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Tennis Channel / USTA College Tennis Top 25: May 4, 2022

Pat Mitsch | May 04, 2022


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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