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by Jason Bryant, NWCA

Manheim, Pennsylvania – The new year opened with top-ranked Penn State setting a new team scoring record at the Southern Scuffle and numerous ranked teams met head-to-head, but the top 10 teams in the NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll remained the same as the new poll was released on Tuesday.

Penn State (4-0) was again the unanimous No. 1, followed by Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Iowa and Missouri.

No. 2 Ohio State improved to 4-0 with a 26-10 win over No. 9 NC State on Sunday in a dual shown live on ESPN2. Over 3,700 fans were in attendance. No. 6 Michigan improved to 3-0 after a west coast swing gave them wins over Oregon State 33-8 and No. 16 Arizona State 23-12. Michigan true freshman Mason Parris made his varsity debut against returning All-American Amar Dhesi of Oregon State and came away with a victory. Dhesi was ranked No. 1 according to a handful of college wrestling individual rankings.

No. 8 Minnesota (7-1) won its Big Ten opener with a 22-15 win over visiting Rutgers on Sunday. No. 11 Nebraska (5-2) rallied from an early deficit to beat Northwestern 26-14 on Sunday. The Huskers Tyler Berger knocked off second-ranked Ryan Deakin at 157 pounds in the dual’s feature match.
No 12 Wyoming moved up a spot after they swept the Cowboy Shootout in Laramie. The Cowboys (9-3) beat No. 15 North Carolina, Army West Point and American. All four schools are coached by Oklahoma State alumni. North Carolina (7-4) went 2-1 and earned wins over American and Army West Point.

The only other ranked team in action was Pittsburgh, which improved to 6-0 after beating Oklahoma 20-17 at Tuttle High School in Tuttle, Oklahoma.

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.

NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll – January 8, 2019

Rank

Team (First)

Record

Points

Conference

Previous

1

Penn State (16)

4-0

400

Big Ten

1

2

Ohio State

5-0

381

Big Ten

2

3

Oklahoma State

5-0

370

Big 12

3

4

Iowa

6-0

347

Big Ten

4

5

Missouri

10-0

336

MAC

5

6

Michigan

5-0

321

Big Ten

6

7

Cornell

5-1

305

EIWA

7

8

Minnesota

8-1

291

Big Ten

8

9

NC State

9-2

265

ACC

9

10

Wisconsin

6-1

256

Big Ten

10

11

Nebraska

6-2

242

Big Ten

11

12

Wyoming

9-3

215

Big 12

13

13

Virginia Tech

2-2

204

ACC

12

14

Northern Iowa

1-2

175

Big 12

14

15

North Carolina

7-4

166

ACC

15

16

Arizona State

1-4

147

Pac-12

16

17

Purdue

3-4

122

Big Ten

17

18

Pittsburgh

6-0

119

ACC

20

19

Illinois

1-1

113

Big Ten

18

20

Lock Haven

2-0

111

EWL

19

21

Iowa State

2-1

97

Big 12

21

22

Utah Valley

6-5

87

Big 12

22

23

North Dakota State

6-3

47

Big 12

20

24

Rutgers

6-2

43

Big Ten

24

25

Princeton

3-3

17

EIWA

25

 
Others Receiving Votes: Stanford 9, Old Dominion 7, Lehigh 5, Virginia 2
Dropped Out: None


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