NWCA/USA Today Division I Coaches Poll: Week 11

The NWCA/USA Today Division I Team Coaches Poll for January 25, 2011, has been released. 

Undefeated Penn State takes the unanimous No. 1 spot, as they improved their season record to 13-0, with wins over Pittsburgh and Indiana this past week. 

Cornell University who was the pre-season favorite and ranked No. 1 for the first 10 weeks drops to No. 2 after a 17-15 loss to No. 12 Lehigh. 

Rounding out the rest of this week’s Top 5 are Wisconsin, Minnesota and Oklahoma State. 

Moving into the Top 10 this week is Rutgers after a 24-7 victory over Virginia Tech.

The Top 20 saw some movement this week with: Lehigh, Illinois, Kent State, Northwestern and American moving up.

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 Penn State, 275, 2, 13-0
2 Cornell, 263, 1, 5-1
3 Wisconsin, 247, 4, 9-1-1
4 Minnesota, 226, 5, 11-3
5 Oklahoma State, 224, 6, 8-2-1
6 Virginia Tech, 211, 3, 14-4
7 Missouri, 206, 7, 14-5
8 Iowa, 199, 8, 9-0-1
9 Rutgers, 192, 14, 18-1
10 Boise State, 181, 9, 6-2-1
11 Oklahoma, 173, 10, 10-1
12 Lehigh, 156, 17, 10-5
13 Michigan, 154, 11, 7-2
14 Illinois, 120, 15, 3-3-1
15 Iowa State, 102, 12, 6-7
16 Nebraska, 101, 16, 10-3
17 Kent State, 98, 18, 10-5
18 Northwestern, 84, 19, 15-1
19 American, 77, 20, 11-4
20 Oregon State, 72, 13, 8-4-2
21 Central Michigan, 63, 21, 4-7
22 Cal Poly, 47, 24, 6-1
23 Pittsburgh, 43, 22, 8-6
24 Purdue, 40, 23, 5-6-1
25 Wyoming, 14, 25 7-4

Others Receiving Votes: Arizona State, Hofstra, and Virginia.

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