MANHEIM, Pa. - Coach John Smith and his Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling team came into the season as underdogs to win the school's 34th NCAA wrestling championship. As it stands now, the Cowboys are in good shape as they garnered nine of a possible 12 first-place votes in the USA Today/InterMat/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll to remain atop the rankings. After a 17-15 win over rival Oklahoma, the Cowboys will face third-ranked Minnesota in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Second-ranked Missouri closed the gap on their Big 12 rival Cowboys and are fresh of a dominant performance at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational this past weekend in Primm, Nev. Keying the second-ranked Tigers is top-ranked Ben Askren at 174 pounds and younger brother Max, ranked second at 197 pounds after beating previous No. 2 Jerry Rinaldi of Cornell. Minnesota comes in third, followed by Iowa, which thumped intra-state rival Iowa State 24-6 on Sunday. The Hawkeyes won eight of 10 bouts against the Cyclones in the first head-to-head coaching matchup between the school's first-year head coaches, who both are Olympic Gold Medalists. Tom Brands led his Hawkeyes to the resounding victory in front of 13,732 fans at Carver-Hawkeye arena. The crowd is the 11th largest in NCAA wrestling history. Hofstra maintains its position in fifth, despite not wrestling several of its starters in Las Vegas. Oklahoma's comes in sixth, followed by Iowa State, Penn State, Michigan and Northwestern. Duals this week of note are #1 Oklahoma State vs. #3 Minnesota; #3 Minnesota vs. #7 Iowa State, and #5 Hofstra vs. #8 Penn State. USA Today/InterMat/NWCA Division I Team Rankings December 5, 2006 1 Oklahoma State 2 Missouri 3 Minnesota 4 Iowa 5 Hofstra 6 Oklahoma 7 Iowa State 8 Penn State 9 Michigan 10 Northwestern 11 Central Michigan 12 Edinboro 13 Cornell 14 Ohio State 14 Penn 16 Illinois 17 Indiana 18 Nebraska 19 Michigan State 20 Pittsburgh 21 Cal Poly 22 Harvard 23 Wisconsin 24 Northern Iowa 25 West Virginia Others receiving votes: Lehigh, Rider, UT-Chattanooga, Columbia, Navy, Arizona State InterMat/NWCA/NWMA Division I Individual Rankings 125 pounds 1. Sam Hazewinkel, Sr. Oklahoma 2. Troy Nickerson, So. Cornell 3. Mark McKnight, Jr. Penn State 4. Franklin Gomez, Fr. Michigan State 5. Chad Mendes, Jr. Cal Poly 6. Obe Blanc, Jr. Lock Haven 7. Tanner Gardner, Jr. Stanford 8. Dave Tomasette, Jr. Hofstra 9. Jayson Ness, Fr. Minnesota 10. Mike Sees, Jr. Bloomsburg 11. Paul Donahoe, So. Nebraska 12. Angel Escobedo, Fr. Indiana 13. Luke Smith, Jr. Central Michigan 14. Gabe Flores, So. Illinois 15. Matt Eveleth, Sr. Penn 16. Eric Hoffman, Jr. North Dakota State 17. Kyle Anson, Fr. Northern Iowa 18. Javier Maldonado, Jr. UT-Chattanooga 19. Tyler Shinn, Fr. Oklahoma State 20. Steve Mytych, So. Drexel 133 pounds 1. Nick Simmons, Sr. Michigan State 2. Matt Keller, Sr. UT-Chattanooga 3. Matt Valenti, Sr. Penn 4. Coleman Scott, Jr. Oklahoma State 5. Darrell Vasquez, Sr. Cal Poly 6. Mario Galanakis, Sr. Iowa 7. Jake Strayer, So. Penn State 8. Drew Headlee, Jr. Pittsburgh 9. Mark Budd, Sr. Buffalo 10. Tyler McCormick, Jr. Missouri 11. Rob Preston, Sr. Harvard 12. Mike Rowe, Fr. Nebraska 13. Joe Baker, So. Navy 14. Eric Albright, So. Virginia 15. Ricky Deubel, So. Edinboro 16. T.J. Enright, Jr. Ohio State 17. Cameron Doggett, Fr. Purdue 18. Terryl Williams, Sr. Appalachian State 19. Matt DeLorenzo, Sr. Columbia 20. Lou Ruggirello, Fr. Hofstra 141 pounds 1. Ryan Lang, Jr. Northwestern 2. Derek Moore, Sr. UC-Davis 3. Nathan Morgan, Jr. Oklahoma State 4. Andy Simmons, Sr. Michigan State 5. Manuel Rivera, Jr. Minnesota 6. Dominick Moyer, Sr. Nebraska 7. Brandon Rader, So. West Virginia 8. Cassio Pero, Sr. Illinois 9. C.J. Ettelson, Jr. Northern Iowa 10. Alex Tsirtsis, Jr. Iowa 11. Mitch Mueller, Fr. Iowa State 12. Max Meltzer, Jr. Harvard 13. Pat Payne, Jr. Arizona State 14. Vincent Ramirez, So. North Carolina 15. Charlie Pinto, Sr. Maryland 16. Dave Roberts, Sr. Cal Poly 17. Michael Keefe, Sr. UT-Chattanooga 18. Kyle Ruschell, Fr. Wisconsin 19. Charles Griffin, Jr. Hofstra 20. Chris Bencivenga, Jr. UNC Greensboro 149 pounds 1. Dustin Schlatter, So. Minnesota 2. Matt Storniolo, Sr. Oklahoma 3. Gregor Gillespie, So. Edinboro 4. Josh Churella, Jr. Michigan 5. Matt Coughlin, Fr. Indiana 6. Jordan Leen, So. Cornell 7. David Jauregui, So. West Virginia 8. Trevor Chinn, So. Lehigh 9. J.P. O'Connor, Fr. Harvard 10. Tyler Turner, Sr. Wisconsin 11. Morgan Atkinson, Jr. Cal State-Fullerton 12. Cyler Sanderson, Fr. Iowa State 13. Aaron Martin, Sr. UT-Chattanooga 14. Scott Ervin, Jr. Appalachian State 15. Jermain Thompson, Sr. Eastern Michigan 16. John Cox, Sr. Navy 17. Jon Bonilla-Bowman, Fr. Virginia Tech 18. Sam Alvarenga, Sr. VMI 19. Lance Palmer, Fr. Ohio State 20. Troy Tirapelle, So. Illinois 157 pounds 1. Trent Paulson, Sr. Iowa State 2. Brian Stith, Sr. Arizona State 3. Brandon Becker, Jr. Indiana 4. Craig Henning, Jr. Wisconsin 5. Andrew Flanagan, So. Harvard 6. Mike Poeta, So. Illinois 7. Matt Hill, Sr. Edinboro 8. James Strouse, Sr. Hofstra 9. Matt Kocher, Jr. Pittsburgh 10. C.P. Schlatter, Jr. Minnesota 11. Chris Oliver, So. Nebraska 12. Ryan Morningstar, Fr. Iowa 13. Michael Chandler, Jr. Missouri 14. Ryan Hluschak, Jr. Drexel 15. Seth Martin, Sr. Lock Haven 16. Matt Dragon, So. Penn 17. Josh Zupancic, Jr. Stanford 18. Will Rowe, So. Oklahoma 19. Travis Piccard, Sr. The Citadel 20. Tyler Sherfey, Jr. Boise State 165 pounds 1. Johny Hendricks, Sr. Oklahoma State 2. Mark Perry, Jr. Iowa 3. Mike Patrovich, Sr. Hofstra 4. Travis Paulson, Sr. Iowa State 5. Eric Tannenbaum, Jr. Michigan 6. Nick Baima, Sr. Northern Iowa 7. Matt Pell, Sr. Missouri 8. Deonte Penn, Sr. Edinboro 9. Pat Pitsch, Jr. Arizona State 10. Johnny Galloway, Jr. Northern Illinois 11. Steve Anceravage, Jr. Cornell 12. Max Dean, Jr. Indiana 13. Larry Hall, Jr. West Virginia 14. Keegan Mueller, Jr. North Carolina 15. Shane Siebert, Sr. Oklahoma 16. Trevor Stewart, So. Central Michigan 17. Andy Rendos, Fr. Bucknell 18. Jason Kiessling, Sr. Maryland 19. Chris Vondruska, Sr. Ohio State 20. Zach Shanaman, Jr. Penn 174 pounds 1. Ben Askren, Sr. Missouri 2. James Yonushonis, Sr. Penn State 3. Matt Herrington, Sr. Penn 4. Keith Gavin, Jr. Pittsburgh 5. Eric Luedke, Sr. Iowa 6. Brandon Sinnott, Jr. Central Michigan 7. Steve Luke, So. Michigan 8. Brandon Mason, So. Oklahoma State 9. Matt Stolpinski, So. Navy 10. Matt Palmer, Sr. Columbia 11. Ken Cook, Sr. UC-Davis 12. Ken Robertson, Sr. Eastern Illinois 13. Gabe Dretsch, Jr. Minnesota 14. Josh Weitzel, Jr. Oklahoma 15. Jeremy Larson, Sr. Oregon State 16. Doug Umbehauer, So. Rider 17. Alton Lucas, So. Hofstra 18. Donny Reynolds, Sr. Illinois 19. Kurt Brenner, Jr. West Virginia 20. Blake Maurer, So. Ohio State 184 pounds 1. Jake Herbert, Jr. Northwestern 2. Roger Kish, Jr. Minnesota 3. Jake Varner, Fr. Iowa State 4. Mike Pucillo, Fr. Ohio State 5. Tyrel Todd, So. Michigan 6. Christian Sinnott, Jr. Central Michigan 7. Joe Rovelli, Jr. Hofstra 8. Marc Bennett, Sr. Indiana 9. Louis Caputo, So. Harvard 10. Raymond Jordan, So. Missouri 11. Alex Clemsen, Sr. Edinboro 12. Joe Williams, Jr. Michigan State 13. Phil Keddy, Fr. Iowa 14. Lior Zamir, Sr. Penn 15. Rocco Caponi, So. Virginia 16. Eric Chine, So. Kent State 17. Justin Barent, Sr. Columbia 18. Antonio Miranda, Sr. Navy 19. Nate Shirk, Sr. Bloomsburg 20. Steve Borja, Sr. Virginia Tech 197 pounds 1. Phil Davis, Jr. Penn State 2. Max Askren, Fr. Missouri 3. Jerry Rinaldi, Sr. Cornell 4. Josh Glenn, Jr. American 5. Joel Flaggert, Jr. Oklahoma 6. Chris Weidman, Sr. Hofstra 7. J.D. Bergman, Jr. Ohio State 8. Wynn Michalak, Jr. Central Michigan 9. Nathan Moore, Sr. Purdue 10. Dallas Herbst, Jr. Wisconsin 11. Mike Tamillow, Jr. Northwestern 12. Nick Roy, Sr. Michigan 13. Jared Villers, Jr. West Virginia 14. Kurt Backes, Sr. Iowa State 15. Hudson Taylor, Fr. Maryland 16. Matt Cassidy, Sr. Lehigh 17. Jon Oplinger, Jr. Drexel 18. Matt Montiero, Sr. Cal Poly 19. Sam Wendland, Sr. Wyoming 20. Andrew Anderson, Jr. Northern Iowa 285 pounds 1. Cole Konrad, Sr. Minnesota 2. Bode Ogunwole, Sr. Harvard 3. Dustin Fox, Jr. Northwestern 4. Matt Fields, Jr. Iowa 5. Ty Watterson, Sr. Oregon State 6. Jon May, So. Nebraska 7. Bubba Gritter, Jr. Central Michigan 8. Adam LoPiccolo, Jr. American 9. Ed Prendergast, Jr. Navy 10. Spencer Nadolsky, Sr. North Carolina 11. Jared Rosholt, Fr. Oklahoma State 12. Aaron Anspach, Sr. Penn State 13. Joe Fendone, So. Edinboro 14. Paul Weibel, Sr. Lehigh 15. Payam Zarrinpour, Sr. Sacred Heart 16. Andy Patrick, Jr. Boise State 17. Reece Hopkin, Jr. Northern Colorado 18. Jainor Palma, Sr. N.C. State 19. Mike Spaid, Jr. Bloomsburg 20. Wade Sauer, So. Cal State-Fullerton