Pyles, the guy who ranked Jimmy Gulibon #1 at 141 a decade ago, must be doing the rankings…..
I am sure it will correct itself relatively soon. You just have to understand that the rankings just replaced Barr with a freshman in Mirasola and Kasak with another freshman in Duke. Both guys are very solid, but there SHOULD be a very large expected gap until either, or both, do something to clearly show the gap isn't that wide.
Meanwhile, tOSU has most certainly done a LOT early to make themselves look really good. Their recent track record in March makes it VERY likely they don't sniff this spot when it matters, but RIGHT NOW, they are where they should be.
Comparing the lineups, I definitely still believe PSU wins comfortably but this lineup looks much more "touchable" than one with Barr and Kasak:
PSU-Looking at that roster a LOT comes down to how the freshmen perform(Blaze is a lock for top 5), especially Duke and the 2 Mirasolas perform. If they fizzle it can be relatively close. If they AA, PSU runs away with it, which they could possibly do, even if they fizzle, due to a lot of bonus from their hammers...
125: Lilledahl (2)
133: Blaze (7)
141: Nagao (11)
149: Van Ness (1)
157: Duke (11)
165: Mesenbrink (1)
174: Haines (1)
184: Welsh (4)
197: Mirasola (10)
285: Mirasola (14)
tOSU-8 out of 10 guys are ranked top 6 and the other 2 are 9th and 12th, if they actually place to their, so far, EARNED rankings they would be very hard to beat.
125: Bouzakis (5)
133: Davino (2)
141: Mendez (1)
149: Stiles (4)
157: Cannon (5)
165: Gallagher (12)
174: Kharchla (4)
184: Fishback (6)
197: Geog (9)
285: Feldman (3)
Iowa-So much hinges on what the Little Rock guys do when it matters. Iowa will almost certainly need at least 1 of the 2 to finish on the podium to finish top 3 in March. But, for now, they have 9 out of 10 ranked to AA and the 10th in the blood round. Pretty sure damn near every Iowa fan would take that finish right now if they could!
125: Peterson (7)
133: Ayala (4)
141: Bailey (10)
149: Block (6)
157: Williams (8)
165: Caliendo (3)
174: Kennedy (3)
184: Ferrari (1)
197: Endene (3)
285: Kueter (5)