UW grapplers ranked 22nd heading into 2019
LARAMIE -- The University of Wyoming wrestling team is ranked 22nd in the NWCA preseason poll announced Tuesday afternoon.
The Cowboys went 16-4 in duals last season and finished the season ranked 11th. 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
| 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 |
| 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 |
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