Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Top 25: Final 2021 Rankings

ORLANDO, Fla. – National champions Florida and Texas top the final Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Top 25 poll of the 2021 season, as the SEC and ACC are the top conferences in the men's and women's rankings, respectively.

 

The SEC far outpaced other conferences in the men's poll, with eight teams ranked. The Pac-12 was second, with five, and the Big Ten third, with four. The ACC's seven teams lead all conferences in the women's poll, followed by the SEC's six and the Pac-12's four. 

 

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.

Men

Rank (Previous Ranking) – Points

1. (2) Florida – 275

2. (3) Baylor – 264

3. (4) Tennessee – 251

4. (7) Texas – 231

5. (1) Virginia – 221

6. (9) TCU – 204

7. (13) USC – 192

8. (6) Illinois – 191

9. (5) North Carolina – 187

10. (16) Georgia – 180

11. (14) Texas A&M – 177

12. (8) Ohio State – 159

13. (15) South Carolina – 140

14. (18) Arizona – 126

15. (10) UCF – 125

16. (11) Wake Forest – 114

17. (12) Michigan – 102

18. (17) Kentucky – 80

19. (21) Mississippi – 77

20. (23) Mississippi State – 76

T21. (19) Arizona State – 60

T21. (20) Stanford – 60

23. (24) Pepperdine – 27

24. (22) UCLA – 25

25. (NR) Northwestern – 14

Receiving Votes: NC State 10, Oregon 4, South Florida 2

Dropped Out: NC State (25)

 

 

Women

Rank (Previous Ranking) – Points

1. (2) Texas – 275

2. (5) Pepperdine – 263

3. (1) North Carolina – 254

4. (11) NC State – 233

5. (4) UCLA – 230

6. (3) Georgia – 229

7. (6) Ohio State – 198

8. (12) Florida State – 185

9. (14) Duke – 180

10. (7) Michigan – 175

T11. (9) UCF – 162

T11. (10) Virginia – 162

13. (13) California – 146

14. (8) Baylor – 131

15. (15) Georgia Tech – 128

16. (16) Texas A&M – 111

17. (18) Stanford – 91

18. (17) Northwestern – 89

19. (19) Tennessee – 68

20. (20) Florida – 53

21. (NR) USC – 52

22. (21) Miami (Fla.) – 44

23. (23) LSU – 40

24. (22) Oklahoma – 39

25. (24) Kentucky – 21

Receiving Votes: Auburn 8, Wake Forest 4, Old Dominion 3, Iowa State 2, Arizona State 1, Furman 1, Vanderbilt 1

Dropped Out: Auburn (25)

 

Note: The Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings are available at wearecollegetennis.com.

 

Around College Tennis

 

NCAA Division II

• Barry University won both the men's and women's D-II national titles. It was the fifth title for the men, and the sixth (and fourth in a row) for the women.

 

NCAA Division III

• The D-III Championships will conclude this week in Chatanooga, Tenn.

 

NAIA

• The Georgia Gwinnett men and women swept the national titles, with the men winning a record-breaking seventh in a row, and the women winning their fifth straight.

 

NJCAA

• The Tyler women and men both won the Division I national titles, with the women claiming the program's 20th title and the men winning No. 17 (and their third straight).