Where wrestling schools rank on Princeton Review rankings

By Mark Palmer – Examiner.com

We sports fans just can’t get enough rankings.

This week, The Princeton Review has released its annual rankings of the top 371 colleges in the U.S. on everything from “most accessible professors” and “best student newspaper” to “best town/gown relations.”

We thought it might be fun to look at some categories of possible interest to college wrestling fans…

Best athletic facilities: Among the colleges featuring NCAA Division I wrestling programs, No. 1 is the University of Maryland – College Park… with Penn State placing third for best athletic facilities. Ohio State ranks ninth on the list, with West Virginia University No. 11, and, at No. 18, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Schools where students pack the stadium: Among the colleges where intercollegiate sports are very popular with the student body, No. 1 is Penn State, which just completed its 100th season of intercollegiate wrestling, and hired college wrestling superstar (and 2004 Olympic gold medalist) Cael Sanderson as its head coach. The University of Michigan ranked third, Maryland at No. 5, Duke at No. 7, West Virginia in 8th place, and Boston College, ninth. The University of Wisconsin – Madison placed No. 12, Virginia Tech was 15th, University of Nebraska – Lincoln ranked No. 16, and Indiana University placed 17th. Read the entire article here.