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AAC Places 3 Teams in the NAIA Top 25

AAC Places 3 Teams in the NAIA Top 25
February 19, 2024

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) placed three teams in the NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll, announced by the national office on Wednesday.

Tennessee Wesleyan headlines the AAC contingent as it checks in at No. 2 with 330 voting points. Union is next in line, landing at No. 21 with 124 voting points.

Reinhardt rounds out the group as it is ranked 23rd 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 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 TIME SCHOOL [First Place Votes] RECORD FINAL POINTS
1 1 Georgia Gwinnett [13] 4-0 343
2 2 Tennessee Wesleyan 3-1 330
3 3 Keiser (Fla.) 2-0 321
4 NR Northwestern Ohio 6-1 312
5 7 Westcliff (Calif.) 2-3 296
6 6 William Woods (Mo.) 4-2 289
7 4 Southeastern (Fla.) 2-2 279
8 5 Xavier (La.) 2-3 261
9 8 William Carey (Miss.) 0-0 252
10 9 Coastal Georgia 0-3 251
11 11 Middle Georgia State 1-1 228
11 10 Cumberlands (Ky.) 2-1 228
13 12 St. Thomas (Fla.) 0-1 198
14 13 Cumberland (Tenn.) 1-2 193
15 14 Holy Cross (Ind.) 1-1 189
16 17 Grace (Ind.) 11-0 163
17 16 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 1-1 157
18 15 Oakland City (Ind.) 3-1 153
19 17 McPherson (Kan.) 0-0 148
20 20 Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 2-3 134
21 19 Union (Ky.) 1-2 124
22 NR Dillard (La.) 0-1 122
23 22 Reinhardt (Ga.) 1-0 95
24 NR Ave Maria (Fla.) 0-1 93
25 NR Marian (Ind.) 8-5 81

Receiving Votes: Loyola (La.) 65, Huntington (Ind.) 55, Mobile (Ala.) 34, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 34, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 22, Campbellsville (Ky.) 13, Morningside (Iowa) 11, Missouri Baptist 7, Indiana Tech 5, Arizona Christian 3, Ottawa (Kan.) 3.