InterMat College Wrestling Individual Rankings updated after second weekend

The latest InterMat college wrestling individual rankings were updated after the second weekend of the season.

After some open tournaments and the Journeymen Classic, there were some shake ups. Not to mention some good duals going down in the early part of the schedule.

Let’s dive into the latest individual rankings (the top 10) for each weight class, according to InterMat. (Last week’s ranking in parentheses).

125 pounds

1. Anthony Noto – Lock Haven (1)
2. Richie Figueroa – Arizona State (2)
3. Jakob Camacho – NC State (11)
4. Matt Ramos – Purdue (3)
5. Eric Barnett – Wisconsin (5)
6. Dean Peterson – Rutgers (6)
7. Patrick McKee – Minnesota (7)
8. Michael DeAugustino – Michigan (8)
9. Stevo Poulin – Northern Colorado (9)
10. Brett Ungar – Cornell (10)

There weren’t many changes here other than Camacho making a move up into the top 10 and Ramos dropping a spot with his 6-1 record. Everyone else stayed put in their respective spots.

133 pounds

1. Daton Fix – Oklahoma State (2)
2. Vito Arujau – Cornell (1)
3. Aaron Nagao – Penn State (3)
4. Kai Orine – NC State (4)
5. Ryan Crookham – Lehigh (NR)
6. Sam Latona – Virginia Tech (7)
7. Chris Cannon – Michigan (8)
8. Michael Colaiocoo – UPenn (5)
9. Brody Teske – Iowa (9)
10. Julain Chlebove – Arizona State (15)

Crookham is in with his impressive 7-0 start and replaces Connor McGonagle, who initially represented Lehigh at this weight. Chlebove is also in the top 10 now with his first win of the season for the Sun Devils.

141 pounds

1. Real Woods – Iowa (1)
2. Beau Bartlett – Penn State (2)
3. Lachlan McNeil – North Carolina (3)
4. Brock Hardy – Nebraska (4)
5. Jesse Mendez – Ohio State (5)
6. Clay Carlson – South Dakota State (8)
7. Cole Matthews – Pitt (7)
8. Ryan Jack – NC State (9)
9. Mosha Schwartz – Oklahoma (10)
10. Cael Happel – Northern Iowa (11)

There’s a new member of the top 10 as Happel makes his debut by virtue of other wrestlers winning and losing. Carson moved up two spots while everyone else bumped up one below the top five.

149 pounds

1. Ridge Lovett – Nebraska (1)
2. Shayne Van Ness – Penn State (2)
3. Kyle Parco – Arizona State (3)
4. Caleb Henson – Virginia Tech (4)
5. Dylan D’Emilio – Ohio State (5)
6. Jackson Arrington – NC State (7)
7. Chance Lamer – Cal Poly (8)
8. Graham Rooks – Indiana (6)
9. Victor Voinovich – Iowa (9)
10. Jaden Abas – Stanford (10)

No new names into the top 10 this week, just a little movement below the top five wrestlers. Arrington is knocking on the door as he moved up a spot after the weekend.

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. Bryce Andonian – Virginia Tech (6)
6. Will Lewan – Michigan (7)
7. Brock Mauller – Missouri (8)
8. Michael Blockhus – Minnesota (9)
9. Ed Scott – NC State (5)
10. Daniel Cardenas – Stanford (10)

The same goes for 157. By the way, Franek is 6-0 so he’s off to an impressive start to the season. Andonian moves into the top five while Scott drops to the No. 9 this week.

165 pounds

1. Keegan O’Toole – Missouri (1)
2. David Carr – Iowa State (2)
3. Cameron Amine – Michigan (3)
4. Dean Hamiti – Wisconsin (4)
5. Mikey Caliendo – Iowa (5)
6. Izzak Olejnik – Oklahoma State (6)
7. Julian Ramirez – Cornell (7)
8. Matthew Olguin – Oregon State (8)
9. Caleb Fish – Michigan State (10)
10. Holden Heller – Pitt (11)

Heller enters the top 10 rankings this week by moving up one spot. Fish also moved up for Michigan State and everyone else stood pat after Week 2.

174 pounds

1. Carter Starocci – Penn State (1)
2. Chris Foca – Cornell (2)
3. Mekhi Lewis – Virginia Tech (3)
4. Shane Griffith – Michigan (4)
5. Edmond Ruth – Illinois (5)
6. Carson Kharchla – Ohio State (7)
7. Peyton Mocco – Missouri (6)
8. Cade DeVos – South Dakota State (8)
9. Justin McCoy – Virginia (9)
10. Donnell Washington – Indiana (10)

The top wrestlers stayed the same with not too much action or upsets. Kharchla and Mocco flipped spots though as the Ohio State star is off to a 4-1 start.

184 pounds

1. Parker Keckeisen – Northern Iowa (1)
2. Bernie Truax – Penn State (2)
3. Trey Munoz – Oregon State (3)
4. Dustin Plott – Oklahoma State (4)
5. Will Feldkamp – Iowa State (5)
6. Isaiah Salazar – Minnesota (7)
7. Jonathan Loew – Cornell (8)
8. Lenny Pinto – Nebraska (9)
9. Brian Soldano – Rutgers (10)
10. Gavin Hoffman – Ohio State (11)

Welcome back to the top 10 for Hoffman, who has yet to wrestle this season. But the former All-American is among the lite. Everyone else bumped up, sans the top five guys.

197 pounds

1. Aaron Brooks – Penn State (1)
2. Stephen Buchanan – Oklahoma (2)
3. Tanner Sloan – South Dakota State (3)
4. Rocky Elam – Missouri (4)
5. Trent Hidlay – NC State (5)
6. Jacob Cardenas – Cornell (6)
7. Silas Allred – Nebraska (7)
8. John Poznanski – Rutgers (10)
9. Luke Surber – Oklahoma State (11)
10. Jaxon Smith – Maryland (8)

Surber enters the top 10 rankings this week while Poznanski and Smith flipped spots in the latter half. Brooks is 3-0 and Buchanan is 4-0 and those two could be in a potential NCAA final in March.

285 pounds

1. Greg Kerkvliet – Penn State (1)
2. Wyatt Hendrickson – Air Force (2)
3. Lucas Davison – Michigan (3)
4. Cohlton Schultz – Arizona State (4)
5. Zach Elam – Missouri (5)
6. Yaraslau Slavikouski – Rutgers (6)
7. Yonger Bastida – Iowa State (7)
8. Luke Luffman – Illinois (10)
9. Tyrell Gordon – Northern Iowa (12)
10. Grady Griess – Navy (13)

There are already two weeks in the books for the college wrestling season. With Week 3 coming up, things will start to heat up before the holidays!For the full InterMat individual rankings (No. 1 to 33), click HERE.