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USTA College Tennis PollThe latest USTA Top 25 is out with both the Virginia men and Florida women remaining at No. 1. Surprisingly, Florida is no longer a unanimous No. 1 despite having wins over everyone else in the top 10 except for California and Georgia Tech which it hasn’t played. North Carolina is only two votes behind Florida at No. 2 while Ohio State holds firm at No. 3. Georgia moved up two spots to No. 4 after the win at Florida last Friday and Stanford drops one spot to No. 5.
The Wake Forest men moved up one spot to No. 2 after a win over Georgia coupled with Ohio State losing twice which dropped the Buckeyes one spot to No. 3. North Carolina remains at No. 4 and Texas moves up two spots to No. 5 after defeating Ohio State.
Texas A&M was the biggest upward mover on the men’s side coming up four spots to No. 10. The Aggies extended their winning streak to 11 with a win over Ohio State on Sunday. Tulane was the only team to fall out after losing to Oregon in the finals of the San Diego Spring Break Tournament while South Carolina entered at No. 25 after picking up road wins at Arkansas and Ole Miss. The only team to drop more than two spots was Oklahoma who dropped three and fell to No. 12 after going 1-2 in Indian Wells with a 4-3 win over Tulsa and losses to USC and Cal.
Texas A&M was also the biggest upward mover on the women’s side by going from unranked to a tie for No. 19. The Aggies snapped their four match losing streak with a weekend sweep over Auburn and Alabama. Mississippi State shot up six spots to a tie for No. 19 after convincing wins over Arkansas and Missouri. Auburn took the biggest tumble with losses to Texas A&M and LSU knocking them down eight spots to No. 16. USC wasn’t too far behind with the Trojans falling six spots to No. 25 after losing to Baylor and Oregon.
Ole Miss and Tennessee dropped out of the top 25 while Texas A&M and LSU entered. Tennessee dropped both of its matches last weekend against South Carolina and Florida while Ole Miss defeated Missouri but fell to Arkansas. As I mentioned above Texas A&M and LSU both beat Auburn.
USTA Poll Information: there are eight college tennis “experts” on the voting panel, including yours truly, and each of us ranked 25 teams from numbers 1 to 25, with the first-place team receiving 25 points and the last-place team receiving one. When voting we were to consider strength of schedule, Top 25 wins/losses, road wins/losses and personnel adjustments for each program while also basing our vote on performance, not reputation or preseason speculation. For control, the highest and lowest outlying ranking for each team on the ballot was removed. Therefore, the maximum number of points a team can receive is 150. First-place votes were not tallied.
My ballot can be viewed at this link as you can see I was higher on both Baylor and Texas A&M than the rest of my fellow voters plus I had Oregon ranked while the others did not.
| USTA MEN’S TOP 25 |
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USTA WOMEN’S TOP 25 |
| Rank |
School |
Votes |
Prv |
Chg |
Rank |
School |
Votes |
Prv |
Chg |
| 1 |
Virginia |
150 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Florida |
148 |
1 |
0 |
| 2 |
Wake Forest |
143 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
North Carolina |
146 |
2 |
0 |
| 3 |
Ohio State |
137 |
2 |
-1 |
3 |
Ohio State |
137 |
3 |
0 |
| 4 |
North Carolina |
133 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
Georgia |
129 |
6 |
2 |
| 5 |
Texas |
123 |
7 |
2 |
5 |
Stanford |
128 |
4 |
-1 |
| 6 |
USC |
112 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
Oklahoma State |
123 |
5 |
-1 |
| 7 |
Oklahoma State |
111 |
5 |
-2 |
7 |
California |
113 |
6 |
-1 |
| 8 |
Baylor |
108 |
11 |
3 |
8 |
Texas Tech |
110 |
9 |
1 |
| 9 |
UCLA |
102 |
8 |
-1 |
9 |
Georgia Tech |
98 |
10 |
1 |
| 10 |
Texas A&M |
95 |
14 |
4 |
10 |
Michigan |
92 |
11 |
1 |
| 11 |
California |
94 |
10 |
-1 |
11 |
Pepperdine |
86 |
13 |
2 |
| 12 |
Oklahoma |
87 |
9 |
-3 |
12 |
Vanderbilt |
79 |
12 |
0 |
| 13 |
Georgia |
85 |
12 |
-1 |
13 |
UCLA |
72 |
14 |
1 |
| 14 |
Florida |
71 |
13 |
-1 |
T14 |
Baylor |
69 |
16 |
2 |
| 15 |
Michigan |
66 |
14 |
-1 |
T14 |
Kentucky |
69 |
18 |
4 |
| 16 |
Mississippi State |
61 |
18 |
2 |
16 |
Auburn |
67 |
8 |
-8 |
| 17 |
Kentucky |
47 |
16 |
-1 |
17 |
Duke |
58 |
17 |
0 |
| 18 |
Stanford |
42 |
19 |
1 |
18 |
Arizona State |
37 |
15 |
-3 |
| 19 |
Georgia Tech |
41 |
17 |
-2 |
T19 |
Mississippi State |
32 |
25 |
6 |
| 20 |
TCU |
33 |
20 |
0 |
T19 |
Texas A&M |
32 |
NR |
– |
| 21 |
Columbia |
30 |
22 |
1 |
21 |
South Carolina |
30 |
21 |
0 |
| 22 |
Illinois |
19 |
20 |
-2 |
22 |
Texas |
28 |
22 |
0 |
| 23 |
Cornell |
18 |
24 |
1 |
23 |
LSU |
25 |
NR |
– |
| 24 |
Northwestern |
17 |
23 |
-1 |
24 |
Arkansas |
20 |
23 |
-1 |
| 25 |
South Carolina |
5 |
NR |
– |
25 |
USC |
15 |
19 |
-6 |
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Receiving Votes: Tulane (4), Oregon (3), South Florida (2), Florida State (2); Dropped Out: Tulane (25)
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Receiving Votes: Ole Miss (11), Tennessee (2), TCU (1), Virginia (1); Dropped Out: Ole Miss (20), Tennessee (T23)
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On Tuesday I briefly touched on who was in the top five of the singles and doubles rankings and down below I’ll go into greater detail.
My breakdown of the singles and doubles rankings will have them sorted by school, conference, class, week-to-week change, and Universal Tennis Rating. This content is available for my premium subscribers so if you are a numbers guy like myself you’ll be kicking yourself if you don’t sign up!
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Men’s Singles Rankings (click to view in separate window)
Biggest Risers (Were Ranked Last Time)
Robert Kelly (North Carolina) – up 69 spots from No 123 to No. 54
Aziz Dougaz (Florida State) – up 67 spots from No. 119 to No. 52
Alex Rybakov (TCU) – up 57 spots from No. 84 to No. 26
Timo Stodder (Tennessee) – up 52 spots from No. 86 to No. 34
Alex Ghilea (Oklahoma) – up 52 spots from No. 101 to No. 49
Biggest Risers (Were NOT Ranked Last Time)
Bjorn Thomson (Texas Tech) – NR to No. 60
Sasha Gozun (South Florida) – NR to No. 62
Spencer Furman (Duke) – NR to No. 76
Harrison O’Keefe (Wake Forest) – NR to No. 88
Biggest Drops (Were Ranked Last Time)
JC Aragone (Virginia) – fell 45 spots from No. 59 to No. 104
Nils Ellefsen (Kentucky) – fell 38 spots from No. 75 to No. 113
Tyler Lu (Yale) – fell 38 spots from No. 65 to No. 103
Guy Iradukunda (Florida State) – fell 30 spots from No. 95 to No. 125
Men’s Singles Top 125 by class
43 – Juniors (Torpegaard-1)
42 – Seniors (Kwiatkowski-6)
27 – Sophomores (Chrysochos-2)
13 – Freshmen (Sigsgaard-16)
Top UTRs:
15.23 – Mikael Torpegaard (Ohio State)
15.14 – Cameron Norrie (TCU)
15.12 – Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (Virginia)
14.88 – Petros Chrysochos (Wake Forest)
14.86 – Aleks Vukic (Illinois)
UTR Range:
High – 15.23 – (Torpegaard)
Low – 13.40 – (Nouchi)
Average – 14.23
UTR vs. ITA Variance (UTR rank is higher than ITA rank by X spots)
JC Aragone (Virginia) – 97
Filip Bergevi (Cal) – 83
Sameer Kumar (Stanford) – 78
JJ Wolf (Ohio State) – 69
Corey Pang (Cal Poly) – 68
UTR vs. ITA Variance (UTR rank is lower than ITA rank by X spots)
William Bushamuka (Kentucky) – 95
Razvan Grigorescu (Nebraska-Omaha) – 57
Ryotaro Matsumura (Kentucky) – 55
Justin Butsch (LSU) – 55
Maxime Hinnisdaels (Auburn) – 55
Teams with the multiple ranked players in the top 125 were:
4 – California, Ohio State, Oklahoma, TCU, Texas, Wake Forest
3 – Baylor, Columbia, Duke, Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Oklahoma State, Stanford, Texas A&M, Virginia
2 – Alabama, Arkansas, Cal Poly, East Tennessee State, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Illinois, LSU, Mississippi State, NC State, North Florida, Northwestern, Purdue, SMU, South Alabama, South Carolina, Texas Tech, UCLA, USC
Conferences Representation:
25 – SEC
22 – ACC
20 – Big 12
15 – Big Ten
13 – Pac 12
7 – American
4 – Ivy League
3 – Missouri Valley, Sun Belt
2 – Atlantic Sun, Big West, Conference USA, Southern, West Coast
1 – MAC, Ohio Valley, Summit
Schools with multiple ranked teams
3 – Michigan, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Virginia
2 – Baylor, California, Georgia, Kentucky, North Florida, Northwestern, Ohio State, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas Tech, USC, Vanderbilt
Top Team UTRs:
14.70 – Herkko Pollanen/Mikael Torpegaard (Ohio State) – ITA Rank #10
14.64 – Carl Soderlund/Luca Corinteli (Virginia) – ITA Rank #25
14.60 – Guillermo Nunez/Alex Rybakov (TCU) – ITA Rank #21
14.56 – Christian Seraphim/Skander Mansouri (Wake Forest) – ITA Rank #1
14.56 – Luca Corinteli/Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (Virginia) – ITA Rank #34
14.56 – Johannes Ingildsen/Alfredo Perez (Florida) – ITA Rank #6
Biggest Risers (Were Ranked Last Time)
Parker Wynn/Sean Donohue (Louisville) – up 43 spots from No. 65 to No. 22
Beck Pennington/Enzo Wallart (Kentucky) – up 43 spots from No. 70 to No. 27
Mazen Osama/Spencer Richey (Alabama) – up 26 spots from No. 66 to No. 40
Aleks Vukic/Aron Hiltzik (Illinois) – up 24 spots from No. 47 to No. 23
Biggest Risers (Were NOT Ranked Last Time)
Juan Benitez/Will Little (Baylor) – NR to No. 29
Reese Stalder/Jerry Lopez (TCU) – NR to No. 38
Lachlan McPhee/Billy Rowe (Vanderbilt) – NR to No. 39
Yancy Dennis/Harrison O’Keefe (South Carolina) – NR to No. 47
Biggest Droppers (Were Ranked Last Time)
Scott Jones/Timo Stodder (Tennessee) – fell 35 spots from No. 45 to No. 80
Jacob Nicolussi/Adam Moundir (Old Dominion) – fell 33 spots from No. 35 to No. 68
Matic Spec/Felix Corwin (Minnesota) – fell 30 spots from No. 39 to No. 69
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Women’s Singles Rankings (click to view in separate window)
Biggest Risers (Were Ranked Last Time)
Rosie Johanson (Virginia) – up 50 spots from No. 94 to No. 44
Samantha Harris (Duke) – up 41 spots from No. 90 to No. 49
Estela Perez-Somarriba (Miami FL) – up 33 spots from No. 66 to No. 33
Kassidy Jump (Arizona State) – up 32 spots from No. 97 to No. 65
Joana Valle Costa (LSU) – up 30 spots from No. 116 to No. 86
Biggest Risers (Were NOT Ranked Last Time)
Kana Daniel (Penn) – NR to No. 64
Natalie Suk (Ole Miss) – NR to No. 82
Lauren Proctor (Winthrop) – NR to No. 87
Ferny Angeles Paz (Ohio State) – NR to No. 92
Biggest Droppers (Were Ranked Last Time)
Carla Tur Mari (Oklahoma State) – fell 41 spots from No. 68 to No. 109
Gabriella De Santis (Ohio State) – fell 39 spots from No. 41 to No. 80
Emily Arbuthnoff (Stanford) – fell 28 spots from No. 67 to No. 95
Christina Rosca (Vanderbilt) – fell 28 spots from No. 65 to No. 93
Women’s Singles Top 125 by class
43 – Seniors (Carter-2)
33 – Juniors (Sharma-5)
24 – Sophomores (Di Lorenzo-1)
25 – Freshmen (Shibahara-3)
Top UTRs:
12.33 – Francesca Di Lorenzo (Ohio State)
12.11 – Karla Popovic (Cal)
12.10 – Josie Kuhlman (Florida)
11.95 – Ingrid Neel (Florida)
11.91 – Blair Shankle (Baylor)
11.91 – Maegan Manasse (Cal)
UTR Range:
High – 12.33 – (Di Lorenzo)
Low – 9.86 – (Chua)
Average – 11.18
UTR vs. ITA Variance (UTR rank is higher than ITA rank by X spots)
Emily Arbuthnott (Stanford) – 70
Johnnise Renaud (Georgia Tech) – 60
Chiara Lommer (Michigan) – 59
Miho Kowase (Ohio State) – 55
UTR vs. ITA Variance (UTR rank is lower than ITA rank by X spots)
Brittany Lindl (Tennessee) – 59
Aldila Sutjiadi (Kentucky) – 39
Alexa Graham (North Carolina) – 35
Maria Kononova (North Texas) – 34
Teams with the multiple ranked players in the top 125 were:
6 – Florida, Ohio State, Stanford
5 – Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma State
4 – Duke, Pepperdine
3 – Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn, California, Georgia Tech, LSU, Michigan, Texas, USC, Vanderbilt
2 – Arizona, Kansas, Kentucky, Miami FL, Ole Miss, Rice, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, UCLA, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Washington
Conferences Representation:
34 – SEC
24 – ACC
21 – Pac 12
15 – Big 12
11 – Big Ten
5 – Conference USA
4 – West Coast
2 – Big East, Mountain West
1 – American, Big South, Big West, Ivy League, Missouri Valley, Southern, Summit
Schools with multiple ranked teams
4 – Oklahoma State, USC
3 – Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Northwestern, Ohio State, UC Santa Barbara, UCLA
2 – Auburn, California, Duke, Michigan, Oregon, Pepperdine, Rice, Stanford, TCU, Texas Tech, Vanderbilt
Top Team UTRs:
11.95 – Ingrid Neel/Anna Danilina (Florida) – ITA Rank #24
11.72 – Jada Hart/Ena Shibahara (UCLA) – ITA Rank #6
11.64 – Hayley Carter/Sara Daavettila (North Carolina) – ITA Rank #49
11.60 – Viktoriya Lushkova/Katarina Adamovic (Oklahoma State) – ITA Rank #44
11.53 – Hayley Carter/Jessie Aney (North Carolina) – ITA Rank #1
Biggest Risers (Were Ranked Last Time)
Rianna Valdes/Jessica Failla (USC) – up 42 spots from No. 75 to No. 33
Eleni Christofi/Kennedy Shaffer (Georgia) – up 30 spots from No. 58 to No. 28
Joana Valle Costa/Ryann Foster (LSU) – up 22 spots from No. 42 to No. 20
Brittany Lindl/Eve Repic (Tennessee) – up 22 spots from No. 74 to No. 52
Biggest Risers (Were NOT Ranked Last Time)
Ellen Perez/Caroline Brinson (Georgia) – NR to No. 18
Jada Hart/Terri Fleming (UCLA) – NR to No. 22
Giulia Pairone/Shannon Hudson (Arkansas) – NR to No. 38
Justina Mikulskyte/Lesedi Jacobs (Kentucky) – NR to No. 40
Biggest Droppers (Were Ranked Last Time)
Alison Ho/Priya Niezgoda (Rice) – down 38 spots from No. 41 to No. 79
Astra Sharma/Emma Kurtz (Vanderbilt) – down 32 spots from No. 45 to No. 77
Gabriela Talaba/Felicity Maltby (Texas Tech) – down 25 spots from No. 48 to No. 73
Maegan Manasse/Maya Jansen (Cal) – down 25 spots from No. 28 to No. 53
Brienne Minor/Mira Ruder-Hook (Michigan) – down 25 spots from No. 18 to No. 43
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I'm feeling a penn state upset over Michigan tm night! What are your thoughts on that matchup?
Nothing I've seen so far would lead me to believe that Penn State can pull off the upset – doesn't mean it's not possible but i'd say it's highly unlikely. I'd say 5-2 Michigan – if they stop at the clinch 4-0 or 4-1.