KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two teams from the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) were recognized in the latest edition of the NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Poll, the national office announced Wednesday. Both Bethel College and McPherson College were part of the "Receiving Votes" category in this newest edition of the poll.
The next edition of the NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Poll is scheduled to be released Wednesday, Feb. 25.
Poll Methodology
- The national poll is for publicity purposes only and does not influence the selection process for national championship consideration.
- A panel of head coaches representing each conference and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) votes in the poll.
- The Top 25 teams are selected using a points-based system:
- 30 points for a 1st-place vote, 29 for 2nd, 28 for 3rd, and so on.
- The highest and lowest rankings received by each team are discarded before final tallying.
- Teams receiving only one point are not listed as "receiving votes."
- For the Preseason Poll, there is no "previous ranking" column since it is the initial poll and differs from the prior rating system.
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
|
INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
 |
Keiser University (Fla.) [10] |
299 |
| 2 |
2 |
 |
Georgia Gwinnett [1] |
290 |
| 3 |
3 |
 |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
279 |
| 4 |
4 |
 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
270 |
| 5 |
5 |
 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
258 |
| 6 |
6 |
 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
247 |
| 7 |
7 |
 |
Holy Cross (Ind.) |
238 |
| 8 |
8 |
 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
228 |
| 9 |
9 |
 |
Xavier (La.) |
219 |
| 10 |
10 |
 |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
206 |
| 11 |
11 |
 |
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) |
196 |
| 12 |
12 |
 |
Dillard (La.) |
165 |
| 13 |
15 |
 |
Oakland City (Ind.) |
163 |
| 14 |
14 |
 |
Grace (Ind.) |
152 |
| 14 |
13 |
 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
152 |
| 16 |
18 |
 |
Missouri Baptist |
137 |
| 17 |
17 |
 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
131 |
| 18 |
16 |
 |
William Woods (Mo.) |
122 |
| 19 |
19 |
 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
116 |
| 20 |
20 |
 |
Tennessee Southern |
95 |
| 21 |
20 |
|
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) |
94 |
| 22 |
22 |
 |
Marian (Ind.) |
90 |
| 23 |
25 |
 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
77 |
| 24 |
23 |
 |
Loyola (La.) |
63 |
| 25 |
24 |
 |
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) |
54 |
Receiving Votes: Arizona Christian (Ariz.) 44, Texas A&M-Texarkana (Texas) 16, Coastal Georgia 15, Goshen (Ind.) 11, New College of Florida 11, Bethel (Kan.) 10, McPherson (Kan.) 10, Bethel University (Ind.) 6, Ave Maria (Fla.) 5, Bethel (Tenn.) 4, Milligan (Tenn.) 2.
—KCAC—