Eagles Earn National Recognition in the Latest NAIA Coaches Poll
TEXARKANA, Texas- The Texas A&M University-Texarkana Men's Tennis program has garnered national attention this season and has received votes in the NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches Top 25 National Poll.
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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