2022-23 NAIA Women’s Wrestling Coaches’ Top 20 Poll – No. 5
Courtesy of the NAIA – Link
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Life (Ga.) overtakes the number one ranking in the newest Yes! Athletics NAIA Women’s Wrestling Coaches’ Top 20 Poll. Grand View (Iowa) falls to second place, Southern Oregon remains in third, with Menlo (Calif.) and Cumberlands (Ky.) switch spots at fourth and fifth. Hastings (Neb.) is back in the poll after a one cycle hiatus replacing Waldorf (Iowa).
Poll Methodology
➤The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the five 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 highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the team’s ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot
➤Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered “receiving votes.”
➤For the complete Top 20 calendar, click here.
| Rank | Last | Team | Conference | Points |
| 1 | 2 | Life (Ga.) | Mid-South | 197 |
| 2 | 1 | Grand View (Iowa) | Heart | 193 |
| 3 | 3 | Southern Oregon | Cascade | 178 |
| 4 | 5 | Menlo (Calif.) | Cascade | 157 |
| 5 | 4 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Mid-South | 139 |
| 6 | 6 | Texas Wesleyan | Sooner | 129 |
| 7 | 11 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | Heart | 123 |
| 8 | 7 | Providence (Mont.) | Cascade | 121 |
| 9 | 10 | Indiana Tech | Mid-South | 110 |
| 10 | 9 | Iowa Wesleyan | Heart | 98 |
| 11 | 13 | Missouri Baptist | Sooner | 95 |
| 12 | 12 | Missouri Valley | Heart | 88 |
| 13 | 8 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | Mid-South | 86 |
| 14 | 15 | Eastern Oregon | Cascade | 75 |
| 15 | 14 | Brewton-Parker (Ga.) | Mid-South | 64 |
| 16 | RV | Hastings (Neb.) | Kansas Collegiate | 48 |
| 17 | 17 | Midland (Neb.) | Kansas Collegiate | 46 |
| 18 | 20 | Baker (Kan.) | Heart | 44 |
| 19 | 16 | Oklahoma City | Sooner | 39 |
| 20 | 18 | Doane (Neb.) | Kansas Collegiate | 37 |
Dropped From Poll: Waldorf (Iowa)
Receiving Votes: Saint Mary (Kan.) 31; Ottawa (Kan.) 28; Siena Heights (Mich.) 26; Jamestown (N.D.) 26; Wayland Baptist (Texas) 24; Waldorf (Iowa) 23; Friends (Kan.) 21; Lourdes (Ohio) 20; Jarvis Christian (Texas) 11; St. Andrews (N.C.) 11; Montreat (N.C.) 9; Avila (Mo.) 8; William Penn (Iowa) 5; Vanguard (Calif.) 3
Top-Ranked Individuals | Individual Rankings
101 – Ira Navarro, Providence (Mont.)
109 – Peyton Prussin, Life (Ga.)
116 – Ashley Gooman, Providence (Mont.)
123 – Carolina Moreno, Southern Oregon
130 – Lexie Basham, Texas Wesleyan
136 – Adaugo Nwachukwu, Iowa Wesleyan
143 – Alexis Gomez, Grand View (Iowa)
155 – Latifah McBryde, Life (Ga.)
170 – Dymond Guilford, Cumberlands (Ky.)
191 – Kelani Corbett, Missouri Valley
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