OU Holds Steady at No. 7

NORMAN – The OU wrestling team holds steady at the No. 7 spot in the latest USA Today/NWCA Division I Coaches Poll, released on Tuesday. Additionally, four Sooner wrestlers are ranked individually in this week's Intermat polls.

The NWCA Top 15 features seven of OU's 2015-16 opponents, including four in the top 10. OU holds a 4-4 record of then-ranked opponents this season. Penn State kept the top spot of the leaderboard with all 12 first-place votes, and Iowa sits in second. N.C. State, Oklahoma State and Missouri round out the top five places, respectively.

OU's Ryan Millhof moved up two spots in the 125-pound rankings to No. 8 after a 5-3 decision over then-No. 5 Eddie Klimara of Oklahoma State. The sophomore has registered six straight wins, with five of those wins coming over ranked foes.

Checking in at the No. 4 spot at 133 pounds, Cody Brewer is coming off a 20-3 technical fall in 3:55 over then-No. 18 Gary Wayne Harding of OSU. With the technical fall, Brewer has tallied 12 bonus-point victories this season with four coming over ranked foes.

Redshirt junior Clark Glass holds a 15-9 record this season and is ranked No. 13 at 165 pounds, holding two wins over ranked opponents with a 6-4 decision over then-No. 9 Anthony Perotti of Rutgers and then-No. 17 Garrett Sutton of Michigan.

At heavyweight, Ross Larson moved up one spot to No. 15. The redshirt junior has registered eight wins by fall on the season and holds a 14-9 overall record.

The Sooners return to competition on Thursday, Feb. 11, for a contest with Oregon State, set for a 9 p.m. CT start in Corvallis, Ore. OU returns home for a top-25 dual and its final of the season on Sunday, Feb. 14, when it faces No. 24 South Dakota State at 2 p.m. inside McCasland Field House.