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USTA College Tennis Top 25: Feb. 14, 2018

February 14, 2018


The men's and women's sides of the USTA College Tennis Top 25 continue to tell divergent tales in 2018, with more shakeup and another new No. 1 in the women's poll and a settling-in at the top of the men's.

 

North Carolina is the third team in three weeks to hold the women's No. 1 ranking, coming off its championship victory at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's National Team Indoor Championships last weekend in Madison, Wis., to earn the team a maximum point total of 225. The Tar Heels scored a 4-2 victory over new No. 2 Pepperdine on Monday to clinch its second Indoor Team title in four years, thanks in part to singles victories from Alexa Graham (Garden City, N.Y.), Sara Daavettila (Williamston, Mich.) and the clincher from Jessie Aney (Rochester, Minn.). Duke also jumped into the Top 5 after its 4-3 win over Georgia in the quarterfinals in Madison.

The men's Top 10 largely stayed the same, though Georgia and Stanford are now tied at No. 4, behind No. 1 Ohio State, No. 2 North Carolina and No. 3 Wake Forest. The Buckeyes head into this weekend's men's ITA Team Indoor Championship in Seattle on the heels of victories over Texas A&M and Florida to put them at 8-0 and 3-0 over Top 25 teams.

Each team's point total, specified below, is the sum of its ranking points from the USTA's panel of 11 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. Therefore, the maximum number of points a team can receive is 225. First-place votes were not tallied.

The next College MatchDay at the USTA National Campus will feature the No. 6 Texas A&M vs. No. 21 Oklahoma men's teams on Saturday, Feb. 24, at 10:30 a.m. ET, which will air live on Tennis Channel. Find the full College MatchDay schedule and more at the USTA's College Tennis page.

USTA College Top 25 - Men
Rank (Last Week)
1. (1) Ohio State – 223
2. (2) North Carolina – 213
3. (3) Wake Forest – 206
T4. (4) Georgia – 193
T4. (5) Stanford – 193
6. (6) Texas A&M – 181
7. (7) USC – 169
8. (8) UCLA – 160
9. (9) Illinois – 147
10. (10) Oklahoma State – 136
11. (12) Columbia – 134
12. (11) Florida – 128
13. (13) Florida State – 107
14. (14) Baylor – 102
15. (15) Texas – 97
16. (17) Notre Dame – 96
17. (16) Michigan – 79
18. (18) TCU – 72
19. (20) Mississippi State – 68
20. (19) Duke – 46
21. (22) Oklahoma – 40
22. (21) Mississippi – 38
23. (23) Tulane – 24
24. (25) Vanderbilt – 18
25. (NR) Tennessee – 11
Receiving Votes: Alabama 7, Dartmouth 3, Texas Tech 1, California 1.
Dropped Out: California.


USTA College Top 25 - Women
Rank (Last Week)
1. (3) North Carolina – 225
2. (4) Pepperdine – 216
3. (1) Vanderbilt – 207
4. (2) Georgia – 190
5. (8) Duke – 183
6. (5) Stanford – 182
7. (6) Texas Tech – 173
8. (7) Georgia Tech – 172
9. (T12) Wake Forest – 143
10. (T12) Mississippi – 142
11. (10) UCLA – 124
12. (18) Oklahoma State – 113
13. (9) Florida – 100
14. (16) South Carolina – 97
15. (11) Michigan – 96
16. (19) Auburn – 89
17. (14) California – 88
18. (17) Ohio State – 73
19. (15) Texas – 60
20. (21) Florida State – 51
21. (20) Illinois – 49
22. (23) Washington – 41
23. (22) Arizona State – 32
24. (NR) Princeton – 23
25. (24) Texas A&M - 19
Receiving Votes: Miami, Fla. 8, Oregon 4, LSU 2, Kentucky 1, UCF 1.
Dropped Out: Miami, Fla.


Voting Panel: Casey Angle (former Intercollegiate Tennis Association Director of Championships); Jordan Bishop (The News Press; Stillwater, Okla.); Virgil Christian (USTA Collegiate Tennis); Richard Croome (The Eagle; Bryan, Texas); Sonny Dearth (Daily Press; Newport News, Va.); Granger Huntress (Texas College Tennis); Randy Jenks (Universal Tennis Ratings); Bobby Knight (College Tennis Today); Dallas Oliver (Tennis Recruiting Network); Michael Patrick (former University of Tennessee women’s head coach) and Lisa Stone (Parenting Aces).


Previous Top 25 polls:

Feb. 7, 2018
Jan. 31, 2018


(Photo courtesy of the University of North Carolina)

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