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Rutgers moves into Top 10 of NWCA Div. I Poll after Grapple at the Garden wins over Cornell, George Mason

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by Jason Bryant, NWCA

Manheim, Pa. – Rutgers continues its climb up the USA Today/NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll after a pair of weekend wins that pushed the Scarlet Knights to 9-1 on the season and a No. 10 ranking in the poll released on Tuesday.

Rutgers beat then-No. 7 Cornell 21-13 and picked up only the third win in school history over the Big Red on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Cornell (1-2) slid seven spots to No. 14. The top five teams stayed put as Penn State (4-0) remained No. 1, followed by Iowa (6-0), Ohio State (3-0), Oklahoma State (2-1) and Nebraska (5-0).

Nebraska was impressive in beating Cornell and got past a feisty Princeton team in New York. Princeton (1-2) moves into the Top 25 for the first time this season despite losing to both Illinois and Nebraska.

Minimal shifts occurred do to a light week overall in Division I. Virginia Tech (3-1) remained at No. 6 and Oklahoma (5-0) moved up to No. 7 following Cornell’s drop. Missouri (2-0), which picked up a conference win over Northern Iowa, moved up to No. 8, while Michigan (3-1) moved up one spot to No. 9

Many of the nation’s top teams will be at this coming weekend’s Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and there’s fewer than 20 Division I duals as the first semester is coming to a close for many of the nation’s colleges.

Rank

Team (First)

Record

Points

Conference

Previous

1

Penn State (11)

4-0

299

Big Ten

1

2

Iowa

6-0

287

Big Ten

2

3

Ohio State (1)

3-0

275

Big Ten

3

4

Oklahoma State

2-1

262

Big 12

4

5

Nebraska

5-0

252

Big Ten

5

6

Virginia Tech

3-1

242

ACC

6

7

Oklahoma

5-0

228

Big 12

8

8

Missouri

2-0

212

MAC

9

9

Michigan

3-1

192

Big Ten

10

10

Rutgers

9-1

186

Big Ten

14

11

Illinois

8-0

179

Big Ten

12

12

Lehigh

4-1

176

EIWA

11

13

N.C. State

7-0

162

ACC

13

14

Cornell

1-2

156

EIWA

7

15

Wisconsin

1-0

126

Big Ten

15

16

North Carolina

4-1

119

ACC

16

17

Iowa State

2-2

96

Big 12

17

18

Minnesota

4-4

87

Big Ten

18

19

Virginia

4-2

83

ACC

19

20

Ohio

3-0

77

MAC

20

21

Central Michigan

2-0

61

MAC

22

22

Old Dominion

2-1

59

MAC

21

23

Oregon State

2-3

24

Pac-12

23

24

West Virginia

4-2

23

Big 12

24

25 (tie)

Northern Iowa

1-3

8

MAC

25

25 (tie)

Princeton

1-2

8

EIWA

NR
 
Dropped out: None
Others Receiving Votes: Pittsburgh 7, Stanford 7, Chattanooga 4, Utah Valley 2, Edinboro 1