2023 NAIA Women’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 Poll Three (March 22, 2023)
Mar 22, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The top nine remained unchanged and Keiser (Fla.) continued to find success at the top in the latest edition of the NAIA Women’s Tennis Top 25. Keiser received all 14, first place votes. Though no new teams moved into the rankings this week, both Loyola (La.) and Ave Maria (Fla.) made a three-spot jump and represented the biggest upward movement of the week.
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.
2023 NAIA Women’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 Poll Three (March 22, 2023)
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Keiser (Fla.) [14] | 10-1 | 374 |
| 2 | 2 | Georgia Gwinnett | 13-1 | 362 |
| 3 | 3 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 6-5 | 350 |
| 4 | 4 | LSU Alexandria (La.) | 7-2 | 338 |
| 5 | 5 | Xavier (La.) | 16-3 | 326 |
| 6 | 6 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 7-4 | 314 |
| 7 | 7 | Middle Georgia State | 4-3 | 301 |
| 8 | 8 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 10-1 | 291 |
| 9 | 9 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 7-1 | 275 |
| 10 | 11 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 13-1 | 265 |
| 11 | 14 | Loyola (La.) | 7-3 | 252 |
| 12 | 15 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 2-5 | 235 |
| 13 | 13 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 5-5 | 222 |
| 14 | 10 | William Carey (Miss.) | 4-6 | 217 |
| 15 | 16 | Union (Ky.) | 9-0 | 205 |
| 16 | 17 | Holy Cross (Ind.) | 4-5 | 192 |
| 17 | 12 | Indiana Wesleyan | 24-4 | 183 |
| 18 | 18 | Westcliff | 7-3 | 173 |
| 19 | 21 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 9-5 | 146 |
| 20 | 20 | Mobile (Ala.) | 3-1 | 144 |
| 21 | 19 | Indiana Tech | 4-5 | 136 |
| 22 | 24 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 4-3 | 124 |
| 23 | 22 | Menlo (Calif.) | 5-2 | 116 |
| 24 | 23 | William Woods (Mo.) | 5-10 | 105 |
| 25 | 25 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 4-5 | 69 |
Dropped from the Top 25: N/A
Others Receiving Votes: Brenau (Ga.) 50, Marian (Ind.) 40, Blue Mountain (Miss.) 40, Coastal Georgia 39, Midland (Neb.) 20, Dillard (La.) 14, McPherson (Kan.) 14, Tennessee Southern 12, Reinhardt (Ga.) 11, Cornerstone (Mich.) 9, Southwestern (Kan.) 3.
