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.
In all, five AAC teams received votes in the latest poll.
Tennessee Wesleyans leads the way at No. 2, having collected 332 voting points. Meanwhile, Reinhardt has soared up the polls and landed at No. 9 with 247 voting points.
Union climbed two spots to No. 14 as it garnered 181 voting points.
SCAD Atlanta and Pikeville sit just outside the top 25 with 60 and 29 voting points, respectively.
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] | 10-0 | 343 |
| 2 | 2 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 9-1 | 332 |
| 3 | 3 | Keiser (Fla.) | 6-0 | 321 |
| 4 | 4 | Northwestern Ohio | 12-1 | 310 |
| 5 | 5 | Westcliff (Calif.) | 5-5 | 297 |
| 6 | 7 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 10-3 | 290 |
| 7 | 9 | Middle Georgia State | 7-2 | 277 |
| 8 | 8 | William Carey (Miss.) | 4-2 | 264 |
| 9 | 11 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 8-1 | 247 |
| 10 | 13 | Xavier (La.) | 6-6 | 243 |
| 11 | 12 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 5-8 | 205 |
| 12 | 10 | Coastal Georgia | 3-4 | 200 |
| 13 | 6 | William Woods (Mo.) | 9-4 | 199 |
| 14 | 16 | Union (Ky.) | 4-7 | 181 |
| 15 | 21 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 6-3 | 179 |
| 16 | RV | Mobile (Ala.) | 8-0 | 174 |
| 17 | 17 | Grace (Ind.) | 15-5 | 168 |
| 18 | 15 | Dillard (La.) | 6-2 | 156 |
| 19 | 19 | McPherson (Kan.) | 2-1 | 150 |
| 20 | 20 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 3-5 | 145 |
| 21 | 22 | Holy Cross (Ind.) | 1-3 | 136 |
| 22 | 18 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 8-5 | 116 |
| 23 | 23 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 8-6 | 112 |
| 24 | 25 | Marian (Ind.) | 10-7 | 108 |
| 25 | 24 | Oakland City (Ind.) | 6-2 | 88 |
Receiving Votes: St. Thomas (Fla.) 78, SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 60, Pikeville (Ky.) 29, Morningside (Iowa) 56, Huntington (Ind.) 23, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 15, Ave Maria (Fla.) 10, Missouri Baptist 8, Loyola (La.) 7, Campbellsville (Ky.) 6, Arizona Christian 5.