KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Indiana Tech men's wrestling team was tabbed fourth in the 2025-26 NAIA Coaches Top 25 Preseason Poll, the NAIA announced Thursday.
The Warriors come in at No. 4 after going 8-3 overall as a team, while winning the WHAC regular season and tournament titles, and finishing fifth at the NAIA National Championship.
Tech received 180 points in the ranking, sitting five points behind No. 3 Southeastern (Fla.) and six points ahead of No. 5 Campbellsville (Ky.). Grand View (Iowa) holds the No. 1 spot after winning their 13
th national title in the last 14 years last season, receiving 225 points. Life (Ga.) (190 points) rounds out the top five, sitting at No. 2 in the poll.
Eleven Warriors would receive individual top 25 rankings to start the year including:
Tyler Hisey, ranked 6
th in the 125lb weight class
Trevor Hisey, ranked 17
st in the 125lb weight class
Conner Kimbrough, ranked 10
th in the 141lb weight class
Mike Loney, ranked 10
th in the 149lb weight class
Vinnie Abbey, ranked 5
th in the 157lb weight class
Jonathan Kervin, ranked 2
nd in the 165lb weight class
Landon Buchanan, ranked 23
rd in the 174lb weight class
Michael Durham, ranked 12
th in the 184lb weight class
Nathan Critchfield, ranked 7
th in the 197lb weight class
Johnny Cruz, ranked 7
th in the 285lb weight class
Ian Clifford, ranked 18
th in the 285lb weight class
Tech will start their season on Saturday, November 1
st, at the Patriot Open hosted by No. 8-ranked University of the Cumberlands in Corbin, Kentucky.
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