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NWCA Releases First Coaches Poll of 2011-12 Season
NWCA Releases First Coaches Poll of 2011-12 Season
by Admin User | Nov 03, 2011
The first NWCA/USA Today Division I Team Coaches Poll for the 2011-12 season has been released. Overall three conferences are represented in the Top 10 and eight conferences represented in the Top 25.
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.
After winning their second NCAA Championship in school history, the first being in 1953, Penn State will start this season at the top of the poll, with four returning All-Americans, including NCAA Champion Quentin Wright. The Nittany Lions received seven out of ten first place votes.
The University of Iowa starts this season at No. 2, after a third place finish at the NCAA Championships. They also return this year with four All-Americans. The Hawkeyes received two out of ten first place votes in this pre-season poll.
Returning with two All-Americans including NCAA Champion Jordan Oliver, Oklahoma State will start the season at No. 3, one place higher than their NCAA finish. Oklahoma State received the final first place vote in this week’s poll.
Minnesota returns four All-Americans to the mat this year, putting them at No. 4, to start the season.
After a second place finish at the 2011 NCAA Tournament Cornell University starts the pre-season ranked No. 5. In 2010 they were the first Ivy League team to hold the number 1 ranking. The Big Red are returning three All-Americans including one National Champion.
Rounding out the pre-season Top 10 are: Lehigh, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma.
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 NWCA: Growing Wrestling at All Levels.
Rank
School
Total
1
Penn State (7)
244
2
Iowa (2)
238
3
Oklahoma State (1)
234
4
Minnesota
218
5
Cornell
209
6
Lehigh
202
7
Michigan
175
8
Illinois
161
9
Missouri
152
10
Oklahoma
132
T11
Maryland
125
T11
American
125
13
Ohio State
110
14
Virginia Tech
102
T15
Wyoming
95
T15
Rutgers
95
17
Pittsburgh
91
18
Oregon State
90
19
Northwestern
84
20
Iowa State
67
21
Stanford
62
22
Virginia
61
23
Central Michigan
47
24
Kent State
34
25
Penn
31
Other teams receiving votes: Arizona State, Binghamton, Boise State, Buffalo, Cal Poly, Hofstra, Michigan State, Nebraska, Northern Iowa, and Purdue.
NWCA Releases First Coaches Poll of 2011-12 Season
by Admin User | Nov 03, 2011
The first NWCA/USA Today Division I Team Coaches Poll for the 2011-12 season has been released. Overall three conferences are represented in the Top 10 and eight conferences represented in the Top 25.
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.
After winning their second NCAA Championship in school history, the first being in 1953, Penn State will start this season at the top of the poll, with four returning All-Americans, including NCAA Champion Quentin Wright. The Nittany Lions received seven out of ten first place votes.
The University of Iowa starts this season at No. 2, after a third place finish at the NCAA Championships. They also return this year with four All-Americans. The Hawkeyes received two out of ten first place votes in this pre-season poll.
Returning with two All-Americans including NCAA Champion Jordan Oliver, Oklahoma State will start the season at No. 3, one place higher than their NCAA finish. Oklahoma State received the final first place vote in this week’s poll.
Minnesota returns four All-Americans to the mat this year, putting them at No. 4, to start the season.
After a second place finish at the 2011 NCAA Tournament Cornell University starts the pre-season ranked No. 5. In 2010 they were the first Ivy League team to hold the number 1 ranking. The Big Red are returning three All-Americans including one National Champion.
Rounding out the pre-season Top 10 are: Lehigh, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri and Oklahoma.
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 NWCA: Growing Wrestling at All Levels.
Rank
School
Total
1
Penn State (7)
244
2
Iowa (2)
238
3
Oklahoma State (1)
234
4
Minnesota
218
5
Cornell
209
6
Lehigh
202
7
Michigan
175
8
Illinois
161
9
Missouri
152
10
Oklahoma
132
T11
Maryland
125
T11
American
125
13
Ohio State
110
14
Virginia Tech
102
T15
Wyoming
95
T15
Rutgers
95
17
Pittsburgh
91
18
Oregon State
90
19
Northwestern
84
20
Iowa State
67
21
Stanford
62
22
Virginia
61
23
Central Michigan
47
24
Kent State
34
25
Penn
31
Other teams receiving votes: Arizona State, Binghamton, Boise State, Buffalo, Cal Poly, Hofstra, Michigan State, Nebraska, Northern Iowa, and Purdue.
