Oklahoma State University Athletics
OSU wrestlers ranked No. 1
December 06, 2000 | Cowboy Wrestling
Dec. 6, 2000
STILLWATER, Okla. -- For the first time since the final poll of the 1998-99 season Oklahoma State's wrestling team is atop the college wrestling nation.
The National Wrestling Coaches Association released its first coaches' poll of the season today with the 2-0 Cowboys ranked first .
The Pokes are fresh off a 21-14 win over preseason No. 1 Iowa. The win vaulted the Cowboys to the top, jumping over the likes of Iowa, Minnesota and Iowa State. Iowa fell to No. 3, while Minnesota moved into the No. 2 spot and Iowa State comes in at No. 4.
OSU received 320 votes and nine of the 13 possible first-place votes with second-ranked Minnesota totaling 307 votes and three first-place nods. Iowa picked up 298 votes, dropping them to third, while Iowa State fell to fourth with 294 votes, including one first-place nod.
Illinois rounds out the top-five with a 1-0 record.
OSU's opponent Sunday -- Oklahoma -- is ranked sixth with a 1-0 record. The No. 1-ranked Cowboys and sixth-ranked Sooners are set to square off at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Llyod Noble Center.
National Wrestling Coaches Association/TheMat.com
Div. I College Wrestling Poll
December 6, 2000
Team
1. Oklahoma State
2. Minnesota
3. Iowa
4. Iowa State
5. Illinois
6. Oklahoma
7. (tie) Lehigh
Nebraska
9. Michigan
10. Arizona State
First place votes in parenthesis
