Three AAC Teams Pick up Votes in NAIA Men's Tennis Poll
(Story provided by NAIA Athletic Communications)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) teams received votes in the latest NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Poll, which was released on Wednesday.
Tennessee Wesleyan leads the charge as it checks in at No. 2, receiving 290 total voting points.
SCAD Atlanta holds steady at No. 23 after picking up 68 voting points.
Milligan rounds out the field as it collected four voting points.
The next regular-season poll is set for April 8.
| Rank | Last | Trend | Institution [First-Place Votes] | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | ● | 
|
Georgia Gwinnett [11] | 300 |
| 2 | 2 | ● | 
|
Tennessee Wesleyan | 290 |
| 3 | 3 | ● | 
|
Keiser (Fla.) | 280 |
| 4 | 4 | ● | 
|
Southeastern (Fla.) | 269 |
| 5 | T-6 | ▲ | 
|
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 242 |
| 6 | 5 | ▼ | 
|
Cumberlands (Ky.) | 239 |
| 7 | 9 | ▲ | 
|
Xavier (La.) | 231 |
| 8 | T-6 | ▼ | 
|
William Carey (Miss.) | 227 |
| 9 | 8 | ▼ | 
|
Holy Cross (Ind.) | 226 |
| 10 | 12 | ▲ | 
|
Huntington (Ind.) | 197 |
| 11 | 10 | ▼ | 
|
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 195 |
| 12 | 11 | ▼ | 
|
Dillard (La.) | 181 |
| 13 | 13 | ● | 
|
Missouri Baptist | 168 |
| 14 | 14 | ● | 
|
Morningside (Iowa) | 151 |
| 15 | 18 | ▲ | 
|
Coastal Georgia | 143 |
| 16 | 15 | ▼ | 
|
Marian (Ind.) | 133 |
| 17 | 17 | ● | 
|
William Woods (Mo.) | 132 |
| 18 | 16 | ▼ | 
|
Oakland City (Ind.) | 123 |
| 19 | 19 | ● | 
|
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 96 |
| 20 | 20 | ● | 
|
Grace (Ind.) | 90 |
| 21 | 24 | ▲ | 
|
Arizona Christian | 88 |
| 22 | 21 | ▼ | 
|
St. Thomas (Fla.) | 72 |
| 23 | 23 | ● |
|
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 68 |
| 24 | 22 | ▼ | 
|
Cumberland (Tenn.) | 53 |
| 25 | 25 | ● | 
|
UT Southern (Tenn.) | 52 |
Receiving Votes: Loyola (La.) 40, New College of Florida 39, Goshen (Ind.) 29, Bethel (Kan.) 26, Bethel (Tenn.) 24, Texas A&M - Texarkana (Texas) 17, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 10, Bethel (Ind.) 6, Stanton (Calif.) 6, Milligan (Tenn.) 4, Concordia (Neb.), 2.
Key: Steady●| Climbed ▲ | Dropped ▼
Poll Methodology
- The national poll is for publicity purposes only and does not influence the selection process for national championship consideration.
- A panel of head coaches representing each conference and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) votes in the poll.
- The Top 25 teams are selected using a points-based system:
- 30 points for a 1st-place vote, 29 for 2nd, 28 for 3rd, and so on.
- The highest and lowest rankings received by each team are discarded before final tallying.
- Teams receiving only one point are not listed as "receiving votes."
- For the Preseason Poll, there is no "previous ranking" column since it is the initial poll and differs from the prior rating system.