BATON ROUGE — The LSU men’s tennis team moved up one spot in the national rankings this week to No. 18, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced on Tuesday.
The Tigers were originally schedule to open the season on Tuesday against Southern Miss and Southern but expected inclement weather conditions forced the matches to be postponed. The matches were moved to Sunday, Feb. 17 when LSU will face Southern Miss at noon and Southern at 5 p.m.
The Tigers’ new dual season opener will be Feb. 5 in a doubleheader against UL-Lafayette at 1 p.m. followed by Centenary at 6 p.m. at W.T. “Dub” Robinson Tennis Stadium.
The Southeastern Conference was well represented in the rankings with six teams in the top 25. Defending national champion Georgia is the highest ranked conference team at No. 2. Following Georgia is Ole Miss (No. 5), Alabama (No.12), Florida (No. 13) and Tennessee (No. 24).
Six out of LSU’s 10 non-conference opponents this season are listed in the current rankings, including No. 8 Illinois and No. 3 Ohio State.
Men’s Team Rankings
Administered by the ITA
NCAA Division I Tennis
January 29, 2008
(first place votes for team are in parenthesis)
Rank School Votes
1 Virginia (10) 750
2 Georgia 740
3 Ohio State 730
4 Baylor 720
5 Mississippi 710
6 Southern California 700
7 Texas 690
8 Illinois 680
9 UCLA 670
10 North Carolina 660
11 Notre Dame 650
12 Alabama 640
13 Florida 630
14 Wake Forest 620
15 Duke 610
16 Pepperdine 600
17 Florida State 590
18 LSU 580
19 Oklahoma State 574
20 North Carolina State 559
21 Michigan 550
22 Texas A&M 542
23 Tulsa 534
24 Tennessee 518
25 Boise State 507