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Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Top 25: April 13, 2022

Dan Pyser | April 13, 2022

This week’s Tennis Channel / USTA College Tennis Top 25 poll saw very little movement with the top five men’s teams remaining unchanged, while some minor shuffling took place amongst the top women’s programs. 

 

The Kentucky men earned their best ranking of the season, jumping back into the Top 10 all the way to No. 8 after knocking off former No. 6 Tennessee, which fell one spot behind the Wildcats at No. 9. Also of note, Louisville joined the poll for the first time in program history, coming in at No. 25. 

 

The top women’s programs did some shuffling as NC State dropped a match to ACC rival Virginia, causing the Wolfpack to fall to No. 5 while Virginia moved up one spot to No. 9. North Carolina remained the unanimous No. 1 team in the country, followed by Oklahoma, Texas and Texas A&M, who all went unbeaten last week.

Virginia sophomore Emma Navarro. Photo courtesy of UVA Athletics.

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 16 voters, making the maximum number of points available 350.

 

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 – 348

2. (2) Ohio State – 332

3. (3) Michigan – 323

4. (4) TCU – 311

5. (5) Baylor – 293

6. (7) Virginia – 279

7. (8) Wake Forest – 249

8. (11) Kentucky – 244

9. (6) Tennessee – 242

10. (10) South Carolina – 226

11. (9) Georgia – 213

12. (12) Texas – 187

13. (14) Arizona – 175

14. (13) USC – 174

15. (15) Stanford – 154

16. (16) Pepperdine – 134

17. (17) Middle Tennessee – 129

18. (18) Harvard – 115

19. (19) Duke – 100

20. (20) North Carolina – 88

21. (21) NC State – 67

22. (22) San Diego – 66

23. (23) Texas A&M – 37

24. (24) Auburn – 17

25. (NR) Louisville – 13

Receiving Votes: Northwestern 7, Columbia 3, Oklahoma 3, SMU 3, Florida State 1, VCU 1

Dropped Out: Oklahoma (25)

 

Women

Rank (Last Week) – Points

1. (1) North Carolina – 300

2. (2) Oklahoma – 288

3. (4) Texas – 261

4. (5) Texas A&M – 260

5. (3) NC State – 259

6. (6) Georgia – 232

7. (7) Pepperdine – 221

8. (8) Duke – 217

9. (10) Virginia – 211

10. (9) Ohio State – 184

11. (13) California – 174

12. (12) Auburn – 165

13. (11) Miami (Fla.) – 150

14. (15) Oklahoma State – 142

15. (16) Stanford – 127

T16. (14) Florida – 124

T16. (17) UCLA – 118

18. (18) Michigan – 101

19. (19) UCF – 84

20. (20) Loyola Marymount – 73

21. (22) Arizona State – 44

22. (23) UCSB – 41

23. (25) USC – 40

24. (21) Tennessee – 29

25. (NR) Baylor – 22

Receiving Votes: Georgia Tech 8, South Carolina 3, Arkansas 1, Florida State 1, Vanderbilt 1

Dropped Out: Georgia Tech (24)

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