Ten of the 20 top-ranked singles NCAA Division I tennis players represent Southern schools in the new 2009 Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings.

ITA Division I Preseason Top 25 (with number of No. 1 votes):
1. Ohio State University (17)
2. University of Texas at Austin (4)
3. University of Georgia (10)
4. UCLA (2)
5. University of Virginia
6. University of Southern California
7. Baylor University
8. University of Tennessee
9. University of Mississippi
10. University of Florida

Women's Tennis
ITA Division I Preseason Top 25 (with number of No. 1 votes):
1. Northwestern University (17)
2. California (1)
3. UCLA (14)
4. Baylor University
5. Stanford
6. University of Georgia (1)
7. University of Florida
8. Georgia Tech
9. Duke University (1)
10. University of Southern California

Additionally, six of the top-10 men’s and women’s teams hail from USTA Southern, with the University of Georgia placing No. 3 and No. 6 in the men’s and women’s teams rankings, respectively.

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