Manheim, Pennsylvania â After entering the Top 25 last week, Illinois made waves immediately after earning a pair of ranked wins over the weekend, including an 18-15 win over then-No. 7 Ohio State, to vault the Illini into the Top 10 in the NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll released on Tuesday.
Illinois also beat then-No. 21 Wisconsin 21-9. Itâs the first time since February of 2017 the Illini have been ranked in the top 10.
Top-ranked Iowa opened up its season with a 31-3 win at home against then-No. 6 Nebraska.
Michigan picked up a 32-6 win over Indiana and improved to 3-0. The Wolverines moved into a second-place tie with Penn State (0-0). Itâs also of note historically - the last time Michigan was ranked second was February 21, 2006.
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Missouriâs fast start continued as they hit the road to Iowa and took home two convincing wins, beating then-No. 10 Iowa State 31-7 and then-No. 20 Northern Iowa 34-9. The Tigers improved to 7-0 and moved up to No. 6 this week.
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. Teams who are not competing this season are not included in the voting process.
|
RANK |
SCHOOL |
RECORD |
POINTS |
PREVIOUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa (14) | 1-0 | 350 | 1 |
| T-2 | Michigan | 3-0 | 326 | 3 |
| T-2 | Penn State | 0-0 | 326 | 2 |
| 4 | NC State | 3-0 | 298 | 4 |
| 5 | Oklahoma State | 4-0 | 289 | 5 |
| 6 | Missouri | 7-0 | 279 | 9 |
| 7 | Nebraska | 1-1 | 265 | 6 |
| 8 | Virginia Tech | 4-0 | 251 | 8 |
| 9 | Arizona State | 2-0 | 211 | 11 |
| 10 | Illinois | 3-0 | 209 | 24 |
| 11 | Ohio State | 1-1 | 200 | 7 |
| 12 | Pittsburgh | 3-0 | 193 | 12 |
| 13 | Iowa State | 3-1 | 179 | 10 |
| 14 | North Carolina | 1-0 | 173 | 13 |
| 15 | Minnesota | 2-1 | 168 | 14 |
| 16 | Purdue | 1-0 | 143 | 16 |
| 17 | Rutgers | 0-1 | 109 | 15 |
| 18 | Oklahoma | 2-1 | 98 | 19 |
| 19 | Northern Iowa | 2-1 | 93 | 20 |
| 20 | Northern Colorado | 3-0 | 91 | 23 |
| 21 | Stanford | 0-0 | 73 | 17 |
| T-22 | Army | 1-0 | 37 | NR |
| T-22 | Wisconsin | 0-2 | 37 | 21 |
| 24 | Michigan State | 1-1 | 35 | 25 |
| 25 | Northwestern | 0-1 | 27 | 22 |
