OSU Cowboys Wrestling Showcases Powerhouse Roster With a Staggering 7 NCAA Coach’s Ranked Wrestlers in Top-10

The Oklahoma wrestling team is visibly one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division I. With 34 National Championships and 134 individual ones, the OSU Cowboys have established a reckoning dominance on the collegiate mats. The stance today has continued onto the persisting 2024 season with numbers and recently unveiled coaches’ rankings backing the claim.

So far into the season, the OSU Cowboys have maintained a 13-win streak, becoming one of the two teams to remain undefeated. With the feat now in the books, the team has more glory to incur, as all its starters make the NCAA Coaches ranking.

OSU Cowboys shake up wrestler rankings

The NCAA, on Thursday, announced its second coaches ranking for the 2024 Championships. It was for the first time this season that OSU Cowboy starters made the list, with 7 moving up in the top 10 in their weight categories. Troy Spratley, representing 57kgs, moved up 6 spots from the last standings to place no.9. Daton Fix for 61kgs joined 184-pounder Dustin Plott in 2nd position. Further along, Izzak Olejnik took the 4th spot while Tagen Jamison and Konner Doucet climbed up to the 8th. Final in the top 10 was Teague Travis at number 10, making his rankings debut.

The say is determined by the votes of 14 coaches, which will be further used to establish seeding for postseason tournaments. For wrestlers to be considered for the ranking, one must have eight matches in the season and at least one in the past 30 days. With all the ranked athletes’ presence and more, the OSU Cowboys rank second in the NWCA Coaches Poll following the victory against South Dakota. Thus, making their way toward the Big 12 championships.

En route to Big 12 championships

The OSU Cowboys secured their 13th win when they defeated South Dakota to a 31-6 win. The evening kicked off with Tagen Jamison winning over Clay Carlson  8-5, followed by a compelling finish by Konner Doucet 9-7. With that, the team now has only two more duals left for the season, and both at home. One of them, however, is ready to offer a showdown bigger than before for the season as the Cowboys indulge in a dual against in-state rivals, Oklahoma Sooners.

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“It’s good that they stick around in big 12 wrestling,” Daton Fix says on Bedlam and the Sonners’ move to the Southeastern Conference. The rivalry has been a long-standing excitement amongst the Oklahoma residents and the 18th might as well offer the peak. It will be the final edition of the Bedlam at 2 p.m. on Feb. 18, to be broadcast on ESPN+. The OSU Cowboys will next go against Iowa on the 25th to make their way toward championships on March 9-10 in Tulsa.

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