Photo: Penn State’s Beau Bartlett (right) edged Ohio State’s Jesse Mendez, 4-1 in sudden victory at 141 pounds last Friday night in State College. The Nittany Lion will be ranked No. 1 by WIN when his top-ranked team will face No. 3 Iowa this Friday in Iowa City, where Bartlett should meet the Hawkeyes’ Real Woods who was No. 1 last week before getting upset at Michigan. (Photo by Mark Selders, Penn State Athletics)
NEWTON, Iowa — Penn State’s Beau Bartlett has taken over the top spot at 141 pounds in WIN Magazine’s Feb. 5 rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.
This advancement by the Nittany Lion comes after he defeated Ohio State’s No. 3 Jesse Mendez last weekend … and before Penn State travels to face Iowa this Friday in Iowa City, where Bartlett is scheduled to meet No. 2 Real Woods. The Hawkeye senior was ranked No. 1 at 141 before he was upset by Michigan’s Sergio Lemley last weekend.
Overall, Penn State (8-0) leads both WIN’s dual rankings and Tournament Power Index with 137.5 points as the Nittany Lions features 10 ranked wrestlers, including four other No. 1-ranked wrestlers: Levi Haines (157), Carter Starocci (174), Aaron Brooks (197) and Greg Kerkvliet (Hwt).
Oklahoma State (12-0), coming off a road victory over Missouri, remains the only other undefeated dual team in NCAA Division I wrestling and is ranked second in both WIN’s dual rankings and TPI with 65.5 points. The Cowboys also feature 10 ranked wrestlers, including seniors like Daton Fix (2nd/133), Izzak Olejnik (4th/165) and Dustin Plott (2nd/184) and four freshmen: Troy Spratley (7th/125), Tagen Jamison (7th/141), Jordan Williams (20th/149) and Brayden Thompson (20th/174). (Plott does have an additional COVID year of eligibility remaining.)
Iowa and Iowa State are both ranked third and fourth, respectively, in both the dual rankings and TPI. Missouri is ranked No. 5 in the dual rankings, while Michigan is rated fifth in the TPI.
WIN’s TPI 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 at 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., in March, if that event was held now.
WIN Magazine’s Feb. 5 Dual-Team Rankings
Rk.
School (Record)
Prev.
Upcoming Weekend’s Schedules
1.
Penn State (8-0)
1st
Feb. 9 at Iowa
2.
Oklahoma State (12-0)
3rd
Feb. 10 vs. South Dakota State
3.
Iowa (10-1)
2nd
Feb. 9 vs. Penn State
4.
Iowa State (11-2)
4th
Feb. 11 vs. Northern Iowa
5.
Missouri (8-2)
5th
off until Feb. 16 at North Dakota State
6.
Ohio State (13-2)
6th
Feb. 11 vs. Indiana
7.
Michigan (6-3)
11th
Feb. 9 at Nebraska
8.
NC State (12-2)
8th
Feb. 9 vs. Virginia
9.
Nebraska (10-1)
7th
Feb. 9 vs. Michigan
10.
Cornell (8-3)
9th
Feb. 9 at Princeton; Feb. 10 at Penn
11.
Virginia Tech (6-3)
10th
Feb. 9 vs. Duke; Feb. 10 vs. George Mason
12.
Minnesota (8-2)
12th
Feb. 9 at Illinois; Feb. 11 at Purdue
13.
South Dakota State (11-2)
14th
Feb. 9 at Oklahoma; Feb. 10 at Oklahoma State
14.
Rutgers (10-4)
13th
off until Feb. 12 at Penn State
15.
Northern Iowa (5-5)
15th
Feb. 11 at Iowa State
16.
Lehigh (5-3)
16th
Feb. 9 vs. Bucknell
17.
Stanford (9-2)
17th
Feb. 11 vs. Cal Poly
18.
West Virginia (9-5)
18th
off until Feb. 18 vs. Glenville State
19.
Wisconsin (8-4)
20th
Feb. 11 vs. Illinois
20.
Little Rock (12-5)
22nd
Feb. 11 vs. CSU Bakersfield & SIU-Edwardsville
21.
Oklahoma (5-5)
21st
Feb. 9 vs. South Dakota State
22.
Michigan State (9-4)
19th
Feb. 11 at Maryland
23.
Arizona State (4-5)
24th
Feb. 9 at Cal Poly
24.
Oregon State (5-5)
23rd
Feb. 10 at Wyoming
25.
Pitt (8-6)
25th
Feb. 9 at North Carolina
WIN Magazine’s Feb. 5 Tournament Power Index
Rk.
School
Total Rank
Top 8 Rank
TPI Pts
1.
Penn State
10
9
137.5
2.
Oklahoma State
10
5
65.5
3.
Iowa
8
5
61
4.
Iowa State
9
6
59
5.
Michigan
9
5
58.5
6.
NC State
9
4
56.5
7.
Virginia Tech
10
3
54.5
8.
Cornell
8
4
52.5
9.
Missouri
9
3
46.5
10.
Nebraska
7
3
43
11.
Northern Iowa
6
2
39
12.
Arizona State
3
3
38.5
13.
South Dakota State
6
3
37
14.
Minnesota
4
2
32
15.
Lehigh
4
3
29
16.
Northern Colorado
3
2
26.5
17.
Ohio State
7
1
24
18.
Purdue
1
1
20
19.
Air Force
3
1
19.5
20t.
Oregon State
4
1
17.5
20t.
Wisconsin
4
2
17.5
22.
Illinois
3
2
16.5
23.
Little Rock
3
2
15.5
24.
Oklahoma
2
1
14
25.
Penn
2
1
11
26.
North Carolina
2
1
10.5
27.
Harvard
1
1
10
28.
Cal Poly
3
1
9.5
29t.
Campbell
1
1
9
29t.
Rutgers
7
0
9
29t.
West Virginia
3
1
9
32.
Stanford
3
1
8
33.
Pitt
5
0
7.5
34.
Maryland
4
0
6.5
35.
Navy
4
0
5
36.
Michigan State
3
0
4.5
37.
Indiana
3
0
4
38.
Ohio
2
0
3.5
39t.
Bucknell
2
0
3
39t.
Columbia
2
0
3
41t.
Lock Haven
1
0
2
41t.
Northwestern
2
0
2
43t.
Binghamton
1
0
1.5
43t.
Princeton
1
0
1.5
43t.
Virginia
1
0
1.5
43t.
Wyoming
1
0
1.5
47t.
Franklin & Marshall
1
0
1
47t.
North Dakota State
1
0
1
47t.
Utah Valley
1
0
1
WIN Magazine’s Feb. 5 Individual Rankings
125 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Matt Ramos
Purdue
Jr.
1st
2.
Drake Ayala
Iowa
So.
3rd
3.
Cooper Flynn
Virginia Tech
Fr.
4th
4.
Stevo Poulin
Northern Colorado
So.
6th
5.
Braeden Davis
Penn State
Fr.
9th
6.
Michael DeAugustino
Michigan
Sr.
10th
7.
Troy Spratley
Oklahoma State
RSFr.
14th
8.
Eric Barnett
Wisconsin
Sr.
8th
9.
Anthony Noto
Lock Haven
Jr.
2nd
10.
Tanner Jordan
South Dakota State
Sr.
16th
11.
Noah Surtin
Missouri
Jr.
5th
12.
Patrick McKee
Minnesota
Sr.
11th
13.
Jore Volk
Wyoming
So.
7th
14.
Caleb Smith
Nebraska
Gr.
12th
15.
Brandon Kaylor
Oregon State
Sr.
13th
16.
Nico Provo
Stanford
So.
15th
17.
Brett Ungar
Cornell
So.
17th
18.
Jarrett Trombley
NC State
Gr.
18th
19.
Kysen Terukina
Iowa State
Jr.
NR
20.
Dean Peterson
Rutgers
So.
20th
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.
3rd
4.
Dylan Ragusin
Michigan
Jr.
4th
5.
Kai Orine
NC State
Jr.
6th
6.
Nasir Bailey
Little Rock
Fr.
7th
7.
Aaron Nagao
Penn State
So.
5th
8.
Evan Frost
Iowa State
RSFr.
8th
9.
Michael Colaiocco
Penn
Sr.
9th
10.
Dylan Shawver
Rutgers
So.
11th
11.
Nic Bouzakis
Ohio State
RSFr.
10th
12.
Julian Farber
Northern Iowa
Jr.
12th
13.
Sam Latona
Virginia Tech
Jr.
13th
14.
Braxton Brown
Maryland
So.
15th
15.
Zeth Romney
Cal Poly
RSFr.
16th
16.
Dominic Serrano
Northern Colorado
So.
18th
17.
Brendan Ferretti
Navy
So.
NR
18.
Cullen Schriever
Iowa
Jr.
19th
19.
Kurt Phipps
Bucknell
Sr.
14th
20.
Derrick Cardinal
South Dakota State
So.
20th
141 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Beau Bartlett
Penn State
Sr.
2nd
2.
Real Woods
Iowa
Sr.
1st
3.
Jesse Mendez
Ohio State
So.
3rd
4.
Cael Happel
Northern Iowa
Jr.
4th
5.
Ryan Jack
NC State
Jr.
6th
6.
Lachlan McNeil
North Carolina
So.
5th
7.
Tagen Jamison
Oklahoma State
RSFr.
7th
8.
Anthony Echemendia
Iowa State
Jr.
8th
9.
Brock Hardy
Nebraska
So.
9th
10.
Vince Cornella
Cornell
So.
10th
11.
Tom Crook
Virginia Tech
So.
11th
12.
Sergio Lemley
Michigan
Fr.
15th
13.
Jordan Titus
West Virginia
So.
12th
14.
Josh Koderhandt
Navy
Jr.
13th
15.
Vance VomBaur
Minnesota
So.
14th
16.
Kal Miller
Maryland
So.
16th
17.
Mitch Moore
Rutgers
Gr.
17th
18.
Cole Matthews
Pitt
Sr.
18th
19.
Malyke Hines
Lehigh
Jr.
19th
20.
Josh Edmond
Missouri
So.
20th
149 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Ridge Lovett
Nebraska
Jr.
1st
2.
Caleb Henson
Virginia Tech
So.
2nd
3.
Jackson Arrington
NC State
So.
3rd
4.
Kyle Parco
Arizona State
Jr.
4th
5.
Austin Gomez
Michigan
Gr.
5th
6.
Kannon Webster
Illinois
Fr.
6th
7.
Chance Lamer
Cal Poly
So.
8th
8.
Casey Swiderski
Iowa State
So.
9th
9.
Ty Watters
West Virginia
Fr.
10th
10.
Tyler Kasak
Penn State
Fr.
12th
11.
Corbyn Munson
Central Michigan
Sr.
11th
12.
Dylan D’Emilio
Ohio State
Sr.
7th
13.
Ethen Miller
Maryland
So.
13th
14.
Graham Rooks
Indiana
Sr.
14th
15.
Caleb Rathjen
Iowa
So.
15th
16.
Alek Martin
South Dakota State
So.
NR
17.
Nash Singleton
Oregon State
RSFr.
17th
18.
Logan Gioffre
Missouri
Jr.
18th
19.
Joe Zargo
Wisconsin
Jr.
19th
20.
Jordan Williams
Oklahoma State
RSFr.
NR
157 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Levi Haines
Penn State
So.
1st
2.
Michael Blockhus
Minnesota
Sr.
2nd
3.
Jacori Teemer
Arizona State
Sr.
4th
4.
Vinny Zerban
Northern Colorado
So.
5th
5.
Meyer Shapiro
Cornell
Fr.
6th
6.
Jared Franek
Iowa
Gr.
3rd
7.
Peyton Robb
Nebraska
Sr.
8th
8.
Daniel Cardenas
Stanford
So.
9th
9.
Ryder Downey
Northern Iowa
RSFr.
10th
10.
Cody Chittum
Iowa State
Fr.
12th
11.
Brock Mauller
Missouri
Sr.
7th
12.
Teague Travis
Oklahoma State
So.
16th
13.
Will Lewan
Michigan
Sr.
13th
14.
Bryce Andonian
Virginia Tech
Sr.
14th
15.
Ed Scott
NC State
Jr.
11th
16.
Peyten Kellar
Ohio
So.
15th
17
Chase Saldate
Michigan State
Sr.
17th
18.
Paddy Gallagher
Ohio State
So.
18th
19.
Brayton Lee
Indiana
Sr.
19th
20.
Trevor Chumbley
Northwestern
Sr.
20th
165 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Keegan O’Toole
Missouri
Jr.
1st
2.
David Carr
Iowa State
Sr.
2nd
3.
Mitchell Mesenbrink
Penn State
RSFr.
3rd
4.
Izzak Olejnik
Oklahoma State
Sr.
4th
5.
Dean Hamiti
Wisconsin
Jr.
5th
6.
Michael Caliendo
Iowa
So.
6th
7.
Julien Ramirez
Cornell
Jr.
7th
8.
Peyton Hall
West Virginia
Jr.
8th
9.
Cam Amine
Michigan
Sr.
9th
10.
Caleb Fish
Michigan State
Sr.
10th
11.
Garrett Thompson
Ohio
Fr.
11th
12.
Noah Mulvaney
Bucknell
Fr.
12th
13.
Andrew Cerniglia
Navy
Sr.
13th
14.
Connor Brady
Virginia Tech
Jr.
14th
15.
Giano Petrucelli
Air Force
Sr.
15th
16.
Bryce Hepner
Ohio State
So.
16th
17.
Holden Heller
Pitt
Sr.
17th
18.
Antrell Taylor
Nebraska
RSFr.
18th
19.
Maxx Mayfield
Northwestern
Jr.
19th
20.
Derek Fields
NC State
So.
20th
174 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Carter Starocci
Penn State
Sr.
1st
2.
Mekhi Lewis
Virginia Tech
Sr.
2nd
3.
Shane Griffith
Michigan
Sr.
3rd
4.
Cade DeVos
South Dakota State
Jr.
5th
5.
Phillip Conigliaro
Harvard
Sr.
7th
6.
Nick Incontrera
Penn
Jr.
6th
7.
Patrick Kennedy
Iowa
So.
8th
8.
Edmond Ruth
Illinois
Jr.
9th
9.
Peyton Mocco
Missouri
Sr.
4th
10.
Rocco Welsh
Ohio State
Fr.
10th
11.
Lennox Wolak
Columbia
Sr.
12th
12.
Luca Augustine
Pitt
So.
13th
13.
Jackson Turley
Rutgers
Sr.
14th
14.
Adam Kemp
Cal Poly
Gr.
15th
15.
Donnell Washington
Indiana
Sr.
11th
16.
Justin McCoy
Virginia
Gr.
16th
17.
M.J. Gaitan
Iowa State
Fr.
NR
18.
Max Maylor
Wisconsin
Gr.
17th
19.
Gaven Sax
North Dakota State
Jr.
18th
20.
Brayden Thompson
Oklahoma State
Fr.
NR
184 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Parker Keckeisen
Northern Iowa
Jr.
1st
2.
Dustin Plott
Oklahoma State
Sr.
2nd
3.
Trey Munoz
Oregon State
Jr.
3rd
4.
Isaiah Salazar
Minnesota
Sr.
6th
5.
Lenny Pinto
Nebraska
So.
7th
6.
Will Feldkamp
Iowa State
Sr.
8th
7.
Bennett Berge
South Dakota State
RSFr.
9th
8.
Bernie Truax
Penn State
Sr.
4th
9.
Chris Foca
Cornell
Sr.
5th
10.
Sam Wolf
Air Force
Sr.
10th
11.
Clayton Whiting
Missouri
Fr.
11th
12.
Reece Heller
Pitt
Sr.
12th
13.
Dylan Fishback
NC State
RSFr.
13th
14.
Layne Malczewski
Michigan State
Gr.
14th
15.
Jacob Nolan
Binghamton
Sr.
15th
16.
Jaden Bullock
Michigan
Jr.
16th
17.
Brian Soldano
Rutgers
So.
17th
18.
James Conway
Franklin & Marshall
Jr.
18th
19.
Aaron Ayzerov
Columbia
Jr.
NR
20.
Sam Fisher
Virginia Tech
Jr.
20th
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.
Stephan Buchanan
Oklahoma
Jr.
4th
5.
Jacob Cardenas
Cornell
Sr.
5th
6.
Michael Beard
Lehigh
Jr.
6th
7.
Rocky Elam
Missouri
Jr.
7th
8.
Stephen Little
Little Rock
RSFr.
8th
9.
Jaxon Smith
Maryland
So.
9th
10.
Zach Glazier
Iowa
Sr.
10th
11.
Luke Surber
Oklahoma State
Sr.
11th
12.
Silas Allred
Nebraska
So.
12th
13.
Luke Stout
Princeton
Jr.
13th
14.
Mac Stout
Pitt
RSFr.
14th
15.
Andy Smith
Virginia Tech
Jr.
16th
16.
Max Shaw
North Carolina
Jr.
17th
17.
John Poznanski
Rutgers
Jr.
15th
18.
Nick Stemmet
Stanford
Sr.
18th
19.
Evan Bockman
Utah Valley
Sr.
19th
20.
Wyatt Voelker
Northern Iowa
RSFr.
20th
Heavyweight
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Greg Kerkvliet
Penn State
Sr.
1st
2.
Wyatt Hendrickson
Air Force
Sr.
2nd
3.
Yonger Bastida
Iowa State
Sr.
3rd
4.
Cohlton Schultz
Arizona State
Jr.
4th
5.
Zach Elam
Missouri
Sr.
5th
6.
Taye Ghadiali
Campbell
Sr.
6th
7.
Lucas Davison
Michigan
Gr.
7th
8.
Nathan Taylor
Lehigh
So.
10th
9.
Konner Doucet
Oklahoma State
Jr.
11th
10.
Luke Luffman
Illinois
Jr.
9th
11.
Nick Feldman
Ohio State
RSFr.
13th
12.
Owen Trephan
NC State
Jr.
12th
13.
Yaraslau Slavikouski
Rutgers
Gr.
8th
14.
Josh Heindselman
Oklahoma
Sr.
14th
15.
Tyrell Gordon
Northern Iowa
Sr.
15th
16.
Boone McDermott
Oregon State
Sr.
16th
17.
Lewis Fernandes
Cornell
Sr.
17th
18.
Josiah Hill
Little Rock
Jr.
18th
19.
Grady Griess
Navy
Sr.
19th
20.
Hunter Catka
Virginia Tech
Jr.
20th
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