This is the first regular season ranking of the 2010-11 season.
Ranked fourth in the preseason, UNK received 93 points this time to be behind Nebraska-Omaha (160), St. Cloud State (150), Augustana (141), RMAC-rival Western State (137), Newberry of South Carolina (130), Minnesota State (118) and Findlay of Ohio (100).
UNO, two-time defending national champions, received all eight first place votes as well.
Individually, junior T.J. Hepburn (East Hampton, Conn.) dropped one spot to third at 157 lbs. Moving up a weight class this year, the 2010 All-American is currently 10-3 with all three setbacks coming to Division I wrestlers.
Entering the national rankings with this poll are senior Ben Hohensee (4th/285 lbs.) and junior Joey Wilson (4th/165 lbs.).
One of two seniors on the UNK roster, Hohensee (Monett, Mo.) is coming off a first place showing at the Fort Hays State Open. He also placed runner up at the Wyoming Cowboy Open and currently sports a 10-2 mark.
A transfer from Division I UC Davis, Wilson (Half Moon Bay, Calif.) was runner up at Hays last Saturday and was fourth at Wyoming to start the year. He is 11-5 with just one of his losses coming to a Division II wrestler.
The annual UNK Loper Open will be held Saturday at the Health & Sports Center. The non-team scoring event will start at 9:00 a.m. and run until the late afternoon. Around 250 wrestlers, from schools around the Midwest, are expected to compete.
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