Manheim, Pennsylvania – After winning another EIWA championship, Cornell will head into the NCAA Division I Championships atop the final NWCA Mid-Major Top 20 released on Friday.
The Big Red of the Ivy League finished the dual meet season 12-3 and received all five first-place votes.
North Dakota State, South Dakota State, Northern Iowa and Appalachian State finished out their dual seasons ranked in the top five of the Mid-Major poll.
Methodology: The NWCA Division I 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.
NWCA Division I Mid-Major Coaches Poll
March 10, 2013
| Rank | Team (First) | Record | Points | Previous | Conf. | All-Sports |
| 1 | Cornell (5) | (12-3) | 100 | 1 | EIWA | Ivy League |
| 2 | North Dakota State | (11-3) | 90 | 2 | Big 12 | Summit |
| 3 | South Dakota State | (12-4) | 89 | 4 | Big 12 | Summit |
| 4 | Northern Iowa | (7-5) | 86 | 3 | Big 12 | Missouri Valley |
| 5 | Appalachian State | (12-2) | 76 | 5 | SoCon | Sun Belt |
| 6 | Penn | (9-5) | 73 | 7 | EIWA | Ivy League |
| 7 | Lehigh | (9-9) | 72 | 6 | EIWA | Patriot |
| 8 | Northern Colorado | (13-5) | 61 | 8 | Big 12 | Big Sky |
| 9 | Cal Poly | (8-6) | 55 | 9 | Pac-12 | Big West |
| 10 | Air Force | (8-5) | 54 | 10 | Big 12 | Mountain West |
| 11 | Campbell | (16-9) | 49 | 11 | SoCon | Big South |
| 12 | Columbia | (6-7) | 38 | 14 | EIWA | Ivy League |
| 13 | Binghamton | (5-13) | 30 | 13 | EIWA | America East |
| 14 | Army West Point | (6-7) | 25 | 12 | EIWA | Patriot |
| 15 | Princeton | (4-11) | 24 | 16 | EIWA | Ivy League |
| 16 | Northern Illinois | (8-5) | 20 | 18 | MAC | MAC |
| 17 | Little Rock | (5-10) | 17 | 15 | Pac-12 | Ohio Valley |
| 18 | Lock Haven | (7-7) | 15 | NR | MAC | PSAC |
| 19 | Clarion | (11-6) | 14 | 19 (tie) | MAC | PSAC |
| 20 | Drexel | (10-8) | 13 | 17 | EIWA | Colonial |
Others receiving votes: George Mason 9, Utah Valley 9, American 8, Navy 8, Central Michigan 6, Buffalo 5, Cleveland State 2, Rider 2.