KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Three teams from the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) were recognized in the NAIA Men's Tennis Preseason Coaches' Poll, the national office announced Wednesday.
McPherson College was ranked inside the Top 25, coming in at No. 22. Two teams from the conference were in the "Receiving Votes" category of the poll, with Bethel College and Ottawa University occupying that space.
The next edition of the NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Poll will be released Wednesday, February 12, 2025.
Rating Methodology:
- The rating was rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and unaffiliated groupings.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater rates the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 for third-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team’s rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes”.
| POSITION |
LAST TIME |
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
FINAL POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Georgia Gwinnett [12] |
18-0 |
372 |
| 2 |
3 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
5-1 |
344 |
| 3 |
8 |
Middle Georgia State |
10-3 |
288 |
| 4 |
6 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
8-3 |
287 |
| 5 |
2 |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
21-2 |
281 |
| 5 |
10 |
Xavier (La.) |
15-11 |
281 |
| 7 |
7 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
8-2 |
278 |
| 8 |
11 |
William Woods (Mo.) |
10-2 |
257 |
| 9 |
4 |
Northwestern Ohio |
20-3 |
246 |
| 10 |
12 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
10-11-1 |
238 |
| 11 |
22 |
Holy Cross (Ind.) |
13-4 |
213 |
| 12 |
13 |
Mobile (Ala.) |
10-1 |
210 |
| 13 |
15 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
16-6 |
208 |
| 14 |
17 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
15-5 |
202 |
| 15 |
19 |
Dillard (La.) |
14-5 |
194 |
| 16 |
9 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
18-4 |
184 |
| 17 |
21 |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
4-1 |
162 |
| 18 |
23 |
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) |
19-8 |
153 |
| 19 |
16 |
Coastal Georgia (Ga.) |
4-3-1 |
142 |
| 20 |
20 |
Grace (Ind.) |
21-5 |
135 |
| 21 |
25 |
Oakland City |
10-5 |
130 |
| 22 |
18 |
McPherson (Kan.) |
9-3 |
97 |
| 22 |
14 |
Union Commonwealth (Ky.) |
12-12 |
97 |
| 24 |
24 |
Marian (Ind.) |
13-9 |
71 |
| 25 |
RV |
Morningside |
18-5 |
63 |
Receiving Votes: Ave Maria (Fla.) 56; Loyola (La.) 50; Campbellsville (Ky.) 44; Missouri Baptist 33; SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) 31; Pikeville (Ky.) 27; Westcliff (Calif.) 26; Huntington (Ind.) 22; Arizona Christian 20; Bethel (Tenn.) 17; Tennessee Southern 16; St. Thomas (Fla.) 15; Bethel (Kan.) 13; Lewis-Clarke (Idaho) 13; Midland (Neb.) 13; Missouri Valley 12; Texas Wesleyan 11; Warner (Fla.) 9; Ottawa (Kan.) 8; Blue Mountain Christian (Miss.) 6; Florida National (Fla.) 5; Milligan (Tenn.) 4; Cornerstone (Mich.) 3; Abraham Baldwin (Ga.) 2; Georgetown (Ky.) 2.
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