WIN’s First Regular-Season Rankings include 34 Newcomers, 9 Freshmen
Photo: Stanford freshman Tyler Knox, fresh off an upset of Iowa’s Drake Ayala, is now ranked No. 10 at 133 pounds in WIN Magazine’s first weekly rankings of 2024-25. He is also one of two Cardinal freshmen and 34 newcomers who appeared in the rankings. (Stanford photo)
NEWTON, Iowa — The college season has been going on for two weeks and opened the door for 34 wrestlers to join WIN Magazine’s Nov. 11 NCAA Division I Individual Rankings and Tournament Power Index, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.
Among those newcomers are six who are ranked in the Top 10 of their weight classes: Chris Cannon (Northwestern) and Tyler Knox (Stanford) at 133; Casey Swiderski (Iowa State) at 141; Lorenzo Norman (Stanford) and Carson Kharchla (Ohio State) at 174; and Gabe Arnold (Iowa) at 184.
Knox, Norman and Arnold are also among nine freshmen in WIN’s first weekly rankings. The others include Illinois’ Kannon Webster and Penn’s Cross Wasilewski at 149 pounds, Cornell’s Simon Ruiz at 174, Minnesota’s Max McEnelly at 184, Iowa State’s Christian Carroll at 197 and Iowa’s Ben Kueter at heavyweight.
All wrestlers, ranked No. 1 at their weight in WIN’s preseason ranking, remain on top at their weights. That includes former national champs Richard Figueroa (125) of Arizona State, Jesse Mendez (141) of Ohio State, Caleb Henson (149) of Virginia Tech, Keegan O’Toole (174) of Missouri, Carter Starocci (184) of Penn State and Greg Kerkvliet (Hwt) of Penn State. Other defending champs Levi Haines (Penn State) and Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) are rated No. 2, respectively, at 174 and 184 pounds.
Defending national champ Penn State remains No. 1 in WIN’s Tournament Power Index, which is team-race prediction at this point in the season for the 2025 NCAA Division I Championships, March 20-22, in Philadelphia; and based on where their wrestlers are ranked in WIN’s individual ratings.
The following is a breakdown of those individual TPI points per ranking: 20 for 1st, 16 for 2nd, 13.5 for 3rd, 12.5 for 4th, 10 for 5th, 9 for 6th, 6.5 for 7th and 5.5 for 8th. Wrestlers ranked 9-12 earn two points each, followed by one and a half points for wrestlers ranked 13-16 and one point for those ranked 17-20.
The Nittany Lions, which feature nine ranked wrestlers and eight ranked in the Top 8 of their weight class, earned 125.5 TPI points in these rankings.
The other top four teams include Iowa (85), Oklahoma State (67.5), Iowa State (52) and Nebraska (51).
WIN Magazine will announce its first dual rankings on Dec. 2.
Tournament Power Index
| Rk. | School | Total | Top 8 | TPI |
| Rank | Rank | Points | ||
| 1. | Penn State | 9 | 8 | 125.5 |
| 2. | Iowa | 8 | 6 | 85 |
| 3. | Oklahoma State | 8 | 6 | 67.5 |
| 4. | Iowa State | 9 | 4 | 52 |
| 5. | Nebraska | 7 | 4 | 51 |
| 6. | Virginia Tech | 9 | 3 | 48.5 |
| 7. | Missouri | 7 | 3 | 46 |
| 8. | Ohio State | 7 | 3 | 45.5 |
| 9. | South Dakota State | 6 | 4 | 44.5 |
| 10. | Lehigh | 5 | 3 | 39 |
| 11t. | Cornell | 6 | 2 | 35 |
| 11t. | Northern Iowa | 7 | 3 | 35 |
| 13. | Michigan | 5 | 2 | 33.5 |
| 14. | Minnesota | 8 | 3 | 31 |
| 15. | Arizona State | 2 | 2 | 30 |
| 16. | West Virginia | 4 | 2 | 29.5 |
| 17t. | Little Rock | 4 | 2 | 29 |
| 17t. | Rutgers | 6 | 3 | 29 |
| 19. | Northern Colorado | 4 | 2 | 27.5 |
| 20. | Stanford | 5 | 2 | 20.5 |
| 21. | Illinois | 7 | 1 | 18.5 |
| 22. | Wyoming | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| 23. | Purdue | 3 | 1 | 15.5 |
| 24. | Ohio | 2 | 1 | 14.5 |
| 25. | Pitt | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 26t. | CSU Bakersfield | 1 | 1 | 12.5 |
| 26t. | NC State | 6 | 1 | 12.5 |
| 28. | Northwestern | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 29. | Oregon State | 3 | 1 | 9.5 |
| 30t. | Oklahoma | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 30t. | Penn | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 30t. | Utah Valley | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 33. | Cal Poly | 3 | 1 | 8.5 |
| 34. | Appalachian State | 1 | 1 | 5.5 |
| 35. | North Carolina | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 36t. | Campbell | 3 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 36t. | Maryland | 3 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 38. | Navy | 2 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 39t. | Binghamton | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 39t. | Princeton | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 41t. | Indiana | 2 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 41t. | Lock Haven | 2 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 43t. | Army West Point | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 43t. | Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 43t. | George Mason | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 46t. | Columbia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 46t. | Harvard | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 46t. | SIU-Edwardsville | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 46t. | Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Individual Rankings
125 Pounds
| Wt | Name | School | Yr. | Previous |
| 1. | Richard Figueroa | Arizona State | Jr. | 1st |
| 2. | Jore Volk | Wyoming | Jr. | 5th |
| 3. | Matt Ramos | Purdue | Sr. | 7th |
| 4. | Caleb Smith | Nebraska | Grad. | 4th |
| 5. | Tanner Jordan | South Dakota State | RS Sr. | 6th |
| 6 | Stevo Poulin | Northern Colorado | Jr. | 8th |
| 7. | Troy Spratley | Oklahoma State | So. | 9th |
| 8. | Dean Peterson | Rutgers | Sr. | 14th |
| 9. | Nico Provo | Stanford | Jr. | 11th |
| 10. | Noah Surtin | Missouri | RS Sr. | 12th |
| 11. | Brendan McCrone | Ohio State | So. | 18th |
| 12. | Sheldon Seymour | Lehigh | Jr. | NR |
| 13. | Maximo Renteria | Oregon State | Sr. | 19th |
| 14. | Eddie Ventresca | Virginia Tech | Jr. | NR |
| 15. | Kysen Terukina | Iowa State | Sr. | 16th |
| 16. | Spencer Moore | North Carolina | Jr. | NR |
| 17. | Jakob Camacho | NC State | Sr. | 10th |
| 18. | Nick Babin | Pitt | RS Sr. | NR |
| 19. | Cooper Flynn | Minnesota | Jr. | 13th |
| 20. | Trever Anderson | Northern Iowa | So. | NR |
133 pounds
| Wt | Name | School | Yr. | Previous |
| 1. | Ryan Crookham | Lehigh | So. | 1st |
| 2. | Nasir Bailey | Little Rock | So. | 2nd |
| 3. | Dylan Ragusin | Michigan | Grad. | 3rd |
| 4. | Evan Frost | Iowa State | So. | 4th |
| 5. | Dylan Shawver | Rutgers | Sr. | 6th |
| 6. | Lucas Byrd | Illinois | Sr. | 10th |
| 7. | Chris Cannon | Northwestern | Sr. | NR |
| 8. | Aaron Nagao | Penn State | Jr. | 8th |
| 9. | Drake Ayala | Iowa | Jr. | 5th |
| 10. | Tyler Knox | Stanford | RS Fr. | NR |
| 11. | Tyler Wells | Minnesota | So. | 11th |
| 12. | Jacob Van Dee | Nebraska | So. | 12th |
| 13. | Ethan Oakley | North Carolina | Jr. | 13th |
| 14. | Anthony Noto | Lock Haven | Sr. | 2nd/125 |
| 15. | Domenic Zaccone | Campbell | Grad. | 15th |
| 16. | Cleveland Belton | Oklahoma | Sr. | 16th/141 |
| 17. | Connor McGonagle | Virginia Tech | Grad. | 17th |
| 18. | Brett Ungar | Cornell | Jr. | NR |
| 19. | Zeth Romney | Cal Poly | So. | 19th |
| 20. | Dominick Serrano | Northern Colorado | Jr. | 20th |
141 Pounds
| Wt | Name | School | Yr. | Previous |
| 1. | Jesse Mendez | Ohio State | Jr. | 1st |
| 2. | Andrew Alirez | Northern Colorado | Grad. | 2nd |
| 3. | Beau Bartlett | Penn State | Sr. | 3rd |
| 4. | Brock Hardy | Nebraska | Jr. | 4th |
| 5. | Casey Swiderski | Iowa State | Jr. | NR |
| 6. | Vance VomBaur | Minnesota | Jr. | 8th |
| 7. | Cael Happel | Northern Iowa | Sr. | 9th |
| 8. | Tagen Jamison | Oklahoma State | So. | 9th/149 |
| 9. | Sergio Lemley | Michigan | So. | 10th |
| 10. | Josh Konderhandt | Navy | Sr. | 11th |
| 11. | Josh Edmond | Missouri | Jr. | 12th |
| 12. | Mosha Schwartz | Oklahoma | RS Sr. | NR |
| 13. | CJ Composto | Penn | Sr. | 19th |
| 14. | Kai Orine | NC State | RS Sr. | 7th/133 |
| 15. | Jordan Titus | West Virginia | Jr. | 15th |
| 16. | Vince Cornella | Cornell | Jr. | 17th |
| 17. | Wyatt Henson | Lock Haven | Jr. | 18th |
| 18. | Sam Latona | Virginia Tech | Grad. | 14th |
| 19. | Frankie Tai-Shahar | Northwestern | RS Sr. | NR |
| 20. | Danny Pucino | Illinois | Jr. | NR |
149 Pounds
| Wt | Name | School | Yr | Previous |
| 1. | Caleb Henson | Virginia Tech | Jr. | 1st |
| 2. | Shayne Van Ness | Penn State | Jr. | 2nd |
| 3. | Ty Watters | West Virginia | So. | 3rd |
| 4. | Kyle Parco | Iowa (transfer) | Sr. | 4th |
| 5. | Ridge Lovett | Nebraska | Sr. | 5th |
| 6. | Anthony Eschemendia | Iowa State | Sr. | 5th/141 |
| 7. | Chance Lamer | Cal Poly | Jr. | 7th |
| 8. | Dylan D’Emilio | Ohio State | Sr. | 8th |
| 9. | Lachlan McNeil | North Carolina | Jr. | 6th/141 |
| 10. | Kannon Webster | Illinois | RS Fr. | NR |
| 11. | Colin Realbuto | Northern Iowa | RS Sr. | 11th |
| 12. | Jordan Williams | Little Rock | So. | 12th |
| 13. | Ty Whalen | Princeton | Jr. | NR |
| 14. | Willie McDougald | Oklahoma | Sr. | 17th |
| 15. | Logan Gioffre | Missouri | Sr. | NR |
| 16. | Alek Martin | South Dakota State | Jr. | 19th |
| 17. | Caleb Tyus | SIU-Edwardsville | Sr. | 18th |
| 18. | Joe Zargo | Wisconsin | Sr. | NR |
| 19. | Cross Wasilewski | Penn | Fr. | NR |
| 20. | Jaden Abas | Stanford | RS Sr. | 13th |
157 Pounds
| Wt | Name | School | Yr. | Previous |
| 1. | Jacori Teemer | Iowa | Grad. | 1st |
| 2. | Meyer Shapiro | Cornell | So. | 2nd |
| 3. | Tyler Kasak | Penn State | So. | 4th |
| 4. | Peyten Kellar | Ohio | Jr. | 5th |
| 5. | Antrell Taylor | Nebraska | So. | 6th |
| 6. | Tommy Askey | Minnesota | Sr. | 7th |
| 7. | Ryder Downey | Northern Iowa | So. | 9th |
| 8. | Cael Swensen | South Dakota State | Jr. | 10th |
| 9. | Paniro Johnson | Iowa State | So. | 10th/149 |
| 10. | Teague Travis | Oklahoma State | Jr. | 12th |
| 11. | Johnny Lovett | Central Michigan | Sr. | NR |
| 12. | DJ McGee | George Mason | Jr. | 13th |
| 13. | Vince Zerban | Northern Colorado | Jr. | 15th |
| 14. | Trevor Chumbley | Northwestern | RS Sr. | 16th |
| 15. | Ethen Miller | Maryland | Jr. | 15th/149 |
| 16. | Ed Scott | NC State | Sr. | 8th |
| 17. | Joey Blaze | Purdue | So. | NR |
| 18. | Chase Saldate | Michigan | Grad. | 18th |
| 19. | Jude Swisher | Penn | So. | NR |
| 20. | Jimmy Harrington | Harvard | Jr. | NR |
165 Pounds
| Wt | Name | School | Yr. | Previous |
| 1. | Mitchell Mesenbrink | Penn State | So. | 1st |
| 2. | Michael Caliendo | Iowa | Jr. | 2nd |
| 3. | Peyton Hall | West Virginia | RS Sr. | 4th |
| 4. | Julian Ramirez | Cornell | Sr. | 5th |
| 5. | Cam Amine | Oklahoma State | RS Sr. | 6th |
| 6. | Terrell Barraclough | Utah Valley | Sr. | 15th |
| 7. | Hunter Garvin | Stanford | So. | 3rd |
| 8. | Will Miller | Appalachian State | Sr. | 8th |
| 9. | M.J. Gaitan | Iowa State | So. | 12th/174 |
| 10. | Maxx Mayfield | Northwestern | Sr. | 7th |
| 11. | Garrett Thompson | Ohio | Jr. | 11th |
| 12. | Andrew Sparks | Minnesota | Sr. | 12th |
| 13. | Tyler Lillard | Indiana | So. | 13th |
| 14. | Cameron Steed | Missouri | So. | NR |
| 15. | Matt Olguin | Oregon State | Sr. | 14th |
| 16. | Max Brignola | Lehigh | Sr. | 17th/157 |
| 17. | Gunner Filipowicz | Army West Point | So. | 17th |
| 18. | Connor Brady | Virginia Tech | Sr. | 18th |
| 19. | Derek Fields | NC State | Jr. | 19th |
| 20. | Dominic Baker | Campbell | Jr. | 10th |
174 Pounds
| Wt | Name | School | Yr. | Previous |
| 1. | Keegan O’Toole | Missouri | Sr. | 1st |
| 2. | Levi Haines | Penn State | Jr. | 2nd |
| 3. | Cade Devos | South Dakota State | RS Sr. | 4th |
| 4. | Dean Hamiti | Oklahoma St. | Sr. | 5th |
| 5. | Lennox Wolak | Virginia Tech | Grad. | 6th |
| 6. | Lorenzo Norman | Stanford | RS Fr. | NR |
| 7. | Nelson Brands | Iowa | Sr. | 5th/184 |
| 8. | Nick Incontrera | Penn | Sr. | 10th |
| 9. | Carson Kharchla | Ohio State | Sr. | NR |
| 10. | Lenny Pinto | Nebraska | Jr. | 9th/184 |
| 11. | Gaven Sax | Oklahoma | Sr. | 8th |
| 12. | Simon Ruiz | Cornell | Fr. | NR |
| 13. | Jackson Turley | Rutgers | Grad. | 16th |
| 14. | Luca Augustine | Pitt | Jr. | 15th |
| 15. | Danny Wask | Navy | So. | 9th |
| 16. | Brevin Cassella | Binghamton | Sr. | 20th |
| 17. | Danny Braunagel | Illinois | RS Sr. | 11th |
| 18. | Jared Simma | Northern Iowa | Jr. | 17th |
| 19. | Clayton Whiting | Minnesota | So. | 18th |
| 20. | Brady Baumann | Purdue | So. | 19th |
184 Pounds
| Wt | Name | School | Yr | Previous |
| 1. | Carter Starocci | Penn State | RS Sr. | 1st |
| 2. | Parker Keckeisen | Northern Iowa | Sr. | 2nd |
| 3. | Dustin Plott | Oklahoma State | Sr. | 3rd |
| 4. | Bennett Berge | South Dakota State | So. | 6th |
| 5. | Thomas Stewart | Virginia Tech | So. | 8th |
| 6. | Reece Heller | Pitt | Grad. | 15th |
| 7. | Gabe Arnold | Iowa | RS Fr. | NR |
| 8. | Colton Hawks | Missouri | Jr. | 10th |
| 9. | Chris Foco | Cornell | Sr. | 12th |
| 10. | Edmond Ruth | Illinois | Sr. | 7th |
| 11. | Dylan Fishback | NC State | So. | 11th |
| 12. | Silas Allred | Nebraska | Jr. | 9th/197 |
| 13. | Max McEnelly | Minnesota | Fr. | NR |
| 14. | Jaxon Smith | Maryland | Jr. | 17th/197 |
| 15. | Ryder Rogotzke | Ohio State | So. | 16th |
| 16. | Evan Bockman | Iowa State | Sr. | 17th |
| 17. | Jaden Bullock | Michigan | Sr. | 13th |
| 18. | Brian Soldano | Rutgers | Jr. | NR |
| 19. | Aaron Ayserov | Columbia | Sr. | 14th |
| 20. | Ian Bush | West Virginia | So. | NR |
197 Pounds
| Wt | Name | School | Yr. | Previous |
| 1. | Stephen Buchanan | Iowa | Sr. | 1st |
| 2. | Jacob Cardenas | Michigan | Grad. | 2nd |
| 3. | Rocky Elam | Missouri | Sr. | 3rd |
| 4. | A.J. Ferrari | CSU Bakersfield | Jr. | 4th |
| 5. | Stephen Little | Little Rock | So. | 5th |
| 6. | Michael Beard | Lehigh | Sr. | 6th |
| 7. | Trey Munoz | Oregon State | RS Sr. | 4th/184 |
| 8. | Isaiah Salazar | Minnesota | Sr. | 7th |
| 9. | John Poznanski | Rutgers | Sr. | 8th |
| 10. | Andy Smith | Virginia Tech | RS Sr. | 10th |
| 11. | Wyatt Voelker | Northern Iowa | So. | 11th |
| 12. | Joseph Novak | Wyoming | So. | 13th |
| 13. | Zach Glazier | South Dakota State | Sr. | 16th |
| 14. | Luke Stout | Princeton | Sr. | 15th |
| 15. | Zac Braunagel | Illinois | Sr. | NR |
| 16. | Luke Surber | Oklahoma State | Sr. | 19th |
| 17. | Christian Carroll | Iowa State | RS Fr. | NR |
| 18. | Mac Stout | Pitt | So. | 18th |
| 19. | Luke Geog | Ohio State | So. | 20th |
| 20. | Lucas Cochran | Penn State | Jr. | NR |
Heavyweight
| Wt | Name | School | Yr | Previous |
| 1 | Greg Kerkvliet | Penn State | RS Sr. | 1st |
| 2. | Wyatt Hendrickson | Oklahoma State | Sr. | 2nd |
| 3. | Nick Feldman | Ohio State | So. | 3rd |
| 4. | Yonger Bastida | Iowa State | Sr. | 4th |
| 5. | Cohlton Schultz | Arizona State | RS Sr. | 5th |
| 6. | Yaraslau Slavikouski | Rutgers | Grad. | 6th |
| 7. | Nathan Taylor | Lehigh | Jr. | 8th |
| 8. | Owen Trephan | NC State | Sr. | 14th |
| 9. | Taye Ghadiali | Campbell | Grad. | 7th |
| 10. | Luke Luffman | Illinois | Sr. | 16th |
| 11. | Josh Heindselman | Oklahoma | Grad. | 10th |
| 12. | Hunter Catka | Virginia Tech | Jr. | 9th |
| 13. | Seth Nevills | Maryland | Grad. | 13th |
| 14. | Dayton Pitzer | Pitt | So. | 15th |
| 15. | Cory Day | Binghamton | Grad. | 11th |
| 16. | Ben Kueter | Iowa | RS Fr. | NR |
| 17. | Lucas Stoddard | Army West Point | So. | 17th |
| 18. | Josiah Hill | Little Rock | Sr. | 12th |
| 19. | Trevor Tinker | Cal Poly | Jr. | 18th |
| 20. | Jacob Bullock | Indiana | Grad. | 20th |
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