NWCA Div. I Top 25 sees minimal shifts after first week of season

Manheim, Pennsylvania – The first week of Division I men’s college wrestling action saw 23 dual meets across the country, but just a handful of ranked programs were in action.

Penn State was idle and remained a unanimous No. 1 in the NWCA Poll, while the rest of the Top 10 was unchanged. Three top 10 teams were in action as No. 2 Iowa (1-0) topped No. 23 Oregon State, No. 7 Virginia Tech (1-0) beat Chattanooga and No. 9 Missouri (1-0) opened up with a Big 12 victory at Northern Colorado.

As one of the top road draws, Iowa beat host Oregon State 30-7 in front of over 4,200 fans at Oregon State’s Gill Coliseum. Northern Colorado drew a solid crowd at Bank of Colorado Arena, seeing over 2,400 fans come to Greeley to see the ninth-ranked Missouri come away with a 25-14 win.

No. 17 Illinois opened up with a 41-3 win at SIU Edwardsville, then-No. 20 Little Rock opened with a pair of home wins over Division II squads. Then-No. 21 Stanford opened up its season with 29-12 wins over both CSU Bakersfield and Utah Valley. Then-No. 25 Pittsburgh trounced Navy 35-3 to open its season.

Methodology: 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. The poll is based on dual meet results.

NWCA Division I Men’s Wrestling Coaches Poll

November 5, 2024

Rank/Team (First)/Record/Points/Conf./Previous

1 Penn State (16) (0-0) 400 Big Ten 1

2 Iowa (1-0) 382 Big Ten 2

3 Oklahoma State (0-0) 358 Big 12 3

4 Nebraska (0-0) 346 Big Ten 4

5 Ohio State (0-0) 331 Big Ten 5

6 Iowa State (0-0) 319 Big 12 6

7 NC State (0-0) 294 ACC 8

8 Virginia Tech (1-0) 292 ACC 7

9 Missouri (1-0) 260 Big 12 9

10 Michigan (0-0) 249 Big Ten 10

11 Cornell (0-0) 238 Ivy League 11

12 South Dakota State (0-0) 225 Big 12 12

13 Minnesota (0-0) 219 Big Ten 13

14 Northern Iowa (0-0) 192 Big 12 14

15 Rutgers (0-0) 169 Big Ten 15

16 Lehigh (0-0) 147 EIWA 16

17 Illinois (1-0) 130 Big Ten 17

18 West Virginia (0-0) 116 Big 12 19

19 Arizona State (0-0) 106 Big 12 18

20 Stanford (2-0) 96 ACC 21

21 Little Rock (2-0) 94 Pac-12 20

22 Oklahoma (0-0) 52 Big 12 22

23 (tie) Oregon State (0-1) 43 Pac-12 23

23 (tie) Pittsburgh (1-0) 43 ACC 25

25 North Carolina (0-0) 28 ACC 24

Others Receiving Votes: Wyoming 16, Northern Colorado 12, Indiana 11, Army West Point 7, Penn 7, Maryland 6, Campbell 5, Ohio 3, Cal Poly 2, Lock Haven 2.