Upsets the Weekend of 12/18/25

[Tom McAndrew]

Please post about, and discuss, any and all upsets that take place in D1 college wrestling over this weekend. Quite a few matches between ranked wrestlers are slated to take place, between scheduled duals, the Collegiate Duals, the Reno Tournament of Champions, so it should surprise no one if there are a number of upsets.

 

[pish69]

Using Flo's latest rankings:

125: #27 Bridger Ricks (Utah Valley) DEC, 3-0, SV-1, over #13 Nicolar Rivera (Wisconsin)

133: unranked Geronimo Rivera (Utah Valley) DEC, 6-0, over #7 Zan Fuggit (Wisconsin)

 

[El_Jefe]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Using Flo's latest rankings:

125: #32 Ezekiel Witt (N. Dakota St.) DEC, 7-2, over #11 Nico Provo (Stanford)
133: unranked Brendan Ferretti (Navy) PIN, @ 0:52, over #33 Javaan Yarbrough (MSU)
133: unranked Richard Murillo (Cal Baptist) DEC, 8-3, over #30 Kyle Waterman (Drexel)
133: #7 Marcus Blaze (PSU) PIN, @ 6:44, over #6 Tyler Knox (Stanford)
149:unraned Ryan Michaels (Edinboro) DEC, 5-4, over #21 Kade Brown (Pitt)
157: #11 PJ Duke (PSU) DEC, 5-2, over #4 Daniel Cardenas (Stanford)
197: unranked Josh Barr (PSU), TF, 19-3, over #20 Angelo Posada (Stanford)
285: #31 Nate Schon (Drexel) DEC, 8-5, SV-1, over #20 Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly)

 

[o_rawdaddy]

Using Flo's latest rankings:

125: #27 Bridger Ricks (Utah Valley) DEC, 3-0, SV-1, over #13 Nicolar Rivera (Wisconsin)

133: unranked Geronimo Rivera (Utah Valley) DEC, 6-0, over #7 Zan Fuggit (Wisconsin)

Their rankings predicted Hilary to win.

 

[johnstownsteel]

Unranked Josh Barr with two wins this weekend...

 

[98lberEating2Lunches]

Unranked Josh Barr with two wins this weekend...

But only one was an upset according to the Flo ranking spreadsheet that is used to highlight significant ranking events (aka upsets) before the big caucus.

Not sure if the Flo algorithm that's been used for years limits Josh to the #20 rank (as he had been deemed an unranked wrestler, and barring other top #19 losses).

Lots of numbers get crunched after pressing recalculate before the drag and drops occur and the caucus quorum happens.

 

[amattaro]

Biggest upset of the weekend: AJ, man of the people, Ferrari, was the only Cornhusker signing autographs for kids after their dual on Friday.

 

[namenoonechose]

Unranked Josh Barr with two wins this weekend...

Yes. I was very surprised. Barr looks like he may be good at wrestling.

 

[Anon1683312534]

But only one was an upset according to the Flo ranking spreadsheet that is used to highlight significant ranking events (aka upsets) before the big caucus.

Not sure if the Flo algorithm that's been used for years limits Josh to the #20 rank (as he had been deemed an unranked wrestler, and barring other top #19 losses).

Lots of numbers get crunched after pressing recalculate before the drag and drops occur and the caucus quorum happens.

But,but Josh lost his last match last year! Lol

 

[El_Jefe]

 

[Efejle]

11th ranked P.J. Duke has had quite a run for basically such an unproven wrestler. 7th ranked Marcus Blaze has done the same. They both deserve to be treated now just like Josh Barr, and moved completely out of the top 33.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

More upsets, again using Flo's latest rankings:

125: unranked JJ Peace (American) DEC, 4-1, over #30 Richard Castro-Sandoval (CSU Bakersfield)
149: #7 Jacob Frost (Iowa St.) DEC, 4-1, SV-1, over #4 Ethan Stiles (Ohio St.)
149: unranked Riley Bower (Bucknell) PIN, ,@ 1:51, over #31 Eugene Harney (Morgan St.)
149: #13 Casey Swiderski (Okla. St.) DEC, 7-2, over #9 Chance Lamer (Nebraska)
157: unranked Meyer Shapiro (Cornell) DEC, 2-1, voer #7 Kannon Webster (Illinois)
157: unranked Meyer Shapiro (Cornell) TF, 20-3, @ 6:54, over #19 Jaivon Jones (Little Rock)
157: unranked Cade Wirnsberger (Bucknell) DEC, 3-0, over #24 Colton Washleski (UVA)
157: #6 Antrell Taylor (Nebraska) DEC, 3-2, TB-1, over #2 Landon Robideau (Okla. St.)
165: #9 Braeden Scoles (Illinois) DEC, 5-1, over #8 Max Brignola (Lehigh)
165: #21 Connor Euton (Iowa St.) DEC, 4-2, over #12 Paddy Gallagher (Ohio St.)
174: #7 Christopher Minto (Nebraska) DEC, 4-1, over #6 Alex Facundo (Okla. St.)
184: #26 Christian Hansen (Cornell) DEC, 7-3, over #20 Chris Moore (Illinois)
184: #30 Rylan Rogers (Lehigh) DEC, 4-2, over #20 Chris Moore (Illinois)
285: unranked Brenan Morgan (UVA) DEC, 17-12, over #32 Lucas Lawler (Bucknell)

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Last batch (I think) of upsets, again using Flo's latest rankings:

125: #28 Kysen Terukina (UNC) DEC, 5-3, over #16 Trever Anderson (Northern Iowa)
133: #22 Julian Farber (Northern Iowa) DEC, 11-10, TB, over #19 Ethan Oakley (UNC)
165: #20 Bryce Hepner (UNC) DEC, 7-4, over #7 Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa)
165: unranked Brock Woodcock (SIU Edwardsville) DEC, 13-7, over #33 Peyten Kellar (Oklahoma)
165: unranked Brendon Abdon (Rider) PIN, @ 0:26, over #23 Sesar Alvan (Columbia)
174: unranked Enrique Munguia (Rider) DEC, 11-6, over #31 Nick Fine (Columbia)
184: unranked Wyatt Ferguson (Central Michigan) PIN, @ 2:33, over #29 Caleb Campos (American)
285: unranked Stephan Monchery (App. St.) DEC, 6-4, over #25 Connor Barket (Duke)

 

[Joejitsu]

Facundo struggling to find some offense. The kid is gonna be a good one... no doubt but glad that Rocco landed here!

 

[Goggles Paisano]

Facundo struggling to find some offense. The kid is gonna be a good one... no doubt but glad that Rocco landed here!

Uhh Facundo is now a seasoned vet, and he has seemed to have established what he is. He had a redshirt year plus this is his third year as a starter or potential starter.

Definitely a miss given his pedigree, he had the look, P4P ranking, HS record and Freestyle chops of a multi time NC recruit. I still remember when we landed him. I was super jazzed and saw him as the next in our long line of all timers.

Alex will likely ("gonna") be a lower AA this year at best. He is one of those enigmas in my book. He has all the tools to just flip a switch and become a solid top 4 or better but just hasn't figured out how to let it rip at this level (for 4 years now).

Chels after watching his development and training regimen was predicting him as a finalist this year under DTs tutilage, he almost had me convinced, yet two months in the loses just keep piling up (again). When I watch him, I still can't get it. I predict he will probably get a big signature (upset) win here or there, but it's pretty clear he won't be able to put it together enough to run the gauntlet of a full NC bracket.

As for Rocco (184), we traded him Zach Zyder not Facundo (174). Alex left presumably due to Levi being ahead of him.

Somewhat infamously, I posted we got the bad end of the Rocco for Zach trade. If anything Zach's young career still has time, but he is starting to look a bit like more like Alex than a future NC as well. Might Cael have missed twice? Maybe, but man can he fill those holes fast.

 

[WV lion]

Uhh Facundo is now a seasoned vet, and he has seemed to have established what he is. He had a redshirt year plus this is his third year as a starter or potential starter.

Definitely a miss given his pedigree, he had the look, P4P ranking, HS record and Freestyle chops of a multi time NC recruit. I still remember when we landed him. I was super jazzed and saw him as the next in our long line of all timers.

Alex will likely ("gonna") be a lower AA this year at best. He is one of those enigmas in my book. He has all the tools to just flip a switch and become a solid top 4 or better but just hasn't figured out how to let it rip at this level (for 4 years now).

Chels after watching his development and training regimen was predicting him as a finalist this year under DTs tutilage, he almost had me convinced, yet two months in the loses just keep piling up (again). When I watch him, I still can't get it. I predict he will probably get a big signature (upset) win here or there, but it's pretty clear he won't be able to put it together enough to run the gauntlet of a full NC bracket.

As for Rocco (184), we traded him Zach Zyder not Facundo (174). Alex left presumably due to Levi being ahead of him.

Somewhat infamously, I posted we got the bad end of the Rocco for Zach trade. If anything Zach's young career still has time, but he is starting to look a bit like more like Alex than a future NC as well. Might Cael have missed twice? Maybe, but man can he fill those holes fast.

Facundo got bumped out of the lineup when a kid name mesenbrink came to town.

 

[Headlock]

Uhh Facundo is now a seasoned vet, and he has seemed to have established what he is. He had a redshirt year plus this is his third year as a starter or potential starter.

Definitely a miss given his pedigree, he had the look, P4P ranking, HS record and Freestyle chops of a multi time NC recruit. I still remember when we landed him. I was super jazzed and saw him as the next in our long line of all timers.

Alex will likely ("gonna") be a lower AA this year at best. He is one of those enigmas in my book. He has all the tools to just flip a switch and become a solid top 4 or better but just hasn't figured out how to let it rip at this level (for 4 years now).

Chels after watching his development and training regimen was predicting him as a finalist this year under DTs tutilage, he almost had me convinced, yet two months in the loses just keep piling up (again). When I watch him, I still can't get it. I predict he will probably get a big signature (upset) win here or there, but it's pretty clear he won't be able to put it together enough to run the gauntlet of a full NC bracket.

As for Rocco (184), we traded him Zach Zyder not Facundo (174). Alex left presumably due to Levi being ahead of him.

Somewhat infamously, I posted we got the bad end of the Rocco for Zach trade. If anything Zach's young career still has time, but he is starting to look a bit like more like Alex than a future NC as well. Might Cael have missed twice? Maybe, but man can he fill those holes fast.

Success isn't never making a mistake, rather it's what you do about it! Looks like the fix is in.

 

[Joejitsu]

Uhh Facundo is now a seasoned vet, and he has seemed to have established what he is. He had a redshirt year plus this is his third year as a starter or potential starter.

Definitely a miss given his pedigree, he had the look, P4P ranking, HS record and Freestyle chops of a multi time NC recruit. I still remember when we landed him. I was super jazzed and saw him as the next in our long line of all timers.

Alex will likely ("gonna") be a lower AA this year at best. He is one of those enigmas in my book. He has all the tools to just flip a switch and become a solid top 4 or better but just hasn't figured out how to let it rip at this level (for 4 years now).

Chels after watching his development and training regimen was predicting him as a finalist this year under DTs tutilage, he almost had me convinced, yet two months in the loses just keep piling up (again). When I watch him, I still can't get it. I predict he will probably get a big signature (upset) win here or there, but it's pretty clear he won't be able to put it together enough to run the gauntlet of a full NC bracket.

As for Rocco (184), we traded him Zach Zyder not Facundo (174). Alex left presumably due to Levi being ahead of him.

Somewhat infamously, I posted we got the bad end of the Rocco for Zach trade. If anything Zach's young career still has time, but he is starting to look a bit like more like Alex than a future NC as well. Might Cael have missed twice? Maybe, but man can he fill those holes fast.

my bad..... I was thinking Ryder
but both of them look like they have all the talent in the world... just no offense....
if they find it... Facundo and Ryder could both be dangerous but until they find it. They seem to right outside of the AA pack
Agreed that Ryder has some more time to put it together but may also say why Cael was open to filling those holes

Hes playing chess not checkers, right!

 

[The Pitchfork Rebel]

Unranked Josh Barr with two wins this weekend...

Shocking when a guy comes completely out of nowhere like that huh? /s

 

[PSUbluTX]

Biggest upset of the weekend: AJ, man of the people, Ferrari, was the only Cornhusker signing autographs for kids after their dual on Friday.

Did you double check his autograph?

I kid, I kid. I'm sure your sweet little girls are perfectly safe after their brush with AJF.

 

[The Pitchfork Rebel]

Did you double check his autograph?

I kid, I kid. I'm sure your sweet little girls are perfectly safe after their brush with AJF.

I want to see him pinned. Doesn't look like there's anybody on Nebraska's schedule that can do that.

 

[SRATH]

But,but Josh lost his last match last year! Lol

Yeah, he is only 2-1 in his last 3 matches. Maybe top 10-15.

 

[a_mshaffer]

Uhh Facundo is now a seasoned vet, and he has seemed to have established what he is. He had a redshirt year plus this is his third year as a starter or potential starter.

Definitely a miss given his pedigree, he had the look, P4P ranking, HS record and Freestyle chops of a multi time NC recruit. I still remember when we landed him. I was super jazzed and saw him as the next in our long line of all timers.

Alex will likely ("gonna") be a lower AA this year at best. He is one of those enigmas in my book. He has all the tools to just flip a switch and become a solid top 4 or better but just hasn't figured out how to let it rip at this level (for 4 years now).

Chels after watching his development and training regimen was predicting him as a finalist this year under DTs tutilage, he almost had me convinced, yet two months in the loses just keep piling up (again). When I watch him, I still can't get it. I predict he will probably get a big signature (upset) win here or there, but it's pretty clear he won't be able to put it together enough to run the gauntlet of a full NC bracket.

As for Rocco (184), we traded him Zach Zyder not Facundo (174). Alex left presumably due to Levi being ahead of him.

Somewhat infamously, I posted we got the bad end of the Rocco for Zach trade. If anything Zach's young career still has time, but he is starting to look a bit like more like Alex than a future NC as well. Might Cael have missed twice? Maybe, but man can he fill those holes fast.

I like Facundo. THought he 'finished' too many shots OB, thus not finishing. We'll see how he does. Good kid