Oracle/ITA Release Updated National Division I Rankings

March 1, 2017 | By New York Tennis Magazine Staff
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Oracle and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced the updated Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Division I National Team Rankings on Tuesday, and there's a new No. 1-ranked team on the men's side.

The Ohio State University, buoyed by a 4-1 win at then-No. 10 Florida on Feb. 26, moved ahead of the team they narrowly fell to in the final of the 2017 ITA Division I National Men's Team Indoor Championship, the University of Virginia.

The University of Florida continues to hold down the top spot in the national women's team rankings.

The men's Top 10 saw USC re-enter the mix after picking up narrow 4-3 wins over then-No. 33 Cal Poly (now No. 39) and then-No. 35 Stanford (now No. 44) last week. On the women's side, Georgia Tech moved up six places from No. 11 to No. 5; Cal jumped 11 spots from No. 18 to No. 7; Pepperdine advanced from No. 12 to No. 9 and Duke rose from No. 17 to No. 10.

A reminder that the national team rankings feature the Top 50 teams. Coaches will have access to the unpublished national team rankings on the ITA website.


Top 25 Men's Team Rankings By Conference
Top 10 Conference rankings in parenthesis

SEC 5 – Florida (13); Mississippi State (14); Kentucky (15); South Carolina (19); Georgia (22)

Big Ten (2) 4 – Ohio State (1); Michigan (9); Northwestern (16); Illinois (23)

ACC (3) 4 – Virginia (2); Wake Forest (3); North Carolina (6); Georgia Tech (12)

Big 12 (3) 4 – Oklahoma (4); Oklahoma State (5); Texas (8); Baylor (17)

Pac-12 (2) 4 – California (7); USC (10); UCLA (11); Oregon (21)

Ivy 2 – Cornell (18); Columbia (24)

American 1 – Tulane (20)

Conference USA 1 – Old Dominion (25)

Men's Big Mover Of The Week – Texas A&M
The Aggies scored 4-3 victories over No. 40 South Florida and No. 33 Florida State last week, and as a result, moved from unranked to No. 27 this week.


Top 25 Women's Team Rankings By Conference
Top 10 Conference rankings in parenthesis

SEC (2) 9 – Florida (1); Auburn (6); Tennessee (12); Vanderbilt (14); Arkansas (17); Georgia (18); South Carolina (19); Texas A&M (20); Ole Miss (24)

Big 12 (1) 5 – Texas Tech (8); Oklahoma State (11); Baylor (13); Kansas (15); TCU (22)

Pac-12 (1) 4 – California (7); Stanford (16); UCLA (21); Washington (25)

ACC (3) 3 – North Carolina (3); Georgia Tech (5); Duke (10)

Big Ten (2) 2 – Ohio State (2); Michigan (4)

West Coast Conference (1) 1 – Pepperdine (9)

Ivy 1 – Dartmouth (23)

Women's Big Mover Of The Week – Tennessee
The Lady Vols ran their win streak to six, with wins over No. 15 Kansas and No. 46 UNLV last week. Tennessee is now 13-1 on the season, and head into SEC play this week with matches against No. 14 Vanderbilt and No. 30 Kentucky.


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