The NCAA has announced the second coaches ranking for the 2021 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.

The coaches rankings are determined by a vote of 14 coaches in each weight class with two head coaches from each conference. For ranking purposes, coaches may only consider a wrestler that has been designated as a starter at a respective weight class. For the second ranking, wrestlers must have three Division I matches in the weight class to be considered with at least one within the last 30 days. For the final coaches ranking that will be utilized during the at-large selection and seeding process, wrestlers will need a minimum of four Division I matches in the weight class.

Eight different schools are represented by the 10 wrestlers ranked at the top of the weight classes. Debuting at the top position this week are Daton Fix of Oklahoma State at 133 pounds and Ryan Deakin of Northwestern at 157 after not having enough matches to qualify for the first ranking. Shane Griffith of Stanford is the new top-ranked wrestler at 165 pounds moving up from his ranking of No. 3 in the first release two weeks ago.

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Remaining at the top spot for the second release of rankings are the Iowa trio of Spencer Lee at 125 pounds, Jaydin Eierman at 141 and Michael Kemerer at 174 as the only school with multiple top-ranked wrestlers. Joining them are Sammy Sasso of Ohio State (149), Hunter Bolen of Virginia Tech (184), Eric Shultz of Nebraska (197) and Gable Steveson of Minnesota (heavyweight).

The coaches ranking is one of several criteria that will be evaluated by the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee during the at-large selection and seeding along with head-to-head competition, quality wins, conference tournament placement, results versus common opponents and win percentage.

A full description of the entire selection process for the 2021 Division I Wrestling Championships is available at ncaa.org.

NCAA Division I Wrestling Coaches Rank - Through Matches of Feb. 21

125 POUNDS

RANK	NAME	TEAM	CONFERENCE
1	Spencer Lee	Iowa	Big Ten
2	Drew Hildebrandt	Central Michigan	MAC
3	Sam Latona	Virginia Tech	ACC
4	Brandon Courtney	Arizona St.	Pac-12
5	Jakob Camacho	NC State	ACC
6	Taylor LaMont	Utah Valley	Big 12
7	Liam Cronin	Nebraska	Big Ten
8	Brody Teske	Northern Iowa	Big 12
9	Patrick Mckee	Minnesota	Big Ten
10	Malik Heinselman	Ohio St.	Big Ten
11	Dylan Ragusin	Michigan	Big Ten
12	Devin Schroder	Purdue	Big Ten
13	Michael DeAugustino	Northwestern	Big Ten
14	RayVon Foley	Michigan St.	Big Ten
15	Eric Barnett	Wisconsin	Big Ten
16	Trevor Mastrogiovanni	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
17	Justin Cardani	Illinois	Big Ten
18	Codi Russell	Appalachian St.	SoCon
19	Connor Brown	Missouri	MAC
20	Jaret Lane	Lehigh	EIWA
21	Fabian Gutierrez	Chattanooga	SoCon
22	Killian Cardinale	West Virginia	Big 12
23	Jake Ferri	Kent St.	MAC
24	Daniel Vega	South Dakota St.	Big 12
25	Logan Treaster	Navy	EIWA
26	Cody Phippen	Air Force	Big 12
27	Robert Howard	Penn St.	Big Ten
27	Jackson DiSario	Stanford	Pac-12
29	Nic Aguilar	Rutgers	Big Ten
30	Brandon Kaylor	Oregon St.	Pac-12
31	Dylan Ryder	Hofstra	EIWA
32	Micah Roes	Binghamton	EIWA
33	Colton Camacho	Pittsburgh	ACC

133 POUNDS

RANK	NAME	TEAM	CONFERENCE
1	Daton Fix	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
2	Roman Bravo-Young	Penn St.	Big Ten
3	Austin DeSanto	Iowa	Big Ten
4	Micky Phillippi	Pittsburgh	ACC
5	Sammy Alvarez	Rutgers	Big Ten
6	Korbin Myers	Virginia Tech	ACC
7	Michael McGee	Arizona St.	Pac-12
8	Matt Schmitt	Missouri	MAC
9	Lucas Byrd	Illinois	Big Ten
10	Louie Hayes	Virginia	ACC
11	Jarrett Trombley	NC State	ACC
12	Chris Cannon	Northwestern	Big Ten
13	Zach Price	South Dakota St.	Big 12
14	Kyle Biscoglia	Northern Iowa	Big 12
15	Mosha Schwartz	Northern Colorado	Big 12
16	Ryan Sullivan	West Virginia	Big 12
17	Jared Van Vleet	Air Force	Big 12
18	Ty Smith	Utah Valley	Big 12
19	Job Greenwood	Wyoming	Big 12
20	Boo Dryden	Minnesota	Big Ten
21	Jordan Decatur	Ohio St.	Big Ten
22	Devan Turner	Oregon St.	Pac-12
23	Darren Miller	Bucknell	EIWA
24	Jason Miranda	Stanford	Pac-12
25	Zach Redding	Iowa St.	Big 12
26	Paul Bianchi	Little Rock	Pac-12
27	Andrew Marten	Central Michigan	MAC
28	Joseph Heilmann	North Carolina	ACC
29	Mario Guillen	Ohio	MAC
30	Haiden Drury	Fresno St.	Big 12
31	Kellyn March	North Dakota St.	Big 12
32	Anthony Madrigal	Oklahoma	Big 12
33	Jack Medley	Michigan	Big Ten

141 POUNDS

RANK	NAME	TEAM	CONFERENCE
1	Jaydin Eierman	Iowa	Big Ten
2	Nick Lee	Penn St.	Big Ten
3	Sebastian Rivera	Rutgers	Big Ten
4	Allan Hart	Missouri	MAC
5	Chad Red	Nebraska	Big Ten
6	Ian Parker	Iowa St.	Big 12
7	Dom Demas	Oklahoma	Big 12
8	Tariq Wilson	NC State	ACC
9	Zachary Sherman	North Carolina	ACC
10	Cody Trybus	Navy	EIWA
11	Dresden Simon	Central Michigan	MAC
12	DJ Lloren	Fresno St.	Big 12
13	Dylan Duncan	Illinois	Big Ten
14	Brian Courtney	Virginia	ACC
15	Grant Willits	Oregon St.	Pac-12
16	Clay Carlson	South Dakota St.	Big 12
17	Saul Ervin	SIUE	MAC
18	Cole Matthews	Pittsburgh	ACC
19	Lenny Petersen	Air Force	Big 12
20	Drew Mattin	Michigan	Big Ten
21	Marcos Polanco	Minnesota	Big Ten
22	Sam Hillegas	Virginia Tech	ACC
23	Derek Spann	Buffalo	MAC
24	Zack Trampe	Binghamton	EIWA
25	Peter LiPari	Arizona St.	Pac-12
26	Lane Peters	Army West Point	EIWA
27	Chase Zollmann	Wyoming	Big 12
28	Lawrence Saenz	Cal Poly	Pac-12
29	Parker Filius	Purdue	Big Ten
30	Christopher Sandoval	Northern Colorado	Big 12
31	Franco Valdes	Chattanooga	SoCon
32	Anthony Brito	Appalachian St.	SoCon
33	Dylan D`Emilio	Ohio St.	Big Ten

149 POUNDS

RANK	NAME	TEAM	CONFERENCE
1	Sammy Sasso	Ohio St.	Big Ten
2	Austin O`Connor	North Carolina	ACC
3	Brock Mauller	Missouri	MAC
4	Boo Lewallen	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
5	Max Murin	Iowa	Big Ten
6	Michael Carr	Illinois	Big Ten
7	Griffin Parriott	Purdue	Big Ten
8	Bryce Andonian	Virginia Tech	ACC
9	Jarrett Degen	Iowa St.	Big 12
10	Legend Lamer	Cal Poly	Pac-12
11	Joshua Heil	Campbell	SoCon
12	Yahya Thomas	Northwestern	Big Ten
13	Kanen Storr	Michigan	Big Ten
14	Jonathan Millner	Appalachian St.	SoCon
15	Mitch Moore	Oklahoma	Big 12
16	Jaden Abas	Stanford	Pac-12
17	PJ Ogunsanya	Army West Point	EIWA
18	Graham Rooks	Indiana	Big Ten
19	Casey Cobb	Navy	EIWA
20	Andrew Alirez	Northern Colorado	Big 12
21	Michael Blockhus	Minnesota	Big Ten
22	Mike Van Brill	Rutgers	Big Ten
23	Jimmy Hoffman	Lehigh	EIWA
24	Josh Finesilver	Duke	ACC
25	Ridge Lovett	Nebraska	Big Ten
26	Beau Bartlett	Penn St.	Big Ten
27	Peyton Omania	Michigan St.	Big Ten
28	Ed Scott	NC State	ACC
29	Cameron Hunsaker	Utah Valley	Big 12
30	Tristan Lara	Northern Iowa	Big 12
31	Cory Crooks	Arizona St.	Pac-12
32	Drew Scharenbrock	Wisconsin	Big Ten
33	Luke Kemerer	Pittsburgh	ACC

157 POUNDS

RANK	NAME	TEAM	CONFERENCE
1	Ryan Deakin	Northwestern	Big Ten
2	Hayden Hidlay	NC State	ACC
3	David Carr	Iowa St.	Big 12
4	Jesse Dellavecchia	Rider	MAC
5	Kaleb Young	Iowa	Big Ten
6	Brayton Lee	Minnesota	Big Ten
7	Kendall Coleman	Purdue	Big Ten
8	Jarrett Jacques	Missouri	MAC
9	Will Lewan	Michigan	Big Ten
9	Brady Berge	Penn St.	Big Ten
11	Jared Franek	North Dakota St.	Big 12
12	Justin Thomas	Oklahoma	Big 12
13	Requir van der Merwe	Stanford	Pac-12
14	Hunter Willits	Oregon St.	Pac-12
15	Markus Hartman	Army West Point	EIWA
16	Justin McCoy	Virginia	ACC
17	Justin Ruffin	SIUE	MAC
18	Jacob Wright	Wyoming	Big 12
19	Cade DeVos	South Dakota St.	Big 12
20	Jacori Teemer	Arizona St.	Pac-12
21	Wyatt Sheets	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
22	Holden Heller	Hofstra	EIWA
23	Parker Kropman	Drexel	EIWA
24	Chase Saldate	Michigan St.	Big Ten
25	Benjamin Barton	Campbell	SoCon
26	Garrett Model	Wisconsin	Big Ten
27	Andrew Cerniglia	Navy	EIWA
28	Joshua McClure	North Carolina	ACC
29	Connor Brady	Virginia Tech	ACC
30	Robert Kannaird	Rutgers	Big Ten
31	Cody Bond	Appalachian St.	SoCon
32	Elijah Cleary	Ohio St.	Big Ten
33	Jordan Slivka	Ohio	MAC

165 POUNDS

RANK	NAME	TEAM	CONFERENCE
1	Shane Griffith	Stanford	Pac-12
2	Mekhi Lewis	Virginia Tech	ACC
3	Travis Wittlake	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
4	Anthony Valencia	Arizona St.	Pac-12
5	Dan Braunagel	Illinois	Big Ten
6	Jake Wentzel	Pittsburgh	ACC
7	Ethan Smith	Ohio St.	Big Ten
8	Zach Hartman	Bucknell	EIWA
9	Jake Keating	Virginia	ACC
10	Kennedy Monday	North Carolina	ACC
11	Tanner Skidgel	Navy	EIWA
12	Keegan O`Toole	Missouri	MAC
13	Cameron Amine	Michigan	Big Ten
14	Joe Lee	Penn St.	Big Ten
15	Andrew Sparks	Minnesota	Big Ten
16	William Formato	Appalachian St.	SoCon
17	Thomas Bullard	NC State	ACC
18	Peyton Robb	Nebraska	Big Ten
19	Izzak Olejnik	Northern Illinois	MAC
20	Peyton Hall	West Virginia	Big 12
21	Rodrick Mosley	Gardner-Webb	SoCon
22	Jake Tucker	Michigan St.	Big Ten
23	Ricky Stamm	Hofstra	EIWA
24	Cole Moody	Wyoming	Big 12
25	Nick South	Indiana	Big Ten
26	Evan Barczak	Drexel	EIWA
27	Andrew Nicholson	Chattanooga	SoCon
28	Gerrit Nijenhuis	Purdue	Big Ten
29	Luke Weber	North Dakota St.	Big 12
30	Brevin Cassella	Binghamton	EIWA
31	Jake Silverstein	Rider	MAC
32	Pat Schoenfelder	Northern Iowa	Big 12
33	Dazjon Casto	The Citadel	SoCon

174 POUNDS

RANK	NAME	TEAM	CONFERENCE
1	Michael Kemerer	Iowa	Big Ten
2	Mikey Labriola	Nebraska	Big Ten
3	Carter Starocci	Penn St.	Big Ten
4	Demetrius Romero	Utah Valley	Big 12
5	Logan Massa	Michigan	Big Ten
6	Kaleb Romero	Ohio St.	Big Ten
7	Hayden Hastings	Wyoming	Big 12
8	Daniel Bullard	NC State	ACC
9	Donnell Washington	Indiana	Big Ten
10	Peyton Mocco	Missouri	MAC
11	Andrew McNally	Kent St.	MAC
12	Austin Murphy	Campbell	SoCon
13	Thomas Flitz	Appalachian St.	SoCon
14	Clay Lautt	North Carolina	ACC
15	Dustin Plott	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
16	Bernie Truax	Cal Poly	Pac-12
17	Michael O`Malley	Drexel	EIWA
18	Mason Kauffman	Northern Illinois	MAC
19	Trenton Munoz	Arizona St.	Pac-12
20	Lance Runyon	Northern Iowa	Big 12
21	Jacob Oliver	Edinboro	MAC
22	Jackson Turley	Rutgers	Big Ten
23	Anthony Mantanona	Oklahoma	Big 12
24	Jackson Hemauer	Northern Colorado	Big 12
25	Cody Surratt	Air Force	Big 12
26	Jake Allar	Minnesota	Big Ten
27	Julien Broderson	Iowa St.	Big 12
28	Jared Krattiger	Wisconsin	Big Ten
29	Drew Hughes	Michigan St.	Big Ten
30	Victor Marcelli	Virginia	ACC
31	Ross McFarland	Hofstra	EIWA
32	Cade King	South Dakota St.	Big 12
33	Angel Garcia	Rider	MAC

184 POUNDS

RANK	NAME	TEAM	CONFERENCE
1	Hunter Bolen	Virginia Tech	ACC
2	Aaron Brooks	Penn St.	Big Ten
3	Trent Hidlay	NC State	ACC
4	Lou Deprez	Binghamton	EIWA
5	Parker Keckeisen	Northern Iowa	Big 12
6	Dakota Geer	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
7	Christopher Weiler	Wisconsin	Big Ten
8	Layne Malczewski	Michigan St.	Big Ten
9	Owen Webster	Minnesota	Big Ten
10	Taylor Venz	Nebraska	Big Ten
11	Tate Samuelson	Wyoming	Big 12
12	Zach Braunagel	Illinois	Big Ten
13	Nelson Brands	Iowa	Big Ten
14	John Poznanski	Rutgers	Big Ten
15	Brit Wilson	Northern Illinois	MAC
16	Rocky Jordan	Ohio St.	Big Ten
17	Max Lyon	Purdue	Big Ten
18	Alan Clothier	Northern Colorado	Big 12
19	David Key	Navy	EIWA
20	Michael Battista	Virginia	ACC
21	Samuel Colbray	Iowa St.	Big 12
22	Caleb Hopkins	Campbell	SoCon
23	Devin Kane	North Carolina	ACC
24	Gregg Harvey	Pittsburgh	ACC
25	George Walton	Rider	MAC
26	Matthew Waddell	Chattanooga	SoCon
27	Ryan Reyes	Oregon St.	Pac-12
28	Hunter Cruz	Fresno St.	Big 12
29	Darrien Roberts	Oklahoma	Big 12
30	Taylor Brown	Army West Point	EIWA
31	Cade Belshay	Arizona St.	Pac-12
32	Jhaquan Anderson	Gardner-Webb	SoCon
33	Zach Brown	VMI	SoCon

197 POUNDS

RANK	NAME	TEAM	CONFERENCE
1	Eric Schultz	Nebraska	Big Ten
2	Myles Amine	Michigan	Big Ten
3	Jacob Warner	Iowa	Big Ten
4	Kordell Norfleet	Arizona St.	Pac-12
5	Tanner Sloan	South Dakota St.	Big 12
6	Noah Adams	West Virginia	Big 12
7	Cameron Caffey	Michigan St.	Big Ten
8	Nino Bonaccorsi	Pittsburgh	ACC
9	Greg Bulsak	Clarion	MAC
10	Stephen Buchanan	Wyoming	Big 12
11	Jay Aiello	Virginia	ACC
12	Lucas Davison	Northwestern	Big Ten
13	AJ Ferrari	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
13	Rocky Elam	Missouri	MAC
15	Jake Woodley	Oklahoma	Big 12
16	Thomas Penola	Purdue	Big Ten
17	Jacob Koser	Navy	EIWA
18	JT Brown	Army West Point	EIWA
19	Max Shaw	North Carolina	ACC
20	Jake Jakobsen	Lehigh	EIWA
21	Michael Beard	Penn St.	Big Ten
22	Matt Wroblewski	Illinois	Big Ten
23	Gavin Hoffman	Ohio St.	Big Ten
24	Bryan McLaughlin	Drexel	EIWA
25	Nick Reenan	NC State	ACC
26	Jacob Seely	Northern Colorado	Big 12
27	Billy Janzer	Rutgers	Big Ten
28	Chris Kober	Campbell	SoCon
29	Landon Pelham	Central Michigan	MAC
30	J.J. Dixon	Oregon St.	Pac-12
31	Stanley Smeltzer	Virginia Tech	ACC
32	Colin McCracken	Kent St.	MAC
33	Tyler Mousaw	VMI	SoCon

285 POUNDS

RANK	NAME	TEAM	CONFERENCE
1	Gable Steveson	Minnesota	Big Ten
2	Mason Parris	Michigan	Big Ten
3	Tony Cassioppi	Iowa	Big Ten
4	Matt Stencel	Central Michigan	MAC
5	Gannon Gremmel	Iowa St.	Big 12
6	Cohlton Schultz	Arizona St.	Pac-12
7	Carter Isley	Northern Iowa	Big 12
8	Jordan Wood	Lehigh	EIWA
9	Luke Luffman	Illinois	Big Ten
10	Ethan Laird	Rider	MAC
11	Christian Lance	Nebraska	Big Ten
12	Trent Hillger	Wisconsin	Big Ten
13	Zach Elam	Missouri	MAC
14	Brian Andrews	Wyoming	Big 12
15	Deonte Wilson	NC State	ACC
16	Seth Nevills	Penn St.	Big Ten
17	Tate Orndorff	Ohio St.	Big Ten
18	John Borst	Virginia Tech	ACC
19	Quinn Miller	Virginia	ACC
20	Josh Heindselman	Oklahoma	Big 12
21	Brandon Metz	North Dakota St.	Big 12
22	Nathan Traxler	Stanford	Pac-12
23	Johnathan Birchmeier	Navy	EIWA
24	Sam Schuyler	Buffalo	MAC
25	Austin Harris	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
26	Wyatt Hendrickson	Air Force	Big 12
27	Andrew Gunning	North Carolina	ACC
28	Jon Spaulding	Edinboro	MAC
29	Robert Heald	Army West Point	EIWA
30	Michael McAleavey	The Citadel	SoCon
31	Colton McKiernan	SIUE	MAC
32	Dalton Robertson	Northern Colorado	Big 12
33	Max Ihry	Northern Illinois	MAC

NCAA releases second coaches ranking for 2021 Division I Wrestling Championships

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