Oklahoma State remains No. 1 in latest USA Today/NWCA/AWN Division I Coaches Poll

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Jason Bryant (AWN)
02/19/2013


Top-ranked Oklahoma State improved to 15-0 on the weekend after two wins at the NWCA National Duals Kent State Regional to remain No. 1 in this week's USA Today/NWCA/AWN Division I Coaches Poll.

The Cowboys beat Kent State and Northern Iowa to advance to this weekend's National Duals Finals in Minneapolis, Minn. on Feb. 22-23.

The rest of the Top 10 remained the same, with one slight change. Cornell moved into a ninth-place tie with Oregon State. The Big Red won their host regional, beating Nebraska in the finals, while Oregon State fell to No. 7 Virginia Tech in the finals of the Corvallis, Ore., regional.

Iowa, Penn State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Missouri, Virginia Tech and Illinois remained steady in the rankings.

Eight Top 10 teams will converge on Friday at the University of Minnesota's Williams Arena for the final rounds of the NWCA National Duals.

The regionals also caused shakeups at the bottom of the Top 25, with Maryland moving in to the rankings after beating Wyoming and Rutgers moving in after a pair of losses by Oklahoma. Wisconsin also fell out of the Top 25.

Rank	Teams (First)	       Points	 Record
1	Oklahoma State (10)	400	          15-0	 
2	Iowa 	                390	          19-1	
3	Penn State 	        379	          12-1	
4	Minnesota 	        371	          13-2	
5	Ohio State 	        359	          11-3	
6	Missouri 	                351	          13-2	
7	Virginia Tech	        338	          14-2	  
8	Illinois	                332	            7-5	
9      Oregon State	        314	          11-4	
9      Cornell 	                314	          14-3	
11	Central Michigan      295	          15-3	
12	Nebraska	                293	          11-6	
13	Virginia	                283	          16-4	
14	Purdue 	                262	          15-6	
15	Edinboro 	                261	            9-5	
16	Bloomsburg	        247	          16-3	
17	Pittsburgh  	        230	            8-6	
18	Michigan	                228	          10-7	
19	Boise State 	        215	          10-5	
20	Iowa State	                190          	    9-4	
21	Northern Iowa	        182	            9-5	
22	Wyoming 	                168              8-6	
23	Penn	                        150	            8-3	
24	Maryland	                124	          13-8	
25	Rutgers	                  99	          16-3	
Dropped out: Wisconsin, Oklahoma                                                       

Others Receiving Votes: Wisconsin 53, Lehigh 51, Kent State 51, Oklahoma 32, Navy 20, North Dakota State 18