InterMat College Wrestling Individual Rankings updated after Week 9

The latest InterMat college wrestling individual rankings are here after Week 9 of the regular season.

With Midlands and the Southern Scuffle in the books, two of the biggest midseason tournaments gave out interesting results. Now, it’s full throttle on the dual season.

Let’s dive into the latest InterMat individual rankings now that the calendar turned to the New Year.

125 pounds

1. Anthony Noto – Lock Haven (1)
2. Dean Peterson – Rutgers (3)
3. Caleb Smith – Nebraska (4)
4. Matt Ramos – Purdue (5)
5. Michael DeAugustino – Michigan (6)
6. Eric Barnett – Wisconsin (9)
7. Drake Ayala – Iowa (14)
8. Jore Volk – Wyoming (7)
9. Cooper Flynn – Virginia Tech (10)
10. Noah Surtin – Missouri (2)

Surtin dropped to No. 10 and Peterson moved up as the new No. 2 in the country. Noto is still undefeated and ranked in the top spot. Ayala makes his top 10 debut of the season as well.

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 (6)
6. Chris Cannon – Michigan (7)
7. Evan Frost – Iowa State (9)
8. Brody Teske – Iowa (10)
9. Dylan Shawver – Rutgers (26)
10. Zeth Romney – Cal Poly (31)

Big changes in the latter half of the top 10 as Frost and Teske move up. But it’s Shawver who vaulted from No. 26 after a runner-up finish at Midlands. How about Romney? The freshman from Cal Poly came up from No. 31!

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 (6)
7. Tagen Jamison – Oklahoma State (8)
8. Cael Happel – Northern Iowa (9)
9. Kal Miller – Maryland (10)
10. Jordan Titus – West Virginia (14)

The top six remained unchanged this week. With some movement upward, it made way for Titus to get in, moving up four spots. He’s 17-0 on the season and rolling.

149 pounds

1. Ridge Lovett – Nebraska (1)
2. Caleb Henson – Virginia Tech (2)
3. Jackson Arrington – NC State (4)
4. Kyle Parco – Arizona State (3)
5. Dylan D’Emilio – Ohio State (5)
6. Chance Lamer – Cal Poly (6)
7. Casey Swiderski – Iowa State (7)
8. Austin Gomez – Michigan (9)
9. Ty Watters – West Virginia (19)
10. Kannon Webster – Illinois (NR)

Arrington and Parco switched spots up top while the rest of the top 10 remained largely unchanged. A few shifts here and there. But Watters moved up 10 spots to get in and Webster made his debut after not even seeing the rankings.

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. Ed Scott – NC State (6)
6. Vince Zerban – Northern Colorado (10)
7. Daniel Cardenas – Stanford (7)
8. Bryce Andonian – Virginia Tech (8)
9. Will Lewan – Michigan (9)
10. Brock Mauller – Missouri (5)

Zerband moved up four spots in the biggest movement. Meanwhile there were just shifts within the top 10, but the group remained the same. Everyone is still chasing Haines.

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. Garrett Thompson – Ohio (11)
10. Matthew Olguin – Oregon State (12)

The top eight remained unchanged as O’Toole remained extremely impressive, especially after bumping up last week. Thompson and Olguin are in the top 10 now after some movement down low.

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. Travis Wittlake – Oregon State (8)
8. Carson Kharchla – Ohio State (9)
9. Donnell Washington – Indiana (10)
10. Ben Pasiuk – Army (11)

Justin McCoy of Virginia is out so everyone else moved up a spot below the top six. Welcome to the top 10 Pasiuk. The Army senior is quietly having a great season at 11-3 so far.

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. Dylan Fishback – NC State (5)
6. Trey Munoz – Oregon State (6)
7. Sam Wolf – Air Force (7)
8. Chris Foca – Cornell (8)
9. Will Feldkamp – Iowa State (9)
10. Isaiah Salazar – Minnesota (10)

This is the first weight class this week that did not feature any changes in the top 10. Keckeisen is 13-0 on the year but we also haven’t seen Truax in a bit. He’s just 5-0 during this campaign.

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)

The second straight upperweight class to be unchanged after the New Year. Brooks wrestled just four times this year, but he’s the clear cut No. 1. Buchanan is now 18-0 on the year for the Oklahoma Sooners.

285 pounds

1. Greg Kerkvliet – Penn State (1)
2. Wyatt Hendrickson – Air Force (2)
3. Yonger Bastida – Iowa State (3)
4. Lucas Davison – Michigan (4)
5. Cohlton Schultz – Arizona State (5)
6. Zach Elam – Missouri (6)
7. Yaraslau Slavikouski – Rutgers (7)
8. Taye Ghadiali – Campbell (8)
9. Dayton Pitzer – Pitt (9)
10. Nathan Taylor – Lehigh (10)

Can we get three in a row? This weight was also not affected in the top 10 this week. We still await the return of a fully healthy Hendrickson. When we get it, it’ll be quite fun for the upper echelon of the weight class.

So now that it’s January, we will see a lot more conference matchups and the duals should only get better. Only two months til March! For the full set of rankings, click HERE.