2018 NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll ? No. 6 (April 24)
By Jed Flemming, Athletic Communications and Media Intern
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Keiser (Fla.) captures all 14 first-place votes in their third-consecutive No. 1 ranking in the 2018 NAIA Women’s Tennis Coaches’ Top 25 Poll #6, announced Tuesday by the national office.
Top 25 Highlights (dating back to 2000)
• Keiser defeated College of Coastal Georgia and then-No. 3 SCAD Savannah (Ga.) to win The Sun Conference Championship this week
• Cumberlands (Ky.) is the only team to join the Top 25 this week at No. 19. Cumberlands rejoins the Top 25 for the first time since Poll No. 1 of this season on Feb. 13
• No. 7 SCAD Savannah (Ga.) and No. 4 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) are tied for the longest active streak in the Top 25 Poll with 109-straight appearances
• Former member Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) holds the most No. 1 rankings with 80. Georgia Gwinnett follows with 28
• There are only three teams that have been able to hold the No. 1 ranking for an entire season: former member Auburn Montgomery (2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004), former member Fresno Pacific (Calif.) (2011) and Georgia Gwinnett (2017)
Poll Methodology
• The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences, Association of Independent Institutions and Unaffiliated Groups.
• 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 on 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 rating calendar, CLICK HERE.
2018 NAIA Women’s Tennis Top 25 Poll – No. 6 (April 24)
| RANK | WEEK | SCHOOL [1st Place Votes] | Record | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Keiser (Fla.) [14] | 20-2 | 374 |
| 2 | 2 | Georgia Gwinnett | 14-2 | 362 |
| 3 | 4 | Xavier (La.) | 17-7 | 350 |
| 4 | 5 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 12-2 | 334 |
| 5 | 6 | William Carey (Miss.) | 11-5 | 316 |
| 6 | 12 | Brenau (Ga.) | 15-7 | 306 |
| 7 | 3 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 10-5 | 300 |
| 8 | 7 | William Woods (Mo.) | 13-5 | 298 |
| 9 | 8 | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | 9-6 | 286 |
| 10 | 9 | Indiana Wesleyan | 29-4 | 257 |
| 11 | 14 | Northwestern Ohio | 13-4 | 253 |
| 12 | 10 | LSU Alexandria (La.) | 8-6 | 251 |
| 13 | 11 | San Diego Christian (Calif.) | 11-6 | 244 |
| 14 | 13 | Middle Georgia State | 10-6 | 218 |
| 15 | 15 | Westmont (Calif.) | 9-11 | 202 |
| 16 | 15 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 11-6 | 201 |
| 17 | 19 | Arizona Christian | 10-11 | 171 |
| 18 | 21 | Union (Ky.) | 15-5 | 167 |
| 19 | NR | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 10-10 | 161 |
| 20 | 17 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 12-7 | 142 |
| 21 | 23 | Loyola (La.) | 12-7 | 140 |
| 22 | 20 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 13-10 | 125 |
| 23 | 22 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 12-7 | 108 |
| 24 | 18 | Mobile (Ala.) | 11-6 | 100 |
| 25 | 25 | Marian (Ind.) | 17-4 | 75 |
Dropped from the Top 25: St. Thomas (Fla.)
Others Receiving Votes: Georgetown (Ky.) 68; St. Thomas (Fla.) 57; Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 29; Southwestern (Kan.) 28; Missouri Baptist 19; Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 19; Tennessee Wesleyan 8; Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 6; Huntington (Ind.) 6; Hastings (Neb.) 3; Asbury (Ky.) 3
