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Penn State atop first WIN team rankings; Over 100 nationally-ranked wrestlers expected at Vegas Invite

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by Mike Finn, WIN Magazine

Levi Haines (Penn State) in action at the 2024 NWCA All-Star Classic.

Levi Haines (Penn State) in action at the 2024 NWCA All-Star Classic.

NEWTON, Iowa — The Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational has historically pitted the nation’s best college wrestlers against each other early in the season as this weekend’s 42nd annual tournament features over 100 nationally-ranked wrestlers and 10 teams that are rated among the Top-15 schools in WIN Magazine’s Dec. 2 NCAA Div. I rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.


Led by Oklahoma State, rated No. 3 in WIN’s Tournament Power Index, the other notable teams in WIN’s latest TPI that will wrestle this Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6-7, in the Las Vegas Convention Center, include No. 4 Nebraska, 5 Ohio State, 6 NC State, 7 Virginia Tech, 9 Cornell, 10 Iowa State, 11 Michigan, 12 Northern Iowa and 15 South Dakota State.


Depending exactly on which wrestlers enter, this could mean as many as 27 wrestlers ranked in the top five of their weight class:


125 – No. 1 Richard Figueroa (Arizona State), No. 2 Matt Ramos (Purdue), No. 3 Caleb Smith (Nebraska), No. 5 Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State)

133 – No. 3 Dylan Ragusin (Michigan)

141 – No. 1 Jesse Mendez (Ohio State), No. 4 Brock Hardy (Nebraska), No. 5 Cael Happel (Northern Iowa)

149 – No. 1 Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech), No. 3 Ty Watters (West Virginia), No.5 Ridge Lovett (Nebraska)

157 – No. 2 Meyer Shapiro (Cornell), No. 4 Peyten Kellar (Ohio), No. 5 Antrell Taylor (Nebraska)

165 – No. 3 Peyton Hall (West Virginia), No. 4 Terrell Barraclough (Utah Valley), No. 5 Hunter Garvin (Stanford)

174 – No. 4 Dean Hamiti (Oklahoma State), No. 4 Cade Devos (South Dakota State), No. 5 Lennox Wolak (Virginia Tech)

184 – No. 2 Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa), No. 3 Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State), No. 4 Bennett Berge (South Dakota State)

197 – No. 2 Jacob Cardenas (Michigan), No. 4 A.J. Ferrari (CSU Bakersfield)

Hwt – No. 3 Wyatt Hendrickson (Oklahoma State), No. 4 Yonger Bastida (Iowa State)


WIN’s TPI projects where programs would finish in the 2025 NCAA Division I Championships, which will be held March 20-22 in Philadelphia, if every wrestler finished the season where they are ranked now. 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.


This week’s national ranking includes WIN’s first dual-team rankings, led by No. 1 Penn State (that travels to Lehigh on Sunday) and No. 2 Iowa (that hosts Princeton and Army in St. Charles, Mo.). Meanwhile, No. 8 Minnesota and No. 13 Missouri will compete in the SIUE Cougar Classic on Saturday.

WIN Magazine’s Dec. 2 Top-20 Dual Teams #

Rk. School W-L Upcoming Action

1. Penn State 1-0 at Lehigh, Dec. 8

2. Iowa 4-0 vs. Princeton & Army, Dec. 6

3. Oklahoma State 4-0 at CKLV Invitational, Dec. 6-7

4. Nebraska 3-0 at CKLV Invitational, Dec. 6-7

5. Ohio State 3-0 at CKLV Invitational, Dec. 6-7

6. NC State 5-0 at CKLV Invitational, Dec. 6-7

7. Virginia Tech 3-0 at CKLV Invitational, Dec. 6-7

8. Minnesota 4-0 at SIUE Cougar Clash, Dec. 7

9. Cornell 1-0 at CKLV Invitational, Dec. 6-7

10. Iowa State 1-2 at CKLV Invitational, Dec. 6-7

11. Michigan 3-0 at CKLV Invitational, Dec. 6-7

12. Northern Iowa 2-0 at CKLV Invitational, Dec. 6-7

13. Missouri 1-3 at SIUE Cougar Clash, Dec. 7

14. Illinois 5-0 at Indiana, Dec. 6, at SIUE Cougar Clash, Dec. 7

15. South Dakota State 1-2 at CKLV Invitational, Dec. 6-7

16. Stanford 4-1 at CKLV Invitational, Dec. 6-7

17. Rutgers 3-2 vs. Lock Haven, Dec. 6; at Princeton, Dec. 8

18. Lehigh 1-1 vs. Penn State, Dec. 8

19. West Virginia 3-0 at CKLV Invitational, Dec. 6-7

20. Oklahoma 2-0 vs. Central Michigan, Dec. 6

WIN Magazine’s Dec. 2 Tournament Power Index #

Rk. School Total Rank Top 8 TPI Pts

1. Penn State 9 7 124.5

2. Iowa 8 7 85

3. Oklahoma State 6 2 62

4. Minnesota 9 5 53

5. Nebraska 8 4 52

6t. Iowa State 9 5 47.5

6t. Missouri 7 3 47.5

8. Ohio State 9 3 44

9 Virginia Tech 9 2 41

10. Michigan 6 3 38

11. Northern Iowa 5 3 37.5

12. Stanford 5 4 35.5

13. Lehigh 5 2 35

14. South Dakota State 5 3 33

15. Cornell 7 2 32.5

16. Northern Colorado 4 2 31.5

17t. Arizona State 4 2 29

17t. West Virginia 3 2 29

19. Little Rock 4 2 28.5

20. Illinois 7 1 22

21t. NC State 5 2 17.5

21t. Purdue 2 1 17.5

23. Pitt 5 1 15

24. Rutgers 6 1 14.5

25t. Ohio 2 1 14

25t. Utah Valley 2 1 14

27. CSU Bakersfield 1 1 12.5

28. Campbell 2 1 11.5

29. Penn 3 1 10

30t. Oklahoma 5 0 8

30t. Wyoming 3 1 8

32. Cal Poly 2 1 7.5

33. Appalachian State 1 1 6.5

34t. North Carolina 4 0 6

34t. Oregon State 4 0 6

36. Maryland 3 0 5.5

37t. Navy 2 0 4

37t. Northwestern 2 0 4

39. Princeton 2 0 3.5

40. Binghamton 2 0 3

41t. Army West Point 2 0 2.5

41t. Lock Haven 2 0 2.5

43. Bucknell 2 0 2

44t. Central Michigan 1 0 1.5

44t. Indiana 1 0 1.5

44t. SIU-Edwardsville 1 0 1.5

47t. Columbia 1 0 1

47t. Wisconsin 1 0 1

WIN Magazine’s Dec. 2 Individual Rankings #

125 Pounds #

Wt Name School Yr. Previous

1. Richard Figueroa Arizona State Jr. 1st

2. Matt Ramos Purdue Sr. 2nd

3. Caleb Smith Nebraska Grad. 3rd

4. Stevo Poulin Northern Colorado Jr. 4th

5. Troy Spratley Oklahoma State So. 5th

6. Nico Provo Stanford Jr. 7th

7. Vincent Robinson NC State RS Fr. 8th

8. Jore Volk Wyoming Jr. 9th

9. Brendan McCrone Ohio State So. 11th

10. Sheldon Seymour Lehigh Jr. 12th

11. Dean Peterson Rutgers Sr. 13th

12. Eddie Ventresca Virginia Tech Jr. 14th

13. Noah Surtin Missouri RS Sr. 10th

14. Cooper Flynn Minnesota Jr. 19th

15. Kysen Terukina Iowa State Sr. 15th

16. Maximo Renteria Oregon State Sr. 16th

17. Tanner Jordan South Dakota State RS Sr. 6th

18. Nick Babin Pitt RS Sr. 18th

19. Spencer Moore North Carolina Jr. 17th

20. Greg Diakomihalis Cornell Sr. 20th


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. Lucas Byrd Illinois Sr. 4th

5. Drake Ayala Iowa Jr. 5th

6. Evan Frost Iowa State So. 6th

7. Dylan Shawver Rutgers Sr. 7th

8. Tyler Knox Stanford RS Fr. 8th

9. Tyler Wells Minnesota So. 9th

10. Braeden Davis Penn State So. 10th

11. Nic Bouzakis Ohio State So. 11th

12. Ethan Oakley North Carolina Jr. 12th

13. Anthony Noto Lock Haven Sr. 13th

14. Domenic Zaccone Campbell Grad. 14th

15. Jacob Van Dee Nebraska So. 15th

16. Connor McGonagle Virginia Tech Grad. 16th

17. Cleveland Belton Oklahoma Sr. 17th

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. 5th

6. Vance VomBaur Minnesota Jr. 6th

7. Tagen Jamison Oklahoma State So. 7th

8. Sergio Lemley Michigan So. 8th

9. Josh Koderhandt Navy Sr. 9th

10. Mosha Schwartz Oklahoma RS Sr. 10th

11. CJ Composto Penn Sr. 11th

12. Jordan Titus West Virginia Jr. 12th

13. Vince Cornella Cornell Jr. 13th

14. Sam Latona Virginia Tech Grad. 14th

15. Haiden Drury Utah Valley Sr. 15th

16. Kai Orine NC State RS Sr. 16th

17. Dylan Chappell Bucknell Jr. 17th

18. Wyatt Henson Lock Haven Jr. 18th

19. Josh Edmond Missouri Jr. 19th

20. Jacob Frost Iowa State So. 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 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. Ty Whalen Princeton Jr. 11th

12. Jaden Abas Stanford Sr. 13th

13. Logan Gioffre Missouri Sr. 14th

14. Jordan Williams Little Rock So. 12th

15. Alek Martin South Dakota State Jr. 15th

16. Caleb Tyus SIU-Edwardsville Sr. 16th

17. Jesse Vasquez Arizona State Sr. 17th

18. Joe Zargo Wisconsin Sr. 18th

19. Willie McDougald Oklahoma Jr. 19th

20. Gabe Willochell Wyoming Jr. 20th


157 Pounds #

Wt Name School Yr. Previous

1. Tyler Kasak Penn State So. 3rd

2. Meyer Shapiro Cornell So. 2nd

3. Jacori Teemer Iowa Grad. 1st

4. Peyten Kellar Ohio Jr. 4th

5. Antrell Taylor Nebraska So. 5th

6. Ryder Downey Northern Iowa So. 7th

7. Paniro Johnson Iowa State So. 8th

8. Tommy Askey Minnesota Sr. 6th

9. Vince Zerban Northern Colorado Jr. 9th

10. Trevor Chumbley Northwestern RS Sr. 10th

11. Ethen Miller Maryland Jr. 11th

12. Ed Scott NC State Sr. 12th

13. Johnny Lovett Central Michigan Sr. 13th

14. Ethan Stiles Oregon State Fr. 14th

15. Jude Swisher Penn So. 15th

16. Joey Blaze Purdue So. 16th

17. Rafael Hipolito Virginia Tech RS Fr. 17th

18. Chase Saldate Michigan Grad. 18th

19. Paddy Gallagher Ohio State Jr. 19th

20. Teague Travis Oklahoma State Jr. 20th

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. Terrell Barraclough Utah Valley Sr. 5th

5. Hunter Garvin Stanford So. 6th

6. Julian Ramirez Cornell Sr. 4th

7. Will Miller Appalachian State Sr. 7th

8. M.J. Gaitan Iowa State So. 8th

9. Maxx Mayfield Northwestern Sr. 9th

10. Cam Amine Oklahoma State RS Sr. 10th

11. Max Brignola Lehigh Sr. 15th

12. Andrew Sparks Minnesota Sr. 11th

13. Braeden Scoles Illinois Fr. 12th

14. Nico Ruiz Arizona State Fr. 14th

15. Tyler Lillard Indiana So. 13th

16. Gunner Filipowicz Army West Point So. 16th

17. Bubba Wilson Nebraska Sr. 17th

18. Matt Olguin Oregon State Sr. 18th

19. Cameron Steed Missouri So. 19th

20. Brock Mantanona Michigan Fr. 20th


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 State Sr. 3rd

4. Cade Devos South Dakota State RS Sr. 4th

5. Lennox Wolak Virginia Tech Grad. 5th

6. Lorenzo Norman Stanford RS Fr. 6th

7. Nick Incontrera Penn Sr. 7th

8. Nelson Brands Iowa Sr. 8th

9. Carson Kharchla Ohio State Sr. 9th

10. Gaven Sax Oklahoma Sr. 10th

11. Simon Ruiz Cornell Fr. 11th

12. Danny Wask Navy So. 12th

13. Luca Augustine Pitt Jr. 13th

14. Lenny Pinto Nebraska Jr. 14th

15. Garrett Thompson Ohio Jr. 15th

16. Brevin Cassella Binghamton Sr. 16th

17. Danny Braunagel Illinois RS Sr. 17th

18. Jackson Turley Rutgers Grad. 18th

19. Myles Takats Bucknell So. 19th

20. Clayton Whiting Minnesota So. 20th


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. Reece Heller Pitt Grad. 6th

6. Colton Hawks Missouri Jr. 5th

7. Gabe Arnold Iowa RS Fr. 7th

8. Max McEnelly Minnesota Fr. 12th

9. Chris Foca Cornell Sr. 8th

10. Dylan Fishback NC State So. 10th

11. Silas Allred Nebraska Jr. 11th

12. Jaxon Smith Maryland Jr. 13th

13. Edmond Ruth Illinois Sr. 9th

14. T.J. Stewart Virginia Tech So. 14th

15. Ryder Rogotzke Ohio State So. 15th

16. Evan Bockman Iowa State Sr. 16th

17. Gavin Kane North Carolina Sr. NR

18. Brian Soldano Rutgers Jr. 17th

19. Aaron Ayserov Columbia Sr. 18th

20. Jaden Bullock Michigan Sr. 19th


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. 7th

8. Zach Glazier South Dakota State Sr. 8th

9. Andy Smith Virginia Tech RS Sr. 9th

10. John Poznanski Rutgers Sr. 10th

11. Luke Surber Oklahoma State Sr. 11th

12. Trey Munoz Oregon State RS Sr. 12th

13. Wyatt Voelker Northern Iowa So. 13th

14. Joseph Novak Wyoming So. 14th

15. Zac Braunagel Illinois Sr. 15th

16. Luke Stout Princeton Sr. 16th

17. Christian Carroll Iowa State RS Fr. 17th

18. Mac Stout Pitt So. 18th

19. Luke Geog Ohio State So. 19th

20. Josh Barr Penn State Fr. 20th


Heavyweight #

Wt Name School Yr Previous

1. Gable Steveson Minnesota Grad. 1st

2. Greg Kerkvliet Penn State RS Sr. 2nd

3. Wyatt Hendrickson Oklahoma State Sr. 3rd

4. Yonger Bastida Iowa State Sr. 4th

5. Taye Ghadiali Campbell Grad. 5th

6. Nick Feldman Ohio State So. 6th

7. Cohlton Schultz Arizona State RS Sr. 7th

8. Isaac Trumble NC State Jr. 8th

9. Yaraslau Slavikouski Rutgers Grad. 9th

10. Luke Luffman Illinois Sr. 10th

11. Owen Trephan Lehigh Jr. 11th

12. Josh Heindselman Oklahoma Grad. 12th

13. Jimmy Mullen Virginia Tech Fr. 13th

14. Seth Nevills Maryland Grad. 14th

15. Dayton Pitzer Pitt So. 15th

16. Cory Day Binghamton Grad. 16th

17. Ben Kueter Iowa RS Fr. 17th

18. Lance Runyon Northern Iowa Sr. NR

19. Lucas Stoddard Army West Point So. 18th

20. Josiah Hill Little Rock Sr. 19th

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