NWCA NCAA DII Rankings

MANHEIM, Pa. – In the last regular season ranking prior to the NCAA postseason, the defending National Champion Lopers of Nebraska-Kearney have retaken the top spot in the NCAA Division II Men’s Wrestling Coaches Association Rankings, released Thursday by the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA).

UNK, who came into the season as #1 in the preseason edition of the poll, amassed 90.0 total team points to retake the top spot. Last poll’s #1, Central Oklahoma, came in at the #2 spot with 77.0 total team points. Grand Valley State (69.0 points), Pitt.-Johnstown (67.5 points) and Gannon (65.0 points) round out the top five.

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MANHEIM, Pa. – The Bronchos of Central Oklahoma held onto the top spot in the NCAA Division II Men’s Coaches Association rankings, released Thursday by the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA).

UCO, who was also #1 in the last edition of the poll, totaled 90.5 team points behind nine ranked individuals. The defending National Champions, Nebraska-Kearney, again came in at #2, with 81.5 team points, also with a poll-high nine ranked individuals. Gannon (65.0 points), Grand Valley State (63.0 points) and Pitt.-Johnstown (62.0 points) round out the top five in this poll.

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MANHEIM, Pa.- The University of Central Oklahoma took over the top spot in the latest edition of the NCAA Division II Men’s Coaches Association Rankings, released Thursday by the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA).

The Bronchos, who have all 10 in their lineup ranked, amassed 96.0 team points to lead the poll. Nebraska-Kearney dropped to the two spot in the poll with 72.5 points, with eight ranked individually. UW-Parkside (69.5 points), Gannon (56.5 points), and Pitt.-Johnstown (56.0 points) round out the top five in this edition of the team ranking.

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MANHEIM, PA – The defending NCAA Division II National Champion Nebraska-Kearney Lopers held the top spot in the first regular-season edition of the NCAA Division II Coaches Association Rankings, released Thursday by the National Wrestling Coaches Association.

UNK, behind seven ranked wrestlers, totaled 76.0 team points. Lander, which had a poll-high nine ranked wrestlers, stayed in the second spot with 69.0 team points. Tiffin (57.0 points), UW-Parkside (52.0 points) and Gannon (50.0 points) round out the top five in the team poll.

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MANHEIM, PA – With the start of the 2025-26 season looming, Nebraska-Kearney is the top-ranked team in the preseason edition of the NCAA DII Coaches Rankings, released Thursday by the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA).

The Lopers, who won the 2025 NCAA Division II National Championship last season, amassed 73.0 points behind eight ranked wrestlers, highlighted by Jackson Kinsella holding the #1 spot at 197.

After UNK, Lander is in the second spot as a team with 68.5 team points. Pitt.-Johnstown (54.0 pts) and Tiffin (49.0 pts) are ranked third and fourth, respectively, while Grand Valley State and UW-Parkside share the five spot with 48.0 points.

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Manheim, PA – With the 2025 NCAA Division II Wrestling National Championships fastly approaching, Nebraska-Kearney has secured the No. 1 spot in the final in DII Men’s Coaches Association poll, edging out St. Cloud State in a tightly contested race.

Fresh off their Super Region 6 Championship victory, Nebraska-Kearney enters the tournament with unmatched depth, qualifying 10 wrestlers—the most of any team in the tournament field. Their 92 total points narrowly surpass St. Cloud State (87 points), which qualified seven wrestlers. Central Oklahoma (71 points), Grand Valley State (56 points), and Augustana (53 points) round out the top five.

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MANHEIM, Pa.- With the NCAA DII Super Regionals looming this weekend, the Huskies of St. Cloud State held on to the top spot in the DII Men’s Coaches Association poll, released Monday by the NWCA.

SCSU, the only program with more than one top-ranked individual in the poll, amassed 96.5 team points to sit atop the team ranking. Nebraska-Kearney came in second with 70.0 team points, with UW-Parkside in third, just two points behind the Lopers. Central Oklahoma (66.5 points) and Glenville State (61.0 points) round out the top five.

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MANHEIM, Pa.- St. Cloud State remains the top-ranked team in NCAA Division II men’s wrestling, per the latest edition of the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division II Men’s Coaches Poll released Monday afternoon.

The Huskies, coming off of taking the 2025 NWCA Multi-Divisional National Duals DII Men’s title last weekend, amassed 88.0 points behind nine ranked individuals to stay in the top spot. Glenville State held at #2, but is joined by UW-Parkside in sharing the second spot with both teams totaling 65.5 team points. Nebraska-Kearney (65.0 points) and Central Oklahoma (64.5 points) round out the top five teams.

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MANHEIM, Pa.- St. Cloud State will ring in 2025 as the top-ranked team in NCAA Division II men’s wrestling, as the Huskies held the top spot in the second regular-season National Wrestling Coaches Association Division II Men’s Coaches Poll, released Monday afternoon.

Head Coach Steve Constanzo’s Huskies amassed 103.5 total team points, and are the only team in the poll to have all 10 wrestlers individually ranked, highlighted by newly-minted #1 at 149, Colby Njos. Glenville State, which has nine ranked wrestlers, sits in the two-spot in the team rankings with 77.0 points, with UW-Parkside (75.5 points), Central Oklahoma (67.0 points), and Nebraska-Kearney (65.0 points) rounding out the top five.

There are four new individual number ones in this edition of the poll. Joining Njos are Zach Ourada of Nebraska-Kearney (125), Cayden Henschel of UW-Parkside (141), and Hayden Pummel of Glenville State (174). Both Glenville State and Nebraska-Kearney feature a pair of number ones in their lineup, with Gavin Quiocho (133) joining Pummel for the Pioneers, while Crew Howard (285) is the Loper teammate of Ourada.

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MANHEIM, Pa.- The St. Cloud State Huskies held onto the top spot in NCAA Division II men’s wrestling in the first regular-season edition of the NCAA DII Men’s Coaches Association Rankings released Monday by the NWCA.

The rankings, which feature 15 ranked individuals at each weight for the first time instead of 12, are topped by the Huskies with 106.0 total points from 10 ranked wrestlers. Reigning National Champion Central Oklahoma stayed at #2, with 87.0 total points and eight ranked individuals. UW-Parkside (76.5 pts), McKendree (59.5 pts) and Nebraska-Kearney (52.0 pts) round out the top five ranked teams in the tournament-style team ranking.

Matching SCSU with ten ranked wrestlers is Glenville State, while both Central Oklahoma and UW-Parkside have eight ranked individually. All ten top-ranked wrestlers come from different teams, with just the #1 at 141 changing from the preseason edition of the poll. Angel Flores of Adams State, who finished fourth a season ago at the weight, takes over the top spot.

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