KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After capturing its seventh-consecutive national title, Georgia Gwinnett begins the season in the top spot in the preseason edition of the Top 25. The Grizzlies received all 13, first-place votes. 2021 National Championship Runners-Up Keiser (Fla.) took the No. 2-spot while Tennessee Wesleyan, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) and Reinhardt (Ga.) all ended begin 2022 right where they left off in 2021.

Poll Methodology:

• The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) 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 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.
• For the complete Top 25 calendar, click HERE.

2022 NAIA Men’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 Preseason Poll (January 26, 2022)

Dropped from the Top 25: N/A

Others Receiving Votes: McPherson (Kan.) 58, Marian (Ind.) 58, Campbellsville (Ky.) 47, Ottawa (Ariz.) 28, Coastal Georgia 26, Midland (Neb.) 21, Missouri Valley 11; Judson (Ill.) 4, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 3.