USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll - February 9, 2016 NWCA Release

[TomM]

USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll - February 9, 2016
NWCA Release
South Dakota State, CSU Bakersfield move into USA Today/NWCA Division I Top 25
LINK: http://www.nwcaonline.com/nwcawebsite/news/2016/02/09/coachespoll_2_6_16

Manheim, Pa. – Two teams entered the USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll for the first time this season as the poll was released on Tuesday.

South Dakota State (12-5) and CSU Bakersfield (10-3) made their first appearances in the poll this season. The Jackrabbits have won 11 straight duals, while the Roadrunners are fresh off a 21-20 criteria victory over Oregon State and are in the driver's seat to win the Pac-12 championship.

South Dakota State joins No. 4 Oklahoma State (10-2), No. 7 Oklahoma (9-4) and No. 16 Iowa State (9-5) as the fourth Big 12 team in the Top 25.

Several ranked teams fell in the past week, causing some movement in the bottom half of the poll. Purdue (8-5) re-entered the Top 25 after dropping out last week. A win over then-No. 20 Indiana moved the Boilermakers in at No. 23.

Virginia Tech (13-2), bolstered by the return of Zach Epperly at 174 and Jared Haught at 197 pounds, jumped two spots to No. 8 after two dominant weekend victories. This sets up a showdown on Friday with third-ranked N.C. State (21-0) with the winner in command to claim the ACC regular season championship. 

Pittsburgh (9-5) fell four spots to No. 21 after an 18-12 loss to West Virginia in a matchup of former EWL rivals.

Rank   Team (First)   Record   Points   Conference   Previous
1   Penn State (12)   13-0   300   Big Ten   1
2   Iowa   15-0   288   Big Ten   2
3   N.C. State   21-0   276   ACC   3
4   Oklahoma State   10-2   264   Big 12   4
5   Missouri   12-1   251   MAC   5
6   Lehigh   12-1   239   EIWA   6
7   Oklahoma   9-4   217   Big 12   7
8   Virginia Tech   13-2   216   ACC   10
9   Michigan   12-2   205   Big Ten   8
10   Ohio State   9-3   203   Big Ten   9
11   Nebraska   9-5   177   Big Ten   11
12   Illinois   12-5   164   Big Ten   13
13   North Carolina   10-3   149   ACC   14
14   Rutgers   13-5   144   Big Ten   12
15   Cornell   4-5   129   EIWA   15
16   Iowa State   9-5   105   Big 12   16
17   Kent State   13-3   99   MAC   17
18   Minnesota   9-7   90   Big Ten   21
19   Virginia   6-5   80   ACC   18
20   Central Michigan   8-4   66   MAC   23
21   Pittsburgh   9-5   58   ACC   17
22   Ohio   10-3   40   MAC   24
23   Purdue   8-5   29   Big Ten   NR
24   South Dakota State   12-5   25   Big 12   NR
25   CSU Bakersfield   10-3   23   Pac-12   NR
Dropped Out: No. 20 Indiana, No. 22 Stanford, No. 25 Chattanooga
Others Receiving Votes: Indiana 16, Oregon State 14, Appalachian State 11, Arizona State 11, Stanford 10, Wisconsin 1

[neutral]

Wonder who voted for the Badgers?

[Bun B]

probably drew hammen

[leg turk]

Indiana even had 16 votes!