College wrestling rankings: InterMat updates all 10 weight classes after Week 1

With the 2024-25 NCAA Wrestling season underway, InterMat released their updated individual rankings following Week 1 of the season.

Some teams, but not all, were in action over the weekend at various open tournaments as well as some duals. As usual, InterMat ranks No. 1 through 33 in all 10 weight classes.

We’ll dive into the top 10 at each weight, while listing the full rankings below.

125 lbs.

1. Richie Figueroa, Arizona State
2. Jore Volk, Wyoming
3. Caleb Smith, Nebraska
4. Matt Ramos, Purdue
5. Tanner Jordan, South Dakota State
6. Troy Spratley, Oklahoma State
7. Jakob Camacho, NC State
8. Stevo Poulin, Northern Colorado
9. Cooper Flynn, Minnesota
10. Nico Provo, Stanford

Figueroa comes in as the defending national champion but will certainly be challenged in an open weight class again. Watch out for guys like Spratley and Provo who could be under the radar. Ramos made the NCAA finals in 2023.

133 lbs.

1. Ryan Crookham, Lehigh
2. Nasir Bailey, Little Rock-Arkansas
3. Lucas Byrd, Illinois
4. Dylan Ragusin, Michigan
5. Evan Frost, Iowa State
6. Dylan Shawver, Rutgers
7. Drake Ayala, Iowa
8. Connor McGonagle, Virginia Tech
9. Braeden Davis, Penn State
10. Tyler Wells, Minnesota

Crookham is the favorite this year but Bailey is quickly rising up people’s boards and predictions for NCAA champion this year. The rivalry between Ragusin and Shawver should be a great watch again this season. Ayala and Davis are up from 125 last season.

141 lbs.

1. Andrew Alirez, Northern Colorado
2. Jesse Mendez, Ohio State
3. Beau Bartlett, Penn State
4. Brock Hardy, Nebraska
5. Vance Vombaur, Minnesota
6. Kai Orine, NC State
7. Cael Happel, Northern Iowa
8. Sergio Lemley, Michigan
9. Josh Koderhandt, Navy
10. Chris Cannon, Northwestern

Alirez is back after an Olympic redshirt and he won the 2023 NCAA title. Mendez is the defending champion, beating Barlett in the finals last year. Cannon is back healthy and returned to Northwestern for his final season of college wrestling.

149 lbs.

1. Caleb Henson, Virginia Tech
2. Shayne Van Ness, Penn State
3. Ty Watters, West Virginia
4. Kyle Parco, Iowa
5. Ridge Lovett, Nebraska
6. Lachlan McNeil, North Carolina
7. Anthony Echemendia, Iowa State
8. Chance Lamer, Cal Poly
9. Ty Whalen, Princeton
10. Kannon Webster, Illinois 

Henson is the defending champion and Van Ness is back from injury that caused him to miss all of last season. Watters is a sneaky title pick while Parco arrived at Iowa coming over from Arizona State. Let’s not forget about Lovett, a finalist in 2022.

157 lbs.

1. Jacori Teemer, Iowa
2. Meyer Shapiro, Cornell
3. Peyten Kellar, Ohio
4. Antrell Taylor, Nebraska
5. Tyler Kasak, Penn State
6. Ed Scott, NC State
7. Ryder Downey, Northern Iowa
8. Tommy Askey, Minnesota
9. Teague Travis, Oklahoma State
10. Paddy Gallagher, Ohio State

Teemer followed Parco from Arizona State to Iowa and is the favorite to win it all this year. Shapiro had a phenomenal freshman year and is a contender. Kellar and Taylor will be fascinating watches and Kasak is up a weight from last year.

165 lbs.

1. Mitchell Mesenbrink, Penn State
2. Mikey Caliendo, Iowa
3. Peyton Hall, West Virginia
4. Julian Ramirez, Cornell
5. Cameron Amine, Oklahoma State
6. Terrell Barraclough, Utah Valley
7. Hunter Garvin, Stanford
8. Garrett Thompson, Ohio
9. Matthew Olguin, Oregon State
10. MJ Gaitan, Iowa State

Mesenbrink is the big favorite here with Caliendo solidifying the No. 2 spot. This weight class can have a lot of battles by March. Look out for Barraclough who spent years as a reserve at Penn State and is now back home for his grad year.

174 lbs.

1. Keegan O’Toole, Missouri
2. Levi Haines, Penn State
3. Cade DeVos, South Dakota State
4. Lennox Wolak, Virginia Tech
5. Dean Hamiti, Oklahoma State
6. Nelson Brands, Iowa
7. Lenny Pinto, Nebraska
8. Nick Incontrera, UPenn
9. Gaven Sax, Oklahoma
10. Carson Kharchla, Ohio State

O’Toole is a two-time champion and up a weight class this year. By the way, Haines was the 2024 157 pound champion and moved up two weight classes for this season. DeVos, Wolak and Hamiti are hammers with the latter two in new spots this season.

184 lbs.

1. Carter Starocci, Penn State
2. Parker Keckeisen, Northern Iowa
3. Dustin Plott, Oklahoma State
4. Bennett Berge, South Dakota State
5. TJ Stewart, Virginia Tech
6. Silas Allred, Nebraska
7. Edmonton Ruth, Illinois
8. Jaxon Smith, Maryland
9. Gabe Arnold, Iowa
10. Dylan Fishback, NC State

Starocci is up a weight class this year and will for a historic 5th NCAA title. Keckeisen is the defending champion at this weight and it could be a two-horse race. Plott, Berge and Stewart could be landmines. Watch out for Smith, who dropped a weight, and Arnold, who might be locked in here rather than 174. 

197 lbs.

1. AJ Ferrari, CSU Bakersfield
2. Stephen Buchanan, Iowa
3. Jacob Cardenas, Michigan
4. Rocky Elam, Missouri
5. Stephen Little, Little Rock-Arkansas
6. Michael Beard, Lehigh
7. Trey Munoz, Oregon State
8. Isaiah Salazar, Minnesota
9. Zach Glazier, South Dakota State
10. Zac Braunagel, Illinois

Ferrari is back after a two-year hiatus and the 2021 NCAA champion from Oklahoma State has a new look at CSU Bakersfield. Buchanan goes from Oklahoma to Iowa and Cardenas will spend his grad year at Michigan following his career at Cornell. This is a loaded weight and any number of outcomes might not be surprising.

285 lbs.

1. Greg Kerkvliet, Penn State
2. Wyatt Hendrickson, Oklahoma State
3. Nick Feldman, Ohio State
4. Cohlton Schultz, Arizona State
5. Yaraslau Slavikouski, Rutgers
6. Yonger Bastida, Iowa State
7. Taye Ghadiali, Campbell
8. Nathan Taylor, Lehigh
9. Josh Heindselman, Michigan
10. Isaac Trumble, NC State

Kerkvliet is the defending champ and likely a huge favorite. Hendrickson is using his grad year at OKST following an All-American career at Air Force. He’s the biggest challenger but it remains to be seen if he can close the game. Feldman, Schultz, Slavikouski and Bastida could be sneaky finals picks.

For the full set of InterMat’s college wrestling rankings, No. 1 through 33 in all 10 weight classes, click HERE.