The Big Sky Conference released its preseason men's tennis poll Tuesday as voted on by the league's coaches. The Vandals, led by first-year head coach Daniel Hangstefer, were selected to finish third.
The three-time Big Sky Conference champions totaled 72 points with two first-place votes, putting last season's Big Sky regular-season champs in third place. Northern Arizona was the leading vote-getter, receiving eight first-place votes and collecting 98 points. Montana checked in at second with 74 points; Southern Utah was fourth (68 points and two first-place votes) and Weber State fifth (68).
Idaho returns six letterwinners to a team that went 10-1 in conference play, won the 2018 Big Sky Conference title and advanced to its second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance.