InterMat College Wrestling Individual Rankings updated after conference tournaments
The InterMat college wrestling individual rankings were updated after the conference tournaments over the weekend.
There’s some new No. 1 guys in weight classes and there was plenty of shifting across all weights. We now have a cleaner look at what NCAAs will look like next week.
Let’s dive into InterMat’s rankings following the conclusion of conference tournaments.
125 pounds
1. Braeden Davis – Penn State (9)
2. Drake Ayala – Iowa (2)
3. Luke Stanich – Lehigh (3)
4. Matt Ramos – Purdue (1)
5. Patrick McKee – Minnesota (4)
6. Anthony Noto – Lock Haven (14)
7. Jakob Camacho – NC State (10)
8. Jore Volk – Wyoming (12)
9. Richie Figueroa – Arizona State (19)
10. Eric Barnett – Wisconsin (5)
Davis is the new top dog after coming out of a wild bracket at Big Tens. The Penn State freshman was extremely impressive. Noto, Volk and Figueroa returned to the top 10 ahead of NCAAs.
133 pounds
1. Ryan Crookham – Lehigh (1)
2. Daton Fix – Oklahoma State (3)
3. Vito Arujau – Cornell (2)
4. Kai Orine – NC State (4)
5. Nasir Bailey – Little Rock (6)
6. Dylan Shawver – Rutgers (8)
7. Dylan Ragusin – Michigan (5)
8. Aaron Nagao – Penn State (11)
9. Evan Frost – Iowa State (7)
10. Jacob Van Dee – Nebraska (16)
Crookham is the man, beating Arujau for the second time this season. Fix moves up as he is still undefeated as well. Shawver won Big Tens and goes up two spots this week.
141 pounds
1. Jesse Mendez – Ohio State (3)
2. Beau Bartlett – Penn State (1)
3. Real Woods – Iowa (2)
4. Ryan Jack – NC State (4)
5. Anthony Echemendia – Iowa State (7)
6. Cael Happel – Northern Iowa (8)
7. Sergio Lemley – Michigan (10)
8. Brock Hardy – Nebraska (6)
9. Lachlan McNeil – North Carolina (5)
10. Tagen Jamison – Oklahoma State (9)
Mendez takes over after winning the Big Ten title over Bartlett. Woods lost head to head to Buckeye but these are still the top three in the country. Lemley got a nice bump after the weekend.
149 pounds
1. Ridge Lovett – Nebraska (1)
2. Kyle Parco – Arizona State (3)
3. Jackson Arrington – NC State (5)
4. Caleb Henson – Virginia Tech (2)
5. Austin Gomez – Michigan (4)
6. Ty Watters – West Virginia (7)
7. Tyler Kasak – Penn State (9)
8. Casey Swiderski – Iowa State (6)
9. Chance Lamer – Cal Poly (11)
10. Ethen Miller – Maryland (12)
Lovett reigns supreme after winning the Big Ten and Parco is right on his tail. Arrington moves up two spots and Lamer and Miller are now in the top 10 following conference tournaments.
157 pounds
1. Levi Haines – Penn State (1)
2. Jacori Teemer – Arizona State (3)
3. Meyer Shapiro – Cornell (6)
4. Ryder Downey – Northern Iowa (13)
5. Michael Blockhus – Minnesota (4)
6. Jared Franek – Iowa (5)
7. Peyton Robb – Nebraska (7)
8. Daniel Cardenas – Stanford (8)
9. Ed Scott – NC State (12)
10. Bryce Andonian – Virginia Tech (9)
Haines is still the No. 1 guy here and remained undefeated. Teemer and Shapiro move up but it’s Downey winning the Big 12 that vaults the freshman into the top four. Scott moved into the top 10 as well.
165 pounds
1. Keegan O’Toole – Missouri (1)
2. Mitchell Mesenbrink – Penn State (5)
3. Julian Ramirez – Cornell (3)
4. David Carr – Iowa State (2)
5. Dean Hamiti – Wisconsin (4)
6. Mikey Caliendo – Iowa (6)
7. Izzak Olejnik – Oklahoma State (7)
8. Peyton Hall – West Virginia (8)
9. Cameron Amine – Michigan (10)
10. Antrell Taylor – Nebraska (12)
O’Toole finally got his fourth match against Carr and won 8-2 in the Big 12 final. Mesenbrink is now 22-0 and a Big Ten champion, moving up to the No. 2 spot. Ramirez feels like he’s been under the radar all year, but stayed at No. 3.
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. Edmond Ruth – Illinois (8)
6. Rocco Welsh – Ohio State (11)
7. Patrick Kennedy – Iowa (7)
8. Lenox Wolak – Columbia (13)
9. Adam Kemp – Cal Poly (9)
10. Ben Pasiuk – Army (14)
Starocci and Griffith stayed right in their respective spots despite the Nittany Lion not wrestling and Griffith defaulting out of the Big Ten final. Ruth went up three spots as the crowned Big Ten champion. Welsh, Wolak and Pasiuk all entered the top 10.
184 pounds
1. Parker Keckeisen – Northern Iowa (1)
2. Isaiah Salazar – Minnesota (5)
3. Dustin Plott – Oklahoma State (2)
4. Trey Munoz – Oregon State (4)
5. Bernie Truax – Penn State (6)
6. Lenny Pinto – Nebraska (3)
7. Sam Wolf – Air Force (11)
8. Bennett Berge – South Dakota State (8)
9. Colton Hawks – Missouri (NR)
10. TJ Stewart – Virginia Tech (15)
Keckeisen is the favorite going into NCAAs and remained undefeated. Salazar’s impressive Big Ten Tournament made him the new No. 2. Wolf enters the top 10 as well as Stewart. How about Hawks being the guy now and immediately getting into the No. 9 spot?
197 pounds
1. Aaron Brooks – Penn State (1)
2. Trent Hidlay – NC State (2)
3. Michael Beard – Lehigh (3)
4. Tanner Sloan – South Dakota State (5)
5. Zach Glazier – Iowa (11)
6. Jacob Cardenas – Cornell (8)
7. Stephen Little – Little Rock (9)
8. Rocky Elam – Missouri (10)
9. Stephen Buchanan – Oklahoma (6)
10. Louie DePrez – Binghamton (7)
Brooks and Hidlay are both still undefeated while Beard is close behind at 26-1. Glazier vaults into the top five while there were some shifts in the latter half of the top 10.
285 pounds
1. Greg Kerkvliet – Penn State (1)
2. Yonger Bastida – Iowa State (3)
3. Wyatt Hendrickson – Air Force (2)
4. Cohlton Schultz – Arizona State (4)
5. Zach Elam – Missouri (5)
6. Nick Feldman – Ohio State (7)
7. Lucas Davison – Michigan (6)
8. Nathan Taylor – Lehigh (8)
9. Taye Ghadiali – Campbell (9)
10. Josh Heindselman – Oklahoma (10)
Kerkvliet remained dominant once again. Bastida beat Hendrickson in the Big 12 finals and moves up a spot. Just a little shifting within the top 10 this week.
Now that conference tournaments are in the books, it’s time to get ready for the bracket release on Wednesday. The NCAA Tournament begins March 21st in Kansas City.