| NCWA Individual Rankings | |||||||
| Date: November 23, 2016 | |||||||
| Rk | Wrestler | Year | School | Record | Prev | NCWA | Returning AA |
| 125 | |||||||
| 1 | Byron Smith | Jr | Middle Tennessee | 11-3 | 4 | 5-1 | 5th – 125 ’16 |
| 2 | Timothy Sakow | Jr | Central Florida | 5-2 | 2 | 1-1 | 2nd -125 ’16, 5th – 125 ’15 |
| 3 | Brendon Hazelton | So | Grand Valley State | 11-0 | 5 | 7-0 | 6th – 125 ’16 |
| 4 | Anthony DeCesare | Fr | Air Force Prep | 8-4 | NR | 0-0 | |
| 5 | Jiro DeLoach | Jr | Texas State | 2-2 | 6 | 0-0 | 8th -125 ’16 |
| 6 | Ke’vionne Robbins | So | Grays Harbor | 0-0 | 7 | 0-0 | |
| 7 | Josh Tarum | So | Wisconsin WC | 1-2 | 8 | 0-0 | |
| 8 | Edison Garcia | Jr | Central Florida | 2-4 | 9 | 1-1 | |
| 9 | Anthony Monahan | Fr | Apprentice | 3-2 | 11 | 2-0 | |
| 10 | Briar Potter | Fr | Middle Tennessee | 8-3 | 17 | 3-0 | |
| 11 | Christian Antoine | Jr | Springfield Tech CC | 9-2 | NR | 6-0 | |
| 12 | Eric Loredo | So | Cal State – Fresno | 0-0 | 12 | 0-0 | |
| 13 | Ashton Robinson | Fr | Liberty | 5-4 | 15 | 1-1 | |
| 14 | Rory Roderick | Sr | South Florida | 0-2 | 13 | 0-1 | |
| 15 | Jarrod Clark | Fr | Apprentice | 2-3 | 14 | 0-1 | |
| Rk | Wrestler | Year | School | Record | Prev | NCWA | Returning AA |
| 133 | |||||||
| 1 | Darius Bunch | So | Emmanuel | 7-2 | 1 | 0-0 | 1st – 133 ’16 |
| 2 | De’Ante Evans | So | Toledo | 6-3 | 3 | 4-2 | 4th – 133 ’16 |
| 3 | Dylan Carlile | So | Emmanuel | 3-3 | 5 | 0-0 | 6th – 133 ’16 |
| 4 | Nicholas Reddy | Jr | Grand Valley State | 1-1 | 8 | 0-0 | |
| 5 | Justus Griffith | Sr | Central Florida | 3-1 | 10 | 0-0 | |
| 6 | Chris Ruf | Fr | Iowa State WC | 5-4 | NR | 5-1 | |
| 7 | Norman Gallon | Sr | Florida Gulf Coast | 3-2 | NR | 2-0 | |
| 8 | Jordan DeCosse | Jr | East Carolina | 1-2 | 16 | 1-1 | |
| 9 | Shalek Colon | Fr | Apprentice | 3-2 | 17 | 2-0 | |
| 10 | Joey Bowen | Fr | Akron | 1-0 | NR | 1-0 | |
| 11 | Brandon Grasmick | Sr | Northern Colorado | 3-0 | NR | 3-0 | |
| 12 | Daniel Kapraun | Jr | Mott CC | 5-1 | NR | 5-1 | |
| 13 | Chadd Dunn | Fr | Henry Ford | 8-4 | NR | 5-1 | |
| 14 | Tony Lucas | Jr | Portland State | 5-5 | NR | 1-0 | |
| 15 | Travis Starr | Fr | Grand Valley State | 9-6 | NR | 8-3 | |
| Rk | Wrestler | Year | School | Record | Prev | NCWA | Returning AA |
| 141 | |||||||
| 1 | Stephen Hale | Sr | Emmanuel | 0-0 | 2 | 0-0 | 2nd – 141 ’16 |
| 2 | Carlos Garcia | Jr | Middle Tennessee | 4-1 | 3 | 2-0 | 5th – 141 ’15 |
| 3 | Matthew Seymour | So | Central Florida | 1-2 | 4 | 0-0 | 5th – 141 ’16 |
| 4 | Aaron Bright | Jr | Apprentice | 2-2 | 5 | 0-0 | 6th – 141 ’16 |
| 5 | Brandon Robinson | So | Liberty | 11-4 | 6 | 0-0 | 7th – 141 ’16 |
| 6 | Hunter Quinn | Fr | Emmanuel | 5-2 | NR | 0-0 | |
| 7 | Zach Vatalare | Sr | Michigan WC | 4-0 | 4 @ 133 | 4-0 | 5th – 133 ‘ 16, 3rd – 133 ’15, 8th – 133 ’14 |
| 8 | Tyler Carlyle | Jr | Brigham Young | 0-1 | 9 | 0-1 | |
| 9 | Christopher Brown | Fr | Henry Ford College | 11-2 | NR | 6-1 | |
| 10 | Joey Tanos | So | Texas – Arlington | 6-4 | 10 | 2-0 | |
| 11 | Tristan Mabe | Fr | Apprentice | 7-3 | 15 | 2-0 | |
| 12 | Cole Schreiber | Sr | Florida | 1-2 | 11 | 0-0 | |
| 13 | Devon Rupp | Sr | Wayne State | 5-2 | 12 | 5-2 | |
| 14 | Mario Kastl | Fr | Air Force Prep | 2-6 | NR | 0-0 | |
| 15 | Ethan Fitzler | Fr | Wayne State | 8-0 | NR | 8-0 | |
| Rk | Wrestler | Year | School | Record | Prev | NCWA | Returning AA |
| 149 | |||||||
| 1 | Tyler Megonigal | Fr | Liberty | 5-0 | 4 | 0-0 | |
| 2 | Jeremiah Lutz | Sr | Emmanuel | 0-0 | 1 | 0-0 | 3rd – 157 ’16 |
| 3 | Antonio Martinez | Sr | Texas | 7-1 | NR | 1-0 | 5th – 149′ 16 |
| 4 | Dan Ritz | So | Penn State WC | 3-1 | 3 | 1-0 | 7th – 149 ’16 |
| 5 | Luke Finnel | Sr | Wisconsin WC | 1-2 | 5 | 0-0 | |
| 6 | Troy Worthen | Sr | Central Florida | 4-0 | 6 | 0-0 | |
| 7 | Isaac Hammonds | Sr | Akron | 4-0 | 13 | 2-0 | |
| 8 | Jacob Sobeck | So | Grand Valley State | 6-1 | 7 | 4-1 | |
| 9 | Ty Boyd | So | Apprentice | 3-2 | 8 | 1-0 | 7th – 125 ’16 |
| 10 | Josh Feuerbacher | So | Middle Tennessee | 5-4 | 9 | 2-1 | |
| 11 | Tyler Weiss | So | Brigham Young | 3-0 | 6 @ 133 | 3-0 | 7th – 133 ’16 |
| 12 | Terence Perkins | Fr | Air Force Prep | 5-5 | NR | 0-1 | |
| 13 | Trey Gower | Fr | Henry Ford College | 4-4 | NR | 4-1 | |
| 14 | Koby Reyes | Jr | Montana State | 5-2 | NR | 3-0 | |
| 15 | Todd Noblin | So | Mott CC | 5-4 | 12 | 3-2 |
| Rk | Wrestler | Year | School | Record | Prev | NCWA | Returning AA |
| 157 | |||||||
| 1 | Parker Simington | Fr | Air Force Prep | 14-3 | NR | 2-0 | |
| 2 | James Nereim | Fr | South Florida | 3-1 | NR | 1-0 | |
| 3 | Joe Staley | Jr | James Madison | 3-2 | 2 | 0-0 | 6th – 157 ’16, 7th – 149 ’15 |
| 4 | Jay Sheppard | So | Emmanuel | 7-3 | 3 | 0-0 | 4th – 149 ’16 |
| 5 | Brett Naylor | Jr | Utah State | 0-0 | 5 | 0-0 | 7th – 157 ’16 |
| 6 | Michael King | So | Middle Tennessee | 2-1 | 6 | 1-1 | 8th – 157 ’16 |
| 7 | Dylan Dwyer | Fr | Grand Valley State | 15-0 | NR | 9-0 | |
| 8 | Beau Doerr | Sr | Florida | 0-0 | 7 | 0-0 | |
| 9 | Bryson Woody | Fr | Apprentice | 7-1 | 17 | 4-0 | |
| 10 | Andrew Burgette | Fr | Liberty | 7-3 | NR | 0-1 | |
| 11 | Trevor Pickett | So | Grand Valley State | 5-3 | 8 | 3-0 | |
| 12 | Patrick Kane | Jr | Maine | 3-0 | 9 | 2-0 | |
| 13 | Stephen Beam | Sr | UMBC | 1-1 | 10 | 0-0 | |
| 14 | Jerdon Helgeson | Jr | Washington State | 9-4 | NR | 2-0 | |
| 15 | Tristan Almeter | Fr | Alfred State | 2-1 | NR | 0-0 | |
| Rk | Wrestler | Year | School | Record | Prev | NCWA | Returning AA |
| 165 | |||||||
| 1 | Taylor Workman | Jr | Toledo | 8-1 | 2 | 7-0 | 4th – 165 ’16 |
| 2 | Trace Thome | Sr | Florida | 4-1 | 3 | 2-0 | 1st – 157 ’16, 6th – 149 ’15 |
| 3 | John Prentice | Jr | Penn State – DuBois | 2-2 | 4 | 2-0 | 5th – 165 ’16 |
| 4 | Peter Becher | So | East Carolina | 7-3 | NR | 2-0 | |
| 5 | Michael Bryant | Jr | Liberty | 1-1 | 6 | 0-0 | 7th – 165 ’16 |
| 6 | Mason Temple | Sr | Cal State – Fresno | 0-0 | 7 | 0-0 | 8th – 165 ’16 |
| 7 | Patrick Scarborough | Sr | Liberty | 12-4 | NR | 2-0 | |
| 8 | Trace Carello | Fr | Air Force Prep | 10-5 | NR | 1-0 | |
| 9 | Noah Kinne | So | Mott CC | 9-5 | NR | 6-2 | |
| 10 | Dylan Gouine | Fr | Emmanuel | 5-3 | NR | 0-0 | |
| 11 | Matthew Iwicki | So | Washington | 1-1 | 4 @ 157 | 1-1 | |
| 12 | Elliott Morales | Sr | South Florida | 0-1 | 8 | 0-0 | |
| 13 | Nick Perez | Jr | Emmanuel | 0-1 | 9 | 0-0 | |
| 14 | Konnor Kremer | So | Alfred State | 6-2 | 13 | 0-0 | |
| 15 | Lawrence Cotton | Jr | Middle Tennessee | 3-2 | 10 | 3-1 |
| Rk | Wrestler | Year | School | Record | Prev | NCWA | Returning AA |
| 174 | |||||||
| 1 | Josh Ferenczy | Sr | Liberty | 9-3 | 2 | 1-0 | 2nd – 174 ’16 |
| 2 | Phillip Marra | Sr | Penn State – New Kensington | 2-2 | 5 @ 184 | 0-0 | 6th – 184 ’16, 2nd – 174 ’15 |
| 3 | Bailey Bischer | Jr | Grand Valley State | 3-2 | 3 | 0-0 | 3rd – 174 ’16, 6th – 157 ’15 |
| 4 | Clay Kocsis | Sr | Penn State – Mont Alto | 0-0 | 1 @ 165 | 0-0 | 3rd – 165 ’16, 2nd – 165 ’15 |
| 5 | Shane Brown | Sr | Akron | 6-1 | 7 | 4-0 | 8th – 174 ’16 |
| 6 | George Vanvalen | Jr | Alfred State | 7-0 | 5 | 1-0 | 4th – 174 ’16 |
| 7 | Zakery Pitt | Sr | Emmanuel | 0-0 | 6 | 0-0 | 5th – 174 ’16 |
| 8 | George Andrews | So | UConn | 5-2 | 8 | 5-2 | 7th – 174 ’16 |
| 9 | Brandon Buckingham | Jr | UMBC | 4-1 | 14 | 1-1 | |
| 10 | Malik Settles | Fr | Springfield Tech CC | 10-2 | NR | 5-0 | |
| 11 | James Jones | So | Grays Harbor | 6-2 | 9 | 1-0 | |
| 12 | Costas Hatzipavlides | Fr | Iowa State WC | 13-5 | NR | 8-0 | |
| 13 | Samuel Karel | Fr | Liberty | 10-5 | NR | 2-0 | |
| 14 | Major Moore | Fr | Toledo | 3-0 | 16 | 3-0 | |
| 15 | David Gevorgyan | Sr | Cal State – Fresno | 4-1 | NR | 1-0 | |
| Rk | Wrestler | Year | School | Record | Prev | NCWA | Returning AA |
| 184 | |||||||
| 1 | Cody Chaney | Sr | Emmanuel | 0-0 | 1 | 0-0 | 1st – 184 ’16 |
| 2 | River Robertson | Jr | Maine | 3-0 | 4 | 3-0 | 5th – 184 ’16, 5th – 184 ’15 |
| 3 | Ron Spera | Jr | James Madison | 3-1 | 7 | 1-0 | |
| 4 | Paul Schoenberg | Sr | Penn State WC | 3-1 | 8 | 2-0 | |
| 5 | Taylor Westlake | Jr | Liberty | 8-5 | 14 | 1-0 | |
| 6 | Chase Reising | Jr | Iowa State WC | 11-4 | 11 | 6-0 | |
| 7 | Victor Levin | Fr | Liberty | 10-5 | NR | 1-1 | |
| 8 | Blair Murski | Sr | Texas A&M | 3-0 | 12 | 3-0 | |
| 9 | Calvin Lawson | So | VMI WC | 2-3 | NR | 2-1 | |
| 10 | Dean Porreca | Sr | North Florida | 3-1 | 15 | 3-1 | |
| 11 | Brett Brown | Fr | Middle Tennessee | 5-3 | 17 | 4-1 | |
| 12 | Randolph Prud’Home | So | Central Florida | 4-5 | NR | 1-1 | |
| 13 | William Brown | So | Texas A&M | 4-0 | NR | 1-0 | |
| 14 | Deontay Wadley | So | Penn State – DuBois | 2-2 | 10 @ 174 | 2-0 | |
| 15 | Jake Pramann | So | Winona State | 2-2 | 13 @ 235 | 0-0 |
| Rk | Wrestler | Year | School | Record | Prev | NCWA | Returning AA |
| 197 | |||||||
| 1 | Maveric Rechsteiner | Jr | Emmanuel | 5-2 | 1 | 1-0 | 1st – 197 ’16 |
| 2 | Sean Kennedy | So | Middle Tennessee | 9-1 | 2 | 5-0 | |
| 3 | Kyler Slade | So | Ohio State WC | 2-2 | 3 | 0-0 | 6th – 197 ’16 |
| 4 | Jake Ferris | Sr | Central Washington | 0-0 | 4 | 0-0 | 7th – 197 ’16, 4th – 197 ’15 |
| 5 | Jesse Slocum | So | Akron | 3-1 | 5 | 2-0 | 8th – 197 ’16 |
| 6 | Anthony Rivera | So | Lehigh WC | 0-0 | 6 | 0-0 | |
| 7 | Dan Tomasello | Jr | Grand Valley State | 1-0 | 7 | 1-0 | |
| 8 | Rusty Wilson | Jr | Maine | 3-1 | 8 | 2-1 | |
| 9 | Dennis Lumadue | Jr | Penn State – DuBois | 0-0 | 10 @ 184 | 0-0 | 8th – 184 ’15 |
| 10 | Denzell Morrow | So | Grays Harbor | 12-4 | 9 | 3-0 | |
| 11 | Austin Jacque | So | Williamson Trade | 0-0 | 10 | 0-0 | |
| 12 | Robert LaPeter | So | Florida State | 9-2 | NR | 6-1 | |
| 13 | Scott Grishaber | Jr | Michigan – Dearborn | 4-0 | NR | 4-0 | |
| 14 | Joe Roehl | So | Mott CC | 6-1 | NR | 2-1 | |
| 15 | Daniel Bowen | Sr | VMI WC | 3-2 | 13 | 2-1 | |
| Rk | Wrestler | Year | School | Record | Prev | NCWA | Returning AA |
| 235 | |||||||
| 1 | Stevan Webb | Jr | UConn | 5-1 | 2 | 4-1 | 2nd – 235 ’16, 8th – 235 ’15 |
| 2 | Seth Brennock | Jr | Ohio State WC | 1-2 | 3 | 0-0 | |
| 3 | Rickey Carter | Sr | Florida A&M | 0-0 | 4 | 0-0 | 3rd – 235 ’16, 7th – 285 ’15 |
| 4 | Jeff Henderson | So | Henry Ford College | 8-4 | 5 | 2-0 | 4th – 235 ’16 |
| 5 | Harun Bogdanic | Jr | Grand Valley State | 4-1 | 6 | 0-1 | 5th – 235 ’16 |
| 6 | Kenny Mason | Sr | Emmanuel | 5-4 | 9 | 0-0 | |
| 7 | Zach Sintobin | Fr | Apprentice | 5-2 | 11 @ 197 | 2-1 | |
| 8 | Andrew Carnes | Jr | South Carolina | 0-0 | 7 | 0-0 | 7th – 235 ’16 |
| 9 | Charles Hancock | Sr | Liberty | 7-5 | 10 | 2-1 | |
| 10 | Tyler McClendon | Jr | Middle Tennessee | 6-1 | 11 | 4-0 | |
| 11 | Ikaika Neal | So | North Texas | 3-2 | NR | 0-0 | |
| 12 | Giovanni Guarnero | So | Winona State | 7-4 | NR | 5-0 | |
| 13 | Isaih Toltoan | Sr | Williamson Trade | 0-0 | 12 | 0-0 | |
| 14 | Alexander James | So | Michigan State WC | 4-0 | NR | 4-0 | |
| 15 | Josh Miller | Fr | Grays Harbor | 0-0 | 12 @ 197 | 0-0 |
| Rk | Wrestler | Year | School | Record | Prev | NCWA | Returning AA |
| 285 | |||||||
| 1 | Jesse Gaudin | Jr | Central Florida | 5-2 | 1 | 1-0 | 2nd – 285 ’16 |
| 2 | Dylan Stadel | Jr | Utah State | 2-0 | 2 | 2-0 | 3rd – 285 ’16 |
| 3 | Austin Wells | Jr | Middle Tennessee | 5-3 | 3 | 3-0 | 4th – 285 ’16 |
| 4 | Donavan Lozada | Jr | Springfield Tech CC | 8-0 | NR | 3-0 | |
| 5 | John Puleo | Sr | South Florida | 1-2 | 4 | 1-1 | 6th – 285 ’16 |
| 6 | Dominick Johnson | So | Liberty | 9-5 | 7 | 2-0 | |
| 7 | Diallo Matsimela | So | Henry Ford College | 9-0 | NR | 4-0 | |
| 8 | Roberto Coronel | So | Central Washington | 0-0 | 6 | 0-0 | |
| 9 | Matthew Dulin | So | Florida Gulf Coast | 0-0 | 8 | 0-0 | |
| 10 | Bryce Hanley | So | Penn State – DuBois | 0-2 | 9 | 0-0 | |
| 11 | Miguel Correa | Jr | Grand Valley State | 4-3 | NR | 1-2 | |
| 12 | Majah Couzan | So | Emmanuel | 2-4 | 11 | 0-0 | |
| 13 | Brett Seymour | Fr | Toledo | 4-0 | NR | 4-0 | |
| 14 | Mason McKenzie | Fr | Grays Harbor | 0-1 | 12 | 0-0 | |
| 15 | Jacob Schwartz | Sr | Wayne State | 0-2 | 13 | 0-2 | |
| DIVISION 1 | |||||||
| Rk | Team | Pts | |||||
| 1 | Emmanuel | 61 | Team Points are based off of top wrestler in each class | ||||
| 2 | Liberty | 48 | with #1 = 10 pts, down to #10-#15 = 1 pt. | ||||
| 3 | Middle Tennessee | 46 | |||||
| 4 | Grand Valley State | 42 | |||||
| 5 | Central Florida | 39 | |||||
| 6 | Air Force Prep | 23 | |||||
| 7 | Apprentice | 20 | |||||
| 8 | South Florida | 17 | |||||
| 9 | Henry Ford | 15 | |||||
| 10 | Florida | 14 | |||||
| 11 | Penn State – DuBois | 12 | |||||
| 12 | Central Washington | 10 | |||||
| 13 | Grays Harbor | 9 | |||||
| 13 | Penn State – New Ken | 9 | |||||
| 13 | Springfield Tech CC | 9 | |||||
Also receiving points: Alfred State (7), Penn State – Mont Alto (7), Mott CC (6), Henry Ford (5), BYU (4), Florida Gulf Coast (4), UMBC (3), Wayne State (2), Williamson Trade (2), North Texas (1), Texas-Arlington (1), Washington State (1)
DIVISION 2
| Rk | Team | Pts |
| 1 | Toledo | 21 |
| 2 | Akron | 17 |
| 2 | Ohio State WC | 17 |
| 4 | James Madison | 16 |
| 4 | Utah State | 16 |
| 6 | Penn State WC | 14 |
| 7 | Maine | 13 |
| 7 | UConn | 13 |
| 9 | Iowa State WC | 11 |
| 10 | East Carolina | 10 |
| 10 | Wisconsin WC | 10 |
| 12 | Florida A&M | 8 |
| 12 | Texas | 8 |
| 14 | Cal State – Fresno | 7 |
| 15 | Texas State | 6 |
Also receiving points: Lehigh WC (5), Michigan WC (4), South Carolina (3), VMI WC (3), Winona State (2), Florida State (1), Michigan-Dearborn (1), Michigan St. WC (1), Montana St. (1), Northern Colorado (1), North Florida (1), Portland St. (1), Washington (1)
TOTAL CONFERENCE STRENGTH*
| Rk Team | Pts | |
| 1 | Mid-Atlantic (MAC) | 146 |
| 2 | Southeast (SEC) | 145 |
| 2 | Great Lakes (GLC) | 139 |
| 5 | Mid-East (MEC) | 52 |
| 7 | Northeast (NEC) | 42 |
| 4 | Great Plains (GPC) | 39 |
| 8 | West Coast (WCC) | 28 |
| 6 | Northwest (NWC) | 22 |
| 9 | Southwest (SWC) | 16 |
*Based on Power Rankings
