AAC Places 4 Teams in NAIA Men's Tennis Top 25
February 15, 2023
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) had four teams receive votes in the NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll, announced by the national office on Wednesday.
Tennessee Wesleyan leads the AAC as landed at No. 3, receiving 321 voting points. Union is next in line at No. 13 with 203 voting points.
Montreat picked up 146 voting points to check in at No. 18, and Reinhardt is No. 24 with 91 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 | 2 | Keiser (Fla.) [13] | 3-2 | 343 |
| 2 | 1 | Georgia Gwinnett | 5-1 | 332 |
| 3 | 3 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 4-1 | 321 |
| 4 | 4 | Northwestern Ohio | 3-3 | 309 |
| 5 | 5 | Xavier (La.) | 3-1 | 300 |
| 6 | 6 | Middle Georgia State | 0-1 | 288 |
| 7 | 7 | William Carey (Miss.) | 0-0 | 277 |
| 8 | 8 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 1-2 | 266 |
| 9 | 9 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 2-0 | 255 |
| 10 | 11 | William Woods (Mo.) | 3-1 | 238 |
| 11 | 10 | Westcliff (Calif.) | 0-0 | 237 |
| 12 | 13 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 4-1 | 218 |
| 13 | 12 | Union (Ky.) | 0-0 | 203 |
| 14 | 14 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 0-1 | 202 |
| 15 | 15 | Coastal Georgia | 0-0 | 190 |
| 16 | 16 | Holy Cross (Ind.) | 2-1 | 185 |
| 17 | 18 | Grace (Ind.) | 14-2 | 160 |
| 18 | 17 | Montreat (N.C.) | 0-0 | 146 |
| 19 | 19 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 1-2 | 138 |
| 20 | 22 | Oakland City (Ind.) | 7-1 | 127 |
| 21 | 20 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 2-2 | 124 |
| 22 | 21 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 0-0 | 115 |
| 23 | 23 | McPherson (Kan.) | 0-1 | 95 |
| 24 | 24 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 1-0 | 91 |
| 25 | 25 | Mobile (Ala.) | 1-0 | 70 |
Others Receiving Votes: Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 62, St. Thomas (Fla.) 60, Menlo (Calif.) 32, Indiana Tech 28, Campbellsville (Ky.) 22, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 20, Midland (Neb.) 19, Loyola (La.) 11, Huntington (Ind.) 5, Cornerstone (Mich.) 3.