USC, UCLA Remain Atop ITA Division I National Team Rankings
Shake-up in the women's Top 10
ITA Division I Men's Rankings | ITA Division I Women's Rankings
SKILLMAN, NJ (Jan. 20) - After opening the 2015 spring season atop the ITA Division I National Team Rankings, the UCLA women and USC men remained as the No. 1 teams in the nation.
The Trojan men rolled to a 6-1 win in their season-opening match against UC Riverside on Monday. In individual action, senior Roberto Quiroz captured the singles title at the Sherwood Collegiate Cup, while also making a run to the doubles final with Max de Vroome.
For the Bruins, both Jennifer Brady and Kyle McPhillips won singles titles over the weekend. McPhillips bested Pepperdine's Lorraine Guillermo to win the National Collegiate Tennis Classic, with Brady ousting Giuliana Olmos to claim victory at the Freeman Memorial Championships. UCLA hosts its first dual match of the season against Marshall on Saturday as part of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend.
The women's Top 10 saw significant shakeup in just the second rankings release of the spring season. Duke slipped from No. 2 to No. 4 after a close 4-3 win over William & Mary. Florida and North Carolina each bumped up one spot into the No. 2 and No. 3 rankings, respectively. No. 5 Georgia lost 4-3 on the road to No. 15 Baylor, causing Georgia to slip to No. 10 while Baylor climbed 6 spots to No. 9. Virginia slides up a spot into the No. 5 ranking in the wake of Georgia's loss, and No. 11 Texas A&M was nudged out of the Top 10 by Baylor and Georgia.
Follow the Leader: For the men, USC is followed by (in order): Oklahoma, Virginia, UCLA, Ohio State, Baylor, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas and Texas A&M. On the women's side, UCLA is followed by Florida, North Carolina, Duke, Virginia, California, Alabama, Stanford, Baylor and Georgia.
Conference count: How the men's and women's Top 25 team rankings are divided up by conference:
Men's Top 25: SEC - 7; ACC - 6; Big 12 - 4; Pac-12 - 3; Big Ten & AAC - 2; Ivy League - 1
Women's Top 25: ACC - 7; SEC - 7; Pac-12 - 4; Big 12 - 4; Big Ten - 2; C-USA - 1
Double-Dip: This week 16 schools have both their men's and women's programs ranked inside the Top 25.
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School |
Men |
Women |
|
Baylor Bears |
6 |
9 |
|
California Bears |
15 |
6 |
|
Clemson Tigers |
22 |
15 |
|
Duke Blue Devils |
12 |
4 |
| North Carolina Tar Heels | 7 | 3 |
| Oklahoma State Cowboys | 24 | 19 |
|
Texas A&M Aggies |
10 |
11 |
|
UCLA Bruins |
4 |
1 |
|
Florida Gators |
13 |
2 |
|
Georgia Bulldogs |
8 |
10 |
|
Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
14 |
20 |
|
Oklahoma Sooners |
2 |
25 |
|
USC Trojans |
1 |
14 |
|
Texas Longhorns |
9 |
22 |
| Virginia Cavaliers | 3 | 5 |
| Vanderbilt Commodores | 25 | 12 |
Kicking Off 2015: The ITA Kick-Off Weekend features 15 men's and 15 women's host sites with four teams at each site vying to advance to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships. The 15 women's teams to win both matches during ITA Kick-Off Weekend will advance to the 2015 ITA National Women's Team Indoor Championship, hosted by the University of Virginia at the Boar's Head Sports Club in Charlottesville, VA from February 6-9. The 15 men's teams to win both matches will advance to the 2015 ITA National Men's Team Indoor Championship, hosted by the University of Illinois at Midtown Athletic Club in Chicago, Illinois on February 13-16.
New Entrants: Four new teams cracked the Top 75 this week. For the men, the University of Denver is ranked T-66, and Rice University is now ranked No. 75. On the women's side, the University of Hawai'i at Manoa moved into the rankings at T-54, while Dartmouth enters the rankings at No. 63.
Coming Up Next: The Jan. 20 rankings mark the beginning of the weekly 2015 ITA Division I National Team Rankings (with the exception of the weeks during the ITA Division I National Team Indoor Championships). Singles and doubles rankings are published every other week starting Feb. 10. All ITA Rankings can be found at by clicking here.
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ITA Rankings |
1/6/15 Rank |
ITA Rankings |
1/6/15 Rank |
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Division I Men's Top 25 |
Division I Women's Top 25 |
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1. University of Southern California |
1 |
1. UCLA |
1 |
|
2. University of Oklahoma |
2 |
2. University of Florida |
3 |
|
3. University of Virginia |
3 |
3. North Carolina |
4 |
|
4. UCLA |
4 |
4. Duke University |
2 |
|
5. Ohio State University |
5 |
5. University of Virginia |
6 |
|
6. Baylor University |
T-6 |
6. California |
7 |
|
7. University of North Carolina |
T-6 |
7. University of Alabama |
T-8 |
|
8. University of Georgia |
8 |
8. Stanford |
T-8 |
|
9. University of Texas at Austin |
9 |
9. Baylor University |
15 |
|
10. Texas A&M University |
10 |
10. University of Georgia |
5 |
|
11. University of Illinois |
11 |
11. Texas A&M University |
10 |
|
12. Duke University |
12 |
12. Vanderbilt University |
11 |
|
13. University of Florida |
13 |
13. University of Miami (FL) |
12 |
|
14. University of Notre Dame |
14 |
14. Clemson University |
14 |
|
15. California |
15 |
15. University of Southern California |
14 |
|
16. Columbia University |
16 |
16. University of Michigan |
16 |
|
17. University of Tennessee |
17 |
17. Northwestern University |
17 |
|
18. Wake Forest University |
20 |
18. Georgia Tech |
18 |
|
19. University of Kentucky |
18 |
19. Oklahoma State University |
19 |
|
20. University of South Florida |
22 |
20. University of Notre Dame |
20 |
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21. Mississippi State University |
21 |
21. Rice University |
21 |
|
22. Clemson University |
24 |
22. University of Texas at Austin |
22 |
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23. University of Memphis |
23 |
23. University of South Carolina |
23 |
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24. Oklahoma State University |
25 |
24. University of Oklahoma |
24 |
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25. Vanderbilt University |
19 |
25. University of Mississippi |
25 |
About the ITA Rankings
As the governing body of college tennis, the ITA administers the ITA College Tennis Rankings (Singles, Doubles, and Team) that are designed to track the top men and women teams and singles and doubles players in NCAA Divisions I, II, III, NAIA, Junior Colleges and California Junior Colleges. For full rankings information, please visit http://www.itatennis.com/AwardsAndRankings/Rankings.htm.