Four AAC Squads Appear in NAIA Men's Tennis Top 25
January 25, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) had four teams receive votes in the NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top @5 Poll, announced by the national office on Wednesday.
Tennessee Wesleyan leads the AAC as landed at No. 3, receiving 349 voting points. Union is next in line at No. 12 with 239 voting points.
Montreat picked up 183 voting points to check in at No. 17, and Reinhardt is No. 24 with 95 voting points.
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.
| RANK | LAST WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Georgia Gwinnett [14] | 0-0 | 374 |
| 2 | 2 | Keiser (Fla.) | 0-0 | 362 |
| 3 | 4 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 0-0 | 349 |
| 4 | 6 | Northwestern Ohio | 0-0 | 333 |
| 5 | 5 | Xavier (La.) | 0-0 | 324 |
| 6 | 8 | Middle Georgia State | 0-0 | 315 |
| 7 | 11 | William Carey (Miss.) | 0-0 | 293 |
| 8 | 9 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 0-0 | 287 |
| 9 | 14 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 0-0 | 253 |
| 10 | NR | Westcliff | 0-0 | 252 |
| 11 | 17 | William Woods (Mo.) | 1-0 | 251 |
| 12 | 6 | Union (Ky.) | 0-0 | 239 |
| 13 | 18 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 2-1 | 228 |
| 14 | 15 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 0-0 | 227 |
| 15 | 16 | Coastal Georgia | 0-0 | 199 |
| 16 | 24 | Holy Cross (Ind.) | 1-0 | 196 |
| 17 | 10 | Montreat (N.C.) | 0-0 | 183 |
| 18 | RV | Grace (Ind.) | 14-1 | 160 |
| 19 | 12 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 1-1 | 154 |
| 20 | 19 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 2-1 | 121 |
| 21 | RV | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 0-0 | 120 |
| 22 | RV | Oakland City (Ind.) | 5-0 | 105 |
| 23 | 22 | McPherson (Kan.) | 0-0 | 104 |
| 24 | 20 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 0-0 | 95 |
| 25 | 21 | Mobile (Ala.) | 0-0 | 81 |
Others Receiving Votes: Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 77, Huntington (Ind.) 75, St. Thomas (Fla.) 61, Midland (Neb.) 54, Campbellsville (Ky.) 27, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 26, Menlo (Calif.) 24, Indiana Tech 23, Marian (Ind.) 6, Loyola (La.) 3, Warner (Fla.) 3, Southwestern (Kan.) 3.