The 2025-26 NAIA Women's Wrestling Season is Here with Life (Ga.) Locking in the Top Spot
Kansas City (Mo.) - The preseason NAIA Women's Wrestling Coaches' Top 20 Rating is here, and the defending national champions, Life (Ga.), will open the season at No. 1 with eight wrestlers ranked in the top five. Grand View (Iowa) and Providence (Mont.) will begin the year in second and third place, respectively. Cumberlands (Ky.), who finished third at the national championship last season, will open the season ranked fourth nationally.
| Rank | Institutition | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Life (Ga.) | 193 |
| 2 | Grand View (Iowa) | 167 |
| 3 | Providence (Mont.) | 161 |
| 4 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 158 |
| 5 | William Penn (Iowa) | 150 |
| 6 | Doane (Neb.) | 129 |
| 7 | Indiana Tech | 116 |
| 8 | Ottawa (Kan.) | 105 |
| 9 | Southern Oregon | 99 |
| 10 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 99 |
| 11 | Texas Wesleyan | 88 |
| 12 | Hastings (Neb.) | 87 |
| 13 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 83 |
| 14 | Oklahoma City | 79 |
| 15 | Baker (Kan.) | 69 |
| 16 | Evergreen State (Wash.) | 63 |
| 17 | Missouri Valley | 60 |
| 18 | Westcliff (Calif.) | 54 |
| 19 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 53 |
| 20 | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 48 |
| Receiving Votes: Central Methodist (Mo.) 44; Avila (Mo.) 42; Saint Mary (Kan.) 36; Eastern Oregon 25; Waldorf (Iowa) 23; Lourdes (Ohio) 19; Midland (Neb.) 18; Montreat (N.C.) 18; Friends (Kan.) 16; Morningside (Iowa) 8; Missouri Baptist 4; York (Neb.) 2 | ||
Individually, Providence (Mont.), William Penn (Iowa), and Life (Ga.) all have two wrestlers in the No. 1 spot at their respective weight classes. All top-ranked individual wrestlers except for Riley Dempewolf of Indiana Tech at 207 and Paige Morales of Providence (Mont.) at 110 stood atop the podium as national champions in Wichita, Kan.
| Top-Ranked Individuals | ||
|---|---|---|
| 103 | 
Providence (Mont.) |
Erin Hikiji |
| 110 |
Providence (Mont.) |
Paige Morales |
| 117 | 
William Penn (Iowa) |
Christianah Ogunsanya |
| 124 | 
Doane (Neb.) |
Cristelle Rodriguez |
| 131 | 
Dickinson State (N.D.) |
Jumoke Adekoye |
| 138 | 
Life (Ga.) |
Zaynah McBryde |
| 145 |
William Penn (Iowa) |
Esther Kolawole |
| 160 |
Life (Ga.) |
Latifah McBryde |
| 180 | 
Texas Wesleyan |
Ashley Lekas |
| 207 | 
Indiana Tech |
Riley Dempewolf |
| Full Individual Rankings by weight class | ||
