The North Dakota State wrestling team remained at No. 25 in the latest USA Today/NWCA/AWN Division I Coaches Poll released on Tuesday.
This is the third week this season that the Bison have been ranked in the national top 25 in the coaches’ poll. NDSU was ranked No. 24 in late November and rejoined the rankings at No. 25 one week ago.
The Bison are currently in first place in the Western Wrestling Conference standings with three league duals remaining. NDSU has knocked off three ranked opponents this season in No. 14 Wyoming, No. 24 Boise State and No. 25 Old Dominion.
Junior Steven Monk is ranked sixth at 165 pounds by both Amateur Wrestling News and Intermat, and senior Trent Sprenkle is ninth at 125 pounds in both individual polls.
NDSU (7-8, 2-0 WWC) hosts two WWC duals in the Bison Sports Arena this weekend. The Bison host Utah Valley on Friday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. and Northern Colorado on Sunday, Feb. 10, at 2 p.m.
USA Today/NWCA/AWN Division I Rankings
Rank
Team (First)
Points
Record
Previous
1
Oklahoma State (10)
400
13-0
2
2
Iowa
390
16-1
3
3
Penn State
379
9-1
1
4
Minnesota
371
12-2
4
5
Ohio State
360
10-2
5
6
Missouri
349
11-2
7
7
Virginia Tech
336
13-2
8
8
Illinois
334
6-4
6
9
Oregon State
318
8-3
9
10
Cornell
311
11-3
10
11
Virginia
299
13-3
11
12
Central Michigan
293
11-3
12
13
Nebraska
276
10-4
13
14
Bloomsburg
272
14-2
14
15
Pittsburgh
259
8-4
15
16
Edinboro
249
8-4
16
17
Purdue
242
13-5
18
18
Wisconsin
223
7-5
19
19
Michigan
222
8-5
17
20
Northern Iowa
207
8-3
20
21
Wyoming
205
8-4
21
22
Penn
182
5-3
23
23
Boise State
156
8-5
24
24
Oklahoma
132
6-7
22
25
North Dakota State
65
7-8
25
Dropped out: NoneOthers receiving votes: Lehigh 49, Navy 36, Maryland 34, Iowa State 18, Rutgers 17, Air Force 16Click Here: Fjallraven Kanken Art Spring Landscape Backpacks