2023-24 NAIA Men’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 Rating – No. 1 (February 14, 2024)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Georgia Gwinnett received all 13, first place votes in the first regular season edition of the Top 25. Both Tennessee Wesleyan and Keiser (Fla.) remained at Nos. 2 and 3 from the preseason rating, while Northwestern Ohio, jumped into the No. 4 position. Westcliff (Calif.) made a two-spot jump to round-out the top five. Dillard (La.), Ave Maria (Fla.) and Marian (Ind.) all made their first appearances in the Top 25 this week.
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 | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Georgia Gwinnett [13] | 4-0 | 343 |
| 2 | 2 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 3-1 | 330 |
| 3 | 3 | Keiser (Fla.) | 2-0 | 321 |
| 4 | NR | Northwestern Ohio | 6-1 | 312 |
| 5 | 7 | Westcliff (Calif.) | 2-3 | 296 |
| 6 | 6 | William Woods (Mo.) | 4-2 | 289 |
| 7 | 4 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 2-2 | 279 |
| 8 | 5 | Xavier (La.) | 2-3 | 261 |
| 9 | 8 | William Carey (Miss.) | 0-0 | 252 |
| 10 | 9 | Coastal Georgia | 0-3 | 251 |
| 11 | 11 | Middle Georgia State | 1-1 | 228 |
| 11 | 10 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 2-1 | 228 |
| 13 | 12 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 0-1 | 198 |
| 14 | 13 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 1-2 | 193 |
| 15 | 14 | Holy Cross (Ind.) | 1-1 | 189 |
| 16 | 17 | Grace (Ind.) | 11-0 | 163 |
| 17 | 16 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 1-1 | 157 |
| 18 | 15 | Oakland City (Ind.) | 3-1 | 153 |
| 19 | 17 | McPherson (Kan.) | 0-0 | 148 |
| 20 | 20 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 2-3 | 134 |
| 21 | 19 | Union (Ky.) | 1-2 | 124 |
| 22 | NR | Dillard (La.) | 0-1 | 122 |
| 23 | 22 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 1-0 | 95 |
| 24 | NR | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 0-1 | 93 |
| 25 | NR | Marian (Ind.) | 8-5 | 81 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Loyola (La.), Huntington (Ind.), Mobile (Ala.), SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
Receiving Votes: Loyola (La.) 65, Huntington (Ind.) 55, Mobile (Ala.) 34, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 34, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 22, Campbellsville (Ky.) 13, Morningside (Iowa) 11, Missouri Baptist 7, Indiana Tech 5, Arizona Christian 3, Ottawa (Kan.) 3.
