Six AAC Teams Receives Votes in NAIA Men's Tennis Poll
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, six AAC teams garnered votes.
Tennessee Wesleyan headlines the AAC contingent as it checks in at No. 5 with 281 voting points. Reinhardt is next in line, landing at No. 16 with 184 voting points.
Union Commonwealth also landed in the top 25, coming 22nd with 97 voting points.
Receiving votes are SCAD Atlanta (31), Pikeville (27), and Milligan (4).
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.
| POSITION | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Georgia Gwinnett [12] | 18-0 | 372 |
| 2 | 3 | Keiser (Fla.) | 5-1 | 344 |
| 3 | 8 | Middle Georgia State | 10-3 | 288 |
| 4 | 6 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 8-3 | 287 |
| 5 | 2 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 21-2 | 281 |
| 5 | 10 | Xavier (La.) | 15-11 | 281 |
| 7 | 7 | William Carey (Miss.) | 8-2 | 278 |
| 8 | 11 | William Woods (Mo.) | 10-2 | 257 |
| 9 | 4 | Northwestern Ohio | 20-3 | 246 |
| 10 | 12 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 10-11-1 | 238 |
| 11 | 22 | Holy Cross (Ind.) | 13-4 | 213 |
| 12 | 13 | Mobile (Ala.) | 10-1 | 210 |
| 13 | 15 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 16-6 | 208 |
| 14 | 17 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 15-5 | 202 |
| 15 | 19 | Dillard (La.) | 14-5 | 194 |
| 16 | 9 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 18-4 | 184 |
| 17 | 21 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 4-1 | 162 |
| 18 | 23 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 19-8 | 153 |
| 19 | 16 | Coastal Georgia (Ga.) | 4-3-1 | 142 |
| 20 | 20 | Grace (Ind.) | 21-5 | 135 |
| 21 | 25 | Oakland City | 10-5 | 130 |
| 22 | 18 | McPherson (Kan.) | 9-3 | 97 |
| 22 | 14 | Union Commonwealth (Ky.) | 12-12 | 97 |
| 24 | 24 | Marian (Ind.) | 13-9 | 71 |
| 25 | RV | Morningside | 18-5 | 63 |
Receiving Votes: Ave Maria (Fla.) 56; Loyola (La.) 50; Campbellsville (Ky.) 44; Missouri Baptist 33; SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 31; Pikeville (Ky.) 27; Westcliff (Calif.) 26; Huntington (Ind.) 22; Arizona Christian 20; Bethel (Tenn.) 17; Tennessee Southern 16; St. Thomas (Fla.) 15; Bethel (Kan.) 13; Lewis-Clarke (Idaho) 13; Midland (Neb.) 13; Missouri Valley 12; Texas Wesleyan 11; Warner (Fla.) 9; Ottawa (Kan.) 8; Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) 6; Florida National (Fla.) 5; Milligan (Tenn.) 4; Cornerstone (Mich.) 3; Abraham Baldwin (Ga.) 2; Georgetown (Ky.) 2