To be the best you must beat the best, and so the Ohio State men rise to No. 1 this week on the heels of a clean sweep of two Top 5 programs, including previously top-ranked Tennessee.
The Buckeyes (7-0) took down the Volunteers and fifth-ranked Virginia in the span of three days, each by a 4-0 score, to claim the No. 1 ranking in this poll for the first time in two years. Ohio State remains the only 'northern' men's program to be ranked No. 1 in the poll's six seasons.
Miami made the largest leap in the women's poll from last week, riding a home victory over No. 20 Old Dominion to climb from No. 24 to No. 17. Cal, meanwhile, is ranked the highest it's ever been in this poll, at No. 4.
The ITA National Women's Team Indoor Championships are next on the calendar for 16 of the country's top programs, being played Friday through Monday in Madison, Wisc.
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 Magazine); 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. (6) Ohio State – 340
2. (2) Baylor – 328
3. (1) Tennessee – 320
4. (4) TCU – 310
5. (3) Florida – 307
6. (5) Virginia – 261
7. (13) Stanford – 256
8. (11) Wake Forest – 250
9. (10) Texas A&M – 228
10. (9) Texas – 217
11. (8) Georgia – 209
12. (7) USC – 202
13. (12) Kentucky – 201
14. (13) South Carolina – 182
15. (15) Mississippi – 159
16. (17) Arizona – 131
T17. (21) Harvard – 106
T17. (19) Mississippi State – 106
T17. (16) North Carolina – 106
20. (24) NC State – 63
21. (18) Michigan – 60
22. (NR) Oklahoma – 47
23. (20) Pepperdine – 46
T24. (NR) Auburn – 12
T24. (NR) Northwestern – 12
Receiving Votes: California 9, Utah 7, Illinois 5, Florida State 4, UCLA 4, Arizona State 3, UCF 3, San Diego 1, Tulsa 1
Dropped Out: UCLA (22), UCF (23), Illinois (25)
Women
Rank (Last Week) – Points
1. (1) Texas – 348
2. (2) North Carolina – 326
3. (3) NC State – 316
4. (6) California – 296
5. (5) Georgia – 292
6. (4) Pepperdine – 289
7. (7) Virginia – 275
8. (9) Oklahoma – 249
9. (10) Texas A&M – 217
10. (8) Ohio State – 215
11. (12) USC – 212
12. (11) Florida – 198
13. (13) Duke – 197
14. (15) Auburn – 172
15. (14) Stanford – 163
16. (19) Washington – 131
17. (24) Miami (Fla.) – 103
18. (17) Michigan – 82
19. (16) Florida State – 80
20. (20) Old Dominion – 66
21. (18) UCLA – 64
22. (22) Tennessee – 54
23. (21) UCF – 51
24. (25) Mississippi – 48
25. (23) Baylor – 28
Receiving Votes: Vanderbilt 19, Wake Forest 9, Oklahoma State 8, Texas Tech 6, Kentucky 4, Columbia 3, Loyola Marymount 2
Dropped Out: None
Pictured above: Ohio State junior Cannon Kingsley.
Photo courtesy of Ohio State Athletics.
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