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Where are Penn State wrestlers in the latest rankings before Big Tens?: Newsstand

Greg Pickelby: Greg Pickel03/05/25GregPickel
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Penn State 133-pound wrestler Braeden Davis. (Mark Selders/Penn State Athletics)

Penn State news, notes, and updates for March 5 include new wrestling rankings, headlines of the day, and more. It’s time to review Wednesday’s top tweets and headlines about the Nittany Lions and college athletics.

Penn State tweets of the day

InterMat released its latest set of national college wrestling rankings ahead of conference tournament weekend across the country. Penn State will compete at the Big Ten tournament Saturday and Sunday at Northwestern in Evanston, Ill. Pre-seeds for that event will come out today.

“The bigger the match, the more fun it is,” Penn State coach Cael Sanderson said Monday, per PennLive. “We spend every day pretty much preparing and thinking about the big matches. So when you actually have an opportunity to go participate and do something about those big matches, I think that’s what it’s all about. We don’t live to prepare for the big matches, we live for the big matches.

“Our guys are going to go wrestle great, and they’re going to wrestle well at the Big Tens, and they’re going to wrestle even better at the nationals; it’s going to be fun.”

There were not many changes in this week’s rankings. But, the top wrestlers did mostly bump up a spot at 133 pounds after Lehigh star Ryan Crookham announced Tuesday that his season is over due to an undisclosed injury. Here’s where the Lions are in the latest rankings. Note that the number in paratheses indicates where the wrestler was ranked previously:

125 pounds: Luke Lilledahl, No. 8 (8)

133 pounds: Braeden Davis, No. 5 (6)

141 pounds: Beau Bartlett, No. 1 (1)

149 pounds: Shayne Van Ness, No. 2 (2)

157 pounds: Tyler Kasak, No. 1 (1)

165 pounds: Mitchell Mesenbrink, No. 1 (1)

174 pounds: Levi Haines, No. 2 (2)

184 pounds: Carter Starocci, No. 1 (1)

197 pounds: Josh Barr, No. 2 (2)

285 pounds: Greg Kerkvliet, No. 2 (2)

Headlines of the day

‘I feel like I’m the next one’: Abdul Carter is ready to continue the tradition of ‘Pass Rush U’: Hermitt, PennLive

Alabama defensive lineman Garrett Witherington confirms he’ll visit Penn State in April: Snyder, BWI

Did NFL Teams Encourage Penn State’s Drew Allar to Enter the 2025 Draft?: Wogenrich, SI

Who are the Penn State competitors of the day from winter workout No. 3?: Pickel, BWI

Tony Rojas ready to ‘step up to the plate’ as leader in Penn State LB room: Alenstein, Daily Collegian

Top 50 underclassman plans to visit Penn State in March: Snyder, BWI

Quote of the day

“Looking at our history with Micah [Parsons], Chop [Robinson]. Odafe [Oweh], Adisa Isaac. Penn State is really Pass Rush U. We turned into that, and I’m really the next one out of that mold.”

Former PSU defender Abdul Carter to reporters at the NFL Combine, per PennLive.

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