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3/22 Oracle/ITA Men’s Rankings Release – Top 6 Profiles

by | Mar 23, 2016 | Blog

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The new rankings are out and for the second week in a row we have a new No. 1 with North Carolina overtaking Virginia by almost 9 points. TCU stays at No. 3, Ohio State stays at No. 4 and Oklahoma State moves back ahead of UCLA at No. 5 with the Bruins at No. 6. Further down below I have a more in-depth breakdown of the top 6 and how the points were calculated.

This set of rankings used each team’s six best wins and all losses while next week’s rankings will use each’s seven best wins.

Vanderbilt, Auburn, and Pepperdine were the biggest upward movers. Vanderbilt rose 19 spots from No. 68 to No. 49 after beating both Kentucky and Tennessee on the road while fellow SEC member Auburn rose at least 24 spots from unranked to No. 52 after stunning then No. 22 Ole Miss 4-3. Pepperdine rose 18 spots from No. 71 to No. 53 after the Waves upset then No. 26 Memphis.

Georgia was the biggest mover inside the top 25 with the Bulldogs jumping up from No. 19 to No. 11 after winning at South Carolina and then beating No. 4 Ohio State. Florida also made a nice move from No. 24 to No. 16 after the Gators steamrolled Arkansas and Ole Miss.

The following teams moved up at least 8 spots versus the last rankings – movement in ( ):
#11 Georgia (+8)
#16 Florida (+8)
#29 Columbia (+10)
#36 SMU (+8)
#49 Vanderbilt (+19)
#52 Auburn (at least +24)
#53 Pepperdine (+18)
#61 Utah (+13)
#64 Miami FL (at least +12)

The following teams dropped down at least 8 spots versus the last rankings (still ranked):
#21 Arkansas (-8)
#30 Baylor (-9)
#54 Purdue (-8)
#62 Middle Tennessee State (-8)
#70 Utah State (-12)
#72 Lamar (-11)
#73 Penn (-8)
#75 Western Michigan (-8)

These 3 teams entered the rankings after being unranked and here is why they are now ranked
#52 Auburn – defeated then No. 22 Ole Miss
#64 Miami FL – previous win over Florida St increased in value after the Noles jumped up 28 spots
#71 Nebraska – defeated then #61 Lamar

These 3 teams dropped out of the rankings with last week’s rankings in ( ):
Duke (69) – lost to Notre Dame plus previously ranked wins over Tennessee and Duke were de-valued when both of those teams fell out of the rankings
UC Irvine (73) – didn’t play last week but earlier losses to Baylor and San Diego counted against them more when both of those teams dropped last week.
San Diego State (75) – lost to Texas Tech, Memphis, and Harvard

Tulane senior Dominik Koepfer retained his top spot in the singles rankings with his dual-match record increasing to 12-0 which includes 8 ranked wins. Koepfer has won 17 straight matches with his last loss coming on October 12th in the finals of the ITA All-American Championship.

Ohio State sophomore Mikael Torpegaard moved up from No. 5 to No. 2 after picking up wins over No. 4 Roberto Cid and No. 27 Austin Smith. Torpegaard is 13-0 in dual-match play with 9 of those wins over ranked opponents.

Florida’s Gordon Watson and Diego Hidalgo claimed the top spot in the doubles rankings after defeating Arkansas’s Mike Redlicki and Giammarco Micolani. Watson and Hidalgo also have a win over Texas Tech’s Hugo Dojas and Felipe Soares with the Red Raider duo moving up to No. 1 in the last ranking period.

I’ll have a post either tomorrow or on Thursday that breaks down the singles rankings versus each player’s Universal Tennis Ratings.

Here is the ITA’s release which breaks down the rankings by conference affiliation.


Below I’ll breakdown the team Top 6 looking at the 6 best wins that were used in the rankings this week along with other quality ranked wins. I also listed the point totals gained from the best wins and losses to come up with the computer score.  

North Carolina moves back to No. 1 as I expected with the FSU loss not hurting as much after the Noles jumped up plus UNC’s best six wins were all over top 15 teams. North Carolina added a quality road win at NC State over the weekend plus blanked unranked Louisville. 
  • 6 Best Wins (525.60): at #1 Virginia, #4 Ohio State, #5 UCLA, #8 Texas Tech, #11 Illinois, #15 Oklahoma
  • Other Quality Wins: #33 NC State (2X+1 on road), #68 Vanderbilt
  • Losses (6.5): at #23 Florida State
  • Computer Score:  525.60/6.5 = 80.86 (was 76.58)
  • What’s Coming Up: Clemson (3/25), Virginia Tech (3/27), Virginia (4/1), Wake Forest (4/3)
  • Comments: UNC won’t have any problem with Clemson but the Virginia Tech match will probably be pretty close so they’ll need to be focused on it and not looking ahead to Virginia. 

Virginia falls back to No. 2 despite blanking both NC State and Florida State over the weekend. The reason for the drop is because UNC’s 6 best wins were a good bit better.  

  • 6 Best Wins (457): #3 TCU, #5 UCLA, #10 Wake Forest, #15 Oklahoma, #17 Kentucky, #23 Florida State
  • Other Quality Wins: #29 Tulsa, #33 NC State, #34 San Diego, #40 Virginia Tech
  • Losses (6.4): #2 North Carolina, #11 Illinois
  • Computer Score:  457/6.4 = 71.41 (was 77.17)
  • What’s Coming Up: Notre Dame (3/25), Boston College (3/26), at North Carolina (4/1), at Duke (4/3)
  • Comments:  This weekend will be a warm-up for the North Carolina match which will be a week from Friday in Chapel Hill. 
TCU stays at No. 3 after picking up three top-40 wins last week over Tulsa, Dartmouth, and Columbia.

  • 6 Best Wins (447.2): #6 Oklahoma State, #11 Illinois (2X +1 on road), #12 USC, at #16 South Florida, #29 Tulsa
  • Other Quality Wins: at #31 Wisconsin, #35 Dartmouth, #39 Columbia, #42 Stanford
  • Losses (6.4): #1 Virginia, #14 California
  • Computer Score:  447.2/6.4 = 69.88 (was 74.59)
  • What’s Coming Up: Northwestern (3/22), at Texas A&M (3/28), Rice/UT Arlington (4/1)
  • Comments: TCU had a big one today against Northwestern and then has another big one next Monday in College Station against Texas A&M. TCU starts its conference schedule the weekend of April 8th with both Oklahoma and Oklahoma State coming to Fort Worth. With TCU’s win over Northwestern there is a really good chance that they’ll move up to No. 2 next week.
Ohio State stays at No. 4 after picking a quality road win at South Florida last Thursday before falling at Georgia on Sunday. 

  • 6 Best Wins (429.3): #9 Texas A&M (2X), at #15 Oklahoma, at #16 South Florida, #18 Texas, #21 Baylor 
  • Other Quality Wins: #24 Florida, #27 Penn State, #40 Virginia Tech, at #51 Notre Dame
  • Losses (6.5): #2 North Carolina, at #19 Georgia
  • Computer Score:  429.3/6.5 = 66.05 (was 73.55)
  • What’s Coming Up: at Michigan State (3/25), Michigan (3/27), Iowa (4/1), Nebraska (4/3), at Kentucky 4/6)
  • Comments: The Buckeyes won’t have any issues in East Lansing on Friday but they’ll need to be ready for Michigan on Sunday because the Wolverines have probably had this match circled for a while.

Oklahoma State moves up one spot to No. 5 after picking up a road win at Pepperdine on Saturday. The Cowboys were just .03 behind UCLA last week but they moved ahead of the Bruins this week by over five points. The jump was mainly due to Arkansas coming up 19 spots in the rankings plus some of UCLA’s best wins fell. 
  • 6 Best Wins (400.7): at #13 Arkansas, #10 Wake Forest, #14 California, #16 South Florida, at #26 Memphis, #33 NC State 
  • Other Quality Wins: #43 Alabama, #49 Harvard, #52 Iowa, at #71 Pepperdine
  • Losses (6.1): #3 TCU
  • Computer Score:  400.7/6.1 = 65.69 (was 64.39)
  • What’s Coming Up: SMU/Oral Roberts (3/26), at Tulsa (4/1), at Texas (4/8), at TCU (4/10)
  • Comments: The Cowboys keep plugging away and they should be 18-1 when they head to Austin on April 8 to kick off their Big 12 campaign. 


UCLA drops one spot to No. 6 after not playing last week. The drop was due to Oklahoma State getting a boost from Arkansas rising plus UCLA lost some points when Texas A&M, Georgia, and San Diego dropped a few spots. 
  • 6 Best Wins (376): #9 Texas A&M, #12 USC, #19 Georgia (2X), #32 Georgia Tech, #34 San Diego 
  • Other Quality Wins: at #42 Stanford, #44 SMU, #59 BYU
  • Losses (6.2): #1 Virginia, #2 North Carolina
  • Computer Score:  376/6.2 = 60.65 (was 64.42)
  • What’s Coming Up: at UNLV (3/22), at Oregon (3/25), at Washington (3/27), Stanford (4/1), Cal (4/2)
  • Comments: UCLA took care of business today, as expected, against UNLV and shouldn’t have too much trouble this weekend when it goes to Oregon and Washington. The following weekend will be a test when both Stanford and Cal come to town. 
3/22 Oracle/ITA Men’s Rankings

Rank Avg School Previous Rank
1 80.86 North Carolina 2
2 71.41 University of Virginia 1
3 69.88 TCU 3
4 66.05 Ohio State University 4
5 65.69 Oklahoma State University 6
6 60.65 UCLA 5
7 60.39 Texas A&M University 9
8 56.92 University of Southern California 12
9 55.54 Texas Tech University 8
10 54.57 University of Illinois 11
11 52.97 University of Georgia 19
12 51.16 Northwestern University 7
13 51.04 Wake Forest University 10
14 47.84 University of Oklahoma 15
15 46.68 California 14
16 46.15 University of Florida 24
17 42.5 University of South Florida 16
18 38 University of Kentucky 17
19 36.09 University of Texas 18
20 34.31 Florida State University 23
21 34.25 University of Arkansas 13
22 33.26 Tulane University 28
23 31.82 University of Michigan 20
24 29.8 Mississippi State University 25
25 28.08 Penn State University 27
26 25.26 University of Oregon 30
27 24.78 University of Tulsa 29
28 24.34 University of Mississippi 22
29 24.09 Columbia University 39
30 24.05 Baylor University 21
31 24.01 University of San Diego 34
32 23.79 Georgia Tech 32
33 23.1 University of Memphis 26
34 23.1 North Carolina State 33
35 22.37 Princeton University 36
36 20.74 SMU 44
37 20.25 University of Wisconsin 31
38 19.38 Old Dominion University 37
39 19.33 University of Washington 45
40 18.73 Rice University 38
41 18.57 University of Alabama 43
42 18.48 Dartmouth College 35
43 17.72 Stanford University 42
44 17.67 Drake University 41
45 16.84 Virginia Tech 40
46 16.41 University of Notre Dame 51
47 15.58 University of Denver T46
48 15.44 LSU 48
49 14.76 Vanderbilt University 68
50 14.48 Harvard University 49
51 14.35 UC Santa Barbara 50
52 14.32 Auburn University NR
53 14.19 Pepperdine 71
54 13.67 Purdue University T46
55 12.43 Cornell University 60
56 11.21 University of Iowa 52
57 10.73 East Tennessee State University 55
58 9.62 St. John’s University 53
59 9.54 Brigham Young University 59
60 9.06 University of New Mexico 56
61 9 University of Utah 74
62 8.9 Middle Tennessee State University 54
63 8.88 UNC Wilmington 57
64 8.86 University of Miami (Florida) NR
65 8.84 University of South Carolina 62
66 8.82 Georgia State University 64
67 8.5 Cal Poly 73
68 8.45 University of the Pacific (California) 66
69 8.39 UC Davis 63
70 8.35 Utah State University 58
71 8.24 University of Nebraska NR
72 7.82 Lamar University 61
73 7.63 University of Pennsylvania 65
74 7.4 College of William and Mary 70
75 7.36 Western Michigan University 67
Rank Avg Player School Previous Rank
1 65.3 Dominik Koepfer Tulane University 1
2 62.76 Mikael Torpegaard Ohio State University 5
3 60.17 Cameron Norrie TCU 2
4 56.72 Aleks Vukic University of Illinois 6
5 53.33 Roberto Cid University of South Florida 4
6 52.37 Tom Fawcett Stanford University 7
7 48.42 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski University of Virginia 3
8 43.96 Ryan Shane University of Virginia 13
9 43.67 Mackenzie McDonald UCLA 9
10 40.53 Jared Hiltzik University of Illinois 8
11 38.27 Christopher Eubanks Georgia Tech 15
12 37.29 Benjamin Lock Florida State University 30
13 36.11 Konrad Zieba Northwestern University 11
14 31.23 Felipe Soares Texas Tech University 22
15 31.15 Alex Rybakov TCU 16
16 30 Skander Mansouri Wake Forest University 19
17 29.56 Andre Goransson California 10
18 29.01 Arthur Rinderknech Texas A&M University 14
19 24.34 Nicolas Alvarez Duke University 20
20 24.23 Julian Lenz Baylor University 17
21 23.66 Joao Monteiro Virginia Tech 18
22 23.52 Mate Cutura Mississippi State University 36
23 23.48 Ronnie Schneider North Carolina 12
24 23.31 Diego Hidalgo University of Florida 21
25 22.57 Max de Vroome University of Southern California 32
26 21.39 Hugo Di Feo Ohio State University 24
27 21.31 William Bushamuka University of Kentucky 23
28 20.92 Florian Lakat California 31
29 20.86 Elliott Orkin University of Florida 33
30 19.96 Mike Redlicki University of Arkansas 43
31 19.87 Dominic Cotrone University of South Florida 50
32 19.4 Axel Alvarez Llamas University of Oklahoma 41
33 18.77 Quentin Monaghan University of Notre Dame 42
34 17.92 Wayne Montgomery University of Georgia 25
35 17.85 Austin Smith University of Georgia 27
36 17.04 Petros Chrysochos Wake Forest University 45
37 16.19 Brett Clark North Carolina 29
38 15.56 Piotr Lomacki University of Miami (Florida) 28
39 14.66 Uros Petronijevic University of San Diego 26
40 14.22 Billy Griffith California 37
41 14.21 Gage Brymer UCLA 72
42 13.51 Sam Shropshire Northwestern University 83
43 13.47 Mazen Osama University of Alabama 62
44 13.27 Simon Norenius North Carolina State 73
45 13.14 Shane Vinsant Texas A&M University 34
46 12.91 Brayden Schnur North Carolina 38
47 12.69 Alexandru Ghilea University of Oklahoma 99
48 12.65 Julian Cash Oklahoma State University 49
49 12.62 Martin Redlicki UCLA 57
50 12.6 Sam Monette Indiana University-Bloomington 44
51 12.41 Gergely Madarasz Purdue University 69
52 12.25 Alexander Ritschard University of Virginia 80
53 12.04 Or Ram-Harel University of Tulsa 39
54 11.39 Guillermo Nuez TCU 48
55 11.17 Nick Crystal University of Southern California 35
56 10.91 David Wilczynski Stanford University 66
57 10.5 Benjamin Ugarte Purdue University NR
58 10.45 Logan Smith University of Southern California 40
59 10.43 Aron Hiltzik University of Illinois 63
60 10.4 Marco Nunez Florida State University 97
61 10.22 Naoki Takeda University of Arizona NR
62 10.19 Oskar Wikberg California 52
63 10.1 Collin Altamirano University of Virginia 47
64 10.02 Shawn Hadavi Columbia University 64
65 9.76 Chris Diaz Ohio State University 65
66 9.62 Maxime Tchoutakian Baylor University 56
67 9.47 Daniel Valent Vanderbilt University 54
68 9.27 Christian Langmo University of Miami (Florida) 88
69 9.22 Jordan Daigle LSU 102
70 8.98 Herkko Pollanen Ohio State University 46
71 8.95 Chase Perez-Blanco University of Florida 51
72 8.91 Edoardo Tessaro Virginia Tech 59
73 8.91 Hunter Johnson SMU 71
74 8.9 Andreas Bjerrehus Virginia Tech NR
75 8.61 Jathan Malik University of Michigan 85
76 8.49 Ryan Peniston University of Memphis 61
77 8.41 Nick Horton North Carolina State 58
78 8.39 Sebastian Heim UC Irvine 79
79 8.32 Jordan Angus University of San Diego 53
80 8.3 Rishab Agarwal Mississippi State University 77
81 8.21 Dovydas Sakinis Dartmouth College 55
82 8.15 Robert Kelly North Carolina 89
83 8.03 Constantin Schmitz Tulane University 111
84 7.74 Mitch Stewart University of Washington 68
85 7.6 Thomas Weigel North Carolina State NR
86 7.49 David Biosca East Tennessee State University 76
87 7.3 Stefan Lindmark University of Mississippi 103
88 7.06 JC Aragone University of Virginia 116
89 7.05 Tin Ostojic Wichita State University 78
90 6.99 Jordi Arconada Texas A&M University 67
91 6.99 Spencer Papa University of Oklahoma NR
92 6.99 Cameron Klinger Vanderbilt University NR
93 6.97 Gabriel Friedrich University of South Carolina NR
94 6.96 Daan Maasland University of Oregon 70
95 6.93 Jack Murray North Carolina 74
96 6.85 Leonard Stakhovsky Penn State University NR
97 6.84 Strong Kirchheimer Northwestern University 95
98 6.67 Karue Sell UCLA 93
99 6.67 Connor Farren University of Southern California 96
100 6.64 Jack Findel-Hawkins University of North Florida 105
101 6.58 Sameer Kumar Stanford University NR
102 6.57 Korey Lovett University of Alabama 81
103 6.54 Eduardo Nava TCU 109
104 6.49 Gustav Hansson University of Mississippi NR
105 6.31 Andrew Watson University of Memphis 86
106 6.3 Sam Matheson Liberty University NR
107 6.3 Alex Knight University of Michigan 60
108 6.27 Alex Sendegeya Texas Tech University 124
109 6.19 Jake DeVine University of Southern California 113
110 6.18 Maciek Romanowicz Stanford University 98
111 6.07 Alec Adamson UC Davis 90
112 6.03 Freddy Gelbrich San Diego State University 100
113 5.96 Harrison Scott University of Texas 112
114 5.82 Jose Salazar University of Arkansas NR
115 5.66 Nate Lammons SMU 87
116 5.6 Hugo Dojas Texas Tech University 94