Despite Top-Five Shuffle, Augsburg Remains on Top in NWCA D3 Men’s Coaches Poll
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by National Wrestling Coaches Association
Manheim, Pa. – The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) has released its first Regular Season NCAA Division III Men's Men's Coaches Polls. The Auggies of Augsburg remain in the driver's seat with 58 points and are followed closely by Wartburg's 54 pts which jumped up from 4th. The rest of the top five has been reshuffled with #3 TCNJ (49), #4 Roanoke (46), and holding at #5 is UW-La Crosse (33.5)
This month's rankings feature nine different schools represented by top-ranked wrestlers, with four weight classes seeing new leaders: 149 Matt Randolph (Augsburg), 165 Clayton McDonough (Luther), 184 Ganon Smith (Elizabethtown), and 197 DJ Henry (TCNJ). The College of New Jersey stands alone as the only program with multiple No. 1s, holding the top spots at 174 and 197.
TOP RANKED INDIVIDUALS | NATIONAL RANKINGS | REGIONAL RANKINGS
125 - Christian Guzman, North Central
133 - James Day, Wabash
141 - Mark Samuel, Roanoke
149 - Matt Randolph, Augsburg*
157 - Eric Kinkaid, Loras
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
| RANK | INSTITUTION | TOTAL POINTS | Previous Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Augsburg | 58 | 1 |
| 2 | Wartburg | 54 | 4 |
| 3 | TCNJ | 49 | 2 |
| 4 | Roanoke | 46 | 3 |
| 5 | UW La Crosse | 33.5 | 5 |
| 6 | UW Whitewater | 31 | T7 |
| 7 | Chicago | 28 | T13 |
| 8 | North Central | 27 | 10 |
| 9 | Loras | 26.5 | T7 |
| 10 | Luther | 26 | T15 |
| 11 | JWU | 22.5 | 6 |
| 12 | Arcadia | 22 | UR |
| 13 | Coe | 18.5 | 22 |
| 14 | Elizabethtown | 18 | 12 |
| 15 | USCGA | 17 | T15 |
| 16 | Wabash | 16 | T13 |
| T17 | Lycoming | 15 | T20 |
| T17 | Ithaca | 15 | 19 |
| 19 | Williams | 13 | 25 |
| T20 | Baldwin Wallace | 12.5 | T20 |
| T20 | Adrian | 12.5 | 23 |
| T22 | Washington & Lee | 12 | 24 |
| T22 | McDaniel | 12 | UR |
| T24 | Stevens | 10.5 | UR |
| T24 | Central | 10.5 | UR |
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.
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
