Intermat Team Rankings

[Pokes4Life]

USA Today/InterMat/NWCA Division I Team Rankings
November 11, 2008
Rank Team (First) 08-09 Record Points Previous
1 Iowa (11) 0-0 275 1
2 Iowa State 0-0 259 2
3 Ohio State 0-0 251 4
4 Cornell 0-0 248 3
5 Missouri 0-0 229 5
6 Nebraska 0-0 212 6
7 Penn State 0-0 209 7
8 Oklahoma State 0-0 200 T7
9 Illinois 0-0 189 9
10 Michigan 0-0 173 10
11 Northwestern 0-0 162 11
12 Minnesota 0-0 140 12
tie Wisconsin 0-0 140 13
14 Boise State 3-0 137 14
15 Edinboro 3-0 121 15
16 Indiana 0-0 105 16
17 Central Michigan 0-0 101 18
18 Oklahoma 0-0 93 20
19 Old Dominion 0-0 70 19
20 Penn 0-0 49 T21
21 Virginia 0-0 43 23
22 Northern Iowa 0-0 42 24
23 Lehigh 1-0 23 NR
tie West Virginia 0-0 23 25
25 Harvard 0-0 15 NR
tie Kent State 0-0 15 NR
tie Maryland 1-2-1 15 17


Individual Cowboy rankings:
125 - 6th: Obe Blanc
133 - 11th: Tyler Shinn
157 - 12th: Newly McSpadden
165 - 10th: Brandon Mason
197 - 18th: Clayton Foster
285 - 1st: Jared Rosholt

[BourbonPoke]

#8??? 3rd ranked B12 school? C'mon!! Is Nebraska and Mizzery better than us? Don't think so!!

[Pokes4Life]

All we have to do is settle it on the mat, but this is very much a rebuilding year. We will have to have some guys step up big time.

[cactusjack]

But the future is awfully bright. John has great wrestlers signed or committed.

[wickerbill]

#8??? 3rd ranked B12 school? C'mon!! Is Nebraska and Mizzery better than us? Don't think so!!

Try 4th Big 12 school. Iowa State is #2.

[BourbonPoke]

Try 4th Big 12 school. Iowa State is #2.


Doh!! Sometimes I just can't read. Thanks!

[osupsycho]

If I remember correctly Intermat has a bit of a grudge against OSU and never puts us in a good light if they can avoid it....

[Pokes4Life]

No, that's about where we're ranked in most polls. We only have one pre-season threat at champion, and only a few weights where we're projected to get an all-american.

We should rise in the rankings for a couple of reasons. Freshmen and Redshirt Freshmen are not placed in pre-season polls. If the hype is correct, Jamal Parks will be a possible all-american contender at 141.

Clayton Foster had a great summer and should hopefully have a breakout season (unfortunately for him, all other Big 12 wrestlers at his weight are ranked higher than he is, so it'll definitely be an uphill battle, but he'll be battle-tested coming into the post-season.)

Mason's natural weight has always been 165, so he should hopefully be a little more consistent and match up better at his natural weight.

Chris McNeill could be a surprise too. He had a decent outing in open tourneys as a freshmen, and could make an impact.

133 will be interesting because we have Shinn who has shown to be a fairly consistent wrestler with Chris Notte right behind him who is a NJCAA champion and is supposed to be pretty good as well.

149 and 174 are probably our weakest weights as of now, but if a couple people come on strong, we may be a darkhorse come tourney time.

[legelegel]

Try 4th Big 12 school. Iowa State is #2.

Good thing uo still has a wrestling program or the Cowboys would be in the cellar of the Big Tive.

We need more Big 12 schools involved in wrestling.

[osupsycho]

I guarantee we won't finish that low!!!!

[topdaug]

Woo hoo!! Top 25! Now Spates can keep his job...





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