2023-24 NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Rating - No. 1 (February 14, 2024)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Georgia Gwinnett claimed all 13, first place votes in the first NAIA Women’s Tennis Top 25 of the regular season. Keiser (Fla.) trailed just behind at No. 2 while Xavier (La.) jumped two spots from the preseason edition to claim the No. 3 slot. Southeastern (Fla.) and Tennessee Wesleyan rounded-out the top five. This week, both Northwestern Ohio and Dillard (La.) found their way into the Top 25 for the first time in the 2023-24 season.
Rating Methodology:
- The Top 25 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 ratings 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.
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [First Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Georgia Gwinnett [13] | 4-0 | 343 |
| 2 | 2 | Keiser (Fla.) | 2-1 | 331 |
| 3 | 5 | Xavier (La.) | 4-1 | 321 |
| 4 | 3 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 2-1 | 311 |
| 5 | 4 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 1-2 | 299 |
| 6 | 8 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 2-2 | 285 |
| 7 | 7 | LSU Alexandria (La.) | 2-0 | 280 |
| 8 | 13 | William Carey (Miss.) | 0-0 | 260 |
| 9 | 22 | William Woods (Mo.) | 1-2 | 237 |
| 10 | 12 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 1-0 | 235 |
| 11 | 9 | Middle Georgia State | 0-2 | 228 |
| 12 | 14 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 3-2 | 218 |
| 13 | 6 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 0-3 | 197 |
| 14 | 10 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 1-2 | 194 |
| 15 | 11 | Loyola (La.) | 0-1 | 193 |
| 16 | 17 | Westcliff (Calif.) | 1-2 | 176 |
| 17 | 16 | Holy Cross (Ind.) | 0-0 | 174 |
| 18 | 15 | Union (Ky.) | 1-1 | 165 |
| 19 | 19 | Indiana Wesleyan | 13-0 | 143 |
| 20 | NR | Northwestern Ohio | 4-0 | 129 |
| 21 | 20 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 1-1 | 122 |
| 22 | NR | Dillard (La.) | 2-1 | 115 |
| 23 | 21 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 1-2 | 106 |
| 24 | 23 | Marian (Ind.) | 8-3 | 95 |
| 25 | 24 | Menlo (Calif.) | 0-1 | 79 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Mobile (Ala.), Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.), LSU Shreveport (La.)
Receiving Votes: Mobile (Ala.) 78, Cumberland (Tenn.) 22, Bethel (Ind.) 20, McPherson (Kan.) 20, Morningside (Iowa) 17, Brenau (Ga.) 16, Cornerstone (Mich.) 15, St. Francis (Ill.) 13, Arizona Christian 12, Indiana Tech 8, Oakland City (Ind.) 8, Coastal Georgia 5, Reinhardt (Ga.) 4.
