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Lehigh moves into NWCA Div. I Coaches Poll Top 10 after road victory over Oklahoma

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by Jason Bryant, NWCA

Manheim, Pa. – Penn State remains a unanimous No. 1 and Lehigh has moved into the Top 10 as the final USA Today/NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches poll was released for the 2015 calendar year.

Penn State (6-0) garnered all 12 first-place votes for the third straight week. The Nittany Lions stayed unbeaten with a 38-4 win at Rider over the weekend.

Second-ranked Iowa (8-0) was idle, while third-ranked N.C. State improved to 11-0 with a 26-15 win over No. 24 Old Dominion on Thursday. The Wolfpack’s No. 3 ranking is the highest in program history.

Missouri (5-0) extended its school-record dual meet win streak to 33. The Tigers beat fellow Mid-American Conference foe Kent State 35-12.

There were some shifts in the bottom half of the top 10 as then-No. 13 Lehigh (7-1) rolled into Norman, Okla., and rolled the host Sooners 30-7. Lehigh vaulted up three spots, while Oklahoma fell to No. 12 after back-to-back losses.

The Big Ten remains fully entrenched in the Top 25 with 10 of its 14 programs residing in the poll, including five of the top 10. No new teams entered the Top 25 this week, but Appalachian State (6-2) is receiving votes for the first time this season.

NOTE: The next coaches poll will be released on January 5, 2016

Rank

Team (First)

Record

Points

Conference

Previous

1

Penn State (12)

6-0

300

Big Ten

1

2

Iowa

8-0

288

Big Ten

2

3

N.C. State

11-0

271

ACC

3

4

Missouri

5-0

262

MAC

4

5

Virginia Tech

3-1

255

ACC

5

6

Ohio State

4-1

236

Big Ten

6

7

Oklahoma State

4-2

234

Big 12

7

8

Rutgers

10-2

203

Big Ten

9

9

Nebraska

6-1

201

Big Ten

10

10

Lehigh

7-1

190

EIWA

13

11

Illinois

8-0

183

Big Ten

11

12

Oklahoma

5-2

173

Big 12

8

13

Michigan

4-1

157

Big Ten

12

14

Cornell

1-2

148

EIWA

14

15

North Carolina

6-1

130

ACC

15

16

Central Michigan

4-0

112

MAC

17

17

Virginia

4-2

107

ACC

16

18

Iowa State

3-2

103

Big 12

18

19

Purdue

5-1

76

Big Ten

19

20

Pittsburgh

5-1

72

ACC

20

21

Ohio

4-1

65

MAC

21

22

Indiana

4-0

45

Big Ten

22

23

Minnesota

4-5

28

Big Ten

23

24

Old Dominion

2-3

24

MAC

24

25

West Virginia

5-2

16

Big 12

25


Dropped out: None
Others receiving votes: Appalachian State 7, Wisconsin 7, Oregon State 4, Eastern Michigan 3

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