COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Southeastern Conference announced the women's tennis coaches' preseason poll, Wednesday.
Georgia was picked as the overall champion. The Bulldogs are currently ranked fourth in the ITA preseason rankings. UGA finished the season 23-2, including going undefeated in conference play. They won both the regular season title as well as the SEC Tournament Championship.
The preseason poll is voted on by the women's tennis head coach at each institution and is based on a 14-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 vote.
The complete tally for the poll is below.
TEAM POINTS
1 Georgia 192
2 Texas A&M 175
3 Florida 170
4 South Carolina 146
5 Tennessee 144
6 LSU 121
7 Auburn 112
8 Ole Miss 99
9 Vanderbilt 95
10 Arkansas 53
11 Mississippi State 53
12 Alabama 46
13 Kentucky 45
14 Missouri 19
The Texas A&M men’s tennis team was picked to finish sixth in the Southeastern Conference in a preseason poll of the league’s coaches, announced by the SEC Wednesday.
“Our league is really tough from top to bottom and 2022 is certainly no different,” head coach Steve Denton said. “I thought on paper going into the spring we had potentially five top-10 teams. We will have to see how this all plays out, but I know we are all really excited to start this spring season and compete against the best teams in the country.”
Defending national champion Florida was picked to finish first in the league followed by Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia and South Carolina in the top-five. The preseason poll is voted on by the men’s tennis head coach at each institution and is based on a 13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 vote.
Texas A&M men’s tennis prepares for the start of the 2022 season, the Aggies travel to California for the Sherwood Intercollegiate this weekend before taking on Arizona State on Jan. 19 for the first dual match of the season.
SEC PRESEASON COACHES POLL
1. Florida 153
2. Tennessee 144
3. Kentucky 123
4. Georgia 120
5. South Carolina 109
6. Texas A&M 90
7. Ole Miss 79
8. Mississippi State 76
9. Alabama 51
10. Arkansas 50
11. Auburn 48
12. LSU 25
13. Vanderbilt 24
Texas A&M History in SEC Coaches Preseason Poll
Year
Preseason Poll
Actual Finish
2022
6
-
2021
2
4
2020
2
1~
2019
4
3
2018
1
1
2017
4
1*
2016
3
3
2015
2
1*
2014
3
2
2013
3 (Western)
1 (Western)
*-tie
~-place when season was halted due to COVID-19