2022 NAIA Women’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 POSTSEASON POLL (May 25, 2022)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After claiming its sixth-consecutive NAIA National Championship (seventh in the last eight years), Georgia Gwinnett finished at the top of the final Top 25 of the season. The Grizzlies claimed all 13, first-place votes to wrap-up another year where the team went wire-to-wire with all first-place votes from preseason to post. Keiser (Fla.) finished second while Montreat (N.C.) jumped two-spots to No. 3.
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 POSTSEASON POLL (May 25, 2022)
RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
1 | 1 | Georgia Gwinnett [13] | 17-0 | 343 |
2 | 2 | Keiser (Fla.) | 18-5 | 330 |
3 | 5 | Montreat (N.C.) | 17-6 | 316 |
4 | 4 | LSU Alexandria (La.) | 19-1 | 315 |
5 | 3 | Indiana Wesleyan | 39-6 | 301 |
6 | 6 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 11-5 | 286 |
7 | 11 | Xavier (La.) | 14-15 | 278 |
8 | 9 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 23-4 | 268 |
9 | 8 | Middle Georgia State | 8-7 | 251 |
10 | 7 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 15-4 | 246 |
11 | 13 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 23-6 | 222 |
11 | 12 | William Carey (Miss.) | 11-5 | 222 |
13 | 10 | Union (Ky.) | 14-6 | 218 |
14 | 14 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 14-7 | 203 |
15 | 19 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 13-12 | 188 |
16 | 23 | Saint Katherine | 11-3 | 175 |
17 | 15 | Indiana Tech | 17-2 | 165 |
18 | 16 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 10-6 | 161 |
19 | 21 | William Woods (Mo.) | 11-13 | 134 |
20 | 22 | Mobile (Ala.) | 10-6 | 130 |
21 | 17 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 18-6 | 98 |
22 | RV | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 8-12 | 93 |
23 | RV | Midland (Neb.) | 20-6 | 88 |
24 | 17 | Loyola (La.) | 8-11 | 82 |
25 | 20 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 10-4 | 81 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Coastal Georgia, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
Others Receiving Votes: Coastal Georgia 79, Southwestern (Kan.) 49, Marian (Ind.) 42, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 39, Indiana East (Ind.) 39, Brenau (Ga.) 16, San Diego Christian (Calif.) 14, Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) 5, Blue Mountain (Miss.) 4, Northwestern Ohio 3.