Ohio State maintained its standing as the No. 2 team in the country, behind unanimous top-ranked Penn State in the weekly USA Today/NWCA Coaches Poll. After a shocking loss to then-tenth-ranked Lehigh Sunday, Michigan fell five spots, clocking in at No. 9, just behind Iowa and Minnesota.
The Mountain Hawks (3-0) were this week’s biggest mover, jumping five spots from No. 10 to No. 5 after their 27-8 upset of the Wolverines. Lehigh also beat No. 24 Edinboro 27-14 over the weekend; the last time Lehigh was in the top five was on February 23, 2005.
Penn State walloped an unranked Binghamton team 40-2, while Ohio State is in action Tuesday night in the annual Thanksgiving Throwdown tri-dual at St. John Arena.
Third-ranked Oklahoma State (2-0) earned an early-season statement victory, crushing then-No. 6 Minnesota 30-3 on Sunday in Stillwater. The Golden Gophers dropped two spots to No. 8.
Iowa moved up a spot to No. 7 after going 3-0 at the Iowa City Duals, beating Buffalo 33-6, North Dakota State 38-6 and Iowa Central Community College 48-0. Wisconsin went 2-0, heading west to beat then-No. 25 Pittsburgh 26-6 and getting past pesky CSU Bakersfield 22-18, and check in at No. 19 in the poll.
Rutgers, Nebraska, Illinois and Purdue all rank in the Top 25, making 10 Big Ten teams in the rankings. Ohio State will face six of them during the course of the dual-meet season, along with No. 6 NC State.
Buckeye opponents Maryland, Kent State and Chattanooga all received votes in this week's poll.
Rank | Team (First) | Record | Points | Conference | Previous |
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1 | Penn State | 3-0 | 400 | Big Ten | 1 |
2 | Ohio State | 1-0 | 384 | Big Ten | 2 |
3 | Oklahoma State | 2-0 | 368 | Big 12 | 3 |
4 | Missouri | 4-0 | 345 | MAC | 5 |
5 | Lehigh | 3-0 | 319 | EIWA | 10 |
6 | NC State | 6-0 | 312 | ACC | 7 |
7 | Iowa | 3-0 | 299 | Big Ten | 8 |
8 | Minnesota | 2-1 | 292 | Big Ten | 6 |
9 | Michigan | 1-1 | 286 | Big Ten | 4 |
10 | Virginia Tech | 3-0 | 267 | ACC | 9 |
11 | Rutgers | 3-0 | 235 | Big Ten | 11 |
12 | Arizona State | 1-2 | 213 | Pac-12 | 12 |
13 | Nebraska | 1-0 | 191 | Big Ten | 15 |
14 | Illinois | 1-1 | 190 | Big Ten | 14 |
15 | Cornell | 1-0 | 187 | EIWA | 19 |
16 | South Dakota State | 0-1 | 153 | Big 12 | 16 |
17 | Northern Iowa | 1-1 | 146 | Big 12 | 13 |
18 | Central Michigan | 1-1 | 130 | MAC | 17 |
19 | Wisconsin | 2-0 | 129 | Big Ten | 18 |
20 | Purdue | 3-0 | 92 | Big Ten | 22 |
21 | Oklahoma | 1-2 | 85 | Big 12 | 20 |
22 | Rider | 0-0 | 53 | EWL | 23 |
23 | Edinboro | 2-1 | 48 | EWL | 24 |
24 (tie) | Pittsburgh | 1-2 | 13 | ACC | 25 |
24 (tie) | Stanford | 2-2 | 13 | Pac-12 | 21 |
*Others receiving votes: Maryland 11, Drexel 10, Navy 6, Appalachian State 5, Kent State 5, Chattanooga 4, North Dakota State 4, North Carolina 2, Northwestern 2, Lock Haven 1