NCAA.com | January 19, 2018 NCAA releases Division I wrestling coaches’ panel rankings College Wrestling: Greatest Programs | High Five Share INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA released the first of four coaches’ panel rankings for the 2017-18 wrestling season. The final rankings will be one of the tools used as part of the selection process to determine the qualifiers for the 2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. This year’s event is March 15-17 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. RELATED: Iowa up to No. 4 Top 25 | Updated award standings Wrestlers in each weight class will be measured by winning percentage, rating percentage index (RPI) and coaches’ rankings to earn spots in their qualifying tournaments for the 2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. The coaches’ rankings are compiled by a vote of coaches representing each qualifying tournament. For ranking purposes, coaches may only consider a wrestler that has been designated as a starter at a respective weight class. To be eligible for the rankings, wrestlers must have participated in at least five matches against Division I opponents in the weight class and have wrestled within the last 30 days. Among the top-ranked wrestlers are six former national champions with Darian Cruz of Lehigh (125 pounds), Zain Retherford of Penn State (149), Jason Nolf of Penn State (157), Vincenzo Joseph of Penn State (165), Bo Nickal of Penn State (184) and Kyle Snyder of Ohio State (heavyweight). The additional top-ranked wrestlers at each weight class in the inaugural rankings are: Seth Gross, South Dakota State (133 pounds); Bryce Meredith, Wyoming (141); Zahid Valencia, Arizona State (174) and Kollin Moore, Ohio State ( 197). 125 Pounds Rank Name School League 1 Darian Cruz Lehigh EIWA 2 Nick Suriano Rutgers Big Ten 3 Sean Fausz NC State ACC 4 Ethan Lizak Minnesota Big Ten 5 Spencer Lee Iowa Big Ten 6 Ronnie Rios Oregon St. Pac 12 7 Taylor LaMont Utah Valley Big 12 8 Nicholas Piccininni Oklahoma St. Big 12 9 Sebastian Rivera Northwestern Big Ten 10 Sean Russell Edinboro EWL 11 Louie Hayes Virginia ACC 11 Luke Welch Purdue Big Ten 13 Drew Mattin Michigan Big Ten 14 Zeke Moisey West Virginia Big 12 15 Ryan Millhof Arizona St. Pac 12 16 Christian Moody Oklahoma Big 12 17 Jacob Schwarm UNI Big 12 18 Travis Piotrowski Illinois Big Ten 19 Brock Hudkins Northern Ill. 20 Michael McGee Old Dominion MAC 21 Jake Gromacki Clarion EWL 22 Gabe Townsell Stanford Pac 12 23 Korbin Meink Campbell SoCon 24 RayVon Foley Michigan St. Big Ten 25 Barlow McGhee Missouri MAC 26 Elijah Oliver Indiana Big Ten 27 Sergio Mendez CSU Bakersfield Pac 12 28 Gerald (JR) Wert Rider EWL 29 Connor Brown South Dakota St. Big 12 30 Alonzo Allen Chattanooga SoCon 31 Ibrahim Bunduka George Mason EWL 32 Anthony DeCesare Air Force Big 12 33 Kyle Akins Buffalo MAC 133 Pounds Rank Name School League 1 Seth Gross South Dakota St. Big 12 2 Luke Pletcher Ohio St. Big Ten 3 Kaid Brock Oklahoma St. Big 12 4 Austin DeSanto Drexel EIWA 5 Jack Mueller Virginia ACC 6 Stevan Micic Michigan Big Ten 7 John Erneste Missouri MAC 8 Montorie Bridges Wyoming Big 12 9 Scott Parker Lehigh EIWA 10 Josh Terao American EIWA 11 Dom Forys Pittsburgh ACC 12 Mitch McKee Minnesota Big Ten 13 Dennis Gustafson Virginia Tech ACC 14 Ali Naser Arizona St. Pac 12 15 Cameron Kelly Ohio MAC 16 Scott Delvecchio Rutgers Big Ten 17 Bryan Lantry Buffalo MAC 18 Korbin Myers Edinboro EWL 19 Ian Parker Iowa St. Big 12 20 Zachary Sherman North Carolina ACC 21 Ben Thornton Purdue Big Ten 22 Corey Keener Penn St. Big Ten 23 Colin Valdivez Northwestern Big Ten 24 Rico Montoya Northern Colo. Big 12 25 Nathan Boston Campbell SoCon 26 Tariq Wilson NC State ACC 27 Cam Sykora North Dakota St. Big 12 28 Sean Nickell CSU Bakersfield Pac 12 29 Dylan Duncan Illinois Big Ten 30 Anthony Cefelo Rider EWL 31 Anthony Tutolo Kent St. MAC 32 Matthew Schmitt West Virginia Big 12 33 Andy Schutz Bloomsburg EWL 33 Caleb Richardson Old Dominion MAC 141 Pounds Rank Name School League 1 Bryce Meredith Wyoming Big 12 2 Kevin Jack NC State ACC 3 Jaydin Eierman Missouri MAC 4 Dean Heil Oklahoma St. Big 12 5 Yianni Diakomihalis Cornell EIWA 6 Brock Zacherl Clarion EWL 7 Josh Alber UNI Big 12 8 Nick Lee Penn St. Big Ten 9 Mason Smith Central Mich. MAC 10 Joey McKenna Ohio St. Big Ten 11 Thomas Thorn Minnesota Big Ten 12 Chad Red Nebraska Big Ten 13 Tyler Smith Bucknell EIWA 14 Kanen Storr Iowa St. Big 12 15 Nick Zanetta Pittsburgh ACC 16 Luke Karam Lehigh EIWA 17 Cole Weaver Indiana Big Ten 18 Austin Headlee North Carolina ACC 18 Nate Limmex Purdue Big Ten 20 Nicholas Gil Navy EIWA 21 Javier Gasca III Michigan St. Big Ten 22 Eli Stickley Wisconsin Big Ten 23 Alex Madrigal Old Dominion MAC 24 Kyle Shoop Lock Haven EWL 25 Russell Rohlfing CSU Bakersfield Pac 12 26 Mike Longo Oklahoma Big 12 27 Salvatore Profaci Michigan Big Ten 28 Michael Carr Illinois Big Ten 29 Tyson Dippery Rider EWL 30 Alexander Jaffe Harvard EIWA 31 Colton Schilling Cal Poly Pac 12 32 Brent Moore Virginia Tech ACC 33 Tim Rooney Kent St. MAC 149 Pounds Rank Name School League 1 Zain Retherford Penn St. Big Ten 2 Brandon Sorensen Iowa Big Ten 3 Justin Oliver Central Mich. MAC 4 Troy Heilmann North Carolina ACC 4 Ryan Deakin Northwestern Big Ten 6 Ke-Shawn Hayes Ohio St. Big Ten 7 Max Thomsen UNI Big 12 8 Grant Leeth Missouri MAC 9 Matthew Kolodzik Princeton EIWA 10 Jason Tsirtis Arizona St. Pac 12 11 Colton McCrystal Nebraska Big Ten 12 Eleazar Deluca Rutgers Big Ten 13 Beau Donahue NC State ACC 14 Boo Lewallen Oklahoma St. Big 12 15 Steve Bleise Minnesota Big Ten 16 Ronald Perry Lock Haven EWL 17 Michael Sprague American EIWA 18 Jarrett Degen Iowa St. Big 12 18 Cortlandt Schuyler Lehigh EIWA 20 Jared Prince Navy EIWA 21 Alfred Bannister Maryland Big Ten 22 Khristian Olivas Fresno St. Big 12 23 Sam Krivus Virginia ACC 24 Sam Turner Wyoming Big 12 25 Davion Jeffries Oklahoma Big 12 26 Ryan Blees Virginia Tech ACC 27 Tyler Buckiso The Citadel SoCon 28 Kyle Gliva North Dakota St. Big 12 28 Trevor Elfvin Drexel EIWA 30 Nicholas Monico Kent St. MAC 31 Malik Amine Michigan Big Ten 32 Kenan Carter Old Dominion MAC 33 Kyle Springer Eastern Mich. MAC 157 Pounds Rank Name School League 1 Jason Nolf Penn St. Big Ten 2 Michael Kemerer Iowa Big Ten 3 Hayden Hidlay NC State ACC 4 Joseph Lavallee Missouri MAC 5 Alec Pantaleo Michigan Big Ten 6 Joshua Shields Arizona St. Pac 12 7 Micah Jordan Ohio St. Big Ten 8 Tyler Berger Nebraska Big Ten 9 Clayton Ream North Dakota St. Big 12 10 Archie Colgan Wyoming Big 12 11 Mitch Finesilver Duke ACC 11 Luke Zilverberg South Dakota St. Big 12 13 John Vanschenkbrill Rutgers Big Ten 14 Mike D`Angelo Princeton EIWA 15 Markus Scheidel Columbia EIWA 16 Coleman Hammond CSU Bakersfield Pac 12 17 Kennedy Monday North Carolina ACC 18 Bryant Clagon Rider EWL 18 Paul Fox Stanford Pac 12 20 Jake Short Minnesota Big Ten 21 Andrew Crone Wisconsin Big Ten 22 Taleb Rahmani Pittsburgh ACC 23 Larry Early Old Dominion MAC 24 Garett Hammond Drexel EIWA 25 Ian Brown Lehigh EIWA 26 Justin Staudenmayer Brown EIWA 27 Tyler Marinelli Gardner-Webb SoCon 28 Zachary Davis Navy EIWA 29 Andrew Shomers Edinboro EWL 30 Jonce Blaylock Oklahoma St. Big 12 31 Alex Mossing Air Force Big 12 32 Zach Moore West Virginia Big 12 33 Justin Thomas Oklahoma Big 12 165 Pounds Rank Name School League 1 Vincenzo Joseph Penn St. Big Ten 2 Isaiah Martinez Illinois Big Ten 3 David McFadden Virginia Tech ACC 4 Chad Walsh Rider EWL 5 Logan Massa Michigan Big Ten 5 Evan Wick Wisconsin Big Ten 7 Alex Marinelli Iowa Big Ten 8 Chance Marsteller Lock Haven EWL 9 Chandler Rogers Oklahoma St. Big 12 10 Nicholas Wanzek Minnesota Big Ten 11 Richie Lewis Rutgers Big Ten 12 Isaiah White Nebraska Big Ten 13 Te`shan Campbell Ohio St. Big Ten 14 Branson Ashworth Wyoming Big 12 15 Anthony Valencia Arizona St. Pac 12 16 Demetrius Romero Utah Valley Big 12 17 Gordon Wolf Lehigh EIWA 18 Andrew Fogarty North Dakota St. Big 12 19 Drew Daniels Navy EIWA 20 Jonathan Schleifer Princeton EIWA 21 Jonathon Chavez Cornell EIWA 22 Keilan Torres Northern Colo. Big 12 23 Connor Flynn Missouri MAC 24 Dawaylon Barnes Oklahoma Big 12 25 May Bethea Penn EIWA 26 Jacob Morrissey Purdue Big Ten 27 Quentin Perez Campbell SoCon 28 Brian Hamann NC State ACC 29 Vincent Deprez Binghamton EIWA 30 Andrew Atkinson Virginia ACC 31 Jonathan Viruet Brown EIWA 32 Chad Pyke Chattanooga SoCon 33 Ebed Jarrell Drexel EIWA 174 Pounds Rank Name School League 1 Zahid Valencia Arizona St. Pac 12 2 Mark Hall Penn St. Big Ten 3 Bo Jordan Ohio St. Big Ten 4 Daniel Lewis Missouri MAC 5 Jordan Kutler Lehigh EIWA 6 Myles Amine Michigan Big Ten 7 Taylor Lujan UNI Big 12 8 Jadaen Bernstein Navy EIWA 9 David Kocer South Dakota St. Big 12 10 Keaton Subjeck Stanford Pac 12 11 Yoanse Mejias Oklahoma Big 12 12 Dylan Lydy Purdue Big Ten 13 Jacobe Smith Oklahoma St. Big 12 14 Christian Brucki Central Mich. MAC 15 Forrest Przybysz Appalachian St. SoCon 16 Johnny Sebastian Northwestern Big Ten 17 Devin Skatzka Indiana Big Ten 18 Brandon Womack Cornell EIWA 19 Daniel Bullard NC State ACC 20 Ty Schoffstall Edinboro EWL 21 Josef Johnson Harvard EIWA 22 Joseph Gunther Iowa Big Ten 23 Seldon Wright Old Dominion MAC 24 Ben Harvey Army West Point EIWA 25 Will Schany Virginia ACC 26 Ryan Christensen Wisconsin Big Ten 27 Matt Finesilver Duke ACC 28 Christopher Pfarr Minnesota Big Ten 29 Andrew Morgan Campbell SoCon 30 Austin Rose Drexel EIWA 31 Hunter Bolen Virginia Tech ACC 32 Kyle Pope Wyoming Big 12 33 Tyrel White Columbia EIWA 184 Pounds Rank Name School League 1 Bo Nickal Penn St. Big Ten 2 Myles Martin Ohio St. Big Ten 3 Pete Renda NC State ACC 4 Domenic Abounader Michigan Big Ten 5 Emory Parker Illinois Big Ten 6 Taylor Venz Nebraska Big Ten 7 Zachary Zavatsky Virginia Tech ACC 8 Ricky Robertson Wisconsin Big Ten 9 Drew Foster UNI Big 12 10 Steven Schneider Binghamton EIWA 10 Maxwell Dean Cornell EIWA 10 Bryce Carr Chattanooga SoCon 13 Jordan Ellingwood Central Mich. MAC 14 Michael Coleman Navy EIWA 15 Nick Gravina Rutgers Big Ten 16 Canten Marriott Missouri MAC 17 Chip Ness North Carolina ACC 18 Christian LaFragola Brown EIWA 19 Mitchell Bowman Iowa Big Ten 20 Dylan Gabel Northern Colo. Big 12 21 Joe Heyob Penn EIWA 22 Owen Webster Minnesota Big Ten 23 Martin Mueller South Dakota St. Big 12 24 Keegan Moore Oklahoma St. Big 12 25 Alan Clothier Appalachian St. SoCon 26 Mitch Sliga Northwestern Big Ten 27 Noah Stewart Army West Point EIWA 28 Alexander DeCiantis Drexel EIWA 29 Nick Corba Cleveland St. EWL 30 Greg Bulsak Clarion EWL 31 Corey Hazel Lock Haven EWL 32 Michale Fagg-Daves Rider EWL 33 Gregg Harvey Pittsburgh ACC 33 Kordell Norfleet Arizona St. Pac 12 197 Pounds Rank Name School League 1 Kollin Moore Ohio St. Big Ten 2 Jared Haught Virginia Tech ACC 3 Michael Macchiavello NC State ACC 4 Cash Wilcke Iowa Big Ten 5 Ben Darmstadt Cornell EIWA 6 William Miklus Missouri MAC 7 Anthony Cassar Penn St. Big Ten 7 Frank Mattiace Penn EIWA 9 Nate Rotert South Dakota St. Big 12 10 Jeric Kasunic American EIWA 11 Scottie Boykin Chattanooga SoCon 12 Kevin Beazley Michigan Big Ten 13 Jacob Holschlag UNI Big 12 14 Matt Williams CSU Bakersfield Pac 12 15 Daniel Chaid North Carolina ACC 16 Stephen Loiseau Drexel EIWA 17 Jacob Smith West Virginia Big 12 18 Corey Griego Oregon St. Pac-12 19 Patrick Brucki Princeton EIWA 20 Jacob Seely Northern Colo. Big 12 21 Christian Brunner Purdue Big Ten 22 Nathan Traxler Stanford Pac 12 23 Thomas Lane Cal Poly Pac 12 24 Kyle Conel Kent St. MAC 25 Eric Schultz Nebraska Big Ten 26 Jake Jakobsen Lehigh EIWA 27 Hunter Ritter Wisconsin Big Ten 28 Rocco Caywood Army West Point EIWA 29 Jordan Atienza Central Mich. MAC 30 Garrett Hoffman Bucknell EIWA 31 Jay Aiello Virginia ACC 32 Anthony McLaughlin Air Force Big 12 32 Andrew Dixon Oklahoma Big 12 32 Kevin Mulligan Rutgers Big Ten 32 Dustin Conti Clarion EWL 32 Christian Dulaney SIUE SoCon Heavyweight Rank Name School League 1 Kyle Snyder Ohio St. Big Ten 2 Adam Coon Michigan Big Ten 3 Samuel Stoll Iowa Big Ten 4 Tanner Hall Arizona St. Pac 12 5 Jacob Kasper Duke ACC 6 Youssif Hemida Maryland Big Ten 7 Nathan Butler Stanford Pac 12 8 Nick Nevills Penn St. Big Ten 9 Mike Hughes Hofstra EIWA 10 Derek White Oklahoma St. Big 12 11 Amar Dhesi Oregon St. Pac 12 12 Jordan Wood Lehigh EIWA 13 Thomas Haines Lock Haven EWL 14 Garrett Ryan Columbia EIWA 15 Ryan Solomon Pittsburgh ACC 16 Shawn Streck Purdue Big Ten 17 Andrew Dunn Virginia Tech ACC 18 William Miller Edinboro EWL 19 Matt Stencel Central Mich. MAC 20 Conan Jennings Northwestern Big Ten 21 Gage Hutchison Eastern Mich. MAC 22 Jeramy Sweany Cornell EIWA 23 Jake Gunning Buffalo MAC 24 Cory Gilliland-Daniel North Carolina ACC 25 Brett Dempsey American EIWA 26 Dustin Dennison Utah Valley Big 12 27 Michael Boykin NC State ACC 28 AJ Nevills Fresno St. Big 12 29 Jere Heino Campbell SoCon 30 Matt Voss George Mason EWL 31 Antonio Pelusi Franklin & Marshall EIWA 32 Cary Miller Appalachian St. SoCon 33 Marcus Harrington Iowa St. Big 12 33 Daniel Stibral North Dakota St. Big 12 No. 1 Penn State wrestling overpowers No. 3 Michigan in Ann Arbor behind eight individual wins including a major upset at heavyweight The dual between No. 1 Penn State and No. 3 Michigan had everything wrestling fans could possibly want — bonus points, overtime matches, No. 1 vs. No. 2 and Big Ten pride. In the end though, the Nittany Lions prevailed, with dominance, over the Wolverines to hold on to their No. 1 ranking and set up their dual with No. 2 Iowa next weekend. 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