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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

3/22 Oracle/ITA Men's Rankings Release - Top 6 Profiles

The new rankings are out and for the second week in a row we have a new No. 1 with North Carolina overtaking Virginia by almost 9 points. TCU stays at No. 3, Ohio State stays at No. 4 and Oklahoma State moves back ahead of UCLA at No. 5 with the Bruins at No. 6. Further down below I have a more in-depth breakdown of the top 6 and how the points were calculated.

This set of rankings used each team's six best wins and all losses while next week's rankings will use each's seven best wins.

Vanderbilt, Auburn, and Pepperdine were the biggest upward movers. Vanderbilt rose 19 spots from No. 68 to No. 49 after beating both Kentucky and Tennessee on the road while fellow SEC member Auburn rose at least 24 spots from unranked to No. 52 after stunning then No. 22 Ole Miss 4-3. Pepperdine rose 18 spots from No. 71 to No. 53 after the Waves upset then No. 26 Memphis.

Georgia was the biggest mover inside the top 25 with the Bulldogs jumping up from No. 19 to No. 11 after winning at South Carolina and then beating No. 4 Ohio State. Florida also made a nice move from No. 24 to No. 16 after the Gators steamrolled Arkansas and Ole Miss.

The following teams moved up at least 8 spots versus the last rankings - movement in ( ):
#11 Georgia (+8)
#16 Florida (+8)
#29 Columbia (+10)
#36 SMU (+8)
#49 Vanderbilt (+19)
#52 Auburn (at least +24)
#53 Pepperdine (+18)
#61 Utah (+13)
#64 Miami FL (at least +12)

The following teams dropped down at least 8 spots versus the last rankings (still ranked):
#21 Arkansas (-8)
#30 Baylor (-9)
#54 Purdue (-8)
#62 Middle Tennessee State (-8)
#70 Utah State (-12)
#72 Lamar (-11)
#73 Penn (-8)
#75 Western Michigan (-8)

These 3 teams entered the rankings after being unranked and here is why they are now ranked
#52 Auburn - defeated then No. 22 Ole Miss
#64 Miami FL - previous win over Florida St increased in value after the Noles jumped up 28 spots
#71 Nebraska - defeated then #61 Lamar

These 3 teams dropped out of the rankings with last week's rankings in ( ):
Duke (69) - lost to Notre Dame plus previously ranked wins over Tennessee and Duke were de-valued when both of those teams fell out of the rankings
UC Irvine (73) - didn't play last week but earlier losses to Baylor and San Diego counted against them more when both of those teams dropped last week.
San Diego State (75) - lost to Texas Tech, Memphis, and Harvard


Tulane senior Dominik Koepfer retained his top spot in the singles rankings with his dual-match record increasing to 12-0 which includes 8 ranked wins. Koepfer has won 17 straight matches with his last loss coming on October 12th in the finals of the ITA All-American Championship.

Ohio State sophomore Mikael Torpegaard moved up from No. 5 to No. 2 after picking up wins over No. 4 Roberto Cid and No. 27 Austin Smith. Torpegaard is 13-0 in dual-match play with 9 of those wins over ranked opponents.

Florida's Gordon Watson and Diego Hidalgo claimed the top spot in the doubles rankings after defeating Arkansas's Mike Redlicki and Giammarco Micolani. Watson and Hidalgo also have a win over Texas Tech's Hugo Dojas and Felipe Soares with the Red Raider duo moving up to No. 1 in the last ranking period.

I'll have a post either tomorrow or on Thursday that breaks down the singles rankings versus each player's Universal Tennis Ratings.

Here is the ITA's release which breaks down the rankings by conference affiliation.


Below I'll breakdown the team Top 6 looking at the 6 best wins that were used in the rankings this week along with other quality ranked wins. I also listed the point totals gained from the best wins and losses to come up with the computer score.  


North Carolina moves back to No. 1 as I expected with the FSU loss not hurting as much after the Noles jumped up plus UNC's best six wins were all over top 15 teams. North Carolina added a quality road win at NC State over the weekend plus blanked unranked Louisville. 
  • 6 Best Wins (525.60): at #1 Virginia, #4 Ohio State, #5 UCLA, #8 Texas Tech, #11 Illinois, #15 Oklahoma
  • Other Quality Wins: #33 NC State (2X+1 on road), #68 Vanderbilt
  • Losses (6.5): at #23 Florida State
  • Computer Score:  525.60/6.5 = 80.86 (was 76.58)
  • What's Coming Up: Clemson (3/25), Virginia Tech (3/27), Virginia (4/1), Wake Forest (4/3)
  • Comments: UNC won't have any problem with Clemson but the Virginia Tech match will probably be pretty close so they'll need to be focused on it and not looking ahead to Virginia. 

Virginia falls back to No. 2 despite blanking both NC State and Florida State over the weekend. The reason for the drop is because UNC's 6 best wins were a good bit better.  
  • 6 Best Wins (457): #3 TCU, #5 UCLA, #10 Wake Forest, #15 Oklahoma, #17 Kentucky, #23 Florida State
  • Other Quality Wins: #29 Tulsa, #33 NC State, #34 San Diego, #40 Virginia Tech
  • Losses (6.4): #2 North Carolina, #11 Illinois
  • Computer Score:  457/6.4 = 71.41 (was 77.17)
  • What's Coming Up: Notre Dame (3/25), Boston College (3/26), at North Carolina (4/1), at Duke (4/3)
  • Comments:  This weekend will be a warm-up for the North Carolina match which will be a week from Friday in Chapel Hill. 

TCU stays at No. 3 after picking up three top-40 wins last week over Tulsa, Dartmouth, and Columbia.
  • 6 Best Wins (447.2): #6 Oklahoma State, #11 Illinois (2X +1 on road), #12 USC, at #16 South Florida, #29 Tulsa
  • Other Quality Wins: at #31 Wisconsin, #35 Dartmouth, #39 Columbia, #42 Stanford
  • Losses (6.4): #1 Virginia, #14 California
  • Computer Score:  447.2/6.4 = 69.88 (was 74.59)
  • What's Coming Up: Northwestern (3/22), at Texas A&M (3/28), Rice/UT Arlington (4/1)
  • Comments: TCU had a big one today against Northwestern and then has another big one next Monday in College Station against Texas A&M. TCU starts its conference schedule the weekend of April 8th with both Oklahoma and Oklahoma State coming to Fort Worth. With TCU's win over Northwestern there is a really good chance that they'll move up to No. 2 next week.

Ohio State stays at No. 4 after picking a quality road win at South Florida last Thursday before falling at Georgia on Sunday. 
  • 6 Best Wins (429.3): #9 Texas A&M (2X), at #15 Oklahoma, at #16 South Florida, #18 Texas, #21 Baylor 
  • Other Quality Wins: #24 Florida, #27 Penn State, #40 Virginia Tech, at #51 Notre Dame
  • Losses (6.5): #2 North Carolina, at #19 Georgia
  • Computer Score:  429.3/6.5 = 66.05 (was 73.55)
  • What's Coming Up: at Michigan State (3/25), Michigan (3/27), Iowa (4/1), Nebraska (4/3), at Kentucky 4/6)
  • Comments: The Buckeyes won't have any issues in East Lansing on Friday but they'll need to be ready for Michigan on Sunday because the Wolverines have probably had this match circled for a while.

Oklahoma State moves up one spot to No. 5 after picking up a road win at Pepperdine on Saturday. The Cowboys were just .03 behind UCLA last week but they moved ahead of the Bruins this week by over five points. The jump was mainly due to Arkansas coming up 19 spots in the rankings plus some of UCLA's best wins fell. 
  • 6 Best Wins (400.7): at #13 Arkansas, #10 Wake Forest, #14 California, #16 South Florida, at #26 Memphis, #33 NC State 
  • Other Quality Wins: #43 Alabama, #49 Harvard, #52 Iowa, at #71 Pepperdine
  • Losses (6.1): #3 TCU
  • Computer Score:  400.7/6.1 = 65.69 (was 64.39)
  • What's Coming Up: SMU/Oral Roberts (3/26), at Tulsa (4/1), at Texas (4/8), at TCU (4/10)
  • Comments: The Cowboys keep plugging away and they should be 18-1 when they head to Austin on April 8 to kick off their Big 12 campaign. 

UCLA drops one spot to No. 6 after not playing last week. The drop was due to Oklahoma State getting a boost from Arkansas rising plus UCLA lost some points when Texas A&M, Georgia, and San Diego dropped a few spots. 
  • 6 Best Wins (376): #9 Texas A&M, #12 USC, #19 Georgia (2X), #32 Georgia Tech, #34 San Diego 
  • Other Quality Wins: at #42 Stanford, #44 SMU, #59 BYU
  • Losses (6.2): #1 Virginia, #2 North Carolina
  • Computer Score:  376/6.2 = 60.65 (was 64.42)
  • What's Coming Up: at UNLV (3/22), at Oregon (3/25), at Washington (3/27), Stanford (4/1), Cal (4/2)
  • Comments: UCLA took care of business today, as expected, against UNLV and shouldn't have too much trouble this weekend when it goes to Oregon and Washington. The following weekend will be a test when both Stanford and Cal come to town. 


3/22 Oracle/ITA Men's Rankings


RankAvgSchoolPrevious Rank
180.86North Carolina2
271.41University of Virginia1
369.88TCU3
466.05Ohio State University4
565.69Oklahoma State University6
660.65UCLA5
760.39Texas A&M University9
856.92University of Southern California12
955.54Texas Tech University8
1054.57University of Illinois11
1152.97University of Georgia19
1251.16Northwestern University7
1351.04Wake Forest University10
1447.84University of Oklahoma15
1546.68California14
1646.15University of Florida24
1742.5University of South Florida16
1838University of Kentucky17
1936.09University of Texas18
2034.31Florida State University23
2134.25University of Arkansas13
2233.26Tulane University28
2331.82University of Michigan20
2429.8Mississippi State University25
2528.08Penn State University27
2625.26University of Oregon30
2724.78University of Tulsa29
2824.34University of Mississippi22
2924.09Columbia University39
3024.05Baylor University21
3124.01University of San Diego34
3223.79Georgia Tech32
3323.1University of Memphis26
3423.1North Carolina State33
3522.37Princeton University36
3620.74SMU44
3720.25University of Wisconsin31
3819.38Old Dominion University37
3919.33University of Washington45
4018.73Rice University38
4118.57University of Alabama43
4218.48Dartmouth College35
4317.72Stanford University42
4417.67Drake University41
4516.84Virginia Tech40
4616.41University of Notre Dame51
4715.58University of DenverT46
4815.44LSU48
4914.76Vanderbilt University68
5014.48Harvard University49
5114.35UC Santa Barbara50
5214.32Auburn UniversityNR
5314.19Pepperdine71
5413.67Purdue UniversityT46
5512.43Cornell University60
5611.21University of Iowa52
5710.73East Tennessee State University55
589.62St. John's University53
599.54Brigham Young University59
609.06University of New Mexico56
619University of Utah74
628.9Middle Tennessee State University54
638.88UNC Wilmington57
648.86University of Miami (Florida)NR
658.84University of South Carolina62
668.82Georgia State University64
678.5Cal Poly73
688.45University of the Pacific (California)66
698.39UC Davis63
708.35Utah State University58
718.24University of NebraskaNR
727.82Lamar University61
737.63University of Pennsylvania65
747.4College of William and Mary70
757.36Western Michigan University67

RankAvgPlayerSchoolPrevious Rank
165.3Dominik KoepferTulane University1
262.76Mikael TorpegaardOhio State University5
360.17Cameron NorrieTCU2
456.72Aleks VukicUniversity of Illinois6
553.33Roberto CidUniversity of South Florida4
652.37Tom FawcettStanford University7
748.42Thai-Son KwiatkowskiUniversity of Virginia3
843.96Ryan ShaneUniversity of Virginia13
943.67Mackenzie McDonaldUCLA9
1040.53Jared HiltzikUniversity of Illinois8
1138.27Christopher EubanksGeorgia Tech15
1237.29Benjamin LockFlorida State University30
1336.11Konrad ZiebaNorthwestern University11
1431.23Felipe SoaresTexas Tech University22
1531.15Alex RybakovTCU16
1630Skander MansouriWake Forest University19
1729.56Andre GoranssonCalifornia10
1829.01Arthur RinderknechTexas A&M University14
1924.34Nicolas AlvarezDuke University20
2024.23Julian LenzBaylor University17
2123.66Joao MonteiroVirginia Tech18
2223.52Mate CuturaMississippi State University36
2323.48Ronnie SchneiderNorth Carolina12
2423.31Diego HidalgoUniversity of Florida21
2522.57Max de VroomeUniversity of Southern California32
2621.39Hugo Di FeoOhio State University24
2721.31William BushamukaUniversity of Kentucky23
2820.92Florian LakatCalifornia31
2920.86Elliott OrkinUniversity of Florida33
3019.96Mike RedlickiUniversity of Arkansas43
3119.87Dominic CotroneUniversity of South Florida50
3219.4Axel Alvarez LlamasUniversity of Oklahoma41
3318.77Quentin MonaghanUniversity of Notre Dame42
3417.92Wayne MontgomeryUniversity of Georgia25
3517.85Austin SmithUniversity of Georgia27
3617.04Petros ChrysochosWake Forest University45
3716.19Brett ClarkNorth Carolina29
3815.56Piotr LomackiUniversity of Miami (Florida)28
3914.66Uros PetronijevicUniversity of San Diego26
4014.22Billy GriffithCalifornia37
4114.21Gage BrymerUCLA72
4213.51Sam ShropshireNorthwestern University83
4313.47Mazen OsamaUniversity of Alabama62
4413.27Simon NoreniusNorth Carolina State73
4513.14Shane VinsantTexas A&M University34
4612.91Brayden SchnurNorth Carolina38
4712.69Alexandru GhileaUniversity of Oklahoma99
4812.65Julian CashOklahoma State University49
4912.62Martin RedlickiUCLA57
5012.6Sam MonetteIndiana University-Bloomington44
5112.41Gergely MadaraszPurdue University69
5212.25Alexander RitschardUniversity of Virginia80
5312.04Or Ram-HarelUniversity of Tulsa39
5411.39Guillermo NuñezTCU48
5511.17Nick CrystalUniversity of Southern California35
5610.91David WilczynskiStanford University66
5710.5Benjamin UgartePurdue UniversityNR
5810.45Logan SmithUniversity of Southern California40
5910.43Aron HiltzikUniversity of Illinois63
6010.4Marco NunezFlorida State University97
6110.22Naoki TakedaUniversity of ArizonaNR
6210.19Oskar WikbergCalifornia52
6310.1Collin AltamiranoUniversity of Virginia47
6410.02Shawn HadaviColumbia University64
659.76Chris DiazOhio State University65
669.62Maxime TchoutakianBaylor University56
679.47Daniel ValentVanderbilt University54
689.27Christian LangmoUniversity of Miami (Florida)88
699.22Jordan DaigleLSU102
708.98Herkko PollanenOhio State University46
718.95Chase Perez-BlancoUniversity of Florida51
728.91Edoardo TessaroVirginia Tech59
738.91Hunter JohnsonSMU71
748.9Andreas BjerrehusVirginia TechNR
758.61Jathan MalikUniversity of Michigan85
768.49Ryan PenistonUniversity of Memphis61
778.41Nick HortonNorth Carolina State58
788.39Sebastian HeimUC Irvine79
798.32Jordan AngusUniversity of San Diego53
808.3Rishab AgarwalMississippi State University77
818.21Dovydas SakinisDartmouth College55
828.15Robert KellyNorth Carolina89
838.03Constantin SchmitzTulane University111
847.74Mitch StewartUniversity of Washington68
857.6Thomas WeigelNorth Carolina StateNR
867.49David BioscaEast Tennessee State University76
877.3Stefan LindmarkUniversity of Mississippi103
887.06JC AragoneUniversity of Virginia116
897.05Tin OstojicWichita State University78
906.99Jordi ArconadaTexas A&M University67
916.99Spencer PapaUniversity of OklahomaNR
926.99Cameron KlingerVanderbilt UniversityNR
936.97Gabriel FriedrichUniversity of South CarolinaNR
946.96Daan MaaslandUniversity of Oregon70
956.93Jack MurrayNorth Carolina74
966.85Leonard StakhovskyPenn State UniversityNR
976.84Strong KirchheimerNorthwestern University95
986.67Karue SellUCLA93
996.67Connor FarrenUniversity of Southern California96
1006.64Jack Findel-HawkinsUniversity of North Florida105
1016.58Sameer KumarStanford UniversityNR
1026.57Korey LovettUniversity of Alabama81
1036.54Eduardo NavaTCU109
1046.49Gustav HanssonUniversity of MississippiNR
1056.31Andrew WatsonUniversity of Memphis86
1066.3Sam MathesonLiberty UniversityNR
1076.3Alex KnightUniversity of Michigan60
1086.27Alex SendegeyaTexas Tech University124
1096.19Jake DeVineUniversity of Southern California113
1106.18Maciek RomanowiczStanford University98
1116.07Alec AdamsonUC Davis90
1126.03Freddy GelbrichSan Diego State University100
1135.96Harrison ScottUniversity of Texas112
1145.82Jose SalazarUniversity of ArkansasNR
1155.66Nate LammonsSMU87
1165.6Hugo DojasTexas Tech University94
1175.59Nicky HuHarvard University122
1185.42Temur IsmailovOklahoma State UniversityNR
1195.38Tyler LuYale University110
1205.34Walker DuncanUniversity of Georgia120
1215.3Arjun KadheOklahoma State University115
1225.29Alfredo PerezUniversity of Florida75
1235.29Kalman BoydUniversity of Southern California101
1245.21Mac StyslingerUniversity of VirginiaNR
1255.2Matt BarryPenn State UniversityNR

RankAvgPlayerPlayerSchoolPrevious Rank
157.09Gordon WatsonDiego HidalgoUniversity of Florida2
248.37Luca CorinteliRyan ShaneUniversity of Virginia6
343.96Brett ClarkRobert KellyNorth Carolina3
443.83Mackenzie McDonaldMartin RedlickiUCLA4
540Ben WaglandAustin SmithUniversity of Georgia5
639.51Hugo DojasFelipe SoaresTexas Tech University1
732.22Andreas BjerrehusJoao MonteiroVirginia Tech21
831.91Mac StyslingerThai-Son KwiatkowskiUniversity of Virginia7
931.84Arjun KadheJulian CashOklahoma State University9
1030.25Jordan DaigleBoris AriasLSU8
1129.03Benjamin LockMarco NunezFlorida State University26
1228.57Christian SeraphimSkander MansouriWake Forest University19
1327.33Herkko PollanenMikael TorpegaardOhio State University11
1427.09Alex LawsonQuentin MonaghanUniversity of Notre Dame14
1525.73Shawn HadaviRichard PhamColumbia University10
1625.64Giammarco MicolaniMike RedlickiUniversity of Arkansas31
1725.18Korey LovettMazen OsamaUniversity of Alabama42
T1824.89Arthur RinderknechJackson WithrowTexas A&M University25
T1824.89Jack Findel-HawkinsYannick ZuernUniversity of North Florida15
2024.02Jayson AmosArmando SoemarnoUniversity of Oregon18
2123.91Dominik KoepferChi-Shan JaoTulane University33
2223.33Hayden SabatkaBart Van LeijsenUniversity of New Mexico17
2323.05Matic SpecFelix CorwinUniversity of Minnesota16
2422.16Julian LenzWill LittleBaylor University12
2521.62Yates JohnsonHunter JohnsonSMU28
2621.08Luis ValeroJack SchipanskiUniversity of Tennessee20
2720.68Ralf SteinbachMartin JoyceOhio State University13
2820.27Mike VermeerMichal RolskiColumbia University32
2918.62Nate LammonsArkadijs SlobodkinsSMU22
3017.79Spencer PapaAxel Alvarez LlamasUniversity of Oklahoma24
3116.99Brayden SchnurJack MurrayNorth Carolina30
3216.59Justin RobertsDominic CotroneUniversity of South Florida35
3316.28Cameron KlingerRhys JohnsonVanderbilt UniversityNR
3415.69Nathan EshmadeMiles SeemannUC Santa Barbara23
3515.49Arthur RinderknechShane VinsantTexas A&M University34
3614.86Henrik WiersholmJC AragoneUniversity of Virginia38
3714.61Guilherme HadlichGabriel SidneyPepperdine27
3814.24Nick CrystalLaurens VerbovenUniversity of Southern California74
3913.95Alex KnightRunhao HuaUniversity of MichiganNR
4013.93Filip VittekJordan AngusUniversity of San Diego29
4113.83Filip KraljevicZvonimir BabicUniversity of Mississippi48
4213.82Miroslav HerzanHaru InoueWichita State University36
4313.67Michael FeuchtBenny SchweizerLamar UniversityNR
4413.65Filip BergeviFlorian LakatCaliforniaNR
4513.31Adam MoundirAziz KijametovicOld Dominion University37
4613.05Henry CraigAlex GassonUniversity of Denver39
4712.74Romain BogaertsMaksim KanWake Forest University41
4812.54Petros ChrysochosJonathan HoWake Forest UniversityNR
4912.19William BushamukaBeck PenningtonUniversity of Kentucky49
5012.15Alexandru GhileaAndrew HarrisUniversity of Oklahoma46
5112.14Nick HortonIan DempsterNorth Carolina State40
5211.84Maxx LipmanElliott OrkinUniversity of Florida60
5311.77Alex SendegeyaBjorn ThomsonTexas Tech University44
5411.72Casey KayMichael KayGeorgia Tech65
5511.12Rogerio RibeiroDavid BioscaEast Tennessee State University47
5611Jose GraciaMarco NunezFlorida State University45
5710.93Alex AlvaroRamon van FlymenEastern Kentucky University53
5810.92Paul OosterbaanJan ZielinskiUniversity of GeorgiaNR
5910.8Aziz DougazMichael RinaldiFlorida State UniversityNR
6010.71Chris PatzanovskyAndrew WatsonUniversity of Memphis55
6110.46Michael RiechmannAdrian Ortiz-RuizUniversity of Texas56
6210.41Sem VerbeekJose ChambaUniversity of the Pacific (California)NR
6310.4Jonny RigbyMichal KianickaSouthern Illinois, Carbondale67
6410.38Maciek RomanowiczNolan PaigeStanford University43
6510.06Tin OstojicJocelyn DevilliersWichita State University52
669.68Rodrigo EncinasJuan EstevarenaCollege of CharlestonNR
679.58Hudson BlakeReese StalderTCUNR
689.57Austin KaplanNicholai WestergaardUniversity of Pennsylvania50
699.47Jordi ArconadaMax LunkinTexas A&M University57
709.39Filip VittekUros PetronijevicUniversity of San DiegoNR
719.38Lucas GerchTemur IsmailovOklahoma State UniversityNR
729.3Dovydas SakinisRoko GlasnovicDartmouth College59
739.23Alex FennellHarrison O'KeefeUniversity of South Carolina54
749.22Marko KrickovicEdward NguyenAuburn University64
759.08Charlie EmhardtJeffrey SchorschValparaiso University63
768.92Andre GoranssonFlorian LakatCalifornia70
778.9Rodolfo JaureguiHayden SabatkaUniversity of New Mexico72
788.73Sam MonetteDaniel BednarczykIndiana University-BloomingtonNR
798.73Cameron GreenAlex SteryousFurman UniversityNR
808.53Aziz KijametovicJacob NicolussiOld Dominion University75



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