USTA College Tennis
Top 25: April 12, 2017
April 12, 2017
The men's team from TCU makes its Top 5 debut during Week 10 of the USTA College Tennis Top 25 poll, moving up one spot to a season-high No. 5 ranking.
The Horned Frogs have currently won eight straight matches, including five wins over Top 25 teams, and have made a steady rise in the rankings over the last few weeks, first appearing in the poll at No. 20 on March 15, then moving up to No. 16 the week of March 29, before hitting No. 6 in last week’s poll.
The rest of the men’s Top 5 remains unchanged, with Wake Forest at No. 1, Virginia at No. 2, Ohio State at No. 3 and North Carolina at No. 4. Oklahoma State jumped three spots in this week’s poll, from No. 9 to No. 6, after notching a 4-3 victory over Baylor.
For the women, North Carolina moved up a spot to No. 3 this week after sweeping Notre Dame, 7-0, to improve its record to 22-2 on the season and 8-1 against the ACC.
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Florida received the maximum 150 votes again this week and remains at No. 1. No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 UNC, No. 4 Stanford and No. 5 Georgia round out the women’s Top 5.
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 were removed. Therefore, the maximum number of points a team can receive is 150. First-place votes were not tallied.
USTA College Top 25 - Men
Rank (Last Week)
1. (1) Wake Forest – 149
2. (2) Virginia – 145
3. (3) Ohio State – 139
4. (4) North Carolina – 132
5. (6) TCU – 121
6. (9) Oklahoma State – 117
T7. (8) Texas – 108
T7. (5) USC – 108
9. (7) Baylor – 106
10. (10) UCLA – 101
11. (12) Georgia – 87
T12. (13) California – 75
T12. (11) Texas A&M – 75
14. (16) Stanford – 73
15. (14) Michigan – 71
16. (15) Oklahoma – 54
17. (18) Georgia Tech – 48
18. (20) Columbia – 46
19. (17) Florida - 45
20. (21) Mississippi State – 43
21. (24) Northwestern – 17
T22. (23) Cornell – 16
T22. (22) South Carolina – 16
24. (19) Kentucky – 11
25. (25) Oregon – 10
*Receiving Votes: South Florida 7, Tulane 5, UCF 4
Dropped Out: None
USTA College Top 25 - Women
Rank (Last Week)
1. (1) Florida – 150
2. (2) Ohio State – 142
3. (4) North Carolina – 135
4. (3) Stanford – 132
5. (5) Georgia – 128
6. (6) Texas Tech – 120
T7. (7) Georgia Tech – 111
T7. (8) Oklahoma State – 111
9. (9) California – 100
10. (10) Michigan – 95
11. (11) Vanderbilt – 94
12. (12) Pepperdine – 89
13. (13) UCLA – 77
14. (14) Baylor – 70
15. (16) Duke – 66
16. (18) South Carolina – 56
17. (20) Arizona State – 48
T18. (17) Auburn – 38
T18. (21) Texas – 38
20. (15) Kentucky – 32
21. (19) Mississippi State – 30
22. (22) Arkansas – 22
23. (25) LSU – 20
24. (23) Texas A&M – 18
25. (24) FIU - 15
**Receiving Votes: USC 3, TCU 1
Dropped Out: None
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).
The College Tennis Top 25 is one of several collegiate initiatives from the USTA. Coming up June 14-16, the USTA National Campus in Orlando will host the USTA All-American College Combine. To learn more, visit TennisLink.USTA.com with Tournament ID 150025417.
Previous Top 25 polls:
April 5, 2017
March 29, 2017
(Photo courtesy of the University of North Carolina)
