   North Carolina - 132
5. (5)   California -122
6. (6)   Oklahoma - 121
7. (9)   Texas - 113
8. (7)   UCLA - 108
9. (8)   Florida - 105
10. (11) Oklahoma State - 95
11. (10) USC - 93
12. (12) Baylor - 81
13. (14) Michigan - 78
T14. (15) Georgia - 63
T14. (16) Kentucky - 63
16. (18) Mississippi State - 54
17. (17) Illinois - 51
18. (13) Northwestern - 43
19. (20) Vanderbilt - 38
20. (19) Georgia Tech - 32
21. (21) Columbia - 28
22. (23) Tulane - 21
23. (23) Texas A&M - 19
24. (NR) Notre Dame - 16
25. (22) South Carolina - 10

*Receiving Votes: SMU 6, Stanford 5, Cornell 3, Mississippi 1.
Dropped Out: Stanford

USTA College Top 25 - Women
Rank (Last Week)
1. (1) Florida - 150
2. (2) North Carolina - 144
3. (3) Ohio State - 138
4. (4) Stanford - 132
5. (6) Oklahoma State - 122
6. (7) California - 113
7. (11) Auburn - 109
8. (5) Georgia - 108
9. (8) Michigan - 105
10. (12) Georgia Tech - 96
11. (9) Texas Tech - 93
12. (10) Pepperdine - 89
13. (13) Vanderbilt - 75
14. (16) Arizona State - 58
15. (18) Duke - 57
16. (14) UCLA - 55
17. (17) Mississippi - 51
18. (19) Baylor - 47
19. (20) Texas A&M - 35
20. (22) South Carolina - 29
21. (NR) Tennessee - 27
22. (23) Texas - 23
23. (21) USC - 19
24. (24) TCU - 11
T25. (NR) Kentucky - 10
T25. (NR) Mississippi St. - 10

**Receiving Votes: Arkansas 3, Rice 2, Miami (Fla.) 1, Notre Dame 1.
Dropped Out: LSU, Miami (Fla.)

Voting Panel: Casey Angle (former ITA championships director), Virgil Christian (USTA College Tennis), Granger Huntress (Texas College Tennis), Bobby Knight (College Tennis Today), Dallas Oliver (Tennis Recruiting Network), Mike Patrick (former University of Tennessee women’s coach), Lisa Stone (Parenting Aces) and Bruce Waschuk (Universal Tennis Rating).

 

(Photo courtesy of Ohio State)