RALEIGH, N.C. – Coming off its highest NCAA Championship finish in school history, the NC State wrestling team will start the 2018-19 season ranked No. 8 nationally in the NWCA Division I Coaches’ Poll.
NC State has now been ranked in the top-10 in 41 straight polls dating back to the 2015-16 season, after having not reached that high since 1993.
The Wolfpack earned its first ever team trophy last season, placing fourth at the NCAA Championships. The Wolfpack returns three previous All-Americans, as well as nine former NCAA Qualifiers.
Heading into the 2018-19 season, NC State has won 50 of its last 55 duals over the last three years.