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3/8 Oracle/ITA Men’s Rankings Release

by | Mar 9, 2016 | Blog | 5 comments

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The third computer rankings of the year are out and while there was still a good bit of movement it wasn’t as drastic as in the past two weeks.

North Carolina remains at #1 while Ohio State rises up from #4 to #2 after getting the big road win at Oklahoma. TCU stays at #3 while Virginia drops from #2 to #4 with Oklahoma State staying at #5.

Kentucky and Tulane were the biggest movers in the top 25 with Kentucky rising from #22 to #12 while Tulane rose from #35 to #21. NC State came back up 13 spots from #40 to #27 after winning at Wake Forest and SMU went from unranked to #37 after beating both Wichita State and Tulsa last week.

Old Dominion, LSU, Iowa, and Stanford had double-digit drops in inside the top 50.

I noticed three errors with the rankings that will be corrected for next week – Mississippi State’s road win at South Carolina was keyed in as a home win so MSU didn’t get the road bonus. Georgia Tech’s road win at Duke didn’t get keyed in before the deadline so that caused GT to be one spot lower than it would have been plus Duke ended up 7 spots higher than it should have been. The Sunday night match between Virginia and Virginia Tech wasn’t keyed into the system – didn’t effect Virginia but VT would have been 1 spot lower with the loss.

The following teams made double-digit increases versus the last rankings – movement in ( ):
#12 Kentucky (+10)
#21 Tulane (+14)
#27 NC State (+13)
#35 Washington (+10)
#37 SMU (+39)
#39 Virginia Tech (+14)
#53 Cornell (+14)
#57 UC Irvine (+12)

The following teams made double-digit decreases versus the last rankings (still ranked):
#40 Old Dominion (-12)
#43 LSU (-11)
#47 Iowa (-14)
#48 Stanford (-11)
#55 BYU (-11)
#65 UNC Wilmington (-14)
#70 Penn (-11)

These 5 teams entered the rankings after being unranked and here is why they are now ranked
#37 SMU – beat Wichita State and Tulsa
#71 Utah State – beat Pacific
#73 UC Davis – past win over Pacific was improved when Pacific rose 16 spots in the last rankings
#74 Miami FL – beat Florida State
#75 Florida Gulf Coast – past win over St. John’s improved when St. John’s went from unranked to #52 last week.

These 5 teams dropped out of the rankings with last week’s rankings in ( ):
Indiana (58) – lost to Cornell and Princeton
Boise State (71) – past win over Santa Clara was lessened which SC dropped out of the rankings
Arizona (72) – lost to Loyola Marymount and Fresno State
Abilene Christian (74) – its best win over UC Davis was lessened when UCD dropped out
Cal Poly (75) – past win over Portland was lessened when UP dropped out of rankings

Dominik Koepfer (Tulane)

Tulane’s Dominik Koepfer is still No. 1 in the singles rankings with the senior from Furtwangen, Germany, a perfect 9-0 in dual-match play and 21-2 overall on the year. 17 of his 23 matches have come against ranked opponents with just the one match against Arizona’s #96 Naoki Takeda going unfinished (Koepfer led 7-6, 2-2).

The ITA’s recap had a good breakdown by conference on both the team and singles/doubles rankings plus make sure you check out the Universal Tennis Rating – American Top 10 which came out last Friday.

Rank Avg School Previous Rank
1 89.24 North Carolina 1
2 74.14 Ohio State University 4
3 71.45 TCU 3
4 70.74 University of Virginia 2
5 66.55 Oklahoma State University 5
6 65 UCLA 6
7 61.56 Texas A&M University 8
8 56.55 University of Illinois 11
9 55.98 Wake Forest University 7
10 54.57 Texas Tech University 10
11 49.87 Northwestern University 9
12 47.36 University of Kentucky 22
13 46.69 University of Oklahoma 13
14 42.76 California 18
15 41.73 University of Southern California 12
16 41.67 University of South Florida 17
17 41.61 University of Georgia 16
18 36.07 Baylor University 14
19 33.71 University of Texas 15
20 32.83 University of Oregon 21
21 32.36 Tulane University 35
22 32.11 University of Mississippi 26
23 30.98 Penn State University 24
24 30.6 University of Michigan 19
25 29.6 University of Florida 30
26 27.31 University of Tulsa 20
27 26.94 North Carolina State 40
28 25.18 University of Memphis 23
29 24.83 University of San Diego 31
30 24.78 Princeton University 38
31 24.69 Columbia University 25
32 22.87 University of Arkansas 27
33 22.54 Rice University 29
34 21.95 Dartmouth College 43
35 20.67 University of Washington 45
36 20.58 Drake University 36
37 20.3 SMU NR
38 20.21 University of Notre Dame 41
39 19.71 Virginia Tech 53
40 19.63 Old Dominion University 28
41 19.01 University of Denver 48
42 18.16 Georgia Tech 34
43 17.53 LSU 32
44 17.49 Mississippi State University 50
45 17.06 Purdue University 42
46 16.76 Harvard University 39
47 16.25 University of Iowa 33
48 15.88 Stanford University 37
49 15.37 University of Wisconsin 55
50 15.03 University of Alabama 49
51 13.84 Florida State University 47
52 13.41 UC Santa Barbara 46
53 11.58 Cornell University 65
54 10.55 Middle Tennessee State University 61
55 10.25 Brigham Young University 44
56 10.01 Vanderbilt University 54
57 9.78 UC Irvine 69
58 9.52 University of the Pacific (California) 56
59 9.45 Georgia State University 67
60 9.39 St. John’s University 52
61 9.26 University of Utah 68
62 9.24 College of William and Mary 60
63 9.21 University of New Mexico 70
64 8.72 Auburn University 66
65 8.67 UNC Wilmington 51
66 8.19 Duke University 57
67 7.85 East Tennessee State University 63
68 7.81 Western Michigan University 62
69 7.75 University of South Carolina 73
70 7.73 University of Pennsylvania 59
71 7.58 Utah State University NR
72 7.56 University of Tennessee 64
73 7.4 UC Davis NR
74 7.38 University of Miami (Florida) NR
75 7.1 Florida Gulf Coast University NR
Rank Avg Player School Previous Rank
1 65.24 Dominik Koepfer Tulane University 1
2 58.56 Cameron Norrie TCU 2
3 57.37 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski University of Virginia 3
4 53.85 Roberto Cid University of South Florida 5
5 52.32 Mikael Torpegaard Ohio State University 6
6 51.53 Aleks Vukic University of Illinois 9
7 48.27 Tom Fawcett Stanford University 4
8 45.38 Jared Hiltzik University of Illinois 11
9 41.33 Mackenzie McDonald UCLA 19
10 32.51 Andre Goransson California 7
11 32.41 Konrad Zieba Northwestern University 8
12 31.53 Ronnie Schneider North Carolina 10
13 31.34 Ryan Shane University of Virginia 14
14 30.94 Arthur Rinderknech Texas A&M University 13
15 29.81 Christopher Eubanks Georgia Tech 12
16 27.89 Alex Rybakov TCU 24
17 24.4 Julian Lenz Baylor University 26
18 23.22 Joao Monteiro Virginia Tech 20
19 22.52 Skander Mansouri Wake Forest University 25
20 22.36 Nicolas Alvarez Duke University 15
21 22.27 Diego Hidalgo University of Florida 50
22 21.99 Felipe Soares Texas Tech University 18
23 20.94 William Bushamuka University of Kentucky 31
24 19.84 Hugo Di Feo Ohio State University 17
25 19.69 Wayne Montgomery University of Georgia 21
26 19.13 Uros Petronijevic University of San Diego 33
27 18.75 Austin Smith University of Georgia 27
28 17.86 Piotr Lomacki University of Miami (Florida) 78
29 17.32 Brett Clark North Carolina 23
30 16.41 Benjamin Lock Florida State University 16
31 16.23 Florian Lakat California 47
32 16.23 Max de Vroome University of Southern California 65
33 16.14 Elliott Orkin University of Florida 22
34 15.97 Shane Vinsant Texas A&M University 53
35 15.77 Nick Crystal University of Southern California 67
36 15.19 Mate Cutura Mississippi State University 44
37 15.17 Billy Griffith California 28
38 14.82 Brayden Schnur North Carolina 43
39 14.7 Or Ram-Harel University of Tulsa 39
40 14.24 Logan Smith University of Southern California 56
41 14.21 Axel Alvarez Llamas University of Oklahoma 63
42 14.07 Quentin Monaghan University of Notre Dame 40
43 13.99 Mike Redlicki University of Arkansas 82
44 13.77 Sam Monette Indiana University-Bloomington 37
45 13.72 Petros Chrysochos Wake Forest University 34
46 13.48 Herkko Pollanen Ohio State University 45
47 12.94 Collin Altamirano University of Virginia 29
48 12.91 Guillermo Nuez TCU 49
49 12.65 Julian Cash Oklahoma State University 75
50 12.16 Dominic Cotrone University of South Florida 35
51 11.61 Chase Perez-Blanco University of Florida 30
52 11.49 Oskar Wikberg California 52
53 11.08 Jordan Angus University of San Diego 38
54 10.94 Daniel Valent Vanderbilt University 64
55 10.7 Dovydas Sakinis Dartmouth College 70
56 10.48 Maxime Tchoutakian Baylor University 62
57 10.48 Martin Redlicki UCLA 36
58 10.23 Nick Horton North Carolina State 72
59 9.87 Edoardo Tessaro Virginia Tech 76
60 9.65 Alex Knight University of Michigan NR
61 9.63 Ryan Peniston University of Memphis 57
62 9.58 Mazen Osama University of Alabama 93
63 9.49 Aron Hiltzik University of Illinois 66
64 9.44 Shawn Hadavi Columbia University 54
65 9.14 Chris Diaz Ohio State University 32
66 9.06 David Wilczynski Stanford University 48
67 9.02 Jordi Arconada Texas A&M University 106
68 9.02 Mitch Stewart University of Washington 95
69 9.01 Gergely Madarasz Purdue University 58
70 8.82 Daan Maasland University of Oregon 71
71 8.76 Hunter Johnson SMU 51
72 8.39 Gage Brymer UCLA 46
73 8.36 Simon Norenius North Carolina State 83
74 8.17 Jack Murray North Carolina 41
75 8.06 Alfredo Perez University of Florida 77
76 8.03 David Biosca East Tennessee State University NR
77 8.01 Rishab Agarwal Mississippi State University 74
78 7.98 Tin Ostojic Wichita State University 86
79 7.92 Sebastian Heim UC Irvine 55
80 7.62 Alexander Ritschard University of Virginia 79
81 7.62 Korey Lovett University of Alabama 118
82 7.56 Marko Krickovic Auburn University NR
83 7.55 Sam Shropshire Northwestern University 73
84 7.25 Nolan Paige Stanford University 102
85 7.23 Jathan Malik University of Michigan 60
86 7.16 Andrew Watson University of Memphis NR
87 7.16 Nate Lammons SMU 84
88 7.1 Christian Langmo University of Miami (Florida) 81
89 7.09 Robert Kelly North Carolina 80
90 7.07 Alec Adamson UC Davis 61
91 6.76 Thibault Forget University of Southern California NR
92 6.65 Maxime Mora University of Oklahoma NR
93 6.55 Karue Sell UCLA 94
94 6.53 Hugo Dojas Texas Tech University 97
95 6.46 Strong Kirchheimer Northwestern University 107
96 6.46 Connor Farren University of Southern California 68
97 6.38 Marco Nunez Florida State University 85
98 6.34 Maciek Romanowicz Stanford University 114
99 6.2 Alexandru Ghilea University of Oklahoma 100
100 6.2 Freddy Gelbrich San Diego State University 89
101 6.12 Kalman Boyd University of Southern California 105
102 6.09 Jordan Daigle LSU 42
103 6.04 Stefan Lindmark University of Mississippi 69
104 6.01 Alexander Day Princeton University 108
105 5.95 Jack Findel-Hawkins University of North Florida 116
106 5.61 Gabor Csonka LSU NR
107 5.61 David Volfson Cornell University NR
108 5.59 Ryotaro Matsamura University of Kentucky 90
109 5.54 Eduardo Nava TCU 99
110 5.46 Tyler Lu Yale University 101
111 5.39 Constantin Schmitz Tulane University NR
112 5.38 Harrison Scott University of Texas NR
113 5.37 Jake DeVine University of Southern California 92
114 5.34 George Goldhoff University of Texas NR
115 5.21 Arjun Kadhe Oklahoma State University 109
116 5.2 JC Aragone University of Virginia 111
117 5.17 Luca Corinteli University of Virginia NR
118 5.11 Romain Kalaydjian University of San Diego NR
119 5.09 Sem Verbeek University of the Pacific (California) NR
120 5 Walker Duncan University of Georgia 104
121 4.98 Adam Steryous Furman University NR
122 4.98 Nicky Hu Harvard University NR
123 4.97 Carter Lin University of Michigan NR
124 4.97 Alex Sendegeya Texas Tech University 87
125 4.87 Jurence Mendoza Oklahoma State University 91
Rank Avg Player Player School Previous Rank
1 47.98 Hugo Dojas Felipe Soares Texas Tech University 2
2 47.57 Gordon Watson Diego Hidalgo University of Florida 1
3 46.43 Brett Clark Robert Kelly North Carolina 4
4 42.2 Mackenzie McDonald Martin Redlicki UCLA 3
5 38.36 Ben Wagland Austin Smith University of Georgia 5
6 35.95 Luca Corinteli Ryan Shane University of Virginia 7
7 35.13 Mac Styslinger Thai-Son Kwiatkowski University of Virginia 6
8 34.23 Jordan Daigle Boris Arias LSU 17
9 32.9 Arjun Kadhe Julian Cash Oklahoma State University 15
10 32.59 Shawn Hadavi Richard Pham Columbia University 10
11 29.26 Herkko Pollanen Mikael Torpegaard Ohio State University 19
12 27.01 Julian Lenz Will Little Baylor University 11
13 26.75 Ralf Steinbach Martin Joyce Ohio State University 13
14 26.44 Alex Lawson Quentin Monaghan University of Notre Dame 9
15 26.32 Jack Findel-Hawkins Yannick Zuern University of North Florida 8
16 25.12 Matic Spec Felix Corwin University of Minnesota 14
17 24.75 Hayden Sabatka Bart Van Leijsen University of New Mexico 16
18 23.91 Jayson Amos Armando Soemarno University of Oregon 37
19 21.97 Christian Seraphim Skander Mansouri Wake Forest University 21
20 21.6 Luis Valero Jack Schipanski University of Tennessee 42
21 21.25 Andreas Bjerrehus Joao Monteiro Virginia Tech 12
22 21.21 Nate Lammons Arkadijs Slobodkins SMU 18
23 21.02 Nathan Eshmade Miles Seemann UC Santa Barbara 38
24 18.87 Spencer Papa Axel Alvarez Llamas University of Oklahoma NR
25 18.59 Arthur Rinderknech Jackson Withrow Texas A&M University 31
26 17.62 Benjamin Lock Marco Nunez Florida State University NR
27 17.16 Guilherme Hadlich Gabriel Sidney Pepperdine 30
28 16.55 Yates Johnson Hunter Johnson SMU 53
29 16.38 Filip Vittek Jordan Angus University of San Diego 24
30 16.33 Brayden Schnur Jack Murray North Carolina 26
31 15.76 Giammarco Micolani Mike Redlicki University of Arkansas 49
32 15 Mike Vermeer Michal Rolski Columbia University 33
33 14.74 Dominik Koepfer Chi-Shan Jao Tulane University 27
34 14.65 Arthur Rinderknech Shane Vinsant Texas A&M University 23
35 14.5 Justin Roberts Dominic Cotrone

5 Comments

  1. 181
    181 on Thu March 19, 2020 at 6:13 pm

    They would be top 10 if they had all those guys still. About five of them are currently ranked in singles. Perhaps they realized Starkville isn't quite the metropolis they thought it was when agreeing to go there…ha!

  2. 181
    181 on Thu March 19, 2020 at 6:13 pm

    That is a tough one – I don't see anyway Baylor or Texas makes the Big 12 final so your probably looking at TCU vs. Oklahoma/Oklahoma State/Texas Tech. I still think if Andrew Harris gets healthy before the post season that OU will have a chance in the conference tourney. If I had to pick right now I'd say TCU vs. Oklahoma with TCU winning it.<br /><br />As far as NCAA semifinalists I'd go Virginia, TCU, UCLA, and UNC. I think Ohio State will have trouble with the wind but if they can get a quarterfinal match moved indoors maybe they'd slide in over a UCLA. Texas A&M could get to the semis with the right draw.

  3. 181
    181 on Thu March 19, 2020 at 6:13 pm

    Bobby, I know it is difficult to answer now but, I would like your projection for the 4 semi-finalists NCAA men's teams this year, as well as the BIG12 finalists.<br />

  4. 181
    181 on Thu March 19, 2020 at 6:13 pm

    I don't know the exact reasons but there has been a revolving door in Starkvegas for a few years. They had the coaching change the season before so maybe the guys were recruited by the old coach and it wasn't what they were expecting or for the guys that left prior maybe they didn't like the old coach or the area. Always tough to know for sure on transfers unless they come out and say something.<br /><br />Here is the list that have transferred since 2012 and where they went<br /><br />Romain Bogaerts – Wake Forest<br />Jordan Angus – San Diego<br />Stefan Vinti – Cornell<br />Pedro Dumont – Wake Forest <br />Egbert Weverink – Utah<br />Julian Cash – Oklahoma State<br />Florian Lakat – Cal<br />Robin Haden – Iowa<br />Juan Cruz Estevarena – College of Charleston

  5. 181
    181 on Thu March 19, 2020 at 6:13 pm

    Bobby do you know why Julian Cash and Florian Lakat transferred out of Miss St? Seems like they could have been a top 20 team if those two stayed.