2025 ITA Fall Preseason Rankings Policies & Procedures

2025 ITA PRESEASON RANKINGS POLICIES & PROCEDURES

MEN’S & WOMEN’S SINGLES

Top 125 Preseason Singles Ranking

Procedure:

1. 1. Players from the prior season’s final top 125 singles rankings who are not returning to college or are not playing during the fall semester will be removed from the preseason rankings.  

   2. Returning players from the prior season’s final top 125 singles rankings will receive a protected ranking and will be moved up the preseason rankings to fill vacancies left by non-returning players (example - players ranked #1 and #2 are not returning to college; players #3 and #4 are returning and therefore will become #1 and #2 in the preseason rankings, maintaining the same order from the prior season’s final rankings). 

   3. The remaining spots in the top-125 will be ordered by WTN among all players who were submitted for a preseason ranking (including freshmen). WTNs as of August 25th will be used.  Freshmen and newcomers will be considered for a preseason national ranking, in addition to the Freshmen/Newcomer rankings (see below).

MEN’S & WOMEN’S DOUBLES

Top-90 Preseason Doubles Ranking

Returning intact teams with a year-end top-90 ranking, new teams with both players having been year-end top-90, and new teams with one player who had a year-end top-30 ranking will receive a protected top-90 ranking, but will not be prioritized to the top of the rankings. The rest of the top-90 will be filled by combined doubles WTN. The full field of 90 teams will be ordered by combined doubles WTN as of August 25th. (ITA DI Operating Committee, June 2025)

FRESHMEN/NEWCOMER

Top-20 Freshmen/Newcomer Ranking

Procedure:

1. In order to be included on the ITA Top 20 Freshmen/Newcomer Rankings, players must be:

   1. Declared eligible by the NCAA by the ITA submission deadline (~ Aug 22nd)

   2. Have not previously appeared on the ITA Freshmen/Newcomer Ranking

2. Players submitted for a Freshmen/Newcomer ranking and who meet the qualifications listed above will be ordered by WTN.  WTNs as of August 25th will be used.  

REGIONAL RANKINGS (End of Academic Year Ranking- June 2024)

20 singles, 10 doubles per Region

Procedure:

ITA to provide initial list to regional committee of players/doubles teams within the region ordered by national ranking (1-125 singles; 1-90 doubles), with the remainder of players within the region ordered according to singles/combined singles WTN (126-1000 singles; 91-1000 doubles).  1-125 in singles and 1-90 in doubles are considered “untouchables,” and the committee has flexibility to re-order the remainder of the list based on metrics like head-to-head wins, regional results, etc.