InterMat College Wrestling Individual Rankings updated after Week 15
InterMat released its latest individual college wrestling rankings after Week 15 of the season and there was some movement within the top 10 of the weight classes.
However, there are no new No. 1 wrestlers this week. At least those guys avoided upsets but there were some in an interesting weekend.
Let’s dive into the latest individual rankings via InterMat.
125 pounds
1. Matt Ramos – Purdue (1)
2. Luke Stanich – Lehigh (3)
3. Eric Barnett – Wisconsin (4)
4. Cooper Flynn – Virginia Tech (5)
5. Drake Ayala – Iowa (7)
6. Braeden Davis – Penn State (2)
7. Stevo Poulin – Northern Colorado (8)
8. Noah Surtin – Missouri ()
9. Jore Volk – Wyoming (10)
10. Troy Spratley – Oklahoma State (11)
The big change is Davis dropped from No. 2 to 6. He had some close calls, especially Monday night against Rutgers’ Dean Peterson, which could’ve been a loss in regulation if there was video review. However, he bounced back with a win in sudden victory. Everyone else moved up and Stanich, another freshman, is right on Ramos’ tail.
133 pounds
1. Ryan Crookham – Lehigh (1)
2. Vito Arujau – Cornell (2)
3. Daton Fix – Oklahoma State (3)
4. Kai Orine – NC State (5)
5. Dylan Ragusin – Michigan (4)
6. Nasir Bailey – Little Rock (7)
7. Evan Frost – Iowa State (8)
8. Michael Colaiocco – UPenn (9)
9. Dylan Shawver – Rutgers (10)
10. Nic Bouzakis – Ohio State (11)
Orine moves up a spot and switches with Ragusin in this week’s rankings. Otherwise, there was little shifting this week. Shawver moved up a spot with a win over Penn State’s Aaron Nagao and Bouzakis is back in the top 10.
141 pounds
1. Beau Bartlett – Penn State (1)
2. Real Woods – Iowa (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 (7)
8. Tagen Jamison – Oklahoma State (9)
9. Anthony Echemendia – Iowa State (8)
10. Sergio Lemley – Michigan (10)
This weight class stayed the same this week. Bartlett remained undefeated with a win over Woods and Rutgers backup Max Hermes Monday night, a close call. Woods has two losses but remained No. 2, ahead of Mendez (21-2).
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. Austin Gomez – Michigan (6)
6. Casey Swiderski – Iowa State (7)
7. Ty Watters – West Virginia (8)
8. Caleb Rathjen – Iowa (12)
9. Tyler Kasak – Penn State (10)
10. Dylan D’Emilio – Ohio State (11)
Chance Lamer (Cal Poly) is out while everyone shifts up. Rathjen joined the top 10 party after some solid performances. D’Emilio is back in the top 10 after some movement in the latter half of the top 10. Lovett is still the guy to beat after he took out Gomez.
157 pounds
1. Levi Haines – Penn State (1)
2. Vince Zerban – Northern Colorado (2)
3. Jacori Teemer – Arizona State (3)
4. Michael Blockhus – Minnesota (4)
5. Jared Franek – Iowa (5)
6. Meyer Shapiro – Cornell (6)
7. Peyton Robb – Nebraska (7)
8. Daniel Cardenas – Stanford (8)
9. Bryce Andonian – Virginia Tech (9)
10. Will Lewan – Michigan (10)
No movement this week as the top 10 remained the same going into Week 16. Haines and Zerban are undefeated while others try to catch up. Lewan, just 7-5, is on the cusp of dropping out of the top 10, but he still has high quality wins.
165 pounds
1. Keegan O’Toole – Missouri (1)
2. David Carr – Iowa State (2)
3. Izzak Olejnik – Oklahoma State (3)
4. Julian Ramirez – Cornell (4)
5. Dean Hamiti – Wisconsin (5)
6. Mitchell Mesenbrink – Penn State (7)
7. Mikey Caliendo – Iowa (6)
8. Peyton Hall – West Virginia (8)
9. Caleb Fish – Michigan State (9)
10. Cameron Amine – Michigan (10)
Messenbrink and Caliendo flipped spots after the Nittany Lions’ head to head win. Otherwise, the spots stayed the same this week. Once again, everyone is chasing O’Toole for that top spot in March.
174 pounds
1. Carter Starocci – Penn State (1)
2. Mekhi Lewis – Virginia Tech (2)
3. Shane Griffith – Michigan (3)
4. Cade DeVos – South Dakota State (4)
5. Phil Conigliaro – Harvard (5)
6. Nick Incontrera – Penn (6)
7. Patrick Kennedy – Iowa (7)
8. Edmond Ruth – Illinois (8)
9. Adam Kemp – Cal Poly (9)
10. Peyton Mocco – Missouri (10)
Another weight class with no changes this week. Starocci and Lewis are undefeated still and could very well meet in the NCAA finals once again. Griffith has just the one loss as does DeVos and Conigliaro.
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. Isaiah Salazar – Minnesota (5)
6. Bernie Truax – Penn State (6)
7. Chris Foca – Cornell (7)
8. Will Feldkamp – Iowa State (8)
9. Reece Heller – Pittsburgh (9)
10. Dylan Fishback – NC State (10)
Another weight class, and yes, no changes in the top 10 this week. In fact, unless you scroll all the way to the bottom of the top 33, there are no changes in the top 30 guys! Keckeisen is the lone undefeated wrestler here.
197 pounds
1. Aaron Brooks – Penn State (1)
2. Trent Hidlay – NC State (3)
3. Michael Beard – Lehigh (4)
4. Jaxon Smith – Maryland (5)
5. Tanner Sloan – South Dakota State (6)
6. Stephen Buchanan – Oklahoma (2)
7. Jacob Cardenas – Cornell (7)
8. Rocky Elam – Missouri (8)
9. Stephen Little – Little Rock (9)
10. Louie DePrez – Binghamton (10)
A big change! Buchanan suffered his first loss and dropped to No. 6 this week. Brooks and Hidlay are still undefeated of course. Everyone else moves up but the top 10 stayed the same with the same names.
285 pounds
1. Greg Kerkvliet – Penn State (1)
2. Wyatt Hendrickson – Air Force (2)
3. Yonger Bastida – Iowa State (3)
4. Cohlton Schultz – Arizona State (4)
5. Zach Elam – Missouri (5)
6. Lucas Davison – Michigan (6)
7. Nick Feldman – Ohio State (7)
8. Nathan Taylor – Lehigh (9)
9. Konner Docuet – Oklahoma State (10)
10. Yaraslau Slavikouski – Rutgers (8)
Slavikouski fell to Penn State backup Lucas Cochran, a potential future All-American, and dropped two spots. Otherwise, the top 10 guys stayed the same with some slight shifts this week.
Another week in the books and the dual season is almost over. Get ready to bracket watch as conference tournaments are just a few weeks away! For the full set of rankings, click HERE.