With the NCAA Division I team championship brackets already released, the final Tennis Channel / USTA College Tennis Top 25 poll before the tournament's conclusion offers a few similar yet alternative considerations.
The top eight teams in this week's men's poll are the same teams receiving top-eight seeds in the NCAA's men's bracket, just in a different order. TCU is the NCAA's No. 1 overall seed on the men's side but is ranked No. 5 here.
On the women's side, North Carolina is the NCAA's top seed but relinquished its top ranking here to Texas A&M last week and remains No. 2. The Aggies, meanwhile, are the No. 7 seed in the bracket.
Below is a full schedule of upcoming national championship tournaments across collegiate classifications:
NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Championships - May 19-28 - Champaign, Ill. - Tournament Homepage - Watch Live with the TennisONE app
NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Championships - May 17-21 - Altamonte Springs, Fla. - Watch Live at NCAA.com
NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Championships - May 23-29 - Orlando, Fla. - Tournament Homepage - Watch Live at NCAA.com
NJCAA Division I Men's Championships - May 16-20 - Tyler, Texas
NJCAA Division I Women's Championships - May 7-11 - Tucson, Ariz.
NJCAA Division III Men's Championships - May 13-15 - Oxford, Ga.
NAIA Men's and Women's Championships - May 17-21 - Mobile, Ala.
*-Visit NCAA.com, NAIA.org, or NJCAA.org for more information on following their championships and links to additional tournament homepages when they are finalized
Each team's point total, specified below, is the sum of its ranking points from the USTA's panel of 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 was removed. First-place votes were not tallied. This week's poll includes 13 voters, making the maximum number of points available 275.
The 2022 voting panel includes votes from the following representatives: Casey Angle (former Intercollegiate Tennis Association Director of Championships); Virgil Christian (former USTA director of college tennis); Richard Croome (former journalist); Sonny Dearth (Daily Press; Newport News, Va.); Judy Dixon (former UMass women’s head coach); Alex Gruskin (Cracked Racquets); Chris Halioris / Matt Stachowiak (Cracked Racquets); J. Webb Horton (Former Florida Gulf Coast men's head coach); Granger Huntress (Texas College Tennis); Andy Katz (NCAA.com); Bobby Knight (College Tennis Today); Brandon Moglen (Tennis Channel); Lisa Stone (Parenting Aces); Caitlin Thompson (Racquet); Scott Treibly (USTA contractor); Laura Vallverdu (Between Lines); Dallas Oliver/Shannon Wrege (Tennis Recruiting Network).
Visit the USTA’s Top 25 home page for more information.
MEN
Rank (Last Week) – Points
1. (1) Florida – 275
2. (3) Michigan – 260
3. (4) Baylor – 248
4. (2) Ohio State – 243
5. (5) TCU – 233
6. (6) Virginia – 220
7. (7) Kentucky – 206
8. (8) Tennessee – 200
9. (9) Wake Forest – 177
10. (10) USC – 170
11. (11) South Carolina – 165
12. (12) Georgia – 153
13. (13) Texas – 143
14. (14) Stanford – 126
15. (15) Harvard – 118
16. (16) North Carolina – 114
17. (17) Arizona – 105
18. (18) San Diego – 93
19. (20) Middle Tennessee – 70
20. (19) Pepperdine – 68
21. (21) NC State – 58
22. (22) Auburn – 40
23. (23) Louisville – 33
24. (24) SMU – 22
25. (25) Duke – 10
Receiving Votes: VCU 4, Texas A&M 2
Dropped Out: None
WOMEN
Rank (Last Week) – Points
1. (1) Texas A&M – 267
2. (2) North Carolina – 263
3. (3) Oklahoma – 254
4. (4) Texas – 243
5. (5) Duke – 237
6. (6) Virginia – 221
7. (7) NC State – 209
8. (9) Georgia – 182
9. (10) Pepperdine – 180
10. (8) Ohio State – 170
11. (11) Miami (Fla.) – 165
12. (13) Oklahoma State – 146
13. (12) California – 140
14. (17) Michigan – 132
15. (14) Stanford – 120
16. (15) Auburn – 118
17. (16) Florida – 111
18. (18) UCLA – 87
19. (19) Arizona State – 77
20. (21) UCSB – 63
21. (22) Tennessee – 51
22. (23) USC – 42
23. (20) Loyola Marymount – 31
24. (24) UCF – 30
25. (25) Old Dominion – 15
Receiving Votes: Vanderbilt 4, San Diego 3, Baylor 2
Dropped Out: None
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