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by Jason Bryant, NWCA

Manheim, Pennsylvania - With only five Division I duals taking place over the Thanksgiving holiday, there were only slight changes in the Theraworx NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll released on Tuesday.

Penn State was a unanimous No. 1 for the fourth straight week. The only shifts in the rankings came as No. 14 North Carolina (3-0) moved up a spot, swapping positions from last week with No. 15 Purdue (2-1) and Lock Haven and Wyoming switched positions, with the Bald Eagles moving up to No. 20 from No. 21.

No. 3 Iowa (4-0) rested half of the team’s expected starters in its 26-9 Big Ten win over visiting Purdue. Fourth-ranked Oklahoma State improved to 3-0 after beating then-No. 20 Wyoming 27-6 in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

No. 10 Minnesota (2-1) topped visiting South Dakota State 35-6, while North Carolina offset a rowdy Appalachian State crowd to defeat the host Mountaineers 38-7 to improve to 3-0. The only other action in Division I featured Stanford topping Fresno State 22-15 in San Diego, California on the Battle of the Midway, a dual meet taking place on the deck of the USS Midway.

Many of the nation’s top teams will head to Las Vegas for the 37th annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational this coming weekend.

The NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll is voted on by two coaches from each Division I wrestling conference. Each first-place vote is worth 25 points, 24 points for a second-place vote, 23 for a third-place vote and so on through to one point for a 25th-place vote.

Theraworx NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll – November 27, 2018

Rank

Team (First)

Record

Points

Conference

Previous

1

Penn State (16)

1-0

400

Big Ten

1

2

Ohio State

3-0

377

Big Ten

2

3

Iowa

4-0

368

Big Ten

3

4

Oklahoma State

3-0

354

Big 12

4

5

Michigan

2-0

335

Big Ten

5

6

Missouri

3-0

318

MAC

7

7

NC State

3-0

312

ACC

8

8

Lehigh

0-1

281

EIWA

6

9

Cornell

2-0

268

EIWA

9

10

Minnesota

2-1

261

Big Ten

10

11

Wisconsin

6-0

239

Big Ten

11

12

Nebraska

4-1

219

Big Ten

12

13

Virginia Tech

0-2

186

ACC

13

14

North Carolina

3-0

185

ACC

15

15

Purdue

2-1

178

Big Ten

14

16

Arizona State

1-2

153

Pac-12

16

17

Illinois

0-1

135

Big Ten

17

18

Northern Iowa

1-1

124

Big 12

18

19

North Dakota State

3-0

119

Big 12

19

20

Lock Haven

0-0

88

EWL

21

21

Wyoming

2-2

88

Big 12

20

22

Utah Valley

5-2

72

Big 12

22

23

Northwestern

1-1

67

Big Ten

23

24

Pittsburgh

2-0

38

ACC

24

25

Rutgers

5-1

26

Big Ten

25

Others Receiving Votes: Princeton 7, Appalachian State 1, Iowa State 1.
Dropped Out: None

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