NDSU Wrestling Remains in Top 25

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.

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: None
Others receiving votes: Lehigh 49, Navy 36, Maryland 34, Iowa State 18, Rutgers 17, Air Force 16