2023 NAIA Men’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 PRESEASON Poll (January 25, 2023)
Jan 25, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Georgia Gwinnett received all 14, first-place votes as the Grizzlies will look to defend their national title again in 2023. 2022 National Championship runner-up Keiser (Fla.) will begin just behind at No. 2 while Tennessee Wesleyan, Northwestern Ohio and Xavier (La.) rounded-out the top five.
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 PRESEASON Poll (January 25, 2023)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Georgia Gwinnett [14] | 0-0 | 374 |
| 2 | 2 | Keiser (Fla.) | 0-0 | 362 |
| 3 | 4 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 0-0 | 349 |
| 4 | 6 | Northwestern Ohio | 0-0 | 333 |
| 5 | 5 | Xavier (La.) | 0-0 | 324 |
| 6 | 8 | Middle Georgia State | 0-0 | 315 |
| 7 | 11 | William Carey (Miss.) | 0-0 | 293 |
| 8 | 9 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 0-0 | 287 |
| 9 | 14 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 0-0 | 253 |
| 10 | NR | Westcliff | 0-0 | 252 |
| 11 | 17 | William Woods (Mo.) | 1-0 | 251 |
| 12 | 6 | Union (Ky.) | 0-0 | 239 |
| 13 | 18 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 2-1 | 228 |
| 14 | 15 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 0-0 | 227 |
| 15 | 16 | Coastal Georgia | 0-0 | 199 |
| 16 | 24 | Holy Cross (Ind.) | 1-0 | 196 |
| 17 | 10 | Montreat (N.C.) | 0-0 | 183 |
| 18 | RV | Grace (Ind.) | 14-1 | 160 |
| 19 | 12 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 1-1 | 154 |
| 20 | 19 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 2-1 | 121 |
| 21 | RV | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 0-0 | 120 |
| 22 | RV | Oakland City (Ind.) | 5-0 | 105 |
| 23 | 22 | McPherson (Kan.) | 0-0 | 104 |
| 24 | 20 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 0-0 | 95 |
| 25 | 21 | Mobile (Ala.) | 0-0 | 81 |
Dropped from the 2022 Top 25: St. Thomas (Fla.), Marian (Ind.), Indiana Wesleyan
Others Receiving Votes: Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 77, Huntington (Ind.) 75, St. Thomas (Fla.) 61, Midland (Neb.) 54, Campbellsville (Ky.) 27, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 26, Menlo (Calif.) 24, Indiana Tech 23, Marian (Ind.) 6, Loyola (La.) 3, Warner (Fla.) 3, Southwestern (Kan.) 3.
