Cornell finishes atop NWCA Mid-Major Top 20

Manheim, Pennsylvania – Cornell University on the strength of a 13-3 regular season finished the year ranked first in the NWCA Mid-Major Poll for the 2018-19 season released on Tuesday. Formulated two years ago, the Mid-Major Top 20 concentrates on the programs that fall outside of the traditional “Power 5” conferences.

Cornell which finished second in the poll a year ago, retained the top spot earning all six first-place votes. Wyoming and Northern Iowa, which both compete in the Big 12 for wrestling, finished the regular season coming in at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. The Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association took the next two spots in the top five with Princeton finishing fourth and Lehigh fifth. Lehigh rebounded from an 0-7 start to win nine of its next 11 duals to finish with a 9-9 mark.

Buffalo moved into the top ten in the final poll at No. 9, while the biggest mover in the poll was American, which moved into the poll at No. 14.

The EIWA led all conferences with seven teams in the top 20 including five in the top ten with three teams representing the Patriot League in their all-sports conference. Lock Haven, which competes in Division I wrestling in the Eastern Wrestling League, was also the lone lone PSAC school represented.

Rank	Team (First)	Record	Points	Conference	All-Sports Conf.	Previous
1	Cornell	13-3	120	EIWA	Ivy League	1
2	Wyoming	16-4	111	Big 12	Mountain West	2
3	Northern Iowa	7-5	107	Big 12	Missouri Valley	3
4	Princeton	9-6	102	EIWA	Ivy League	3
5	Lehigh	9-9	98	EIWA	Patriot	5
6	Lock Haven	10-3	92	EWL	PSAC (Division II)	6
7	Army West Point	8-3	82	EIWA	Patriot	7
8	Navy	6-4	71	EIWA	Patriot	8
9	Buffalo	12-5	56	MAC	MAC	12
10	North Dakota State	10-6	55	Big 12	Summit	10
11	Old Dominion	9-7	52	MAC	Conference USA	9
12	Utah Valley	10-14	41	Big 12	WAC	11
13	Appalachian State	9-7	39	SoCon	Sun Belt	13
14 (tie)	American	7-4	37	EIWA	Patriot	NR
14 (tie)	Binghamton	10-3	37	EIWA	America East	16
16	Campbell	7-1	34	SoCon	Big South	14
17	Rider	8-5	24	EWL	Metro Atlantic	17
18	Fresno State	9-8	23	Big 12	Mountain West	15
19	Ohio	8-6	19	MAC	MAC	19
20	Air Force	7-6	16	Big 12	Mountain West	18