Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Top 25: April 20, 2022

A version of chaos typically reserved for the postseason in collegiate athletics started early in women's college tennis, as the Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Top 25 women's poll saw its first big jumble ahead of the major conference tournaments beginning this week.

 

Only one team in the women's Top 12 has the same ranking as it did last week -- No. 1 North Carolina -- though it now shares the top spot with Oklahoma, as the ACC and Big 12 continue their battle for supremacy. The men's poll this week is doing its best impression of the women's poll for much of the season, as the Top 15 remained unchanged.

 

Many Division I conference tournaments begin this week. Click here to find where and when for each.

 

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 – 338

3. (3) Michigan – 314

4. (4) TCU – 313

5. (5) Baylor – 296

6. (6) Virginia – 276

7. (7) Wake Forest – 261

8. (8) Kentucky – 245

9. (9) Tennessee – 244

10. (10) South Carolina – 231

11. (11) Georgia – 211

12. (12) Texas – 189

13. (13) Arizona – 186

14. (14) USC – 176

15. (15) Stanford – 151

16. (18) Harvard – 132

17. (20) North Carolina – 111

18. (22) San Diego – 105

19. (16) Pepperdine – 104

20. (17) Middle Tennessee – 85

21. (21) NC State – 83

22. (19) Duke – 53

23. (25) Louisville – 36

24. (23) Texas A&M – 33

25. (24) Auburn – 14

Receiving Votes: SMU 7, Columbia 5, Mississippi 4, VCU 2

Dropped Out: None

 

Women

Rank (Last Week) – Points

T1. (1) North Carolina – 342

T1. (2) Oklahoma – 342

3. (4) Texas A&M – 312

4. (3) Texas – 309

5. (8) Duke – 291

6. (5) NC State – 290

7. (9) Virginia – 256

8. (10) Ohio State – 238

9. (11) California – 224

10. (12) Auburn – 215

11. (6) Georgia – 211

12. (7) Pepperdine – 210

T13. (13) Miami (Fla.) – 182

T13. (14) Oklahoma State – 182

15. (T16) Florida – 153

16. (15) Stanford – 133

17. (18) Michigan – 124

18. (19) UCF – 108

19. (T16) UCLA – 98

20. (23) USC – 82

21. (20) Loyola Mrymount – 80

22. (21) Arizona State – 57

23. (22) UCSB – 55

24. (25) Baylor – 25

25. (24) Tennessee – 15

Receiving Votes: Wake Forest 4, Georgia Tech 2, Vanderbilt 2, Old Dominion 1

Dropped Out: None

 

Pictured above: Oklahoma junior Carmen Corley

Photo courtesy of OU Athletics