Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Top 25: March 31, 2021

ORLANDO, Fla. – One week was all it took to shake up the Tennis Channel / USTA College Tennis Top 25 rankings, with Florida unseating North Carolina as the men's No. 1 in the poll's second iteration of 2021.

 

Virginia toppled the Tar Heels at home on Sunday with a 6-1 victory that was good enough to vault the Cavaliers from No. 7 to No. 4. That allowed the Gators — led by four singles players ranked in the Top 35 of the ITA singles rankings in No. 3 Duarte Vale (Portugal), No. 8 Andy Andrade (Bradenton, Fla.), No. 17 Sam Riffice (Orlando, Fla.; pictured above) and No. 34 Blaise Bicknell (Miami) — to claim their first-ever No. 1 ranking in this poll.

The rankings will be released each Wednesday on Tennis Channel’s and the USTA’s platforms, including the USTA’s Top 25 homepage, through the conclusion of the 2021 NCAA Championship, which will be held at the USTA National Campus.

 

Men

Rank (Last Week's Ranking) – Points

1. (2) Florida – 295  

2. (1) North Carolina – 293

3. (3) Baylor – 269

4. (T7) Virginia – 258

5. (5) Tennessee – 256

6. (4) Texas – 245

7. (10) Texas A&M – 209

8. (6) Michigan – 205

9. (9) Ohio State – 202

10. (T7) TCU – 196

11. (13) Illinois – 193

12. (12) Wake Forest – 167

13. (11) USC – 152

14. (14) South Carolina – 139

15. (17) Arizona – 138

16. (15) Georgia – 121

17. (20) UCF – 104

18. (19) Mississippi – 101

T19. (21) Mississippi State – 63

T19. (22) UCLA – 63

21. (16) NC State – 47

22. (25) Pepperdine – 41

23. (23) Kentucky – 32

24. (24) Arizona State – 22

25. (NR) Georgia Tech- 15

Receiving Votes: Stanford 12, Oklahoma 11, VCU 8, Middle Tennessee State 6, Texas Tech 6, Oklahoma State 4, Alabama 1, Tulane 1

Dropped Out: Stanford (18)

Note: Ivy League schools have not competed in spring sports

 

Women

Rank (Last Week's Ranking) – Points

1. (1) North Carolina – 300

2. (2) Texas – 288

3. (3) Georgia – 272

4. (4) UCLA – 253

5. (5) Pepperdine – 252

6. (6) Florida State – 230

7. (10) Stanford – 224

8. (8) Ohio State – 211

9. (13) Virginia – 197

10. (9) NC State – 194

11. (12) Northwestern – 183

12. (7) Duke – 169

13. (11) Michigan – 167

14. (15) Baylor – 153

15. (14) Georgia Tech – 139

16. (17) UCF – 116

17. (20) Auburn – 97

18. (16) Vanderbilt – 85

T19. (19) California – 73

T19. (22) Kentucky – 73

21. (21) Tennessee – 68

22. (24) Texas A&M – 64

23. (18) LSU – 56

24. (25) Florida – 33

25. (NR) Miami (Fla.) – 8

Receiving Votes: Rice 5, Texas Tech 5, Arkansas 3, Oklahoma 2, Arizona State 1

Dropped Out: Arkansas (23)

Note: Ivy League schools have not competed in spring sports

 

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

 

Around College Tennis

Division II

• The biggest men's matchups this week take place in Georgia, where ITA No. 1 Columbus State takes on No. 7 Valdosta State Wednesday and No. 6 Lander on Saturday.
• There were two ITA Top 5 battles on the women's side in the last week, with No. 4 Nova Southeastern delivering a 7-0 shutout over No. 3 Lynn, and No. 2 Barry also getting past Lynn, 6-1. Another big matchup will see Barry battle No. 8 Saint Leo on Friday.
  

 

Division III

• The NCAA has moved the 2021 Division III Championships from Claremont, Calif., to Chattanooga, Tenn. The premier DIII event heads to the USTA National Campus in 2022.