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How the Top 25 (and more) Fared: Jan. 20-26

How the Top 25 (and more) Fared: Jan. 20-26

A look at how all the teams in Division I did this week based on their ranking in the NWCA Division I Men's Wrestling Coaches Poll.

Jan 27, 2025
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Here’s a breakdown of how the action unfolded in Division I Men’s Wrestling this past week. Teams are sorted by their rank in the NWCA Division I Coaches Poll, then followed by the teams receiving votes (in the order they received votes), then the unranked teams in alphabetical order.

  • Highlighted in the dual results are upsets or ranked head-to-head matches of note. Individual rankings are via InterMat.


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Top 25

#1 Penn State (9-0)
— #1 Penn State 35, #14 Rutgers 3

125: #19 Dean Peterson (Rutgers) over #6 Luke Lilledahl (Penn State) D;4-1
133: #7 Braeden Davis (Penn State) over #9 Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) D;2-1
141: #3 Beau Bartlett (Penn State) over #14 Joey Olivieri (Rutgers) D;7-3
157: #3 Tyler Kasak (Penn State) over #31 Conner Harer (Rutgers) D;4-0
165: #1 Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) over #26 Anthony White (Rutgers) T;19-3
174: #2 Levi Haines (Penn State) over #22 Jackson Turley (Rutgers) D;5-2
184: #1 Carter Starocci (Penn State) over #18 Shane Cartagena-Walsh (Rutgers) T;17-2
197: #4 Josh Barr (Penn State) over #16 John Poznanski (Rutgers) T;22-6
285: #2 Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) over #7 Yaraslau Slavikouski (Rutgers) D;2-0

#2 Iowa (9-0)
— #2 Iowa 24, #4 Ohio State 13

125: #28 Joey Cruz (Iowa) over #16 Brendan McCrone (Ohio State) D;6-5
141: #1 Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) over #31 Ryder Block (Iowa) T;19-2
149: #2 Kyle Parco (Iowa) over #9 Dylan D'Emilio (Ohio State) D;8-3
157: #1 Jacori Teemer (Iowa) over #17 Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) D;10-5
165: #2 Mikey Caliendo (Iowa) over #9 Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State) M;11-3
174: #6 Carson Kharchla (Ohio State) over #5 Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) D;7-3
184: #5 Gabe Arnold (Iowa) over #19 Ryder Rogotzke (Ohio State) D;4-1 SV
197: #1 Stephen Buchanan (Iowa) over #17 Seth Shumate (Ohio State) T;18-1
285: #11 Ben Kueter (Iowa) over #6 Nick Feldman (Ohio State) D;5-4

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