Few changes in WIN Magazine’s Dec. 16 rankings; some big duals to come before Christmas

NEWTON, Iowa — The holidays are upon the college wrestling world and many of the top teams, listed in WIN Magazine’s Dec. 16 national rankings, will be in action one more weekend before Christmas at neutral-site dual meets.

The biggest event will be happening in Nashville, Tenn., where five teams ranked in WIN’s Dual Team Rankings — No. 1 Penn State, No. 5 Ohio State, No. 10 Iowa State, No. 13 Missouri and No. 19 Little Rock — will compete on Dec. 22. This could include a featured meeting between the top-two ranked wrestlers and a pair of national champions at 174 pounds: Missouri’s No. 1 Keegan O’Toole and Penn State’s No. 2-ranked Levi Haines.

Meanwhile, there are also scheduled duals between No. 3 Oklahoma State hosting No. 7 Virginia Tech on Dec. 19 and No. 6 NC State traveling to No. 9 Cornell on Dec. 22.

With most schools taking semester exams last weekend, there was little action and few changes in WIN’s Dec. 16 Rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic. This includes WIN’s Tournament Power Index, where the top five schools are Penn State (138 TPI points), Oklahoma State (78), Iowa (75), Minnesota (64.5) and Virginia Tech (58.5).

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.

Meanwhile, Penn State continues to feature three No. 1-ranked wrestlers — Tyler Kasak (157), Mitchell Mesenbrink (165) and Carter Starocci (184)  — while the other top-ranked wrestlers are Purdue’s Matt Ramos (125), Lehigh’s Ryan Crookham (133), Ohio State’s Jesse Mendez (141), Virginia Tech’s Caleb Henson (149), Missouri’s Keegan O’Toole (174), Iowa’s Stephen Buchanan (197) and Minnesota’s Gable Steveson (Hwt).

WIN Magazine’s Dec. 16 Top-20 Dual Teams

Rank/School/W-L/Previous/Upcoming Action

1. Penn State 3-0 1st Dec. 22 vs Binghamton, Little Rock & Missouri

2. Iowa 6-0 2nd off until Dec. 29-30, Soldier Salute

3. Oklahoma State 5-0 3rd Dec. 19 vs. Virginia Tech

4. Nebraska 3-0 4th Dec. 20 vs. Augustana/Neb-Kearney

5. Ohio State 4-0 5th Dec. 21 vs. North Carolina, Lock Haven, Iowa State

6. NC State 5-0 6th Dec. 22 at Cornell

7. Virginia Tech 3-0 7th Dec. 19 at Oklahoma State

8. Minnesota 4-0 8th off until Dec. 29-30, at Soldier Salute

9. Cornell 1-0 9th Dec. 22 vs NC State

10. Iowa State 2-2 10th Dec. 21 vs. Lock Haven, North Carolina, Ohio State

11. Michigan 3-0 11th off until Jan. 10 vs. Maryland

12. Northern Iowa 3-0 12th off until Dec. 29-30 at Soldier Salute

13. Missouri 1-3 13th Dec. 22 vs Binghamton, Little Rock, Penn State

14. Illinois 6-0 14th off until Jan. 10 vs. Ohio State

15. South Dakota State 1-2 15th Dec. 20 at Rider (Pitt, Maryland)

16. Stanford 4-1 16th off until Dec. 29-30 at Midlands

17. Rutgers 8-2 17th off until Dec. 29-30 at Midlands

18. Lehigh 1-2 18th off until Dec. 22, Sheridan Tournament

19. Little Rock 4-0 NR Dec. 16 vs. Chattanooga

20. Oklahoma 3-1 20th Dec. 21 vs. Chattanooga, CSU Bakersfield, Southeast CC

WIN Magazine’s Dec. 16 Tournament Power Index

Rk/School/Total Ranked/Top 8 Ranked/TPI Points

1. Penn State 10 9 138

2. Oklahoma State 10 6 78.5

3. Iowa 7 6 75

4. Minnesota 8 6 64.5

5. Virginia Tech 9 4 58.5

6. Nebraska 8 4 52

7. Ohio State 8 4 47.5

8. Missouri 6 3 46

9. Northern Iowa 8 3 39.5

10. Iowa State 8 3 38

11t. Cornell 6 2 31.5

11t. Stanford 5 3 31.5

13. Little Rock 5 2 29.5

14. West Virginia 3 2 28.5

15. Lehigh 4 1 26

16. NC State 5 3 25.5

17. South Dakota State 6 2 24

18t. Illinois 7 1 23

18t. Michigan 5 1 23

20. Purdue 2 1 22

21. Northern Colorado 4 1 20.5

22. Cal Poly 2 2 16.5

23. Pitt 5 1 15

24. Ohio 2 1 14.5

25t. Penn 4 1 14

25t. Utah Valley 2 1 14

27. CSU Bakersfield 1 1 12.5

28. Campbell 2 1 11.5

29. Maryland 3 1 10

30. Rutgers 6 0 9

31t. Arizona State 3 1 8

31t. Oklahoma 5 0 8

31t. Wyoming 2 1 8

34. Navy 2 1 7

35. Appalachian State 1 1 6.5

36. North Carolina 4 0 6

37. Oregon State 3 0 4.5

38t. Northwestern 3 0 3.5

38t. Princeton 2 0 3.5

40. Lock Haven 2 0 3

41t. Army West Point 2 0 2.5

41t. Binghamton 2 0 2.5

43t. Central Michigan 2 0 2

43t. Rider 2 0 2

45t. Bucknell 1 0 1

45t. Columbia 1 0 1

45t. Indiana 1 0 1

45t. SIU-Edwardsville 1 0 1

WIN Magazine’s Dec. 16 Individual Rankings

Wt/Name/School/Yr./Previous

125 Pounds

1. Matt Ramos Purdue Sr. 1st

2. Troy Spratley Oklahoma State So. 2nd

3. Eddie Ventresca Virginia Tech Jr. 3rd

4. Caleb Smith Nebraska Grad. 4th

5. Vincent Robinson NC State RS Fr. 5th

6. Luke Lilledahl Penn State Fr. 6th

7. Jore Volk Wyoming Jr. 7th

8. Cooper Flynn Minnesota Jr. 8th

9. Brendan McCrone Ohio State So. 9th

10. Sheldon Seymour Lehigh Jr. 10th

11. Stevo Poulin Northern Colorado Jr. 11th

12. Dean Peterson Rutgers Sr. 12th

13. Nico Provo Stanford Jr. 13th

14. Maximo Renteria Oregon State Sr. 14th

15. Kysen Terukina Iowa State Sr. 15th

16. Tanner Jordan South Dakota State RS Sr. 16th

17. Nick Babin Pitt RS Sr. 18th

18. Spencer Moore North Carolina Jr. 19th

19. Greg Diakomihalis Cornell Sr. 20th

20. Max Gallagher Penn So. NR

133 Pounds

1. Ryan Crookham Lehigh So. 1st

2. Nasir Bailey Little Rock So. 2nd

3. Lucas Byrd Illinois Sr. 3rd

4. Drake Ayala Iowa Jr. 4th

5. Zeth Romney Cal Poly So. 5th

6. Evan Frost Iowa State So. 6th

7. Nic Bouzakis Ohio State So. 7th

8. Tyler Knox Stanford RS Fr. 8th

9. Braeden Davis Penn State So. 9th

10. Anthony Noto Lock Haven Sr. 10th

11. Dylan Ragusin Michigan Grad. 11th

12. Ethan Oakley North Carolina Jr. 12th

13. Reece Witcraft Oklahoma State Sr. 13th

14. Domenic Zaccone Campbell Grad. 14th

15. Jacob Van Dee Nebraska So. 15th

16. Dominick Serrano Northern Colorado Jr. 17th

17. Cory Land Northern Iowa So. 18th

18. Dylan Shawver Rutgers Sr. 16th

19. Connor McGonagle Virginia Tech Grad. 19th

20. Cleveland Belton Oklahoma Sr. 20th

141 Pounds

1. Jesse Mendez Ohio State Jr. 1st

2. Andrew Alirez Northern Colorado Grad. 2nd

3. Beau Bartlett Penn State Sr. 3rd

4. Vance VomBaur Minnesota Jr. 4th

5. Tagen Jamison Oklahoma State So. 5th

6. Brock Hardy Nebraska Jr. 6th

7. Cael Happel Northern Iowa Sr. 7th

8. Josh Koderhandt Navy Sr. 8th

9. Sergio Lemley Michigan So. 9th

10. Mosha Schwartz Oklahoma RS Sr. 10th

11. CJ Composto Penn Sr. 11th

12. Sam Latona Virginia Tech Grad. 14th

13. Kai Orine NC State RS Sr. 15th

14. Jordan Titus West Virginia Jr. 12th

15. Vince Cornella Cornell Jr. 13th

16. Haiden Drury Utah Valley 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. 20th

149 Pounds

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. 12th

13. Logan Gioffre Missouri Sr. 13th

14. Jordan Williams Little Rock So. 14th

15. Alek Martin South Dakota State Jr. 15th

16. Willie McDougald Oklahoma Jr. 19th

17. Jesse Vasquez Arizona State Sr. 17th

18. Caleb Tyus SIU-Edwardsville Sr. 18th

19. Carter Young Oklahoma State Jr. 16th

20. Sammy Alvarez Rider Sr. 20th

157 Pounds

1. Tyler Kasak Penn State So. 1st

2. Meyer Shapiro Cornell So. 2nd

3. Antrell Taylor Nebraska So. 3rd

4. Peyten Kellar Ohio Jr. 4th

5. Ryder Downey Northern Iowa So. 5th

6. Tommy Askey Minnesota Sr. 6th

7. Ethen Miller Maryland Jr. 7th

8. Ed Scott NC State Sr. 8th

9. Paddy Gallagher Ohio State Jr. 9th

10. Joey Blaze Purdue So. 10th

11. Caleb Fish Oklahoma State Sr. 11th

12. Jude Swisher Penn So. 12th

13. Trevor Chumbley Northwestern RS Sr. 13th

14. Cody Chittum Iowa State So. NR

15. Rafael Hipolito Virginia Tech RS Fr. 15th

16. Chase Saldate Michigan Grad. 16th

17. Ethan Stiles Oregon State Fr. 17th

18. Vince Zerban Northern Colorado Jr. 18th

19. Matt Bianchi Little Rock Jr. 19th

20. Johnny Lovett Central Michigan Sr. 20th

165 Pounds

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. 4th

5. Hunter Garvin Stanford So. 5th

6. Julian Ramirez Cornell Sr. 6th

7. Will Miller Appalachian State Sr. 7th

8. Cam Amine Oklahoma State RS Sr. 8th

9. Andrew Sparks Minnesota Sr. 9th

10. Bubba Wilson Nebraska Sr. 10th

11. M.J. Gaitan Iowa State So. 11th

12. Drake Rhodes South Dakota State So. 12th

13. Braeden Scoles Illinois Fr. 13th

14. Nico Ruiz Arizona State Fr. 14th

15. Brock Mantanona Michigan Fr. 15th

16. Gunner Filipowicz Army West Point So. 16th

17. Maxx Mayfield Northwestern Sr. NR

18. Jack Thomsen Northern Iowa Sr. NR

19. Tyler Lillard Indiana So. 19th

20. Cameron Steed Missouri So. 20th

174 Pounds

1. Keegan O’Toole Missouri Sr. 1st

2. Levi Haines Penn State Jr. 2nd

3. Dean Hamiti Oklahoma State Sr. 3rd

4. Lorenzo Norman Stanford RS Fr. 4th

5. Lennox Wolak Virginia Tech Grad. 5th

6. Nick Incontrera Penn Sr. 6th

7. Nelson Brands Iowa Sr. 7th

8. Cade Devos South Dakota State RS Sr. 8th

9. Gaven Sax Oklahoma Sr. 9th

10. Simon Ruiz Cornell Fr. 10th

11. Jared Simma Northern Iowa Jr. 11th

12. Garrett Thompson Ohio Jr. 12th

13. Luca Augustine Pitt Jr. 13th

14. Danny Wask Navy So. 14th

15. Brevin Cassella Binghamton Sr. 15th

16. Lenny Pinto Nebraska Jr. 16th

17. Danny Braunagel Illinois RS Sr. 17th

18. Clayton Whiting Minnesota So. 18th

19. Jackson Turley Rutgers Grad. 19th

20. Alex Cramer Central Michigan Sr. 20th

184 Pounds

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. 5th

6. Colton Hawks Missouri Jr. 6th

7. Gabe Arnold Iowa RS Fr. 7th

8. Max McEnelly Minnesota Fr. 8th

9. Chris Foca Cornell Sr. 9th

10. Dylan Fishback NC State So. 10th

11. Silas Allred Nebraska Jr. 11th

12. Jaxon Smith Maryland Jr. 12th

13. Edmond Ruth Illinois Sr. 13th

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. 17th

18. Brian Soldano Rutgers Jr. 18th

19. Aaron Ayserov Columbia Sr. 19th

20. Isaac Dean Rider Jr. 20th

197 Pounds

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. Isaiah Salazar Minnesota Sr. 6th

7. Andy Smith Virginia Tech RS Sr. 7th

8. Josh Barr Penn State Fr. 8th

9. Michael Beard Lehigh Sr. 9th

10. Luke Surber Oklahoma State Sr. 10th

11. Trey Munoz Oregon State RS Sr. 11th

12. John Poznanski Rutgers 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. 17th

17. Mac Stout Pitt So. 18th

18. Luke Geog Ohio State So. 19th

19. Zach Glazier South Dakota State Sr. 20th

20. Evan Bates Northwestern Jr. NR

Heavyweight

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. Isaac Trumble NC State Jr. 7th

8. Cohlton Schultz Arizona State RS Sr. 8th

9. Yaraslau Slavikouski Rutgers Grad. 9th

10. Luke Luffman Illinois Sr. 10th

11. Owen Trephan Lehigh Jr. 11th

12. Jimmy Mullen Virginia Tech Fr. 12th

13. Josh Heindselman Oklahoma Grad. 13th

14. Seth Nevills Maryland Grad. 14th

15. Lance Runyon Northern Iowa Sr. 15th

16. Dayton Pitzer Pitt So. 16th

17. Ben Kueter Iowa RS Fr. 17th

18. Cory Day Binghamton Grad. 18th

19. Lucas Stoddard Army West Point So. 19th

20. Josiah Hill Little Rock Sr. 20th