KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The top six teams in the country stayed put in the fourth edition of the NAIA Women’s Tennis Top 25. Mobile (Ala.) was the lone newcomer of the week, checking-in at No. 25 as ratings began to solidify up and down the rating.
Rating Methodology:
- The Top 25 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 ratings) 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 ratings 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] | 13-0 | 343 |
| 2 | 2 | Keiser (Fla.) | 7-4 | 332 |
| 3 | 3 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 9-3 | 321 |
| 4 | 4 | Middle Georgia State | 8-3 | 310 |
| 5 | 5 | Xavier (La.) | 11-4 | 299 |
| 6 | 6 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 10-3 | 288 |
| 7 | 8 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 2-4 | 270 |
| 8 | 8 | William Carey (Miss.) | 9-3 | 259 |
| 9 | 11 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 6-3 | 255 |
| 10 | 7 | LSU Alexandria (La.) | 7-2 | 251 |
| 11 | 10 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 11-2 | 238 |
| 12 | 12 | Loyola (La.) | 4-4 | 223 |
| 13 | 13 | Union (Ky.) | 9-4 | 204 |
| 14 | 14 | Holy Cross (Ind.) | 4-0 | 192 |
| 15 | 16 | Westcliff (Calif.) | 8-5 | 186 |
| 16 | 15 | William Woods (Mo.) | 5-6 | 182 |
| 17 | 17 | Northwestern Ohio | 8-2 | 175 |
| 18 | 18 | Indiana Wesleyan | 19-4 | 157 |
| 19 | 19 | Dillard (La.) | 7-7 | 143 |
| 20 | 19 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 6-6 | 134 |
| 21 | 21 | Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 10-4 | 122 |
| 22 | 22 | Marian (Ind.) | 12-5 | 109 |
| 23 | 23 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 11-4 | 106 |
| 24 | 24 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 10-6 | 84 |
| 25 | RV | Mobile (Ala.) | 11-3 | 82 |
Dropped from the Top 25: Campbellsville (Ky.)
Receiving Votes: Bethel (Tenn.) 61, Arizona Christian 53, Campbellsville (Ky.) 27, Ave Maria (Fla.) 20, McPherson (Kan.) 19, Morningside (Iowa) 12, Menlo (Calif.) 11, Cornerstone (Mich.) 5, Brenau (Ga.) 5, Ottawa (Kan.) 3, Bethel (Ind.) 3