Photo: Gable Steveson (right) appeared before the media with his Minnesota coach Brandon Eggum on Nov. 18 to officially announce that the two-time NCAA champ and Hodge Trophy winner and 2021 Olympic champions was returning to college wrestling after a two-season departure. (Mike Finn photo)
NEWTON, Iowa — Minnesota’s two-time NCAA champion Gable Steveson, who officially announced on Monday that he was returning to college wrestling after a two-season departure, has earned the No. 1 national ranking at heavyweight in WIN Magazine’s Nov. 19 Rankings and Tournament Power Index, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.
Steveson, whose NCAA titles came in 2021 and 2022 and bookended an Olympic gold medal in 2021, had an extra year of eligibility when he left to compete in professional wrestling after his second NCAA title. The Gopher is expected to return this Sunday against Campbell’s Taye Ghadiali, who moved from No. 9 to No. 4 at his weight class with his 8-3 victory over the Ohio State’s Nick Feldman in last Saturday’s NWCA All-Star Classic that was held at Penn State’s Rec Hall.
Otherwise, the higher-ranked wrestlers in the nine other All-Star matches won their matches, including Penn State’s four-time NCAA champion Carter Starocci, who edged Northern Iowa’s Parker Keckeisen, also a defending national champ, in sudden victory at 184 pounds to also hold his top ranking over the No. 2-rated Panther.
Another defending champ who found success at the All-Star Classic was Ohio State’s Jesse Mendez, who defeated Penn State’s Beau Bartlett, 4-1, in a rematch of last year’s NCAA final. The Buckeye remained No. 1 at 141 and the Nittany Lion held onto his No. 3 ranking at that weight.
Penn State, which saw three other wrestlers — Shayne Van Ness (149), Tyler Kasak (157) and Levi Haines (174) — win matches at the All-Star Classic, remains the top-ranked team in WIN’s Tournament Power Index, which projects where schools will finish in next March’s NCAA Division I Championships. The Nittany Lions feature nine ranked wrestlers, seven in the Top 8 of their weight class, for 122 TPI points.
The following is a breakdown of those individual TPI points per ranking: 20 for 1st, 16 for 2nd, 13.5 for 3rd, 12.5 for 4th, 10 for 5th, 9 for 6th, 6.5 for 7th and 5.5 for 8th. Wrestlers ranked 9-12 earn two points each, followed by one and a half points for wrestlers ranked 13-16 and one point for those ranked 17-20.
The return of Steveson also moved Minnesota into fourth place in WIN’s TPI (52 points) behind No. 2 Iowa (86) and Oklahoma State (64.5).
WIN’s first dual team rankings will be announced in its Dec. 2 rankings.
Nov. 19 Team Tournament Power Index
Rk
School
Total Rank
Top 8
TPI Pts
1.
Penn State
9
7
118
2.
Iowa
8
7
86
3.
Oklahoma State
9
6
64.5
4.
Minnesota
9
4
52
5.
Nebraska
8
4
51.5
6.
Missouri
8
3
50.5
7.
Virginia Tech
10
3
48
8.
South Dakota State
6
5
46.5
9.
Iowa State
8
3
43
10.
Ohio State
7
3
41
11.
Michigan
5
3
37
12t.
Northern Iowa
5
3
36
12t.
Cornell
7
2
36
14.
Lehigh
5
2
34.5
15.
Arizona State
3
2
30
16t.
Little Rock
4
2
29
16t.
Northern Colorado
4
2
29
18.
West Virginia
3
2
28.5
19.
Stanford
4
3
25.5
20.
Illinois
8
1
20.5
21.
Rutgers
6
2
20
22.
Wyoming
2
1
17.5
23.
Purdue
1
1
15
24t.
Ohio
2
1
14
24t.
Campbell
2
1
14
24t.
Pitt
5
1
14
27.
NC State
5
1
13.5
28.
CSU Bakersfield
1
1
12.5
29.
Northwestern
4
1
11
30.
Penn
4
1
10.5
31.
Utah Valley
1
1
10
32.
Cal Poly
2
1
7.5
33.
Oklahoma
4
0
7
34.
Oregon State
4
0
6
35.
Appalachian State
1
1
5.5
36t.
Maryland
3
0
5
36t.
North Carolina
3
0
5
38.
Navy
2
0
3.5
39t.
Binghamton
2
0
3
39t.
Lock Haven
2
0
3
39t.
Princeton
2
0
3
39t.
Indiana
2
0
3
43.
Army West Point
2
0
2.5
44t.
Bucknell
2
0
2
44t.
Central Michigan
1
0
2
46t.
Columbia
1
0
1
46t.
SIU-Edwardsville
1
0
1
46t.
Virginia
1
0
1
46t.
Wisconsin
1
0
1
Nov. 19 Individual Rankings
125 Pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Richard Figueroa
Arizona State
Jr.
1st
2.
Jore Volk
Wyoming
Jr.
2nd
3.
Matt Ramos
Purdue
Sr.
3rd
4.
Caleb Smith
Nebraska
Grad.
4th
5.
Stevo Poulin
Northern Colorado
Jr.
6th
6.
Tanner Jordan
South Dakota State
RS Sr.
5th
7.
Troy Spratley
Oklahoma State
So.
7th
8.
Nico Provo
Stanford
Jr.
9th
9.
Noah Surtin
Missouri
RS Sr.
10th
10.
Vincent Robinson
NC State
RS Fr.
NR
11.
Brendan McCrone
Ohio State
So.
11th
12.
Sheldon Seymour
Lehigh
Jr.
12th
13.
Dean Peterson
Rutgers
Sr.
8th
14.
Eddie Ventresca
Virginia Tech
Jr.
14th
15.
Kysen Terukina
Iowa State
Sr.
15th
16.
Maximo Renteria
Oregon State
Sr.
13th
17.
Spencer Moore
North Carolina
Jr.
16th
18.
Nick Babin
Pitt
RS Sr.
18th
19.
Cooper Flynn
Minnesota
Jr.
19th
20.
Greg Diakomihalis
Cornell
Sr.
NR
133 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Ryan Crookham
Lehigh
So.
1st
2.
Nasir Bailey
Little Rock
So.
2nd
3.
Dylan Ragusin
Michigan
Grad.
3rd
4.
Evan Frost
Iowa State
So.
4th
5.
Lucas Byrd
Illinois
Sr.
6th
6.
Dylan Shawver
Rutgers
Sr.
5th
7.
Chris Cannon
Northwestern
Sr.
7th
8.
Drake Ayala
Iowa
Jr.
9th
9.
Tyler Knox
Stanford
RS Fr.
10th
10.
Tyler Wells
Minnesota
So.
11th
11.
Braeden Davis
Penn State
So.
NR
12.
Ethan Oakley
North Carolina
Jr.
13th
13.
Anthony Noto
Lock Haven
Sr.
14th
14.
Domenic Zaccone
Campbell
Grad.
15th
15.
Jacob Van Dee
Nebraska
So.
12th
16.
Connor McGonagle
Virginia Tech
Grad.
17th
17.
Cleveland Belton
Oklahoma
Sr.
16th
18.
Brett Ungar
Cornell
Jr.
18th
19.
Zeth Romney
Cal Poly
So.
19th
20.
Dominick Serrano
Northern Colorado
Jr.
20th
141 Pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Jesse Mendez
Ohio State
Jr.
1st
2.
Andrew Alirez
Northern Colorado
Grad.
2nd
3.
Beau Bartlett
Penn State
Sr.
3rd
4.
Brock Hardy
Nebraska
Jr.
4th
5.
Cael Happel
Northern Iowa
Sr.
7th
6.
Vance VomBaur
Minnesota
Jr.
6th
7.
Tagen Jamison
Oklahoma State
So.
8th
8.
Sergio Lemley
Michigan
So.
9th
9.
Josh Koderhandt
Navy
Sr.
10th
10.
Mosha Schwartz
Oklahoma
RS Sr.
12th
11.
CJ Composto
Penn
Sr.
13th
12.
Sam Latona
Virginia Tech
Grad.
18th
13.
Kai Orine
NC State
RS Sr.
14th
14.
Jordan Titus
West Virginia
Jr.
15th
15.
Vince Cornella
Cornell
Jr.
16th
16.
Wyatt Henson
Lock Haven
Jr.
17th
17.
Dylan Chappell
Bucknell
Jr.
NR
18.
Josh Edmond
Missouri
Jr.
11th
19.
Frankie Tal-Shahar
Northwestern
RS Sr.
19th
20.
Danny Pucino
Illinois
Jr.
20th
149 Pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr
Previous
1.
Caleb Henson
Virginia Tech
Jr.
1st
2.
Shayne Van Ness
Penn State
Jr.
2nd
3.
Ty Watters
West Virginia
So.
3rd
4.
Kyle Parco
Iowa
Sr.
4th
5.
Ridge Lovett
Nebraska
Sr.
5th
6.
Anthony Echemendia
Iowa State
Sr.
6th
7.
Chance Lamer
Cal Poly
Jr.
7th
8.
Dylan D’Emilio
Ohio State
Sr.
8th
9.
Lachlan McNeil
North Carolina
Jr.
9th
10.
Kannon Webster
Illinois
RS Fr.
10th
11.
Colin Realbuto
Northern Iowa
RS Sr.
11th
12.
Jordan Williams
Little Rock
So.
12th
13.
Ty Whalen
Princeton
Jr.
13th
14.
Logan Gioffre
Missouri
Sr.
15th
15.
Carter Young
Oklahoma State
Jr.
NR
16.
Alek Martin
South Dakota State
Jr.
16th
17.
Caleb Tyus
SIU-Edwardsville
Sr.
17th
18.
Joe Zargo
Wisconsin
Sr.
18th
19.
Cross Wasilewski
Penn
Fr.
19th
20.
Jesse Vasquez
Arizona State
Sr.
NR
157 Pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Jacori Teemer
Iowa
Grad.
1st
2.
Meyer Shapiro
Cornell
So.
2nd
3.
Tyler Kasak
Penn State
So.
3rd
4.
Peyten Kellar
Ohio
Jr.
4th
5.
Antrell Taylor
Nebraska
So.
5th
6.
Tommy Askey
Minnesota
Sr.
6th
7.
Ryder Downey
Northern Iowa
So.
7th
8.
Cael Swensen
South Dakota State
Jr.
8th
9.
Paniro Johnson
Iowa State
So.
9th
10.
Johnny Lovett
Central Michigan
Sr.
11th
11.
Vince Zerban
Northern Colorado
Jr.
13th
12.
Ethen Miller
Maryland
Jr.
15th
13.
Trevor Chumbley
Northwestern
RS Sr.
14th
14.
Ed Scott
NC State
Sr.
16th
15.
Rafael Hipolito
Virginia Tech
RS Fr.
NR
16.
Joey Blaze
Purdue
So.
17th
17.
Ethan Stiles
Oregon State
Fr.
NR
18.
Teague Travis
Oklahoma State
Jr.
10th
19.
Chase Saldate
Michigan
Grad.
18th
20.
Jude Swisher
Penn
So.
19th
165 Pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Mitchell Mesenbrink
Penn State
So.
1st
2.
Michael Caliendo
Iowa
Jr.
2nd
3.
Peyton Hall
West Virginia
RS Sr.
3rd
4.
Julian Ramirez
Cornell
Sr.
4th
5.
Terrell Barraclough
Utah Valley
Sr.
6th
6.
Hunter Garvin
Stanford
So.
7th
7.
Cam Amine
Oklahoma State
RS Sr.
5th
8.
Will Miller
Appalachian State
Sr.
8th
9.
M.J. Gaitan
Iowa State
So.
9th
10.
Maxx Mayfield
Northwestern
Sr.
10th
11.
Andrew Sparks
Minnesota
Sr.
12th
12.
Tyler Lillard
Indiana
So.
13th
13.
Cameron Steed
Missouri
So.
14th
14.
Matt Olguin
Oregon State
Sr.
15th
15.
Max Brignola
Lehigh
Sr.
16th
16.
Gunner Filipowicz
Army West Point
So.
17th
17.
Connor Brady
Virginia Tech
Sr.
18th
18.
Braeden Scoles
Illinois
Fr.
NR
19.
Nick Hamilton
Virginia
So.
NR
20.
Bubba Wilson
Nebraska
Sr.
NR
174 Pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Keegan O’Toole
Missouri
Sr.
1st
2.
Levi Haines
Penn State
Jr.
2nd
3.
Dean Hamiti
Oklahoma St.
Sr.
4th
4.
Cade Devos
South Dakota State
RS Sr.
3rd
5.
Lennox Wolak
Virginia Tech
Grad.
5th
6.
Lorenzo Norman
Stanford
RS Fr.
6th
7.
Nick Incontrera
Penn
Sr.
8th
8.
Nelson Brands
Iowa
Sr.
7th
9.
Carson Kharchla
Ohio State
Sr.
9th
10.
Lenny Pinto
Nebraska
Jr.
10th
11.
Gaven Sax
Oklahoma
Sr.
11th
12.
Simon Ruiz
Cornell
Fr.
12th
13.
Luca Augustine
Pitt
Jr.
14th
14.
Danny Wask
Navy
So.
15th
15.
Garrett Thompson
Ohio
Jr.
11th/165
16.
Brevin Cassella
Binghamton
Sr.
16th
17.
Danny Braunagel
Illinois
RS Sr.
17th
18.
Jackson Turley
Rutgers
Grad.
13th
19.
Myles Takats
Bucknell
So.
NR
20.
Clayton Whiting
Minnesota
So.
19th
184 Pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr
Previous
1.
Carter Starocci
Penn State
RS Sr.
1st
2.
Parker Keckeisen
Northern Iowa
Sr.
2nd
3.
Dustin Plott
Oklahoma State
Sr.
3rd
4.
Bennett Berge
South Dakota State
So.
4th
5.
Colton Hawks
Missouri
Jr.
8th
6.
Reece Heller
Pitt
Grad.
6th
7.
Thomas Stewart
Virginia Tech
So.
5th
8.
Gabe Arnold
Iowa
RS Fr.
7th
9.
Chris Foca
Cornell
Sr.
9th
10.
Edmond Ruth
Illinois
Sr.
10th
11.
Dylan Fishback
NC State
So.
11th
12.
Silas Allred
Nebraska
Jr.
12th
13.
Max McEnelly
Minnesota
Fr.
13th
14.
Jaxon Smith
Maryland
Jr.
14th
15.
Ryder Rogotzke
Ohio State
So.
15th
16.
Evan Bockman
Iowa State
Sr.
16th
17.
Brian Soldano
Rutgers
Jr.
18th
18.
Aaron Ayserov
Columbia
Sr.
19th
19.
Jaden Bullock
Michigan
Sr.
17th
20.
DJ Washington
Indiana
Sr.
NR
197 Pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Stephen Buchanan
Iowa
Sr.
1st
2.
Jacob Cardenas
Michigan
Grad.
2nd
3.
Rocky Elam
Missouri
Sr.
3rd
4.
A.J. Ferrari
CSU Bakersfield
Jr.
4th
5.
Stephen Little
Little Rock
So.
5th
6.
Michael Beard
Lehigh
Sr.
6th
7.
Isaiah Salazar
Minnesota
Sr.
8th
8.
Zach Glazier
South Dakota State
Sr.
13th
9.
John Poznanski
Rutgers
Sr.
9th
10.
Andy Smith
Virginia Tech
RS Sr.
10th
11.
Luke Surber
Oklahoma State
Sr.
16th
12.
Trey Munoz
Oregon State
RS Sr.
7th
13.
Wyatt Voelker
Northern Iowa
So.
11th
14.
Joseph Novak
Wyoming
So.
12th
15.
Zac Braunagel
Illinois
Sr.
15th
16.
Luke Stout
Princeton
Sr.
14th
17.
Christian Carroll
Iowa State
RS Fr.
17th
18.
Mac Stout
Pitt
So.
18th
19.
Luke Geog
Ohio State
So.
19th
20.
Lucas Cochran
Penn State
Jr.
20th
Heavyweight
Wt
Name
School
Yr
Previous
1.
Gable Steveson
Minnesota
Grad.
NR
2.
Greg Kerkvliet
Penn State
RS Sr.
1st
3.
Wyatt Hendrickson
Oklahoma State
Sr.
2nd
4.
Yonger Bastida
Iowa State
Sr.
4th
5.
Taye Ghadiali
Campbell
Grad.
9th
6.
Nick Feldman
Ohio State
So.
3rd
7.
Cohlton Schultz
Arizona State
RS Sr.
5th
8.
Owen Trephan
NC State
Sr.
8th
9.
Yaraslau Slavikouski
Rutgers
Grad.
6th
10.
Nathan Taylor
Lehigh
Jr.
7th
11.
Luke Luffman
Illinois
Sr.
10th
12.
Josh Heindselman
Oklahoma
Grad.
11th
13.
Jimmy Mullen
Virginia Tech
Fr.
NR
14.
Seth Nevills
Maryland
Grad.
13th
15.
Dayton Pitzer
Pitt
So.
14th
16.
Cory Day
Binghamton
Grad.
15th
17.
Ben Kueter
Iowa
RS Fr.
16th
18.
Lucas Stoddard
Army West Point
So.
17th
19.
Josiah Hill
Little Rock
Sr.
18th
20.
Seth Nitzel
Missouri
Jr.
NR
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