AAC Places 3 in NAIA Top 20; 4 Teams Receive Votes
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 it landed at No. 3, receiving 320 voting points. Union checks in at No. 20 with 130 voting points, and Reinhardt sits at No. 23 with 104 voting points.
Montreat, meanwhile, received three 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 rating) 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 appear 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 | Keiser (Fla.) [13] | 17-5 | 343 |
| 2 | 2 | Georgia Gwinnett | 18-1 | 332 |
| 3 | 3 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 19-1 | 320 |
| 4 | 5 | William Woods (Mo.) | 20-4 | 304 |
| 5 | 4 | Northwestern Ohio | 14-5 | 298 |
| 6 | 6 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 16-3 | 295 |
| 7 | 7 | Xavier (La.) | 17-6 | 276 |
| 8 | 8 | William Carey (Miss.) | 12-4 | 262 |
| 9 | 11 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 8-5 | 243 |
| 10 | 9 | Middle Georgia State | 11-6 | 241 |
| 11 | 10 | Westcliff (Calif.) | 10-3 | 236 |
| 12 | 12 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 21-3 | 232 |
| 13 | 14 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 19-7 | 207 |
| 14 | 13 | Coastal Georgia | 8-4 | 204 |
| 15 | 15 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 14-9 | 185 |
| T16 | 17 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 14-7 | 174 |
| T16 | 19 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 16-7 | 174 |
| 18 | 18 | Grace (Ind.) | 22-5 | 164 |
| 19 | 16 | Holy Cross (Ind.) | 10-3 | 132 |
| 20 | 21 | Union (Ky.) | 13-6 | 130 |
| 21 | 20 | McPherson (Kan.) | 16-6 | 127 |
| 22 | 22 | Huntington (Ind.) | 16-6 | 105 |
| 23 | 23 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 10-4 | 104 |
| 24 | 24 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 14-13 | 91 |
| 25 | 25 | Oakland City (Ind.) | 19-6 | 78 |
Others Receiving Votes: Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 32, Texas Wesleyan 28, Marian (Ind.) 27, Loyola (La.) 25, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 18, Midland (Neb.) 14, Indiana Tech 12, Dillard (La.) 10, Westmont (Calif.) 9, Pikeville (Ky.) 7, Texas A&M Texarkana 6, Cornerstone (Mich.) 5, Campbellsville (Ky.) 3, Montreat (N.C.) 3.