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by NWCA

Manheim, Pennsylvania – The National Wrestling Coaches Association released its first Mid-Major Top 20 of the season on Thursday. Formulated in 2017, the Mid-Major Top 20 concentrates on the programs that fall outside of the traditional “Power 5” conferences.

Six coaches representing different non-Power 5 conferences voted, and Cornell, which is the highest-ranked non-Power 5 school in the NWCA Division I Coaches Poll, edged Wyoming for the top spot. Cornell defeated Wyoming 18-9 in their dual meet on December 29. Wyoming has had a strong season with a win over North Carolina State. Princeton on the strength of wins over Lehigh and North Carolina, also received one first-place vote, is third. The Ivy League captured two of the top three top spots.

Rounding out the top 5 is Northern Iowa at fourth and Lehigh at fifth.  The Mountain Hawks have a win over top-ranked Big Red 19-16.

Six mid-major teams are ranked in the NWCA Coaches Poll. The EIWA led all conferences with seven teams ranked in the top 20 including three in the top five.  Army, Navy, Binghamton and American join Cornell, Princeton, and Lehigh in the top three.

The next Mid-Major poll will be released on February 13.

Rank

Team (First)

Record

Points

Conference

All-Sports Conf.

1

Cornell (5)

8-2

119

EIWA

Ivy

2

Wyoming

12-3

111

Big 12

Mountain West

3

Princeton (1)

4-4

106

EIWA

Ivy

4

Northern Iowa

5-4

104

Big 12

Missouri Valley

5

Lehigh

6-8

97

EIWA

Patriot

6

Lock Haven

5-2

92

EWL

PSAC (Division II)

7

Utah Valley

9-8

71

Big 12

WAC

8

Old Dominion

7-5

67

MAC

Conference USA

9

Army West Point

5-2

65

EIWA

Patriot

10

Campbell

3-0

62

SoCon

Big South

11

Navy

4-2

50

EIWA

Patriot

12

North Dakota State

8-5

41

Big 12

Summit

13

Buffalo

9-4

40

MAC

MAC

14

Appalachian State

4-6

35

SoCon

Sun Belt

15

Binghamton

4-3

32

EIWA

America East

16

Ohio

4-4

21

MAC

MAC

17

Rider

5-3

20

EWL

MAAC

18

Air Force

4-4

19

Big 12

Mountain West

19 (tie)

American

2-4

18

EIWA

Patriot

19 (tie)

Central Michigan

3-5

18

MAC

MAC


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