Manheim, Pennsylvania – After a 3-0 weekend at the Journeymen Collegiate Duals in Nashville, Tennessee, top-ranked Penn State closed out the 2024 calendar year 6-0 and riding a 62-match win streak as the final NWCA Division I Men's Wrestling Coaches Poll of 2024 was released on Monday.
The Nittany Lions won 29 of 30 matches and beat then-No. 16 Missouri 41-3, then-No. 19 Little Rock 44-0 and Binghamton 52-0. The 62 dual meet wins in a row is the 10
th-longest win streak in college wrestling history and is the longest in school history. Penn State's previous mark for longest win streak was 60, which was set from 2015-2019.
The Journeymen Collegiate Duals featured six of the nation's Top 25 teams as 17 total ranked programs were involved in dual competition prior to the Holidays.
No. 5 Ohio State (7-0) swept through its' competition on the first day in Nashville, topping No. 13 Iowa State 29-10, then-No. 25 North Carolina 23-11 and Lock Haven 36-6. Iowa State beat North Carolina 23-14 and Lock Haven 30-6.
Little Rock moved up two spots after a 2-1 weekend in Nashville, highlighted by a 24-16 win over then-No. 16 Missouri (2-5). Little Rock also beat Binghamton 27-16, while Missouri slid three spots to No. 19 after a 1-2 outing. The Tigers beat Binghamton 19-15.
Other ranked action over the past week saw No. 3 Oklahoma State improve to 6-0 under first-year head coach David Taylor after beating then-No. 7 Virginia Tech 34-9 in Stillwater. Virginia Tech (3-1) slipped one spot to No. 8 this week.
Sixth-ranked NC State improved to 6-0 following a road win at No. 12 Cornell 20-18.
No. 14 South Dakota State went east and won four duals. The Jackrabbits (5-2) opened up sweeping a quad at Rider which included wins over No. 18 Pittsburgh and then-No. 24 Maryland and host Rider. South Dakota State capped its trip with a 25-10 win at Drexel.
Pittsburgh beat Maryland 25-1 and Rider 28-12, while Maryland dropped out of the Top 25 this week after going 0-3 at the quad with an 18-17 loss to the host Broncs.
Oklahoma improved to 6-1, sweeping a home quad. The Sooners beat Chattanooga 26-14, CSU Bakersfield 38-7 and Southeast Community College (Neb.) 41-0.
In Kissimmee, Florida, No. 22 West Virginia (6-1) got back to its winning ways with three wins. The Mountaineers edged North Dakota State 22-21 on criteria, beat Campbell 31-12 and Wisconsin 25-13.
Then-No. 23 Oregon State fell 20-14 to host Utah Valley, dropping the Beavers (1-3) out of the Top 25 this week.
New entries into the poll this week are No. 24 Army West Point (4-1) and No. 25 Indiana (4-1). Army West Point moves into the poll for the first time since the Black Knights were ranked 17
th at the end of the 2019-20 season, while Indiana's ranked was ranked as high as 21
st during a six-week stretch last season.
NOTE: The next NWCA Division I Men's Wrestling Coaches Poll will be released on January 7, 2025.
Methodology: The NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll is voted on by two coaches from each Division I wrestling conference. Each first-place vote is worth 25 points, 24 points for a second-place vote, 23 points for a third-place vote, and so on, through to one point for a 25th-place vote. The poll is based on dual meet results.
NWCA Division I Men's Wrestling Coaches Poll
December 23, 2024
| Rank |
Team (First) |
Record |
Points |
Conf. |
Previous |
| 1 |
Penn State (16) |
(6-0) |
400 |
Big Ten |
1 |
| 2 |
Iowa |
(6-0) |
382 |
Big Ten |
2 |
| 3 |
Oklahoma State |
(6-0) |
366 |
Big 12 |
3 |
| 4 |
Nebraska |
(5-0) |
352 |
Big Ten |
4 |
| 5 |
Ohio State |
(7-0) |
333 |
Big Ten |
5 |
| 6 |
NC State |
(6-0) |
321 |
ACC |
6 |
| 7 |
Minnesota |
(4-0) |
297 |
Big Ten |
8 |
| 8 |
Virginia Tech |
(3-1) |
295 |
ACC |
7 |
| 9 |
Michigan |
(3-0) |
266 |
Big Ten |
9 |
| 10 |
Northern Iowa |
(3-0) |
252 |
Big 12 |
10 |
| 11 |
Illinois |
(6-0) |
240 |
Big Ten |
11 |
| 12 |
Cornell |
(1-1) |
220 |
Ivy League |
12 |
| 13 |
Iowa State |
(4-3) |
200 |
Big 12 |
13 |
| 14 |
South Dakota State |
(5-2) |
190 |
Big 12 |
14 |
| 15 |
Stanford |
(4-1) |
171 |
ACC |
15 |
| 16 |
Rutgers |
(8-2) |
161 |
Big Ten |
17 |
| 17 |
Little Rock |
(7-1) |
141 |
Pac-12 |
19 |
| 18 |
Pittsburgh |
(4-2) |
134 |
ACC |
18 |
| 19 |
Missouri |
(2-5) |
98 |
Big 12 |
16 |
| 20 |
Lehigh |
(1-2) |
93 |
EIWA |
20 |
| 21 |
Oklahoma |
(6-1) |
91 |
Big 12 |
21 |
| 22 |
West Virginia |
(6-1) |
67 |
Big 12 |
22 |
| 23 |
North Carolina |
(4-4) |
32 |
ACC |
25 |
| 24 |
Army West Point |
(4-1) |
27 |
EIWA |
NR |
| 25 |
Indiana |
(4-1) |
18 |
Big Ten |
NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Arizona State 15, Northern Colorado 13, George Mason 6, Virginia 6, Utah Valley 5, California Baptist 4, Oregon State 4.
Dropped Out: No. 23 Oregon State (1-3), No. 24 Maryland (4-3).
NWCA Division I Men's Wrestling Coaches Poll Publication Dates
Jan. 7, Jan. 14, Jan. 21, Jan. 28
Feb. 4, Feb. 11, Feb. 18, Feb. 25
Mid-Major Publication Dates
Jan. 8, Jan. 22, Feb. 12, Feb. 26
Questions related to historical polls can be sent to Jason Bryant at jason@bryantwrestling
