Manheim, Pennsylvania – With 639 duals involving Division I men's wrestling teams in 2023-24 now complete, Penn State closed the regular as the only unbeaten and a wire-to-wire unanimous No. 1 as the final NWCA Division I Men's Wrestling Coaches Poll of the season was released on Tuesday.
Penn State (12-0) finished out the regular season with a 55-0 home win over Edinboro to run its dual meet win streak to 54 in a row. The Nittany Lions will start next season with the fourth-longest win streak in major college wrestling history.
Iowa returned to No. 2 after heading to Stillwater, Oklahoma and taming then-No. 2 Oklahoma State 22-9 in front of over 13,000 fans at Gallagher-Iba Arena in the third-largest dual meet crowd in school history. Oklahoma State dropped back to fourth this week.
Nebraska closed out its season ranked third, finishing a 12-2 season with a road win at then-No. 19 Arizona State. Iowa State (13-2) closed out its regular season with a 41-3 drubbing of reserve-laden Missouri, which came in ranked seventh.
Missouri, which also fell to then-No. 16 Northern Iowa 31-6, dropped three spots to No. 10. NC State closed the regular season with a 16-2 mark after a 20-12 win No. 13 Virginia Tech, giving the Wolfpack the regular-season ACC championship.
Cornell beat Binghamton 33-6 and Michigan shutout Central Michigan 39-0 to end those respective school's dual-meet seasons.
The only other ranked matchup in the season's final week saw Arizona State top then-No. 15 Lehigh 24-14 in Tempe. The Sun Devils finished 7-6 and jumped to No. 16 in the final regular-season poll.
The final poll of the season comes out later this week with the final NWCA Division I Men's Wrestling Mid-Major Poll.
Methodology: The NWCA Division I Men's 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 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. Teams who are not competing this season are not included in the voting process.
NWCA Division I Men's Wrestling Coaches Poll
February 27, 2024
| Rank |
Team (First) |
Record |
Points |
Conf. |
Previous |
| 1 |
Penn State (14) |
(12-0) |
350 |
Big Ten |
1 |
| 2 |
Iowa |
(12-2) |
327 |
Big Ten |
4 |
| 3 |
Nebraska |
(12-2) |
326 |
Big Ten |
3 |
| 4 |
Oklahoma State |
(14-1) |
309 |
Big 12 |
2 |
| 5 |
Iowa State |
(13-2) |
292 |
Big 12 |
5 |
| 6 |
Ohio State |
(15-2) |
278 |
Big Ten |
6 |
| 7 |
NC State |
(16-2) |
259 |
ACC |
8 |
| 8 |
Cornell |
(12-4) |
243 |
EIWA |
9 |
| 9 |
Michigan |
(8-4) |
234 |
Big Ten |
10 |
| 10 |
Missouri |
(10-4) |
221 |
Big 12 |
7 |
| 11 |
South Dakota State |
(13-4) |
218 |
Big 12 |
11 |
| 12 |
Minnesota |
(11-2) |
201 |
Big Ten |
12 |
| 13 |
Virginia Tech |
(9-4) |
183 |
ACC |
13 |
| 14 |
Rutgers |
(12-5) |
169 |
Big Ten |
14 |
| 15 |
Northern Iowa |
(8-6) |
151 |
Big 12 |
16 |
| 16 |
Arizona State |
(7-6) |
127 |
Pac-12 |
19 |
| 17 |
Lehigh |
(7-4) |
124 |
EIWA |
15 |
| 18 |
Little Rock |
(15-5) |
117 |
Pac-12 |
17 |
| 19 |
West Virginia |
(10-5) |
91 |
Big 12 |
18 |
| 20 |
Stanford |
(10-4) |
79 |
Pac-12 |
20 |
| 21 |
Oregon State |
(7-5) |
63 |
Pac-12 |
21 |
| 22 |
Campbell |
(14-3) |
52 |
SoCon |
22 |
| 23 |
Pittsburgh |
(10-8) |
44 |
ACC |
23 |
| 24 |
Appalachian State |
(10-3) |
31 |
SoCon |
24 |
| 25 |
Penn |
(6-5) |
17 |
EIWA |
NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Oklahoma 12, Cal Poly 10, Indiana 10, Northern Illinois 7, North Carolina 4, Army West Point 1.
Dropped out: No. 25 Oklahoma (5-7).
For questions about historical polls, contact Jason Bryant at jason@bryantwrestling.com
Upcoming NWCA Division I Coaches Poll Publication Dates
Release dates complete for 2023-24.
Mid-Major Publication Dates
Feb. 28
