KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) had five teams receive votes in the NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll, announced by the national office on Wednesday.
Tennessee Wesleyan leads the AAC as it checks in at No. 5, receiving 299 voting points. Union is next in line at No. 18 with 165 voting points. SCAD Atlanta also made the top 25, landing at No. 21 with 122 voting points.
Brenau and Reinhardt also garnered votes, picking up 21 and 4 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 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 TIME | SCHOOL [First Place Votes] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Georgia Gwinnett [13] | 4-0 | 343 |
| 2 | 2 | Keiser (Fla.) | 2-1 | 331 |
| 3 | 5 | Xavier (La.) | 4-1 | 321 |
| 4 | 3 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 2-1 | 311 |
| 5 | 4 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 1-2 | 299 |
| 6 | 8 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 2-2 | 285 |
| 7 | 7 | LSU Alexandria (La.) | 2-0 | 280 |
| 8 | 13 | William Carey (Miss.) | 0-0 | 260 |
| 9 | 22 | William Woods (Mo.) | 1-2 | 237 |
| 10 | 12 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 1-0 | 235 |
| 11 | 9 | Middle Georgia State | 0-2 | 228 |
| 12 | 14 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 3-2 | 218 |
| 13 | 6 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 0-3 | 197 |
| 14 | 10 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 1-2 | 194 |
| 15 | 11 | Loyola (La.) | 0-1 | 193 |
| 16 | 17 | Westcliff (Calif.) | 1-2 | 176 |
| 17 | 16 | Holy Cross (Ind.) | 0-0 | 174 |
| 18 | 15 | Union (Ky.) | 1-1 | 165 |
| 19 | 19 | Indiana Wesleyan | 13-0 | 143 |
| 20 | NR | Northwestern Ohio | 4-0 | 129 |
| 21 | 20 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 1-1 | 122 |
| 22 | NR | Dillard (La.) | 2-1 | 115 |
| 23 | 21 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 1-2 | 106 |
| 24 | 23 | Marian (Ind.) | 8-3 | 95 |
| 25 | 24 | Menlo (Calif.) | 0-1 | 79 |
Receiving Votes: Mobile (Ala.) 78, Cumberland (Tenn.) 22, Bethel (Ind.) 20, McPherson (Kan.) 20, Morningside (Iowa) 17, Brenau (Ga.) 16, Cornerstone (Mich.) 15, St. Francis (Ill.) 13, Arizona Christian 12, Indiana Tech 8, Oakland City (Ind.) 8, Coastal Georgia 5, Reinhardt (Ga.) 4.