Life is No. 1, Campbellsville No. 2 in NAIA Women's Poll; nine different teams have a top-ranked athlete

Life University is No. 1 in the first NAIA Women's Wrestling Coaches Poll for the 2021-22 season, with defending NAIA champion Campbellsville at No. 2. Rounding out the top five are No. 3 Southern Oregon, No. 4 Grand View and No. 5 Texas Wesleyan.


Life is the only team with two No. 1 ranked individuals, Peyton Prussin (116) and Jordan Nelson (170). Nine teams have a No. 1 ranked individual,

Poll Methodology


* The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the eight conferences.

* Two days prior to the national poll, each qualifying group rater submits the top six individuals from each weight class in his conference into the system. Only wrestlers listed on a conference ballot are considered for the national ballot.

* The top 20 individuals in each weight class is based on how each voter ranks the best individuals. An individual receives 20 points for each first place vote, 19 for second place and so on through the list. This same point system is used to determine the team ranking.

* The postseason poll is determined using the individual and team results from the national championship

Rank	Team	Points
1	Life University	189
2	Campbellsville University	175
3	Southern Oregon University	167
4	Grand View	143
5	Texas Wesleyan	142
6	University of the Cumberlands	133
7	Wayland Baptist University	126
8	Baker University	121
9	Menlo College	106
10	Lyon College	102
11	Indiana Tech	100
12	Eastern Oregon University	99
13	Oklahoma City University	89
14	University of Providence	88
15	Waldorf University	61
16	Missouri Valley College	57
17	Corban (Ore.)	55
18	Brewton-Parker College	45
19	Lourdes	29
20	Simpson University (CA)	27

Receiving Votes: Central Methodist University (No.) 22; William Penn (Iowa) 20; Central Christian College (Kan.) 2

Top-ranked individuals

101 – Iverly Navarro, University of Providence (Mont.)

109 – Nina Pham, Wayland Baptist University (Texas)

116 – Peyton Prussin, Life University (Ga.)

123 – Jasmine Hernandez, Lyon College (Ark.)

130 – Angela Vitiritti, Campbellsville University (Ky.)

136 – Gracie Figueroa, Menlo College (Calif.)

143 – Erin Redford, Eastern Oregon University

155 – Sienna Ramirez, Southern Oregon University

170 – Jordan Nelson, Life University (Ga.)

191 – Elisa Robinson, Baker University (Kan.)

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