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Iowa stays No. 1 and Missouri moves to No. 2 in NWCA Coaches Poll

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by Jason Bryant NWCA

Iowa remains No. 1 after weekend win over Minnesota, unbeaten Missouri moves to No. 2


Manheim, Pennsylvania -- Iowa remained the unanimous No. 1 after its 23-12 win over host Minnesota on Friday in front of 13,603 fans at Williams Arena.


The Hawkeyes garnered all 12 first-place votes for the fourth week in a row as the USA Today/NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll was released on Tuesday.


The Hawkeyes (11-0) will head east on Friday for a conference dual at Maryland and then a Sunday matchup at No. 5 Penn State (10-2).


The Hawkeyes will undoubtedly be facing its two largest non-home crowds of the year on back-to-back weekends as the event will be held at the Bryce Jordan Center, the site where Penn State set the NCAA wrestling single-dual attendance record of 15,966 last year against Pittsburgh.


Missouri moved to No. 2, the highest ranking for the program since it was No. 1 during the 2006-07 season. The Tigers are 18-0 this season and lead Division I in dual meet victories. Minnesota (10-1) slid one spot to No. 3.


The only new entrant into the Top 25 this week was North Dakota State. The Bison (7-3) have won six straight duals including a 22-21 criteria victory against then No. 18 Wyoming in Laramie on Sunday. The Bison started the year ranked in the Top 25.

Rank/Team (First)/Record/Points/Conference/Previous

1 Iowa (12) 11-0 300 Big Ten 1

2 Missouri 18-0 284 MAC 3

3 Minnesota 10-1 280 Big Ten 2

4 Ohio State 11-3 260 Big Ten 4

5 Penn State 10-2 249 Big Ten 5

6 Cornell 12-1 241 EIWA 6

7 Oklahoma State 6-3 232 Big 12 7

8 Iowa State 7-2 216 Big 12 8

9 Virginia Tech 10-2 202 ACC 9

10 Nebraska 9-1 190 Big Ten 10

11 Lehigh 10-4 176 EIWA 11

12 Virginia 10-4 168 ACC 12

13 Pittsburgh 7-4 153 ACC 13

14 Illinois 11-4 146 Big Ten 14

15 Edinboro 12-4 133 EWL 15

16 Michigan 5-4 122 Big Ten 16

17 Old Dominion 10-3 102 MAC 19

18 Wisconsin 8-2 100 Big Ten 17

19 Oregon State 9-0 85 Pac-12 20

20 Wyoming 7-3 58 WWC 18

21 Rutgers 11-6 51 Big Ten 22

22 Purdue 8-7 48 Big Ten 21

23 Bucknell 12-3 41 EIWA 23

24 North Dakota State 7-3 31 WWC NR

25 Northwestern 9-7 13 Big Ten 24

Dropped Out: No. 25 Stanford

Others Receiving Votes: Stanford 12, Rider 4, N.C. State 3

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