Manheim, PA – The National Wrestling Coaches Association has released its second regular season Coaches Polls for the tournament team Top 25 and individual rankings, along with the first dual team Top 25 rankings of the season.
The tournament team poll features a new look at the top, as Wartburg moves into the No. 1 spot with 60 points, narrowly edging previously top ranked Augsburg, which sits second with 59 points. The rest of the top five includes No. 3 The College of New Jersey, No. 4 UW La Crosse, and No. 5 North Central, which jumped up from eighth.
The initial dual team Top 25 mirrors the tournament poll at the top, with the same five programs represented. The only shift in order sees UW La Crosse and TCNJ swap positions, with La Crosse at No. 3 and TCNJ at No. 4.
The individual rankings also saw some movement at the top, with two new No. 1 wrestlers taking over their weight classes. Jacob Blair of Arcadia moved into the top spot at 133, while Charlie Dojan of Wartburg now sits No. 1 at 157. TCNJ and Wartburg are the only programs with two top ranked athletes in this set of rankings.
125 - Christian Guzman, North Central
133 - Jacob Blair, Arcadia*
141 - Mark Samuel, Roanoke
149 - Matt Randolph, Augsburg
157 - Charlie Dojan, Wartburg*
165 - Clayton McDonough, Luther
174 - Hunter Mays, TCNJ
184 - Ganon Smith, Elizabethtown
197 - DJ Henry, TCNJ
285 - Mitch Williamson, Wartburg
| RANK |
INSTITUTION |
POINTS |
Prv. Rank |
| 1 |
Wartburg |
60 |
2 |
| 2 |
Augsburg |
59 |
1 |
| 3 |
TCNJ |
47 |
3 |
| 4 |
UW La Crosse |
39.5 |
5 |
| 5 |
North Central |
39 |
8 |
| 6 |
Roanoke |
33 |
4 |
| 7 |
Stevens |
25.5 |
T24 |
| 8 |
UW Whitewater |
24.5 |
6 |
| 9 |
Loras |
23.5 |
9 |
| 10 |
Luther |
23 |
10 |
| 11 |
Arcadia |
23 |
12 |
| 12 |
Chicago |
22 |
7 |
| 13 |
Wabash |
20 |
16 |
| 14 |
USCGA |
19 |
15 |
| 15 |
Coe |
17.5 |
13 |
| 16 |
JWU |
16.5 |
11 |
| T17 |
Elizabethtown |
16.5 |
14 |
| T17 |
NYU |
15 |
UR |
| 19 |
Central |
15 |
T24 |
| T20 |
Baldwin Wallace |
14 |
T20 |
| T20 |
Williams |
13.5 |
19 |
| T22 |
Washington & Lee |
13.5 |
T22 |
| T22 |
Ithaca |
12.5 |
T17 |
| T24 |
Adrian |
12.5 |
T20 |
| T24 |
McDaniel |
12 |
T22 |
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 DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO PLACEMENT POINTS AT THE NCAA TOURNAMENT: 1ST=16PTS, 2ND=12PTS, 3RD=10PTS, 4TH=9PTS, 5TH=7PTS, 6TH=6PTS, 7TH=4PTS, 8TH=3PTS, 9TH=2PTS, 10TH=1PT, 11TH=.5, 12TH=.5, 13TH=.5, 14TH=.5, 15TH=.5. THE TOP POINT TOTALS WIL BE LOWER THAN THE FINAL ACTUAL NCAA TOURNAMENT POINTS BECAUSE IT DOES NOT include BONUS POINTS OR ADVANCEMENT POINTS.
| RANK |
INSTITUTION |
RECORD |
| 1 |
Wartburg |
3-0 |
| 2 |
Augsburg |
4-0 |
| 3 |
UW La Crosse |
8-0 |
| 4 |
TCNJ |
5-0 |
| 5 |
North Central |
5-0 |
| 6 |
Roanoke |
3-0 |
| 7 |
JWU |
2-2 |
| 8 |
Loras |
3-1 |
| 9 |
UW Eau Claire |
2-2 |
| 10 |
Central |
4-1 |
| 11 |
Coe |
1-1 |
| 12 |
Washington & Lee |
3-0 |
| 13 |
UW Whitewater |
2-6 |
| 14 |
VTSU Castleton |
3-2 |
| 15 |
Stevens |
3-4 |
| 16 |
Coast Guard |
1-4 |
| 17 |
Chicago |
2-1 |
| 18 |
Baldwin Wallace |
2-3 |
| 19 |
Messiah |
3-1 |
| 20 |
NYU |
4-0 |
| 21 |
Wabash |
1-1 |
| 22 |
Ithaca |
0-0 |
| 23 |
Cornell |
1-1 |
| 24 |
Luther |
0-2 |
| 25 |
Ohio Northern |
5-0 |
Ranking Committee
Region 1: Scott Legacy, VTSU Castleton & Mike Sugermeyer, Western New England
Region 2: Anthony Bonaventura, Stevens Institute & Mike Howard, Oswego
Region 3: Joseph Jamison, Ursinus & Corey Luce, NYU
Region 4: Nate Yetzer, Roanoke & Ryan Riggs, Mount Union
Region 5: Grant Zamin, North Central & Jake Fredricksen, Wabash
Region 6: Dave Mitchell, Luther & Eric Keller, Wartburg
Region 7: Tony Valek, Augsburg & Dave Malecek, UW-La Crosse
