2006-07 College News - Oklahoma State overtakes #1 ranking

Oklahoma State overtakes #1 ranking

November 28, 2006

The National Wrestling Coaches Association has released its first regular season coaches poll and individual ranking of the 2006-07 season. After Hofstra's stunning upset of preseason #1 Minnesota, there's a new team atop the USA Today/InterMat/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll. Oklahoma State (2-0) garnered eight of the 12 first-place votes in the coaches poll to grab the top spot.

Missouri moved up to #2, followed by Minnesota, Iowa State and Hofstra. Four teams shared first-place votes, with Missouri, Iowa State and Hofstra each getting a nod. Iowa moved to #6. Big Ten programs occupied three of the last four spots in the top ten with Penn State coming in seventh, Michigan eighth and Northwestern in at #10.

Individually, Nick Simmons of Michigan State and Trent Paulson of Iowa State are the only two changes among top-ranked wrestlers individually. Simmons, who was ranked in the preseason at 125 pounds, has wins over returning NCAA champion Matt Valenti of Penn and two-time All-American Coleman Scott of Oklahoma State. Simmons is now #1 at 133.

Paulson takes over the top spot after a pair of victories over previous #1 Brian Stith of Arizona State. Paulson beat Stith 2-1 in the annual NWCA All-Star Classic, but the bout didn't count for NCAA record keeping purposes, thus could not be considered. However, the wait would be short as Paulson beat Stith a week later in Iowa State's 40-0 victory over the Sundevils in Ames.

Northern Iowa is the only new team in the Top 25 this week. The Panthers battled sixth-ranked Iowa to the brink before falling 18-15.

USA Today/InterMat/NWCA Division I Team Rankings
November 28, 2006

Rank	Team (First)	Record	Points	Previous
1	Oklahoma State (8)	2-0	473	2
2	Missouri (2)	1-0	462	3
3	Minnesota	3-1	446	1
4	Iowa State (1)	2-0	443	6
5	Hofstra (1)	6-0	418	11
6	Iowa	2-0	411	5
7	Penn State	3-0	396	8
8	Michigan	1-0	395	7
9	Oklahoma	2-0	393	4
10	Northwestern	6-0	373	10
11	Central Michigan	3-1	347	12
12	Cornell	0-1	347	9
13	Ohio State	1-1	339	15
14	Edinboro	5-1	329	13
15	Penn	2-2	291	14
16	Illinois	0-0	284	16
17	Indiana	5-0	282	19
18	Nebraska	2-0	280	18
19	Michigan State	0-1	273	17
20	Cal Poly	0-0	233	20
21	Pittsburgh	2-0	221	25
22	West Virginia	0-0	182	24
23	Harvard	0-0	181	22
24	Lehigh	2-3	147	21
24	Northen Iowa	0-1	147	NR

Others receiving votes: Wisconsin, Rider, Arizona State, Northern Illinois, Columbia, Navy
InterMat/NWCA/NWMA Division I Individual Rankings

125 pounds
1. Sam Hazewinkel, Sr. Oklahoma
2. Troy Nickerson, So. Cornell
3. Chad Mendes, Jr. Cal Poly
4. Tanner Gardner, Jr. Stanford
5. Franklin Gomez, Fr. Michigan State
6. Obe Blanc, Jr. Lock Haven
7. Mark McKnight, Jr. Penn State
7. Dave Tomasette, Jr. Hofstra
9. Jayson Ness, Fr. Minnesota
10. Mike Sees, Jr. Bloomsburg
11. Paul Donahoe, So. Nebraska
12. Luke Smith, Jr. Central Michigan
13. Javier Maldonado, Sr. UT-Chattanooga
14. Gabe Flores, So. Illinois
15. Chad Sportelli, Sr. Kent State
16. Eric Hoffman, Jr. North Dakota State
17. Kyle Anson, Fr. Northern Iowa
18. Tyler Shinn, Fr. Oklahoma State
19. Pat Castillo, Jr. Northern Illinois
20. John Olanowski, Fr. Missouri

133 pounds
1. Nick Simmons, Sr. Michigan State
2. Matt Valenti, Sr. Penn
3. Coleman Scott, Jr. Oklahoma State
4. Tyler McCormick, Jr. Missouri
5. Matt Keller, Sr. UT-Chattanooga
6. Darrell Vasquez, Sr. Cal Poly
7. Jake Strayer, So. Penn State
8. Rob Preston, Sr. Harvard
9. Drew Headlee, Jr. Pittsburgh
10. Mark Budd, Sr. Buffalo
11. Mike Rowe, Fr. Nebraska
12. Mario Galanakis, Sr. Iowa
13. Joe Baker, So. Navy
14. Zach Tannelli, So. Wisconsin
15. T.J. Enright, Jr. Ohio State
16. Eric Albright, So. Virginia
17. Ricky Deubel, So. Edinboro
18. Terryl Williams, Sr. Appalachian State
19. Andrae Hernandez, So. Indiana
20. Cameron Doggett, Fr. Purdue

141 pounds
1. Ryan Lang, Jr. Northwestern
2. Derek Moore, Sr. UC-Davis
3. Brandon Rader, So. West Virginia
4. Nathan Morgan, Jr. Oklahoma State
5. Andy Simmons, Sr. Michigan State
6. Manuel Rivera, Jr. Minnesota
7. Dominick Moyer, Sr. Nebraska
8. C.J. Ettelson, Jr. Northern Iowa
9. Alex Tsirtsis, Jr. Iowa
10. Jeff Jaggers, So. Ohio State
11. Mitch Mueller, Fr. Iowa State
12. Max Meltzer, Jr. Harvard
13. Pat Payne, Jr. Arizona State
14. Cassio Pero, Sr. Illinois
15. Michael Keefe, Sr. UT-Chattanooga
16. Charles Griffin, Jr. Hofstra
17. Don Fisch, Jr. Rider
18. Keith Dickey, Sr. Cornell
19. Vincent Ramirez, So. North Carolina
20. Charlie Pinto, Sr. Maryland

149 pounds
1. Dustin Schlatter, So. Minnesota
2. Matt Storniolo, Sr. Oklahoma
3. Gregor Gillespie, So. Edinboro
4. Tyler Turner, Sr. Wisconsin
5. Jordan Leen, So. Cornell
6. Josh Churella, Jr. Michigan
7. John Cox, Sr. Navy
8. David Jauregui, So. West Virginia
9. Trevor Chinn, So. Lehigh
10. Aaron Martin, Sr. UT-Chattanooga
11. Troy Tirapelle, So. Illinois
12. Matt Coughlin, Fr. Indiana
13. Morgan Atkinson, Jr. Cal State-Fullerton
14. Ryan Hurley, Sr. Cleveland State
15. Cyler Sanderson, Fr. Iowa State
16. Scott Ervin, Jr. Appalachian State
17. Mike Parziale, Sr. Hofstra
18. Jon Bonilla-Bowman, Fr. Virginia Tech
19. Joe Cornejo, Fr. Northern Illinois
20. Jason McGee, Sr. Kent State

157 pounds
1. Trent Paulson, Sr. Iowa State
2. Brian Stith, Sr. Arizona State
3. Craig Henning, Jr. Wisconsin
4. Andrew Flanagan, So. Harvard
5. Mike Poeta, So. Illinois
6. Matt Hill, Sr. Edinboro
7. Brandon Becker, Jr. Indiana
8. James Strouse, Sr. Hofstra
9. Matt Kocher, Jr. Pittsburgh
10. Matt Dragon, So. Penn
11. C.P. Schlatter, Jr. Minnesota
12. Tyler Sherfey, Jr. Boise State
13. Michael Chandler, Jr. Missouri
14. Chris Oliver, So. Nebraska
15. Ryan Morningstar, Fr. Iowa
16. Ryan Hluschak, Jr. Drexel
17. Seth Martin, Sr. Lock Haven
18. Travis Piccard, Sr. The Citadel
19. Moza Fay, So. Northern Iowa
20. Will Rowe, So. Oklahoma

165 pounds
1. Johny Hendricks, Sr. Oklahoma State
2. Mark Perry, Jr. Iowa
3. Mike Patrovich, Sr. Hofstra
4. Travis Paulson, Sr. Iowa State
5. Eric Tannenbaum, Jr. Michigan
6. Nick Baima, Sr. Northern Iowa
7. Matt Pell, Sr. Missouri
8. Pat Pitsch, Jr. Arizona State
9. Deonte Penn, Sr. Edinboro
10. Johnny Galloway, Jr. Northern Illinois
11. Larry Hall, Jr. West Virginia
12. Steve Anceravage, Jr. Cornell
13. Max Dean, Jr. Indiana
14. Keegan Mueller, Jr. North Carolina
15. Shane Siebert, Sr. Oklahoma
16. Rocky Cozart, Fr. Michigan State
17. Trevor Stewart, So. Central Michigan
18. Andy Rendos, Fr. Bucknell
19. Jason Kiessling, Sr. Maryland
20. Marc Harwood, Jr. Nebraska

174 pounds
1. Ben Askren, Sr. Missouri
2. James Yonushonis, Sr. Penn State
3. Matt Herrington, Sr. Penn
4. Matt Palmer, Sr. Columbia
5. Brandon Mason, So. Oklahoma State
6. Ken Cook, Sr. UC-Davis
7. Ken Robertson, Sr. Eastern Illinois
8. Steve Luke, So. Michigan
9. Eric Luedke, Sr. Iowa
10. Brandon Sinnott, Jr. Central Michigan
11. Gabe Dretsch, Jr. Minnesota
12. Dave Umbehauer, So. Rider
13. Alton Lucas, So. Hofstra
14. Donny Reynolds, Sr. Illinois
15. Derrick Morgan, Sr. Lock Haven
16. Kurt Brenner, Jr. West Virginia
17. Keith Gavin, Jr. Pittsburgh
18. Blake Maurer, So. Ohio State
19. David Helfrich, Sr. Lehigh
20. Matt Stolpinski, So. Navy

184 pounds
1. Jake Herbert, Jr. Northwestern
2. Roger Kish, Jr. Minnesota
3. Tyrel Todd, So. Michigan
4. Raymond Jordan, So. Missouri
5. Jake Varner, Fr. Iowa State
6. Christian Sinnott, Jr. Central Michigan
7. Joe Rovelli, Jr. Hofstra
8. Mike Pucillo, Fr. Ohio State
9. Marc Bennett, Sr. Indiana
10. Alex Clemsen, Sr. Edinboro
11. Louis Caputo, So. Harvard
12. Duke Burk, Fr. Northern Illinois
13. Joe Williams, Jr. Michigan State
14. Danny Dunning, Jr. Northern Iowa
15. Phil Keddy, Fr. Iowa
16. Steve Borja, Sr. Virginia Tech
17. Rocco Caponi, So. Virginia
18. Eric Chine, So. Kent State
19. Antonio Miranda, Sr. Navy
20. Nate Shirk, Sr. Bloomsburg

197 pounds
1. Phil Davis, Jr. Penn State
2. Jerry Rinaldi, Sr. Cornell
3. Josh Glenn, Jr. American
4. Max Askren, Fr. Missouri
5. Joel Flaggert, Jr. Oklahoma
6. Chris Weidman, Sr. Hofstra
7. J.D. Bergman, Jr. Ohio State
8. Wynn Michalak, Jr. Central Michigan
9. Kurt Backes, Sr. Iowa State
10. Nathan Moore, Sr. Purdue
11. Dallas Herbst, Jr. Wisconsin
12. Matt Montiero, Sr. Cal Poly
13. Mike Tamillow, Jr. Northwestern
14. Casey White, Sr. Michigan
15. Jared Villers, Jr. West Virginia
16. Hudson Taylor, Fr. Maryland
17. Jon Oplinger, Jr. Drexel
18. T.J. Morrison, Jr. Rider
19. Sam Wendland, Sr. Wyoming
20. Matt Cassidy, Sr. Lehigh

285 pounds
1. Cole Konrad, Sr. Minnesota
2. Bode Ogunwole, Sr. Harvard
3. Dustin Fox, Jr. Northwestern
4. Spencer Nadolsky, Sr. North Carolina
5. Matt Fields, Jr. Iowa
6. Ty Watterson, Sr. Oregon State
7. Bubba Gritter, Jr. Central Michigan
8. Adam LoPiccolo, Jr. American
9. Jon May, So. Nebraska
10. Jared Rosholt, Fr. Oklahoma State
11. Aaron Anspach, Sr. Penn State
12. Joe Fendone, So. Edinboro
13. Paul Weibel, Sr. Lehigh
14. Andy Patrick, Jr. Boise State
15. Reece Hopkin, Jr. Northern Colorado
16. Rashard Goff, Jr. Cleveland State
17. Payam Zarrinpour, Sr. Sacred Heart
18. Joe Sapp, Sr. Northern Illinois
19. Jainor Palma, Sr. N.C. State
20. Ed Prendergast, Jr. Navy