Four wrestlers take over top spots on team; appear in WIN’s Feb. 1 rankings

Updated: February 1, 2021

NEWTON, Iowa — As the calendar turns to February and NCAA Division I programs are solidifying their line-ups for the postseason, four wrestlers have replaced ranked teammates for now in WIN’s rankings and are among 15 newcomers in WIN’s Feb. 1 Top-20 listing.

The four guys who replaced ranked teammates are: Northern Iowa’s Kyle Biscoglia (15^th at 133), NC State’s Ryan Jack (18^th at 133), Stanford’s Requir Van der Merwe (16^th at 157) and Penn State’s Seth Nevills (11^th at heavyweight). Meanwhile, the weight class with the most new wrestlers is 133 pounds, where Northwestern’s Chris Cannon (14^th) and Air Force’s Jared Van Vleet (19^th) appear for the first time in WIN’s weekly rankings.

Individuals making the biggest jumps in their weight class were NC State’s Jakob Camacho (from sixth to third at 125) and Northern Iowa’s Parker Keckeisen, who moved from No. 13 to No. 7 at 184 pounds.

In the team rankings, Iowa remains No. 1 in both the dual rankings (3-0, after beating Illinois) and WIN’s Tournament Power Index, which tallies potential NCAA points from ranked wrestlers and how team may finish in the 2021 NCAA Division I Championships in March. With a wrestler ranked at all 10 weight classes, including nine in the Top 8 of their weight classes, the Hawkeyes lead the TPI field with 134 points.

Michigan, which is expected to come to an end of a 14-day pause of activities on Feb. 7, remains ranked No. 2 in WIN’s TPI with 85.5 points and No. 3 in WIN’s dual rankings. Oklahoma State (67.5) and Penn State (56.5) are ranked third and fourth in the TPI and join NC State and Missouri with nine ranked wrestlers.

The following is a breakdown of how the TPI is determined by WIN’s rankings: 20 for 1^st, 16 for 2^nd, 13.5 for 3^rd, 12.5 for 4^th, 10 for 5^th, 9 for 6^th, 6.5 for 7^th and 5.5 for 8^th. Wrestlers ranked 9-12 earn two points each, followed by 1.5 points for wrestlers ranked 13-16 and 1 point for those ranked 17-20.

WIN Magazine’s Feb. 1, 2021 Tournament Power Index

Rk	School	Total Rank	Top 8 Rank	TPI Pts
1.	Iowa	10	9	134
2.	Michigan	8	6	85.5
3.	Oklahoma State	9	5	67.5
4.	Penn State	9	4	56.5
5.	NC State	9	4	55
6.	Nebraska	7	4	53
7.	Virginia Tech	6	3	47
8.	Iowa State	7	4	43.5
9.	Arizona State	8	3	40.5
10.	Ohio State	6	3	40
11.	Missouri	9	3	37.5
12.	Northwestern	5	2	35
13.	Minnesota	5	2	33.5
14.	Central Michigan	3	2	29.5
15.	North Carolina	6	1	29
16.	Pitt	4	2	23.5
17.	Rutgers	3	2	21
18t.	Northern Iowa	5	2	20
18t.	West Virginia	1	1	20
20.	Stanford	3	1	16.5
21.	South Dakota State	3	1	16
22t.	Illinois	6	1	15
22t.	Virginia	6	1	15
24t.	Northern Colorado	4	1	13.5
24t.	Rider	2	1	13.5
26t.	Lehigh	3	2	12
26t.	Navy	3	1	12
28t.	Oklahoma	5	1	11.5
28t.	Purdue	4	1	11.5
28t.	Utah Valley	2	1	11.5
31t.	Binghamton	2	1	11
31t.	Wisconsin	2	1	11
33.	Duke	1	1	9
34.	Michigan State	3	1	8
35t.	Bucknell	1	1	6.5
35t.	Clarion	1	1	6.5
35t.	Wyoming	5	0	6.5
38.	Oregon State	3	0	4
39.	Appalachian State	2	0	3
40t.	American U.	2	0	2.5
40t.	Army West Point	2	0	2.5
40t.	Indiana	2	0	2.5
40t.	North Dakota State	2	0	2.5
44t.	Edinboro	1	0	2
44t.	Kent State	1	0	2
44t.	Northern Illinois	1	0	2
47t.	Fresno State	1	0	1.5
47t.	Hofstra	1	0	1.5
49t.	Air Force	1	0	1
49t.	Buffalo	1	0	1
49t.	Campbell	1	0	1
49t.	Chattanooga	1	0	1
49t.	Drexel	1	0	1
49t.	Ohio	1	0	1

WIN Magazine’s Feb 1, 2021 Team Dual Rankings

Rk.	School	W-L	Previous
1.	Iowa	3-0	1st
2.	Penn State	2-0	2^nd
3.	Michigan	3-0	3^rd
4.	Oklahoma State	7-0	4^th
5.	Missouri	9-0	5^th
6.	Nebraska	4-1	6^th
7.	NC State	5-0	7^th
8.	Virginia Tech	7-0	8^th
9.	Arizona State	2-0	9^th
10.	Illinois	4-1	10^th
11.	Ohio State	4-1	11^th
12.	Iowa State	6-2	12^th
13.	Minnesota	4-2	13^th
14.	North Carolina	2-2	15^th
15.	Navy	3-1	16^th
16.	Pitt	3-2	14^th
17.	Wisconsin	1-3	17^th
18.	Purdue	2-3	18^th
19.	Northern Iowa	3-2	19^th
20.	Oklahoma	5-3	23^rd
21.	Rutgers	0-4	22^nd
22.	Northwestern	1-4	24^th
23.	Virginia	2-1	25^th
24.	Michigan State	1-2	NR
25.	Binghamton	3-1	NR

WIN Magazine’s Feb. 1, 2021 Individual Rankings

125 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Spencer Lee	Iowa	Senior	1st
2.	Drew Hildebrandt	Central Michigan	Senior	2^nd
3.	Jakob Camacho	NC State	Sophomore	6^th
4.	Brandon Courtney	Arizona State	Junior	4^th
5.	Michael DeAugustino	Northwestern	Sophomore	7^th
6.	Dylan Ragusin	Michigan	Freshman	9^th
7.	Liam Cronin	Nebraska	Senior	10^th
8.	Sam Latona	Virginia Tech	RS Freshman	11^th
9	Brody Teske	Northern Iowa	RS Freshman	12^th
10.	Patrick McKee	Minnesota	Sophomore	16^th
11.	Devin Schroder	Purdue	Senior	3^rd
12.	Malik Heinselman	Ohio State	Junior	NR
13.	Rayvon Foley	Michigan State	Junior	5^th
14.	Justin Cardani	Illinois	Sophomore	13^th
15.	Taylor Lamont	Utah Valley	Junior	15^th
16.	Trevor Mastrogiovanni	Oklahoma State	Freshman	14^th
17.	Brock Hudkins	Indiana	Senior	17^th
18.	Connor Brown	Missouri	Junior	18^th
19.	Cage Curry	American U.	Senior	19^th
20.	Jaret Lane	Lehigh	Junior	20^th

133 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Daton Fix	Oklahoma State	Sophomore	1st
2.	Stevan Micic	Michigan	Grad.	2^nd
3.	Roman Bravo-Young	Penn State	Junior	3^rd
4.	Austin DeSanto	Iowa	Senior	4^th
5.	Mickey Phillippi	Pittsburgh	Junior	5^th
6.	Michael McGee	Arizona State	Junior	6^th
7.	Sammy Alvarez	Rutgers	Sophomore	7^th
8.	Brandon Paetzell	Lehigh	Senior	8^th
9.	Korbin Myers	Virginia Tech	Senior	9^th
10.	Mosha Schwartz	Northern Colorado	Sophomore	10^th
11.	Matt Schmitt	Missouri	Grad.	11^th
12.	Zach Price	South Dakota State	Sophomore	12th
13.	Devan Turner	Oregon State	Senior	14^th
14.	Chris Cannon	Northwestern	Freshman	NR
15.	Kyle Biscoglia	Northern Iowa	Sophomore	NR
16.	Jamie Hernandez	North Carolina	Junior	16^th
17.	Louie Hayes	Virginia	Senior	17^th
18.	Ryan Jack	NC State	Freshman	NR
19.	Jared Van Vleet	Air Force	Junior	NR
20	Mario Guillen	Ohio	Senior	20^th

141 pounds

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Jaydin Eierman	Iowa	Senior	1st
2.	Nick Lee	Penn State	Senior	2^nd
3.	Sebastian Rivera	Rutgers	Grad.	3^rd
4.	Chad Red Jr.	Nebraska	Senior	4^th
5.	Kaid Brock	Oklahoma State	Senior	5^th
6.	Allen Hart	Missouri	Junior	6^th
7.	Ian Parker	Iowa State	Senior	7^th
8.	Dom Demas	Oklahoma	Junior	8^th
9.	Tariq Wilson	NC State	Senior	10^th
10.	Zachary Sherman	North Carolina	Junior	9^th
11.	Dylan Duncan	Illinois	Senior	11^th
12.	Cody Trybus	Navy	Senior	12^th
13.	D.J. Loren	Fresno State	Senior	13^th
14.	Grant Willits	Oregon State	Junior	15^th
15.	Brian Courtney	Virginia	Junior	20^th
16.	Cole Matthews	Pittsburgh	Sophomore	14^th
17.	Dresden Simon	Central Michigan	Senior	NR
18.	Pete Lipari	Arizona State	Senior	18^th
19.	Derek Spann	Buffalo	Senior	16^th
20.	Zach Trampe	Binghamton	Senior	NR

149 pounds

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Austin O`Connor	North Carolina	Junior	1st
2.	Sammy Sasso	Ohio State	Sophomore	2^nd
3.	Brock Mauller	Missouri	Junior	3^rd
4.	Boo Lewallen	Oklahoma State	Senior	4^th
5.	Jarrett Degen	Iowa State	Senior	5^th
6.	Andrew Alirez	Northern Colorado	Sophomore	6^th
7.	Max Murin	Iowa	Junior	7^th
8.	Kanen Storr	Michigan	Senior	8^th
9.	Mike Carr	Illinois	Junior	9^th
10.	Griffin Parriott	Purdue	Senior	10^th
11.	Jonathan Millner	Appalachian State	Junior	12^th
12.	Bryce Andonian	Virginia Tech	Sophomore	13^th
13.	Yahya Thomas	Northwestern	Junior	14^th
14.	Graham Rooks	Indiana	Sophomore	15^th
15.	Jaden Abas	Stanford	RS Freshman	16^th
16.	Jarod Verkleeren	Penn State	Junior	11^th
17.	Joshua Heil	Campbell	Senior	17^th
18.	Mitch Moore	Oklahoma	Junior	18^th
19.	Casey Cobb	Navy	Senior	20^th
20.	Tanner Smith	Chattanooga	Junior	NR

157 pounds

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Ryan Deakin	Northwestern	Senior	1st
2.	Hayden Hidlay	NC State	Senior	2^nd
3.	David Carr	Iowa State	Sophomore	3^rd
4.	Jesse Dellavecchia	Rider	Grad	4^th
5.	Kaleb Young	Iowa	Senior	8^th
6.	Brayton Lee	Minnesota	Sophomore	9^th
7.	Kendall Coleman	Purdue	Sophomore	5^th
8.	Josh Humphreys	Lehigh	Junior	6^th
9.	Wyatt Sheets	Oklahoma State	Junior	7^th
10.	Will Lewan	Michigan	Sophomore	10^th
11.	Jacori Teemer	Arizona State	Sophomore	12^th
12.	Justin Thomas	Oklahoma	Senior	11^th
13.	Jarrett Jacques	Missouri	Junior	13^th
14.	Brady Berge	Penn State	Junior	14^th
15.	Jared Franek	North Dakota St.	Sophomore	15^th
16.	Requir Van der Merwe	Stanford	Senior	NR
17.	Markus Hartman	Army West Point	Junior	16^th
18.	Hunter Willits	Oregon State	Junior	17^th
19.	Justin McCoy	Virginia	Sophomore	18^th
20.	Jacob Wright	Wyoming	Junior	19^th

165 pounds

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Mekhi Lewis	Virginia Tech	Sophomore	1st
2.	Alex Marinelli	Iowa	Senior	2^nd
3.	Shane Griffith	Stanford	Sophomore	3^rd
4.	Travis Wittlake	Oklahoma State	Sophomore	4^th
5.	Anthony Valencia	Arizona State	Senior	5^th
6.	Tanner Skidgel	Navy	Senior	6^th
7.	Zach Hartman	Bucknell	Junior	7^th
8.	Dan Braunagel	Illinois	Sophomore	8^th
9.	Ethan Smith	Ohio State	Junior	9^th
10.	Jake Wentzel	Pittsburgh	Senior	10^th
11.	Kennedy Monday	North Carolina	Senior	11^th
12.	Keegan O’Toole	Missouri	Freshman	12^th
13.	Andrew Sparks	Minnesota	Freshman	13^th
14.	Jake Keating	Virginia	Senior	14^th
15.	Thomas Bullard	NC State	Senior	15^th
16.	Tanner Cook	South Dakota State	Sophomore	16^th
17.	Peyton Robb	Nebraska	Sophomore	17^th
18.	Joe Lee	Penn State	RS Freshman	18^th
19.	Cameron Amine	Michigan	RS Freshman	19^th
20.	Jake Tucker	Michigan State	Senior	20^th

174 pounds

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Michael Kemerer	Iowa	Grad.	1st
2.	Logan Massa	Michigan	Senior	2^nd
3.	Mikey Labriola	Nebraska	Junior	3^rd
4.	Kaleb Romero	Ohio State	Junior	4^th
5.	Demetrius Romero	Utah Valley	Senior	5^th
6.	Matt Finesilver	Duke	Junior	7^th
7.	Carter Starocci	Penn State	RS Freshman	6^th
8.	Daniel Bullard	NC State	Senior	9^th
9.	Jacob Oliver	Edinboro	Junior	NR
10.	Devin Kane	North Carolina	Senior	8^th
11.	Andrew McNally	Kent State	Senior	10^th
12.	Trey Munoz	Arizona State	RS Freshmen	11^th
13.	Dustin Plott	Oklahoma State	Freshman	12^th
14.	Hayden Hastings	Wyoming	Junior	13^th
15.	Jackson Hemauer	Northern Colorado	Junior	14^th
16.	Sage Heller	Hofstra	Senior	15^th
17.	Julien Broderson	Iowa State	RS Freshmen	18^th
18.	Michael O`Malley	Drexel	Sophomore	17^th
19.	Lance Runyon	Northern Iowa	RS Freshman	19^th
20.	Thomas Flitz	Appalachian State	Senior	20^th

184 pounds

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Myles Amine	Michigan	Grad	1st
2.	Hunter Bolen	Virginia Tech	Junior	2^nd
3.	Aaron Brooks	Penn State	Sophomore	3^rd
4	Trent Hidlay	NC State	Sophomore	4^th
5.	Lou Deprez	Binghamton	Junior	5^th
6	Chris Weiler	Wisconsin	Senior	8^th
7.	Parker Keckeisen	Northern Iowa	RS Freshman	13^th
8.	Dakota Geer	Oklahoma State	Senior	6^th
9.	Zach Braunagel	Illinois	Sophomore	10^th
10.	Nelson Brands	Iowa	Sophomore	7^th
11.	Taylor Venz	Nebraska	Senior	9^th
12.	Brit Wilson	Northern Illinois	Junior	11^th
13.	Jeremiah Kent	Missouri	Sophomore	12^th
14.	Tanner Harvey	American	Senior	14^th
15.	Clay Lautt	North Carolina	Junior	16^th
16.	Sam Colbray	Iowa State	Senior	17^th
17.	Owen Webster	Minnesota	Grad	NR
18.	Tate Samuelson	Wyoming	Junior	19^th
19.	Max Lyon	Purdue	Senior	18^th
20.	John Poznanski	Rutgers	Freshman	NR

197 pounds

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Noah Adams	West Virginia	Junior	1st
2.	Eric Schultz	Nebraska	Senior	2^nd
3.	Jacob Warner	Iowa	Junior	3^rd
4.	Tanner Sloan	South Dakota State.	Sophomore	7^th
5.	Nino Bonaccorsi	Pittsburgh	Junior	8^th
6.	Jay Aiello	Virginia	Senior	4^th
7.	Greg Bulsak	Clarion	Senior	6^th
8.	Cameron Caffey	Michigan State	Junior	5^th
9.	A.J. Ferrari	Oklahoma State	Freshman	12^th
10.	Lucas Davison	Northwestern	Sophomore	11^th
11.	Kordell Norfleet	Arizona State	Junior	9^th
12.	Jake Woodley	Oklahoma	Junior	13^th
13.	Rocky Elam	Missouri	Freshman	14^th
14.	Stephen Buchanan	Wyoming	Sophomore	15^th
15.	Isaac Trumble	NC State	Freshmen	16^th
16.	JT Brown	Army West Point	Junior	17^th
17.	Michael Beard	Penn State	RS Freshman	18^th
18.	Jacob Seely	Northern Colorado	Senior	19^th
19.	Gavin Hoffman	Ohio State	Sophomore	20^th
20.	Yonger Bastida	Iowa State	Freshman	NR

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Gable Steveson	Minnesota	Junior	1st
2.	Mason Parris	Michigan	Junior	2^nd
3.	Tony Cassioppi	Iowa	Sophomore	3^rd
4.	Matt Stencel	Central Michigan	Senior	4^th
5	Gannon Gremmel	Iowa State	Senior	6^th
6.	Carter Isley	Northern Iowa	Senior	8^th
7.	Tate Orndorff	Ohio State	Junior	9^th
8.	Zach Elam	Missouri	Sophomore	10^th
9.	Trent Hillger	Wisconsin	Junior	7^th
10.	Luke Luffman	Illinois	Sophomore	11^th
11.	Seth Nevills	Penn State	Sophomore	NR
12.	Cohlton Schultz	Arizona State	RS Freshman	12^th
13	Brian Andrews	Wyoming	Senior	13^th
14.	Christian Lance	Nebraska	Senior	15^th
15.	John Borst	Virginia Tech	Junior	14^th
16.	Deonte Wilson	NC State	Junior	17^th
17.	Josh Heindselman	Oklahoma	RS Freshman	NR
18.	Brandon Metz	North Dakota State	Junior	18^th
19.	Ethan Laird	Rider	Senior	19^th
20.	Quinn Miller	Virginia	Junior	20^th