KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Georgia Gwinnett, Keiser (Fla.) and Tennessee Wesleyan stayed in the top three positions in the postseason edition of the Top 25. Reinhardt (Ga.) remained at No. 5 while Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) found itself at No. 4 after making it all the way to the semifinal round of the 2021 NAIA Men’s Tennis National Championship last weekend. Georgia Gwinnett has now gone wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team in the nation for six consecutive seasons and five consecutive full seasons.

Poll Methodology:

• The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Association of Independent Institutions and Unaffiliated Groups.
• 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 rating) 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 appear on.
• Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”
• The frequency of polls 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.
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2020-21 NAIA Men’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 POSTSEASON POLL (May 25, 2021)

Dropped from the Top 25: None

Others Receiving Votes: McPherson (Kan.) 66, Asbury (Ky.) 52, Marian (Ind.) 46, Midland (Neb.) 24, Campbellsville (Ky.) 17, Texas Wesleyan 13, Coastal Georgia 13, Ottawa (Ariz.) 9.