NCAA releases first wrestling coaches' panel rankings of the year

INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA released Friday the first of four coaches’ panel rankings for the 2016-17 wrestling season. The final rankings will be one of the tools used as part of the selection process to determine the qualifiers for the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. This year’s event is March 16-18 at the Scott Trade Center in St. Louis, Missouri . For more information and to purchase tickets for the championship, visit NCAA.com/Wrestling.

Wrestlers in each weight class will be measured by winning percentage, rating percentage index (RPI) and coaches’ rankings to earn spots in their qualifying tournaments for the 2017 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. The coaches’ rankings are compiled by a vote of coaches representing each qualifying tournament. For ranking purposes, coaches may only consider a wrestler that has been designated as a starter at a respective weight class. In order to be eligible for the rankings, wrestlers must have participated in at least five matches against Division I opponents in the weight class and have wrestled within the last 30 days.

NCAA Division I Wrestling Coaches Rank - Through Matches of Jan. 15
Weight	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Team	League
125	1	Thomas	Gilman	Iowa	Big Ten
125	2	Joey	Dance	Virginia Tech	ACC
125	3	Nick	Suriano	Penn St.	Big Ten
125	4	Joshua	Rodriguez	North Dakota St.	Big 12
125	5	Ethan	Lizak	Minnesota	Big Ten
125	6	Tim	Lambert	Nebraska	Big Ten
125	7	Darian	Cruz	Lehigh	EIWA
125	8	Jack	Mueller	Virginia	ACC
125	9	Sean	Russell	Edinboro	EWL
125	10	Josh	Terao	American	EIWA
125	11	Nathan	Kraisser	Campbell	SoCon
125	12	Nicholas	Piccininni	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
125	13	Dylan	Peters	UNI	MAC
125	14	Drew	Templeman	Wyoming	Big 12
125	15	Shakur	Laney	Ohio	MAC
125	16	Gabe	Townsell	Stanford	Pac-12
125	17	Noah	Gonser	Eastern Mich.	MAC
125	18	Barlow	McGhee	Missouri	MAC
125	19	Jose	Rodriguez	Ohio St.	Big Ten
125	20	Markus	Simmons	Iowa St.	Big 12
125	21	Christian	Moody	Oklahoma	Big 12
125	22	Vito	Pasone	Appalachian St.	SoCon
125	23	Johnny	Jimenez	Wisconsin	Big Ten
125	24	Ibrahim	Banduka	George Mason	EWL
125	25	Freddie	Rodriguez	SIUE	SoCon
125	26	Austin	Assad	Michigan	Big Ten
125	27	Brent	Fleetwood	Central Mich.	MAC
125	28	Trey	Andrews	Northern Colo.	Big 12
125	29	Lorenzo	Bentley	Pittsburgh	ACC
125	30	Jake	Gromacki	Clarion	EWL
125	30	Elijah	Oliver	Indiana	Big Ten
125	32	Kyle	Akins	Buffalo	MAC
125	33	Ben	Thornton	Purdue	Big Ten
133	1	Nathan	Tomasello	Ohio St.	Big Ten
133	2	Kaid	Brock	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
133	3	Cory	Clark	Iowa	Big Ten
133	4	Stevan	Micic	Michigan	Big Ten
133	5	Eric	Montoya	Nebraska	Big Ten
133	6	Seth	Gross	South Dakota St.	Big 12
133	6	Zane	Richards	Illinois	Big Ten
133	8	Dom	Forys	Pittsburgh	ACC
133	9	Scotty	Parker	Lehigh	EIWA
133	10	Josh	Alber	UNI	MAC
133	11	Kevin	Devoy	Drexel	EIWA
133	12	Earl	Hall	Iowa St.	Big 12
133	13	John	Erneste	Missouri	MAC
133	14	Jamal	Morris	North Carolina St.	ACC
133	15	Mitch	McKee	Minnesota	Big Ten
133	16	Cameron	Kelly	Ohio	MAC
133	17	Mark	Grey	Cornell	EIWA
133	18	Bryan	Lantry	Buffalo	MAC
133	19	Korbin	Myers	Edinboro	EWL
133	20	Eli	Stickley	Wisconsin	Big Ten
133	21	Colby	Smith	Appalachian St.	SoCon
133	22	Scott	Delvecchio	Rutgers	Big Ten
133	23	Anthony	Tutolo	Kent St.	MAC
133	24	Corey	Keener	Central Mich.	MAC
133	25	Cam	Sykora	North Dakota St.	Big 12
133	26	Dennis	Gustafson	Virginia Tech	ACC
133	27	Esteban	Gomez-Rivera	American	EIWA
133	28	Anthony	Cefelo	Rider	EWL
133	29	Luke	Welch	Purdue	Big Ten
133	30	Cory	Stainbrook	West Virginia	Big 12
133	31	Shayne	Wireman	Eastern Mich.	MAC
133	32	Billy	Rappo	Maryland	Big Ten
133	33	Austin	Eicher	Michigan St.	Big Ten
141	1	Dean	Heil	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
141	2	Kevin	Jack	North Carolina St.	ACC
141	3	Joey	McKenna	Stanford	Pac-12
141	3	Joseph	Ward	North Carolina	ACC
141	5	Matthew	Kolodzik	Princeton	EIWA
141	6	Anthony	Ashnault	Rutgers	Big Ten
141	7	George	DiCamillo	Virginia	ACC
141	8	Bryce	Meredith	Wyoming	Big 12
141	9	Colton	McCrystal	Nebraska	Big Ten
141	10	Jaydin	Eierman	Missouri	MAC
141	11	Thomas	Thorn	Minnesota	Big Ten
141	11	Logan	Everett	Army West Point	EIWA
141	13	Randy	Cruz	Lehigh	EIWA
141	14	Luke	Pletcher	Ohio St.	Big Ten
141	15	James	Gulibon	Penn St.	Big Ten
141	16	Brock	Zacherl	Clarion	EWL
141	17	Tyler	Smith	Bucknell	EIWA
141	18	Cole	Martin	Wisconsin	Big Ten
141	18	Christopher	Carton	Iowa	Big Ten
141	18	Russell	Rohlfing	CSU Bakersfield	Pac-12
141	21	Ronald	Perry	Lock Haven	EWL
141	21	Javier	Gasca III	Michigan St.	Big Ten
141	23	Jared	Prince	Navy	EIWA
141	24	Timmy	Box	Northern Colo.	Big 12
141	25	Mike	Longo	Oklahoma	Big 12
141	26	Kyle	Ayersman	Purdue	Big Ten
141	27	Johnathan	Hathaway	Oregon St.	Pac-12
141	27	Noah	Forrider	Ohio	MAC
141	29	Salvator	Profaci	Michigan	Big Ten
141	30	Jack	Mutchnik	American	EIWA
141	31	Nick	Zanetta	Pittsburgh	ACC
141	32	Evan	Fidelibus	Rider	EWL
141	33	William	Koll	Cornell	EIWA
141	33	Kyle	Springer	Eastern Mich.	MAC
149	1	Zain	Retherford	Penn St.	Big Ten
149	2	Anthony	Collica	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
149	3	Brandon	Sorensen	Iowa	Big Ten
149	4	Lavion	Mayes	Missouri	MAC
149	5	Micah	Jordan	Ohio St.	Big Ten
149	6	Justin	Oliver	Central Mich.	MAC
149	7	Solomon	Chishko	Virginia Tech	ACC
149	8	Max	Thomsen	UNI	MAC
149	9	Laike	Gardner	Lehigh	EIWA
149	10	Patricio	Lugo	Edinboro	EWL
149	11	Sam	Speno	North Carolina St.	ACC
149	12	Alfred	Bannister	Maryland	Big Ten
149	13	Steve	Bleise	Northern Ill.	MAC
149	13	Davion	Jeffries	Oklahoma	Big 12
149	15	Matthew	Cimato	Drexel	EIWA
149	16	Kenny	Theobald	Rutgers	Big Ten
149	17	Matthew	Zovistoski	Appalachian St.	SoCon
149	18	Joey	Delgado	Oregon St.	Pac-12
149	19	Alex	Kocer	South Dakota St.	Big 12
149	20	Cole	Mendenhall	Wyoming	Big 12
149	21	Andrew	Crone	Wisconsin	Big Ten
149	21	Sahid	Kargbo	George Mason	EWL
149	23	Joshua	Maruca	Arizona St.	Pac-12
149	24	Jordan	Laster	Princeton	EIWA
149	25	Coleman	Hammond	CSU Bakersfield	Pac-12
149	26	Joseph	Galasso	Cornell	EIWA
149	27	Nick	Barber	Eastern Mich.	MAC
149	28	Samuel	Krivus	Virginia	ACC
149	29	Colt	Cotten	Buffalo	MAC
149	30	Michael	Sprague	American	EIWA
149	31	Mike	Racciato	Pittsburgh	ACC
149	32	Michael	Hayes	Old Dominion	MAC
149	32	Troy	Heilmann	North Carolina	ACC
157	1	Jason	Nolf	Penn St.	Big Ten
157	2	Michael	Kemerer	Iowa	Big Ten
157	3	Tyler	Berger	Nebraska	Big Ten
157	4	Jordan	Kutler	Lehigh	EIWA
157	5	Joseph	Smith	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
157	6	Joey	Lavallee	Missouri	MAC
157	7	Colin	Heffernan	Central Mich.	MAC
157	8	Clayton	Ream	North Dakota St.	Big 12
157	9	Joshua	Shields	Arizona St.	Pac-12
157	10	Jake	Short	Minnesota	Big Ten
157	11	Brian	Murphy	Michigan	Big Ten
157	12	Victor	Lopez	Bucknell	EIWA
157	12	Russell	Parsons	Army West Point	EIWA
157	14	Andrew	Atkinson	Virginia	ACC
157	14	John	Van Brill	Rutgers	Big Ten
157	16	Sal	Mastriani	Virginia Tech	ACC
157	17	Archie	Colgan	Wyoming	Big 12
157	18	Colt	Shorts	Cal Poly	Pac-12
157	19	Aaron	Walker	The Citadel	SoCon
157	20	Timothy	Ruschell	Wisconsin	Big Ten
157	21	Alex	Griffin	Purdue	Big Ten
157	22	May	Bethea	Pennsylvania	EIWA
157	23	Bryant	Clagon	Rider	EWL
157	24	Taylor	Simaz	Cornell	EIWA
157	25	Joseph	Moon	North Carolina	ACC
157	26	Paul	Fox	Stanford	Pac-12
157	27	Jake	Danishek	Indiana	Big Ten
157	28	Thomas	Bullard	North Carolina St.	ACC
157	29	Neal	Richards	VMI	SoCon
157	30	Casey	Sparkman	Kent St.	MAC
157	31	Caden	McWhirter	Northern Ill.	MAC
157	32	Fred	Green	Boise St.	Pac-12
157	33	Taleb	Rahmani	Pittsburgh	ACC
165	1	Isaiah	Martinez	Illinois	Big Ten
165	2	Logan	Massa	Michigan	Big Ten
165	3	Isaac	Jordan	Wisconsin	Big Ten
165	4	Vincenzo	Joseph	Penn St.	Big Ten
165	5	Chandler	Rogers	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
165	6	Daniel	Lewis	Missouri	MAC
165	7	Chad	Walsh	Rider	EWL
165	8	Anthony	Valencia	Arizona St.	Pac-12
165	9	Dylan	Cottrell	West Virginia	Big 12
165	10	Bryce	Steiert	UNI	MAC
165	11	Te`Shan	Campbell	Pittsburgh	ACC
165	12	Nicholas	Wanzek	Minnesota	Big Ten
165	13	Branson	Ashworth	Wyoming	Big 12
165	14	Austin	Matthews	Edinboro	EWL
165	15	Seldon	Wright	Old Dominion	MAC
165	16	Keaton	Subjeck	Stanford	Pac-12
165	17	Luke	Zilverberg	South Dakota St.	Big 12
165	18	Yoanse	Mejias	Oklahoma	Big 12
165	19	Cole	Walter	Lehigh	EIWA
165	20	Andrew	Fogarty	North Dakota St.	Big 12
165	21	Joseph	Gunther	Iowa	Big Ten
165	22	Drew	Hughes	Michigan St.	Big Ten
165	23	Tyler	Marinelli	Gardner-Webb	SoCon
165	24	Brian	Hamann	North Carolina St.	ACC
165	25	Keilan	Torres	Northern Colo.	Big 12
165	26	Lorenzo	De La Riva	CSU Bakersfield	Pac-12
165	27	Dustin	Williams	Nebraska	Big Ten
165	28	Forrest	Przybysz	Appalachian St.	SoCon
165	29	Cody	Burcher	Ohio St.	Big Ten
165	30	Bryce	Martin	Indiana	Big Ten
165	31	Alexandre	Lopouchanski	Air Force	Big 12
165	32	Vincent	Deprez	Binghamton	EIWA
165	32	Austin	Rose	Drexel	EIWA
174	1	Zahid	Valencia	Arizona St.	Pac-12
174	1	Zach	Epperly	Virginia Tech	ACC
174	3	Brian	Realbuto	Cornell	EIWA
174	4	Kyle	Crutchmer	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
174	5	Ryan	Preisch	Lehigh	EIWA
174	6	Ethan	Ramos	North Carolina	ACC
174	7	Lelund	Weatherspoon	Iowa St.	Big 12
174	8	Myles	Amine	Michigan	Big Ten
174	9	Zach	Brunson	Illinois	Big Ten
174	10	Casey	Kent	Pennsylvania	EIWA
174	10	Taylor	Lujan	UNI	MAC
174	12	Alex	Meyer	Iowa	Big Ten
174	13	Geno	Morelli	Penn St.	Big Ten
174	14	David	Kocer	South Dakota St.	Big 12
174	15	Connor	Bass	Duke	ACC
174	16	Jadaen	Bernstein	Navy	EIWA
174	17	Jonathan	Schleifer	Princeton	EIWA
174	18	Jim	Wilson	Stanford	Pac-12
174	19	Devin	Skatzka	Indiana	Big Ten
174	20	Christian	Brucki	Central Mich.	MAC
174	21	Micah	Barnes	Nebraska	Big Ten
174	22	Nick	Kee	Appalachian St.	SoCon
174	23	Austin	Trott	Gardner-Webb	SoCon
174	24	Ryan	Christensen	Wisconsin	Big Ten
174	25	Trace	Engelkes	Northern Ill.	MAC
174	26	Josef	Johnson	Harvard	EIWA
174	27	Jairod	James	Kent St.	MAC
174	28	Phil	Bakuckas	Rutgers	Big Ten
174	29	Matt	Reed	Oklahoma	Big 12
174	30	Nick	Reenan	North Carolina St.	ACC
174	31	Kimball	Bastian	Utah Valley	Big 12
174	32	Garrett	Peppelman	Virginia	ACC
174	33	Jacob	Morrissey	Purdue	Big Ten
184	1	Gabe	Dean	Cornell	EIWA
184	2	Bo	Nickal	Penn St.	Big Ten
184	3	TJ	Dudley	Nebraska	Big Ten
184	4	Samuel	Brooks	Iowa	Big Ten
184	5	Zachary	Zavatsky	Virginia Tech	ACC
184	6	Nolan	Boyd	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
184	7	Nathan	Jackson	Indiana	Big Ten
184	8	Jack	Dechow	Old Dominion	MAC
184	9	Myles	Martin	Ohio St.	Big Ten
184	10	Michael	Macchiavello	North Carolina St.	ACC
184	11	Steven	Schneider	Binghamton	EIWA
184	12	Emory	Parker	Illinois	Big Ten
184	13	Nicholas	Gravina	Rutgers	Big Ten
184	14	Drew	Foster	UNI	MAC
184	15	Jordan	Ellingwood	Central Mich.	MAC
184	16	Bryce	Carr	Chattanooga	SoCon
184	17	Dakota	Geer	Edinboro	EWL
184	17	Hunter	Gamble	Gardner-Webb	SoCon
184	19	Chip	Ness	North Carolina	ACC
184	20	Dylan	Gabel	Northern Colo.	Big 12
184	21	Mitch	Sliga	Northwestern	Big Ten
184	22	Ville	Heino	Campbell	SoCon
184	23	Hunter	Ritter	Wisconsin	Big Ten
184	24	Ian	Baker	Princeton	EIWA
184	25	Kyle	Gentile	Lehigh	EIWA
184	26	Alexander	DeCiantis	Drexel	EIWA
184	26	Samson	Imonode	Army West Point	EIWA
184	28	Corey	Hazel	Lock Haven	EWL
184	29	Brett	Perry	Buffalo	MAC
184	30	Jason	Grimes	American	EIWA
184	30	David	Peters-Logue	Appalachian St.	SoCon
184	32	Joe	Heyob	Pennsylvania	EIWA
184	33	Garrett	Hoffman	Bucknell	EIWA
197	1	J`den	Cox	Missouri	MAC
197	2	Brett	Pfarr	Minnesota	Big Ten
197	3	Jared	Haught	Virginia Tech	ACC
197	4	Preston	Weigel	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
197	5	Kollin	Moore	Ohio St.	Big Ten
197	6	Jacob	Smith	West Virginia	Big 12
197	7	Aaron	Studebaker	Nebraska	Big Ten
197	8	Nate	Rotert	South Dakota St.	Big 12
197	9	Matt	McCutcheon	Penn St.	Big Ten
197	10	Kevin	Beazley	Old Dominion	MAC
197	11	Shawn	Scott	Northern Ill.	MAC
197	12	Brett	Harner	Princeton	EIWA
197	13	Ryan	Wolfe	Rider	EWL
197	14	Ricky	Robertson	Wisconsin	Big Ten
197	15	Frank	Mattiace	Pennsylvania	EIWA
197	16	Tom	Sleigh	Bucknell	EIWA
197	17	Corey	Griego	Oregon St.	Pac-12
197	18	Brad	Johnson	Oklahoma	Big 12
197	19	Matt	Williams	CSU Bakersfield	Pac-12
197	20	Austin	Severn	Central Mich.	MAC
197	20	Jacob	Berkowitz	Northwestern	Big Ten
197	22	James	Benjamin	Buffalo	MAC
197	23	Steban	Cervantes	Navy	EIWA
197	24	Malik	McDonald	North Carolina St.	ACC
197	24	Tanner	Orndorff	Utah Valley	Big 12
197	26	Benjamin	Honis	Cornell	EIWA
197	27	Jeric	Kasunic	American	EIWA
197	28	Ben	Haas	Lehigh	EIWA
197	29	Anthony	McLaughlin	Air Force	Big 12
197	30	Tristan	Sponseller	Lock Haven	EWL
197	31	David-Brian	Whisler	Maryland	Big Ten
197	32	Daniel	Chaid	North Carolina	ACC
197	33	Bailey	Faust	Ohio	MAC
197	33	Joshua	Murphy	Drexel	EIWA
285	1	Kyle	Snyder	Ohio St.	Big Ten
285	2	Connor	Medbery	Wisconsin	Big Ten
285	3	Ty	Walz	Virginia Tech	ACC
285	4	Nick	Nevills	Penn St.	Big Ten
285	5	Tanner	Hall	Arizona St.	Pac-12
285	6	Jacob	Kasper	Duke	ACC
285	7	Austin	Schafer	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
285	8	Michael	Kroells	Minnesota	Big Ten
285	9	Samuel	Stoll	Iowa	Big Ten
285	10	Jared	Johnson	Chattanooga	SoCon
285	11	Nathan	Butler	Stanford	Pac-12
285	12	William	Miller	Edinboro	EWL
285	13	Denzel	Dejournette	Appalachian St.	SoCon
285	14	Collin	Jensen	Nebraska	Big Ten
285	15	Thomas	Haines	Lock Haven	EWL
285	16	Doug	Vollaro	Lehigh	EIWA
285	17	Gage	Hutchison	Eastern Mich.	MAC
285	18	Joseph	Goodhart	Drexel	EIWA
285	19	Ryan	Solomon	Pittsburgh	ACC
285	20	Ross	Larson	Oklahoma	Big 12
285	21	Mike	Kosoy	North Carolina St.	ACC
285	22	Cody	Crawford	Oregon St.	Pac-12
285	23	Ray	O`Donnell	Princeton	EIWA
285	24	Conan	Jennings	Northwestern	Big Ten
285	25	Benjamin	Tynan	North Dakota St.	Big 12
285	26	Garrett	Ryan	Columbia	EIWA
285	27	Boyce	Cornwell	Gardner-Webb	SoCon
285	28	Jake	Gunning	Buffalo	MAC
285	29	Quean	Smith	Iowa St.	Big 12
285	30	Cory	Gilliland-Daniel	North Carolina	ACC
285	31	Jake	McKiernan	SIUE	SoCon
285	32	Tyler	Kral	Purdue	Big Ten
285	32	Jere	Heino	Campbell	SoCon