NEW BRIGHTON, Minn. – The Utah Valley University wrestling team posted the 24th-best home attendance for the 2019-20 season with an average of 1,059 fans per home dual as announced Friday by the National Wrestling Media Association.
 
This season marks the third consecutive year that UVU has ranked in the Top 25 of all NCAA Division Wrestling institutions in attendance after checking in at 23rd in 2018-19 with an average of 1,130 per home meet and 19th in 2017-18 (1,148 per home contest).
 
A total of 24 NCAA Division I programs recorded more than 1,000 fans per home dual in 2019-20. UVU was one of seven Big 12 Conference wrestling institutions to make the cut.
 
The Iowa Hawkeyes topped the attendance charts for the 14th-straight season and drew over 10,000 fans per home dual for the first time in program history. Iowa finished with an average of 12,568 fans per home dual with seven home dates for a total of 87,979. It's not the largest total Iowa's ever produced, but the 87,979 is the largest total attendance for events solely at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The top crowd in Carver-Hawkeye was the 14,905 against Penn State. 
 
Penn State, which has sold out 55 straight duals in Rec Hall and 61 of the last 63 duals including its action in the Bryce Jordan Center, comes in second for the 10th straight season. With the 15,995 at the Bryce Jordan Center against Ohio State, Penn State's average came in at 7,604, approximately 1,200 more than what the capacity is at Rec Hall.
 
Iowa State checked in third with an average of 4,794, which jumped the Cyclones to its highest attendance ranking since 2010 when they Cyclones averaged just north of 4,500 a dual. The 2019-20 home schedule was anchored by the CyHawk dual with Iowa, which drew 11,238, the 10th largest dual in Hilton Coliseum history.
 
Rutgers set a school record for the number of wrestling season tickets sold this season and their home attendance showed through. The Scarlet Knights finished fourth, with an average of 4,155 fans in seven home dates.
 
The opening of the Covelli Center gave Ohio State an engaging and intimate home mat experience.  The Buckeyes averaged 4,117 fans in eight home dates. It's the sixth straight year Tom Ryan's squad has been ranked in the top five.
 
Oklahoma State, Minnesota, Arizona State, Fresno State and Lehigh rounded out the Top 10.
 
The 2019-20 numbers tied a record for most schools reporting an average of 1,000 fans per match, tying last year's mark of 24. There were 14 more schools that exceeded averages of 700 per dual, where last year, there were just seven.
 

Rank	School	Dates*	Total	Average	Best	Top Draw
1	Iowa	7	87,979	12,568.4	14,905	Penn State
2	Penn State	8	60,833	7,604.1	15,995	Ohio State
3	Iowa State	7	33,562	4,794.6	11,238	Iowa
4	Rutgers	7	29,091	4,155.9	5,405	Maryland
5	Ohio State	8	32,940	4,117.5	4,657	Northwestern
6	Oklahoma State	9	33,328	3,703.1	7,070	Oklahoma
7	Minnesota	6	17,730	2,955.0	4,025	Wisconsin
8	Arizona State	6	17,171	2,861.8	8,522	Penn State
9	Fresno State	6	15,577	2,596.2	3,584	Rutgers
10	Lehigh	6	15,135	2,522.5	6,047	Penn State
11	Virginia Tech	6	14,899	2,483.2	4,235	North Carolina
12	Nebraska	7	16,776	2,396.6	5,960	Penn State
13	Northern Iowa	6	13,006	2,167.7	4,006	Oklahoma State
14	NC State*	5	10,669	2,133.8	4,383	North Carolina
15	Wisconsin	7	13,784	1,969.1	3,073	Penn State
16	Michigan	7	13,403	1,914.7	3,909	Iowa
17	Indiana	7	11,414	1,630.6	1,914	Iowa
18	Princeton*	4	6,151	1,537.8	2,284	Iowa
19	Cornell	6	7,846	1,307.7	2,000	NC State
20	Missouri	5	6,327	1,265.4	2,464	Iowa State
21	South Dakota State	7	7,901	1,128.7	1,679	North Dakota State
22	Binghamton	5	5,556	1,111.2	2,705	NC State
23	Lock Haven	6	6,379	1,063.2	2,218	Central Michigan
24	Utah Valley	7	7,415	1,059.3	1,411	Wisconsin
25	West Virginia	7	6,936	990.9	2,250	Utah Valley

*- does not include non-ticketed events.