USA Today/InterMat/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll February 26, 2008 Rank Team (First) Record Points Previous 1 Iowa (12) 21-1 480 1 2 Central Michigan 16-2 467 4 3 Iowa State 15-4 451 4 4 Nebraska 14-3 446 2 5 Oklahoma State 16-3-1 431 3 6 Penn State 14-5 414 7 7 Wisconsin 14-4-1 402 8 8 Minnesota 14-7 399 9 9 Ohio State 19-4 394 5 10 Illinois 13-4 361 11 11 Michigan 16-8 358 12 12 Missouri 9-4-1 353 13 13 Northwestern 8-9 329 10 14 Oklahoma 14-4 327 17 15 Edinboro 11-3 320 14 16 Cornell 8-5 295 15 17 Hofstra 13-8 294 16 18 UT-Chattanooga 11-6 271 18 19 Old Dominion 17-3 263 19 20 Indiana 13-8 252 21 21 Kent State 14-5 240 20 22 Maryland 16-4 222 22 23 Pittsburgh 13-4 213 23 24 Cal State Fullerton 13-5 185 24 25 Penn 13-5 131 25 Dropped out: None Others receiving votes: Northern Iowa, Boise State InterMat/NWMA/NWCA Division I Wrestling Rankings 125, Wrestler, Yr., School, Record, Last Week 1, Jayson Ness, So., Minnesota, 33-0, 1 2, Charlie Falck, Jr., Iowa, 30-2, 2 3, Angel Escobedo, So., Indiana, 25-1, 3 4, Paul Donahoe, Jr., Nebraska, 18-3, 4 5, Brandon Precin, So., Northwestern, 30-5, 5 6, Tanner Gardner, Sr., Stanford, 35-1, 6 7, Mike Sees, Sr., Bloomsburg, 29-3, 7 8, Gabe Flores, Sr., Illinois, 21-9, 8 9, Mark McKnight, Sr., Penn State, 12-6, 9 10, James Nicholson, Fr., Old Dominion, 28-7, 10 11, Dave Tomasette, Sr., Hofstra, 28-7, 11 12, Rollie Peterkin, So., Penn, 22-3, 12 13, Steve Mytych, Jr., Drexel, 34-5, 13 14, Tyler Clark, Fr., Iowa State, 17-8, 15 15, Joey Fio, Fr., Oklahoma, 18-7, 17 16, Tyler Shinn, So., Oklahoma State, 14-5, 14 17, Anthony Robles., Fr., Arizona State, 19-8, 16 18, Luke Smith, Sr., Central Michigan, 22-6, 18 19, Javier Maldonado, Sr., UT-Chattanooga, 16-6, 19 20, Collin Cudd, Sr., Wisconsin, 17-8, 20 133 1, Coleman Scott, Sr., Oklahoma State, 27-3, 1 2, Mike Grey, Fr., Cornell, 35-5, 2 3, Jimmy Kennedy, So., Illinois, 25-4, 7 4, Joey Slaton , So., Iowa, 29-3, 3 5, Franklin Gomez, So., Michigan State, 25-1, 4 6, Lou Ruggirello, So., Hofstra, 31-5, 5 7, Nick Fanthorpe, So., Iowa State , 26-4, 6 8, Zach Tanelli, Jr., Wisconsin, 21-8, 8 9, Mack Reiter, Sr., Minnesota, 19-6, 9 10, Kenny Jordan, So., Nebraska, 13-6, 10 11, Pat Castillo, Sr., Northern Illinois, 24-5, 11 12, Andrae Hernandez, So., Indiana, 18-8, 12 13, Reece Humphrey, So., Ohio State, 22-7, 13 14, T.J. Dillashaw, Jr., Cal State-Fullerton, 20-7, 14 15, Sean Clair, So., Eastern Michigan, 27-5, 15 16, Jeff Hedges, Sr. , UNC Greensboro, 24-9, 16 17, Kyle Hutter, So., Old Dominion, 30-11, 17 18, David Marble, So., Bucknell, 23-6, 18 19, Dan Mitcheff, So., Kent State, 27-6, 19 20, Tyler McCormick, Sr., Missouri, 4-7, 20 141 1, Chad Mendes, Sr., Cal Poly, 23-0, 1 2, Charles Griffin, Sr., Hofstra, 30-3, 2 3, Nathan Morgan, Sr., Oklahoma State, 28-2, 3 4, Kellen Russell, Fr., Michigan, 26-5, 6 5, Kyle Ruschell, So., Wisconsin, 22-5, 4 6, Dan LeClere, So., Iowa, 24-8, 8 7, J Jaggers, Jr., Ohio State, 21-5, 10 8, Manuel Rivera, Sr., Minnesota, 29-6, 5 9, Joe Caramanica, Jr., N.C. State, 29-4, 7 10, Garrett Scott, Fr., Penn State, 16-3, 9 11, Cody Cleveland, So., UT-Chattanooga, 23-6, 12 12, Nick Gallick, So., Iowa State, 20-11, 13 13, Eric Kruger, Jr., Central Michigan, 22-6, 11 14, Keith Sulzer, Fr., Northwestern, 14-4, 14 15, Ryan Prater, Fr., Illinois, 20-9, 15 16, Zach Bailey, So., Oklahoma, 25-10, 16 17, Drew Lashaway, Jr., Kent State, 26-10, 18 18, Matt Kyler, So., Army, 36-6, 19 19, Carter Downing, Sr., Wyoming, 16-4, 17 20, C.J. Ettelson, Sr., Northern Iowa, 12-8, NR 149 1, Brent Metcalf, So., Iowa, 30-1, 1 2, J.P. O'Connor, So., Harvard, 21-1, 2 3, Dustin Schlatter, Jr., Minnesota, 15-2, 3 4, Josh Churella, Sr., Michigan, 22-4, 4 5, Bubba Jenkins, So., Penn State, 20-3, 5 6, Lance Palmer, So., Ohio State, 20-6, 6 7, Jordan Burroughs, So., Nebraska, 27-5, 7 8, Darrion Caldwell, So., N.C. State, 29-3, 8 9, Morgan Atkinson, Sr., Cal State-Fullerton, 29-5, 9 10, Jake Patacsil, Jr., Purdue, 24-6, 10 11, Ryan Lang, Sr., Northwestern, 14-4, 11 12, Adam Hall, Fr., Boise State, 21-5, 12 13, Scott Ervin, Sr., Appalachian State, 32-5, 13 14, Josh Wagner, Jr., Missouri, 19-8, 15 15, Cesar Grajales, So., Penn, 26-5, 14 16, Joey Knox, So., UT-Chattanooga, 20-8, 16 17, Will Rowe, Jr., Oklahoma, 22-5, 17 18, Kyle Fried, Sr., Binghamton, 17-1, 18 19, Don Fisch, Sr., Rider, 19-8, 20 20, Mike Roberts, Jr., Boston U., 26-7, 19 157 1, Gregor Gillespie, Jr., Edinboro, 29-2, 1 2, Mike Poeta, Jr., Illinois, 26-2, 2 3, Dan Vallimont, So., Penn State, 24-1, 3 4, Brandon Becker, Sr., Indiana, 19-3, 4 5, Craig Henning, Sr., Wisconsin, 22-3, 5 6, C.P. Schlatter, Sr., Minnesota, 26-2, 6 7, Jordan Leen, Sr., Cornell, 18-2, 8 8, Matt Kocher, Sr., Pittsburgh, 20-6, 7 9, Josh Zupancic, Sr., Stanford, 32-5, 9 10, Tyler Sherfey, Jr., Boise State, 29-7, 10 11, Chase Pami, So., Cal Poly, 19-4, 11 12, Michael Chandler, Jr., Missouri, 20-5, 12 13, Cyler Sanderson, So., Iowa State, 27-4, 13 14, Ryan Hluschak, Sr., Drexel, 28-4, 14 15, Jeff Marsh, Sr., Michigan, 22-12, 15 16, Ryan Morningstar, So., Iowa, 19-11, 16 17, Chad Terry, Jr., Oklahoma, 18-5, 17 18, Zac Fryling, Sr., West Virginia, 11-6, 18 19, Matt Moley, So., Bloomsburg, 29-6, 19 20, Newly McSpadden, So., Oklahoma State, 19-8, 20 165 1, Mark Perry, Sr., Iowa, 18-2, 1 2, Nick Marable, So., Missouri, 20-3, 2 3, Eric Tannenbaum, Sr., Michigan, 27-2, 3 4, Mack Lewnes, Fr., Cornell, 28-3, 4 5, Jake Dieffenbach, Sr., Oklahoma State, 21-4, 5 6, Mike Cannon, So., American, 22-2, 6 7, Stephen Dwyer, So., Nebraska, 28-6, 10 8, Jon Reader, Fr., Iowa State, 24-6, 7 9, Keegan Mueller, Sr., North Carolina, 25-3, 11 10, Moza Fay, Jr., Northern Iowa, 18-7, 12 11, Tyler Safratowich, Jr., Minnesota, 26-7, 20 12, Colt Sponseller, Fr., Ohio State, 16-2, 8 13, Kurt Gross, Sr., Kent State, 26-7, 13 14, Trevor Stewart, Jr., Central Michigan, 18-5, 9 15, Matt Coughlin, So., Indiana, 23-7, 14 16, Jarrod King, Jr., Edinboro, 27-7, 15 17, Kurt Swartz, Fr., Boise State, 26-6, 16 18, Zach Shanaman, Jr., Penn, 21-6, 17 19, Chris Brown, So., Old Dominion, 31-9, 18 20, Andy Rendos, So., Bucknell, 24-7, 19 174 1, Keith Gavin, Sr., Pittsburgh, 26-0, 1 2, Steve Luke, Jr., Michigan, 27-3, 2 3, Jay Borschel, So., Iowa, 28-5, 3 4, Brandon Sinnott, Sr., Central Michigan, 25-3, 4 5, Brandon Browne, Jr., Nebraska, 29-2, 5 6, Alton Lucas, Jr., Hofstra, 22-4, 6 7, Matt Stolpinski, Sr., Navy, 34-6, 7 8, Brandon Mason, Jr., Oklahoma State, 25-4, 8 9, Mike Letts, So., Maryland, 20-4, 9 10, Steve Anceravage, Jr., Cornell, 27-3, 10 11, Gabe Dretsch, Sr., Minnesota, 26-9, 11 12, Nick Hayes, Sr., Northwestern, 21-9, 12 13, Duke Burk, So., Northern Illinois, 22-4, 13 14, Lloyd Rogers, So., UT-Chattanooga, 24-3, 14 15, John Dergo, So., Illinois, 18-11, 15 16, Dave Erwin, So., Penn State, 22-8, 16 17, Nick Corpe, Jr., Purdue, 22-11, 17 18, Phil Moricone, Jr., Edinboro, 21-10, 18 19, Chris Henrich, Fr., Virginia, 23-7, 19 20, Alex Caruso, Fr., Lehigh, 20-10, 20 184 1, Jake Varner, So., Iowa State, 23-0, 1 2, Mike Pucillo, So., Ohio State, 25-1, 2 3, Tyrel Todd, Jr., Michigan, 25-2, 3 4, Christian Sinnott, Sr., Central Michigan, 23-4, 4 5, Raymond Jordan, Jr., Missouri, 21-2, 5 6, Josh Weitzel, Sr., Oklahoma, 23-2, 6 7, Phil Keddy, So., Iowa, 25-7, 7 8, Kirk Smith, Fr., Boise State, 20-2, 8 9, Roger Kish, Sr., Minnesota, 12-5, 9 10, Ian Murphy, Sr., Cal State-Fullerton, 22-7, 10 11, Rocco Caponi, Jr., Virginia, 35-2, 11 12, Doug Umbehauer, Jr., Rider, 22-8, 12 13, Vince Jones, Jr., Nebraska, 17-11, 13 14, Phil Bomberger, Jr., Penn State, 17-6, 14 15, Brent Chriswell, Fr., Arizona State, 11-5, 15 16, Lior Zamir, Jr., Penn, 19-7, 16 17, Josh Arnone, So., Cornell, 5-1, 17 18, Kurt Brenner, Jr., West Virginia, 14-3, NR 19, Chris Honeycutt, Fr., Edinboro, 19-5, 18 20, Eric Chine, Jr., Kent State, 29-11, 20 197 1, Josh Glenn, Sr., American, 12-0, 1 2, Mike Tamillow, Sr., Northwestern, 25-2, 2 3, Phil Davis, Sr., Penn State, 17-1, 3 4, Wynn Michalak, Sr., Central Michigan, 25-1, 4 5, Hudson Taylor, So., Maryland, 26-2, 5 6, Dallas Herbst, Jr., Wisconsin, 25-3, 8 7, Max Askren, So., Missouri, 20-2, 6 8, Craig Brester, So., Nebraska, 20-4, 7 9, Joel Flaggert, Sr., Oklahoma, 21-3, 9 10, Joe Rovelli, Sr., Hofstra, 23-4, 10 11, Patrick Bond, So., Illinois, 22-5, 11 12, Cayle Byers, Fr. , George Mason, 33-6, 12 13, Daren Burns, Sr., UNC Greensboro, 29-6, 13 14, Jared Villers, Sr., West Virginia, 17-2, 14 15, Joe Williams, Sr., Michigan State, 23-10, 15 16, David Bertolino, Sr., Iowa State, 20-10, 18 17, T.J. Morrison, Sr., Rider, 20-8, 16 18, Matt Koz, Sr., UT-Chattanooga, 18-7, 17 19, Anthony Biondo, Fr., Michigan, 23-11, 19 20, Brent Jones, So., Virginia, 32-10, 20 285 1, J.D. Bergman, Sr., Ohio State, 27-1, 2 2, Kyle Massey, Jr., Wisconsin, 24-5, 4 3, Dustin Fox, Sr., Northwestern, 18-1, 1 4, Ed Prendergast, Sr., Navy, 30-4, 3 5, David Zabriskie, So., Iowa State, 24-5, 6 6, Matt Fields, Sr., Iowa, 27-6, 7 7, Jared Rosholt, So., Oklahoma State, 27-3, 8 8, Bubba Gritter, Sr., Central Michigan, 23-4, 9 9, Mike Spaid, Sr., Bloomsburg, 36-5, 10 10, Jermail Porter, Sr., Kent State, 29-8, 12 11, Mark Ellis, So., Missouri, 16-8, 13 12, Zach Sheaffer, Jr., Pittsburgh, 31-10, 14 13, John Wise, Jr., Illinois, 23-12, 15 14, Jon May, Sr., Nebraska, 18-9, 16 15, Dustin Rogers, Sr., West Virginia, 10-4, 19 16, Patrick Walker, So., Liberty, 27-7, NR 17, Rashard Goff, Jr., Cleveland State, 18-9, 17 18, Joe Fendone, Jr., Edinboro, 14-7, 18 19, Trey McLean, Jr., Penn, 19-8, NR 20, Justin Dobies, Jr., North Carolina, 26-6, 20