Three AAC Teams Collect Votes in NAIA Men's Tennis Poll
February 13, 2026
(Story provided by NAIA Athletic Communications)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Three Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) squads received votes in the latest NAIA Men's Tennis Coaches' Poll.
Tennessee Wesleyan garnered 279 voting points to land at No. 3, while SCAD Atlanta picked up 94 voting points to check in at No. 21.
Milligan received two voting points.
The next poll will be released on February 25.
| RANK | LAST TIME | TREND | INSTITUTION [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | POINTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | ● | 
|
Keiser University (Fla.) [10] | 299 |
| 2 | 2 | ● | 
|
Georgia Gwinnett [1] | 290 |
| 3 | 3 | ● | 
|
Tennessee Wesleyan | 279 |
| 4 | 4 | ● | 
|
Southeastern (Fla.) | 270 |
| 5 | 5 | ● | 
|
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 258 |
| 6 | 6 | ● | 
|
William Carey (Miss.) | 247 |
| 7 | 7 | ● | 
|
Holy Cross (Ind.) | 238 |
| 8 | 8 | ● | 
|
Cumberlands (Ky.) | 228 |
| 9 | 9 | ● | 
|
Xavier (La.) | 219 |
| 10 | 10 | ● | 
|
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | 206 |
| 11 | 11 | ● | 
|
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas) | 196 |
| 12 | 12 | ● | 
|
Dillard (La.) | 165 |
| 13 | 15 | ▲ | 
|
Oakland City (Ind.) | 163 |
| 14 | 14 | ● | 
|
Grace (Ind.) | 152 |
| 14 | 13 | ▼ | 
|
Morningside (Iowa) | 152 |
| 16 | 18 | ▲ | 
|
Missouri Baptist | 137 |
| 17 | 17 | ● | 
|
Huntington (Ind.) | 131 |
| 18 | 16 | ▼ | 
|
William Woods (Mo.) | 122 |
| 19 | 19 | ● | 
|
Cumberland (Tenn.) | 116 |
| 20 | 20 | ● | 
|
Tennessee Southern | 95 |
| 21 | 20 | ▼ |
|
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | 94 |
| 22 | 22 | ● | 
|
Marian (Ind.) | 90 |
| 23 | 25 | ▲ | 
|
St. Thomas (Fla.) | 77 |
| 24 | 23 | ▼ | 
|
Loyola (La.) | 63 |
| 25 | 24 | ▼ | 
|
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | 54 |
Receiving Votes: Arizona Christian (Ariz.) 44, Texas A&M-Texarkana (Texas) 16, Coastal Georgia 15, Goshen (Ind.) 11, New College of Florida 11, Bethel (Kan.) 10, McPherson (Kan.) 10, Bethel University (Ind.) 6, Ave Maria (Fla.) 5, Bethel (Tenn.) 4, Milligan (Tenn.) 2.
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Poll Methodology
- The national poll is for publicity purposes only and does not influence the selection process for national championship consideration.
- A panel of head coaches representing each conference and the Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) votes in the poll.
- The Top 25 teams are selected using a points-based system:
- 30 points for a 1st-place vote, 29 for 2nd, 28 for 3rd, and so on.
- The highest and lowest rankings received by each team are discarded before final tallying.
- Teams receiving only one point are not listed as "receiving votes."
- For the Preseason Poll, there is no "previous ranking" column since it is the initial poll and differs from the prior rating system.