In this week's USTA College Tennis Top 25, the Oklahoma State men jumped from No. 8 to No. 5, thanks to home wins over Memphis (4-3) and San Diego State (4-0), while USC ascended from No. 10 to No. 6 with a 4-1 home victory over UCLA, followed by a 7-0 rout of Lehigh.

 

Stanford (19), TCU (T20) and Cornell (24) all bumped up into the Men's Top 25, while Florida State is the first team out, receiving six points after its victory over then-No. 11 Florida on Friday, a College MatchDay event that drew a crowd of 1,756 to the USTA National Campus at Lake Nona in Orlando, Fla.

 

There was less movement at the top of the women's poll, which was voted on prior to Tuesday night's College MatchDay between No. 1 Florida and No. 3 Ohio State. While that result will be reflected in next week's rankings, Georgia and Kentucky were the top movers in this week's women's poll.

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Georgia, ranked 11th last week, went on the road and defeated Alabama, 6-1, and Auburn, 4-1, over the weekend and is now tied with California at No. 6. Kentucky, meanwhile, moved from No. 23 last week to No. 18 this week on the strength of home victories over Ole Miss (4-2) and Mississippi (6-1).

 

Each team's point total is the sum of its ranking points from the USTA's panel of eight 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 150. First-place votes were not tallied.

 

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USTA College Top 25 - Men
Rank (Last Week)
1. (1) Virginia – 150
2. (2) Ohio State – 144
3. (3) Wake Forest – 138
4. (4) North Carolina – 131
5. (8) Oklahoma State – 123
6. (10) USC – 115
7. (6) Texas – 110
8. (9) UCLA – 108
9. (7) Oklahoma – 101
10. (5) California – 100
11. (T11) Baylor – 85
12. (13) Georgia – 84
13. (T11) Florida – 76
T14. (15) Michigan – 72
T14. (16) Texas A&M – 72
16. (14) Kentucky – 57
17. (T19) Georgia Tech – 42
18. (17) Mississippi State – 41
19. (NR) Stanford – 37
T20. (18) Illinois – 31
T20. (NR) TCU – 31
22. (21) Columbia – 27
23. (T19) Northwestern – 25
24. (NR) Cornell – 16
25. (23) Tulane – 13

 

*Receiving Votes: Florida State 6, South Carolina 5, Memphis 3
Dropped Out: Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, South Carolina

 

USTA College Top 25 - Women
Rank (Last Week)
1. (1) Florida – 150
2. (2) North Carolina – 144
3. (3) Ohio State – 138
4. (4) Stanford – 132
5. (5) Oklahoma State – 127
T6. (7) California – 111
T6. (11) Georgia – 111
8. (6) Auburn – 109
9. (8) Texas Tech – 100
10. (9) Georgia Tech – 96
11. (13) Michigan – 91
12. (10) Vanderbilt – 90
13. (12) Pepperdine – 84
14. (17) UCLA – 63
15. (16) Arizona State – 61
16. (14) Baylor – 56
17. (18) Duke – 50
18. (23) Kentucky – 49
19. (15) USC – 30
20. (19) Mississippi – 28
21. (21) South Carolina – 25
22. (20) Texas – 24
T23. (NR) Arkansas – 22
T23. (24) Tennessee – 22
25. (NR) Mississippi State – 10
 
**Receiving Votes: Texas A&M 7, TCU 5, LSU 3, Rice 1
Dropped Out: Texas A&M, TCU

 

Voting Panel: Casey Angle (former ITA championships director), Virgil Christian (USTA College Tennis), Granger Huntress (Texas College Tennis), Bobby Knight (College Tennis Today), Dallas Oliver (Tennis Recruiting Network), Mike Patrick (former University of Tennessee women’s coach), Lisa Stone (Parenting Aces) and Bruce Waschuk (Universal Tennis Rating).

 

(Photo courtesy of the University of Virginia)