BATON ROUGE — The LSU men’s tennis team slid one spot to No. 34 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s rankings released on Friday by the ITA.
The slight drop occurs after a Feb. 5 matchup between the former No. 32 Rice Owls and then No. 33 LSU. LSU fell to Rice 6-1 in Houston, leaving the Tigers with their third loss on the road this season.
The Southeastern Conference remained well represented with each of the league teams listing in the rankings for the fifth-straight week.
Tennessee led the way for the SEC at No. 4 in the rankings. Georgia and Kentucky rounded out the top 10 at No. 7 and No. 10, respectively.
Ole Miss checked in at No. 11, Florida at No. 12, Alabama at No. 19 and Auburn at No. 27. Trailing
LSU were No. 42 Vanderbilt, No. 46 South Carolina, No. 50 Arkansas and No. 59 Mississippi State.
The Tigers return to action on Feb. 20 after a brief hiatus when LSU takes on top-10 team Virginia in a noon CST match at the Boyd Tinsley Courts in Charlottesville, Va.
Men’s National Team Rankings
Administered by the ITA
NCAA Division I Tennis
February 12, 2010
Rank Team
1 USC
2 Ohio State
3 UCLA
4 Tennessee
5 Baylor
6 Virginia
7 Georgia
8 Texas
9 Stanford
10 Kentucky
11 Mississippi
12 Florida
13 Illinois
14 Pepperdine
15 Wake Forest
16 Louisville
17 Texas A&M
18 Florida State
19 Alabama
20 Virginia Tech
21 North Carolina
22 Duke
23 Arizona
24 Washington
25 Wisconsin
26 Rice
27 Auburn
28 California
29 Boise State
30 Fresno St
31 Miami
32 Oklahoma State
33 Tulsa
34 LSU
35 Notre Dame