NWCA Team Rank Coaches Poll February 23, 2016

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NWCA Team Rank Coaches Poll February 23, 2016
NWCA Release
Penn State finishes regular season unbeaten, No. 1 in final Coaches Poll
LINK: http://www.nwcaonline.com/nwcawebsite/news/2016/02/23/coachespoll_2_23_16

Penn State finishes season unbeaten, No. 1 in final regular season Coaches Poll

Manheim, Pa. – Penn State finished the dual meet portion of the regular season as the only unbeaten left in Division I wrestling. The Nittany Lions were voted as the unanimous No. 1 team in the nation after finishing 16-0 and beating No. 3 Oklahoma State in the NWCA Dual Championship Series on Sunday.

The NWCA Dual Series also provided some final movement as N.C. State (23-1) jumped to No. 2 in the final standings after the Wolfpack stopped then-No. 2 Iowa 21-17 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Monday night.

The Wolfpack finish the season with its highest dual ranking in school history.  Prior to this season, which saw the Pack as high as third, the highest ranking the school held was a No. 7 ranking in November of 1992.

Virginia Tech (16-2) ended the season at No. 3 after besting then-No. 8 Michigan 24-11 in Ann Arbor on Sunday. Virginia Tech's No. 3 ranking is the highest in school history. The Hokies were ranked fourth in the nation for a spell during the 2011 season.

Iowa finished the year 16-1 and ends the season ranked fourth, while Oklahoma State (13-3) dropped two spots to finish the year after they lost to top-ranked Penn State 29-18 to end the regular season.

Missouri (14-2), Ohio State (11-3), Michigan (13-3), Lehigh (13-3) and Rutgers (16-5) round out the top 10.

Three teams jumped into the Top 25 to end the season, including two from the Southern Conference. Appalachian State topped Indiana in an NWCA Dual Series bout 21-13 and returned to the poll for the second time this season at No. 23, while Chattanooga, one of three teams to share the SoCon championship, returned at No. 25.

It's the first time two SoCon teams have simultaneously been ranked in the Top 25.

Arizona State (12-7) entered the poll for the first time this season and for the first time since January 4, 2011.

Rank   Team (First)   Record   Points   Conference   Previous
1   Penn State (12)   16-0   300   Big Ten   1
2   N.C. State   23-1   282   ACC   4
3   Virginia Tech   16-2   271   ACC   5
4   Iowa   16-1   270   Big Ten   2
5   Oklahoma State   13-3   257   Big 12   3
6   Missouri   14-2   240   MAC   6
7   Ohio State   11-3   215   Big Ten   9
8   Michigan   13-3   214   Big Ten   8
9   Lehigh   13-3   198   EIWA   7
10   Rutgers   16-5   196   Big Ten   13
11   Oklahoma   10-5   186   Big 12   10
12   Nebraska   10-6   174   Big Ten   11
13   Illinois   13-5   156   Big Ten   12
14   North Carolina   13-5   130   ACC   14
15   Kent State   15-3   123   MAC   17
16   Minnesota   10-8   121   Big Ten   18
17   Iowa State   10-6   106   Big 12   15
18   Cornell   6-5   98   EIWA   16
19   Central Michigan   11-5   85   MAC   19
20   Ohio   13-3   78   MAC   21
21   South Dakota State   14-6   50   Big 12   22
22   Oregon State   11-6   41   Pac-12   24
23   Appalachian State   11-4   25   SoCon   NR
24   Arizona State   12-7   22   Pac-12   NR
25   Chattanooga   12-4   16   SoCon   NR

Dropped Out: No 20 Virginia, No. 23 Purdue, No. 24 Pittsburgh
Others Receiving Votes: Pittsburgh 15, Virginia 13, Purdue 12, CSU Bakersfield 3, Duke 2, Stanford 1

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