NWCA Division III releases second regular season poll

Feb. 26, 2021, 4:29 PM (ET)

by Nate Naasz, NWCA

Manheim, PA - Significant shuffling took place in the latest NWCA Division III Coaches Rankings released on Friday as only teams and athletes that had taken to the mat this season were included. Coming in atop the new team rankings is perennial DIII power Wartburg with eight ranked individuals. Wisconsin-La Crosse, the US Coast Guard Academy, Mount Union, Baldwin Wallace, and John Carroll round out the rest of the top-five.
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Many of the teams and athletes included in this set of rankings will find themselves finishing this season not at the NCAA Championships, as they were canceled earlier this month, but instead at the NWCA Division III Coaches Association National Championships presented by ARMS Software, FloWrestling, and Reese's. While there will be no team scoring or awards, each athlete entered will be competing for NWCA All-American status with a top-eight finish. A full listing of competing teams will be available at a later date.
The NCAA Division III Coaches Rankings are voted on and compiled by two coaches from each of the six Regions.

NCAA DIVISION III TOURNAMENT TEAM RANKINGS

RANK	SCHOOL	POINTS
1	Wartburg College	60
2	Wisconsin-La Crosse	54
3	Coast Guard Academy	41
4	University of Mount Union	40
T5	Baldwin Wallace University	38
T5	John Carroll University	38
7	Millikin University	35
8	Coe College	34
T9	Augsburg University	28
T9	Stevens Institute of Technology	28
11	Loras College	26
12	North Central	21
13	Messiah University	20
14	Wisconsin-Whitewater	19
T15	Averett University	18
T15	The College of New Jersey	18
17	Concordia-Moorehead	17
T18	Wisconsin-Stevens Point	16
T18	Waynesburg University	16
T20	University of Dubuque	15
T20	Heidelberg Univeristy	15
22	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	13
23	Southern Virginia University	12
24	Castleton University	11
25	Otterbein College	10

Tournament Poll Methodology: Program will receive points based on how many individuals they have ranked and where they are ranked. The point system will follow the same scoring as the NCAA Championships with no bonus points: Eight Places: (1st - 16), (2nd - 12), (3rd - 10), (4th - 9), (5th - 7), (6th - 6), (7th - 4), (8th - 3). If a program has a wrestler ranked 9th they will receive 2 points, if a program has a wrestler ranked 10th they will receive 1 point.
2020-21 NWCA Committee Representatives: Northeast - Mike Sugermeyer (WNE) & Corey Luce (NYU), Mideast - Justin Signorelli (Alfred State) & Jason Mclean (Muhlenberg), Southeast - Jon Laudenslager (Wilkes) & Anthony Bonaventura (Stevens), Central - Bill Schindel (Adrian) & Josh Malave (Mount Union), Lower Midwest - Jon McGovern (Dubuque) & Brandon Bradley (Nebraska Wesleyan), Upper Midwest - Tony Valek (Augsburg) & Dave Malecek (UW-La Crosse)