2023-24 NAIA Men’s Tennis Coaches’ Preseason Top 25 (August 23)
Aug 23, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Georgia Gwinnett is back on top after receiving all 13, first place votes in the preseason edition of the Top 25. The Grizzlies earned their ninth consecutive national title in May. Tennessee Wesleyan, just months removed from its finish as the runners-up in the 2023 NAIA Men’s Tennis National Championship, checked-in at No. 2 while Keiser (Fla.), Southeastern (Fla.) and Xavier (La.) rounded-out the top five.
Rating Methodology:
- The Top 25 was voted upon 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 voter ranks the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low ratings) is removed and the team’s ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the teams appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
- The frequency of ratings occurs bi-weekly. This policy was approved by the National Administrative Council (NAC) for the 2017-18 academic season. This change will allow raters the opportunity to consider a larger body of work in between rating periods.
- For the complete Top 25 calendar, click HERE.
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Georgia Gwinnett [13] | 22-1 | 343 |
| 2 | 3 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 22-2 | 331 |
| 3 | 1 | Keiser (Fla.) | 22-2 | 322 |
| 4 | 6 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 18-5 | 305 |
| 5 | 7 | Xavier (La.) | 18-7 | 290 |
| 6 | 4 | William Woods (Mo.) | 20-5 | 281 |
| 7 | 11 | Westcliff (Calif.) | 15-4 | 280 |
| 8 | 8 | William Carey (Miss.) | 13-5 | 264 |
| 9 | 14 | Coastal Georgia | 11-6 | 261 |
| 10 | 12 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 22-4 | 244 |
| 11 | 10 | Middle Georgia State | 14-7 | 243 |
| 12 | 15 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 15-11 | 210 |
| 13 | 13 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 19-8 | 202 |
| 14 | 19 | Holy Cross (Ind.) | 11-2 | 191 |
| 15 | 25 | Oakland City (Ind.) | 22-6 | 180 |
| 16 | 16 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 14-8 | 179 |
| 17 | 18 | Grace (Ind.) | 22-6 | 178 |
| 17 | 21 | McPherson (Kan.) | 19-7 | 178 |
| 19 | 20 | Union (Ky.) | 13-6 | 150 |
| 20 | 24 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 14-13 | 116 |
| 21 | 22 | Huntington (Ind.) | 16-6 | 113 |
| 22 | 23 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 10-4 | 108 |
| 23 | RV | Loyola (La.) | 8-10 | 83 |
| 24 | NR | Mobile (Ala.) | 9-7 | 64 |
| 25 | RV | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 5-11 | 58 |
Receiving Votes: Marian (Ind.) 52, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 51, Campbellsville (Ky.) 48, Midland (Neb.) 45, Ave Maria (Fla.) 32, Arizona Christian 18, Missouri Valley 17, Texas A&M Texarkana 14, Ottawa (Kan.) 6, Dillard (La.) 5, Indiana Wesleyan 5.
