Under the direction of third-year head coach Howard Joffe and associate head coach Mark Weaver, the Aggies went 21-7 overall in 2014, including 14-7 against ranked opponents. It marks the second consecutive year and the eighth time overall A&M has posted 20 or more victories in a season.
The Aggies made a 15th consecutive and 20th overall appearance in the NCAA tournament and were seeded No. 10 in the 64-team field. They advanced to the NCAA Championship round of 16 for the second consecutive year and the third time in program history before falling to eventual runner-up North Carolina, which fell to UCLA in the national championship match and placed No. 3 in the final ranking.
The Southeastern Conference placed five teams in the final Top 25: Georgia (4), Florida (5), Alabama (6), Texas A&M (9) and Vanderbilt (11). South Carolina, Auburn, Ole Miss and Kentucky occupy the Nos. 26-29 spots, respectively.
The Aggie men's team is No. 10 in the final rankings, and A&M joins Georgia, North Carolina, UCLA and Virginia as the only teams in the nation to have both their men's and women's tennis programs in the top 10 in the final rankings.
The ITA singles and doubles rankings will be released June 4, along with the final regional rankings.
Below is the ITA's list of the 30 top-ranked teams:
Rank Avg School Previous Week
1. 81.8 UCLA 3
2. 78.73 Duke University 5
3. 77.27 North Carolina 7
4. 74.35 University of Georgia 1
5. 72.65 University of Florida 8
6. 72.5 University of Alabama 2
7. 71.14 University of Virginia 4
8. 69.64 Stanford 11
9. 66.83 Texas A&M University 9
10. 64.28 California 6
11. 64.16 Vanderbilt University 10
12. 63.17 University of Miami (Florida) 12
13. 58.46 Clemson University 14
14. 58.04 Baylor University 13
15 53.44 Northwestern University 16
16. 52.5 University of Southern California 15
17. 47.69 University of Michigan 17
18. 35.59 Georgia Tech 19
19. 34.09 University of Notre Dame 28
20. 33.58 University of Oklahoma 18
21. 32.49 Oklahoma State University 22
22. 31.9 University of Texas at Austin 23
23 31.49 Rice University 20
24 28.84 Pepperdine 24
25. 28.41 University of Tulsa 21
26 28.26 University of South Carolina 30
27 27.57 Auburn University 29
28 24.99 University of Mississippi 36
29. 24.7 University of Kentucky 32
30. 24.56 Texas Tech University 26
For the complete final team rankings, go to itatennis.com.
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