Anthony Valencia after winning his fourth Pac-12 title. Photo by Tony Rotundo, Wrestlers Are Warriors.

The final two 2021 NCAA-qualifying tournaments — the Big Ten and the Big 12 Championships — will be held this weekend and will feature many of the highest-ranked teams and individuals who appear in WIN Magazine’s March 1 national rankings.

The Big Ten tournament, which will be held in State College, Pa., Saturday and Sunday, features WIN’s top-3 ranked teams — Iowa, Penn State and Nebraska — and 73 ranked wrestlers, including 32 competitors who rank in the Top 8 of their weight class.

Among those are 14 of the top-2 rated wrestlers, including four of Iowa’s 10 ranked wrestlers — Spencer Lee (125), Jaydin Eierman (133), Alex Marinelli (165) and Michael Kemerer (174) — who are top-ranked and helping lead Iowa, which has 144 points in this week’s Tournament Power Index.

WIN’s TPI predicts approximately how many NCAA points a team will score in St. Louis, excluding bonus points, based on numbers associated with individual placements/rankings at this point in the season prior to seeds coming out: 20 for 1st, 16 for 2nd, 13.5 for 3rd, 12.5 for 4th, 10 for 5th, 9 for 6th, 6.5 for 7th and 5.5 for 8th. Wrestlers ranked 9-12 earn two points each, followed by 1.5 points for wrestlers ranked 13-16 and 1 point for those ranked 17-20.

Penn State features nine ranked wrestlers, including sophomore Aaron Brooks, who has taken over the top spot at 184 pounds as the Nittany Lions are ranked second with 81.5 TPI points.

Nebraska also features a No. 1-ranked wrestler — Eric Schultz (197) — among the seven rated Cornhuskers who earned 65.5 points. Meanwhile, both Northwestern — with Ryan Deakin (157) — and Minnesota — with Gable Steveson (Hwt) — also feature a top-ranked wrestler.

Oklahoma State, which ranks fourth with 60 TPI points, is looking to win a ninth consecutive Big 12 championship, which will be held Saturday and Sunday in Tulsa, Okla. The Cowboys feature eight ranked wrestlers, including sophomore Daton Fix, who is No. 1 at 133 pounds. Another Big 12 team that is looking to challenge OSU is Iowa State, which is ranked 9th nationally with seven ranked wrestlers and 41 points.

These rankings come out after four conference tournaments were held last weekend: No. 5 NC State topped No. 7 Virginia Tech for the ACC title, No. 6 Arizona State won the Pac-12 championship, No. 11 Missouri won a tenth-straight Mid-American Conference tournament and Appalachian State won the SoCon championship.

WIN Magazine’s March 1, 2021 Tournament Power Index

Rk	School	Total Rank	Top 8 Rank	TPI Pts
1.	Iowa	10	9	144
2.	Penn State	9	5	81.5
3.	Nebraska	7	4	65.5
4.	Oklahoma State	8	4	60
5.	NC State	7	5	56.5
6.	Arizona State	7	5	55.5
7.	Virginia Tech	6	4	46.5
8.	Michigan	6	3	46
9.	Iowa State	7	4	41
10.	Minnesota	7	2	37
11t.	Missouri	9	3	36
11t.	Ohio State	6	3	36
13.	Central Michigan	3	2	30
14.	Pitt	4	3	28.5
15t.	North Carolina	6	1	27
15t.	Northwestern	5	1	27
15t.	Rutgers	3	2	27
18.	Northern Iowa	5	3	24.5
19.	South Dakota State	5	1	19
20.	Oklahoma	5	2	18
21.	Illinois	7	1	17
22.	Wyoming	5	2	16.5
23.	Stanford	3	1	15.5
24.	Rider	2	1	14.5
25.	Binghamton	1	1	12.5
26t.	Northern Colorado	2	1	11.5
26t.	Purdue	4	1	11.5
28.	Wisconsin	2	1	11
29.	Utah Valley	2	1	10.5
30t.	Navy	3	1	8.5
30t.	Virginia	6	0	8.5
32t.	Northern Illinois	2	1	7.5
32t.	West Virginia	3	1	7.5
34.	Bucknell	1	1	6.5
35.	Lehigh	4	0	6
36t.	Indiana	3	0	5
36.	Michigan State	3	0	5
38.	Oregon State	3	0	4.5
39.	Appalachian State	3	0	4
40.	Army West Point	3	0	3
41t.	Cal Poly	1	0	2
41t.	Campbell	2	0	2
41t.	Fresno State	1	0	2
44t.	Clarion	1	0	1.5
44t.	Drexel	1	0	1.5
44t.	Kent State	1	0	1.5
44t.	North Dakota State	1	0	1.5
48t.	Air Force	1	0	1
48t.	American U.	1	0	1
48t.	CSU Bakersfield	1	0	1
48t.	Ohio	1	0	1
48t.	SIU-Edwardsville	1	0	1

WIN Magazine’s March 1, 2021 Individual Rankings

125 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Spencer Lee	Iowa	Senior	1st
2.	Drew Hildebrandt	Central Michigan	Senior	2nd
3.	Brandon Courtney	Arizona State	Junior	3rd
4.	Liam Cronin	Nebraska	Senior	4th
5.	Sam Latona	Virginia Tech	RS Freshman	5th
6.	Jakob Camacho	NC State	Sophomore	6th
7.	Brody Teske	Northern Iowa	RS Freshman	7th
8.	Malik Heinselman	Ohio State	Junior	8th
9.	Patrick McKee	Minnesota	Sophomore	9th
10.	Rayvon Foley	Michigan State	Junior	10th
11.	Michael DeAugustino	Northwestern	Sophomore	11th
12.	Jaret Lane	Lehigh	Junior	14th
13.	Justin Cardani	Illinois	Sophomore	12th
14.	Devin Schroder	Purdue	Senior	13th
15.	Brock Hudkins	Indiana	Senior	15th
16.	Taylor Lamont	Utah Valley	Junior	16th
17.	Logan Treaster	Navy	Senior	NR
18.	Trevor Mastrogiovanni	Oklahoma State	Freshman	19th
19.	Cody Russell	Appalachian State	Senior	20th
20.	Cage Curry	American U.	Senior	18th

133 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Daton Fix	Oklahoma State	Sophomore	1st
2.	Roman Bravo-Young	Penn State	Junior	2nd
3.	Austin DeSanto	Iowa	Senior	3rd
4.	Sammy Alvarez	Rutgers	Sophomore	6th
5.	Korbin Myers	Virginia Tech	Senior	7th
6.	Mickey Phillippi	Pittsburgh	Junior	4th
7.	Matt Schmitt	Missouri	Grad.	8th
8.	Michael McGee	Arizona State	Junior	5th
9.	Zach Price	South Dakota State	Sophomore	9th
10.	Chris Cannon	Northwestern	Freshman	10th
11.	Lucas Byrd	Illinois	RS Freshman	12th
12.	Zach Redding	Iowa State	Freshman	13th
13.	Kyle Biscoglia	Northern Iowa	Sophomore	14th
14.	Louie Hayes	Virginia	Senior	15th
15.	Mosha Schwartz	Northern Colorado	Sophomore	16th
16.	Devan Turner	Oregon State	Senior	NR
17.	Mario Guillen	Ohio	Senior	19th
18.	Malyke Hines	Lehigh	RS Freshman	NR
19.	Ryan Sullivan	West Virginia	RS Freshman	20^th
20.	Chance Rich	CSU Bakersfield	Sophomore	NR

141 pounds

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Jaydin Eierman	Iowa	Senior	1st
2.	Nick Lee	Penn State	Senior	2nd
3.	Sebastian Rivera	Rutgers	Grad.	3rd
4.	Chad Red Jr.	Nebraska	Senior	4th
5.	Ian Parker	Iowa State	Senior	6th
6.	Dom Demas	Oklahoma	Junior	7th
7.	Tariq Wilson	NC State	Senior	8th
8.	Allen Hart	Missouri	Junior	5th
9.	Zachary Sherman	North Carolina	Junior	9th
10.	Dylan Duncan	Illinois	Senior	10th
11.	Cody Trybus	Navy	Senior	11th
12.	D.J. Loren	Fresno State	Senior	12th
13.	Grant Willits	Oregon State	Junior	13th
14.	Cole Matthews	Pittsburgh	Sophomore	15th
15.	Brian Courtney	Virginia	Junior	14th
16.	Dresden Simon	Central Michigan	Senior	16th
17.	Clay Carlson	South Dakota State	Sophomore	20th
18.	Saul Ervin	SIU-Edwardsville	Sophomore	NR
19.	Lenny Petersen	Air Force	Senior	NR
20.	Marcos Polanco	Minnesota	RS Freshmen	NR

149 pounds

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Austin O`Connor	North Carolina	Junior	1st
2.	Sammy Sasso	Ohio State	Sophomore	2nd
3.	Brock Mauller	Missouri	Junior	3rd
4.	Boo Lewallen	Oklahoma State	Senior	4th
5.	Andrew Alirez	Northern Colorado	Sophomore	5th
6.	Max Murin	Iowa	Junior	6th
7.	Jarrett Degen	Iowa State	Senior	7th
8.	Mike Carr	Illinois	Junior	8th
9.	Bryce Andonian	Virginia Tech	Sophomore	9th
10.	Jonathan Millner	Appalachian State	Junior	10th
11.	Griffin Parriott	Purdue	Senior	11th
12.	Kanen Storr	Michigan	Senior	12th
13.	Graham Rooks	Indiana	Sophomore	13th
14.	Jaden Abas	Stanford	RS Freshman	14th
15.	Beau Bartlett	Penn State	Freshman	15th
16.	Michael Blockhus	Minnesota	Sophomore	16th
17.	Yahya Thomas	Northwestern	Junior	17th
18.	Joshua Heil	Campbell	Senior	18th
19.	Mitch Moore	Oklahoma	Junior	19th
20.	P.J. Ogunsanya	Army	Junior	20th

157 pounds

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Ryan Deakin	Northwestern	Senior	1st
2.	Hayden Hidlay	NC State	Senior	2nd
3.	David Carr	Iowa State	Sophomore	3rd
4.	Jesse Dellavecchia	Rider	Grad	4th
5.	Kaleb Young	Iowa	Senior	5th
6.	Brayton Lee	Minnesota	Sophomore	6th
7.	Kendall Coleman	Purdue	Sophomore	7th
8.	Justin Thomas	Oklahoma	Senior	9th
9.	Jacori Teemer	Arizona State	Sophomore	13th
10.	Jarrett Jacques	Missouri	Junior	10th
11.	Brady Berge	Penn State	Junior	11th
12.	Will Lewan	Michigan	Sophomore	12th
13.	Jared Franek	North Dakota State	Sophomore	14th
14.	Jacob Wright	Wyoming	Junior	15th
15.	Hunter Willits	Oregon State	Junior	16th
16.	Requir Van der Merwe	Stanford	Senior	17th
17.	Markus Hartman	Army West Point	Junior	18th
18.	Justin McCoy	Virginia	Sophomore	19th
19.	Cade DeVos	South Dakota State	RS Freshman	NR
20.	Wyatt Sheets	Oklahoma State	Junior	20th

165 pounds

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Alex Marinelli	Iowa	Senior	1st
2.	Travis Wittlake	Oklahoma State	Sophomore	4th
3.	Anthony Valencia	Arizona State	Senior	5th
4.	Shane Griffith	Stanford	Sophomore	2nd
5.	Mekhi Lewis	Virginia Tech	Sophomore	3rd
6.	Jake Wentzel	Pittsburgh	Senior	11th
7.	Zach Hartman	Bucknell	Junior	7th
8.	Tanner Skidgel	Navy	Senior	6th
9.	Dan Braunagel	Illinois	Sophomore	8th
10.	Keegan O’Toole	Missouri	Freshman	10th
11.	Ethan Smith	Ohio State	Junior	9th
12.	Andrew Sparks	Minnesota	Freshman	12th
13.	Jake Keating	Virginia	Senior	13th
14.	Thomas Bullard	NC State	Senior	15th
15.	Kennedy Monday	North Carolina	Senior	14th
16.	Tanner Cook	South Dakota State	Sophomore	16th
17.	Peyton Robb	Nebraska	Sophomore	17th
18.	Cameron Amine	Michigan	RS Freshman	18th
19.	Joe Lee	Penn State	RS Freshman	19th
20.	Peyton Hall	West Virginia	Freshman	NR

174 pounds

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Michael Kemerer	Iowa	Grad.	1st
2.	Mikey Labriola	Nebraska	Junior	2nd
3.	Carter Starocci	Penn State	RS Freshman	3rd
4.	Logan Massa	Michigan	Senior	4th
5.	Kaleb Romero	Ohio State	Junior	5th
6.	Demetrius Romero	Utah Valley	Senior	6th
7.	Daniel Bullard	NC State	Senior	7th
8.	Hayden Hastings	Wyoming	Junior	8th
9.	Donnell Washington	Indiana	RS Freshman	11th
10.	Bernie Truax	Cal Poly	Sophomore	12th
11.	Trey Munoz	Arizona State	RS Freshmen	10th
12.	Dustin Plott	Oklahoma State	Freshman	13th
13.	Andrew McNally	Kent State	Senior	14th
14.	Clay Lautt	North Carolina	Junior	17th
15.	Michael O`Malley	Drexel	Sophomore	19th
16.	Peyton Mocco	Missouri	Sophomore	NR
17.	Austin Murphy	Campbell	Junior	18th
18.	Mason Kaufmann	Northern Illinois	Junior	16th
19.	Lance Runyon	Northern Iowa	RS Freshman	NR
20.	Thomas Flitz	Appalachian State	Senior	15th

184 pounds

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Aaron Brooks	Penn State	Sophomore	2nd
2.	Trent Hidlay	NC State	Sophomore	3rd
3.	Hunter Bolen	Virginia Tech	Junior	1st
4.	Lou Deprez	Binghamton	Junior	4th
5.	Parker Keckeisen	Northern Iowa	RS Freshman	5th
6	Chris Weiler	Wisconsin	Senior	6th
7.	Brit Wilson	Northern Illinois	Junior	7th
8.	Dakota Geer	Oklahoma State	Senior	8th
9.	Taylor Venz	Nebraska	Senior	9th
10.	Zach Braunagel	Illinois	Sophomore	10th
11.	Nelson Brands	Iowa	Sophomore	11th
12.	Jeremiah Kent	Missouri	Sophomore	12th
13.	Tate Samuelson	Wyoming	Junior	13th
14.	Owen Webster	Minnesota	Grad	15th
15.	Max Lyon	Purdue	Senior	16th
16.	Sam Colbray	Iowa State	Senior	17th
17.	John Poznanski	Rutgers	Freshman	18th
18.	Rocky Jordan	Ohio State	Sophomore	19th
19.	Layne Malczewski	Michigan State	Sophomore	NR
20.	Devin Kane	North Carolina	Senior	9^th/174

197 pounds

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Eric Schultz	Nebraska	Senior	1st
2.	Jacob Warner	Iowa	Junior	2nd
3.	Tanner Sloan	South Dakota State	Sophomore	3rd
4.	Myles Amine	Michigan	Grad	4th
5.	Kordell Norfleet	Arizona State	Junior	5th
6.	Nino Bonaccorsi	Pittsburgh	Junior	6th
7.	Stephen Buchanan	Wyoming	Sophomore	7th
8.	Noah Adams	West Virginia	Junior	8th
9.	Jay Aiello	Virginia	Senior	9th
10.	A.J. Ferrari	Oklahoma State	Freshman	12th
11.	Cameron Caffey	Michigan State	Junior	11th
12.	Lucas Davison	Northwestern	Sophomore	13th
13.	Jake Woodley	Oklahoma	Junior	14th
14.	Rocky Elam	Missouri	Freshman	15th
15.	Greg Bulsak	Clarion	Senior	10th
16.	Michael Beard	Penn State	RS Freshman	16th
17.	Jake Jakobsen	Lehigh	Senior	17th
18.	JT Brown	Army West Point	Junior	18th
19.	Marcus Coleman	Iowa State	Junior	20th
20.	Max Shaw	North Carolina	RS Freshmen	NR

Heavyweight

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Gable Steveson	Minnesota	Junior	1st
2.	Mason Parris	Michigan	Junior	2nd
3.	Tony Cassioppi	Iowa	Sophomore	3rd
4.	Matt Stencel	Central Michigan	Senior	4th
5.	Greg Kerkvliet	Penn State	Freshman	5th
6.	Cohlton Schultz	Arizona State	RS Freshman	6th
7	Gannon Gremmel	Iowa State	Senior	7th
8.	Carter Isley	Northern Iowa	Senior	8th
9.	Jordan Wood	Lehigh	Senior	9th
10.	Trent Hillger	Wisconsin	Junior	10th
11.	Ethan Laird	Rider	Senior	15th
12.	Luke Luffman	Illinois	Sophomore	12th
13.	Tate Orndorff	Ohio State	Junior	13th
14	Brian Andrews	Wyoming	Senior	14th
15.	Zach Elam	Missouri	Sophomore	11th
16.	Christian Lance	Nebraska	Senior	16th
17.	Deonte Wilson	NC State	Junior	17th
18.	Josh Heindselman	Oklahoma	RS Freshman	18th
19.	Hunter Catka	Virginia Tech	Freshman	NR
20.	Quinn Miller	Virginia	Junior	20th

Four Div. I conference tournaments change WIN’s TPI and individual rankings, with Big Ten and Big 12 to come

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