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Augsburg Sits in the Top spot in Both Polls as the NWCA Releases the First Set of Dual Rankings

NWCA Division III Men's Coaches Poll - Tournament & Dual Top 25 Polls

Manheim, PA - The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Released their first Dual Team Coaches Poll of the Season, and Augsburg Sits atop it as well as the Tournament Top 25. The Top five in each poll mirror one another. 

In the tournament team poll, the top five are comprised of #1 Augsburg (82.5), #2 Warburg (54), #3 UW La Crosse (46), and tied for 4th with 35 pts each are North Central and Baldwin Wallace. 

The same five teams occupy the first Dual Team Poll of the 2023-24 season and are as follows. #1 Augsburg (2-0), #2 Wartburg (3-0), #3 UW La Crosse (6-0), #4 North Central (4-0), and #5 Baldwin Wallace (2-0) 

Wartburg and Augsburg have two top-ranked wrestlers, while North Central, Johnson and Wales, Ohio Northern Baldwin Wallace, UW-La Crosse, and Alvernia each have a single top-ranked individual.

TOP RANKED INDIVIDUALS | NATIONAL RANKINGS | REGIONAL RANKINGS
125 Christian Guzman, North Central
133 Joziah Fry, Johnson & Wales
141 Jacob Reed, Ohio Northern
149 Michael Petrella, Baldwin Wallace
157 Nolan Hertel, UW-La Crosse
165 Matt Lackman, Alvernia
174 Zane Mulder, Wartburg
184 Bentley Schwanebeck-Ostermann, Augsburg
197 Massoma Endene, Wartburg
285 Tyler Kim, Augsburg

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TOURNAMENT POLL METHODOLOGY: THIS IS A TOURNAMENT POWER INDEX RANKING; THE POLL IS NOT BASED ON A TEAM'S DUAL STRENGTH. TPI POINT TOTALS ARE BROKEN DOWN BY INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS: [1St – 16pts], [2ND – 12pts], [3RD – 10pts, [4TH – 9pts], [5TH -7pts], [6TH – 6pts], [7TH -4pts], [8TH  – 3pts], [9TH – 2pts], [10TH – 1pt], [11TH-15TH – 1/2pt]. THE TPI POINT TOTALS WILL BE LOWER THAN THE FINAL ACTUAL NCAA TOURNAMENT POINTS BECAUSE IT DOES NOT INCLUDE BONUS POINTS.

The NWCA Division III ranking committee consists of:
UMW Tony Valek (Augsburg) and Dave Malecek (UW-La Crosse)
LMW Dave Mitchell (Luther) and Eric Keller (Wartburg)
SE Jon Laudenslager (Wilkes) and Anthony Bonaventura (Stevens)
ME Mike Howard (Oswego State) and Joe Galante (TCNJ)
NE Scott Legacy (Castleton) and Corey Luce (NYU)
CENT Bill Schindel (Adrian) & Brandon Brissette (Olivet)