InterMat College Wrestling Individual Rankings updated after Week 12
The latest InterMat college wrestling individual rankings were updated after Week 12 of the regular season.
Once again, there’s a new No. 1 wrestler at 125 pounds, the wildest weight class of the season. Not only that, some other guys made some serious waves over the weekend.
Let’s not waste any time and dive into the latest set of individual rankings across the weight classes.
125 pounds
1. Matt Ramos – Purdue (2)
2. Luke Stanich – Lehigh (3)
3. Eric Barnett – Wisconsin (4)
4. Braeden Davis – Penn State (14)
5. Drake Ayala – Iowa (1)
6. Cooper Flynn – Virginia Tech (8)
7. Noah Surtin – Missouri (9)
8. Jore Volk – Wyoming (6)
9. Anthony Noto – Lock Haven (10)
10. Richie Figueroa – Arizona State (11)
Ramos is back on top following his win over Ayala, last week’s No. 1. So once again, this weight class is all over the place. The biggest move is Davis, who’s now in the top four as a freshman and Penn State might’ve solved its 125 problem.
133 pounds
1. Ryan Crookham – Lehigh (1)
2. Vito Arujau – Cornell (2)
3. Daton Fix – Oklahoma State (3)
4. Dylan Ragusin – Michigan (6)
5. Aaron Nagao – Penn State (4)
6. Kai Orine – NC State (5)
7. Evan Frost – Iowa State (7)
8. Dylan Shawver – Rutgers (8)
9. Zeth Romney – Cal Poly (9)
10. Michael Colaiocco – UPenn (10)
Ragusin moved up a couple of spots and remained undefeated with wins over Nagao and Shawver this weekend. Other than that, this weight class stood pat for the most part in the top 10.
141 pounds
1. Real Woods – Iowa (1)
2. Beau Bartlett – Penn State (2)
3. Jesse Mendez – Ohio State (3)
4. Ryan Jack – NC State (4)
5. Lachlan McNeil – North Carolina (5)
6. Cael Happel – Northern Iowa (6)
7. Brock Hardy – Nebraska (8)
8. Anthony Echemendia – Iowa State (10)
9. Tagen Jamison – Oklahoma State (7)
10. Jordan Titus – West Virginia (9)
The top six remained intact this week but there was some movement within the top 10. Echemendia is 13-3 and now in the top eight, pushing others down a peg.
149 pounds
1. Ridge Lovett – Nebraska (1)
2. Caleb Henson – Virginia Tech (2)
3. Jackson Arrington – NC State (3)
4. Kyle Parco – Arizona State (4)
5. Chance Lamer – Cal Poly (5)
6. Austin Gomez – Michigan (6)
7. Ty Watters – West Virginia (7)
8. Kannon Webster – Illinois (8)
9. Dylan D’Emilio – Ohio State (9)
10. Casey Swiderski – Iowa State (10)
Amazingly, this weight class saw no changes this week. Lovett is still undefeated and Gomez remained at No. 6 despite wrestling just three matches this year since his return. Expect some changes with Big Ten wrestlers going at it over the next couple of weeks.
157 pounds
1. Levi Haines – Penn State (1)
2. Jared Franek – Iowa (2)
3. Vince Zerban – Northern Colorado (4)
4. Jacori Teemer – Arizona State (5)
5. Brock Mauller – Missouri (6)
6. Michael Blockhus – Minnesota (10)
7. Ed Scott – NC State (7)
8. Bryce Andonian – Virginia Tech (8)
9. Peyton Robb – Nebraska (3)
10. Will Lewan – Michigan (9)
Blockhus made the most noise this weekend and is now 9-1 on the year. It shifted the rankings in the top 10 as Robb dropped from No. 3 to 9. Haines and Franek remained the top two guys though.
165 pounds
1. Keegan O’Toole – Missouri (1)
2. Julian Ramirez – Cornell (3)
3. David Carr – Iowa State (3)
4. Izzak Olejnik – Oklahoma State (4)
5. Dean Hamiti – Wisconsin (5)
6. Mikey Caliendo – Iowa (6)
7. Mitchell Mesenbrink – Penn State (9)
8. Peyton Hall – West Virginia (8)
9. Caleb Fish – Michigan State (10)
10. Cameron Amine – Michigan (7)
The top six stayed put this week but Mesenbrink made more noise. The redshirt freshman is 13-0 and could very well be in the mix for the NCAA finals in March. Fish also moved up a spot and is 17-5 on the year.
174 pounds
1. Carter Starocci – Penn State (1)
2. Mekhi Lewis – Virginia Tech (2)
3. Edmond Ruth – Illinois (3)
4.Shane Griffith – Michigan (4)
5. Cade DeVos – South Dakota State (5)
6. Peyton Mocco – Missouri (6)
7. Nick Incontrera – Penn (7)
8. Phil Conigliaro – Harvard (8)
9. Patrick Kennedy – Iowa (9)
10. Adam Kemp – Cal Poly (10)
The top 10 stayed the same across the board this week. Starocci and Lewis only wrestled 13 matches combined this season, hence why the coaches rankings don’t have those guys in right now. Griffith wrestled just against Penn State’s backup Friday and took Sunday off.
184 pounds
1. Parker Keckeisen – Northern Iowa (1)
2. Dustin Plott – Oklahoma State (2)
3. Lenny Pinto – Nebraska (3)
4. Trey Munoz – Oregon State (4)
5. Bernie Truax – Penn State (5)
6. Isaiah Salazar – Minnesota (10)
7. Dylan Fishback – NC State (6)
8. Sam Wolf – Air Force (7)
9. Chris Foca – Cornell (8)
10. Will Feldkamp – Iowa State (9)
Salazar is here to stay and is now 13-1 on the season. The steady improvement from the Gopher is amazing to watch and he gets four spots higher this week. He was the notable change in the top 10.
197 pounds
1. Aaron Brooks – Penn State (1)
2. Stephen Buchanan – Oklahoma (2)
3. Rocky Elam – Missouri (3)
4. Trent Hidlay – NC State (4)
5. Jaxon Smith – Maryland (5)
6. Tanner Sloan – South Dakota State (6)
7. Michael Beard – Lehigh (7)
8. Jacob Cardenas – Cornell (8)
9. John Poznanski – Rutgers (9)
10. Luke Stout – Princeton (10)
Another weight class without any changes this week as Brooks is still the class of the weight. He’s just 8-0 though and Buchanan is an outstanding 20-0 this year. The other undefeated wrestlers in the top 10 are Elam, Hidlay and Poznanski.
285 pounds
1. Greg Kerkvliet – Penn State (1)
2. Wyatt Hendrickson – Air Force (2)
3. Yonger Bastida – Iowa State (3)
4. Lucas Davison – Michigan (4)
5. Cohlton Schultz – Arizona State (5)
6. Zach Elam – Missouri (6)
7. Yaraslau Slavikouski – Rutgers (7)
8. Nathan Taylor – Lehigh (8)
9. Konner Docuet – Oklahoma State (9)
10. Taye Ghadiali – Campbell (10)
And finally, heavyweight saw no changes either. Kerkvliet, Hendrickson, Bastida and Elam are all unbeaten at the moment. Slavikouski stayed at No. 7 despite his first loss, to No. 4 Davison.
It’s almost February folks, which means there’s going to be a lot of movement before the conference tournaments. Get ready. For the full set of rankings, click HERE.