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3/31 ITA Rankings Have Been Released – Top 10 Breakdown

by | Mar 31, 2015 | Blog

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Oklahoma stays at #1 in the ITA Men’s rankings for the 5th week in a row and for the 6th time in the last 7 weeks. The top 4 in the Women’s rankings stays the same with Georgia and Florida swapping spots at 5 and 6.

Below I’ll breakdown the Top 10 on the men’s side looking at the 7 best wins that were used in the rankings this week along with other quality ranked wins that could potentially fit in down the road.  You’ll notice some of the quality wins are ranked higher than a top 7 win and that is because I used the new ranking so that you can see what changes will be made next week.  

Oklahoma would have retained its #1 ranking whether they played or not last week but they increased their margin after knocking off a pair of top 10 teams in TCU and Texas last week.  

  • 7 Best Wins: #2 Baylor (2x), #4 Virginia, #7 USC, #9 Texas, #10 TCU, at #11 Ohio State
  • Other Quality Wins: at #12 Wake Forest, #14 Ole Miss, #19 North Carolina (2X), #22 South Florida, #24 Northwestern
  • Losses: #8 Texas A&M
  • What’s Coming Up: #20 Tulsa (4/1), at #2 Baylor (4/10), at #21 Texas Tech (4/12), #30 Oklahoma State (4/19)
  • Comments:  Would be hard to see them NOT staying #1 all the way through the regular season. 


Baylor stays at #2 after beating Incarnate Word and UT Arlington on Sunday.  Baylor added a nice 7th win to its list with #15 UCLA moving into the last spot.   

  • 7 Best Wins: #4 Virginia (2X), #5 Duke, #7 USC, #10 TCU, at #14 Ole Miss, #15 UCLA
  • Other Quality Wins: at #20 Tulsa, #31 Drake
  • Losses: #1 Oklahoma (2X), #3 Illinois
  • What’s Coming Up:  #1 Oklahoma (4/10), #30 Oklahoma State (4/12), at #9 Texas (4/15), at #21 Texas Tech (4/18)
  • Comments:  Next week BU will add Tulsa as its 8th best win. It’s pretty impressive to have 8 wins over top 20 opponents.  


Illinois stays at #3 despite beating #11 Ohio State on Sunday.  The win over the Buckeyes helped narrow the gap between 2 and 3 but it wasn’t quite enough to put them past Baylor.  
  • 7 Best Wins: at #2 Baylor, at #8 Texas A&M, at #9 Texas, #11 Ohio State (2X), #19 North Carolina, #24 Northwestern
  • Other Quality Wins: #33 California, at #35 Notre Dame, #44 Indiana, #49 Penn State
  • Losses: #5 Duke, #6 Georgia, #10 TCU
  • What’s Coming Up: at Michigan State (4/4), at Michigan (4/5), #68 Iowa (4/11), #73 Nebraska (4/12) 
  • Comments:  Despite closing with .17 points of Baylor for 2nd, the Illini will likely still be at #3 a week from now because they’ll lose points from the UNC and NW wins since they both dropped this week plus its 8th best win will be over #33 Cal.  

Virginia comes up 4 spots from 8 to 4 after picking up wins over Duke and North Carolina last weekend.  
  • 7 Best Wins: #5 Duke, #10 TCU, at #12 Wake Forest, #19 North Carolina (2X), #23 Louisville, at #34 NC State
  • Other Quality Wins: at #35 Notre Dame, #64 Clemson
  • Losses: #1 Oklahoma, #2 Baylor (2X)
  • What’s Coming Up: William & Mary (4/4), #13 Virginia Tech (4/5), Georgia Tech (4/10), #23 Louisville (4/12)
  • Comments:  Virginia has a chance to narrow the gap between 4 and 3 if it can beat #13 Virginia Tech this Sunday.  A win over the Hokies would be a nice 8th best win otherwise #35 Notre Dame would fill that spot.  


Duke drops 1 spot from 4 to 5 after winning at Clemson but losing to Virginia on Sunday.

  • 7 Best Wins: at #3 Illinois, #10 TCU, #12 Wake Forest (2X), #14 Ole Miss, at #24 Northwestern, #34 NC State
  • Other Quality Wins: #43 Tennessee, #47 Memphis, at #64 Clemson
  • Losses: #2 Baylor, #4 Virginia, #13 Virginia Tech
  • What’s Coming Up: #35 Notre Dame (4/3), Boston College (4/4), at #19 North Carolina (4/10), #32 Florida State (4/12)
  • Comments:  Despite the loss to Virginia, Duke is still sitting in pretty good shape with 6 wins over top 25 opponents.  They’ll have a chance to add to the resume with Notre Dame coming to Durham on Friday.  


Georgia drops 1 spot from 5 to 6 despite beat Vanderbilt last Friday.  

  • 7 Best Wins: #3 Illinois, #8 Texas A&M, #15 UCLA, at #16 Florida, #18 Vanderbilt, #25 LSU, #28 Columbia
  • Other Quality Wins: at #43 Tennessee, at #46 Auburn, 
  • Losses: #7 USC (2X)
  • What’s Coming Up: at #26 Mississippi State (4/3), at #71 Alabama (4/5), #58 Arkansas (4/9), #14 Ole Miss (4/11)
  • Comments:  Georgia has a chance to pick up another top 30 win this Friday against #26 Mississippi State which would give it 8 wins over Top 30 opponents.  Georgia’s drop this week had more to do with Virginia coming up than anything else.  

USC falls 1 spot from 6 to 7 despite beating both Washington and Oregon over the weekend.    
  • 7 Best Wins: #6 Georgia (2X+1 was at UGA), #11 Ohio State, #15 UCLA, #16 Florida, #17 San Diego, #28 Columbia
  • Other Quality Wins: #20 Tulsa, #38 Stanford, #51 Oregon, #59 Washington
  • Losses: #1 Oklahoma, #2 Baylor, #20 Tulsa
  • What’s Coming Up: Utah (4/3), Arizona (4/4), at #33 Cal (4/10), at #38 Stanford (4/11), at #15 UCLA (4/17)
  • Comments:  USC faces 2 unranked teams this week but they’ll add the Tulsa win as an 8th best for next week which will give it 8 wins over Top 30 opponent  
Texas A&M rises 1 spot from 9 to 8 after beating Arkansas, Ole Miss, and UT Arlington last weekend. 
  • 7 Best Wins:  #1 Oklahoma, #11 Ohio State, #14 Ole Miss, #17 San Diego, #18 Vanderbilt, at #26 Mississippi State, at #45 South Carolina
  • Other Quality Wins: #43 Tennessee, #58 Arkansas, at #71 Alabama
  • Losses: #3 Illinois, #6 Georgia, #10 TCU
  • What’s Coming Up:  at #48 Rice (4/1), #46 Auburn (4/3), at #16 Florida (4/5), at #25 LSU (4/9), at #10 TCU (4/11)
  • Comments:  Texas A&M will be favored in just about all its remaining matches and with 3 Top 25 opponents coming up there’s no reason they can’t come up another spot or two before the end of the year.  


Texas falls 2 spots from 7 to 9 after beating Oklahoma State before falling to Oklahoma. 

  • 7 Best Wins: #11 Ohio State, #12 Wake Forest, #19 North Carolina, at #20 Tulsa, #28 Columbia, #29 Minnesota, #30 Oklahoma State
  • Other Quality Wins: #32 Florida State, at #39 SMU, #49 Penn State
  • Losses:  #1 Oklahoma, #3 Illinois, #11 Ohio State
  • What’s Coming Up: #21 Texas Tech (4/4), UTSA (4/7), # 56Texas A&M CC (4/8), #2 Baylor (4/15), at #10 TCU (4/18)
  • Comments: Texas won’t leave the state the rest of the regular season and has a chance to pick up a nice 8th best win this Saturday when they host #21 Texas Tech.


    TCU stays at #10 this week after losing to #1 Oklahoma but rebounding to win at Oklahoma State.

    • 7 Best Wins: #3 Illinois, at #8 Texas A&M, at #20 Tulsa, #25 LSU, #30 Oklahoma State, #42 New Mexico, #50 Dartmouth
    • Other Quality Wins: #60 UC Santa Barbara, #74 UT Arlington
    • Losses: #1 Oklahoma, #2 Baylor, #4 Virginia, #5 Duke, #12 Wake Forest, #15 UCLA
    • What’s Coming Up: #21 Texas Tech (4/2), #22 South Florida (4/4), at #39 SMU (4/8), #8 Texas A&M (4/11), #9 Texas (4/18)
    • Comments:  This will be another big week for the Horned Frogs with a pair of Top 25 teams on the docket in the next 5 days.  

    Other Comments: 
    • Rice re-enters the rankings at #48 after knocking off Northwestern, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, George Washington, and Louisiana Lafayette last week.  The Owls only have 2 regular season matches left – tomorrow at home against #8 Texas A&M and on April 12th at #39 SMU.
    • East Tennessee State re-enters the rankings at #63 after defeating then #47 UNC Wilmington.
    • Nebraska re-enters the rankings after sweeping Michigan and Michigan State last weekend. 
    • South Alabama re-enters the rankings after winning the Middle Tennessee Shootout which saw the Jags knock off Southern Illinois, Southern Mississippi and then #61 Old Dominion.  
    • Dropping out of the top 75 this week are Georgia Tech (lost to Louisville), UT San Antonio (lost to Texas A&M), Portland (lost to Pacific), and UC Davis (lost to D2 #1 Hawaii-Pacific). 
    Projection Misses:
    • Texas Tech – left off a win over newly ranked Texas A&M Corpus Christi and instead used a lower ranked win.
    • Columbia – win over St John’s was worth 8 points (ranked 106-115) instead of 6 (ranked 116-125).
    Men’s National Team Rankings 
    Administered by the ITA
    NCAA Division I Tennis
    March 31, 2015
    Rank Avg School Previous Rank
    1 86.36 University of Oklahoma 1
    2 77.82 Baylor University 2
    3 77.65 University of Illinois 3
    4 68.19 University of Virginia 8
    5 66.90 Duke University 4
    6 66.38 University of Georgia 5
    7 65.65 University of Southern California 6
    8 64.16 Texas A&M University 9
    9 60.07 University of Texas 7
    10 53.63 TCU 10
    11 49.82 Ohio State University 11
    12 46.07 Wake Forest University 12
    13 44.79 Virginia Tech 16
    14 44.29 University of Mississippi 13
    15 40.48 UCLA 15
    16 37.65 University of Florida 20
    17 36.55 University of San Diego 21
    18 36.52 Vanderbilt University 17
    19 35.68 North Carolina 14
    20 35.15 University of Tulsa 27
    21 34.85 Texas Tech University 25
    22 34.76 University of South Florida 18
    23 32.85 University of Louisville 23
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