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

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