Bedlam causes shift in Top Five

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Bedlam causes shift in Top Five, Lehigh moves back into Top 25; Penn State, Minnesota stay atop USA Today/NWCA/AWN Division I Coaches Poll

Bedlam causes shift in Top Five, Lehigh moves back into Top 25; Penn State, Minnesota stay atop USA Today/NWCA/AWN Division I Coaches Poll

LINK: http://www.nwcaonline.com/NWCAWebSite/News/2013/12/03/bedlam-causes-shift-in-top-five-lehigh-moves-back-into-top-25-penn-state-minnesota-stay-atop-usa-today-nwca-awn-division-i-coaches-poll

Oklahoma's 16-15 win over Oklahoma State on Sunday impacted the Top Five of the USA Today/NWCA/AWN Division I Coaches Poll.

The Sooners (5-0) moved up one spot to No. 4 after winning the first of two Bedlam duals this season. With the loss, Oklahoma State (1-1) drops from No. 3 to No. 5. Iowa (4-0) defeated Iowa State (5-1) 23-9 and moved up to No. 3.

Penn State (3-0) and Minnesota (3-0) remained at No. 1 and No. 2 for the fourth straight week. The Nittany Lions were idle, while Minnesota beat then-No. 18 Oregon State in Corvallis.

Cornell, Illinois, Ohio State, Missouri and Nebraska remained in the same positions from last week, filling out the Top 10.

Cornell (3-0) topped Illinois (6-1) in an exciting 18-15 dual at Madison Square Garden in New York City at the second annual Grapple at the Garden. Top-ranked Jesse Delgado of Illinois defeated second-ranked Nahshon Garrett of Cornell 6-2 at 125 pounds. Delgado is the returning NCAA Division I champion while Garrett was third last year.

Nebraska improved to 5-0 after wins against then-No. 18 Stanford, CSU Bakersfield and Utah Valley.

Pittsburgh was idle, but moved up two spots after Lehigh upset then-No. 11 Virginia. The Mountain Hawks (4-3) moved back into the Top 25 after the win over Virginia. After one-point losses to Bucknell and Pittsbugh, Lehigh beat its second ranked team of the season at the Northeast Duals in Troy, N.Y.

Northern Iowa (3-0) was the biggest mover this week, jumping up four spots to No. 12. Coach Doug Schwab's Panthers beat Wisconsin 29-9. The Badgers were the lone team to drop out of the Top 25 this week.

Team Rank   Teams (First)   Points   Record   Previous
1   Penn State (9)   399   3-0   1
2   Minnesota (1)   391   3-0   2
3   Iowa    377   4-0   4
4   Oklahoma   372   5-0   5
5   Oklahoma State    359   1-1   3
6   Cornell    352   3-0   6
7   Illinois   338   6-1   7
8   Ohio State    329   4-0   8
9   Missouri    321   1-0   9
10   Nebraska   310   5-0   10
11   Pittsburgh     287   2-0   13
12   Northern Iowa   284   3-0   16
13   Virginia   275   8-2   11
14   Virginia Tech   271   8-1   12
15   Edinboro    259   0-1   14
16   Iowa State   257   5-1   15
17   Northwestern   251   4-1   17
18   Stanford   223   8-2   18
19   Purdue    202   2-1   20
20 (tie)   Michigan   192   2-2   22
20 (tie)   Oregon State   192   3-3   18
22   Rider   188   4-1   23
23   Lehigh   178   4-3   NR
24   Bloomsburg   155   2-2   21
25   Boise State   117   1-1   25

Dropped out: Wisconsin
Others Receiving Votes: Wisconsin 49, Ohio 37, Wyoming 18, Penn 17

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