Top-five remains same in NWCA Mid-Major rankings

Manheim, Pennsylvania – The National Wrestling Coaches Association released its second Mid-Major Top 20 of the season on Wednesday.

Cornell University received all six first place for votes after defeating Princeton 34-7. With the win over Princeton, Cornell secured its 17^th straight Ivy League Championship. Despite the loss, Princeton remained in the third spot in a tie with Northern Iowa.  Wyoming remained second, while The Mountain Hawks of Lehigh rounded out the top five teams.

Moving into the top ten for the second poll was Navy at No. 8  and North Dakota State at No. 10.

The EIWA led all conferences with six teams ranked in the top 20 including three in the top five and five in the top 10.  Lock Haven, which won the PSAC Championship, is the only non-Big 12 or EIWA Conference team in the top 10 securing a spot at No. 6.

The final Mid-Major poll will be released on February 27.

Rank	Team (First)	Record	Points	Conference	All-Sports Conf.	Previous
1	Cornell (6)	11-2	120	EIWA	Ivy League	1
2	Wyoming	15-4	109	Big 12	Mountain West	2
3 (tie)	Northern Iowa	6-5	104	Big 12	Missouri Valley	4
3 (tie)	Princeton	7-6	104	EIWA	Ivy League	3
5	Lehigh	7-9	98	EIWA	Patriot	5
6	Lock Haven	8-3	94	EWL	PSAC (Division II)	6
7	Army West Point	7-2	75	EIWA	Patriot	9
8	Navy	5-2	65	EIWA	Patriot	11
9	Old Dominion	8-5	62	MAC	Conference USA	8
10	North Dakota State	9-5	61	Big 12	Summit	12
11	Utah Valley	9-13	58	Big 12	WAC	7
12	Buffalo	10-4	52	MAC	MAC	13
13	Appalachian State	6-6	38	SoCon	Sun Belt	14
14	Campbell	5-1	36	SoCon	Big South	10
15	Fresno State	9-7	30	Big 12	Mountain West	NR
16	Binghamton	7-3	28	EIWA	America East	15
17	Rider	8-4	26	EWL	Metro Atlantic	17
18	Air Force	5-5	24	Big 12	Mountain West	18
19	Ohio	6-5	23	MAC	MAC	19 (tie)
20	Central Michigan	4-7	18	MAC	MAC	20