Manheim, Pennsylvania – After a stellar regular season that saw them go 14-1 in dual meets, Northern Iowa ended the season ranked atop the final NWCA Division I Men’s Wrestling Mid-Major Coaches Poll released on Thursday.
Methodology: The NWCA Division I Men's Wrestling Mid-Major Coaches Poll is voted on by one coach from Division I wrestling conferences with mid-major representation. Each first-place vote is worth 20 points, 19 points for a second-place vote, 18 for a third-place vote, and so on through to one point for a 20th-place vote. The poll is based on dual meet results and represents schools that are in not full members in all-sports conferences considered the "Power 4."
NWCA Division I Men’s Wrestling Mid-Major Coaches Poll
February 27, 2025
Rank/Team (First)/Record/Points/Previous/Conference/All-Sports Conference
1 Northern Iowa (6) (14-1) 120 1 Big 12 Missouri Valley
2 Cornell (11-1) 113 2 Ivy Ivy League
3 South Dakota State (14-4) 109 3 Big 12 Summit
4 Little Rock (17-3) 102 4 Pac-12 OVC
5 Army West Point (8-3) 92 8 EIWA Patriot
6 Navy (6-4) 86 5 EIWA Patriot
7 Lehigh (7-4) 82 6 EIWA Patriot
8 Northern Colorado (11-6) 77 7 Big 12 Big Sky
9 Penn (10-6) 67 9 Ivy Ivy League
10 Wyoming (12-6) 65 12 Big 12 Mountain West
11 Lock Haven (14-5) 55 10 MAC PSAC
12 Utah Valley (7-9) 40 11 Big 12 WAC
13 Princeton (8-9) 32 13 Ivy Ivy League
14 Drexel (11-10) 31 14 EIWA CAA
15 Campbell (11-9) 27 17 SoCon CAA
16 Appalachian State (8-4) 25 16 SoCon Sun Belt
17 Rider (9-8) 22 15 MAC Metro Atlantic
18 George Mason (12-6) 20 21 MAC Atlantic 10
19 Central Michigan (9-10) 15 22 MAC MAC
20 (tie) Binghamton (10-9) 13 18 EIWA America East
20 (tie) California Baptist (6-9) 13 19 Big 12 WAC
20 (tie) Cal Poly (5-9) 13 20 Pac-12 Big West
20 (tie) Ohio (9-8) 13 22 MAC MAC
Others Receiving Votes: Northern Illinois 12, North Dakota State 8, Bucknell 5, Bellarmine 3.
