Manheim, Pennsylvania – Two of the nation’s last three unbeaten teams in Division I, Penn State and Iowa, clinched a share of the Big Ten regular season championship with conference wins over the weekend. Penn State (13-0) remained No. 1 in the nation, while Iowa (14-0) remained third in the NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll released on Tuesday.
Second-ranked Oklahoma State (14-0) will face Iowa on Sunday at historic Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater in the regular-season finale for both teams.
Penn State beat then-No. 24 Illinois 39-9 and Michigan State 37-10 to finish up its conference slate. The Nittany Lions will host Buffalo at Rec Hall to close out the regular season on Sunday.
Oklahoma State ended No. 5 Missouri’s 35-match win streak on Saturday with a 19-15 win in Columbia in front of a record crowd at the Hearnes Center. Missouri crushed its previous attendance record as 4,721 fans saw the dual come down to overtime in the final bout.
Iowa will go into Stillwater on the strength of a pair of weekend wins. The Hawkeyes trounced host Wisconsin 35-2 and Indiana 37-9. Oklahoma State leads the all-time series 28-22-2. No. 4 Michigan improved to 12-1 and finished its Big Ten season with an 8-1 record. The Wolverines headed east and beat Maryland 34-4 and No. 18 Rutgers 28-7. Highlighting the win over Rutgers was a key clash at 133 pounds where top-ranked Stevan Micic of Michigan beat Nick Suriano 3-2 in a matchup between returning NCAA finalists. Suriano was second a year ago at 125 pounds.
No. 6 Ohio State (11-2) doubled up with Big Ten wins over the weekend. The Buckeyes beat then-No. 20 Purdue 34-3 before topping No. 7 Nebraska 21-12 in Columbus. No. 8 Minnesota (14-3) beat Indiana 34-3 in Minneapolis.
Ninth-ranked Cornell (13-2) headed into ACC territory and came away with a pair of victories. The Big Red edged No. 14 Virginia Tech 17-16 on criteria on Friday night before beating No. 13 North Carolina 29-5 in Chapel Hill. Also in the ACC, No. 10 NC State beat North Carolina 20-14, which sets up a final weekend to determine the ACC regular season title. Virginia Tech hosts NC State on Friday night while North Carolina, also 3-1 in conference, will need to beat Duke to claim a share of the title. Virginia Tech did beat No. 22 Virginia at the Moss Arts Center to improve to 9-4.
Other ranked wins were recorded by No. 12 Wyoming (26-19 over Northern Colorado), No. 15 Pittsburgh (20-19 over Duke), No. 19 Princeton (29-6 over Penn), No. 20 Purdue (18-14 over Michigan State), No. 21 Lehigh (28-6 over No. 25 Army West Point) and No. 23 Lock Haven (36-3 over Cleveland State).
The NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll is voted on by two coaches from each Division I wrestling conference. Each first-place vote is worth 25 points, 24 points for a second-place vote, 23 for a third-place vote and so on through to one point for a 25th-place vote.
NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll – February 19, 2019
RankTeam (First)RecordPointsConferencePrevious1Penn State (15)13-0399Big Ten12Oklahoma State (1)14-0385Big 1223Iowa14-0368Big Ten34Michigan12-1350Big Ten45Missouri15-1333MAC56Ohio State11-2324Big Ten67Nebraska11-5291Big Ten78Minnesota14-3281Big Ten89Cornell13-2278EIWA910NC State15-3259ACC1011Iowa State10-2247Big 121112Wyoming16-4219Big 121213North Carolina11-7196ACC1314Virginia Tech9-4195ACC1415Pittsburgh12-3183ACC1516Wisconsin8-6155Big Ten1617Northern Iowa6-5145Big 121718Rutgers11-6139Big Ten1819Princeton8-6111EIWA1920Lehigh8-982EIWA2121Lock Haven9-363EWL2222Purdue7-963Big Ten2023Virginia12-962ACC2224Army West Point7-322EIWA2525Stanford9-315Pac-12NR
Others Receiving Votes: Illinois 11, North Dakota State 9, Appalachian State 4, Navy 4, Binghamton 2, Fresno State 2, Oklahoma 2, Buffalo 1
Dropped Out: No. 24 Illinois
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