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Georgia Women Stay No. 1 Despite Loss, Ohio State Men Return to Top Spot in Latest ITA Rankings; Perez Moves to No. 1 in D-I Women’s Singles; Preston Qualifies at W35 in Jackson MS

Georgia Women Stay No. 1 Despite Loss, Ohio State Men Return to Top Spot in Latest ITA Rankings; Perez Moves to No. 1 in D-I Women’s Singles; Preston Qualifies at W35 in Jackson MS

After three weeks with very little time to follow college results, it’s time to catch up, with the latest ITA Division I team and singles and doubles rankings coming out today.

The Georgia women have been No. 1 all season and despite their fourth loss Sunday, 4-1 to Oklahoma in Norman, the Bulldogs stay in the top spot. Virginia’s wins over Duke and North Carolina last weekend boosted their ranking into the Top 10, with LSU falling out of the Top 10 with their losses to Texas and Texas A&M. Click on the heading to view the entire list of 75 ranked teams.

Top Ten of Women’s Division I Team Rankings, March 31, 2026
(Last week’s ranking in parentheses)
1. Georgia (1)
2. Texas A&M (3)
3. Ohio State (4)
4. Auburn (2)
5. North Carolina (5)
6. Texas (7)
7. Pepperdine (6)
8. Oklahoma (8)
9. Virginia (13)
10. NC State (9)

Either Reese Brantmeier of North Carolina and Carmen Herea of Texas have occupied the top spot in singles all season, but there’s a new No. 1 this week: undefeated Lucciana Perez of Texas A&M. Perez, the 2023 Roland Garros girls finalist, has lost one set in her 19 dual match wins, to Vanderbilt’s Bridget Stammel, and has reached No. 1 without playing the fall season. Learning to excel on hard courts is a major selling point for US college tennis for European and South American players, and the 20-year-old junior from Peru has certainly demonstrated her progress on the surface after playing mostly at line 4 her freshman year.

1. Lucciana Perez, Texas A&M

2. Reese Brantmeier, North Carolina

3. Carmen Herea, Texas

4. Teah Chavez, Ohio State

5. Luciana Perry, Ohio State

6. Piper Charney, Michigan

7. Aysegul Mert, Georgia

8. Ange Oby Kajuru, North Carolina

9. Savannah Dada-Mascoll, Appalachian State

10. Evialina Laskevich, Oklahoma

Women’s Doubles Top 10:
1. Roisin Gilheany and Gloriana Nahum, Oklahoma
2. Gabriella Broadfoot and Victoria Osuigwe, NC State
3. Reese Brantmeier and Alanis Hamilton, North Carolina
4. Ange Oby Kajuru and Susanna Maltby, North Carolina
5. Sophia Webster and Celia-Belle Mohr, Vanderbilt

Wake Forest, Virginia and Ohio State have all been No. 1 this season, with Ohio State returning to the top spot this week, after Wake and Virginia had held it the previous two weeks. Texas, which has six losses, is .01 of a point behind the Buckeyes, so the top position is likely to change hands again as the regular season begins to wind down.

(Last week’s ranking in parentheses)

1. Ohio State (2)

2. Texas (3)

3. Wake Forest (1)

4. Virginia (4)

5. TCU (5)

6. Mississippi State (6)

7. LSU (7)

8. Arizona (9)

9. Baylor (8)

10. Texas A&M (10)

NCAA finalist Trevor Svajda of SMU briefly lost the No. 1 ranking to Dylan Dietrich of Virginia, the only player to beat him in a dual match, but he returned to the top spot two weeks ago and remains there this week. 

After two weeks with only men’s events on the USTA Pro Circuit, the women have this week to themselves, at the W35 in Jackson Mississippi.

Qualifying concluded today, and among the five American qualifiers is 15-year-old Janae Preston. Preston, who did not compete in the J500 Banana Bowl two weeks ago due to her visa not being approved in time, will face top seed Diletta Cherubini of Italy in the opening round Wednesday. The other Americans to qualify are Kolie Allen(Ohio State), Mary Lewis(Arizona, Michigan State), Brandy Walker(Northern Arizona) and Jenna Dean.

Wild cards were given to 17-year-old Mississippi resident Briley Rhoden and former Duke standout Emma Jackson. Victoria Hu(Princeton) is the No. 2 seed.

While their are no men’s USTA Pro Circuit events, there is an ATP tournament, the 250 on clay in Houston. The top five seeds and seven of the eight are Americans: Ben Shelton(Florida)[1], Frances Tiafoe[2], Learner Tien(USC)[3] and Tommy Paul[4], Brandon Nakashima(Virginia)[5], Alex Michelsen[7] and Jenson Brooksby[8]. Nakashima beat Martin Damm in the first round today 7-6(0), 6-2, while defending champion Brooksby lost 6-4, 6-2 to Mackenzie McDonald(UCLA) in the first round. The top four seeds have byes.

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