2023 NAIA Men’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 Poll Two (March 8, 2023)
Mar 08, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Keiser (Fla.) retained its top spot in the latest NAIA Men’s Tennis Top 25. The Seahawks received all 13, first-place votes. The Nos. 2-4 teams in Georgia Gwinnett, Tennessee Wesleyan and Northwestern Ohio all remained the same from the last poll while Southeastern (Fla.) jumped into the top five with a four-spot jump. Reinhardt (Ga.) made the biggest jump, up 11 spots to No. 13.
Poll Methodology:
- The poll 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 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.
2023 NAIA Men’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 Poll Two (March 8, 2023)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Keiser (Fla.) [13] | 5-2 | 343 |
| 2 | 2 | Georgia Gwinnett | 11-1 | 332 |
| 3 | 3 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 9-1 | 321 |
| 4 | 4 | Northwestern Ohio | 7-4 | 309 |
| 5 | 9 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 7-1 | 299 |
| 6 | 10 | William Woods (Mo.) | 6-1 | 283 |
| 7 | 7 | William Carey (Miss.) | 3-3 | 278 |
| 8 | 5 | Xavier (La.) | 10-3 | 273 |
| 9 | 6 | Middle Georgia State | 3-3 | 256 |
| 10 | 11 | Westcliff | 5-2 | 235 |
| 11 | 12 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 9-5 | 231 |
| 12 | 8 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 3-5 | 212 |
| 13 | 24 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 5-1 | 211 |
| 13 | 14 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 2-1 | 211 |
| 15 | RV | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 5-4 | 187 |
| 16 | 16 | Holy Cross (Ind.) | 2-2 | 179 |
| 17 | 17 | Grace (Ind.) | 15-4 | 169 |
| 18 | 19 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 6-2 | 148 |
| 19 | 15 | Coastal Georgia | 3-1 | 137 |
| 20 | 20 | Oakland City (Ind.) | 11-3 | 126 |
| 21 | 21 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 4-3 | 107 |
| 22 | RV | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 3-6 | 94 |
| 23 | 23 | McPherson (Kan.) | 4-2 | 89 |
| 24 | 22 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 1-3 | 81 |
| 25 | RV | Huntington (Ind.) | 14-5 | 78 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Union (Ky.), Mobile (Ala.), Montreat (N.C.)
Others Receiving Votes: Union (Ky.) 76, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 75, Mobile (Ala.) 62, Milligan (Tenn.) 21, Indiana Tech 18, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 12, Missouri Valley 9, Montreat (N.C.) 8, Cornerstone (Mich.) 8, Midland (Neb.) 7.
