BTN.com staff, January 24, 2013

In this week's online-only "BTN Wrestling Report," BTN's Kara Lentz recaps the Minnesota-Illinois match from earlier this week. Plus, we look ahead to the weekend's action with BTN's Tim Johnson and Jim Gibbons and talk to Minnesota?s Kevin Steinhaus.

And time is running out to enter the Grace and Ironside Ultimate Hawkeye Wrestling Experience sweepstakes, where one luckywrestling fan will win two seats alongside Steven Grace and Iowa wrestling legend Mark Ironside at the Feb. 1 match against Penn State. Plus the winner will get to be interviewed on-air, receive an autographed photo of Mark, and Iowa wrestling swag. Enter on this page.

Here are the latest USDA Today/NWCA rankings announced on Tuesday.

Rank School Points Record Previous
1 Penn State 400 7-0 1
2 Oklahoma State 390 8-0 2
3 Minnesota 379 11-1 3
4 Iowa 371 14-1 4
5 Ohio State 359 9-2 6
6 Illinois 341 5-2 5
7 Missouri 337 7-1 7
8 Cornell 330 7-2 8
9 Virginia Tech 323 11-2 9
10 Oregon State 302 5-3 10
T11 Virginia 294 11-3 11
T11 Central Michigan 294 10-3 12
13 Nebraska 293 8-3 14
14 Wyoming 261 7-3 15
15 Edinboro 257 7-3 16
16 Oklahoma 248 7-4 13
17 Pittsburgh 242 6-4 17
18 Michigan 228 6-4 18
19 Bloomsburg 223 11-2 20
20 Wisconsin 214 5-4 19
21 Northern Iowa 198 6-2 NR
22 Purdue 167 10-5 22
23 Northwestern 127 5-5 21
24 Penn 104 4-2 24
25 Boise State 101 6-5 25

Dropped Out: No. 23 Maryland.

Others Receiving Votes: Maryland 96, Navy 34, Rutgers 33, North Dakota State 20, Iowa State 18, Kent State 16.