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Iowa ends 2019 calendar year at No. 1 in NWCA Div. I Coaches Poll

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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling

Manheim, Pennsylvania – The 2019 calendar year will come to a close with Iowa holding firm on the No. 1 ranking in the NWCA Division I Coaches Poll released on Tuesday.

With limited duals, there were only two minor changes from last week’s poll. Minnesota and Northern Iowa swapped spots, while Stanford entered the Top 25 tied at No. 25 with Rider. The Big Ten leads all conferences with nine of its 14 member schools ranked. The ACC has five of its six teams ranked in the Top 25, while the EIWA has four, followed by the Big 12 and Mid-American Conference, with three each. The Pac-12 has two teams ranked.

The next poll will be released on January 7, 2020.

Methodology: 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. The poll is based on dual meet results.

NWCA Division I Coaches Poll
December 17, 2019

Rank

Team (First)

Record

Points

Conf.

Previous

1

Iowa

(4-0)

350

Big Ten

1

2

Nebraska

(4-0)

326

Big Ten

2

3

Penn State

(3-1)

322

Big Ten

3

4

Arizona State

(5-0)

306

Pac-12

4

5

Virginia Tech

(3-0)

282

ACC

5

6

NC State

(7-0)

281

ACC

6

7

Ohio State

(3-1)

273

Big Ten

7

8

Wisconsin

(6-1)

254

Big Ten

8

9

Oklahoma State

(4-1)

245

Big 12

9

10

Pittsburgh

(4-1)

221

ACC

10

11

Iowa State

(2-1)

206

Big 12

11

12

Princeton

(1-2)

195

EIWA

12

13

Northwestern

(2-1)

177

Big Ten

13

14

Lehigh

(1-3)

158

EIWA

14

15

Minnesota

(1-2)

137

Big Ten

16

16

Northern Iowa

(0-2)

135

Big 12

15

17

North Carolina

(3-1)

134

ACC

17

18

Cornell

(0-2)

115

EIWA

18

19

Missouri

(3-2)

85

MAC

19

20

Purdue

(6-1)

81

Big Ten

20

21

Army West Point

(4-1)

69

EIWA

21

22

Michigan

(1-1)

49

Big Ten

22

23

Virginia

(3-1)

39

ACC

23

24

Central Michigan

(2-1)

21

MAC

24

25 (tie)

Stanford

(3-1)

16

Pac-12

NR

25 (tie)

Rider

(3-1)

16

MAC

25


Others Receiving Votes: Wyoming 15, Campbell 14, Rutgers 14, Illinois 9, Old Dominion 4, Lock Haven 1
Dropped Out: None

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