NCAA DIVISION II
WRESTLING RANKINGS
Wednesday, Feb. 9 (For Immediate Release)

EDMOND, Okla.—Lopsided dual wins over a pair of top-five teams helped Nebraska-Omaha maintain its status as the unanimous No. 1 team in NCAA Division II, according to the poll released Wednesday by the NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches’ Association.
The defending national champion Mavericks received all eight first-place votes and finished with 160 points in balloting of coaches from around the country. UNO routed No. 3 Nebraska-Kearney (32-4) and No. 5 Central Oklahoma (31-4) in duals last week and is 6-1 on the year.
Minnesota State-Mankato moved from fifth to second after upsetting previous No. 2 Augustana (S.D.), while UNK stayed third and Augustana dropped to fourth. Rounding out the top 10 is UCO, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.), Ashland (Ohio), Mercyhurst (Pa.), Adams State (Colo.) and Shippensburg (Pa.).
Nebraska-Omaha, which will host the 2005 national tournament on March 11-12, has seven ranked individuals, topped by No. 1s J.D. Naig (165) and Les Sigman (285).
Augustana (149 Ryan King and 184 Tom Meester) and Nebraska-Kearney (125 Bryce Abbey and 197 Jeff Sylvester) also have two top-ranked individuals.
The NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches’ Association Top 20 poll with points and their previous rank:

Rank School (State) Points Last Ranking
1. Nebraska-Omaha (1st)
2. Minnesota State-Mankato (5th)
3. Nebraska-Kearney (3rd)
4. Augustana (S.D.) (2nd)
5. Central Oklahoma (4th)
6. Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.) (6th)
7. Ashland (Ohio) (7th)
8. Mercyhurst (Pa.) (8th)
9. Adams State (Colo.) (9th)
10. Shippensburg (Pa.) (10th)
11. Findlay (Ohio) (11th)
12. Wisconsin-Parkside (12th)
13. Fort Hays State (Kan.) (13th)
14. Western State (Colo.) (14th)
15. Kutztown (Pa.) (15th)
16. Minnesota State-Moorhead (18th)
17. Truman State (Mo.) (20th)
18. Central Missouri State (NR)
19. Gannon (Pa.) (16th)
20. Colorado School of Mines (NR)

Others receiving votes: Carson-Newman (Tenn.), North Carolina-Pembroke, San Francisco State (Calif.), Southwest Minnesota.


NCAA DIVISION II
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
125 Pounds
1. Bryce Abbey, Nebraska-Kearney (1st)
2. Aaron Graumann, Augustana (S.D.) (2nd)
3. James Phillips, Ashland (Ohio) (3rd)
4. Nick Smith, Minnesota State-Mankato (5th)
5. Dustin Tovar, Nebraska-Omaha (6th)
6. Jamie Thomas, Shippensburg (Pa.) (NR)
7. Ricky Randazzo, Mercyhurst (Pa.) (4th)
8. Chonci Houston, Carson-Newman (Tenn.) (7th)

133 Pounds
1. Curry Pickard, North Carolina-Pembroke (1st)
2. Shane Perkey, Indianapolis (Ind.) (3rd)
3. Andy Uhl, Findlay (Ohio) (4th)
4. Mitch Waite, Nebraska-Omaha (5th)
5. Raymond Dunning, Adams State (Colo.) (8th)
6. Adam Keiswetter, Nebraska-Kearney (2nd)
7. Jared Henning, Central Oklahoma (6th)
8. Zach Meissner, Ashland (Ohio) (7th)

141 Pounds
1. Merrick Meyer, Truman State (Mo.) (1st)
2. Donald Lockett, San Francisco State (Calif.) (2nd)
3. Kortney Lake, Adams State (Colo.) (3rd)
4. Eli Dominguez, Nebraska-Omaha (4th)
5. Thad Benton, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.) (5th)
6. Matt True, Nebraska-Kearney (6th)
7. Ben Keen, Minnesota State-Moorhead
8. Brandon Girtz, Minnesota State-Mankato

149 Pounds
1. Ryan King, Augustana (S.D.) (1st)
2. Shane Unger, Nebraska-Omaha (2nd)
3. Jason Rhoten, Minnesota State-Mankato (3rd)
4. Pacifico Garcia, San Francisco State (Calif.) (6th)
5. R.J. Paterniti, Gannon (Pa.) (8th)
6. Tony Guerra, Findlay (Ohio)
7. Ryan Ickes, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.) (4th)
8. Zack Leathers, Shippensburg (Pa.) (5th)

157 Pounds
1. Mitch Napier, Indianapolis (Ind.) (1st)
2. Luke Main, West Liberty State (W.Va.) (2nd)
3. Angelo Vettese, Findlay (Ohio) (3rd)
4. David Nordhues, Fort Hays State (Kan.) (5th)
5. Math Bitz, Minnesota State-Mankato (7th)
6. Austin Scarset, Augustana (S.D.) (6th)
7. Josh Jansen, Minnesota State-Moorhead (4th)
8. Patrick Allibone, Nebraska-Omaha

165 Pounds
1. J.D. Naig, Nebraska-Omaha (1st)
2. Dwayne Coward, North Carolina-Pembroke (2nd)
3. Mark Glova, Pittsburgh-Johnstown (Pa.) (3rd)
4. Zach Schafer, Mercyhurst (Pa.) (4th)
5. Cort Petersen, Central Oklahoma (5th)
6. Cody Henriksen, Augustana (S.D.) (6th)
7. Aaron Dalton, Nebraska-Kearney (7th)
8. Eric Lakia, Ashland (Ohio) (8th)

174 Pounds
1. Tom Bauer, Ashland (Ohio) (1st)
2. Careef Robertson, Anderson (S.C.) (2nd)
3. Ryan Daniels, Central Oklahoma (3rd)
4. Travis Krinke, Minnesota State-Mankato (4th)
5. Dusty Wilking, Augustana (S.D.) (5th)
6. Jason Radtke, Gannon (Pa.) (6th)
7. Nathan Jones, Carson-Newman (Tenn.) (7th)
8. Matt Trout, Western State (Colo.) (8th)

184 Pounds
1. Tom Meester, Augustana (S.D.) (1st)
2. Kris Klepacz, Findlay (Ohio) (2nd)
3. John Koons, Minnesota State-Mankato (3rd)
4. Derek Brunson, North Carolina-Pembroke (4th)
5. Clint Carmony, Ashland (Ohio) (6th)
6. Mike Howell, Fort Hays State (Kan.) (7th)
7. Mark Murphy, Shippensburg (Pa.)
8. Ben McAvinew, Mercyhurst (Pa.) (5th)

197 Pounds
1. Jeff Sylvester, Nebraska-Kearney (1st)
2. Tim Boldt, Augustana (S.D.) (2nd)
3. Plamen Paskalev, Central Missouri State (8th)
4. Kevin Lochner, Central Oklahoma (3rd)
5. Corey Jacoby, Shippensburg (Pa.) (4th)
6. Josh Janousek, Minnesota State-Mankato (5th)
7. Ryan Kirst, Ashland (Ohio) (6th)
8. Justin Mautz, Mercyhurst (Pa.) (7th)

285 Pounds
1. Les Sigman, Nebraska-Omaha (1st)
2. Tervel Dlagnev, Nebraska-Kearney (2nd)
3. Josh LeadingFox, Central Oklahoma (3rd)
4. Aldo Campea, Ashland (Ohio) (4th)
5. Derek Thompson, Colorado School of Mines (5th)
6. Chris Tuchscherer, Minnesota State-Moorhead
7. Mike Engelmann, Minnesota State-Mankato (6th)
8. Chris Bietz, Augustana (S.D.) (7th)