InterMat College Wrestling Individual Rankings updated after Week 6
The latest InterMat college wrestling individual rankings were updated after Week 6 of the regular season and there was some noteworthy movement.
It should be noted this is the last week InterMat will keep inactive wrestlers in the rankings. By Week 7, if a wrestler does not have a match wrestled to that point, they will be removed for the time being.
Let’s dive into InterMat’s latest individual college wrestling rankings.
125 pounds
1. Jakob Camacho – NC State (1)
2. Anthony Noto – Lock Haven (2)
3. Richie Figueroa – Arizona State (3)
4. Nico Provo – Stanford (4)
5. Brett Ungar – Cornell (5)
6. Michael DeAugustino – Michigan (6)
7. Dean Peterson – Rutgers (7)
8. Caleb Smith – Nebraska (9)
9. Matt Ramos – Purdue (10)
10. Eric Barnett – Wisconsin (11)
There really weren’t any changes here. The top seven stayed the same this week and Figueroa stayed in despite no matches. Barnett is in the top 10 once again as he moved up one spot.
133 pounds
1. Ryan Crookham – Lehigh (1)
2. Vito Arujau – Cornell (2)
3. Daton Fix – Oklahoma State (3)
4. Aaron Nagao – Penn State (4)
5. Kai Orine – NC State (5)
6. Sam Latona – Virginia Tech (6)
7. Chris Cannon – Michigan (7)
8. Evan Frost – Iowa State (8)
9. Brody Teske – Iowa (9)
10. Michael Colaiocco – UPenn (10)
This weight class saw no changes this week. Crookham is still undefeated and at 10-0, looks like a legit national title contender. Arujau and Fix might have something to say about that in March though.
141 pounds
1. Real Woods – Iowa (1)
2. Beau Bartlett – Penn State (2)
3. Jesse Mendez – Ohio State (3)
4. Ryan Jack – NC State (4)
5. Lachlan McNeil – North Carolina (5)
6. Brock Hardy – Nebraska (7)
7. Clay Carlson – South Dakota State (8)
8. Tagen Jamison – Oklahoma State (9)
9. Cael Happel – Northern Iowa (6)
10. Mosha Schwartz – Oklahoma (10)
The top five stayed the same this week but Happel fell from No. 6 to No. 9, just staying within the top 10. Everyone else moved up a spot at that point. Carlson is another guy without matches so far this year.
149 pounds
1. Ridge Lovett – Nebraska (1)
2. Caleb Henson – Virginia Tech (3)
3. Kyle Parco – Arizona State (4)
4. Dylan D’Emilio – Ohio State (5)
5. Jackson Arrington – NC State (6)
6. Chance Lamer – Cal Poly (7)
7. Casey Swiderski – Iowa State (8)
8. Victor Voinovich – Iowa (9)
9. Kellyn March – North Dakota State (10)
10. Jaden Abas – Stanford (13)
Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) was removed due to his season-ending injury. He was No. 2 overall last week. With that, everyone moved up a spot and Abas is back in and up three spots from last week.
157 pounds
1. Levi Haines – Penn State (1)
2. Jared Franek – Iowa (2)
3. Peyton Robb – Nebraska (3)
4. Jacori Teemer – Arizona State (4)
5. Brock Mauller – Missouri (5)
6. Ed Scott – NC State (6)
7. Bryce Andonian – Virginia Tech (7)
8. Daniel Cardenas – Stanford (8)
9. Will Lewan – Michigan (9)
10. Vince Zerban – Northern Colorado (10)
Not much activity across the weight class as the top 10 stayed the same after the sixth week of the season. The top three are all undefeated and Mauller is making a run at 7-0 at No. 5. It’s a stacked weight this year.
165 pounds
1. Keegan O’Toole – Missouri (1)
2. Izzak Olejnik – Oklahoma State (2)
3. Julian Ramirez – Cornell (3)
4. David Carr – Iowa State (4)
5. Cameron Amine – Michigan (5)
6. Dean Hamiti – Wisconsin (6)
7. Mikey Caliendo – Iowa (7)
8. Holden Heller – Pitt (8)
9. Derek Gilcher – Indiana (9)
10. Caleb Fish – Michigan State (10)
Another weight class with no changes this week. With the holidays coming off, the schedules taper off aside from Midlands later this month. Olejnik has been really impressive: he’s 13-0 this year.
174 pounds
1. Carter Starocci – Penn State (1)
2. Mekhi Lewis – Virginia Tech (2)
3. Edmond Ruth – Illinois (3)
4. Cade DeVos – South Dakota State (4)
5. Shane Griffith – Michigan (5)
6. Peyton Mocco – Missouri (6)
7. Justin McCoy – Virginia (7)
8. Travis Wittlake – Oregon State (8)
9. Carson Kharchla – Ohio State (9)
10. Donnell Washington – Indiana (10)
The same goes for 174, no changes this week. Starocci and lewis wrestled a combined seven matches this year with no losses. Meanwhile, Wittlake and Kharchla are 10-2 and 12-3, respectively, and remained in the top 10.
184 pounds
1. Parker Keckeisen – Northern Iowa (1)
2. Bernie Truax – Penn State (2)
3. Dustin Plott – Oklahoma State (3)
4. Lenny Pinto – Nebraska (4)
5. Will Feldkamp – Iowa State (5)
6. Clayton Whiting – Missouri (6)
7. Trey Munoz – Oregon State (7)
8. Sam Wolf – Air Force (8)
9. Chris Foca – Cornell (9)
10. Isaiah Salazar – Minnesota (10)
This weight class actually remained unchanged through the top 13 wrestlers across the country. Keckeisen is 10-0 on the year and Plott’s been very impressive, going 13-1 to this point.
197 pounds
1. Aaron Brooks – Penn State (1)
2. Stephen Buchanan – Oklahoma (2)
3. Rocky Elam – Missouri (3)
4. Trent Hidlay – NC State (4)
5. Jaxon Smith – Maryland (5)
6. Tanner Sloan – South Dakota State (6)
7. Jacob Cardenas – Cornell (7)
8. John Poznanski – Rutgers (8)
9. Michael Beard – Lehigh (9)
10. Luke Stout – Princeton (10)
Yes, this weight class was also untouched after the latest weekend of the regular season. Brooks, Buchanan, Elam, Hidlay and Poznanski are the undefeated wrestlers in the top 10 at the moment.
285 pounds
1. Greg Kerkvliet – Penn State (1)
2. Wyatt Hendrickson – Air Force (2)
3. Yonger Bastida – Iowa State (7)
4. Lucas Davison – Michigan (3)
5. Cohlton Schultz – Arizona State (4)
6. Zach Elam – Missouri (5)
7. Yaraslau Slavikouski – Rutgers (6)
8. Taye Ghadiali – Campbell (15)
9. Tyrell Gordon – Northern Iowa (9)
10. Dayton Pitzer – Pittsburgh (14)
The top nine remained unchanged this week but Pitzer moved into the top 10 with his 6-1 start. This is his debut in the top 10 this year. Hendrickson has just one match so we hope to see the Air Force star more active in the coming weeks.
More action is to come later this month and then once we get into January, conference duals begin. At that point, these rankings could vastly change week-to-week. For the full set of rankings, click HERE.