InterMat releases new rankings

USA Today/InterMat/NWCA Division I Team Rankings
March 3, 2009-Final
* March 10-Final InterMat/NWCA/NWMA Individual Rankings Below

Rank Team (First) 08-09 Record Points Previous
1 Iowa (11) 24-0 440 1
2 Cornell 12-2 426 2
3 Iowa State 15-3 419 3
4 Nebraska 17-3-1 401 4
5 Missouri 18-4 395 5
6 Ohio State 16-2 387 6
7 Lehigh 23-1 370 7
8 Illinois 13-2 359 8
9 Boise State 17-3 346 9
10 Central Michigan 17-3-1 342 10
11 Minnesota 15-8 323 12
12 Oklahoma State 16-6 321 11
13 Oklahoma 16-4 310 13
14 Edinboro 14-4-1 300 14
15 Virginia Tech 20-2 274 15
16 Old Dominion 17-6 268 17
17 Wisconsin 9-8 265 16
18 Michigan 10-8-1 253 18
19 Northwestern 9-8-1 241 19
20 Kent State 13-4 240 20
21 Northern Iowa 10-6 226 22
22 Indiana 15-7-1 214 21
23 Hofstra 10-6 206 23
24 Penn 13-7 159 24
25 Purdue 12-7-1 129 25

Others receiving votes: Penn State and West Virginia.

The USA Today/InterMat/NWCA Coaches Poll is voted on by a representative member of each Division I wrestling conference.
The InterMat/NWCA/NWMA Individual Rankings are voted on by members of the National Wrestling Media Association.



125

1 Paul Donahoe Sr. Edinboro
2 Troy Nickerson Jr. Cornell
3 Angel Escobedo Jr. Indiana
4 Brandon Precin Jr. Northwestern
5 Charlie Falck Sr. Iowa
6 James Nicholson So. Old Dominion
7 Joey Fio So. Oklahoma
8 Tyler Clark So. Iowa State
9 Rollie Peterkin Jr. Penn
10 Zach Sanders Fr. Minnesota
11 Anthony Robles So. Arizona State
12 Jarrod Garnett Fr. Virginia Tech
13 Scotti Sentes Fr. Central Michigan
14 Brad Pataky So. Penn State
15 Obe Blanc Sr. Oklahoma State
16 Brandon Zoetewey Sr. Cal State Bakersfield
17 Marcos Orozco Sr. UC Davis
18 Nic Bedelyon So. Kent State
19 Steve Bonanno Fr. Hofstra
20 Derek Reber Fr. Bucknell

133
1 Franklin Gomez Jr. Michigan State
2 Reece Humphrey Jr. Ohio State
3 Jimmy Kennedy Jr. Illinois
4 Andrew Hochstrasser So. Boise State
5 Daniel Dennis Jr. Iowa
6 Jayson Ness Jr. Minnesota
7 Nick Fanthorpe Jr. Iowa State
8 Lou Ruggirello Jr. Hofstra
9 Jake Strayer Sr. Penn State
10 Joe Baker Sr. Navy
11 Steve Bell Jr. Maryland
12 Mike Grey So. Cornell
13 Chris Notte Jr. Oklahoma State
14 Matt Fisk Jr. Lehigh
15 Filip Novachkov So. Cal Poly
16 Dan Mitcheff Jr. Kent State
17 Jimmy Conroy Jr. Pittsburgh
18 Ricky Deubel Sr. Edinboro
19 Conor Beebe Jr. Central Michigan
20 Kelly Kubec Oregon State

141
1 Kellen Russell So. Michigan
2 Zach Tanelli Sr. Wisconsin
3 Ryan Williams Sr. Old Dominion
4 Corey Jantzen So. Harvard
5 Nick Gallick Jr. Iowa State
6 Alex Tsirtsis Sr. Iowa
7 Chris Drouin So. Arizona State
8 Marcus Hoehn Sr. Missouri
9 Alex Krom Jr. Maryland
10 Mike Thorn So. Minnesota
11 Drew Lashaway Sr. Kent State
12 Cody Cleveland Jr. Chattanooga
13 Tyler Nauman Fr. Pittsburgh
14 J Jaggers Sr. Ohio State
15 Jamal Parks Fr. Oklahoma State
16 Keith Sulzer So. Northwestern
17 Seth Ciasulli Jr. Lehigh
18 Chris Diaz So. Virginia Tech
19 Vincent Ramirez Sr. North Carolina
20 Nick Nelson So. Virginia

149
1 Brent Metcalf Jr. Iowa
2 Bubba Jenkins Jr. Penn State
3 Darrion Caldwell Jr. North Carolina State
4 Lance Palmer Jr. Ohio State
5 Kyle Terry Jr. Oklahoma
6 Kyle Ruschell Jr. Wisconsin
7 Bryce Saddoris So. Navy
8 Jake Patacsil Sr. Purdue
9 Matt Kyler Jr. Army
10 Matt Cathell Jr. Delaware State
11 Steve Brown Jr. Central Michigan
12 Kyle Borshoff Fr. American
13 Trevor Chinn Sr. Lehigh
14 Cesar Grajales Sr. Penn
15 Nick Stabile So. North Carolina
16 Jason Chamberlain Fr. Boise State
17 Heinrich Barnes Sr. Oregon State
18 Desmond Green Fr. Buffalo
19 Mitch Mueller Jr. Iowa State
20 Matt Fittery Lock Haven

157
1 Mike Poeta Sr. Illinois
2 Jordan Burroughs Jr. Nebraska
3 Gregor Gillespie Sr. Edinboro
4 Jordan Leen Sr. Cornell
5 J.P. O'Connor Jr. Harvard
6 Michael Chandler Sr. Missouri
7 Adam Hall So. Boise State
8 Matt Moley Jr. Bloomsburg
9 Neil Erisman So. Oklahoma State
10 Cyler Sanderson Jr. Iowa State
11 Chase Pami Jr. Cal Poly
12 Scott Winston Fr. Rutgers
13 Jason Welch Fr. Northwestern
14 Jon Bonilla-Bowman Jr. Hofstra
15 Kurt Kinser So. Indiana
16 Tyler Safratowich Sr. Minnesota
17 Chad Terry Jr. Oklahoma
18 Matt Dragon Jr. Penn
19 Kody Hamrah Sr. North Carolina State
20 Jesse Dong Fr. Virginia Tech

165
1 Mack Lewnes So. Cornell
2 Andrew Howe Fr. Wisconsin
3 Ryan Morningstar Jr. Iowa
4 Colt Sponseller So. Ohio State
5 Moza Fay Sr. Northern Iowa
6 Nick Marable Jr. Missouri
7 Stephen Dwyer Jr. Nebraska
8 Jon Reader So. Iowa State
9 Brandon Mason Sr. Oklahoma State
10 Chris Brown Jr. Old Dominion
11 Trevor Stewart Sr. Central Michigan
12 Andy Rendos Jr. Bucknell
13 Jarrod King Sr. Edinboro
14 Mike Galante Jr. Lehigh
15 Luke Manuel So. Purdue
16 Roger Smith-Bergsrud Sr. Illinois
17 Keegan Mueller Sr. North Carolina
18 Tyler Sherfey Sr. Boise State
19 Dan Vallimont Jr. Penn State
20 Ryan Patrovich So. Hofstra

174
1 Steve Luke Sr. Michigan
2 Michael Cannon Jr. American
3 Brandon Browne Sr. Nebraska
4 Jay Borschel Jr. Iowa
5 Raymond Jordan Sr. Missouri
6 Steve Anceravage Sr. Cornell
7 Chris Henrich So. Virginia
8 Mike Miller So. Central Michigan
9 Alton Lucas Sr. Hofstra
10 Kurt Brenner Sr. West Virginia
11 Newly McSpadden Sr. Oklahoma State
12 Jeff James So. Oklahoma
13 Nate Lee Jr. Boise State
14 Quentin Wright Fr. Penn State
15 Kyle Bressler Sr. Oregon State
16 Trevor Perry Jr. Indiana
17 Shane Onufer Fr. Wyoming
18 Shane Riccio Jr. Bucknell
19 John Dergo Jr. Illinois
20 Duke Burk Jr. Iowa State

184
1 Jake Herbert Sr. Northwestern
2 Phil Keddy Jr. Iowa
3 Mike Pucillo Jr. Ohio State
4 Kirk Smith So. Boise State
5 Dustin Kilgore Fr. Kent State
6 Josh Patterson Jr. Binghamton
7 Doug Umbehauer Sr. Rider
8 Joe LeBlanc Fr. Wyoming
9 David Craig Jr. Lehigh
10 Vince Jones Sr. Nebraska
11 Louis Caputo Jr. Harvard
12 Jordan Blanton Fr. Illinois
13 Anthony Biondo So. Michigan
14 Alex Dolly Sr. Northern Iowa
15 AJ Kissel So. Purdue
16 Justin Kerber Jr. Cornell
17 Chris Honeycutt So. Edinboro
18 Jerome Ward Fr. Iowa State
19 Pat Flynn So. Oklahoma
20 Dorian Henderson Fr. Missouri

197
1 Craig Brester Jr. Nebraska
2 Jake Varner Jr. Iowa State
3 Tyrel Todd Sr. Michigan
4 Dallas Herbst Sr. Wisconsin
5 Max Askren Jr. Missouri
6 Brent Chriswell So. Boise State
7 Brandon Halsey Sr. Cal State Bakersfield
8 Clayton Foster So. Oklahoma State
9 Hudson Taylor Jr. Maryland
10 Cayle Byers So. George Mason
11 Eric Lapotsky Jr. Oklahoma
12 Jon Oplinger Sr. Drexel
13 Andrew Anderson Sr. Northern Iowa
14 Tyler Sorenson Jr. South Dakota State
15 Chad Beatty Jr. Iowa
16 Jesse Strawn Jr. Old Dominion
17 Brent Jones Jr. Virginia
18 Logan Brown So. Purdue
19 Dennis Drury Jr. North Carolina
20 Richard Starks Jr. Army

285
1 David Zabriskie Jr. Iowa State
2 Mark Ellis Sr. Missouri
3 Jared Rosholt Jr. Oklahoma State
4 Jermail Porter Sr. Kent State
5 Konrad Dudziak Jr. Duke
6 Mitch Monteiro Jr. Cal-Bakersfield
7 Dan Erekson Jr. Iowa
8 John Wise Sr. Illinois
9 Ryan Flores So. Columbia
10 Zack Rey Fr. Lehigh
11 Dustin Rogers Sr. West Virginia
12 Joe Fendone Sr. Edinboro
13 Christian Brantley Fr. Northern Iowa
14 Tucker Lane Fr. Nebraska
15 Zach Sheaffer Sr. Pittsburgh
16 Ben Berhow So. Minnesota
17 Rashard Goff Sr. Cleveland State
18 Nathan Fernandez So. Oklahoma
19 Kyle Massey Sr. Wisconsin
20 Dustin Porter Jr. Gardner-Webb