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3/10 ITA Rankings Have Been Released

by | Mar 11, 2015 | Blog

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The new rankings are out and if you scroll all the way down I’ve got both the men’s and women’s team rankings along with singles and doubles listed too.

Oklahoma retains its spot at #1 and widens its gap after picking up an impressive road win at Ohio State last week.  The Sooners now have 9, yes 9, top 20 wins so they are going to be up near the top for quite a while.   The 5 best wins used for these rankings were the road wins at Wake Forest and Ohio State, and neutral court wins against Baylor, USC, and Ole Miss.  For next week’s rankings OU will have wins over #2 Baylor, #5 USC, at #10 Ohio State, and 2 wins over #12 North Carolina plus they play #7 Virginia tonight so a win in that one would push out one of the UNC wins.  
Baylor comes up 3 spots to #2 this week with the win over TCU giving them the boost they needed. BU’s 5 best wins for these rankings were against Duke, Virginia (2X), TCU, and UCLA.  For next week’s rankings BU will lose points with Duke and TCU both falling 4 spots however Virginia is up 5 spots (2X) and UCLA is up 2 spots plus the Bears will have a chance to add a road win tonight over #13 Ole Miss.


Georgia comes up 1 spot to #3 with the win over Texas A&M giving them a nice boost. UGA’s 5 best wins are over Illinois, Texas A&M, UCLA, Columbia, and the road win at Florida.  Georgia plays at Tennessee and at Kentucky this week so they’ll likely see a points drop next week with Florida tumbling 7 spots, Columbia falling 8 spots, and Illinois falling 1 spot.  Texas A&M will come up 1 spot and UCLA 2 spots but those point increases won’t come close to the points decreased from the other 3.

Illinois drops 1 spot to #4 after the Illini were idle last week.  Next weekend will be a huge chance for Illinois to make a push upwards as they hit the road for matches at #8 Texas (Sat), at #9 Texas A&M (Sun), and at #17 TCU (Mon).  The Illini’s 5 best wins for these rankings were road wins over Baylor and Notre Dame, and home/neutral wins over Ohio State, North Carolina, and Northwestern.   With Notre Dame taking a huge tumble, Illinois will replace that win with Cal or one of the Texas schools should they beat them.  If Illinois can sweep both Texas and Texas A&M there is a good chance that they’ll be sitting at #1 come next week.  

USC comes up 1 spot to #5 with the neutral court win over San Diego making up 1 of USC’s 5 best wins.  The Trojans’ 5 best wins are Georgia, at Georgia, Ohio State, Florida, and San Diego.  This Saturday USC hosts #14 UCLA so a win over its crosstown rivals would help offset the loss in points that they’ll see from Florida’s 7 spot drop.

Duke tumbles 4 spots to #6 after the crushing 6-1 loss to Virginia Tech on Sunday. Duke’s 5 best wins are over Ole Miss, TCU, Wake Forest, and road wins over Illinois and Northwestern. Duke’s only match this week is on Sunday against unranked Miami so the Blue Devils will probably lose some points since both Ole Miss & TCU dropped 4 spots, Illinois dropped 1 spots, while Northwestern came up 5 spots and Wake 1 spot. Duke had a decent sized cushion between itself and #7 Virginia however #7, #8, #9, and #10 all have chances to make a big points push this week since they all face tough top 20 opponents.

Virginia comes up 5 spots to #12 after picking up a pair of road wins at Wake Forest and NC State. Both of those wins are part of the Cavalier’s 5 best wins with the other 3 being TCU, North Carolina, and Louisville.  Virginia has the big one tonight at #1 Oklahoma so a win there would do wonders.

Texas falls 1 spot to #8 after being idle last week.  Texas’s 5 best wins are over Columbia, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Florida State, and at Tulsa but by having Minnesota jump up 12 spots to #22 they’ll bump out Tulsa next week plus Texas has a chance to pick up big points if they defeat #4 Illinois on Saturday.

Texas A&M comes up 1 spot to #9 despite losing to Georgia last week because the Aggies also picked up a road win at South Carolina.  aTm’s 5 best wins are over Oklahoma, Ohio State, San Diego, Tennessee, and at South Carolina but they’ll have a chance to greatly improve on those with #11 Vanderbilt and #4 Illinois coming to College Station this weekend.

Ohio State drops 2 spots to #10 after the tough loss to Oklahoma last Friday.  OSU’s 5 best wins are over Texas, South Florida, Notre Dame, Tulsa, and Auburn.  Ohio State did pick up a nice road win today over #18 Florida plus on Sunday they play at #29 Tulsa so it appears they’ll be headed back upwards soon.

Men’s National Team Rankings 
Administered by the ITA
NCAA Division I Tennis
March 10, 2015
Rank Avg School Previous Week
1 80.08 University of Oklahoma 1
2 74.04 Baylor University 5
3 72.31 University of Georgia 4
4 71.35 University of Illinois 3
5 70.95 University of Southern California 6
6 65.58 Duke University 2
7 59.10 University of Virginia 12
8 58.96 University of Texas 7
9 57.81 Texas A&M University 10
10 55.71 Ohio State University 8
11 48.43 Vanderbilt University 14
12 44.14 North Carolina 19
13 43.92 University of Mississippi 9
14 42.95 UCLA 16
15 42.52 Virginia Tech 44
16 41.54 Northwestern University 21
17 41.16 TCU 13
18 40.74 University of Florida 11
19 38.81 Wake Forest University 20
20 36.16 University of South Florida 17
21 36.03 Harvard University 18
22 32.38 University of Minnesota 34
23 30.74 Columbia University 15
24 28.98 Florida State University 29
25 28.67 Drake University 24
26 27.57 California 22
27 26.97 Princeton University 25
28 26.09 University of Louisville 33
29 25.73 University of Tulsa 26
30 25.55 Indiana University-Bloomington 27
31 25.40 University of San Diego 32
32 23.94 Oklahoma State University 37
33 22.62 Louisiana State University 28
34 22.32 Texas Tech University 30
35 20.96 San Diego State University 60
36 20.92 University of Notre Dame 23
37 19.97 North Carolina State 31
38 19.12 University of South Carolina 40
39 18.06 Auburn University 35
40 17.88 Stanford University 38
41 17.69