North Carolina and Lock Haven move up in new NWCA Div. I Coaches Poll

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