BATON ROUGE — The LSU men’s tennis team is set to begin the dual season on Saturday ranked at No. 16 according to the most recent Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings announced on Thursday.
The ITA has the Southeastern Conference well represented with a total of six SEC teams appearing in the top 25. Defending national champion Georgia holds the peak position for the conference at No. 3. Following Georgia is Florida (No. 7), Tennessee (No. 8), Ole Miss (No. 9) and Alabama (No. 24).
Six of LSU’s seven non-conference opponents are listed in the rankings, highlighted by Ohio State at nation’s current No. 1 position.
LSU enters its dual season beginning with Texas Tech at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend, where they are set to square off against the No. 20 team at 9 a.m. on Jan. 31 at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.
Men’s Tennis Team Rankings
Administered by the ITA
NCAA Division I Tennis
January 29, 2009
Rank School
1 Ohio State
2 Texas
3 Georgia
4 UCLA
5 Virginia
6 Southern California
7 Florida
8 Tennessee
9 Ole Miss
10 Baylor
11 Stanford
12 Tulsa
13 Illinois
14 Michigan
15 Texas A&M
16 LSU
17 Rice
18 Florida State
19 North Carolina
20 Texas Tech
21 Oklahoma State
22 Miami (Fla.)
23 Pepperdine
24 Alabama
25 California