Kansas City, Mo. - The Central Methodist Men's Wrestling team climbed one spot to No. 17 in the fourth edition of the NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Poll, which was announced by the national office Friday.
Other programs featured in the Top 25 include; No. 1 Grand View, No. 17 Missouri Valley, and No. 24 Graceland.
In addition to their team ranking, Central has five wrestlers ranked in their weight classes. 2024 NAIA All-American Roman Garcia leads the way, as the sophomore is ranked fourth in the 174-pound weight class.
Fellow sophomore Austin Foye lands in the Top 10 of the 285-pound weight class. The native of Naples, Florida, is ranked 10th.
Sincere Hall-Osbourne is No. 13 at 184 pounds and Arojae Hart is ranked No. 14 at 133 pounds.
Freshman Alex Walker rounds out Central's ranked wrestlers, as he lands at No. 24 in the 149-pound weight class.
Central opens the New Year against Avila and Friends University on Friday, Jan. 10 beginning at 3:00 p.m. in Kansas City.
To view the poll methodology and the complete Top 25 poll, please see below.
Rating Methodology
- The rating was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the eight conferences/groups.
- Two days prior to the national rating, each qualifying group rater submits the top 10 individuals from each weight class in his conference into the system. Only wrestlers listed on a conference ballot are considered for the national ballot.
- The top 25 individuals in each weight class is based on how each voter ranks the best individuals. An individual receives 25 points for each first place vote, 24 for second place and so on through the list. This same point system is used to determine the team ranking.
- The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the team's ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot
- For the complete Top 25 calendar, click here.
| RANK | LAST TIME | INSTITUTION | FINAL POINTS |
| 1 | 2 | Grand View (Iowa) | 285 |
| 2 | 1 | Life (Ga.) | 247 |
| 3 | 3 | Southeastern (Fla.) | 198 |
| 4 | 5 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 189 |
| 5 | 4 | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 184 |
| 6 | 6 | Doane (Neb.) | 177 |
| 7 | 7 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 163 |
| 8 | 9 | Indiana Tech | 160 |
| 9 | 8 | Southern Oregon | 158 |
| 10 | 10 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 133 |
| 11 | 10 | Providence (Mont.) | 132 |
| 12 | 13 | Corban (Ore.) | 107 |
| 12 | 12 | Saint Mary (Kan.) | 107 |
| 14 | 15 | Montana State-Northern | 87 |
| 15 | 14 | Eastern Oregon | 82 |
| 16 | 16 | St. Thomas (Fla.) | 81 |
| 17 | 18 | Central Methodist (Mo.) | 70 |
| 17 | 20 | Missouri Valley | 70 |
| 19 | 23 | Marian (Ind.) | 63 |
| 19 | 18 | Oklahoma City | 63 |
| 21 | 22 | Lourdes (Ohio) | 53 |
| 21 | 17 | Texas Wesleyan | 53 |
| 23 | 23 | Cornerstone (Mich.) | 52 |
| 24 | 25 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 50 |
| 24 | 25 | Graceland (Iowa) | 50 |
Dropped From Top 25: None
Receiving Votes: Dickinson State (N.D.) 48, Missouri Baptist 47, Concordia (Neb.) 44, Morningside (Iowa) 41, Friends (Kan.) 39, Arizona Christian 39, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 35, Midland (Neb.) 29, Wayland Baptist (Texas) 28, Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 17, William Penn (Iowa) 16, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 16, Cleary (Mich.) 14, Briar Cliff (Iowa) 13, Siena Heights (Mich.) 13, Oklahoma Wesleyan 11, Northwestern (Iowa) 11, Benedictine (Kan.) 8, Brewton-Parker (Ga.) 7, Waldorf (Iowa) 7, Baker (Kan.) 5, Truett-McConnell (Ga.) 4, Rio Grande (Ohio) 3, Ottawa (Kan.) 2, Midway (Ky.) 2
Top-Ranked Individuals | Individual Rankings
125 – Aden Reeves, Grand View (Iowa)
133 – Thaddeus Long, Life (Ga.)
141 – Evan Potter, Southern Oregon
149 – Nathan Lendt, Doane (Neb.)
157 – Aden Graves, Providence (Mont.)
165 – Jonathan Kervin, Indiana Tech
174 – Alex Reynolds, Grand View (Iowa)
184 – Jesse Perez, Life (Ga.)
197 – Garavous Kouekabakilaho, Grand View (Iowa)
285 – Greg Hagan, Grand View (Iowa)
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