Photo: Stanford freshman Tyler Knox, fresh off an upset of Iowa’s Drake Ayala, is now ranked No. 10 at 133 pounds in WIN Magazine’s first weekly rankings of 2024-25. He is also one of two Cardinal freshman and 34 newcomers who appeared in the rankings. (Stanford photo)
NEWTON, Iowa — The college season has been going on for two weeks and opened the door for 34 wrestlers to join WIN Magazine’s Nov. 11 NCAA Division I Individual Rankings and Tournament Power Index, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.
Among those newcomers are six who are ranked in the Top 10 of their weight classes: Chris Cannon (Northwestern) and Tyler Knox (Stanford) at 133; Casey Swiderski (Iowa State) at 141; Lorenzo Norman (Stanford) and Carson Kharchla (Ohio State) at 174; and Gabe Arnold (Iowa) at 184.
Knox, Norman and Arnold are also among nine freshmen in WIN’s first weekly rankings. The others include Illinois’ Kannon Webster and Penn’s Cross Wasilewski at 149 pounds, Cornell’s Simon Ruiz at 174, Minnesota’s Max McEnelly at 184, Iowa State’s Christian Carroll at 197 and Iowa’s Ben Kueter at heavyweight.
All wrestlers, ranked No. 1 at their weight in WIN’s preseason ranking, remain on top at their weights. That includes former national champs Richard Figueroa (125) of Arizona State, Jesse Mendez (141) of Ohio State, Caleb Henson (149) of Virginia Tech, Keegan O’Toole (174) of Missouri, Carter Starocci (184) of Penn State and Greg Kerkvliet (Hwt) of Penn State. Other defending champs Levi Haines (Penn State) and Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) are rated No. 2, respectively, at 174 and 184 pounds.
Defending national champ Penn State remains No. 1 in WIN’s Tournament Power Index, which is team-race prediction at this point in the season for the 2025 NCAA Division I Championships, March 20-22, in Philadelphia; and based on where their wrestlers are ranked in WIN’s individual ratings.
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 Nittany Lions, which feature nine ranked wrestlers and eight ranked in the Top 8 of their weight class, earned 125.5 TPI points in these rankings.
The other top four teams include Iowa (85), Oklahoma State (67.5), Iowa State (52) and Nebraska (51).
WIN Magazine will announce its first dual rankings on Dec. 2.
Tournament Power Index
Rk.
School
Total
Top 8
TPI
Rank
Rank
Points
1.
Penn State
9
8
125.5
2.
Iowa
8
6
85
3.
Oklahoma State
8
6
67.5
4.
Iowa State
9
4
52
5.
Nebraska
7
4
51
6.
Virginia Tech
9
3
48.5
7.
Missouri
7
3
46
8.
Ohio State
7
3
45.5
9.
South Dakota State
6
4
44.5
10.
Lehigh
5
3
39
11t.
Cornell
6
2
35
11t.
Northern Iowa
7
3
35
13.
Michigan
5
2
33.5
14.
Minnesota
8
3
31
15.
Arizona State
2
2
30
16.
West Virginia
4
2
29.5
17t.
Little Rock
4
2
29
17t.
Rutgers
6
3
29
19.
Northern Colorado
4
2
27.5
20.
Stanford
5
2
20.5
21.
Illinois
7
1
18.5
22.
Wyoming
2
1
18
23.
Purdue
3
1
15.5
24.
Ohio
2
1
14.5
25.
Pitt
5
1
14
26t.
CSU Bakersfield
1
1
12.5
26t.
NC State
6
1
12.5
28.
Northwestern
4
1
11
29.
Oregon State
3
1
9.5
30t.
Oklahoma
5
0
9
30t.
Penn
4
1
9
30t.
Utah Valley
1
1
9
33.
Cal Poly
3
1
8.5
34.
Appalachian State
1
1
5.5
35.
North Carolina
3
0
5
36t.
Campbell
3
0
4.5
36t.
Maryland
3
0
4.5
38.
Navy
2
0
3.5
39t.
Binghamton
2
0
3
39t.
Princeton
2
0
3
41t.
Indiana
2
0
2.5
41t.
Lock Haven
2
0
2.5
43t.
Army West Point
2
0
2
43t.
Central Michigan
1
0
2
43t.
George Mason
1
0
2
46t.
Columbia
1
0
1
46t.
Harvard
1
0
1
46t.
SIU-Edwardsville
1
0
1
46t.
Wisconsin
1
0
1
Individual Rankings
125 Pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Richard Figueroa
Arizona State
Jr.
1st
2.
Jore Volk
Wyoming
Jr.
5th
3.
Matt Ramos
Purdue
Sr.
7th
4.
Caleb Smith
Nebraska
Grad.
4th
5.
Tanner Jordan
South Dakota State
RS Sr.
6th
6
Stevo Poulin
Northern Colorado
Jr.
8th
7.
Troy Spratley
Oklahoma State
So.
9th
8.
Dean Peterson
Rutgers
Sr.
14th
9.
Nico Provo
Stanford
Jr.
11th
10.
Noah Surtin
Missouri
RS Sr.
12th
11.
Brendan McCrone
Ohio State
So.
18th
12.
Sheldon Seymour
Lehigh
Jr.
NR
13.
Maximo Renteria
Oregon State
Sr.
19th
14.
Eddie Ventresca
Virginia Tech
Jr.
NR
15.
Kysen Terukina
Iowa State
Sr.
16th
16.
Spencer Moore
North Carolina
Jr.
NR
17.
Jakob Camacho
NC State
Sr.
10th
18.
Nick Babin
Pitt
RS Sr.
NR
19.
Cooper Flynn
Minnesota
Jr.
13th
20.
Trever Anderson
Northern Iowa
So.
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.
Dylan Shawver
Rutgers
Sr.
6th
6.
Lucas Byrd
Illinois
Sr.
10th
7.
Chris Cannon
Northwestern
Sr.
NR
8.
Aaron Nagao
Penn State
Jr.
8th
9.
Drake Ayala
Iowa
Jr.
5th
10.
Tyler Knox
Stanford
RS Fr.
NR
11.
Tyler Wells
Minnesota
So.
11th
12.
Jacob Van Dee
Nebraska
So.
12th
13.
Ethan Oakley
North Carolina
Jr.
13th
14.
Anthony Noto
Lock Haven
Sr.
2nd/125
15.
Domenic Zaccone
Campbell
Grad.
15th
16.
Cleveland Belton
Oklahoma
Sr.
16th/141
17.
Connor McGonagle
Virginia Tech
Grad.
17th
18.
Brett Ungar
Cornell
Jr.
NR
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.
Casey Swiderski
Iowa State
Jr.
NR
6.
Vance VomBaur
Minnesota
Jr.
8th
7.
Cael Happel
Northern Iowa
Sr.
9th
8.
Tagen Jamison
Oklahoma State
So.
9th/149
9.
Sergio Lemley
Michigan
So.
10th
10.
Josh Konderhandt
Navy
Sr.
11th
11.
Josh Edmond
Missouri
Jr.
12th
12.
Mosha Schwartz
Oklahoma
RS Sr.
NR
13.
CJ Composto
Penn
Sr.
19th
14.
Kai Orine
NC State
RS Sr.
7th/133
15.
Jordan Titus
West Virginia
Jr.
15th
16.
Vince Cornella
Cornell
Jr.
17th
17.
Wyatt Henson
Lock Haven
Jr.
18th
18.
Sam Latona
Virginia Tech
Grad.
14th
19.
Frankie Tai-Shahar
Northwestern
RS Sr.
NR
20.
Danny Pucino
Illinois
Jr.
NR
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 (transfer)
Sr.
4th
5.
Ridge Lovett
Nebraska
Sr.
5th
6.
Anthony Eschemendia
Iowa State
Sr.
5th/141
7.
Chance Lamer
Cal Poly
Jr.
7th
8.
Dylan D’Emilio
Ohio State
Sr.
8th
9.
Lachlan McNeil
North Carolina
Jr.
6th/141
10.
Kannon Webster
Illinois
RS Fr.
NR
11.
Colin Realbuto
Northern Iowa
RS Sr.
11th
12.
Jordan Williams
Little Rock
So.
12th
13.
Ty Whalen
Princeton
Jr.
NR
14.
Willie McDougald
Oklahoma
Sr.
17th
15.
Logan Gioffre
Missouri
Sr.
NR
16.
Alek Martin
South Dakota State
Jr.
19th
17.
Caleb Tyus
SIU-Edwardsville
Sr.
18th
18.
Joe Zargo
Wisconsin
Sr.
NR
19.
Cross Wasilewski
Penn
Fr.
NR
20.
Jaden Abas
Stanford
RS Sr.
13th
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.
4th
4.
Peyten Kellar
Ohio
Jr.
5th
5.
Antrell Taylor
Nebraska
So.
6th
6.
Tommy Askey
Minnesota
Sr.
7th
7.
Ryder Downey
Northern Iowa
So.
9th
8.
Cael Swensen
South Dakota State
Jr.
10th
9.
Paniro Johnson
Iowa State
So.
10th/149
10.
Teague Travis
Oklahoma State
Jr.
12th
11.
Johnny Lovett
Central Michigan
Sr.
NR
12.
DJ McGee
George Mason
Jr.
13th
13.
Vince Zerban
Northern Colorado
Jr.
15th
14.
Trevor Chumbley
Northwestern
RS Sr.
16th
15.
Ethen Miller
Maryland
Jr.
15th/149
16.
Ed Scott
NC State
Sr.
8th
17.
Joey Blaze
Purdue
So.
NR
18.
Chase Saldate
Michigan
Grad.
18th
19.
Jude Swisher
Penn
So.
NR
20.
Jimmy Harrington
Harvard
Jr.
NR
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.
4th
4.
Julian Ramirez
Cornell
Sr.
5th
5.
Cam Amine
Oklahoma State
RS Sr.
6th
6.
Terrell Barraclough
Utah Valley
Sr.
15th
7.
Hunter Garvin
Stanford
So.
3rd
8.
Will Miller
Appalachian State
Sr.
8th
9.
M.J. Gaitan
Iowa State
So.
12th/174
10.
Maxx Mayfield
Northwestern
Sr.
7th
11.
Garrett Thompson
Ohio
Jr.
11th
12.
Andrew Sparks
Minnesota
Sr.
12th
13.
Tyler Lillard
Indiana
So.
13th
14.
Cameron Steed
Missouri
So.
NR
15.
Matt Olguin
Oregon State
Sr.
14th
16.
Max Brignola
Lehigh
Sr.
17th/157
17.
Gunner Filipowicz
Army West Point
So.
17th
18.
Connor Brady
Virginia Tech
Sr.
18th
19.
Derek Fields
NC State
Jr.
19th
20.
Dominic Baker
Campbell
Jr.
10th
174 Pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Keegan O’Toole
Missouri
Sr.
1st
2.
Levi Haines
Penn State
Jr.
2nd
3.
Cade Devos
South Dakota State
RS Sr.
4th
4.
Dean Hamiti
Oklahoma St.
Sr.
5th
5.
Lennox Wolak
Virginia Tech
Grad.
6th
6.
Lorenzo Norman
Stanford
RS Fr.
NR
7.
Nelson Brands
Iowa
Sr.
5th/184
8.
Nick Incontrera
Penn
Sr.
10th
9.
Carson Kharchla
Ohio State
Sr.
NR
10.
Lenny Pinto
Nebraska
Jr.
9th/184
11.
Gaven Sax
Oklahoma
Sr.
8th
12.
Simon Ruiz
Cornell
Fr.
NR
13.
Jackson Turley
Rutgers
Grad.
16th
14.
Luca Augustine
Pitt
Jr.
15th
15.
Danny Wask
Navy
So.
9th
16.
Brevin Cassella
Binghamton
Sr.
20th
17.
Danny Braunagel
Illinois
RS Sr.
11th
18.
Jared Simma
Northern Iowa
Jr.
17th
19.
Clayton Whiting
Minnesota
So.
18th
20.
Brady Baumann
Purdue
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.
6th
5.
Thomas Stewart
Virginia Tech
So.
8th
6.
Reece Heller
Pitt
Grad.
15th
7.
Gabe Arnold
Iowa
RS Fr.
NR
8.
Colton Hawks
Missouri
Jr.
10th
9.
Chris Foco
Cornell
Sr.
12th
10.
Edmond Ruth
Illinois
Sr.
7th
11.
Dylan Fishback
NC State
So.
11th
12.
Silas Allred
Nebraska
Jr.
9th/197
13.
Max McEnelly
Minnesota
Fr.
NR
14.
Jaxon Smith
Maryland
Jr.
17th/197
15.
Ryder Rogotzke
Ohio State
So.
16th
16.
Evan Bockman
Iowa State
Sr.
17th
17.
Jaden Bullock
Michigan
Sr.
13th
18.
Brian Soldano
Rutgers
Jr.
NR
19.
Aaron Ayserov
Columbia
Sr.
14th
20.
Ian Bush
West Virginia
So.
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.
Trey Munoz
Oregon State
RS Sr.
4th/184
8.
Isaiah Salazar
Minnesota
Sr.
7th
9.
John Poznanski
Rutgers
Sr.
8th
10.
Andy Smith
Virginia Tech
RS Sr.
10th
11.
Wyatt Voelker
Northern Iowa
So.
11th
12.
Joseph Novak
Wyoming
So.
13th
13.
Zach Glazier
South Dakota State
Sr.
16th
14.
Luke Stout
Princeton
Sr.
15th
15.
Zac Braunagel
Illinois
Sr.
NR
16.
Luke Surber
Oklahoma State
Sr.
19th
17.
Christian Carroll
Iowa State
RS Fr.
NR
18.
Mac Stout
Pitt
So.
18th
19.
Luke Geog
Ohio State
So.
20th
20.
Lucas Cochran
Penn State
Jr.
NR
Heavyweight
Wt
Name
School
Yr
Previous
1
Greg Kerkvliet
Penn State
RS Sr.
1st
2.
Wyatt Hendrickson
Oklahoma State
Sr.
2nd
3.
Nick Feldman
Ohio State
So.
3rd
4.
Yonger Bastida
Iowa State
Sr.
4th
5.
Cohlton Schultz
Arizona State
RS Sr.
5th
6.
Yaraslau Slavikouski
Rutgers
Grad.
6th
7.
Nathan Taylor
Lehigh
Jr.
8th
8.
Owen Trephan
NC State
Sr.
14th
9.
Taye Ghadiali
Campbell
Grad.
7th
10.
Luke Luffman
Illinois
Sr.
16th
11.
Josh Heindselman
Oklahoma
Grad.
10th
12.
Hunter Catka
Virginia Tech
Jr.
9th
13.
Seth Nevills
Maryland
Grad.
13th
14.
Dayton Pitzer
Pitt
So.
15th
15.
Cory Day
Binghamton
Grad.
11th
16.
Ben Kueter
Iowa
RS Fr.
NR
17.
Lucas Stoddard
Army West Point
So.
17th
18.
Josiah Hill
Little Rock
Sr.
12th
19.
Trevor Tinker
Cal Poly
Jr.
18th
20.
Jacob Bullock
Indiana
Grad.
20th
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