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Wartburg Jumps to No. 1 in Tournament Poll, Debuts at No. 1 in First Dual Rankings of the Season

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by National Wrestling Coaches Association

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.


TOP RANKED INDIVIDUALS | NATIONAL RANKINGS | REGIONAL 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

TOURNAMENT TOP 25 | PDF DOWNLOAD

 

RANKINSTITUTIONPOINTSPrv. Rank
1Wartburg602
2Augsburg591
3TCNJ473
4UW La Crosse39.55
5North Central398
6Roanoke334
7Stevens25.5T24
8UW Whitewater24.56
9Loras23.59
10Luther2310
11Arcadia2312
12Chicago227
13Wabash2016
14USCGA1915
15Coe17.513
16JWU16.511
T17Elizabethtown16.514
T17NYU15UR
19Central15T24
T20Baldwin Wallace14T20
T20Williams13.519
T22Washington & Lee13.5T22
T22Ithaca12.5T17
T24Adrian12.5T20
T24McDaniel12T22

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.

 

DUAL TEAM TOP 25 | PDF DOWNLOAD

 

RANKINSTITUTIONRECORD
1Wartburg3-0
2Augsburg4-0
3UW La Crosse8-0
4TCNJ5-0
5North Central5-0
6Roanoke3-0
7JWU2-2
8Loras3-1
9UW Eau Claire2-2
10Central4-1
11Coe1-1
12Washington & Lee3-0
13UW Whitewater2-6
14VTSU Castleton3-2
15Stevens3-4
16Coast Guard1-4
17Chicago2-1
18Baldwin Wallace2-3
19Messiah3-1
20NYU4-0
21Wabash1-1
22Ithaca0-0
23Cornell1-1
24Luther0-2
25Ohio Northern5-0 

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