The ITA's first team rankings of the season should be out shortly so here is my top 20 along with a few questions for each team. I'm thinking that both Oklahoma and Baylor will have some January roster additions and Wake Forest should have their guys added in a few days. It seems like there are more teams counting on freshman this year than I can remember in the past. I can't see anyway that Virginia isn't the preseason #1 because they've got it all. Here is my top 20 - if you've done one yourself add yours to the comment section below - I'm sure we'll all have many differences and opinions.
1. Virginia - how well will they do without Mitchell Frank?
2. Oklahoma - top 5 is strong but who is going to play #6 - waiting to see January admits?
3. TCU - how well do Alex Rybakov and Eduardo Nava adjust to the college game?
4. Ohio State - can Herkko Pollanen play in the spring like he did the fall and can Martin Joyce hold his own?
5. Georgia - can Paul Oosterbaan be a force at 3 or 4 and how does Walker Duncan perform?
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Preseason Singles & Doubles Rankings Released; Also UTR Top 50
The ITA released its preseason rankings today with Oklahoma's Axel Alvarez #1 in the men's singles rankings and Stanford's Carol Zhao #1 in the women's singles rankings. Georgia's Austin Smith and Ben Wagland are the men's #1 doubles duo with Florida's Brooke Austin and Kourtney Keegan the women's #1 duo.
As you comb through these preseason rankings and wonder how so-and-so ended up where they did I'll let you in on a little secret that some know and some don't - the preseason rankings are just the year-end rankings from the previous season with all the graduating seniors pulled out. They also pull out returning players that aren't enrolled in the fall.
The most interesting part of the preseason rankings (for me) are looking at the Top 10 Newcomer/Freshmen rankings. There are a couple of guys that would have made the list (IMO) but they aren't enrolling until January or aren't currently showing on rosters - Alex Rybakov (TCU 14.59), Dennis Uspensky (Wake Forest - 14.19), and Ryotaro Matsumura (Kentucky - 14.10)
Below is a chart looking at the ITA preseason top 50 versus the UTR top 50 - here is the link to the google doc if you'd prefer to view it that way.
As you comb through these preseason rankings and wonder how so-and-so ended up where they did I'll let you in on a little secret that some know and some don't - the preseason rankings are just the year-end rankings from the previous season with all the graduating seniors pulled out. They also pull out returning players that aren't enrolled in the fall.
The most interesting part of the preseason rankings (for me) are looking at the Top 10 Newcomer/Freshmen rankings. There are a couple of guys that would have made the list (IMO) but they aren't enrolling until January or aren't currently showing on rosters - Alex Rybakov (TCU 14.59), Dennis Uspensky (Wake Forest - 14.19), and Ryotaro Matsumura (Kentucky - 14.10)
Below is a chart looking at the ITA preseason top 50 versus the UTR top 50 - here is the link to the google doc if you'd prefer to view it that way.