2015-16 NCWA National Rankings
2015-16 National Collegiate Wrestling Association Preseason Rankings
DIVISION 1 Team Rankings 
| Rk | Team | Pts |
| 1 | Central Florida | 34 |
| 2 | Liberty | 30 |
| 3 | Grand Valley State | 28 |
| 3 | Penn State – DuBois | 28 |
| 5 | Middle Tennessee | 26 |
| 5 | Wayne State (NE) | 26 |
| 7 | US Air Force Prep | 25 |
| 8 | Apprentice | 24 |
| 9 | Alfred State | 19 |
| 9 | Marion Military | 19 |
| 9 | Penn State – Mont Alto | 19 |
| 9 | Penn State – New Ken | 19 |
| 13 | Florida Gulf Coast | 12 |
| 14 | Temple | 11 |
| 15 | Central Washington | 10 |
Also receiving points: Grays Harbor (8), UMBC (8), South Florida (6), Texas-Arlington (5), MIT (4), RPI (4), New Hampshire (1), North Florida (1), West Chester (1)
DIVISION 2 Team Rankings
| Rk | Team | Pts |
| 1 | Toledo | 27 |
| 2 | James Madison | 19 |
| 3 | Arizona | 18 |
| 3 | Montana Western | 18 |
| 3 | Texas | 18 |
| 6 | Brigham Young | 17 |
| 7 | Florida A&M | 14 |
| 7 | UConn | 14 |
| 9 | Maine | 12 |
| 10 | Auburn | 11 |
| 10 | Florida | 11 |
| 10 | Michigan WC | 11 |
| 13 | Gateway Bible | 10 |
| 14 | Ohio State WC | 9 |
| 14 | Saginaw Valley State | 9 |
Also receiving points: Grand Canyon WC (8), Rowan (8), Kennesaw State (7), Memphis (7), North Texas (6), Tennessee (6), Idaho (5), Washington State (4), East Carolina (3), Henry Ford College (3), Montclair State (3), UCLA (3), Penn State WC (2), Rutgers WC (3), Ferrum WC (2), Mercer (2), SUNY-Cortland (2), Texas State (2), Akron (1), Bowling Green (1), California-Merced (1), Concordia-Ann Arbor (1), Delaware (1), Dixie State (1), Georgia Southern (1), Michigan-Dearborn (1), UMass (1)
Individual Preseason Rankings
| Rk | Wrestler | Year | School |
| 125 pounds | |||
| 1 | Timothy Nordan | Jr | Liberty |
| 2 | Timothy Sakow | So | Central Florida |
| 3 | Alvaro Gallego | Sr | Arizona |
| 4 | Brett Himes | Jr | Penn State – DuBois |
| 5 | Justus Griffith | Jr | Central Florida |
| 6 | Jacob Michael | Sr | Apprentice |
| 7 | Ryan Thierman | So | Alfred State |
| 8 | Andrew Esquivel | Jr | M.I.T. |
| 9 | Jiro DeLoach | So | Texas State |
| 10 | Patrick Basset | Jr | Michigan |
| 133 pounds | |||
| 1 | Zach Vatalare | Jr | Michigan |
| 2 | Isaiah Vega | Sr | Toledo |
| 3 | Hunter Shelton | So | UMBC |
| 4 | Austin Keough | Jr | Alfred State |
| 5 | Alex Barday | Sr | Temple |
| 6 | James Hegge | Sr | Idaho |
| 7 | Taylor Swanson | Sr | North Texas |
| 8 | Kevin Hernandez | So | Rowan |
| 9 | Andrew Crutchfield | So | East Carolina |
| 10 | Joseph Montney | Sr | Grand Valley State |
| 141 pounds | |||
| 1 | Alexis Martinez | So | Gateway Int’l Bible Institute |
| 2 | Ike Podell | Jr | Liberty |
| 3 | Carlos Garcia | Jr | Middle Tennessee |
| 4 | Casey Glassgow | Jr | Wayne State |
| 5 | DeAndre Beck | Jr | Marion Military Institute |
| 6 | Antonio Martinez | Sr | Texas |
| 7 | Nick Anthony | Sr | Central Florida |
| 8 | Markus Cruz | So | Toledo |
| 9 | Josh Feuerbacher | Fr | Middle Tennessee |
| 10 | Benard Poyner | Jr | Mott CC |
| 149 pounds | |||
| 1 | Raul Morega | Jr | Arizona |
| 2 | Joe Staley | So | James Madison |
| 3 | Tyler Warner | Sr | Penn State-Mont Alto |
| 4 | Devon Rupp | Jr | Wayne State |
| 5 | Mitchell Lax | Sr | Texas |
| 6 | Tyrell Watkins | Sr | Apprentice |
| 7 | Casey Hudson | Sr | Texas-Arlington |
| 8 | Caleb Ellerbee | Jr | Auburn |
| 9 | Kevin Thayer | Jr | Alfred State |
| 10 | Garret Hinton | So | East Carolina |
| 157 pounds | |||
| 1 | Trey Gregory | Sr | James Madison |
| 2 | Ty Haines | Jr | Penn State – DuBois |
| 3 | Bailey Bischer | So | Grand Valley State |
| 4 | Trace Thome | Jr | Florida |
| 5 | Tanner Reynolds | Jr | Tennessee |
| 6 | Joseph Battinelli | Sr | UConn |
| 7 | Brannon Warner | Jr | Brigham Young |
| 8 | Manny Dominguez | So | Montclair State |
| 9 | Patrick Kane | Jr | Maine |
| 10 | Clayton Ferrer | Jr | Marion Military Institute |
| 165 pounds | |||
| 1 | Rugar Piva | So | Montana Western |
| 2 | Clay Kocsis | Jr | Penn State-Mont Alto |
| 3 | Gabe Stepanovich | Sr | Grand Valley State |
| 4 | Patrick Foxworth | Jr | Apprentice |
| 5 | Taylor Workman | So | Toledo |
| 6 | George van Valen | So | Alfred State |
| 7 | Beau Doerr | Jr | Florida |
| 8 | Javiair White | So | Rutgers |
| 9 | Jamal Reynolds | Sr | Mercer |
| 10 | Ashton Harris | Sr | North Texas |
| 174 pounds | |||
| 1 | Phillip Marra | Jr | Penn State – New Kensington |
| 2 | Tyler Thomas | Sr | Saginaw Valley State |
| 3 | Brandon Rochester | So | Grays Harbor |
| 4 | Eric Brovont | Sr | Kennesaw State |
| 5 | BJ Thomas | So | Marion Military Institute |
| 6 | Charlie Grab | Sr | Rowan |
| 7 | Brandon Todd | Sr | Washington State |
| 8 | Bruce Rau | Sr | Grand Valley State |
| 9 | Eric Dietz | Sr | Grand Valley State |
| 10 | Shawn Murrey | Jr | Toledo |
| 184 pounds | |||
| 1 | Jonathan Wiley | So | Brigham Young |
| 2 | River Robertson | So | Maine |
| 3 | Dennis Lamadue | So | Penn State – DuBois |
| 4 | Johnny Malazinsky | Sr | Texas |
| 5 | Jake Lohr | So | Toledo |
| 6 | Tanner Clark | Sr | Wayne State |
| 7 | Chandler Dobler | Fr | Central Florida |
| 8 | Daniel Devers | So | Middle Tennessee |
| 9 | Paul Wisloski | Sr | Temple |
| 10 | Paul Schoenberg | Jr | Penn State – Univ Park |
| 197 pounds | |||
| 1 | Tyrell Walker | Gr | Central Florida |
| 2 | Jake Ferris | Jr | Central Washington |
| 3 | Alec Shunnarah | So | Auburn |
| 4 | Matthew DeGarmo | Sr | Wayne State |
| 5 | Josh Rodriguez | Sr | Apprentice |
| 6 | Tyler McClendon | So | Middle Tennessee |
| 7 | Clif Decius | So | Florida A&M |
| 8 | Marcus Newsom | Sr | Temple |
| 9 | Brian Loskamp | Jr | SUNY – Cortland |
| 10 | Kenneth Hale | Jr | Bowling Green |
| 235 pounds | |||
| 1 | Noah Huxley | So | Florida Gulf Coast |
| 2 | Stevan Webb | So | Connecticut |
| 3 | Seth Brennock | So | Ohio State |
| 4 | James Eavenson | Jr | Montana Western |
| 5 | Jordan Greene | Jr | Memphis |
| 6 | Angel Perez | Sr | Central Florida |
| 7 | Dan Breit | Jr | Renssalaer Polytechnic |
| 8 | Enrique Carranza | Jr | UCLA |
| 9 | Charles Hancock | Jr | Liberty |
| 10 | Harun Bogdanic | So | Grand Valley State |
| Hwt | |||
| 1 | Ricky Carter | Sr | Florida A&M |
| 2 | Dean Lusk | Jr | Penn State-New Kensington |
| 3 | Zach Newton | Sr | Liberty |
| 4 | Austin Wells | So | Middle Tennessee |
| 5 | John Puleo | Jr | South Florida |
| 6 | John Long | Jr | Marion Military Institute |
| 7 | Miguel Correa | Jr | Grand Valley State |
| 8 | Sam Nuss | Sr | Brigham Young |
| 9 | Andrew Bigley | Jr | Penn State – DuBois |
| 10 | Darren Holmes | So | Henry Ford College |
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