2023-24 NAIA Women’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 Rating – No. 5 (April 10, 2024)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Georgia Gwinnett captured all 13, first place votes and was once again followed by a pair of Sun Conference standouts in the fifth edition of the NAIA Women’s Tennis Top 25 rating. Keiser (Fla.) and Southeastern (Fla.) both stayed at Nos. 2 and 3 while Xavier (La.) and Tennessee Wesleyan both jumped one spot to round-out the top five. Dillard (La.) had the most positive movement of the week, up seven spots to No. 12 while Bethel (Tenn.) was ranked for the first time in 2024, checking-in at No. 25.
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] | 13-0 | 343 |
| 2 | 2 | Keiser (Fla.) | 12-4 | 332 |
| 3 | 3 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 11-3 | 321 |
| 4 | 5 | Xavier (La.) | 16-5 | 310 |
| 5 | 6 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 14-3 | 297 |
| 6 | 4 | Middle Georgia State | 9-4 | 289 |
| 7 | 9 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 9-4 | 276 |
| 8 | 8 | William Carey (Miss.) | 12-3 | 267 |
| 9 | 7 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 4-6 | 254 |
| 10 | 12 | Loyola (La.) | 7-5 | 240 |
| 11 | 11 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 15-2 | 238 |
| 12 | 19 | Dillard (La.) | 11-7 | 222 |
| 13 | 10 | LSU Alexandria (La.) | 10-3 | 212 |
| 14 | 13 | Union (Ky.) | 13-5 | 202 |
| 15 | 15 | Westcliff (Calif.) | 9-6 | 180 |
| 16 | 16 | William Woods (Mo.) | 8-6 | 179 |
| 17 | 17 | Northwestern Ohio | 9-2 | 171 |
| 18 | 18 | Indiana Wesleyan | 20-4 | 160 |
| 19 | 14 | Holy Cross (Ind.) | 4-1 | 140 |
| 20 | 22 | Marian (Ind.) | 14-8 | 134 |
| 21 | 23 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 12-5 | 127 |
| 22 | 20 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 7-8 | 105 |
| 23 | 24 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 12-7 | 104 |
| 24 | 25 | Mobile (Ala.) | 13-5 | 94 |
| 25 | RV | Bethel (Tenn.) | 11-3 | 66 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)
Receiving Votes: LSU Shreveport (La.) 62, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 44, Menlo (Calif.) 43, McPherson (Kan.) 19, Arizona Christian 18, Campbellsville (Ky.) 17, Ave Maria (Fla.) 16, Morningside (Iowa) 8, Brenau (Ga.) 6, Bethel (Ind.) 5, Oakland City (Ind.) 3
