Bravo-Young, Sasso and Kemerer are new No. 1s in Trackwrestling Div. I rankings

There’s turnover atop three weight classes in the latest edition of the Trackwrestling Division I Rankings presented by Resilite.

Penn State’s Roman Bravo-Young (133), Ohio State’s Sammy Sasso (149) and Iowa’s Michael Kemerer (174) surged to the top of their respective weight classes this week.

Bravo-Young grabbed the No. 1 spot at 133 pounds in the wake of his injury default victory Friday against Iowa’s Austin DeSanto. The undefeated Penn State sophomore supplanted Wisconsin’s Seth Gross, who split a pair of matches with DeSanto in December.

Sasso seized the top ranking in the tangled web of 149-pounders after a recent hot stretch coupled with previous No. 1 Boo Lewallen’s loss to Brock Mauller.

Kemerer traded places with Mark Hall after toppling the NCAA champ from Penn State 11-6 on Friday. His move to the No. 1 spot helped Iowa maintain a sizeable lead over the rest of the pack in this week’s team standings.

The Hawkeyes check in with 130 projected NCAA placement and advancement points. Penn State is second with 85.5, followed by Ohio State (75.5), Arizona State (52.5), Minnesota (51.5), Wisconsin (46.5), Oklahoma State (45.5), Northwestern (43.5), Princeton (38.5) and Nebraska (37).

The Trackwrestling team rankings are based strictly on 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. Team dual outcomes are not factored into the team rankings.

The Trackwrestling rankings go out to 33, representing the number of wrestlers who will qualify for the NCAA Championships at each weight class.

The rankings are coordinated by David Mirikitani and Mark Ostrander.

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Rank	School	Points
1	Iowa	130
2	Penn State	85.5
3	Ohio State	75.5
4	Arizona State	52.5
5	Minnesota	51.5
6	Wisconsin	46.5
7	Oklahoma State	45.5
8	Northwestern	43.5
9	Princeton	38.5
10	Nebraska	37
11	North Carolina State	35.5
12	Lehigh	33
13	Northern Iowa	32
14	Iowa State	31.5
T-15	Purdue	31
T-15	Stanford	31
17	Michigan	26
18	Virginia Tech	25
19	Cornell	24.5
20	Missouri	22
21	Virginia	21.5
22	Central Michigan	17.5
T-23	Pittsburgh	16
T-23	West Virginia	16
25	North Carolina	13.5
26	Utah Valley	13
T-27	Illinois	12
T-27	Pennsylvania	12
T-29	Binghamton	11.5
T-29	Rider	11.5
T-31	Campbell	8.5
T-31	Michigan State	8.5
33	Army	8
T-34	Northern Colorado	7.5
T-34	Wyoming	7.5
36	Rutgers	7
37	Oklahoma	6.5
T-38	North Dakota State	5.5
T-38	South Dakota State	5.5
40	Fresno State	5