It's becoming an annual tradition—North Carolina ranked No. 1 in the Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Top 25 the week after the ITA Women’s National Team Indoor Championship.
The Tar Heels top the womens' poll for the third year in a row after winning their third consecutive ITA Indoor title with a victory over Oklahoma, clinched by junior Anika Yarlagadda (Bloomfield, Mich.). The Sooners' run to the Indoor final in Madison, Wisc., which included an upset of previous No. 1 Texas, saw them jump from No. 8 to No. 2 in the women's poll.
Ohio State leads an unchanged Top 5 for the men and will lead a field of in-form programs at the ITA Men's National Team Indoor Championship, to be played this weekend in Seattle.
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 votes, 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.
Women
Rank (Last Week) – Points
1. (2) North Carolina – 350
2. (8) Oklahoma – 328
3. (3) NC State – 323
4. (1) Texas – 306
5. (6) Pepperdine – 285
6. (7) Virginia – 267
7. (5) Georgia – 243
8. (9) Texas A&M – 238
9. (10) Ohio State – 233
10. (4) California – 226
11. (13) Duke – 202
12. (11) USC – 185
13. (12) Florida – 182
T14. (14) Auburn- 173
T14. (15) Stanford – 173
16. (18) Michigan – 140
17. (17) Miami (Fla.) – 115
18. (19) Florida State – 79
T19. (20) Old Dominion – 76
T19. (16) Washington – 76
21. (22) Tennessee – 65
22. (24) Mississippi – 59
23. (21) UCLA – 48
24. (23) UCF – 41
25. (25) Baylor – 35
Receiving Votes: Oklahoma State 18, Vanderbilt 15, Wake Forest 7, Kentucky 6, SMU 2, Tulsa 2, Loyola Marymount 1, Texas Tech 1
Dropped Out: None
Men
Rank (Last Week) – Points
1. (1) Ohio State – 350
2. (2) Baylor – 333
3. (3) Tennessee – 316
4. (4) TCU – 311
5. (5) Florida – 296
6. (7) Stanford – 282
7. (9) Texas A&M – 248
8. (6) Virginia – 242
9. (11) Georgia – 214
10. (10) Texas – 208
11. (12) USC – 201
12. (8) Wake Forest – 197
13. (13) Kentucky – 194
14. (14) South Carolina – 180
15. (T17) North Carolina – 160
16. (15) Mississippi – 154
17. (16) Arizona – 135
18. (T17) Harvard – 110
19. (T17) Mississippi State – 80
20. (20) NC State – 74
21. (22) Oklahoma – 73
22. (21) Michigan – 60
T23. (T24) Auburn – 39
T23. (T24) Northwestern – 39
25. (23) Pepperdine – 9
Receiving Votes: Utah 6, Arkansas 3, Florida State 3, Cornell 2, Columbia 1, Oregon 1
Dropped Out: None
Photo courtesy of UNC Athletics
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