One way for Lehigh wrestling fans to look at this week’s NWCA coaches poll is that the Mountain Hawks are ranked 26th.
The other way would be to say Lehigh has dropped out of the top 25.
The Mountain Hawks (6-9) are the top “receiving votes” team after losses over the weekend to Columbia (18-17) and now-No. 19 Arizona State (20-16). Lehigh was ranked No. 21 in last week’s poll.
Lehigh will be back in action Saturday (2 pm) when EIWA rival Army visits Grace Hall.
Penn State, after its 23-14 defeat of Iowa Friday, is now an unanimous No. 1.
Penn moved into the top 25 at No. 25 to give the EIWA two top-25 teams with Cornell at No. 5.
NWCA poll for Jan 31
In order from left: ranking, team (first place votes), (record), poll points, last week
1 Penn State (14) (11-0) 350 1st
2nd Iowa (12-1) 336 2nd
3. Iowa State (12-2) 313 4th
4 Ohio State (9-1) 304 6
5 Cornell (9-2) 290 5
6 Michigan (9-2) 285 3
7 NC State (11-1) 259 8
8 Missouri (6-2) 243 9
9 Virginia Tech (7-3) 242 7
10 Nebraska (7-3) 220 11
11 Oklahoma State (9-2) 208 10
12 Minnesota (11-2) 194 12
13 Northwestern (5-2) 191 14
14Northern Iowa (5-3) 148 15
15Wisconsin (7-7) 146 13
16 North Dakota State (8-2) 136 16
17 South Dakota State (11-2) 133 18
18 Pittsburgh (8-2) 113 24
19 Arizona State (4-4) 98 17
20 Appalachian States (7-2) 62 19
21 Illinois (5-5) 57 20
22. Indiana (7-2) 45 25
23 Rutgers (9-5) 33 23
24 Michigan State (8-5) 30 22
25. Penn (6-4) 26 NO
Others Receiving Votes: LEHIGH 23, West Virginia 22, Northern Colorado 14, Cal Poly 8, Air Force 5, Stanford 5, Oregon State 4, Columbia 3, Maryland 3, North Carolina 1.
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 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.
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