2021 NAIA Women’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 Poll No. 4 (March 31, 2021)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Georgia Gwinnett grabbed the No. 1 spot for the 18th consecutive time in the fourth regular season edition of the Top 25. The Grizzlies garnered all 14, first-place votes. Keiser (Fla.), Xavier (La.), William Carey (Miss.) and SCAD Savannah (Ga.) rounded-out the top five again as Reinhardt (Ga.), Campbellsville (Ky.) and Indiana Tech jumped into the Top 25 this week.
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.
2020-21 NAIA Women’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 Poll No. 4 (March 31, 2021)
| RANK | WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Georgia Gwinnett [14] | 16-0 | 374 |
| 2 | 2 | Keiser (Fla.) | 10-1 | 362 |
| 3 | 3 | Xavier (La.) | 11-4 | 350 |
| 4 | 4 | William Carey (Miss.) | 7-2 | 338 |
| 5 | 5 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 0-1 | 323 |
| 6 | 6 | William Woods (Mo.) | 9-3 | 307 |
| 7 | 7 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 2-4 | 299 |
| 8 | 9 | Montreat (N.C.) | 5-4 | 293 |
| 9 | 8 | Indiana Wesleyan | 24-3 | 288 |
| 10 | 10 | LSU Alexandria (La.) | 5-1 | 264 |
| 11 | 11 | Union (Ky.) | 7-0 | 256 |
| 12 | 12 | San Diego Christian (Calif.) | 7-0 | 242 |
| 13 | 13 | Middle Georgia State | 5-3 | 230 |
| 14 | 14 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 7-4 | 218 |
| 15 | 15 | Brenau (Ga.) | 5-2 | 205 |
| 16 | 16 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 8-1 | 195 |
| 17 | 22 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 11-2 | 174 |
| 18 | 20 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 8-3 | 165 |
| 19 | 21 | Loyola (La.) | 3-4 | 157 |
| 20 | RV | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 10-2 | 134 |
| 21 | RV | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 3-4 | 127 |
| 22 | 23 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 6-5 | 114 |
| 23 | RV | Indiana Tech | 11-1 | 98 |
| 24 | 25 | Marian (Ind.) | 14-8 | 94 |
| 25 | 17 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 7-3 | 91 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Missouri Valley, SCAD Atlanta (Ga.), Mobile (Ala.)
Others Receiving Votes: Missouri Valley 71, SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 59, University of Northwestern Ohio 49, Blue Mountain (Miss.) 41, Southeastern (Fla.) 19, Mobile (Ala.) 18, Georgetown (Ky.) 15, Texas Wesleyan 5, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 3.
