Men's Tennis is Receiving Votes in the NAIA Presseason Coaches Top 25 Poll - Ottawa University

Men’s Tennis is Receiving Votes in the NAIA Presseason Coaches Top 25 Poll – Ottawa University

Posted by Admin August 21, 2024 Tennis

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Grizzlies of Georgia Gwinnett continue their advantage to start the 2024-25 NAIA Men’s Tennis season, receiving all of the first-place votes in the NAIA Men’s Tennis Coaches’ Preseason Top 25. Keiser (Fla.) jumped into the second spot to open their season; while Middle Georgia State rocketed into the third spot. Southeastern (Fla.), Xavier (La.), and Tennessee Wesleyan round out the top five to open the new season.

Rating Methodology:

The rating was rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and unaffiliated groupings.

The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater rates the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 for third-place and so on through the list.

The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team’s rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.

Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”.

POSITION	LAST TIME	INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES]	RECORD	FINAL POINTS
1	1	Georgia Gwinnett [12]	9-0	372
2	3	Keiser (Fla.)	5-1	344
3	8	Middle Georgia State	10-3	288
4	6	Southeastern (Fla.)	8-3	287
5	2	Tennessee Wesleyan	21-2	281
5	10	Xavier (La.)	7-5	281
7	7	William Carey (Miss.)	8-2	278
8	11	William Woods (Mo.)	10-2	257
9	4	Northwestern Ohio	20-3	246
10	12	Cumberland (Tenn.)	10-11-1	238
11	22	Holy Cross (Ind.)	13-4	213
12	13	Mobile (Ala.)	10-1	210
13	15	Cumberlands (Ky.)	16-6	208
14	17	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	15-5	202
15	19	Dillard (La.)	14-5	194
16	9	Reinhardt (Ga.)	18-4	184
17	21	SCAD Savannah (Ga.)	4-1	162
18	23	Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)	19-8	153
19	16	Coastal Georgia (Ga.)	4-3-1	142
20	20	Grace (Ind.)	21-5	135
21	25	Oakland City	10-5	130
22	18	McPherson (Kan.)	9-3	97
23	14	Union Commonwealth (Ky.)	12-12	97
24	24	Marian (Ind.)	13-9	71
25	RV	Morningside	18-5	63

Receiving Votes: Ave Maria (Fla.) 56; Loyola (La.) 50; Campbellsville (Ky.) 44; Missouri Baptist 33; SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 31; Pikeville (Ky.) 27; Westcliff (Calif.) 26; Huntington (Ind.) 22; Arizona Christian 20; Bethel (Tenn.) 17; Tennessee Southern 16; St. Thomas (Fla.) 15; Bethel (Kan.) 13; Lewis-Clarke (Idaho) 13; Midland (Neb.) 13; Missouri Valley 12; Texas Wesleyan 11; Warner (Fla.) 9; Ottawa (Kan.) 8; Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) 6; Florida National (Fla.) 5; Milligan (Tenn.) 4; Cornerstone (Mich.) 3; Abraham Baldwin (Ga.) 2; Georgetown (Ky.) 2