2015-16 NAIA Wrestling Coaches’ Top 20 Poll – No. 1 (November 18)
| Rank | Previous Rank | School | Total Team Points |
| 1 | 1 | Grand View (Iowa) | 131 |
| 2 | 3 | Indiana Tech | 91 |
| 3 | 4 | Missouri Valley | 88.5 |
| 4 | 2 | Oklahoma City | 80.5 |
| 5 | 5 | Montana State-Northern | 75 |
| 6 | 7 | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 64.5 |
| 7 | 10 | Life (Ga.) | 56.5 |
| 8 | 16 | Great Falls (Mont.) | 54.5 |
| T9 | 6 | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 53 |
| T9 | 8 | Concordia (Neb.) | 53 |
| 11 | 9 | Simpson (Calif.) | 46.5 |
| 12 | 12 | Midland (Neb.) | 40 |
| 13 | T14 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 38 |
| 14 | 13 | Southern Oregon | 37 |
| T15 | 18 | Doane (Neb.) | 35.5 |
| T15 | 11 | York (Neb.) | 35.5 |
| 17 | 17 | Menlo (Calif.) | 34 |
| 18 | 19 | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 27 |
| 19 | RV | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 24 |
| 20 | 20 | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 22 |
Dropped from the Top 20: Dickinson State (N.D.) (No. 15)
Others receiving votes: Ottawa (Kan.) 21; Benedictine (Kan.) 20; William Penn (Iowa) 16.5; Williams Baptist (Ark.) 15; Missouri Baptist 13; Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 13; Morningside (Iowa) 12.5; Northwestern (Iowa)11; Lindenwood-Belleville (Ill.) 8.5; Lyon (Ark.) 6; Graceland (Iowa) 5.5; Hastings (Neb.) 5.5; Baker (Kan.) 4.5; Jamestown (N.D.) 4; Bacone (Okla.) 4; Davenport (Mich.) 4; St. Catharine (Ky.) 3; Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) 2.5; St. Andrews (N.C.) 2; Southeastern (Fla.) 1.5.
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| Rank | Prvs Rank | First Name | Last Name | School | Total Points | Group |
| 1st | 3rd | Devane | Dodgens | Life University | 120 | East |
| 2nd | 5th | Luke | Schlosser | Great Falls (Mont.) | 103 | West |
| 3rd | NR | christian | clary | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 90 | East |
| 4th | NR | Sawyer | Miller | Indiana Tech | 71 | Midwest |
| 5th | 6th | Troy | Lakin | Menlo (Calif.) | 66 | West |
| 6th | 7th | Aspen | Kmiec | Midland (Neb.) | 62 | North |
| 7th | 2nd | James | Flint | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 48 | East |
| 8th | 10th | Sage | Ornelas | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 33.5 | West |
| 9th | NR | Abbas | Khan | Graceland University | 29.5 | Central |
| 10th | NR | Jesse | Martinelli | Lindenwood – Belleville (Ill.) | 20 | Midwest |
| 11th | 14th | Dmitri | Smith | Concordia (Neb.) | 19 | North |
| 12th | 15th | Dustin | Miller | Lyon College | 18 | Midwest |
| 13th | 12th | Chandler | Strand | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 17.5 | West |
| 14th | NR | Robert | Ozuna | York (Neb.) | 15.5 | South |
| 15th | 4th | Oscar | Marin | York (Neb.) | 14 | South |
| 16th | NR | Juan | Dominguez | Graceland University | 13.5 | Central |
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| Rank | Prvs Rank | First Name | Last Name | School | Total Points | Group |
| 1st | 2nd | Jacob | Colon | Grand View (Iowa) | 116 | Central |
| 2nd | 1st | Jake | Sinkovics | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 112 | East |
| T3rd | 6th | Clinton | Garvin | Great Falls (Mont.) | 69 | West |
| T3rd | 5th | Parker | Bohannan | Oklahoma City | 69 | South |
| 5th | 7th | Jacob | Grant | Grand View (Iowa) | 67 | Central |
| 6th | 3rd | Mitch | Pawlak | Indiana Tech | 61 | Midwest |
| 7th | 4th | Kodie | Cole | Concordia (Neb.) | 55.5 | North |
| 8th | 8th | Andrew | Porras | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 39 | South |
| 9th | 12th | cole | manion | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 33.5 | East |
| T10th | 11th | Vicente | Hernandez | Simpson (Calif.) | 29.5 | West |
| T10th | NR | Stephen | Ireland | Life University | 29.5 | East |
| 12th | 10th | Trey | Trujillo | Hastings (Neb.) | 28 | North |
| 13th | 13th | Matthew | Miller | Indiana Tech | 16.5 | Midwest |
| 14th | 18th | Ryan | Stearns | Missouri Valley | 9 | Central |
| 15th | NR | Ethan | Owen | Southeastern | 6 | East |
| 16th | NR | Blake | Ivie | Montana State-Northern | 5.5 | West |
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| Rank | Prvs Rank | First Name | Last Name | School | Total Points | Group |
| 1st | 1st | Daniel | Leonard | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 113 | East |
| 2nd | 2nd | Steele | Escobedo | Menlo (Calif.) | 104 | West |
| 3rd | 3rd | Travis | Barroquillo | Indiana Tech | 100 | Midwest |
| 4th | 6th | Walker | Marshall | Grand View (Iowa) | 84 | Central |
| 5th | 4th | Tyler | Hinton | Ottawa | 73 | South |
| 6th | 7th | Andrew | Burr | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 47.5 | West |
| 7th | 9th | Foster | Bunce | Concordia (Neb.) | 47 | North |
| 8th | 8th | Joshua | Lopez | York (Neb.) | 45.5 | South |
| T9th | 10th | Austin | Meyn | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 27 | East |
| T9th | 11th | Robert | Humphrey | Indiana Tech | 27 | Midwest |
| 11th | 12th | Bryan | Pittman | William Penn (Iowa) | 19.5 | Central |
| 12th | NR | Andrew | Hyde | Lyon College | 15 | Midwest |
| 13th | NR | Taylor | Rich | Hastings (Neb.) | 12 | North |
| T14th | 16th | Trevor | Hancock | Southern Oregon | 11 | West |
| T14th | NR | david | sparks | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 11 | East |
| 16th | NR | James | Landoll | Oklahoma City | 10 | South |
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| Rank | Prvs Rank | First Name | Last Name | School | Total Points | Group |
| 1st | 1st | Jake | Ekster | Missouri Valley | 120 | Central |
| 2nd | 2nd | Tyler | Cowger | Southern Oregon | 102 | West |
| 3rd | 3rd | Dallas | Brown | Life University | 85 | East |
| 4th | 6th | Willie | Fox | York (Neb.) | 82 | South |
| 5th | 4th | Scottie | Bonds | William Penn (Iowa) | 81 | Central |
| 6th | 9th | Elijah | Sullivan | Grand View (Iowa) | 54.5 | Central |
| 7th | 5th | Andrew | Schulte | Concordia (Neb.) | 42.5 | North |
| 8th | NR | Hunter | Bell | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 35.5 | East |
| 9th | 7th | Steven | Garcia | Morningside (Iowa) | 34 | North |
| 10th | 12th | Thomas | Garty | Indiana Tech | 29.5 | Midwest |
| 11th | 13th | Anton | King | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 23 | West |
| 12th | NR | Patrick | Grigsby | Williams Baptist | 17.5 | Midwest |
| 13th | 14th | Eric | Ambriz | Oklahoma City | 15 | South |
| 14th | 10th | Isaac | King | St. Andrews University | 13 | East |
| 15th | 15th | Kyle | Leir | Great Falls (Mont.) | 12.5 | West |
| 16th | 11th | Brandon | Weber | Montana State-Northern | 5 | West |
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| Rank | Prvs Rank | First Name | Last Name | School | Total Points | Group |
| 1st | 1st | Zach | Skates | Oklahoma City | 120 | South |
| 2nd | 2nd | Andrew | Simmons | Missouri Valley | 108 | Central |
| 3rd | 3rd | Grant | Henderson | Grand View (Iowa) | 93 | Central |
| 4th | 4th | Tristan | Macri | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 81 | East |
| 5th | 6th | Richard | Ortiz | Simpson (Calif.) | 62 | West |
| 6th | 9th | kyle | terry | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 50.5 | East |
| 7th | NR | Tanner | Werner | Grand View (Iowa) | 47.5 | Central |
| 8th | 10th | Tommy | Cooper | Montana State-Northern | 36 | West |
| 9th | 12th | Jr | Lule | Concordia (Neb.) | 32 | North |
| 10th | 13th | Nate | Croley | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 28 | East |
| 11th | NR | Chase | Hack | Indiana Tech | 24.5 | Midwest |
| 12th | 11th | Matthew | Behr | Missouri Baptist University | 20 | Midwest |
| 13th | 14th | Victor | Thomas | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 18.5 | South |
| 14th | NR | Mark | Smith | Ottawa | 10 | South |
| 15th | NR | Martin | Phillips | Doane College | 8.5 | North |
| 16th | NR | Brenn | Schiess | Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) | 4.5 | West |
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| Rank | Prvs Rank | First Name | Last Name | School | Total Points | Group |
| 1st | 1st | Ricky | McCarty | Oklahoma City | 120 | South |
| 2nd | 3rd | Dallas | Houchins | Grand View (Iowa) | 108 | Central |
| 3rd | 4th | shawn | mcghee | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 93 | East |
| 4th | 5th | Trever | Devestern | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 80 | North |
| 5th | 11th | Khaldoon | Rashid | Great Falls (Mont.) | 66 | West |
| 6th | 16th | John | Weldon | Indiana Tech | 55.5 | Midwest |
| 7th | 14th | Andrew | Bartel | Montana State-Northern | 42 | West |
| 8th | NR | Orlando | Nawade | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 33.5 | East |
| 9th | NR | Connor | Middleton | Baker (Kan.) | 32 | Central |
| 10th | NR | Preston | Steen | Bacone (Okla.) | 23 | South |
| 11th | 17th | Tommy | Bailey | Concordia (Neb.) | 22 | North |
| 12th | 15th | Tyler | Button | Life University | 17.5 | East |
| 13th | NR | Drake | Lovvorn | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 16.5 | South |
| T14th | NR | Dalton | Tipton | Missouri Valley | 11 | Central |
| T14th | NR | Willie | Wright | Williams Baptist | 11 | Midwest |
| 16th | 9th | LJ | Henderson | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 8 | East |
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| Rank | Prvs Rank | First Name | Last Name | School | Total Points | Group |
| 1st | 1st | Tyler | McMichael | Midland (Neb.) | 120 | North |
| 2nd | 2nd | Kevin | Corbett | Doane College | 102 | North |
| 3rd | 6th | Riley | Boomer | Missouri Valley | 89 | Central |
| 4th | 5th | Willie | Miller | Montana State-Northern | 81 | West |
| 5th | 8th | Khalil | Abdush-Shakur | Life University | 63 | East |
| 6th | 7th | Jacob | Johnson | Indiana Tech | 55.5 | Midwest |
| 7th | 11th | Jamie | Shawver | Oklahoma City | 46.5 | South |
| 8th | 10th | Dylan | Blackford | Grand View (Iowa) | 35.5 | Central |
| 9th | NR | Joseph | Robinson | Lindenwood – Belleville (Ill.) | 35 | Midwest |
| 10th | NR | Justin | Lozano | Menlo (Calif.) | 29.5 | West |
| 11th | 8th | Zach | Fishman | Northwestern (Iowa) | 21.5 | North |
| 12th | NR | justin | brown | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 21 | East |
| 13th | 9th | Connor | Linehan | Williams Baptist | 20.5 | Midwest |
| 14th | 14th | Gabe | Suthoff | Benedictine College | 9 | Central |
| 15th | 16 | sean | black | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 7 | East |
| 16th | NR | Oscar | Flores | Southern Oregon | 6.5 | West |
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| Rank | Prvs Rank | First Name | Last Name | School | Total Points | Group |
| 1st | 2ne | Brady | Beamon | Simpson (Calif.) | 118 | West |
| 2nd | 3rd | LJ | Grayson | Indiana Tech | 104 | Midwest |
| 3rd | 4th | Ryan | McWatters | Southern Oregon | 80.5 | West |
| 4th | 1st | Derek | Sivertsen | Oklahoma City | 69 | South |
| 5th | 16th | Michael | Naiper | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 66.5 | South |
| 6th | 5th | charles | sharon | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 62.5 | East |
| 7th | 7th | Jared | McCoy | Morningside (Iowa) | 60 | North |
| 8th | 9th | Taylor | Vaughn | Great Falls (Mont.) | 46.5 | West |
| 9th | 11th | Tyler | Dibert | Williams Baptist | 38.5 | Midwest |
| 10th | NR | Matthew | Hernandez | Jamestown (N.D.) | 22 | Central |
| 11th | 12th | Tyree | Cox | Northwestern (Iowa) | 21.5 | North |
| 12th | NR | Dustin | Harris | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 19.5 | East |
| 13th | NR | Matthew | Atwood | Concordia (Neb.) | 13.5 | North |
| 14th | NR | Jacob | Dempsey | Life University | 13 | East |
| 15th | NR | Dakota | Concepcion | Missouri Valley | 11.5 | Central |
| 16th | NR | Tyler | Foubert | William Penn (Iowa) | 3.5 | Central |
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| Rank | Prvs Rank | First Name | Last Name | School | Total Points | Group |
| 1st | 1st | Garrett | DeMers | Montana State-Northern | 120 | West |
| 2nd | 3rd | Stephen | Loosbrock | Benedictine College | 106 | Central |
| 3rd | 6th | Cody | Linton | Doane College | 88 | North |
| 4th | 5th | Jake | Maupin | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 77 | East |
| 5th | 11th | Jack | Murphy | York (Neb.) | 73 | South |
| 6th | 8th | Andrew | Mahone | Missouri Baptist University | 60 | Midwest |
| 7th | 10th | Derrick | Hawkins | Grand View (Iowa) | 48.5 | Central |
| 8th | 7th | Kasey | Crump | Ottawa | 31.5 | South |
| 9th | NR | Donavan | Fouchy | Missouri Valley | 22.5 | Central |
| 10th | NR | Nicholas | Null | Northwestern (Iowa) | 21.5 | North |
| 11th | 13th | Josh | Chiles | Williams Baptist | 18.5 | Midwest |
| 12th | NR | BJ | Carman | St. Catharine College | 16 | East |
| 13th | 12th | Erik | Medina | Simpson (Calif.) | 14.5 | West |
| 14th | NR | Alexander | Reimers | Concordia (Neb.) | 12.5 | North |
| 15th | NR | Johnathen | Dennis | Grand View (Iowa) | 10.5 | Central |
| 16th | 14th | Cody | Sivertsen | Oklahoma City | 9.5 | South |
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| Rank | Prvs Rank | First Name | Last Name | School | Total Points | Group |
| 1st | 1st | Gabi | Musallam | Missouri Valley | 120 | Central |
| 2nd | 2nd | Toby | Cheff | Montana State-Northern | 108 | West |
| 3rd | 3rd | Dean | Broghammer | Grand View (Iowa) | 96 | Central |
| 4th | 4th | Ceron | Francisco | Concordia (Neb.) | 78 | North |
| 5th | 5th | Chico | Adams | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | 63 | East |
| 6th | 6th | James | Jones | Midland (Neb.) | 59 | North |
| 7th | 7th | Austin | Lobsinger | Simpson (Calif.) | 56 | West |
| 8th | 9th | Taylor | Kornoely | Montana State-Northern | 34.5 | West |
| 9th | 16th | Justin | Smith | Missouri Valley | 28.5 | Central |
| 10th | 10th | Glenn | Geurink | Davenport (MI) | 26.5 | Midwest |
| 11th | 13th | Tyler | Smith | Cumberland (Tenn.) | 17 | East |
| 12th | NR | Markese | Christian | Wayland Baptist (Texas) | 16 | South |
| 13th | 14 | Mike | Wright | Hannibal-LaGrange (MO) | 13 | Midwest |
| 14th | NR | Korey | Walker | Oklahoma City | 12 | South |
| 15th | 8th | Jacob | Laden | Grand View (Iowa) | 11 | Central |
| 16th | NR | Terrell | Moore | Campbellsville (Ky.) | 9 | East |