NEWTON, Iowa — With most All-American wrestlers returning this season after the NCAA offered another year of eligibility because of the pandemic, defending national champion Iowa and runner-up Penn State are ranked first and second, respectively, in WIN Magazine’s 2021-22 NCAA Division I Preseason Tournament Power Index.

The Hawkeyes, shooting for a 25th all-time national championship this March in Detroit, return all ten national qualifiers from last season, including three-time NCAA champion Spencer Lee at 125 pounds, as well as past All-Americans Austin DeSanto (133), Jaydin Eierman (141), Kaleb Young (157), Alex Marinelli (165), Michael Kemerer (174), Jacob Warner (197) and Anthony Cassioppi (Hwt).

The Nittany Lions return all four national champs in Roman Bravo-Young (133), Nick Lee (141), Carter Starocci (174) and Aaron Brooks (184) as well as All-American Greg Kerkvliet (Hwt) and welcomes Cornell All-American Max Dean, who was forced to sit out last season when the Ivy League cancelled the season. Dean was an NCAA finalist in 2019.

Cornell’s two-time national champ Yianni Diakomihalis, whose last national tournament was in 2019, is returning and most likely will be moving up to 149 pounds.

The other 2021 national champs returning are North Carolina’s Austin O’Connor, who is expected to move up to 157 pounds, as well as Iowa State’s David Carr (157), Stanford’s Shane Griffith (165), Oklahoma State A.J. Ferrari (197) and Minnesota’s Gable Steveson (Hwt). The Gopher, who also is coming off an Olympic gold-medal performance this past summer, was co-winner of the 2021 WIN Magazine/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy with Iowa’s Spencer Lee.

WIN’s TPI predicts approximately how many NCAA points a team will score in Detroit in March at the Division I Championships, excluding bonus points, based on numbers associated with individual placements/rankings based on our preseason rankings: 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.

WIN’s individual rankings, which will be updated in November, are subject to change as wrestlers finalize what weights they will wrestle later this fall. WIN will also announce Dual Rankings in December.

Each wrestler’s year deals with athletic eligibility. The 2021 finish indicates where wrestlers finished in the 2021 Nationals as well as others who did not wrestle in the 2021 NCAAs but may have placed or qualified in past national tournaments.

WIN Magazine’s 2021-22 Tournament Power Index (TPI)

Rk.	School	Total Rank	Top 8	TPI Points
1.	Iowa	10	8	121
2.	Penn State	7	6	101
3.	Oklahoma State	9	5	63.5
4.	Arizona State	7	5	61.5
5.	Missouri	10	3	48.5
6.	NC State	8	3	44
7t.	Minnesota	4	3	43.5
7t.	Ohio State	7	4	43.5
9.	Michigan	7	3	42
10.	Virginia Tech	6	4	41.5
11.	Rutgers	5	4	39.5
12.	Stanford	3	3	39
13t.	Cornell	3	2	38
13t.	Northwestern	5	3	38
15.	Pitt	4	2	32
16.	Iowa State	5	2	29.5
17.	Cal Poly	2	2	22.5
18.	Northern Iowa	5	2	21
19.	Illinois	3	2	17.5
20.	Nebraska	7	1	17
21t.	Lehigh	5	2	15.5
21t.	Princeton	2	1	15.5
23t.	Oklahoma	5	1	15
23t.	Wisconsin	5	1	15
26t.	North Carolina	4	1	14.5
26t.	Wyoming	6	1	14.5
28.	Northern Colorado	4	1	13.5
29.	Utah Valley	2	1	11
30.	Northern Illinois	3	1	7.5
31.	Campbell	2	1	7
32t	Indiana	1	1	6.5
32t.	Purdue	4	0	6.5
33t.	Army-West Point	4	0	5.5
33t.	Bucknell	1	1	5.5
35.	North Dakota State	3	0	5
36t.	Central Michigan	3	0	4.5
36t.	Michigan State	3	0	4.5
36t.	South Dakota State	3	0	4.5
39.	Oregon State	3	0	4
40t.	Air Force	2	0	3.5
40t.	Harvard	2	0	3.5
40t.	West Virginia	2	0	3.5
43t.	CSU Bakersfield	2	0	3
43t.	Penn	2	0	3
45t.	Navy	2	0	2.5
45t	Virginia	2	0	2.5
47.	Binghamton	1	0	2
48t.	Drexel	1	0	1.5
48t.	Duke	1	0	1.5
48t.	Edinboro	1	0	1.5
48t.	SIU-Edwardsville	1	0	1.5
52.	Chattanooga	1	0	1

WIN Magazine’s 2021-22 Preseason Rankings

125 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Year	2021 Finish
1.	Spencer Lee	Iowa	Sr.	won third NCAA title
2.	Vito Arujau	Cornell	So.	DNC/2019 AA (4th)
3.	Pat Glory	Princeton	Jr.	DNC/2019 AA (2nd)
4.	Brandon Courtney	Arizona State	Jr.	AA-2nd
5.	Patrick McKee	Minnesota	Sr.	AA-3rd
6.	Taylor Lamont	Utah Valley	Jr.	AA-5th
7.	Sam Latona	Virginia Tech	RSFr.	AA-6th
8.	Brody Teske	Northern Iowa	So.	NQ-R12
9.	Jakob Camacho	NC State	So.	NQ-R12
10.	Killian Cardinale	West Virginia	Sr.	AA-7th
11.	Eric Barnett	Wisconsin	Jr.	AA-8th
12.	Devin Schroeder	Purdue	Sr.	NQ-R12
13.	Malik Heinselman	Ohio State	Sr.	NQ-R24
14.	Rayvon Foley	Michigan State	Jr.	NQ-R16
15.	Jaret Lane	Lehigh	Sr.	NQ-R16
16.	Michael DeAugustino	Northwestern	Jr.	NQ-R12
17.	Trevor Mastrogiovani	Oklahoma State	So.	NQ-R16
18.	Robert Howard	Penn State	RSFr.	NQ-R16
19.	Liam Cronin	Nebraska	Sr.	NQ-R24
20.	Noah Surtin	Missouri	So.	NQ-R24

133 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	2021 Finish
1.	Roman Bravo-Young	Penn State	Jr.	AA-1st
2.	Daton Fix	Oklahoma State	Jr.	AA-2nd
3.	Austin DeSanto	Iowa	Sr.	AA-3rd
4.	Korbin Myers	Virginia Tech	Gr.	AA-4th
5.	Lucas Byrd	Illinois	RSFr.	AA-5th
6.	Michael McGee	Arizona State	Sr.	AA-6th
7.	Chris Cannon	Northwestern	So.	AA-7th
8.	Sammy Alvarez	Rutgers	So.	DNC /2020 NQ
9.	Micky Phillippi	Pitt	Jr.	NQ-R12
10.	Matt Schmitt	Missouri	Jr.	NQ-R12
11.	Brandon Paetzell	Lehigh	Sr.	DNC /’19-20 NQ
12.	Chance Rich	CSU Bakersfield	So.	NQ-R12
13.	Dylan Ragusin	Michigan	RSFr.	NQ-R24@125
14.	Jaret Van Vleet	Air Force	Sr.	NQ-R16
15.	Michael Colaiocco	Penn	So.	DNC/2020 NQ
16.	Jacob Allen	Navy	Sr.	NQ-R24
17.	Jarrett Trombly	NC State	So.	NQ-R16
18.	Devon Turner	Oregon State	Sr.	NQ-R16
19.	Mosha Schwartz	Northern Colorado	So.	NQ-R32
20.	Zack Redding	Iowa State	RSFr.	NQ-R32

141 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	2021 Finish
1.	Nick Lee	Penn State	Sr.	AA-1st
2.	Jaydin Eierman	Iowa	Sr.	AA-2nd
3.	Sebastian Rivera	Rutgers	Gr.	AA-4th
4.	Real Woods	Stanford	Jr.	NQ-R12
5.	Andrew Alirez	Northern Colorado	RSFr.	NQ/Inj-149
6.	Chad Red	Nebraska	Sr.	AA-6th
7.	Dylan Duncan	Illinois	Sr.	AA-5th
8.	Ian Parker	Iowa State	Sr.	NQ-R24
9.	Zach Sherman	North Carolina	Jr.	AA-7th
10.	Dom Demas	Oklahoma	Sr.	NQ-R12
11.	Clay Carlson	South Dakota State	So.	AA-8th
12.	Allan Hart	Missouri	Jr.	NQ-R12
13.	Dresden Simon	Central Michigan	Sr.	NQ-R12
14.	Grant Willits	Oregon State	Jr.	NQ-R16
15.	Dylan D’Emilio	Ohio State	Jr.	NQ-R16
16.	Cole Matthews	Pitt	So.	NQ-R24
17.	Parker Filius	Purdue	Sr.	NQ-R16
18.	Malyke Hines	Lehigh	So.	NQ-R16/133
19.	Dusty Hone	Oklahoma State	Sr.	DNC/2020 NQ
20.	Austin Gomez	Wisconsin	Sr.	DNC/transfer/2019 NQ

149 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	2021 Finish
1.	Yianni Diakomihalis	Cornell	Jr.	DNC/2-time champ (’18-’19).
2.	Sammy Sasso	Ohio State	Jr.	AA-2nd
3.	Brock Mauller	Missouri	Jr.	AA-5th
4.	Yahya Thomas	Northwestern	Gr.	AA-3rd
5.	Kyle Parco	Arizona State	So.	AA-6^th (Fresno State)
6.	Tariq Wilson	NC State	Sr.	AA-3rd-141
7.	Jaden Abas	Stanford	So.	AA-7th
8.	Bryce Andonian	Virginia Tech	So.	NQ-R12
9.	Max Murin	Iowa	Sr.	NQ-R12
10.	Jarrett Degen	Iowa State	Sr.	NQ-R32/2019 AA
11.	Mitch Moore	Oklahoma	Sr.	NQ-R12
12.	Kanen Storr	Michigan	Sr.	NQ-R16
13.	P.J. Ogunsanya	Army-West Point	Sr.	NQ-R16
14.	Josh Heil	Campbell	Sr.	NQ-R16
15.	Anthony Artalona	Penn	Jr.	DNC /2019 NQ
16.	Josh Finesilver	Duke	Jr.	NQ-R12
17.	Ridge Lovett	Nebraska	So.	NQ-R24
18.	Michael Blockhus	Minnesota	Jr.	NQ-R24
19.	Tristan Lara	Northern Iowa	Jr.	NQ-R24
20.	Mike Carr	Illinois	Gr.	DNC/2018-19 NQ

157 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	2021 Finish
1.	David Carr	Iowa State	So.	AA-1st
2.	Ryan Deakin	Northwestern	Gr.	AA-3rd
3.	Jacori Teemer	Arizona State	Jr.	AA-4th
4.	Brayton Lee	Minnesota	Jr.	AA-6th
5.	Austin O’Connor	North Carolina	Jr.	AA-1^st@149
6.	Kaleb Young	Iowa	Sr.	AA-7th
7.	Wyatt Sheets	Oklahoma State	Sr.	AA-8th
8.	Josh Humphreys	Lehigh	Jr.	DNC -injured
9.	Quincy Monday	Princeton	Jr.	DNC -2-time NQ
10.	Kendall Coleman	Purdue	Jr.	NQ-R24
11.	Jarrett Jacques	Missouri	Jr.	NQ-R12
12.	Jared Franek	North Dakota State	Jr.	NQ-R12
13.	Jacob Wright	Wyoming	Sr.	NQ-R12
14.	Will Lewan	Michigan	So.	NQ-R16
15.	Hunter Willits	Oregon State	Jr.	NQ-R16
16.	Justin Ruffin	SIU-Edwardsville	Sr.	NQ-injured
17.	Justin Thomas	Oklahoma	Gr.	NQ-R32
18.	Johnny Lovett	Central Michigan	RSFr.	NQ-R16
19.	Markus Hartman	Army-West Point	Sr.	NQ-R32
20.	Chase Saldiate	Michigan State	Fr.	NQ-R32

165 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	2021 Finish
1.	Shane Griffith	Stanford	Jr.	AA-1st
2.	Alex Marinelli	Iowa	Sr.	NQ/2-time AA (2018-19)
3.	Evan Wick	Cal Poly	Sr.	DNC/transfer/2-time AA
4.	Jake Wentzel	Pitt	Sr.	AA-2nd
5.	Keegan O’Toole	Missouri	RSFr.	AA-3rd
6.	Travis Wittlake	Oklahoma State	Jr.	AA-4th
7.	Carson Kharchla	Ohio State	RSFr.	Redshirted
8.	Zach Hartman	Bucknell	Sr.	AA-6th
9.	Anthony Valencia	Arizona State	Gr.	AA-8th
10.	Cameron Amine	Michigan	RSFr.	AA-7th
11.	Demetrius Romero	Utah Valley	Sr.	AA-6^th/174
12.	Phillip Conigliaro	Harvard	Jr.	DNC/2020 NQ
13.	Tanner Cook	South Dakota State	So.	DNC/2020 NQ
14.	Luke Weber	North Dakota State	Sr.	NQ-R12
15.	Thomas Bullard	NC State	Sr.	NQ-R16
16.	Peyton Hall	West Virginia	So.	NQ-R12
17.	Izzak Olejnik	Northern Illinois	So.	NQ-R16
18.	Andrew Nicholson	Chattanooga	Jr.	NQ-R24
19.	Peyton Robb	Nebraska	So.	NQ-R16
20.	Cole Moody	Wyoming	So.	NQ-R24

174 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	2021 Finish
1.	Carter Starocci	Penn State	RSFr.	AA-1st
2.	Michael Kemerer	Iowa	Gr.	AA-2nd
3.	Mehki Lewis	Virginia Tech	So.	NQ-165/2019 champ
4.	Hayden Hidlay	NC State	Sr.	AA-5th@157
5.	Ethan Smith	Ohio State	Sr.	AA-5th@165
6.	Jackson Turley	Rutgers	So.	AA-8th
7.	Donnell Washington	Indiana	Jr.	NQ-R24
8.	Austin Murphy	Campbell	Jr.	NQ-R12
9.	Hayden Hastings	Wyoming	Sr.	NQ-R16
10.	Dustin Plott	Oklahoma State	So.	NQ-R24
11.	Andrew McNally	Wisconsin	Sr.	NQ-R12
12.	Ben Pasiuk	Army	So.	NQ-R16
13.	Michael O’Malley	Drexel	Jr.	NQ-R16
14.	Peyton Mocco	Missouri	So.	NQ-R16
15.	Jackson Hemauer	Northern Colorado	Jr.	NQ-R24
16.	Jacob Oliver	Edinboro	Jr.	NQ-R24
17.	Cade Devos	South Dakota State	So.	NQ-R24
18.	Clay Lautt	North Carolina	Gr.	DNC /2020 NQ
19.	Lance Runyon	Northern Iowa	RSFr.	NQ-R32
20.	Mason Kaufman	Northern Illinois	Sr.	NQ-R24

184 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	2021 Finish
1.	Aaron Brooks	Penn State	So.	AA-1st
2.	Trent Hidlay	NC State	So.	AA-2nd
3.	Myles Amine	Michigan	Gr.	AA-3rd-197
4.	Parker Keckeisen	Northern Iowa	RSFr.	AA-3rd
5.	John Poznanski	Rutgers	RSFr.	AA-4th
6.	Bernie Truax	Cal Poly	So.	AA-4th-174
7.	Dakota Geer	Oklahoma State	Sr.	AA-5th
8.	Brit Wilson	Northern Illinois	Jr.	AA-6th
9.	Hunter Bolen	Virginia Tech	Jr.	AA-7th
10.	Lou Deprez	Binghamton	Jr.	AA-8th
11.	Taylor Venz	Nebraska	Sr.	NQ-R12
12.	Jeremiah Kent	Missouri	So.	NQ-R16
13.	Devin Kane	North Carolina	Sr.	NQ-R12
14.	Rocky Jordan	Ohio State	Jr.	NQ-R12
15.	Tate Samuelson	Wyoming	Sr.	NQ-R24
16.	Nelson Brands	Iowa	Jr.	NQ-R24
17.	Chris Weiler	Wisconsin	Gr.	RS/Lehigh transfer
18.	David Key	Navy	So.	NQ-R16
19.	Alan Clothier	Northern Colorado	Gr.	NQ-R24
20.	Josh Loomer	CSU Bakersfield	Sr.	DNC /2020-NQ

197 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	2021 Finish
1.	A.J. Ferrari	Oklahoma State	RSFr.	AA-1st
2.	Nino Bonaccorsi	Pitt	Jr.	AA-2nd
3.	Jacob Warner	Iowa	Sr.	AA-4th
4.	Rocky Elam	Missouri	RSFr.	AA-5th
5.	Max Dean	Penn State	Jr.	DNC/2019 AA/transfer from Cornell
6.	Jake Woodley	Oklahoma	Sr.	AA-6th
7.	Stephan Buchanan	Wyoming	Jr.	AA-8th
8.	Patrick Brucki	Michigan	Sr.	DNC/AA transfer from Princeton
9.	Ben Darmstadt	Cornell	Sr.	DNC/2018 AA
10.	Kordell Norfleet	Arizona State	Gr.	NQ-R12
11.	Eric Schultz	Nebraska	Sr.	NQ-R16
12.	Cameron Caffey	Michigan State	Jr.	NQ-R12
13.	Thomas Penola	Purdue	Jr.	NQ-R12
14.	Greg Bulsak	Rutgers	Sr.	NQ-R24 (Clarion transfer)
15.	Jay Aiello	Virginia	Sr.	NQ-R24
16.	Owen Pentz	North Dakota State	So.	NQ-R16
17.	Marcus Coleman	Iowa State	Jr.	NQ-R16
18.	Isaac Trumble	NC State	RSFr.	Redshirted
19.	J.T. Brown	Army-West Point	Sr.	NQ-R24
20.	Jacob Holschlag	Northern Iowa	Sr.	Injured/2018 AA

Heavyweight

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	2021 Finish
1.	Gable Steveson	Minnesota	Jr.	AA-1st
2.	Mason Parris	Michigan	Jr.	AA-2nd
3.	Tony Cassioppi	Iowa	Jr.	AA-3rd
4.	Cohlton Schultz	Arizona State	RSFr.	AA-4th
5.	Greg Kerkvliet	Penn State	RSFr.	AA-7th
6.	Trent Hillger	Wisconsin	Sr.	AA-6th
7.	Tate Orndorff	Ohio State	Sr.	AA-8th
8.	Jordan Wood	Lehigh	Sr.	NQ-R16
9.	Matt Stencel	Central Michigan	Sr.	NQ-R24
10.	Wyatt Hendrickson	Air Force	So.	NQ-R12
11.	Zach Elam	Missouri	So.	NQ-R16
12.	Brian Andrews	Wyoming	Sr.	NQ-R16
13.	Lucas Davison	Northwestern	So.	NQ-R16@197
14.	Austin Harris	Oklahoma State	Sr.	NQ-R12
15.	Nathan Traxler	Virginia Tech	Sr.	NQ-R12
16.	Yaraslau Slavikouski	Harvard	Jr.	DNC /2020 NQ
17.	Christian Lance	Nebraska	Sr.	NQ-R24
18.	Deonte Wilson	NC State	Jr.	NQ-R24
19.	Josh Heindselman	Oklahoma	So.	NQ-R24
20.	Quinn Miller	Virginia	Jr.	NQ-R32

Iowa and Penn State rated No. 1-2 in WIN’s Preseason Rankings

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