In what could easily have been a nod back to college football in the late '90s, a Michigan win in Texas reinstated Tennessee as the No. 1 in this week's Tennis Channel / USTA College Tennis Top 25.
The Wolverines upset TCU in Fort Worth last Wednesday -- the Horned Frogs' first match since beating the Volunteers to win the National Indoor title -- thus activating this latest round of musical chairs with the men's No. 1. That knocked TCU down to No. 3, below Tennessee and Ohio State, and catapulted Michigan to No. 12.
North Carolina remains the state to be from in the women's poll, with UNC, NC State and Duke all ranked in the Top 7. All three teams went 2-0 at home over the weekend, with former No. 4 Virginia on the wrong end of things, dropping to No. 9 after a tough weekend on the road in Durham on Friday and Chapel Hill on Sunday.
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 15 votes, making the maximum number of points available 325.
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. (2) Tennessee – 320
2. (3) Ohio State – 309
3. (1) TCU – 300
4. (4) Baylor – 289
5. (5) Florida – 276
6. (6) Wake Forest – 255
7. (7) South Carolina – 226
8. (8) Stanford – 225
9. (12) Georgia – 209
10. (11) Virginia – 204
11. (10) Kentucky – 203
12. (18) Michigan – 181
13. (9) Texas – 171
14. (13) USC – 164
15. (15) Harvard – 139
16. (14) Mississippi – 134
17. (17) Oklahoma – 80
18. (22) Florida State – 75
19. (20) Pepperdine – 72
20. (21) Northwestern – 68
21. (23) Middle Tennessee State – 56
22. (16) NC State – 55
23. (25) Arizona – 50
24. (19) Mississippi State – 46
25. (24) Texas A&M – 21
Receiving Votes: Miami (Fla.) 19, Columbia 15, Utah 14, Memphis 3, Auburn 1
Dropped Out: None
Women
Rank (Last Week) – Points
1. (1) North Carolina – 325
2. (2) Oklahoma – 310
3. (3) NC State – 300
4. (5) Ohio State – 278
5. (6) Texas – 259
6. (7) Texas A&M – 245
7. (11) Duke – 241
8. (10) Pepperdine – 236
9. (4) Virginia – 224
10. (8) Georgia – 221
11. (9) Stanford – 194
12. (13) Auburn – 182
13. (12) Florida – 161
14. (14) California – 157
15. (15) Miami (Fla.) – 149
16. (16) Oklahoma State – 145
17. (18) Tennessee – 120
18. (19) UCLA – 107
19. (17) Michigan – 68
20. (21) Washington – 66
21. (20) Wake Forest – 64
22. (22) Old Dominion – 39
23. (NR) UCF – 20
24. (24) Arizona State – 16
25. (23) USC – 13
Receiving Votes: Alabama 11, Georgia Tech 7, Iowa State 3, Kentucky 3, Loyola Marymount 3, Notre Dame 3, UCSB 3, Baylor 2, Furman 2, Kansas 2
Dropped Out: Florida State (25)
Pictured above: Tennessee sophomore Johannus Monday
Photo courtesy of UT Athletics
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