2/17 ITA Rankings Release

The post NTI Oracle ITA men's rankings are out and North Carolina is sitting pretty at #1 after winning the title. Since there weren't any published rankings last week we saw a good bit of movement throughout the Top 75 and also a lot of movement within the Top 10.

Both UCLA and Wake Forest came up five spots to #4 and #5 while Texas A&M dropped four spots to #7. Oklahoma and USC each dropped three spots to #8 and #9 while Texas Tech entered the top 10 at #10.

#56 Wisconsin made the biggest jump by coming up 18 spots from #74 after winning at then #23 Minnesota.

#45 Minnesota took the biggest fall after dropping 22 spots due to home losses against #14 South Florida, #35 Drake, and #56 Wisconsin. #63 Louisville was the other school to plunge after it dropped 17 spots due to losses at #37 Oregon and #71 Middle Tennessee State.

I also did my own personal top 25, as I've done in the past few weeks, so you can check that out right here.

Below I'll look at the men's teams that moved up at least 4 spots inside the top 50 and then look at the teams that fell at least 4 spots in the top 50 with any notable results listed from the last two weeks (since they didn't do rankings last week).

Movin' On Up:
#1 North Carolina - up 6 - won at #2 Virginia, def. #4 UCLA, #6 Ohio St, #8 Oklahoma, #10 Texas Tech
#4 UCLA - up 5 - def. #7 Texas A&M, #11 Georgia, #17 San Diego; lost to #1 UNC & at #2 UVA
#5 Wake Forest - up 5 - def. #8 Oklahoma, #9 USC; lost at #2 Virginia
#10 Texas Tech - up 4 - def. #11 Georgia & #13 Bayor; lost to #1 North Carolina
#18 California - up 6 - def. #3 TCU & #24 Texas
#28 Memphis - up 9 - won at #32 Vanderbilt & def. #36 Harvard
#31 Notre Dame - up 5 - def. #45 Michigan & #50 Indiana; lost to #12 Illinois
#35 Drake - up 4 - won at #45 Minnesota & def. Western Michigan
#37 Oregon - up 5 - def. #63 Louisville & won # Loyola Marymount
#41 Princeton - up 4 - def. #60 Cornell
#42 UC Santa Barbara - up 6 - won at #52 Pepperdine & at #72 Arizona
#45T - Michigan - up 9 - def. #33 Duke; lost at #31 Notre Dame

Free Fallin':
#7 Texas A&M - down 4 - won at #13 Baylor, def. #14 South Florida, #16 Columbia, #25 Florida St; lost to #4 UCLA & #6 Ohio State
#13 Baylor - down 9 - def. #16 Columbia; lost to #6 Baylor, #7 Texas A&M, #10 Texas Tech, #19 Ole Miss
#22 Stanford - down 4 - down to #3 TCU & #24 Texas
#32 Vanderbilt - down 5 - def. #33 Duke; lost to #28 Memphis & #36 Harvard
#33 Duke - down 8 - won at #39 Tennessee; lost at #32 Vanderbilt & at #45 Michigan
#36 Harvard - down 4 - won at #32 Vanderbilt; lost to #28 Memphis & #60 Cornell
#40 Dartmouth - down 6 - def. St. John's; lost at #30 NC State, at #54 Old Dominion, at Penn
#45T Minnesota - down 22 - def. Green Bay; lost to #14 South Florida, #35 Drake, #56 Wisconsin
#48 Washington - down 7 - lost at #50 Indiana


Notes:

• Texas A&M Corpus Christi (65), North Florida (66), UC Irvine (70), South Alabama (71), and San Francisco (72) each dropped out of the top 75 while #69 Utah, #70 Utah State, #71 Middle Tennessee State, #74 Florida Gulf Coast, and #75 Clemson re-entered the rankings
• Clemson must have someone on the committee to get back into the top 75. They dropped out after starting 2-4 then re-entered after beating Gardner-Webb and Wofford (2X) while also losing to #56 Auburn.

There was very little movement in the women's rankings with only four teams inside the top 50 rising or falling by at least 4 spots.

The only change within the top 10 was Ohio State and Vanderbilt swapping spots at #5 and #6 after the Buckeyes beat the Commodores this past weekend in Cbus.

LSU dropped 6 spots from #13 to #19 after a stunning 4-3 loss on Sunday to then unranked South Alabama. South Carolina dropped 8 spots from #29 to #37 after losing 4-3 to then unranked Georgia State.

There were four teams that entered the rankings with #67 Georgia State, #70 South Alabama, #72 SMU, and #73 North Texas jumping in while Houston (70), Harvard (72), San Jose State (73), and Maryland (75) dropped out.

Here is the ITA's release of its women's rankings and men's rankings.

As a reminder these are the last set of rankings that will be done by the ranking committee - starting with next week's rankings everything will be done through the computer so except to see some wild swings next week - it's gonna be fun!!

MEN'S RANKINGS

Ranking	School	Feb. 3
1	North Carolina	7
2	Virginia	1
3	TCU	2
4	UCLA	9
5	Wake Forest	10
6	Ohio State	8
7	Texas A&M	3
8	Oklahoma	5
9	USC	6
10	Texas Tech	14
11	Georgia	11
12	Illinois	12
13	Baylor	4
14	South Florida	13
15	Oklahoma State	17
16	Columbia	15
17	San Diego	16
18	California	24
19	Mississippi	20
T20	Virginia Tech	19
T20	Northwestern	21
22	Stanford	18
23	Florida	22
24	Texas	26
25	Florida State	28
26	Mississippi State	29
27	Tulane	30
28	Memphis	37
29	Tulsa	31
30	North Carolina State	33
31	Notre Dame	36
32	Vanderbilt	27
T33	Duke	25
T33	LSU	35
35	Drake	39
36	Harvard	32
37	Oregon	42
38	San Diego State	38
39	Tennessee	40
40	Dartmouth	34
41	Princeton	45
42	UC Santa Barbara	48
43	Georgia Tech	44
44	Penn State	47
T45	Minnesota	23
T45	Michigan	54
47	Kentucky	49
48	Washington	41
49	Rice	50
50	Indiana	53
51	Denver	52
52	Pepperdine	43
53	SMU	51
54	Old Dominion	61
55	South Carolina	55
T56	Auburn	56
T56	Wisconsin	74
58	UC Davis	57
59	Arkansas	64
60	Cornell	60
61	Cal Poly	58
62	Alabama	63
63	Louisville	46
64	Purdue	68
65	Wichita State	67
66	Iowa	62
67	Boise State	59
68	Pacific	73
69	Utah	NR
70	Utah State	NR
71	Middle Tennesse State	NR
72	Arizona	69
73	Fresno State	75
74	Florida Gulf Coast	NR
75	Clemson	NR

WOMEN'S RANKINGS

Ranking	School	Feb. 10
1	California	1
2	North Carolina	2
3	Florida	3
4	Georgia	4
5	Ohio State	6
6	Vanderbilt	5
7	Duke	7
8	Michigan	8
9	Virginia	9
10	Texas Tech	10
11	USC	11
12	Miami	12
13	Stanford	14
14	Oklahoma State	15
T15	Texas A&M	16
T15	Pepperdine	17
17	Alabama	18
18	Mississippi	19
19	LSU	13
20	Kentucky	22
21	Clemson	20
22	UCLA	21
23	TCU	23
24	Georgia Tech	24
25	Mississippi State	26
26	Northwestern	25
27	Arizona State	27
28	Fresno State	28
29	Rice	31
30	Baylor	T29
31	Wichita State	32
32	Notre Dame	33
33	Washington	34
34	Tulsa	37
35	Auburn	39
36	Florida State	35
37	South Carolina	T29
38	Long Beach State	40
39	William & Mary	41
40	Texas	38
41	Dartmouth	42
42	Arkansas	44
43	Wake Forest	T45
44	Saint Mary's (CA)	T45
45	Virginia Tech	47
46	Oregon	48
47	Purdue	51
48	Boston College	49
49	DePaul	43
50	Columbia	50
51	Utah	53
52	Illinois	52
53	Oklahoma	36
T54	Kansas	57
T54	Arizona	58
56	Princeton	54
57	Brown	61
58	Minnesota	62
59	Indiana	63
60	Old Dominion	64
61	Hawaii	65
62	Syracuse	66
63	Denver	56
64	Tennessee	59
65	NC State	67
66	Washington State	74
67	Georgia State	NR
68	UC Santa Barbara	60
69	New Mexico	71
70	South Alabama	NR
71	Portland	68
72	SMU	NR
73	North Texas	NR
74	Marshall	55
75	Michigan State	69