KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two teams from the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) were recognized in the latest edition of the NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Poll, the national office announced Wednesday. Both McPherson College and Bethel College were part of the "Receiving Votes" category of the poll in this newest edition.
The next edition of the NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Poll will 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 (Fla.) [11] |
300 |
| 2 |
3 |
 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
288 |
| 3 |
5 |
 |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
279 |
| 4 |
8 |
 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
269 |
| 5 |
4 |
 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
260 |
| 6 |
7 |
 |
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) |
226 |
| 7 |
9 |
 |
Xavier (La.) |
223 |
| 8 |
6 |
 |
Loyola (La.) |
221 |
| 9 |
13 |
 |
Holy Cross (Ind.) |
212 |
| 10 |
10 |
 |
LSU Alexandria (La.) |
197 |
| 11 |
11 |
 |
Marian (Ind.) |
195 |
| 11 |
12 |
|
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
195 |
| 13 |
2 |
 |
Georgia Gwinnett |
194 |
| 14 |
15 |
 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
165 |
| 15 |
16 |
 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
149 |
| 16 |
14 |
 |
Dillard (La.) |
147 |
| 17 |
17 |
 |
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) |
132 |
| 18 |
18 |
 |
Louisiana Christian (La.) |
117 |
| 19 |
19 |
 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
97 |
| 20 |
21 |
 |
William Woods (Mo.) |
85 |
| 21 |
25 |
 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
80 |
| 22 |
20 |
 |
Oakland City (Ind.) |
77 |
| 23 |
23 |
 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
72 |
| 24 |
22 |
 |
Bethel (Ind.) |
70 |
| 25 |
24 |
 |
LSU Shreveport (La.) |
55 |
Receiving Votes: Bethel (Tenn.) 29, McPherson (Kan.) 22, Bethel (Kan.) 20, Mobile (Ala.) 19, Stanton (Calif.) 16, Grace (Ind.) 13, Huntington (Ind.) 8, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 8, Missouri Baptist 7, Texas A&M -Texarkana 2.
—KCAC—