WIN Magazine’s first Div. I Regular-Season rankings include 34 newcomers, 9 freshmen, Penn State at No. 1 in TPI

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.

Editor's Note: TheMat.com will publish WIN Magazine Div. I rankings throughout the college season.

WIN Tournament Power Index

Rk./School/Total # Ranked/Top 8 Ranked/TPI 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

WIN Individual Rankings

Wt/Name/School/Yr./Previous

125 Pounds

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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