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Where are Penn State wrestlers in the latest rankings before the regular season finale?: Newsstand

Greg Pickelby:Greg Pickel•02/23/24•

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Penn State wrestler Mitchell Mesenbrink. (Photo by Mark Selders and courtesy of Penn State Athletics).

Penn State news, notes, and updates for Feb. 23 include the latest wrestling rankings, a football recruit setting a visit date, and more.

It’s time to dive into Friday’s top tweets and headlines about the Nittany Lions and college athletics.

Penn State tweets of the day

We start with wrestling. Head coach Cael Sanderson’s No. 1 Nittany Lions have already clinched the Big Ten regular season title ahead of its final dual meet of the year on Sunday against Edinboro. It starts at 2 p.m. ET and will stream on B1G+. The team seeks its 12th win of the year and 56th consecutive match triumph.

Here are the new InterMat rankings before the match. Only freshman Braeden Davis dropped this week, falling from No. 6 to No. 8 after holding the No. 2 spot at 125 pounds as recently as two weeks ago. The number in parenthesis reflects last week’s ranking:

125 pounds: Braeden Davis, 8 (6)

133 pounds: Aaron Nagao, 11 (11)

141 pounds: Beau Bartlett, 1 (1)

149 pounds: Tyler Kasak, 9 (9)

157 pounds: Levi Haines, 1 (1)

165 pounds: Mitchell Mesenbrink, 6 (6)

174 pounds: Carter Starocci, 1 (1)

184 pounds: Bernie Truax, 6 (6)

197 pounds: Aaron Brooks, 1 (1)

285 pounds: Greg Kerkvliet, 1 (1)

Team: No. 1

In other news, Penn State football will host a top 100 recruit in the Class of 2026 for spring practice in March. Duncanville, Tex., On3 Industry Rankings four-star edge Kevin Ford as part of a multi-school multi-day tour at the end of March. He will be in State College on the 26th, per On3 Director of Recruiting Chad Simmons.

Headlines of the day

History suggests Penn State will benefit from new 12-team College Football Playoff format: McGonigal, PennLive

Penn State tight end Theo Johnson is ‘on the rise’ and NFL Combine will be big for Chop Robinson, draft analyst says: Pickel, BWI

Penn State’s Carter Starocci Is ‘Ready to Roll Now’: Wogenrich, SI

Trimmings: Who’s showing out on offense in Penn State’s winter workouts?: Fitz, BWI

Former Penn State DL coach John Scott Jr. parts with Detroit Lions: Woloson, Daily Collegian

Bill O’Brien reflects on what his time at Penn State did for him: Graham, On3

Quote of the day

“Penn State meant a lot to me. When we went to Penn State, it was a terrible time. We don’t need to revisit that. But, we were probably the first team that really had to experience ‘the portal.’ Because when the sanctions came out, the guys at Penn State, they could go and go anywhere they wanted. That team that was taking them could go above 85 just to make room for them. So we had to recruit our own team. And I’ll never forget that.

“And I think, at the end of the day, what I learned about that place was how important the team was. Some guys left, but the guys that stayed were very much into the team aspect of things, they were good kids, they loved to practice and they were proud to play for their institution. And that’s the same thing relative to what we have here at Boston College.

–Former PSU and current Boston College coach Bill O’Brien in an interview on the ESPN College GameDay podcast about his time with the Lions.

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