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

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California stays at No. 1 for the third week in a row with the Bears lead over No. 2 Ohio State increasing from .37 to 8.81.  Georgia and North Carolina swapped spots for the second week in a row with the Bulldogs edging 2.08 ahead of North Carolina for No. 3. Vanderbilt returns to the top 5 after a one week absence while last week’s No. 5, Pepperdine, fell to No. 11.

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.

Miami came up six spots to No. 6 after its wins over Ohio State and Virginia Tech while Florida  was also up six spots rising to No. 13 after picking up road wins over Ole Miss and Mississippi State. South Carolina moves up one spot to No. 8 after the Gamecocks went 2-0 during their Mississippi swing. Michigan and Duke round out the top 10 at No. 9 and No. 10.

Wake Forest made a big jump into the top 15 at No. 14 after the Demon Deacons picked up wins over Notre Dame and Virginia.

TCU was the biggest riser climbing from No. 67 to No. 30 after winning at then No. 11 Texas Tech. USC was the other big riser moving up from No. 48 to No. 29 after the Trojans defeated Baylor and Oklahoma State.

Fresno State took the biggest tumble dropping 14 spots from No. 24 to No. 38 after losing to then unranked Harvard and UC Santa Barbara.

The following teams moved up at least 8 spots versus the last rankings – movement in ( ):
#14 Wake Forest (+15)
#29 USC (+19)
#30 TCU (+37)
#49 Florida International (+8)
#51 Harvard (at least +25)
#52 Washington (+13)
#53 Boston College (+13)
#56 South Florida (at least +20)
#60 Princeton (at least +16)
#61 Old Dominion (+10)
#67 Penn (+8)

The following teams dropped down at least 8 spots versus the last rankings (still ranked):
#38 Fresno State (-14)
#54 Rice (-8)
#62 Minnesota (-12)
#65 Utah (-14)
#66 Baylor (-14)
#72 Purdue (-9)
#74 Winthrop (-21)

These 5 teams entered the rankings after being unranked and the reason why they moved up:
#51 Harvard – beat then No. 24 Fresno State and won at UCSB and Loyola Marymount
#56 South Florida – beat then No. 41 Columbia, Middle Tennessee State, and Cincinnati
#60 Princeton – won at Houston, won at No. 46 Rice (though keyed in as a home win), lost at Texas
#69 UC Santa Barbara – beat then No. 24 Fresno State
#70 Louisiana Tech – beat then No. 45 Georgia State and Kennesaw State

These 5 teams dropped out of the rankings with last week’s rankings in ( ):
Troy (74) – won only match played against Eastern Kentucky but a few of its best wins must have dropped down into a lower bracket (5 of 6 best wins were against teams ranked outside the top 75).
San Jose State (73) – lost to Denver plus past ranked win over Santa Clara was devalued when SCU dropped 8 spots last week
San Diego (69) – didn’t play last week but its best two wins both dropped in value when Cal-State Fullerton went from No. 67 to unranked and Santa Clara fell from No. 64 to No. 72
Brown (68) – lost to Old Dominion plus win over Boston College dropped in value when BC dropped 8 spots last week
Florida State (60) – lost to Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech plus win over Old Dominion dropped in value due to ODU dropping 10 spots last week

The top 4 in the singles rankings stays the same with UNC’s Hayley Carter, Pepperdine’s Luisa Stefani, Ohio State’s Francesca Di Lorenzo, and Virginia’s Danielle Collins sitting at No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4.

The top 2 in the doubles rankings stays the same with UNC’s Hayley Carter and Whitney Kay still at No. 1 while Ohio State’s Miho Kowase and Anna Sanford staying at No. 2.

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 it down by conference affiliation.

Below I’ll breakdown the 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.  


California (13-0) is No. 1 for the third week in a row after picking up a win last week over then No. 5 Pepperdine.

  • 6 Best Wins (501.7): #2 Ohio State, #3 North Carolina, #5 Pepperdine, #10 Virginia, #13 Florida, at #28 UCLA 
  • Other Quality Wins: at #25 Arizona State, at #48 USC, #65 Washington, at #59 Arizona
  • Losses (6.0): None
  • Computer Score:  501.7/6.0 = 83.62 (was 79.94)
  • What’s Coming Up: #65 Utah (3/25), Colorado (3/26), #35 Oregon (4/1), #20 Stanford (4/3)
  • Comments: Cal won’t be giving up the No. 1 spot anytime soon with the Bears only having two real tests left in the regular season – both of those tests are against Stanford. 

Ohio State (17-2) stays at No. 2 but falls a lot further back in terms of points after losing at Miami. 
  • 6 Best Wins (478.8): #5 Pepperdine, at #6 Michigan, #7 Vanderbilt (2X), #19 Georgia Tech, #24 Fresno State
  • Other Quality Wins: #25 Arizona State, #50 Minnesota, at #52 Baylor, #54 Tennessee, at #67 TCU
  • Losses (6.4): #1 California, at #12 Miami FL
  • Computer Score:  478.8/6.4 = 74.81 (was 79.57)
  • What’s Coming Up: at Rutgers (4/2), at Maryland (4/3), Iowa (4/9), Nebraska (4/10)
  • Comments: The Buckeyes are off this week and will return to the courts on April 2 at Rutgers. As I mentioned last week, Ohio State will run the table from here until the Big 10 Tournament which is being held in East Lansing. 
Georgia (12-1) moves up one spot from No. 4 to No. 3 after picking up wins over Virginia and Tennessee. Georgia’s sixth best win was actually over Mississippi State and not Clemson even though Clemson was ranked higher than State. The reason is because the win over State was on the road so the road bonus pushes the points total past Clemson.

  • 6 Best Wins (442.3): #6 Michigan, #10 Virginia, #11 Texas Tech, #15 Auburn, at #19 Georgia Tech, at #22 Mississippi State
  • Other Quality Wins: #21 Clemson,  at #37 Ole Miss. #43 Alabama, #54 Tennessee
  • Losses (6.1): #3 North Carolina
  • Computer Score: 422.3/6.1 = 72.51 (was 72.14)
  • What’s Coming Up: at #23 Kentucky (3/24), at #5 Vanderbilt (3/26), #26 Arkansas (3/31), #59 Missouri (4/2)
  • Comments: The Dawgs have a tough weekend coming up with a road trip to Kentucky and Vanderbilt. All six of Georgia’s top wins dropped in the rankings this week so it’ll need to beat both UK and VU or it will fall behind North Carolina. 

North Carolina (17-2) drops one spot from No. 3 to No. 4 after going down to Puerto Rico last week to catch some rays and beat some cupcakes. UNC’s drop was due to Georgia picking up a top 10 win over Virginia.

  • 6 Best Wins (443.7): #4 Georgia, at #10 Virginia, #12 Miami, #14 Texas A&M, #18 LSU, #23 Tulsa
  • Other Quality Wins: #29 Wake Forest, #43 Alabama
  • Losses (6.3): #1 California, at #6 Michigan
  • Computer Score:  443.7/6.3 = 70.43 (was 74.47)
  • What’s Coming Up: at #41 Syracuse (3/24), #42 Notre Dame (3/26), at #10 Duke (3/29), Louisville (4/2)
  • Comments: The quirky ACC schedule sends UNC to upstate New York on Thursday to face Syracuse and then back home to Chapel Hill to play Notre Dame on Saturday. UNC will get a nice points boost next week with UGA, Miami, LSU, and Wake Forest all moving up in the rankings. If Georgia loses to either Kentucky or Vanderbilt then UNC will likely move up to No. 3 and probably to No. 2 assuming they beat both the Cuse and UND. 

Vanderbilt (10-4) moves up two spots from No. 7 to No. 5 after beating LSU and Texas A&M last weekend. 
  • 6 Best Wins (413): #8 Duke, #10 Virginia, #14 Texas A&M, #17 Stanford, #18 LSU, #26 Kentucky
  • Other Quality Wins: #34 Denver, at #36 Northwestern, at #52 Baylor, #68 Brown
  • Losses (6.7): #2 Ohio State (2X), #7 Florida, #8 South Carolina, 
  • Computer Score: 413/6.7 = 61.64 (was 55.64)
  • What’s Coming Up: #58 Tennessee (3/24), #3 Georgia (3/26), at #27 Mississippi State (3/31), at #39 Ole Miss (4/2)
  • Comments: The Dores have a big win this Saturday when No. 3 Georgia comes to town and then a tough road trip the following weekend to Mississippi. 

Miami (10-4) comes up six spots from No. 12 to No. 6 after the Canes picked up a huge win over No. 2 Ohio State plus they added wins over Virginia Tech and Pitt.
  • 6 Best Wins (398.7): #2 Ohio State, at #15 Auburn, #16 Oklahoma State, #19 Georgia Tech, #32 Virginia Tech, #38 Notre Dame
  • Other Quality Wins: #41 Columbia, at #60 Florida State
  • Losses (6.8): #3 North Carolina, #6 Michigan, #8 Duke, #11 Texas Tech
  • Computer Score:  398.7/6.8 = 58.63 (was 50.44)
  • What’s Coming Up: #12 Virginia (3/25), #53 Boston College (3/27), at #25 Clemson (4/2), at #14 Wake Forest (4/8), at #43 NC Sate (4/9)
  • Comments: The Canes have a big one on Friday against Virginia but it will be in Coral Gables then the following week they go to Clemson. 


3/22 Oracle/ITA Women’s Rankings

Rank Avg School Previous Rank
1 83.62 California 1
2 74.81 Ohio State University 2
3 72.51 University of Georgia 4
4 70.43 North Carolina 3
5 61.64 Vanderbilt University 7
6 58.63 University of Miami (Florida) 12
7 56.69 University of Florida 13
8 54.8 University of South Carolina 9
9 51.99 University of Michigan 6
10 51.83 Duke University 8
11 49.65 Pepperdine 5
12 47.84 University of Virginia 10
13 43.75 Texas Tech University 11
14 40.74 Wake Forest University 29
15 40.6 LSU 18
16 39.13 Auburn University 15
17 37.76 Texas A&M University 14
18 36.68 Oklahoma State University 16
19 35.06 Arizona State University 25
20 34.53 Stanford 17
21 33.39 Wichita State University 20
22 32.46 Georgia Tech 19
23 32.19 University of Kentucky 26
24 29.73 University of Kansas 27
25 29.62 Clemson University 21
26 28.91 University of Arkansas 31
27 28.23 Mississippi State University 22
28 27.58 University of Tulsa 23
29 24.79 University of Southern California 48
30 24.54 TCU 67
31 24.04 University of Denver 34
32 23.66 UCLA 28
33 22.21 Virginia Tech 32
34 21.34 University of Texas at Austin 35
35 20.91 University of Oregon 30
36 20.37 Northwestern University 36
37 19.88 College of William and Mary 33
38 19.12 Fresno State 24
39 19.1 University of Mississippi 37
40 17.16 Columbia University 41
41 16.91 Syracuse University 40
42 15.63 University of Notre Dame 38
43 15.37 North Carolina State 42
44 15.07 University of New Mexico 47
45 14.73 University of South Alabama 39
46 13.08 Dartmouth College 44
47 12.72 Georgia State University 45
48 12.29 University of Alabama 43
49 11.65 Florida International University (FIU) 57
50 10.94 University of Texas at Arlington 49
51 10.76 Harvard University NR
52 10.6 University of Washington 65
53 10.55 Boston College 66
54 10.47 Rice University 46
55 10.28 Washington State University 58
56 10.21 University of South Florida NR
57 9.72 DePaul University 55
58 9.67 University of Tennessee 54
59 9.65 Univ. of Missouri, Columbia 61
60 9.59 Princeton University NR
61 9.5 Old Dominion University 71
62 9.46 University of Minnesota 50
63 9.25 Indiana University-Bloomington 56
64 9.13 UNLV 59
65 8.44 University of Utah 51
66 8.33 Baylor University 52
67 8.21 University of Pennsylvania 75
68 7.92 University of Illinois 62
69 7.84 UC Santa Barbara NR
70 7.33 Louisiana Tech University NR
71 6.96 University of Arizona 64
72 6.95 Purdue University 63
73 6.84 Xavier University 70
74 6.84 Winthrop University 53
75 6.65 Santa Clara University 72
Rank Avg Player School Previous Rank
1 63.28 Hayley Carter North Carolina 1
2 60.96 Luisa Stefani Pepperdine 2
3 60.72 Francesca Di Lorenzo Ohio State University 3
4 56.91 Danielle Collins University of Virginia 4
5 53.07 Stephanie Wagner University of Miami (Florida) 6
6 52.22 Sinead Lohan University of Miami (Florida) 7
T7 52.16 Maegan Manasse California 12
T7 52.16 Ellen Perez University of Georgia 10
9 49.71 Belinda Woolcock University of Florida 5
10 48.65 Brooke Austin University of Florida 15
11 48.62 Klara Fabikova California 11
12 47.93 Breaunna Addison University of Texas at Austin 8
13 44.68 Jasmine Lee Mississippi State University 9
14 42.78 Ronit Yurovsky University of Michigan 18
15 42.34 Brienne Minor University of Michigan 14
16 41.65 Julia Elbaba University of Virginia 13
17 41.38 Frances Altick Vanderbilt University 16
18 34.85 Catherine Harrison UCLA 19
19 32.04 Joana Vale Costa LSU 20
20 31.82 Joana Eidukonyte Clemson University 17
21 28.81 Astra Sharma Vanderbilt University 33
22 28.18 Giuliana Olmos University of Southern California 25
23 23.64 Taylor Davidson Stanford 26
24 22.16 Desirae Krawczyk Arizona State University 23
25 19.77 Sydney Campbell Vanderbilt University 24
26 19.67 Kanika Vaidya Columbia University 52
27 19.49 Caroline Brinson University of Georgia 22
28 19.39 Beatrice Capra Duke University 28
29 18.73 Whitney Kay North Carolina 29
30 18.59 Johnnise Renaud Georgia Tech 36
31 18.58 Andie Dikosavljevic Auburn University 21
32 17.86 Saska Gavrilovska Texas A&M University 40
33 17.62 Katarina Adamovic Oklahoma State University 30
34 16.21 Yolimar Ogando University of Miami (Florida) 39
35 15.79 Kaitlyn McCarthy Duke University 32
36 15.73 Mayar Sherif Ahmed Fresno State 34
37 15.52 Arianne Hartono University of Mississippi 49
38 14.69 Vladica Babic Oklahoma State University 35
39 14.34 Lauren Marker University of Arizona 27
40 14.07 Maddie Lipp Northwestern University 38
41 13.87 Andie Daniell University of Alabama 31
42 13.87 Sadie Hammond University of Tennessee 102
43 12.96 Kourtney Keegan University of Florida 37
44 12.84 Erin Routliffe University of Alabama 85
45 12.69 Quinn Gleason University of Notre Dame 44
46 11.14 Alizee Michaud Auburn University 76
47 10.93 Anna Shkudun Syracuse University 45
48 10.77 Jessica Golovin LSU 57
49 10.3 Aldila Sutjiadi University of Kentucky 42
50 10.18 Katherine Ip Rice University 41
51 10.11 Francesca Fusinato Virginia Tech 58
52 9.99 Ayan Broomfield Clemson University 92
53 9.98 Jessie Aney North Carolina 48
54 9.68 Lauren Chypyha University of Wisconsin, Madison 43
55 9.46 Daneika Borthwick Florida State University 72
56 9.32 Kennedy Shaffer University of Georgia 78
57 9.3 Caroline Doyle Stanford 55
58 9.24 Sandy Niehaus Ohio State University 91
59 8.75 Carol Zhao Stanford 59
60 8.6 Maeva Razakasoa Long Beach State University 66
61 8.51 Monica Robinson University of Notre Dame 53
62 8.48 Viktoriya Lushkova Oklahoma State University 65
63 8.47 Martina Frantova North Carolina State 61
64 8.36 Lynn Chi California 56
65 8.29 Alexandria Stiteler University of South Alabama 47
66 8.17 Kassidy Jump Arizona State University 54
67 8.09 Caroline Dailey University of South Carolina 109
68 8.07 Olivia Hauger California 77
69 7.9 Carol Zi Yang UNLV 63
70 7.88 Kennan Johnson University of Oregon NR
71 7.81 Georgiana Patrasc Mississippi State University 86
72 7.8 Beatriz Machado Santos Univ. of Missouri, Columbia 98
73 7.72 Kate Fahey University of Michigan 118
74 7.69 Nuria Ormeno Ruiz University of Colorado NR
75 7.69 Ingrid Gamarra Martins University of South Carolina NR
76 7.63 Justina Mikulskyt University of Kentucky NR
77 7.59 Pleun Burgmans Auburn University 46
78 7.53 Ellyse Hamlin Duke University 106
79 7.5 Silvia Garcia University of Georgia 75
80 7.44 Gabriela Knutson Syracuse University NR
81 7.39 Erin Larner Northwestern University 94
82 7.3 Josie Kuhlman University of Florida 108
83 7.26 Ana Oparenovic University of Arkansas NR
84 7.23 Kimmy Guerin Wake Forest University 50
85 7.14 Audrey Ann Blakely Univ. of Pittsburgh 123
86 7.12 Asiya Dair Boston College 82
87 7.11 Anna Danilina University of Florida 81
88 7.07 Yuliya Lysa University of Arkansas NR
89 6.98 Hadley Berg University of South Carolina NR
90 6.93 Skylar Morton University of Virginia 64
91 6.89 Despoina Vogasari University of Houston 107
92 6.83 Chalena Scholl Duke University 67
93 6.69 Denise Starr California 60
94 6.57 Alyza Benotto Brown University 68
95 6.55 Jessica Failla University of Southern California 125
96 6.4 Anastasiya Rychagova University of Kansas 69
97 6.39 Natalie Suk University of Mississippi 79
98 6.37 Mai El Kamash University of Mississippi 62
99 6.36 Anna Sanford Ohio State University NR
100 6.29 Anastasia Rentouli Mississippi State University 51
101 6.28 Brianna Morgan University of Florida 121
102 6.14 Paige Cline University of South Carolina 110
103 6.11 Lindsey Hodge Rice University 99
104 6.1 Theresa Piontek Clemson University 93
105 6.09 Paige Hourigan Georgia Tech 80
106 6.01 Rianna Valdes University of Southern California 111
107 6.01 Tina Bokhua University of Colorado 70
108 5.98 Gabby Smith University of Southern California 90
109 5.88 Wendy Zhang University of Miami (Florida) 103
110 5.79 Lily Miyazaki University of Oklahoma 89
111 5.7 Stephanie Nauta University of Virginia 83
112 5.67 Emma Davis Wake Forest University NR
113 5.6 Lexi Borr Boston College 71
114 5.6 Olivia Sneed Ohio State University 113
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1 Comment

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    181 on Thu March 19, 2020 at 6:15 pm

    It is hard to imagine anyone out of the Pac 12 except Cal hosting a regional this year. The rankings seem out of whack this year.