Mounties Come in at No. 11 in Latest Rankings

By on Friday, January 20th, 2023 in More Top Stories Northeastern Oregon News

LA GRANDE โ€“ (Release from Eastern Oregon University) The NAIA released the results of the latest Menโ€™s Wrestling Coachesโ€™ Top 20 Poll Thursday morning. Eastern Oregon University came in at No. 11 in this weekโ€™s rankings.

Since the last poll the Mountaineers have wrestled twice. In their first dual of the 2023 calendar year the Mounties easily handled Grays Harbor College taking a 33-19 win Eastern cruised to victory thanks to four EOU falls in that dual. In their only other competition since the last rankings came out the Mounties battled No. 8 ranked University of Providence in a dual that was decided by the last match of the night. The Argos narrowly edged out the Mounties for an 18-15 victory.

Eastern also had eight grapplers earn top-25 individual rankings in their respective weight classes. All individual rankings are listed below.

INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS:

WEIGHTRANKWRESTLER
12524Hunter Sparks
13323Braden Carson
13324Zach Mauras
17410Keegan Mulhill
1844Kyle Knudtson
1975Marco Retano
1976Jay Smith
2854Noel Orozco

Poll Methodology

  • The poll was voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the five conferences.
  • Two days prior to the national poll, each qualifying group rater submits the top six individuals from each weight class in his conference into the system. Only wrestlers listed on a conference ballot are considered for the national ballot.
  • The top 20 individuals in each weight class is based on how each voter ranks the best individuals. An individual receives 20 points for each first-place vote, 19 for second place and so on through the list. This same point system is used to determine the team ranking.
  • The highest and lowest ranking for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the teamโ€™s ranking will be recalculated with an additional point added to each team for every ballot
  • Teams that receive only one point in the ballot are not considered โ€œreceiving votes.โ€

EOU will be back in action this weekend at the Missouri Valley Invite in Marshall, Mo. The two-day tournament will start on Friday, Jan. 20.