3/31 ITA Rankings Have Been Released - Top 10 Breakdown

Oklahoma stays at #1 in the ITA Men's rankings for the 5th week in a row and for the 6th time in the last 7 weeks. The top 4 in the Women's rankings stays the same with Georgia and Florida swapping spots at 5 and 6.

Below I'll breakdown the Top 10 on the men's side looking at the 7 best wins that were used in the rankings this week along with other quality ranked wins that could potentially fit in down the road.  You'll notice some of the quality wins are ranked higher than a top 7 win and that is because I used the new ranking so that you can see what changes will be made next week.  

Oklahoma would have retained its #1 ranking whether they played or not last week but they increased their margin after knocking off a pair of top 10 teams in TCU and Texas last week.  

• 7 Best Wins: #2 Baylor (2x), #4 Virginia, #7 USC, #9 Texas, #10 TCU, at #11 Ohio State
• Other Quality Wins: at #12 Wake Forest, #14 Ole Miss, #19 North Carolina (2X), #22 South Florida, #24 Northwestern
• Losses: #8 Texas A&M
• What's Coming Up: #20 Tulsa (4/1), at #2 Baylor (4/10), at #21 Texas Tech (4/12), #30 Oklahoma State (4/19)
• Comments:  Would be hard to see them NOT staying #1 all the way through the regular season. 

Baylor stays at #2 after beating Incarnate Word and UT Arlington on Sunday.  Baylor added a nice 7th win to its list with #15 UCLA moving into the last spot.   

• 7 Best Wins: #4 Virginia (2X), #5 Duke, #7 USC, #10 TCU, at #14 Ole Miss, #15 UCLA
• Other Quality Wins: at #20 Tulsa, #31 Drake
• Losses: #1 Oklahoma (2X), #3 Illinois
• What's Coming Up:  #1 Oklahoma (4/10), #30 Oklahoma State (4/12), at #9 Texas (4/15), at #21 Texas Tech (4/18)
• Comments:  Next week BU will add Tulsa as its 8th best win. It's pretty impressive to have 8 wins over top 20 opponents.  

Illinois stays at #3 despite beating #11 Ohio State on Sunday.  The win over the Buckeyes helped narrow the gap between 2 and 3 but it wasn't quite enough to put them past Baylor.  

• 7 Best Wins: at #2 Baylor, at #8 Texas A&M, at #9 Texas, #11 Ohio State (2X), #19 North Carolina, #24 Northwestern
• Other Quality Wins: #33 California, at #35 Notre Dame, #44 Indiana, #49 Penn State
• Losses: #5 Duke, #6 Georgia, #10 TCU
• What's Coming Up: at Michigan State (4/4), at Michigan (4/5), #68 Iowa (4/11), #73 Nebraska (4/12) 
• Comments:  Despite closing with .17 points of Baylor for 2nd, the Illini will likely still be at #3 a week from now because they'll lose points from the UNC and NW wins since they both dropped this week plus its 8th best win will be over #33 Cal.  

Virginia comes up 4 spots from 8 to 4 after picking up wins over Duke and North Carolina last weekend.  

• 7 Best Wins: #5 Duke, #10 TCU, at #12 Wake Forest, #19 North Carolina (2X), #23 Louisville, at #34 NC State
• Other Quality Wins: at #35 Notre Dame, #64 Clemson
• Losses: #1 Oklahoma, #2 Baylor (2X)
• What's Coming Up: William & Mary (4/4), #13 Virginia Tech (4/5), Georgia Tech (4/10), #23 Louisville (4/12)
• Comments:  Virginia has a chance to narrow the gap between 4 and 3 if it can beat #13 Virginia Tech this Sunday.  A win over the Hokies would be a nice 8th best win otherwise #35 Notre Dame would fill that spot.  

Duke drops 1 spot from 4 to 5 after winning at Clemson but losing to Virginia on Sunday.

• 7 Best Wins: at #3 Illinois, #10 TCU, #12 Wake Forest (2X), #14 Ole Miss, at #24 Northwestern, #34 NC State
• Other Quality Wins: #43 Tennessee, #47 Memphis, at #64 Clemson
• Losses: #2 Baylor, #4 Virginia, #13 Virginia Tech
• What's Coming Up: #35 Notre Dame (4/3), Boston College (4/4), at #19 North Carolina (4/10), #32 Florida State (4/12)
• Comments:  Despite the loss to Virginia, Duke is still sitting in pretty good shape with 6 wins over top 25 opponents.  They'll have a chance to add to the resume with Notre Dame coming to Durham on Friday.  

Georgia drops 1 spot from 5 to 6 despite beat Vanderbilt last Friday.  

• 7 Best Wins: #3 Illinois, #8 Texas A&M, #15 UCLA, at #16 Florida, #18 Vanderbilt, #25 LSU, #28 Columbia
• Other Quality Wins: at #43 Tennessee, at #46 Auburn, 
• Losses: #7 USC (2X)
• What's Coming Up: at #26 Mississippi State (4/3), at #71 Alabama (4/5), #58 Arkansas (4/9), #14 Ole Miss (4/11)
• Comments:  Georgia has a chance to pick up another top 30 win this Friday against #26 Mississippi State which would give it 8 wins over Top 30 opponents.  Georgia's drop this week had more to do with Virginia coming up than anything else.  

USC falls 1 spot from 6 to 7 despite beating both Washington and Oregon over the weekend.    

• 7 Best Wins: #6 Georgia (2X+1 was at UGA), #11 Ohio State, #15 UCLA, #16 Florida, #17 San Diego, #28 Columbia
• Other Quality Wins: #20 Tulsa, #38 Stanford, #51 Oregon, #59 Washington
• Losses: #1 Oklahoma, #2 Baylor, #20 Tulsa
• What's Coming Up: Utah (4/3), Arizona (4/4), at #33 Cal (4/10), at #38 Stanford (4/11), at #15 UCLA (4/17)
• Comments:  USC faces 2 unranked teams this week but they'll add the Tulsa win as an 8th best for next week which will give it 8 wins over Top 30 opponent  

Texas A&M rises 1 spot from 9 to 8 after beating Arkansas, Ole Miss, and UT Arlington last weekend. 

• 7 Best Wins:  #1 Oklahoma, #11 Ohio State, #14 Ole Miss, #17 San Diego, #18 Vanderbilt, at #26 Mississippi State, at #45 South Carolina
• Other Quality Wins: #43 Tennessee, #58 Arkansas, at #71 Alabama
• Losses: #3 Illinois, #6 Georgia, #10 TCU
• What's Coming Up:  at #48 Rice (4/1), #46 Auburn (4/3), at #16 Florida (4/5), at #25 LSU (4/9), at #10 TCU (4/11)
• Comments:  Texas A&M will be favored in just about all its remaining matches and with 3 Top 25 opponents coming up there's no reason they can't come up another spot or two before the end of the year.  

Texas falls 2 spots from 7 to 9 after beating Oklahoma State before falling to Oklahoma. 

• 7 Best Wins: #11 Ohio State, #12 Wake Forest, #19 North Carolina, at #20 Tulsa, #28 Columbia, #29 Minnesota, #30 Oklahoma State
• Other Quality Wins: #32 Florida State, at #39 SMU, #49 Penn State
• Losses:  #1 Oklahoma, #3 Illinois, #11 Ohio State
• What's Coming Up: #21 Texas Tech (4/4), UTSA (4/7), # 56Texas A&M CC (4/8), #2 Baylor (4/15), at #10 TCU (4/18)
• Comments: Texas won't leave the state the rest of the regular season and has a chance to pick up a nice 8th best win this Saturday when they host #21 Texas Tech.

TCU stays at #10 this week after losing to #1 Oklahoma but rebounding to win at Oklahoma State.

• 7 Best Wins: #3 Illinois, at #8 Texas A&M, at #20 Tulsa, #25 LSU, #30 Oklahoma State, #42 New Mexico, #50 Dartmouth
• Other Quality Wins: #60 UC Santa Barbara, #74 UT Arlington
• Losses: #1 Oklahoma, #2 Baylor, #4 Virginia, #5 Duke, #12 Wake Forest, #15 UCLA
• What's Coming Up: #21 Texas Tech (4/2), #22 South Florida (4/4), at #39 SMU (4/8), #8 Texas A&M (4/11), #9 Texas (4/18)
• Comments:  This will be another big week for the Horned Frogs with a pair of Top 25 teams on the docket in the next 5 days.  

Other Comments: 

• Rice re-enters the rankings at #48 after knocking off Northwestern, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, George Washington, and Louisiana Lafayette last week.  The Owls only have 2 regular season matches left - tomorrow at home against #8 Texas A&M and on April 12th at #39 SMU.
• East Tennessee State re-enters the rankings at #63 after defeating then #47 UNC Wilmington.
• Nebraska re-enters the rankings after sweeping Michigan and Michigan State last weekend. 
• South Alabama re-enters the rankings after winning the Middle Tennessee Shootout which saw the Jags knock off Southern Illinois, Southern Mississippi and then #61 Old Dominion.  
• Dropping out of the top 75 this week are Georgia Tech (lost to Louisville), UT San Antonio (lost to Texas A&M), Portland (lost to Pacific), and UC Davis (lost to D2 #1 Hawaii-Pacific). 

Projection Misses:

• Texas Tech - left off a win over newly ranked Texas A&M Corpus Christi and instead used a lower ranked win.
• Columbia - win over St John's was worth 8 points (ranked 106-115) instead of 6 (ranked 116-125).

Men's National Team Rankings
Administered by the ITA
NCAA Division I Tennis
March 31, 2015
Rank	Avg	School	Previous Rank
1	86.36	University of Oklahoma	1
2	77.82	Baylor University	2
3	77.65	University of Illinois	3
4	68.19	University of Virginia	8
5	66.90	Duke University	4
6	66.38	University of Georgia	5
7	65.65	University of Southern California	6
8	64.16	Texas A&M University	9
9	60.07	University of Texas	7
10	53.63	TCU	10
11	49.82	Ohio State University	11
12	46.07	Wake Forest University	12
13	44.79	Virginia Tech	16
14	44.29	University of Mississippi	13
15	40.48	UCLA	15
16	37.65	University of Florida	20
17	36.55	University of San Diego	21
18	36.52	Vanderbilt University	17
19	35.68	North Carolina	14
20	35.15	University of Tulsa	27
21	34.85	Texas Tech University	25
22	34.76	University of South Florida	18
23	32.85	University of Louisville	23
24	32.32	Northwestern University	19
25	30.67	LSU	24
26	29.61	Mississippi State University	34
27	29.37	Princeton University	28
28	29.06	Columbia University	26
29	28.84	University of Minnesota	31
30	28.09	Oklahoma State University	22
31	27.15	Drake University	29
32	26.62	Florida State University	32
33	26.53	California	30
34	24.11	North Carolina State	38
35	23.02	University of Notre Dame	37
36	21.67	Harvard University	33
37	20.37	San Diego State University	35
38	18.60	Stanford University	43
39	17.58	SMU	36
40	16.34	University of Denver	41
41	16.21	Pepperdine	49
42	15.46	University of New Mexico	44
43	14.87	University of Tennessee	52
44	14.33	Indiana University-Bloomington	39
45	14.13	University of South Carolina	42
46	13.69	Auburn University	45
47	13.14	University of Memphis	59
48	12.89	Rice University	NR
49	12.78	Penn State University	50
50	12.73	Dartmouth College	60
51	12.20	University of Oregon	51
52	12.19	Wichita State University	48
53	11.81	Cal Poly	64
54	11.74	Tulane University	65
55	11.20	Cornell University	46
56	10.80	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	40
57	10.74	Univ. of San Francisco	55
58	10.50	University of Arkansas	53
59	10.48	University of Washington	56
60	10.17	UC Santa Barbara	66
61	10.08	UNC Wilmington	47
62	9.88	Brown University	67
63	9.86	East Tennessee State University	NR
64	9.79	Clemson University	63
65	9.70	Troy University	T-57
66	9.15	University of South Alabama	NR
67	8.77	University of Pennsylvania	T-57
68	8.70	University of Iowa	54
69	8.54	University of North Florida	69
70	8.45	Old Dominion University	61
71	8.36	University of Alabama	62
72	7.98	UC Irvine	75
73	7.77	University of Nebraska	NR
74	7.72	University of Texas at Arlington	70
75	7.68	UNLV	72

Women's National Team Rankings
Administered by the ITA
NCAA Division I Tennis
March 31, 2015
Rank	Avg.	School	Previous Rank
1	78.32	University of Southern California	1
2	75.76	North Carolina	2
3	74.89	California	3
4	72.76	UCLA	4
5	70.43	University of Georgia	6
6	69.68	University of Florida	5
7	64.49	Baylor University	7
8	58.16	Vanderbilt University	10
9	56.37	University of Virginia	8
10	55.92	Stanford	13
11	53.45	Texas A&M University	15
12	52.49	University of Alabama	9
13	51.50	Oklahoma State University	11
14	48.88	University of Michigan	12
15	46.07	Pepperdine	14
16	41.88	University of Miami (Florida)	16
17	40.27	TCU	20
18	39.89	Texas Tech University	23
19	36.62	Ohio State University	22
20	36.45	University of Kentucky	18
21	31.73	Northwestern University	27
22	31.19	Clemson University	19
23	30.01	Arizona State University	24
24	28.61	Duke University	17
25	28.47	LSU	41
26	27.87	University of Mississippi	21
27	25.29	Wichita State University	25
28	24.00	University of Houston	39
29	22.41	University of Texas at Austin	32
30	21.97	Dartmouth College	29
31	20.72	University of South Carolina	26
32	20.60	University of Oklahoma	31
33	20.58	Long Beach State University	30
34	20.33	Virginia Tech	47
35	20.06	Purdue University	28
36	19.88	Georgia Tech	45
37	19.60	Fresno State	34
38	18.76	DePaul University	40
39	17.99	Saint Mary's College of California	33
40	17.38	University of Notre Dame	36
41	16.62	University of Arizona	38
42	15.98	Auburn University	49
43	15.21	Michigan State University	37
44	14.94	Mississippi State University	35
45	14.30	Rice University	42
46	13.35	University of Arkansas	46
47	13.11	Penn State University	71
48	13.06	University of Portland	67
49	12.63	University of New Mexico	63
50	12.58	UC Santa Barbara	68
51	12.30	University of Washington	44
52	12.24	College of William and Mary	50
53	11.68	University of Utah	52
54	11.20	Harvard University	48
55	10.85	San Jose State University	59
56	10.65	Princeton University	58
57	10.59	Tulane University	51
58	9.95	Indiana University-Bloomington	43
59	9.94	University of Minnesota	69
60	9.67	Brigham Young University	54
61	9.29	SMU	62
62	9.13	University of Oregon	56
63	9.10	Boston College	65
64	8.87	Cal State Northridge	NR
65	8.71	Columbia University	60
66	8.56	Florida State University	61
67	8.54	University of Denver	55
68	8.50	Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa	NR
69	8.49	Univ. of San Francisco	57
70	8.30	University of Colorado	64
71	8.09	University of Tulsa	NR
72	7.98	San Diego State University	72
73	7.89	Old Dominion University	NR
74	7.56	UC Irvine	70
75	7.45	University of Maryland, College Park	53