Oklahoma State Wrestling Moves Up to No. 2 in Latest Coaches Poll
(Oklahoma State University Athletic Media Relations added to this story.)
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State wrestling and first-year head coach David “Magic Man” Taylor have been plowing all season moving up in both the team and individual rankings. However, for the past month there has bee no room for the No. 3 Cowboys to move up with powerhouses No. 1 Penn State and No. 2 Iowa cemented in the polls. Then last Friday, Penn State destroyed Iowa 30-8 and bumped the Hawkeyes from the ranks of the unbeaten. Now, the coaches in the NWCA Poll and Inter Mat have moved Oklahoma State up to No. 2. The Cowboys beat Missouri 36-3 on Sunday and did it in front of 10,740 fans inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.
Oklahoma State holds a perfect 12-0 record this season and, following Iowa’s defeat last Friday, is joined by Penn State (11-0) as the only undefeated teams in the country.
Oklahoma State has put together a +317 point differential thus far, its best through 12 duals since 1996-97, and compiled a 47.4% bonus rate as a team, which would be the program’s highest in over 90 years. Additionally, Sunday’s crowd of 10,740 cemented a season attendance average of 7,597, marking the program’s highest single-season amount on record and a nearly 30% increase of its 2024 average.
The new individual rankings are out as well and as we included those in our story, you can see they did not change much at all.
The Cowboys will make a short trip down to No. 16 Little Rock on Saturday, February 8, for their penultimate dual of the season. That contest is slated for 3 p.m. CT and will be available for streaming on UFC Fight Pass.
| Update College Team Rankings (Tournament and Dual) as of 2/4/2025 |
| NWCA Poll (1st Place votes) | Inter Mat (Tournament) | Inter Mat (Dual) |
| 1. Penn State (16) - 400 pts. | 1. Penn State 144.5 | 1. Penn State 10-0 |
| 2. Oklahoma State - 376 pts. | 2. Iowa 96.5 | 2. Oklahoma State 12-0 |
| 3. Iowa - 375 pts. | 3. Oklahoma State 82.5 | 3. Iowa 9-1 |
| 4. Ohio State - 346 pts. | 4. Nebraska 59 | 4. Ohio State 12-1 |
| 5. Northern Iowa - 335 pts. | 5. Minnesota 51.5 | 5. Northern Iowa 11-1 |
| Update College Individual Rankings as of 2/4/2025 |
| Weight - Wrestler - Record | Inter Mat | Flo Wrestling (Tournament) |
| 125 Troy Spratley 15-3 | No. 4 | No. 4 |
| 133 Reece Witcraft 9-3 | No. 22 | No. 18 |
| 141 Tagen Jamison 15-3 | No. 5 | No. 6 |
| 149 Carter Young 10-8 | No. 17 | No. 12 |
| 157 Caleb Fish 16-5 | No. 12 | No. 12 |
| 165 Cameron Amine 13-4 | No. 6 | No. 6 |
| 174 Dean Hamiti Jr. 17-0 | No. 3 | No. 3 |
| 184 Dustin Plott 14-2 | No. 3 | No. 3 |
| 197 Luke Surber 17-1 | No. 7 | No. 7 |
| Hwt. Wyatt Hendrickson 16-0 | No. 3 | No. 3 |