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NWCA/USA Today Division I Coaches Poll – Week 2

Tammy Tedesco
Nov 16, 2010

The NWCA/USA Today Division I Team Coaches Poll for November 16, 2010, has been released.

There was some movement with the Top 5 teams this week. Cornell University remains the unanimous No. 1 team. Oklahoma State, Minnesota and Wisconsin respectfully moved up one spot a piece as Boise State fell to No. 5 after a tie last week with now No. 17 Oregon State.

No new teams moved into the Top 10 for week 2; however there was plenty of movement within the Top 20.

Oregon State showed the most improvement jumping from No. 22 to No. 17. Pittsburgh dropped to start the week at No. 20 after being ranked No. 14 last week.

The NWCA/USA Today Division I Team Coaches Poll Committee is made up of one coach from each conference.  A number one ranking is worth 25 points and a number 25 ranking is worth one point.

A new poll will be released every Tuesday from now until the week of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Tournament and can be found at www.nwcaonline.com.    

NWCA/USA Today Division I Team Coaches Poll

Rank

School

Total

Prev. Rank

Record

1

Cornell

275

1

0-0

2

Oklahoma State

260

3

0-0

3

Minnesota

247

4

0-0

4

Wisconsin

234

5

0-0

5

Boise State

234

2

1-0-1

6

Penn State

224

6

2-0

7

Iowa

218

7

0-0

8

Oklahoma 

199

8

1-0

9

Central Michigan

186

9

0-0

10

Illinois

176

10

1-0

11

Missouri

157

11

0-1

12

Ohio State

152

12

0-0

13

Lehigh

139

15

2-1

14

Nebraska

127

13

0-0

15

Virginia Tech

110

17

4-1

16

Michigan

104

18

1-0

17

Oregon State

90

22

0-0-1

18

Arizona State

89

16

2-0

19

Iowa State

88

19

3-0

20

Pittsburgh

65

14

0-2

21

Northwestern

51

20

5-0

22

Purdue

45

21

1-0-1

23

Virginia 

38

24

6-0

24

Rutgers

31

23

2-0

25

Cal Poly

13

25

1-0

 

Others Receiving Votes: Binghamton, Hofstra, Kent State, Old Dominion, and Wyoming.

The National Wrestling Coaches Association, established in 1928, is a non-profit organization for the advancement of all levels of the sport of wrestling with primary emphasis on developing coaches who work in academic environments.   The membership embraces all people interested in amateur wrestling.

The three core competencies of the NWCA are:
Coaching Development, student-athlete welfare, and promotion of wrestling.

               

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