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Penn State brought down the curtain on the 2017 NCAA Championships with a historic finish, tying a blue and white bow on the national title trophy by sweeping the last five individual championship matches in St. Louis.

It was a record-tying conclusion to a season that began with a footnote that many likely have forgotten by now: The Nittany Lions were ranked sixth at the start of the year.

Yes, that’s true. Oklahoma State, Ohio State, Iowa, Missouri, Virginia Tech were all ahead of Penn State at the starting gate last year, so keep that in mind as you scan through the rankings. This is just a starting point and much will change between here and Cleveland. For now, however, the Nittany Lions are No. 1 with a projected point total of 123. Ohio State is second with 106, followed by Oklahoma State (95) and Michigan (84.5).

How we got here is pretty simple: The Trackwrestling team rankings are based off the number of advancement and placement points each squad would accumulate if its wrestlers finished in those ranking slots at the NCAA Championships. Top-ranked wrestlers earn 20 points, followed by 16 for second, 13.5 for third, 12.5 for fourth, 10 for fifth, 9 for sixth, 6.5 for seventh, 5.5 for eighth, 2 for spots 9-12, 1.5 for spots 13-16 and 1 for 17-25.

Individual rankings were also released. Starting the year with No. 1 rankings are Darian Cruz of Lehigh (125), Seth Gross of South Dakota State (133), Dean Heil of Oklahoma State (141), Zain Retherford of Penn State (149), Jason Nolf of Penn State (157), Vincenzo Joseph of Penn State (165), Mark Hall of Penn State (174), Bo Nickal of Penn State (184), Kollin Moore of Ohio State (197) and Kyle Snyder of Ohio State (285).

The rankings are compiled by David Mirikitani.

Team Rankings
Rank/School/Points

1 Penn State 123
2 Ohio State 106
3 Oklahoma State 95
4 Michigan 84.5
5 Missouri 56
T6 Arizona State 43
T6 Minnesota 43
8 Lehigh 42.5
9 Iowa 40
10 Virginia Tech 39.5
11 North Carolina State 37.5
12 Northern Iowa 36.5
13 Rutgers 35.
14 Illinois 30
15 South Dakota State 23.5
16 Edinboro 21.5
17 Nebraska 19
18 Wyoming 16.5
T19 Oregon State 15.5
T19 Stanford 15.5
21 Central Michigan 13.5
T22 Rider 13
T22 Wisconsin 13
T24 Cornell 12
T24 Princeton 12
T24 Virginia 12
27 Navy 11.5
T28 North Carolina 11
T28 Pittsburgh 11
T30 Buffalo 9
T30 Duke 9
T30 Maryland 9
33 Lock Haven 7
34 CSU Bakersfield 6.5
35 Northwestern 6

Individual Rankings
Rank/Wrestler/School/Year


125 pounds
1 Darian Cruz Lehigh SR
2 Nathan Tomasello Ohio State SR
3 Ethan Lizak Minnesota JR
4 Nick Piccininni Oklahoma State SO
5 Nick Suriano Rutgers SO
6 Sean Russell Edinboro JR
7 Ryan Millhof Arizona State JR
8 Zeke Moisey West Virginia JR
9 Sean Fausz North Carolina State JR
10 Brock Hudkins Northern Illinois SO
11 Ronnie Bresser Oregon State SR
12 Shakur Laney Ohio JR
13 Kyle Akins Buffalo JR
14 Josh Terao American JR
15 Travis Piotrowski Illinois SO
16 Gabe Townsell Stanford SO
17 Johnny Jimenez Wisconsin SR
18 Jake Gromacki Clarion JR
19 Christian Moody Oklahoma SO
20 Elijah Oliver Indiana JR
21 Noah Gonser Eastern Michigan SO
22 Sean Nickell CSU Bakersfield SO
23 Barlow McGhee Missouri SR
24 Dalton Macri North Carolina JR
25 Sebastian Rivera Northwestern FR

133 pounds
1 Seth Gross South Dakota State JR
2 Stevan Micic Michigan SO
3 Kaid Brock Oklahoma State SO
4 Scott Parker Lehigh JR
5 Jack Mueller Virginia SO
6 Mitch McKee Minnesota SO
7 Bryan Lantry Buffalo JR
8 Scott Delvecchio Rutgers SR
9 Luke Pletcher Ohio State SO
10 Dom Forys Pittsburgh SR
11 John Erneste Missouri JR
12 Korbin Myers Edinboro SO
13 Connor Schram Stanford SR
14 Cam Sykora North Dakota State SO
15 Austin Eicher Michigan State JR
16 Corey Keener Penn State SR
17 Pat D’Arcy Princeton JR
18 Chris Debien Chattanooga JR
19 Anthony Tutolo Kent State JR
20 Alex Madrigal Old Dominion SO
21 Rico Montoya Northern Colorado JR
22 DJ Fehlman Lock Haven SO
23 Cameron Kelly Ohio JR
24 Luke Welch Purdue SR
25 Eli Stickley Wisconsin SO

141 pounds
1 Dean Heil Oklahoma State SR
2 Kevin Jack North Carolina State SR
3 Bryce Meredith Wyoming SR
4 Jaydin Eierman Missouri SO
5 Anthony Ashnault Rutgers SR
6 Tommy Thorn Minnesota JR
7 Joey McKenna Ohio State JR
8 Colton McCrystal Nebraska SR
9 Tyler Smith Bucknell SR
10 Jared Prince Navy SO
11 Jack Hathaway Oregon State SR
12 Josh Alber Northern Iowa JR
13 Brock Zacherl Clarion JR
14 Mike Longo Oklahoma SR
15 Ryan Diehl Maryland JR
16 Noah Forrider Ohio SR
17 Mason Smith Central Michigan SO
18 Javier Gasca III Michigan State SR
19 Kanen Storr Iowa State FR
20 Cole Martin Wisconsin SO
21 Sal Profaci Michigan SO
22 Colt Schilling Cal Poly SR
23 Russell Rohlfing CSU Bakersfield SO
24 Nick Zanetta Pittsburgh SR
25 Luke Karam Lehigh FR

149 pounds
1 Zain Retherford Penn State SR
2 Brandon Sorensen Iowa SR
3 Max Thomsen Northern Iowa SO
4 Solomon Chishko Virginia Tech JR
5 Geo Martinez Oklahoma State JR
6 Matt Kolodzik Princeton SO
7 Justin Oliver Central Michigan JR
8 Steve Bleise Minnesota JR
9 Josh Maruca Arizona State SO
10 Alfred Bannister Maryland JR
11 Matt Zovistoski Appalachian State JR
12 Troy Heilmann North Carolina SR
13 Coleman Hammond CSU Bakersfield SR
14 Ryan Deakin Northwestern FR
15 Ronnie Perry Lock Haven SR
16 Davion Jeffries Oklahoma JR
17 Eric Barone Illinois SO
18 Hunter Ladner Harvard SO
19 Samuel Krivus Virginia SO
20 Kyle Shoop Lock Haven SO
21 Ke-Shawn Hayes Ohio State SO
22 Jamal Morris North Carolina State JR
23 Zander Wick Wisconsin FR
24 Chris Vassar Gardner-Webb SR
25 Joey Galasso Cornell JR

157 pounds
1 Jason Nolf Penn State JR
2 Joey Lavallee Missouri SR
3 Michael Kemerer Iowa SO
4 Joe Smith Oklahoma State JR
5 Tyler Berger Nebraska JR
6 Paul Fox Stanford JR
7 Micah Jordan Ohio State JR
8 Alec Pantaleo Michigan SR
9 BJ Clagon Rider SR
10 Richie Lewis Rutgers SR
11 Jake Short Minnesota SR
12 Archie Colgan Wyoming SR
13 May Bethea Pennsylvania SR
14 Andrew Crone Wisconsin SR
15 Taleb Rahmani Pittsburgh SO
16 Kyle Langenderfer Illinois SR
17 Luke Zilverberg South Dakota State SR
18 Colin Heffernan Central Michigan SR
19 Josh Shields Arizona State SO
20 Casey Sparkman Kent State JR
21 Clayton Ream North Dakota State JR
22 Andrew Atkinson Virginia SR
23 Hayden Hidlay North Carolina State FR
24 Jake Danishek Indiana JR
25 Caden McWhirter Northern Illinois SO

165 pounds
1 Vincenzo Joseph Penn State SO
2 Isaiah Martinez Illinois SR
3 Logan Massa Michigan SO
4 Chandler Rogers Oklahoma State JR
5 Chad Walsh Rider SR
6 David McFadden Virginia Tech SO
7 Anthony Valencia Arizona State SO
8 Bryce Steiert Northern Iowa JR
9 Nick Wanzek Minnesota SR
10 TeShan Campbell Ohio State JR
11 Alex Marinelli Iowa FR
12 Austin Matthews Edinboro SR
13 Yoanse Mejias Oklahoma SR
14 Jordan Kutler Lehigh SO
15 Isaiah White Nebraska SO
16 Chance Marsteller Lock Haven JR
17 Branson Ashworth Wyoming JR
18 Keilan Torres Northern Colorado SR
19 Andrew Fogarty North Dakota State SO
20 Brian Hamann North Carolina State SR
21 Lorenzo DeLaRiva CSU Bakersfield SO
22 Keaton Subjeck Stanford SR
23 Evan Wick Wisconsin FR
24 Jacob Morrissey Purdue SR
25 Tyrel White Columbia SR

174 pounds
1 Mark Hall Penn State SO
2 Bo Jordan Ohio State SR
3 Zahid Valencia Arizona State SO
4 Myles Amine Michigan SO
5 Daniel Lewis Missouri JR
6 Brandon Womack Cornell JR
7 Ryan Preisch Lehigh JR
8 Jadaen Bernstein Navy SR
9 Drew Hughes Michigan State SO
10 Taylor Lujan Northern Iowa SO
11 Christian Brucki Central Michigan JR
12 Ryan Christensen Wisconsin JR
13 Jacobe Smith Oklahoma State JR
14 Ethan Ramos North Carolina SR
15 Bryce Carr Chattanooga SR
16 Ty Schoffstall Edinboro SR
17 Jonathan Schleifer Princeton SR
18 Josef Johnson Harvard JR
19 Jordan Pagano Rutgers JR
20 David Kocer South Dakota State SR
21 Nick Reenan North Carolina State SO
22 Christopher Pfarr Minnesota SR
23 Kaleb Young Iowa FR
24 Beau Breske Nebraska FR
25 Kimball Bastian Utah Valley SO

184 pounds
1 Bo Nickal Penn State JR
2 Myles Martin Ohio State JR
3 Pete Renda North Carolina State SR
4 Drew Foster Northern Iowa JR
5 Domenic Abounader Michigan SR
6 Emory Parker Illinois JR
7 Nicholas Gravina Rutgers SR
8 Dakota Geer Edinboro SO
9 Jordan Ellingwood Central Michigan SR
10 Michael Coleman Navy SR
11 Zack Zavatsky Virginia Tech JR
12 Ricky Robertson Wisconsin SR
13 Steve Schneider Binghamton SR
14 Nick Corba Cleveland State SR
15 Dylan Gabel Northern Colorado JR
16 Mitch Sliga Northwestern SR
17 Joe Heyob Pennsylvania SR
18 Alex DeCiantis Drexel SR
19 Bobby Steveson Minnesota SO
20 Michael Fagg-Daves Rider SR
21 Christian LaFragola Brown JR
22 Garrett Hoffman Bucknell SO
23 Devin Skatza Indiana SO
24 Max Dean Cornell FR
25 Ian Baker Princeton SR

197 pounds
1 Kollin Moore Ohio State SO
2 Jared Haught Virginia Tech SR
3 Willie Miklus Missouri SR
4 Preston Weigel Oklahoma State JR
5 Kevin Beazley Michigan SR
6 Matt McCutcheon Penn State SR
7 Cash Wilcke Iowa SO
8 Dan Chaid North Carolina SR
9 Mike Macchiavello North Carolina State SR
10 Frank Mattiace Pennsylvania SR
11 Matt Williams CSU Bakersfield SR
12 Steban Cervantes Navy SR
13 Ricky Robertson Wisconsin SR
14 Nathan Rotert South Dakota State SR
15 Corey Griego Oregon State JR
16 Christian Brunner Purdue SO
17 Jeric Kasunic American SR
18 Hunter Ritter Wisconsin SO
19 Tom Sleigh Bucknell SR
20 Jacob Holschlag Northern Iowa SO
21 Tanner Orndorff Utah Valley SO
22 Ben Darmstadt Cornell FR
23 Rocco Caywood Army JR
24 Eric Schultz Nebraska SO
25 Nathan Traxler Stanford FR

285 pounds
1 Kyle Snyder Ohio State SR
2 Adam Coon Michigan SR
3 Tanner Hall Arizona State JR
4 Nick Nevills Penn State JR
5 Amarveer Dhesi Oregon State SR
6 Jacob Kasper Duke SR
7 Ryan Solomon Pittsburgh SR
8 Youssif Hemida Maryland JR
9 Conan Jennings Northwestern JR
10 Thomas Haines Lock Haven JR
11 Jere Heino Campbell SR
12 Mike Hughes Hofstra SR
13 Nathan Butler Stanford SR
14 Billy Miller Edinboro JR
15 Garrett Ryan Columbia SR
16 Dustin Dennison Utah Valley SR
17 Jordan Wood Lehigh FR
18 Newton Smerchek Central Michigan SR
19 Joe Goodhart Drexel SR
20 Gage Hutchison Eastern Michigan SR
21 Jake Gunning Buffalo JR
22 Austin Myers Missouri SO
23 Cory Daniel North Carolina JR
24 Sam Stoll Iowa JR
25 Brooks Black Illinois SR

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