The NCWA Women's division boasts 8 teams with at least 6 ranked individuals. Tarleton State currently resides in the #1 seat (58 points) followed by Utah Tech (55), UNLV (51), Menlo-NCWA (42), Ottawa-Arizona (41), UCF (40), Washington State (37), and The Apprentice School (32)
Nine women's programs have a #1 ranked wrestler and a total of 51 teams have at least 1 ranked individual, an all-time record for the NCWA's collegiate folkstyle division!
The #1 ranked women include 7 returning National Champions and 2 returning Runners-up:
103 - Jocelyn Benitez (Fr, Fresno State) 14-0
110 - Rachel Corley (So, Tarleton State) 3-2 [2025 National Champion at 110]
117 - Mia Shepard (So, UNLV) 12-3 [2025 National Champion at 117]
124 - Skylar Schaefer (So, Apprentice) 4-1 [2025 National Runner-up at 131]
131 - Anna DiCugno (Jr, Tarleton State) 15-3
138 - Miyuki Pugrad (Gr, Sacramento State) 0-0 [2025 National Champion at 138]
145 - Veloria Pannell (Sr, M.I.T.) 3-0 [3x Defending National Champion at 145 / 143]
160 - Katie Law (So, Utah Tech) 22-0 [2025 National Champion at 180]
180 - Tayleigh Robertson (Sr, Utah Tech) 15-3 [2x NCWA All-American]
207 - Katrina Wangen (Gr, UCF) 11-3 [2025 National Runner-up at 207]
240 - Erin Kremer (Jr, Washington State) 2-0 [2025 National Champion at 240]
To see the full list of Women's Individual Rankings click HERE.
For the Women's Team Rankings click HERE.
The next set of rankings is scheduled to release on 2/1/26 for both the Men's and Women's divisions.