KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Both Bethel College and McPherson College remained in the "Receiving Votes" category in the latest edition of the NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Poll, the national office announced Wednesday.
The next edition of the NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Poll is scheduled to be released Wednesday, March 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."
| Rank |
Last Time |
|
Institution [First-Place Votes] |
Points |
| 1 |
1 |
 |
Keiser (Fla.) [12] |
300 |
| 2 |
2 |
 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
290 |
| 3 |
3 |
 |
Tennessee Wesleyan |
280 |
| 4 |
4 |
 |
Southeastern (Fla.) |
270 |
| 5 |
5 |
 |
William Carey (Miss.) |
260 |
| 6 |
6 |
 |
Xavier (La.) |
248 |
| 7 |
7 |
 |
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) |
230 |
| 8 |
9 |
 |
LSU Alexandria (La.) |
226 |
| 9 |
8 |
 |
Loyola (La.) |
221 |
| 10 |
10 |
 |
Marian (Ind.) |
209 |
| 11 |
12 |
|
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
208 |
| 12 |
11 |
 |
Holy Cross (Ind.) |
190 |
| 13 |
13 |
 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
183 |
| 14 |
15 |
 |
St. Thomas (Fla.) |
157 |
| 15 |
18 |
 |
Louisiana Christian |
148 |
| T-16 |
14 |
 |
Georgia Gwinnett (Ga.) |
144 |
| T-16 |
17 |
 |
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) |
144 |
| 18 |
16 |
 |
Dillard (La.) |
137 |
| 19 |
19 |
 |
William Woods (Mo.) |
116 |
| 20 |
21 |
 |
Indiana Wesleyan |
94 |
| 21 |
20 |
 |
Morningside (Iowa) |
93 |
| 22 |
22 |
 |
Cumberland (Tenn.) |
90 |
| 23 |
23 |
 |
Bethel (Ind.) |
78 |
| 24 |
24 |
 |
Oakland City (Ind.) |
54 |
| 25 |
RV |
 |
Texas A&M-Texarkana |
47 |
Dropped from Top 25: LSU Shreveport (La.)
Receiving Votes: Bethel (Kan.) 40, LSU Shreveport (La.) 29, Bethel (Tenn.) 26, Stanton (Calif.) 16, Coastal Georgia 14, Grace (Ind.) 9, McPherson (Kan.) 9, Missouri Baptist 7, Mobie (Ala.) 6, Huntington (Ind.) 3, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 3.
—KCAC—