Bedlam causes shift in Top Five, Lehigh moves back into Top 25; Penn State, Minnesota stay atop USA Today/NWCA/AWN Division I Coaches Poll
by Jason Bryant NWCA
Oklahoma moves up to No. 4 in latest
USA Today/NWCA/AWN Divison I Coaches
Poll after Bedlam win.
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Oklahoma’s 16-15 win over Oklahoma State on Sunday impacted the Top Five of the USA Today/NWCA/AWN Division I Coaches Poll.
The Sooners (5-0) moved up one spot to No. 4 after winning the first of two Bedlam duals this season. With the loss, Oklahoma State (1-1) drops from No. 3 to No. 5. Iowa (4-0) defeated Iowa State (5-1) 23-9 and moved up to No. 3.
Penn State (3-0) and Minnesota (3-0) remained at No. 1 and No. 2 for the fourth straight week. The Nittany Lions were idle, while Minnesota beat then-No. 18 Oregon State in Corvallis.
Cornell, Illinois, Ohio State, Missouri and Nebraska remained in the same positions from last week, filling out the Top 10.
Cornell (3-0) topped Illinois (6-1) in an exciting 18-15 dual at Madison Square Garden in New York City at the second annual Grapple at the Garden. Top-ranked Jesse Delgado of Illinois defeated second-ranked Nahshon Garrett of Cornell 6-2 at 125 pounds. Delgado is the returning NCAA Division I champion while Garrett was third last year.
Nebraska improved to 5-0 after wins against then-No. 18 Stanford, CSU Bakersfield and Utah Valley.
Pittsburgh was idle, but moved up two spots after Lehigh upset then-No. 11 Virginia. The Mountain Hawks (4-3) moved back into the Top 25 after the win over Virginia. After one-point losses to Bucknell and Pittsbugh, Lehigh beat its second ranked team of the season at the Northeast Duals in Troy, N.Y.
Northern Iowa (3-0) was the biggest mover this week, jumping up four spots to No. 12. Coach Doug Schwab’s Panthers beat Wisconsin 29-9. The Badgers were the lone team to drop out of the Top 25 this week.
Team Rank |
Teams (First) |
Points |
Record |
Previous |
1 |
Penn State (9) |
399 |
3-0 |
1 |
2 |
Minnesota (1) |
391 |
3-0 |
2 |
3 |
Iowa |
377 |
4-0 |
4 |
4 |
Oklahoma |
372 |
5-0 |
5 |
5 |
Oklahoma State |
359 |
1-1 |
3 |
6 |
Cornell |
352 |
3-0 |
6 |
7 |
Illinois |
338 |
6-1 |
7 |
8 |
Ohio State |
329 |
4-0 |
8 |
9 |
Missouri |
321 |
1-0 |
9 |
10 |
Nebraska |
310 |
5-0 |
10 |
11 |
Pittsburgh |
287 |
2-0 |
13 |
12 |
Northern Iowa |
284 |
3-0 |
16 |
13 |
Virginia |
275 |
8-2 |
11 |
14 |
Virginia Tech |
271 |
8-1 |
12 |
15 |
Edinboro |
259 |
0-1 |
14 |
16 |
Iowa State |
257 |
5-1 |
15 |
17 |
Northwestern |
251 |
4-1 |
17 |
18 |
Stanford |
223 |
8-2 |
18 |
19 |
Purdue |
202 |
2-1 |
20 |
20 (tie) |
Michigan |
192 |
2-2 |
22 |
20 (tie) |
Oregon State |
192 |
3-3 |
18 |
22 |
Rider |
188 |
4-1 |
23 |
23 |
Lehigh |
178 |
4-3 |
NR |
24 |
Bloomsburg |
155 |
2-2 |
21 |
25 |
Boise State |
117 |
1-1 |
25 |
Dropped out: Wisconsin
Others Receiving Votes: Wisconsin 49, Ohio 37, Wyoming 18, Penn 17
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