2022 NAIA Women’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 FINAL POLL (April 27, 2022)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Georgia Gwinnett garnered all 14, first-place votes in the final regular-season edition of the Top 25. Keiser (Fla.), Indiana Wesleyan and LSU Alexandria (La.) also remained at Nos. 2-4 while Montreat (N.C.) rose one spot to enter the top five. Middle Georgia State made the biggest jump of the week, up three spots to No. 8.
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.
2022 NAIA Women’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 FINAL POLL (April 27, 2022)
RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
1 | 1 | Georgia Gwinnett | 13-0 | 374 |
2 | 2 | Keiser (Fla.) | 13-4 | 362 |
3 | 3 | Indiana Wesleyan | 38-5 | 349 |
4 | 4 | LSU Alexandria (La.) | 15-0 | 338 |
5 | 6 | Montreat (N.C.) | 15-5 | 327 |
6 | 7 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 9-3 | 314 |
7 | 9 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 14-3 | 293 |
8 | 11 | Middle Georgia State | 9-6 | 279 |
9 | 8 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 21-3 | 268 |
10 | 10 | Union (Ky.) | 13-5 | 261 |
11 | 13 | Xavier (La.) | 12-13 | 260 |
12 | 5 | William Carey (Miss.) | 10-4 | 257 |
13 | 15 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 22-5 | 227 |
14 | 12 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 13-5 | 226 |
15 | 14 | Indiana Tech | 15-1 | 206 |
16 | 16 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 10-5 | 198 |
17 | 17 | Loyola (La.) | 8-11 | 172 |
17 | 18 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 16-6 | 172 |
19 | 19 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 12-10 | 165 |
20 | 20 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 10-4 | 142 |
21 | 20 | William Woods (Mo.) | 10-13 | 128 |
22 | 22 | Mobile (Ala.) | 10-5 | 118 |
23 | RV | Saint Katherine | 9-2 | 107 |
24 | 25 | Coastal Georgia | 5-4 | 95 |
25 | NR | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | 10-8 | 75 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Cardinal Stritch, Ottawa (Ariz.)
Others Receiving Votes: Midland (Neb.) 55, Marian (Ind.) 47, Brenau (Ga.) 37, San Diego Christian (Calif.) 36, Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) 33, Southwestern (Kan.) 14, Cornerstone (Mich.) 9, Texas Wesleyan 8, Ottawa (Ariz.) 4, Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) 3.