USTA College Tennis Top 25: May 24, 2017
The Virginia men and Florida women both finished 2017 exactly where they started it – No. 1 in the USTA College Tennis Top 25 rankings. The Cavaliers and Gators finished atop the USTA rankings in their inaugural season by winning NCAA championships Tuesday in Athens, Ga.
The Cavaliers won their third straight NCAA team title over North Carolina, which leapfrogged No. 3 Ohio State and No. 4 Wake Forest to finish No. 2 in the men's poll. The final men's Top 10 features three teams from the ACC (Virginia, North Carolina, Wake Forest; all in the Top 5), three from the Big 12 (TCU, Texas, Oklahoma), two from the Pac-12 (UCLA, USC) and one each from the SEC (Georgia) and the Big Ten (Ohio State).
The Gators' victory over defending-champion Stanford ensured Florida's supremacy over a Top 10 featuring three teams each from the SEC (Florida, Vanderbilt, Georgia) and Big 12 (Ohio State, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State), two from the ACC (North Carolina, Georgia Tech) and one each from the Pac-12 (Stanford) and West Coast Conference (Pepperdine). Stanford's run to the title match also bumped it from No. 5 to No. 2 for the final poll.
Each team's point total is the sum of its ranking points from the USTA's panel of eight voters (listed below). 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 were removed. Therefore, the maximum number of points a team can receive is 150. First-place votes were not tallied.
USTA College Top 25 - Men
Rank (Last Week)
1. (1) Virginia – 150
2. (5) North Carolina – 143
3. (3) Ohio State – 138
4. (2) Wake Forest – 130
5. (4) TCU – 125
6. (8) Georgia – 121
7. (7) UCLA – 114
8. (6) USC – 106
9. (13) Texas – 105
10. (T10) Oklahoma – 88
11. (9) California – 86
12. (14) Baylor – 85
13. (12) Texas A&M – 78
14. (15) Florida – 67
15. (T10) Oklahoma State – 61
16. (18) Stanford – 60
17. (25) Illinois – 58
18. (16) Michigan – 43
19. (17) Mississippi State – 35
T20. (NR) Tulane – 25
T20. (20) Oregon – 25
22. (19) South Carolina – 24
23. (23) Georgia Tech – 19
24. (21) Columbia – 16
25. (22) South Florida - 13
*Receiving Votes: Cornell 3, Florida State 2, Kentucky 2, Northwestern 2
Dropped Out: Cornell
USTA College Top 25 - Women
Rank (Last Week)
1. (1) Florida – 150
2. (5) Stanford – 143
3. (2) Ohio State – 138
4. (4) Vanderbilt – 132
5. (3) North Carolina – 125
6. (6) Pepperdine – 118
7. (7) Texas Tech – 112
8. (8) Oklahoma State – 110
9. (10) Georgia – 102
10. (9) Georgia Tech – 97
T11. (11) California – 87
T11. (12) Michigan – 87
13. (13) Duke – 75
T14. (16) Auburn – 70
T14. (15) South Carolina – 70
16. (14) Baylor – 61
17. (22) Texas A&M – 54
18. (18) Texas – 47
19. (23) UCLA – 32
20. (19) Arkansas – 30
21. (24) Kentucky – 26
22. (NR) TCU – 17
23. (17) Arizona State – 16
24. (NR) LSU – 13
25. (20) Mississippi State – 10
**Receiving Votes: Florida State 7, Denver 3, USC 2, Northwestern 1
Dropped Out: USC, Oregon, Rice
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).
The College Tennis Top 25 is one of several collegiate initiatives from the USTA. Coming up June 14-16, the USTA National Campus in Orlando will host the USTA All-American College Combine. To learn more, visit TennisLink.USTA.com with Tournament ID 150025417.
Previous Top 25 polls:
May 3, 2017
April 26, 2017
April 19, 2017
April 12, 2017
April 5, 2017
March 29, 2017
(Photo courtesy of the University of Florida)
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