Crawford cracks rankings at heavyweight

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Oregon State wrestling team fell out of the Top 25 in the USA Today/National Wrestling Coaches Association's rankings, which were released on Tuesday.

Ranked 24^th in the Nov. 15 poll, this week the Beavers were the leader among teams also receiving votes. Their short fall was due to a 38-7 loss to No. 11 Michigan this past Sunday.

Oklahoma State was ranked No. 1 by USA Today/NWCA, followed by Penn State, Iowa, Ohio State and Missouri. Future OSU opponents in the rankings were Rutgers (10), Stanford (15), Oklahoma (17) and Arizona State (19).

Four Beavers earned Top-20 consideration in their respective weight classes by The Open Mat. Three were ranked by Amateur Wrestling News and two by InterMat in those website's weekly evaluations. The team was ranked No. 23 in InterMat's dual-meet poll, but was not included in the tournament rankings.

Beavers in the individual rankings were:

Junior 125-pounder Ronnie Bresser (0-0) was ranked No. 6 by The Open Mat, but unranked by InterMat and AWN. He has not competed in a varsity match this season and may redshirt.
Senior 141-pounder Joey Palmer (3-0) is ranked No. 12 by AWN, No. 16 by The Open Mat and No. 20 by InterMat.
Senior 149-pounder Joey Delgado (2-1) is ranked No. 15 by The Open Mat, but is unranked by The Open Mat and AWN.
Redshirt sophomore 197-pounder Corey Griego (1-2) is ranked No. 15 by InterMat and AWN at 184 pounds, his 2015-16 weight class.
Redshirt junior heavyweight Cody Crawford (1-0) is ranked No. 9 by AWN at 197 pounds, his former weight, and No. 20 by The Open Mat at heavyweight. He won his first match as a heavyweight on Sunday by major decision.

The Beavers are idle until the Dec. 2-3 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. Their next dual meet is Dec. 15, at Utah Valley University.

They begin Pacific-12 Conference action against Stanford on Jan. 30, 2017, also at Gill Coliseum. The Beavers are five-time defending Pac-12 champions.

This year's Pac-12 Championships are Feb. 26, at Stanford. The NCAA Championships are March 16-18 at St. Louis.

For more information on the Oregon State wrestling team, follow the club's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/Beaverwrestling, or by Facebook at Facebook.com/OregonStateWrestling.

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Players Mentioned

Ronnie Bresser

Cody Crawford

Joey Delgado

Corey Griego

Joey Palmer

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