2020 NAIA Women’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 1 (February 12, 2020)
Feb 12, 2020
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The top 20 teams remained the same in the first regular-season women’s tennis Top 25 of the regular season. Georgia Gwinnett garnered all 14 first-place votes as the season is fully underway for many schools.
Top 25 Highlights (historical information dates back to 2000)
- Georgia Gwinnett captured the top spot for the 10th consecutive week.
- Southeastern (Fla.) and Martin Methodist (Tenn.) are the only two teams that made a jump this week, both one spot.
- No. 9 Indiana Wesleyan has the most wins in the polls this season with an 18-0 record after a big fall season. The Wildcats captured the Crossroads League Tournament Championship for the 28th consecutive time.
- Tennessee Wesleyan is the lone newcomer this week, in at No. 25.
- No. 11 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) and No. 5 SCAD Savannah (Ga.) lead all schools with 121-consecutive Top 25 appearances.
- Former member Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) holds the most No. 1-rankings with 80, and Georgia Gwinnett follows with 39. Georgia Gwinnett is the only active member to be ranked No. 1 for an entire season (2017 & 2019). Auburn Montgomery was wire-to-wire No. 1 in eight seasons, and former member Fresno Pacific (Calif.) did it once, as well.
Poll Methodology:
- The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Association of Independent Institutions and Unaffiliated Groups.
- 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 rating) 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 appear on.
- Teams that receive only one point on 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 rating calendar, click HERE.
2020 NAIA Women’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 Poll – Poll 1 (February 12, 2020)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Georgia Gwinnett [14] | 3-0 | 374 |
| 2 | 2 | Keiser (Fla.) | 4-0 | 362 |
| 3 | 3 | Xavier (La.) | 2-0 | 350 |
| 4 | 4 | William Carey (Miss.) | 0-0 | 338 |
| 5 | 5 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 2-1 | 326 |
| 6 | 6 | William Woods (Mo.) | 1-2 | 314 |
| 7 | 7 | Middle Georgia State | 1-0 | 302 |
| 8 | 8 | Brenau (Ga.) | 2-0 | 290 |
| 9 | 9 | Indiana Wesleyan | 18-0 | 277 |
| 10 | 10 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 0-2 | 267 |
| 11 | 11 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 0-0 | 254 |
| 12 | 12 | Loyola (La.) | 0-4 | 240 |
| 13 | 13 | Union (Ky.) | 1-2 | 230 |
| 14 | 14 | Westmont (Calif.) | 1-5 | 216 |
| 15 | 15 | LSU Alexandria (La.) | 0-0 | 210 |
| 16 | 16 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 2-1 | 193 |
| 17 | 17 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 0-2 | 181 |
| 18 | 18 | Mobile (Ala.) | 0-0 | 168 |
| 19 | 19 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 0-1-1 | 159 |
| 20 | 20 | San Diego Christian (Calif.) | 1-0 | 144 |
| 21 | 22 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 3-1-1 | 130 |
| 22 | 23 | Martin Methodist (Tenn.) | 0-0 | 107 |
| 23 | 21 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 2-1 | 96 |
| 24 | 24 | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 2-2 | 95 |
| 25 | RV | Tennessee Wesleyan | 2-1 | 94 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Marian (Ind.).
Others Receiving Votes: Marian (Ind.) 83, Missouri Valley 53, Campbellsville (Ky.) 43, McPherson (Kan.) 30, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 18, Asbury (Ky.) 15, Ave Maria (Fla.) 9, Northwestern Ohio 6, Coastal Georgia 6, Indiana Tech 3.
