Dillard's Women's Tennis Moves Up 3 Spots on NAIA Coaches' Top 25
March 8, 2025
NEW ORLEANS– As of February 26, 2025, the NAIA released their 2024-2025 Women's Tennis Coaches' top 25 Rating. Dillard has moved up from number 11 to number 8 and is said to have the largest movement according to the NAIA.
According to naia.org, this is how the rating works:
Rating Methodology:
- The rating was rated by a panel of head coaches representing each of the conferences and unaffiliated groupings.
- The Top 25 is determined by a points system based on how each rater rates the best teams. A team receives 30 points for each first-place vote, 29 for second-place, 28 for third-place and so on through the list.
- The highest and lowest ratings for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) are removed. The team's rating will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot (including discounted ballots) that the team appears on.
- Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered "receiving votes".
| RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Keiser (Fla.) [12] | 2-0 | 300 |
| 2 | 2 | Georgia Gwinnett | 7-1 | 290 |
| 3 | 3 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 1-2 | 280 |
| 4 | 4 | Xavier (La.) | 1-1 | 268 |
| 5 | 5 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 1-1 | 262 |
| 6 | 6 | Middle Georgia State | 6-3 | 250 |
| 7 | 7 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 4-2 | 240 |
| 8 | 11 | Dillard (La.) | 5-3 | 223 |
| 8 | 9 | William Carey (Miss.) | 3-0 | 223 |
| 10 | 8 | Loyola (La.) | 4-1 | 215 |
| 11 | 10 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 3-4 | 199 |
| 12 | 12 | LSU Alexandria (La.) | 0-1 | 192 |
| 13 | 14 | Holy Cross (Ind.) | 1-2 | 170 |
| 14 | 13 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 1-4 | 169 |
| 15 | 15 | Union Commonwealth (Ky.) | 2-2 | 168 |
| 16 | 16 | Marian (Ind.) | 9-5 | 154 |
| 17 | 17 | Northwestern Ohio | 3-1 | 137 |
| 18 | 18 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 1-1 | 123 |
| 19 | 19 | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 2-2 | 118 |
| 20 | 20 | William Woods (Mo.) | 0-2 | 104 |
| 21 | 22 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 3-1 | 100 |
| 22 | 21 | Bethel (Tenn.) | 2-0 | 91 |
| 23 | 25 | Arizona Christian | 1-1 | 61 |
| 24 | 23 | Indiana Wesleyan | 10-5 | 51 |
| 25 | 24 | Bethel (Ind.) | 12-0 | 48 |
For more information, please visit naia.org. If you want to watch our ladies in action, their next home matches will be on March 21 against Our Lady of the Lake at 2:00 p.m.
-Bleu Devils-