Courtesy: Georgia Gwinnett Athletics
Courtesy: Georgia Gwinnett Athletics

2024-25 NAIA Men’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 Rating – No. 3 (March 12)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Georgia Gwinnett Grizzlies remain on top of the third NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 with all 12 first-place votes. Tennessee Wesleyan, Keiser (Fla.), and Southeastern (Fla.) all held strong in their ranks from the previous release, while William Carey (Miss.) climbed to No. 5 this week. Among the movement in this week's rating release, two teams join the top 25 in Tennessee Southern at 21 and Marian (Ind.) at 25.

 

Rating Methodology:

  • The rating was rated 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 rater rates the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 for third-place and so on through the list.
  • The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team’s rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
  • Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”.
RANK LAST TIME INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] RECORD FINAL POINTS
1 1 Georgia Gwinnett [12] 10-2 300
2 2 Tennessee Wesleyan 7-2 290
3 3 Keiser (Fla.) 4-1 280
4 4 Southeastern (Fla.) 2-0 270
5 6 William Carey (Miss.) 4-2 254
6 8 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 5-3 252
7 10 Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) 11-1 230
8 7 Xavier (La.) 4-5 226
8 9 Holy Cross (Ind.) 5-2 226
10 5 Northwestern Ohio 9-5 214
11 11 SCAD Savannah (Ga.) 6-2 208
12 14 Cumberland (Tenn.) 5-5 190
13 15 Dillard (La.) 6-1 165
14 16 Grace (Ind.) 13-0 164
15 13 Middle Georgia State 5-4 158
16 18 Cumberlands (Ky.) 5-6 150
17 12 William Woods (Mo.) 5-4 147
18 22 Morningside (Iowa) 10-1 108
19 21 Union Commonwealth (Ky.) 6-4 102
20 24 Huntington (Ind.) 12-4 101
21 RV Tennessee Southern 8-3 90
22 20 Oakland City (Ind.) 6-2 89
23 25 Loyola (La.) 3-3 77
24 23 Ave Maria (Fla.) 3-3 75
25 RV Marian (Ind.) 8-8 57

Dropped from Top 25: Reinhardt (Ga.), Coastal Georgia

Receiving Votes: Mobile (Ala.) 44, Coastal Georgia 39, Arizona Christian 33, SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 29, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 21, Pikeville (Ky.) 21, Missouri Baptist 12, Texas A&M Texarkana 6, Reinhardt (Ga.) 2

Championship Information

NAIA Men's Tennis Championships

75th ANNUAL
MEN'S TENNIS 

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
May 11-15, 2027
Mobile Tennis Center
Mobile, Ala.