Mounties Come in at No. 11 in Latest Rankings
By Garrett Christensen on Friday, January 20th, 2023 in More Top Stories Northeastern Oregon News
LA GRANDE – (Release from Eastern Oregon University) The NAIA released the results of the latest Men’s Wrestling Coaches’ Top 20 Poll Thursday morning. Eastern Oregon University came in at No. 11 in this week’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:
| WEIGHT | RANK | WRESTLER |
| 125 | 24 | Hunter Sparks |
| 133 | 23 | Braden Carson |
| 133 | 24 | Zach Mauras |
| 174 | 10 | Keegan Mulhill |
| 184 | 4 | Kyle Knudtson |
| 197 | 5 | Marco Retano |
| 197 | 6 | Jay Smith |
| 285 | 4 | Noel 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 team’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 “receiving votes.”
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.
