Stanford, Ohio, Chattanooga join NWCA Div. I Coaches Poll, as top 15 teams are unchanged

Manheim, Pa. – The only movement coming in the USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll came at the bottom half of the poll. Stanford, Ohio University and Chattanooga entered the poll while the top 15 teams remained unchanged as the poll was released on Tuesday.


The nation’s lone unbeaten teams – Penn State, Iowa and N.C. State – remained No. 1-3, while Oklahoma State remained at No. 4, while once-beaten Missouri and Lehigh maintained their positions at No. 5 and No. 6.


Oregon State, Purdue and Appalachian State fell out of the Top 25 this week. Ohio returning to the poll gives the Mid-American Conference four teams in the Top 25. The Big Ten still leads with nine of its 14 members in the poll and the ACC has five of its six wrestling programs ranked.


Appalachian State’s run in the Top 25 ended abruptly last week after the Mountaineers were upended by Gardner-Webb 22-18. While the Mountaineers fell out of the Top 25, another SoCon team moved in as Chattanooga (10-3) entered at No. 25.

Rank Team (First) Record Points Conference Previous 1 Penn State (12) 12-0 300 Big Ten 1 2 Iowa 14-0 287 Big Ten 2 3 N.C. State 20-0 277 ACC 3 4 Oklahoma State 8-2 264 Big 12 4 5 Missouri 11-1 251 MAC 5 6 Lehigh 11-1 239 EIWA 6 7 Oklahoma 9-3 219 Big 12 7 8 Michigan 10-2 210 Big Ten 8 9 Ohio State 9-2 207 Big Ten 9 10 Virginia Tech 11-2 203 ACC 10 11 Nebraska 8-4 175 Big Ten 11 12 Rutgers 13-3 172 Big Ten 12 13 Illinois 11-4 156 Big Ten 13 14 North Carolina 9-3 140 ACC 14 15 Cornell 3-4 119 EIWA 15 16 Iowa State 8-5 116 Big 12 17 17 Pittsburgh 9-3 115 ACC 16 18 Virginia 5-4 91 ACC 18 19 Kent State 11-3 79 MAC 19 20 Indiana 6-3 66 Big Ten 22 21 Minnesota 7-7 59 Big Ten 23 22 Stanford 9-2 41 Pac-12 NR 23 Central Michigan 6-4 29 MAC 21 24 Ohio 9-3 26 MAC NR 25 Chattanooga 10-3 19 SoCon NR Dropped out: No. 20 Oregon State, No. 24 Purdue, No. 25 Appalachian State Others Receiving Votes: Arizona State 18, Purdue 16, Oregon State 5, Navy 1