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    Maryville maintains No. 1 ranking in Division II

    Related: NCAA Division II Individual Rankings | NCAA Division II Team Rankings

    EDMOND, Okla. -- Maryville (Mo.) maintained the No. 1 ranking in the first regular season NCAA Division II wrestling poll, according to the rankings released Wednesday by the Division II Wrestling Coaches Association.

    The Saints, who will serve as host institution for the 2015 NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships in St. Louis next March, received seven first-place votes and finished with 157 points in balloting of head coaches from around the country to keep the top spot from the pre-season ranking.

    Nebraska-Kearney earned the remaining first-place vote and had 147 points to edge Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) by four points for second as those two teams switched places in the poll. Mercyhurst (Pa.) earned 130 points in moving from seventh to fourth, while St. Cloud State (Minn.) stayed fifth with 125 points.

    Defending national champion Notre Dame (Ohio) fell from fourth to sixth while Lake Erie (Ohio), McKendree (Ill.), Central Oklahoma and Newberry (S.C.) rounded out the top 10. Lake Erie and Newberry made the biggest jumps, with the Storm moving from 14th to seventh and the Wolves going from 19th to 10th.

    UNK remained the only team with more than one top-ranked individual as133-pounder Daniel DeShazer and 197-pounder Romero Cotton topped their respective weights.

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