Courtesy: Georgia Gwinnett Athletics
Courtesy: Georgia Gwinnett Athletics

2024-25 NAIA Men’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 Rating – Final (April 23)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Georgia Gwinnett Grizzlies head into postseason at the top of the final NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 with all available first-place votes. Tennessee Wesleyan held strong at second while Keiser (Fla.) jumped Southeastern (Fla.) to sit in second. SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) and Missouri Baptist joined the rankings this week at No. 22 and No. 24 after receiving votes in the previous release.

 

Rating Methodology:

  • The rating was rated 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 rater rates the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 for third-place and so on through the list.
  • The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team’s rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
  • Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”.
RANK LAST TIME INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] RECORD FINAL POINTS
1 1 Georgia Gwinnett [13] 15-2 330
2 2 Tennessee Wesleyan 14-2 319
3 4 Keiser (Fla.) 8-2 301
4 3 Southeastern (Fla.) 14-1 295
5 5 Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 20-1 294
6 6 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 13-3 272
7 7 William Carey (Miss.) 15-3 263
8 8 Xavier (La.) 13-9 248
9 10 SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 12-5 247
10 9 Holy Cross (Ind.) 10-2 236
11 11 Northwestern Ohio 16-5 221
12 12 Cumberland (Tenn.) 12-8 203
13 15 Cumberlands (Ky.) 17-7 194
14 13 Grace (Ind.) 17-1 190
15 14 Dillard (La.) 12-13 181
16 16 Middle Georgia State 9-8 169
17 18 Morningside (Iowa) 22-1 146
18 17 William Woods (Mo.) 21-11 146
19 19 Oakland City (Ind.) 15-4 132
20 20 Huntington (Ind.) 12-4 118
21 21 Tennessee Southern 12-6 80
22 RV SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 9-12 77
23 24 Loyola (La.) 8-10 75
24 RV Missouri Baptist 15-7 70
25 22 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 10-13 66

Dropped from Top 25: Union Commonwealth (Ky.) and Marian (Ind.)

Receiving Votes: Union Commonwealth (Ky.) 61, Marian (Ind.) 55, Ottawa (Kan.) 30, Ave Maria (Fla.) 25, Texas A&M Texarkana 17, Arizona Christian 15, Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 6, Bethel (Kan.) 5, Pikeville (Ky.) 3, Milligan (Tenn.) 3, McPherson (Kan.) 2, Bethel (Tenn.) 2

Championship Information

NAIA Men's Tennis Championships

74th ANNUAL
MEN'S TENNIS 

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
May 12-16, 2026
Mobile Tennis Center
Mobile, Ala.