Marinelli and Bolen claim No. 1 spots in Trackwrestling rankings; Amine, Fix, Deakin return to mat

Three of college wrestling’s top stars returned to the mat last weekend while two others ascended to the top of the rankings at their respective weight classes.

And after perhaps the most turbulent weekend of upsets yet this season, the latest edition of the Trackwrestling Division I Rankings presented by Resilite have taken on a new look this week.

Iowa’s Alex Marinelli (165) and Virginia Tech’s Hunter Bolen (184) grabbed the No. 1 spot at their weight classes this week. Marinelli took over the top spot from Virginia Tech’s Mekhi Lewis, who lost by injury default against Pittsburgh’s Jake Wentzel, while Bolen moved up a notch when Michigan’s Myles Amine returned to the Wolverine lineup at 197 pounds.

Wentzel climbed up to No. 4 at 165, one spot ahead of Lewis. Amine checks in this week at No. 4 at 197.

Along with Amine, top-ranked 133-pounder Daton Fix of Oklahoma State and No. 1 157-pounder Ryan Deakin also made their season debuts last weekend.

Wisconsin’s Eric Barnett, Penn State’s Brady Berge, Michigan’s Cameron Amine and Arizona State’s Cohlton Schultz were among the biggest movers this week. Barnett surged 10 spots to No. 10 at 125 after scoring a major decision win against Minnesota’s Patrick McKee, Berge climbed 10 spots to No. 9 at 157 after knocking off Michigan’s Will Lewan, Amine moved up 11 spots to No. 12 at 165 after downing Penn State’s Joe Lee and Schultz vaulted up nine spots to No. 6 at 285 after defeating Iowa State’s Gannon Gremmel and Northern Iowa’s Carter Isley.

Iowa continues to hold a huge lead in the team standings. The Hawkeyes check in this week with 143.5 projected NCAA placement and advancement points. Michigan (65.5), Penn State (60), Nebraska (59.5), Virginia Tech (54), Oklahoma State (53), North Carolina State (50.5), Missouri (48.5), Ohio State (48) and Arizona State (46) round out the top 10.

The rankings, which are linked below, do not include wrestlers from conferences and schools that have stated plans not to compete during the 2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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 include 33 wrestlers at each weight class, representing the number of wrestlers who qualify for the NCAA Championships.

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Rank	School	Points
1	Iowa	143.5
2	Michigan	65.5
3	Penn State	60
4	Nebraska	59.5
5	Virginia Tech	54
6	Oklahoma State	53
7	North Carolina State	50.5
8	Missouri	48.5
9	Ohio State	48
10	Arizona State	46
11	Northwestern	37.5
12	Minnesota	36.5
13	North Carolina	31
14	Central Michigan	30.5
T-15	Illinois	30
T-15	Stanford	30
17	Rutgers	29
18	Pittsburgh	28
19	Iowa State	26
20	Wyoming	17.5
21	Michigan State	17
22	Wisconsin	16.5
23	Rider	15.5
24	Utah Valley	15
25	Binghamton	14.5
26	Northern Iowa	14
27	Northern Colorado	13.5
28	Purdue	13
29	Indiana	12.5
30	Virginia	11.5
T-31	Oklahoma	9.5
T-31	South Dakota State	9.5
33	Clarion	9
T-34	Appalachian State	6
T-34	Navy	6
T-36	Lehigh	5
T-36	West Virginia	5
T-38	Campbell	4
T-38	Oregon State	4
T-40	Army West Point	3
T-40	Cal Poly	3
T-40	Northern Illinois	3