Wyoming Wrestling Ranked 22nd in Preseason NWCA Poll

SVI Staff October 30, 2019

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Heavyweight Brian Andrews is one of several ranked wrestlers for the Wyoming Cowboys in 2019-20. (Photo: Kyle Spradley, GoWyo.com)

LARAMIE, Wyo. (Oct. 30, 2019) – The University of Wyoming wrestling team is ranked 22^nd in the NWCA preseason poll announced Tuesday afternoon.

The Cowboys went 16-4 in duals last season and finished the season ranked 11^th. UW returns six grapplers who were national tournament participants and have seven ranked by several publications entering the 2019-20 season.

Wyoming opens the season Saturday at 9 a.m., as it hosts the Cowboy Open at the War Memorial Fieldhouse.

Preseason Individual Rankings

Name	Weight Class	Ranking	Publication
Cole Verner	125	14th	WIN Magazine
Montorie Bridges	133	7th	TrackWrestling/WIN
Sam Turner	141	10th	WIN
Hayden Hastings	174	16th	FloWrestling
Tate Samuelson	184	16th	WIN
Cale Davidson	197	23rd	Flo
Brian Andrews	HWT	13th	WIN

NWCA Poll

Rank	Team	18-19 Record	Points	Conference	18-19 Final Dual Rank
1	Penn State (12)	14-0	348	Big Ten	1
2	Iowa (2)	14-1	337	Big Ten	3
3	Ohio State	12-2	314	Big Ten	6
4	Oklahoma State	15-0	295	Big 12	2
5	Nebraska	12-5	263	Big Ten	7
6	Wisconsin	9-6	257	Big Ten	17
7	Minnesota	14-3	254	Big Ten	8
8	Arizona State	6-10	243	Pac-12	NR
9	Missouri	16-1	235	MAC	5
10	NC State	16-3	222	ACC	10
11	Lehigh	9-9	211	EIWA	20
12	Iowa State	10-4	204	Big 12	15
13	Northern Iowa	7-5	159	Big 12	14
14	Pittsburgh	13-3	141	ACC	16
15	Princeton	9-6	131	EIWA	19
16	Virginia Tech	9-5	125	ACC	18
17	North Carolina	12-7	115	ACC	12
18	Cornell	13-3	113	EIWA	9
19	Michigan	13-1	105	Big Ten	4
20	Northwestern	5-10	86	Big Ten	NR
21	Oklahoma	10-6	77	Big 12	NR
22	Wyoming	16-4	76	Big 12	11
23	Lock Haven	10-3	47	MAC	21
24	Virginia	12-10	39	ACC	22
25	Old Dominion	9-7	33	MAC	NR