Wyoming Wrestling Rankings 2/13-2/14

[WestWYOPoke]

The Open Mat
125 - #19 Mike Martinez
133 - #15 Zach Zehner
157 - #20 Andy McCulley (New Addition!)
165 - #3 Shane Onufer
174 - #17 Patrick Martinez
184 - #1 Joe Leblanc
197 - #9 Alfonso Hernandez
Team - #9 Wyoming

Amateur Wrestling News
125 - #16 Mike Martinez
133 - #18 Zach Zehner
165 - #3 Shane Onufer
174 - #20 Patrick Martinez
184 - #1 Joe Leblanc
197 - #12 Alfonso Hernandez

Intermat
125 - #18 Mike Martinez
133 - #16 Zach Zehner
165 - #3 Shane Onufer
184 - #1 Joe Leblanc
197 - #9 Alfonso Hernandez
Team - #7 Wyoming (Tourney)

NWCA/USA Today Division I Team Coaches Poll
1 Oklahoma State (10) 250 1 14-0
2 Penn State 239 2 12-1
3 Minnesota 226 4 12-3
4 Iowa 223 5 13-3
5 Illinois 208 7 16-2
T6 Cornell 196 3 10-1
T6 Ohio State 196 6 13-4
8 Nebraska 175 8 14-4
9 Pittsburgh 164 9 13-1
10 Missouri 157 13 13-4
11 Wyoming 154 10 8-3
12 Oklahoma 136 12 13-4
13 Kent State 127 14 13-5
14 Michigan 125 11 6-6
15 Lehigh 112 15 11-5
16 Oregon State 100 16 10-3
17 Maryland 78 17 14-1
18 Northwestern 77 18 10-4
19 Binghamton 68 19 14-4
20 Edinboro 59 T20 9-2
21 Virginia 58 T20 9-1
22 Virginia Tech 35 T23 8-5
23 Old Dominion 33 T23 13-8
24 Hofstra 30 22 10-3
25 Central Michigan 14 25 13-8

 

[MrTitleist]

Getting pummeled by OKSt the other night didn't help matters any..

 

[fromolwyoming]

Getting pummeled by OKSt the other night didn't help matters any..

They are the number 1 team for a reason.

 

[WestWYOPoke]

Getting pummeled by OKSt the other night didn't help matters any..

I have to say I wasn't surprised. The top 5-6 teams in the country are quite a good deal better than the next 10. For us to beat Oklahoma earlier this year was very impressive but I think it also showed that they were overrated (not to slam our very impressive season). We are still a few years (and probable quite a few $$$) away from being on the level of a Okie State, Penn State, Minn, etc.

Having said that, I was impressed this weekend that we were able to be very close in a few matches that we lost, that's encouraging. Also, we had some impressive wins against Chattanooga, including Zehner pinning the then-#13/14 ranked wrestler in his weight class.

The best part is that wrestling these national powers will make things seem much easier for our guys come regionals and NCAAs. Wrestling a #19/20 doesn't seem so bad when you've wrestled multiple Top 10 wrestlers throughout the year.

 

[MrTitleist]

It was nice to see the Cowboys hammer UNC and UTC last week.. puts some distance between the men and the boys.