Photos: Izzak Olejnik (left) of Oklahoma State and Stanford’s Nico Provo were among the 10 individual winners at last weekend’s Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. With those wins, each wrestler moved up to No. 2 in their respective weight classes of 165 and 125 pounds. (Sam Janicki photos)
NEWTON, Iowa — NCAA Division I college wrestling started the month of December with a bang, especially at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, where there were plenty of upsets, which impacted WIN Magazine’s Dec. 4 rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.
While all 10 No.1-ranked individual remained on top of their weight classes, there were plenty of other changes.
Among the more notable changes to this week’s rankings saw Oklahoma State’s Issak Olejnik (165) and Stanford’s Nico Provo (125) move up to No. 2 in their weight classes after winning individual titles in Las Vegas last weekend. Olejnik, a senior transfer from Northern Illinois, was ranked fourth a week ago, while Provo, a sophomore, climbed all the way from a No. 20 ranking on Nov. 27.
Also, there are 14 individual newcomers to these rankings.
In the team rankings, defending champ Penn State holds a big lead in WIN’s Tournament Power Index (TPI), which predicts how high a team would finish in this year’s NCAA Division I Championships based on a point total associated with individual placement and advancement points that could be scored in the 2024 NCAAs.
The following is a breakdown of those points: 20 for 1st place, 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.
Also, it should be noted that WIN’s individual rankings are not necessarily simply an update of recent wins and losses, but more of a prediction at this point in the season of where wrestlers would be seeded at the 2024 NCAAs, which will be held in Kansas City, Mo., next March, if that event was held now.
The Nittany Lions feature nine ranked wrestlers for 144.5 TPI points, followed by NC State (79.5), Missouri and Nebraska (66 points each) and Cornell (64.5).
Penn State, which opened its dual-meet season with a victory over Lehigh this past weekend, is also rated No. 1 in WIN’s first dual-team rankings of the season. The other Top-5 dual teams are No. 2 NC State (7-0), No. 3 Missouri (2-0), No. 4 Iowa (4-0) and No. 5 Ohio State (4-0).
WIN’s Dec. 4 Dual-Team Rankings
Rk.
School (Record)
This week’s schedule
1.
Penn State (1-0)
vs. Hofstra, Dec. 10
2.
NC State (7-0)
off until Dec. 19
3.
Missouri (2-0)
vs. Wyoming, Dec. 8
4.
Iowa (4-0)
vs. Columbia, Dec. 8
5.
Ohio State (4-0)
vs. Pitt, Dec. 10
6.
Cornell (1-0)
off until Dec. 18
7.
Michigan (2-0)
off until Jan. 4
8.
Iowa State (3-1)
off until Dec. 18
9.
Nebraska (2-0)
off until Dec. 16
10.
Virginia Tech (2-1)
off until Dec. 17
11.
Oklahoma State (1-0)
vs. Lehigh, Dec. 8; at Oklahoma, Dec. 10
12.
Minnesota (4-0)
vs. North Dakota State, Dec. 10
13.
Rutgers (3-1)
vs. Princeton, Dec. 8; vs Buffalo, Dec. 10
14.
South Dakota State (3-1)
off until Dec. 16
15.
Oregon State (3-1)
off until Dec. 15
16.
Northern Iowa (0-0)
vs. Columbia, Dec. 10
17.
Stanford (2-0)
off until Dec. 17
18.
Navy (4-0)
vs. Ohio, Dec. 10
19.
Oklahoma (3-1)
vs. Oklahoma State, Dec. 10
20.
Pitt (5-1)
at Ohio State, Dec. 10
21.
Lehigh (0-2)
at Oklahoma State, Dec. 8
22.
West Virginia (4-1)
at Air Force, Dec. 8; at No. Colorado, Dec. 10
23.
Arizona State (1-1)
off until Dec. 29
24.
North Carolina (5-2)
off until Dec. 16
25.
Maryland (1-1)
at Morgan State, Dec. 10
WIN Magazine’s Dec. 4 Tournament Power Index (TPI)
Rk.
School
Total Rank
Top 8
TPI Points
1.
Penn State
9
9
144.5
2.
NC State
8
6
79.5
3t.
Missouri
8
5
66
3t.
Nebraska
6
5
66
5.
Cornell
7
5
64.5
6.
Oklahoma State
7
4
56.5
7.
Iowa State
7
5
49
8.
Virginia Tech
5
4
46
9.
Michigan
7
5
45.5
10.
Iowa
7
3
44.5
11.
Ohio State
8
3
43
12.
Arizona State
4
3
40.5
13.
Northern Iowa
6
2
35
14.
South Dakota State
6
2
32.5
15.
Stanford
5
2
26
16.
Lehigh
4
2
22.5
17.
Oregon State
5
2
22
18.
Air Force
2
2
21.5
19t.
Oklahoma
5
1
15.5
19t.
Rutgers
7
1
15.5
21t.
Illinois
3
1
13
21t.
North Carolina
3
1
13
23.
Lock Haven
1
1
12.5
24.
Cal Poly
2
1
11
25.
Wisconsin
2
1
10.5
26t.
Minnesota
6
0
9
26t.
Pitt
6
0
9
28.
Indiana
3
1
8.5
29.
Campbell
2
1
8
30t.
Little Rock
2
1
7
30t.
Maryland
4
0
7
32.
Penn
4
0
6
33t.
Michigan State
3
0
5.5
33t.
Purdue
1
1
5.5
35.
Navy
4
0
5
36.
Columbia
3
0
4.5
37t.
Northern Colorado
2
0
4
37t
West Virginia
3
0
4
39.
Ohio
2
0
3.5
40t.
Central Michigan
3
0
3
40t.
Northwestern
3
0
3
40t.
Wyoming
2
0
3
43.
Appalachian State
2
0
2.5
44t.
North Dakota State
1
0
2
44t.
Princeton
1
0
2
44t.
Rider
1
0
2
44t.
Virginia
1
0
2
48t.
Chattanooga
1
0
1.5
48t.
Harvard
1
0
1.5
50t.
American U.
1
0
1
50t.
Army West Point
1
0
1
50t.
Binghamton
1
0
1
50t.
Drexel
1
0
1
50t.
Utah Valley
1
0
1
WIN Magazine’s Dec. 4 Individual Rankings
125 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Jakob Camacho
NC State
Jr.
1st
2.
Nico Provo
Stanford
So.
20th
3.
Brett Ungar
Cornell
So.
4th
4.
Anthony Noto
Lock Haven
Jr.
3rd
5.
Caleb Smith
Nebraska
Gr.
15th
6.
Michael DeAugustino
Michigan
Sr.
5th
7.
Brandon Kaylor
Oregon State
Sr.
6th
8.
Matt Ramos
Purdue
Jr.
2nd
9.
Patrick McKee
Minnesota
Sr.
8th
10.
Stevo Poulin
Northern Colorado
So.
9th
11.
Drake Ayala
Iowa
So.
10th
12.
Dean Peterson
Rutgers
So.
11th
13.
Eric Barnett
Wisconsin
Sr.
12th
14.
Noah Surtin
Missouri
Jr.
13th
15.
Brayden Palmer
Chattanooga
Sr.
14th
16.
Jore Volk
Wyoming
So.
17th
17.
Tanner Jordan
South Dakota State
Sr.
NR
18.
Troy Spratley
Oklahoma State
RSFr.
16th
19.
Jack Maida
American U.
Jr.
19th
20.
Max Gallagher
Penn
Fr.
NR
133 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Vito Arujau
Cornell
Sr.
1st
2.
Daton Fix
Oklahoma State
Sr.
2nd
3.
Ryan Crookham
Lehigh
Fr.
6th
4.
Kai Orine
NC State
Jr.
4th
5.
Aaron Nagao
Penn State
So.
3rd
6.
Sam Latona
Virginia Tech
Jr.
5th
7.
Chris Cannon
Michigan
Sr.
7th
8.
Evan Frost
Iowa State
RSFr.
11th
9.
Michael Colaiocco
Penn
Sr.
9th
10.
Dylan Shawver
Rutgers
So.
10th
11.
Nic Bouzakis
Ohio State
RSFr.
16th
12.
Angelo Rini
Columbia
Sr.
12th
13.
Domenic Zaccone
Campbell
Sr.
19th
14.
Braxton Brown
Maryland
So.
17th
15.
Brody Teske
Iowa
Sr.
15th
16.
Julian Farber
Northern Iowa
Jr.
NR
17.
Derrick Cardinal
South Dakota State
So.
NR
18.
Ethan Oakley
Appalachian State
So.
20th
19.
Julian Chlebove
Arizona State
Jr.
8th
20.
Brendan Ferretti
Navy
So.
14th
141 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Real Woods
Iowa
Sr.
1st
2.
Beau Bartlett
Penn State
Sr.
2nd
3.
Jesse Mendez
Ohio State
So.
5th
4.
Ryan Jack
NC State
Jr.
7th
5.
Lachlan McNeil
North Carolina
So.
3rd
6.
Cael Happel
Northern Iowa
Jr.
10th
7.
Tagen Jamison
Oklahoma State
RSFs.
17th
8.
Brock Hardy
Nebraska
So.
4th
9.
Anthony Echemendia
Iowa State
Jr.
18th
10.
Clay Carlson
South Dakota State
Sr.
6th
11.
Kal Miller
Maryland
So.
11th
12.
Vince Cornella
Cornell
So.
8th
13.
Mitch Moore
Rutgers
Gr.
13th
14.
Mosha Schwartz
Oklahoma
Sr.
9th
15.
Malyke Hines
Lehigh
Jr.
14th
16.
Josh Koderhandt
Navy
Jr.
NR
17.
Frankie Tal Shahar
Northwestern
Jr.
15th
18.
Cole Matthews
Pitt
Sr.
12th
19.
Josh Edmond
Missouri
So.
16th
20.
C.J. Composto
Penn
So.
19th
149 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Ridge Lovett
Nebraska
Jr.
1st
2.
Shayne Van Ness
Penn State
So.
2nd
3.
Caleb Henson
Virginia Tech
So.
4th
4.
Kyle Parco
Arizona State
Jr.
3rd
5.
Dylan D’Emilio
Ohio State
Sr.
7th
6.
Chance Lamer
Cal Poly
So.
5th
7.
Jackson Arrington
NC State
So.
6th
8.
Casey Swiderski
Iowa State
So.
14th
9.
Quinn Kinner
Rider
Sr.
9th
10.
Jaden Abas
Stanford
Sr.
10th
11.
Kannon Webster
Illinois
Fr.
11th
12.
Kellyn March
North Dakota State
Sr.
12th
13.
Ethen Miller
Maryland
So.
8th
14.
Drew Roberts
Minnesota
So.
NR
15.
Victor Voinovich
Iowa
So.
15th
16.
Graham Rooks
Indiana
Sr.
13th
17.
Trae McDaniel
Army West Point
So.
18th
18.
Corbyn Munson
Central Michigan
Sr.
20th
19.
Willie McDougald
Oklahoma
So.
NR
20.
Ty Watters
West Virginia
Fr.
19th
157 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Levi Haines
Penn State
So.
1st
2.
Peyton Robb
Nebraska
Sr.
3rd
3.
Jacori Teemer
Arizona State
Sr.
5th
4.
Jared Franek
Iowa
Gr.
2nd
5.
Brock Mauller
Missouri
Sr.
7th
6.
Ed Scott
NC State
Jr.
9th
7.
Bryce Andonian
Virginia Tech
Sr.
4th
8.
Daniel Cardenas
Stanford
So.
8th
9.
Will Lewan
Michigan
Sr.
6th
10.
Chase Saldate
Michigan State
Sr.
14th
11.
Paddy Gallagher
Ohio State
So.
11th
12.
Vinny Zerban
Northern Colorado
So.
13th
13.
Peyten Kellar
Ohio
So.
17th
14.
Michael Blockhus
Minnesota
Sr.
15th
15.
Ryder Downey
Northern Iowa
RSFr.
NR
16.
Tommy Askey
Appalachian State
Jr.
16th
17.
Trevor Chumbley
Northwestern
Sr.
10th
18.
Cody Chittum
Iowa State
Fr.
12th
19.
Johnny Lovett
Central Michigan
Sr.
18th
20.
Andrew Clark
Rutgers
Jr.
19th
165 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Keegan O’Toole
Missouri
Jr.
1st
2.
Izzak Olejnik
Oklahoma State
Sr.
4th
3.
David Carr
Iowa State
Sr.
2nd
4.
Julien Ramirez
Cornell
Jr.
8th
5.
Cam Amine
Michigan
Sr.
3rd
6.
Dean Hamiti
Wisconsin
Jr.
5th
7.
Mitchell Mesenbrink
Penn State
RSFr.
6th
8.
Michael Caliendo
Iowa
So.
7th
9.
Holden Heller
Pitt
Sr.
9th
10.
Garrett Thompson
Ohio
Fr.
17th
11.
Peyton Hall
West Virginia
Jr.
11th
12.
Matt Olguin
Oregon State
Sr.
10th
13.
Derek Gilcher
Indiana
Sr.
13th
14.
Tanner Cook
South Dakota State
Sr.
15th
15.
Joseph Bianchi
Little Rock
Jr.
NR
16.
Caleb Fish
Michigan State
Sr.
16th
17.
Hunter Garvin
Stanford
RSFr.
NR
18.
Joshua Ogunsanya
Columbia
Sr.
18th
19.
Isaac Wilcox
Ohio State
Sr.
19th
20.
Blaine Brenner
Minnesota
So.
14th
174 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Carter Starocci
Penn State
Sr.
1st
2.
Mekhi Lewis
Virginia Tech
Sr.
2nd
3.
Cade DeVos
South Dakota State
Jr.
7th
4.
Carson Kharchla
Ohio State
Sr.
4th
5.
Peyton Mocco
Missouri
Sr.
5th
6.
Edmond Ruth
Illinois
Jr.
6th
7.
Shane Griffith
Michigan
Sr.
3rd
8.
Donnell Washington
Indiana
Sr.
8th
9.
Nick Incontrera
Penn
Jr.
13th
10.
Travis Wittlake
Oregon State
Sr.
NR
11.
Justin McCoy
Virginia
Gr.
12th
12.
Adam Kemp
Cal Poly
Gr.
14th
13.
Luca Augustine
Pitt
So.
15th
14.
Patrick Kennedy
Iowa
So.
9th
15.
Lennox Wolak
Columbia
Sr.
16th
16.
Phillip Conigliaro
Harvard
Sr.
19th
17
Andrew Sparks
Minnesota
Jr.
20th
18.
Alex Cramer
Central Michigan
Sr.
18th
19.
Mickey O’Malley
Drexel
Gr.
10th
20.
Tate Picklo
Oklahoma
Jr.
17th
184 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Parker Keckeisen
Northern Iowa
Jr.
1st
2.
Bernie Truax
Penn State
Sr.
2nd
3.
Dustin Plott
Oklahoma State
Sr.
5th
4.
Lenny Pinto
Nebraska
So.
9th
5.
Trey Munoz
Oregon State
Jr.
3rd
6.
Will Feldkamp
Iowa State
Sr.
10th
7.
Chris Foca
Cornell
Sr.
4th
8.
Sam Wolf
Air Force
Sr.
11th/174
9.
Colton Hawks
Missouri
So.
8th
10.
Isaiah Salazar
Minnesota
Sr.
6th
11.
Layne Malczewski
Michigan State
Gr.
13th
12.
Brian Soldano
Rutgers
So.
14th
13.
Jaden Bullock
Michigan
Jr.
NR
14.
Reece Heller
Pitt
Sr.
15th
15.
Dylan Fishback
NC State
RSFr.
19th
16.
Gavin Kane
North Carolina
Jr.
7th
17.
David Key
Navy
Sr.
12th
18.
Jacob Nolan
Binghamton
Sr.
11th
19.
Gavin Hoffman
Ohio State
Sr.
17th
20.
Troy Fisher
Northwestern
Sr.
16th
197 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Aaron Brooks
Penn State
Sr.
1st
2.
Trent Hidlay
NC State
Sr.
2nd
3.
Tanner Sloan
South Dakota State
Sr.
3rd
4.
Rocky Elam
Missouri
Jr.
4th
5.
Stephan Buchanan
Oklahoma
Jr.
5th
6.
Jacob Cardenas
Cornell
Sr.
6th
7.
Michael Beard
Lehigh
Jr.
7th
8.
Stephen Little
Little Rock
RSFr.
9th
9.
Jaxon Smith
Maryland
So.
12th
10.
Luke Surber
Oklahoma State
Sr.
8th
11.
Silas Allred
Nebraska
So.
11th
12.
Luke Stout
Princeton
Jr.
10th
13.
John Poznanski
Rutgers
Jr.
14th
14.
Nick Stemmet
Stanford
Sr.
13th
15.
Joey Novak
Wyoming
Fr.
NR
16.
Max Shaw
North Carolina
Jr.
15th
17.
Wyatt Voelker
Northern Iowa
RSFr.
17th
18.
Andy Smith
Virginia Tech
Jr.
18th
19.
Mac Stout
Pitt
RSFr.
19th
20.
Evan Bockman
Utah Valley
Sr.
16th
Heavyweight
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Greg Kerkvliet
Penn State
Sr.
1st
2.
Wyatt Hendrickson
Air Force
Sr.
2nd
3.
Cohlton Schultz
Arizona State
Jr.
4th
4.
Yonger Bastida
Iowa State
Sr.
6th
5.
Lucas Davison
Michigan
Gr.
3rd
6.
Zach Elam
Missouri
Sr.
5th
7.
Taye Ghadiali
Campbell
Sr.
12th
8.
Yaraslau Slavikouski
Rutgers
Gr.
7th
9.
Luke Luffman
Illinois
Jr.
8th
10.
Dayton Pitzer
Pitt
RSFr.
10th
11.
Tyrell Gordon
Northern Iowa
Sr.
11th
12.
Josh Heindselman
Oklahoma
Sr.
14th
13.
Konner Doucet
Oklahoma State
Jr.
16th
14.
Boone McDermott
Oregon State
Sr.
15th
15.
Owen Trephan
NC State
Jr.
13th
16.
Grady Griess
Navy
Sr.
9th
17.
Nathan Taylor
Lehigh
So.
17th
18.
Nick Feldman
Ohio State
RSFr.
18th
19.
Lewis Fernandes
Cornell
Sr.
NR
20.
Michael Wolfgram
West Virginia
Sr.
20th
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