1/27 ITA Rankings Release

The newest rankings were released today with little movement in the men's top 10 while the women's top 10 saw 6 different teams shuffle spots.

That one top 10 change on the men's side was Texas A&M coming up a spot to #4 while Baylor drops a spot to #5 after struggling at home last weekend.

I'll start out on the men's side and look at the teams that moved up at least 4 spots and then look at the teams that fell at least 4 spots with any notable results listed from the last week through this past Sunday.

Movin' On Up:
#21 Northwestern - up 4 spots - beat #23 Tulsa 4-1, lost at #7 Illinois 4-0
#32 Tulane - up 5 spots - beat #44 Pepperdine 4-0; lost at #8 USC 4-3
#36 NC State - up 4 spots - beat #37 Drake 4-2; lost at #10 North Carolina 4-2
#40 Memphis - up 4 spots - beat #45 Louisville 4-0; lost at #6 Georgia 4-1
#51 Kentucky - moved up 4 spots - beat Michigan 4-3
#53 UC Davis - moved up 4 spots - lost at #8 USC 4-0; beat #44 Pepperdine 4-3
#55 Auburn - moved up 4 spots - lost at #11 Wake Forest 4-1; beat #57 Cal Poly 4-3
#63 Wichita State - moved up 8 spots - lost at #8 Ohio State 4-0; beat #59 South Carolina 4-2
#65 Arkansas - moved up 4 spots - beat UT Arlington 6-1; beat Michigan State 7-0
#69 Arizona - moved up 4 spots - beat UC Riverside 7-0
#71 North Florida - moved up at least 5 spots - beat UNC Wilmington 4-0; lost to #61 Alabama 4-2
#72 Pacific - moved up at least 4 spots - beat New Mexico 4-3


Free Fallin':
#18 Virginia Tech - dropped 4 spots - lost to #17 Stanford 4-0
#26 Texas - dropped 6 spots - lost to #20 Florida 4-0; lost to #19 Ole Miss 4-3
#44 Pepperdine - dropped 11 spots - lost to #32 Tulane 4-0; lost to #53 UC Davis 4-3
#45 Louisville - dropped 8 spots - lost to #40 Memphis 4-0; lost to #47 UCSB 4-3
#59 South Carolina - dropped 8 spots - lost to #52 Denver 4-3; lost to #63 Wichita State 4-2
#60 Old Dominion - dropped 4 spots - lost to #46 Oregon 4-1; lost to #67 UC Irvine 4-0
#68 Troy - dropped 4 spots - beat UTSA 4-0; lost at #2 Oklahoma 4-0
#69 San Francisco - dropped 4 spots - lost to #58 Boise State 4-3; lost to #66 Fresno State 4-3
UTSA - was ranked #66 but not ranked now - lost to #68 Troy 4-0; lost to Utah State 4-0
New Mexico - was ranked #62 but not ranked now - lost at #14 Texas Tech 4-1; lost to #71 Pacific 4-3; lost to #39 Georgia Tech 4-0; lost to #49 SMU 4-0


Notes:

• Lots of teams got pushed up a spot or two for close losses so it was good to see them get some respect
• #25 Oklahoma State up 3 spots to #25 after the close 4-3 loss at #3 TCU
• #39 Georgia Tech up 3 spots after a 4-0 win over #49 SMU; competitive vs. #12 UCLA
• #46 Oregon up 3 spots after a close 4-2 loss at #5 Baylor
• #67 UC Irvine up 3 spots after a reasonably close 4-1 loss at #5 Baylor

There was a good bit of shuffling in the women's top 10 as Georgia and USC swapped spots at #2 and #4 with Georgia coming off a successful Kick-Off Weekend while USC had to hold on to get past #59 UC Santa Barbara 4-3. Virginia and Stanford swapped spots at #7 and #8 with Virginia going 2-0 last week while Stanford didn't play. Texas A&M moves up from #10 to #9 and Oklahoma State from #11 to #10 after UCLA tumbled from #9 to #21 after its loss to then #54 Fresno State

Movin' On Up:
#30 Fresno State - up 24 spots - beat #36 Arkansas 4-1 and then #9 UCLA 4-3
#42 William & Mary - up 4 spots - beat then #35 DePaul 4-2; lost to #24 Georgia Tech 4-1
#46 Washington - up 6 spots - beat #47 St. Mary's CA 4-1; lost at #6 California 4-0
#51 Oregon - up 9 spots - beat then #30 Virginia Tech 4-1; lost at #17 Texas Tech 4-0
#53 Illinois - up 5 spots - beat then #30 Virginia Tech 4-3; lost at #17 Texas Tech 4-1
#64 Wake Forest - up 7 spots - won at #62 Tennessee 4-3
#67 Hawaii - up at least 8 spots - beat #65 Arizona 4-3; lost to #73 San Jose State 4-3
#69 Denver - up at least 7 spots - beat then #49 Penn State 4-2; lost at #1 Vanderbilt 4-0


Free Fallin':
#21 UCLA - down 12 spots - lost to then #54 Fresno State 4-3
#41 DePaul - down 6 spots - lost to #18 LSU 4-0 and #42 William & Mary 4-2
#48 Virginia Tech - down 18 spots - lost to #53 Illinois 4-3; lost to #51 Oregon 4-1
#55 Indiana - down 4 spots - beat Miami (OH) 4-3; beat Butler 7-0
#61 Penn State - down 11 spots - lost to #54 Brown 4-0; lost to #69 Denver 4-2
#72 Tulane - down 7 spots - lost to #57 Old Dominion 4-2; lost to #71 Wyoming 4-3
#74 UC Irvine - down 4 spots - lost at then #9 UCLA 4-0; lost to #36 Arkansas 4-1
#75 Maryland - down 9 spots - lost to #58 Columbia 7-0; lost to BYU 5-2

Notes:

• Kansas and South Alabama dropped out of the rankings while Hawaii and Denver entered. Kansas was idle last week while South Alabama lost to #9 Texas A&M and #60 Minnesota
• Indiana dropped 4 spots despite winning both its matches last week though they were against lighter competition. The drop was due to Fresno State, Oregon, and Illinois passing them after having a qualify win.

Men's Rankings

Jan. 27	School	Jan. 20
1	Virginia	1
2	Oklahoma	2
3	TCU	3
4	Texas A&M	5
5	Baylor	4
6	Georgia	6
7	Illinois	7
T8	USC	8
T8	Ohio State	9
10	North Carolina	10
11	Wake Forest	11
12	UCLA	12
13	South Florida	13
14	Texas Tech	15
15	Columbia	16
16	San Diego	19
17	Stanford	18
18	Virginia Tech	14
19	Mississippi	17
20	Florida	21
21	Northwestern	25
22	Minnesota	22
23	Tulsa	24
24	Duke	23
25	Oklahoma State	28
26	Texas	20
27	California	27
28	Vanderbilt	26
29	Florida State	31
30	LSU	30
31	Mississippi State	29
32	Tulane	T37
33	Harvard	32
34	Princeton	34
35	Notre Dame	36
36	North Carolina State	40
37	Drake	35
38	San Diego State	39
39	Georgia Tech	42
40	Memphis	44
41	Tennessee	43
42	Dartmouth	41
43	Washington	45
44	Pepperdine	33
45	Louisville	T37
46	Oregon	49
T47	Cornell	47
T47	UC Santa Barbara	48
49	SMU	46
50	Penn State	53
51	Kentucky	55
52	Denver	52
T53	Indiana	50
T53	UC Davis	57
55	Auburn	T59
56	Rice	58
57	Cal Poly	54
58	Boise State	T59
59	South Carolina	51
60	Old Dominion	56
61	Alabama	63
62	Texas A&M Corpus Christi	61
63	Wichita State	71
64	Iowa	67
65	Arkansas	69
66	Fresno State	68
67	UC Irvine	70
68	Troy	64
T69	San Francisco	65
T69	Arizona	73
71	North Florida	NR
T72	UNC Wilmington	75
T72	Pacific	NR
74	South Alabama	74
75	Clemson	72

Women's Rankings

Jan. 27 Rank	School	Jan. 20 Rank
1	Vanderbilt	1
2	Georgia	4
3	Florida	3
4	USC	2
5	North Carolina	5
6	California	6
7	Virginia	8
8	Stanford	7
9	Texas A&M	10
10	Oklahoma State	11
11	Miami	12
12	Michigan	13
13	Alabama	15
14	Duke	16
15	Baylor	14
16	Ohio State	18
17	Texas Tech	17
T18	Pepperdine	19
T18	LSU	21
20	Clemson	20
21	UCLA	9
T22	TCU	22
T22	Kentucky	23
24	Georgia Tech	24
25	Mississippi	25
26	Northwestern	26
27	Arizona State	27
28	South Carolina	28
29	Mississippi State	29
30	Fresno State	54
31	Rice	31
32	Dartmouth	32
33	Notre Dame	33
34	Wichita State	37
35	Florida State	36
36	Arkansas	34
37	Oklahoma	38
38	Texas	40
39	Long Beach State	39
40	Auburn	41
41	DePaul	35
42	William & Mary	46
43	Princeton	43
44	Houston	42
45	Purdue	45
46	Washington	52
47	Saint Mary's (CA)	44
T48	Virginia Tech	30
T48	Boston College	47
T48	Tulsa	48
T51	Utah	50
T51	Oregon	60
53	Illinois	58
54	Brown	55
55	Indiana	51
56	Marshall	53
57	Old Dominion	57
58	Columbia	56
59	UC Santa Barbara	59
60	Minnesota	61
61	Penn State	49
62	Tennessee	62
63	New Mexico	64
64	Wake Forest	71
65	Arizona	63
66	Portland	67
67	Hawaii	NR
68	Michigan State	69
69	Denver	NR
70	Yale	68
71	Wyoming	74
72	Tulane	65
73	San Jose State	72
74	UC Irvine	70
75	Maryland	66