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.