Kansas City (Mo.) - New year, same top five. Life (Ga.) leads the field as they continue to hold down the top spot. The Running Eagles are trailed by Providence (Mont.), Grand View (Iowa), William Penn (Iowa), and Lindsey Wilson (Ky.). Only a few teams moved this week, with Missouri Valley climbing two spots to No. 12, and Evergreen State (Wash.) rising one place to No. 14.
Ottawa remains at #13 in the latest NAIA poll.
Aynsley Fink moves up to fifth in the 103lb weight division.
Addison Saporito is 18
th in the 117lb and
Peyton Hand is 17
th in the 124lb. In the 138lb weight division,
Aileen Lester is 11
th.
Kaitlyn Thorn and
Livia Swift are ranked in the 145lb, Thorn is 19
th and Swift is 20
th.
Ciera Hutton-Spieker is eighth and
Siara Arrington is 10
th in the 180lb weight class.
Kena Leonard is 19
th in the 207lb weight division.
Individually, the ten wrestlers who led their weight classes remained the same. We also had two wrestlers reach the century win mark since the last rating, with Erin Hikiji at the 103 class earning her 100th win back on December 14th. Then, just two days ago, on December 30, Latifah McBryde climbed above the 100-win mark.
Check out the full list of top 20-ranked individuals below.
| TREND |
RANK |
LAST TIME |
INSTITUTION |
POINTS |
| ? |
1 |
1 |
Life (Ga.) |
209 |
| ? |
2 |
2 |
Providence (Mont.) |
186 |
| ? |
3 |
3 |
Grand View (Iowa) |
177 |
| ? |
4 |
4 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
172 |
| ? |
5 |
5 |
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
138 |
| ? |
6 |
5 |
Wayland Baptist (Texas) |
128 |
| ? |
7 |
7 |
Indiana Tech |
114 |
| ? |
8 |
8 |
Doane (Neb.) |
102 |
| ? |
9 |
9 |
Texas Wesleyan |
101 |
| ? |
10 |
10 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
98 |
| ? |
11 |
11 |
Southern Oregon |
82 |
| ? |
12 |
14 |
Missouri Valley |
76 |
| ? |
13 |
13 |
Ottawa (Kan.) |
75 |
| ? |
14 |
15 |
Evergreen State (Wash.) |
72 |
| ? |
15 |
12 |
Oklahoma City |
70 |
| ? |
16 |
16 |
Central Methodist (Mo.) |
65 |
| ? |
17 |
16 |
Hastings (Neb.) |
59 |
| ? |
18 |
18 |
Dickinson State (N.D.) |
58 |
| ? |
19 |
19 |
Baker (Kan.) |
52 |
| ? |
20 |
20 |
Campbellsville (Ky.) |
51 |
| Dropped From Top 20: N/A |
| Receiving Votes: Missouri Baptist 36; Saint Mary (Kan.) 32; Friends (Kan.) 29; Avila (Mo.) 23; Midland (Neb.) 23; Eastern Oregon 23; Westcliff (Calif.) 16; William Woods (Mo.) 14; York (Neb.) 12; Waldorf (Iowa) 11; Montreat (N.C.) 9; Arizona Christian 6; Lourdes (Ohio) 3; Midway (Ky.) 2 |
