Fayette, Iowa – The NWCA released this morning the preseason regional and national wrestling rankings. The Wolves will open the season with wrestlers regionally ranked in eight of the ten weight classes. In addition, NSU currently sites fourth as a team in Super Region 5 with 53 points, behind St. Cloud State, Upper Iowa, and Minnesota State.
 
125

1.	Cole Jones	MSU Moorhead
2.	Dean Areval	Minot State
3.	Joe Arroyo	Wisconsin Parkside
4.	Dayne Morton	Northern State
5.	Ethan Cota	Augustana
6.	Jared Hensley	Upper Iowa

 
133

1.	Garrett Vos	St. Cloud State
2.	Justin Folley	Upper Iowa
3.	Arik Furseth	Wisconsin Parkside
4.	Kenny Jones	Northern State
5.	Kolbe O'Brien	Minnesota State
6.	Brandon Carroll	Augustana

 
141

1.	Louie Sanders	Minnesota State
2.	Garrett Aldrich	St. Cloud State
3.	Ryan Schmalen	Upper Iowa
4.	Madson Schulz	MSU Moorhead
5.	Kolton Roth	Northern State
6.	Hunter Burnett	Augustana

 
149

1.	James Pleski	St. Cloud State
2.	Kyle Rathman	Minnesota State
3.	Caden Moore	Northern State
4.	Max Bruss	UMary
5.	Zach Scott	MSU Moorhead
6.	Nathan Smith	Wisconsin Parkside

 
157

1.	Jake Barzowski	St. Cloud State
2.	Walker Carr	Northern State
3.	Jacob Tvinnerium	Augustana
4.	Mac Spotts	Upper Iowa
5.	Brody Nielsen	Minnesota State
6.	Zachary Berry	Minot State

 
165

1.	Devin Fitzpatrick	St. Cloud State
2.	Brock Benitz	Upper Iowa
3.	Logan Saltou	Minnesota State
4.	Shane Gantz	Wisconsin Parkside
5.	Bailey Neises	Augustana
6.	Billy Holtan	Northern State

 
174

1.	Kolton Eischens	St. Cloud State
2.	Zach Johnston	Minnesota State
3.	Austin Eichmann	UMary
4.	Ben Kelvington	Augustana
5.	Dalton Nelson	Upper Iowa
6.	Tanner Wiese	Northern State

 
197

1.	Nick Baulmer	Upper Iowa
2.	Matt Blome	Minnesota State
3.	Noah Ryan	St. Cloud State
4.	Jackson Ryan	Southwest Minn. State
5.	Diego Gallegos	Northern State
6.	Job Ayala	Wisconsin Parkside

 
Team Regional Rankings

1.	St. Cloud State	89
2.	Upper Iowa	76
3.	Minnesota State	70
4.	Northern State	53
5.	Augustana	43
6.	MSU Moorhead	41
7.	Wisconsin Parkside	33
8.	UMary	32
9.	Minot State	26
10.	Southwest Minnesota State	17