Wichita State junior Fatima Bizhukova leads a group of five American Athletic Conference players who appear in the 2018-19 preseason Oracle/ITA Division I women's tennis rankings.

Bizhukova, a unanimous all-conference selection who qualified for the NCAA Championship in singles play, is ranked No. 24 nationally to enter the 2018 fall season.

ECU senior Celia Ruiz checks in at No. 50, while Tulsa's Martina Okalova is No. 54 to start the season.

UCF sophomore Rebeka Stolmar, who was The American's Freshman of the Year in 2018, is No. 87 in the preseason ranking, while Wichita State's Sandra Honigova is No. 94.

The preseason doubles rankings have Wichita State's tandem of Fatima Bizhukova/Marta Bellucco at No. 14 nationally. ECU's duo of Celia Ruiz/Lisa Hofbauer is No. 42.