Despite the uncertainty as to when and if there is a college wrestling season in the next few months, multiple preseason polls continue to be released. Three major publications include Rutgers in the 2020-2021 preseason rankings. Win Magazine is the latest poll to be released and has Rutgers at no. 11 nationally. In addition, FloWrestling has the Scarlet Knights at no. 17 and The Open Mat lists the program at no. 22.
Once again, the Big Ten is loaded and the Win Magazine poll has Iowa (1), Michigan (2) and Nebraska (5) in the top five, as well as Ohio State (7) and Penn State (9) in the top ten.