INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has announced the first coaches ranking for the 2022 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 of the seven conference. For ranking purposes, coaches may only consider a wrestler that has been designated as a starter at a respective weight class. Wrestlers must have five Division I matches in the weight class to be considered with at least one within the last 30 days.

Of the 10 weight classes, eight are led by former national champions, led by the Penn State quartet of Roman Bravo-Young at 133 pounds, Nick Lee at 141 pounds, Carter Starocci at 174 pounds and Aaron Brooks at 184 pounds.

Two-time 141-pound national champion Yianni Diakomihalis of Cornell is back after winning titles in 2018 and 2019 and debuts as the top seed moving up to 149 pounds in 2022.

Other national champions leading their weight class in the 2022 rankings are Iowa State’s David Carr at 157 pounds, AJ Ferrari of Oklahoma State at 197 pounds and heavyweight Gable Steveson of Minnesota.

Cornell has a second top-ranked wrestler with Vito Arujau at 125 pounds, while Missouri’s Keegan O’Toole is the top ranked wrestler by the coaches at 165 pounds.

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 process along with head-to-head competition, quality wins, Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), conference tournament placement, results versus common opponents and win percentage.

A full description of the entire selection process for the 2022 Division I Wrestling Championships is available at ncaa.org.

The 2022 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships take place March 17-19 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit as the event returns to Michigan for the first time since being held in Auburn Hills, Michigan, in 2007.

125 POUNDS
1	Vito Arujau	Cornell	EIWA
1	Pat Glory	Princeton	EIWA
3	Brandon Courtney	Arizona St.	Pac 12
4	Trevor Mastrogiovanni	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
5	Eric Barnett	Wisconsin	Big Ten
6	Killian Cardinale	West Virginia	Big 12
7	Patrick McKee	Minnesota	Big Ten
8	Drake Ayala	Iowa	Big Ten
9	Devin Schroder	Purdue	Big Ten
10	Jakob Camacho	NC State	ACC
11	Brody Teske	UNI	Big 12
12	Noah Surtin	Missouri	Big 12
13	Brandon Kaylor	Oregon St.	Pac 12
14	Malik Heinselman	Ohio St.	Big Ten
15	Jaret Lane	Lehigh	EIWA
16	Joe Manchio	Columbia	EIWA
17	Kysen Terukina	Iowa St.	Big 12
18	Sam Latona	Virginia Tech	ACC
19	Justin Cardani	Illinois	Big Ten
20	Fabian Gutierrez	Chattanooga	SoCon
21	Anthony Noto	Lock Haven	MAC
22	Dylan Shawver	Rutgers	Big Ten
22	Caleb Smith	App State	SoCon
24	Joey Prata	Oklahoma	Big 12
25	Ryan Miller	Penn	EIWA
26	Antonio Lorenzo	Cal Poly	Pac 12
27	Gage Curry	Pittsburgh	ACC
28	Jake Ferri	Kent St.	MAC
29	Korbin Meink	Campbell	SoCon
30	Tristan Daugherty	Buffalo	MAC
31	Jacob Moran	Indiana	Big Ten
32	Joey Fischer	Clarion	MAC
33	Patrick McCormick	Virginia	ACC

133 POUNDS
1	Roman Bravo-Young	Penn St.	Big Ten
2	Daton Fix	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
3	Austin DeSanto	Iowa	Big Ten
4	Michael McGee	Arizona St.	Pac 12
5	Korbin Myers	Virginia Tech	ACC
6	Lucas Byrd	Illinois	Big Ten
7	Micky Phillippi	Pittsburgh	ACC
8	Dylan Ragusin	Michigan	Big Ten
9	Chris Cannon	Northwestern	Big Ten
10	RayVon Foley	Michigan St.	Big Ten
11	Devan Turner	Oregon St.	Pac 12
12	Brock Hudkins	Indiana	Big Ten
13	Haiden Drury	Utah Valley	Big 12
14	Chance Rich	CSU Bakersfield	Pac 12
15	Malyke Hines	Lehigh	EIWA
16	Michael Colaiocco	Penn	EIWA
17	Kai Orine	NC State	ACC
18	Joe Olivieri	Rutgers	Big Ten
19	Josh Koderhandt	Navy	EIWA
20	Brayden Palmer	Chattanooga	SoCon
21	Brian Courtney	Virginia	ACC
22	Kellyn March	North Dakota St.	Big 12
23	Kyle Burwick	Wisconsin	Big Ten
24	Jake Gliva	Minnesota	Big Ten
25	Codi Russell	App State	SoCon
26	Matt Ramos	Purdue	Big Ten
27	Dominic LaJoie	Cornell	EIWA
28	Jackson DiSario	Stanford	Pac 12
29	Kyle Biscoglia	UNI	Big 12
30	Ramazan Attasauov	Iowa St.	Big 12
31	Richie Koehler	Rider	MAC
32	Sidney Flores	Air Force	Big 12
33	Job Greenwood	Wyoming	Big 12
33	Anthony Sobotker	Binghamton	EIWA

141 POUNDS
1	Nick Lee	Penn St.	Big Ten
2	Jaydin Eierman	Iowa	Big Ten
3	Sebastian Rivera	Rutgers	Big Ten
4	Real Woods	Stanford	Pac 12
5	Kizhan Clarke	North Carolina	ACC
6	Clay Carlson	South Dakota St.	Big 12
7	Andrew Alirez	Northern Colo.	Big 12
8	Chad Red	Nebraska	Big Ten
9	Allan Hart	Missouri	Big 12
10	Dresden Simon	Central Mich.	MAC
11	Grant Willits	Oregon St.	Pac 12
12	Matt Kazimir	Columbia	EIWA
13	Jakob Bergeland	Minnesota	Big Ten
14	Ryan Jack	NC State	ACC
15	Cole Matthews	Pittsburgh	ACC
16	CJ Composto	Penn	EIWA
17	Dylan D`Emilio	Ohio St.	Big Ten
18	Parker Filius	Purdue	Big Ten
19	Carter Young	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
20	Cael Happel	UNI	Big 12
21	Dylan Droegemueller	North Dakota St.	Big 12
22	Joseph Zargo	Wisconsin	Big Ten
23	Angelo Martinoni	CSU Bakersfield	Pac 12
24	Connor McGonagle	Lehigh	EIWA
25	Collin Gerardi	Virginia Tech	ACC
26	Kyran Hagan	Ohio	MAC
27	Cayden Rooks	Indiana	Big Ten
28	Saul Ervin	SIUE	MAC
29	Quinn Kinner	Rider	MAC
30	Seth Koleno	Clarion	MAC
31	Gabe Willochell	Edinboro	MAC
32	Frankie Tal Shahar	Northwestern	Big Ten
33	Ryan Anderson	Binghamton	EIWA

149 POUNDS
1	Yianni Diakomihalis	Cornell	EIWA
2	Sammy Sasso	Ohio St.	Big Ten
3	Tariq Wilson	NC State	ACC
4	Ridge Lovett	Nebraska	Big Ten
5	Jonathan Millner	App State	SoCon
6	Bryce Andonian	Virginia Tech	ACC
7	Joshua Heil	Campbell	SoCon
8	Kyle Parco	Arizona St.	Pac 12
9	Austin Gomez	Wisconsin	Big Ten
10	Max Murin	Iowa	Big Ten
11	Yahya Thomas	Northwestern	Big Ten
12	Jaden Abas	Stanford	Pac 12
13	Josh Finesilver	Duke	ACC
14	Kaden Gfeller	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
15	Mike Van Brill	Rutgers	Big Ten
16	Beau Bartlett	Penn St.	Big Ten
17	Josh Edmond	Missouri	Big 12
18	PJ Ogunsanya	Army West Point	EIWA
19	Jarrett Degen	Iowa St.	Big 12
20	Anthony Artalona	Penn	EIWA
21	Corbyn Munson	Central Mich.	MAC
22	Zachary Sherman	North Carolina	ACC
22	Alex Madrigal	George Mason	MAC
24	Manzona Bryant	Lehigh	EIWA
25	Michael Blockhus	Minnesota	Big Ten
26	Jarod Verkleeren	Virginia	ACC
27	Brent Moore	Clarion	MAC
28	Corey Crooks	Oregon St.	Pac 12
29	Alec Hagan	Ohio	MAC
30	Marcus Robinson	Cleveland St.	MAC
31	Colin Realbuto	UNI	Big 12
32	Christopher Sandoval	Northern Colo.	Big 12
32	Luke Nichter	Drexel	EIWA

157 POUNDS
1	David Carr	Iowa St.	Big 12
2	Ryan Deakin	Northwestern	Big Ten
3	Jacori Teemer	Arizona St.	Pac 12
4	Austin O`Connor	North Carolina	ACC
5	Ed Scott	NC State	ACC
6	Brayton Lee	Minnesota	Big Ten
7	Jared Franek	North Dakota St.	Big 12
8	Quincy Monday	Princeton	EIWA
9	Peyton Robb	Nebraska	Big Ten
10	Josh Humphreys	Lehigh	EIWA
11	Kendall Coleman	Purdue	Big Ten
12	Wyatt Sheets	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
13	Kaleb Young	Iowa	Big Ten
14	Jacob Wright	Wyoming	Big 12
15	Will Lewan	Michigan	Big Ten
16	Justin Thomas	Oklahoma	Big 12
17	Johnny Lovett	Central Mich.	MAC
18	Hunter Willits	Oregon St.	Pac 12
19	Chase Saldate	Michigan St.	Big Ten
20	Connor Brady	Virginia Tech	ACC
21	Jarrett Jacques	Missouri	Big 12
22	Andrew Cerniglia	Navy	EIWA
23	Doug Zapf	Penn	EIWA
24	Elijah Cleary	Pittsburgh	ACC
25	Jordan Slivka	Ohio	MAC
26	Garrett Model	Wisconsin	Big Ten
27	Markus Hartman	Army West Point	EIWA
28	Jake Keating	Virginia	ACC
28	Dazjon Casto	The Citadel	SoCon
30	Alex Carida	Bloomsburg	MAC
31	Ben Barton	Lock Haven	MAC
32	Parker Kropman	Drexel	EIWA
33	Cody Bond	App State	SoCon

165 POUNDS
1	Keegan O`Toole	Missouri	Big 12
2	Alex Marinelli	Iowa	Big Ten
3	Shane Griffith	Stanford	Pac 12
4	Travis Wittlake	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
5	Carson Kharchla	Ohio St.	Big Ten
5	Anthony Valencia	Arizona St.	Pac 12
7	Dean Hamiti	Wisconsin	Big Ten
8	Julian Ramirez	Cornell	EIWA
9	Peyton Hall	West Virginia	Big 12
10	Jake Wentzel	Pittsburgh	ACC
11	Philip Conigliaro	Harvard	EIWA
12	Izzak Olejnik	NIU	MAC
13	Luke Weber	North Dakota St.	Big 12
14	Zach Hartman	Bucknell	EIWA
15	Justin McCoy	Virginia	ACC
16	William Formato	App State	SoCon
17	Austin Yant	UNI	Big 12
18	Joshua Ogunsanya	Columbia	EIWA
19	Thomas Bullard	NC State	ACC
20	Brian Meyer	Lehigh	EIWA
21	Lucas Revano	Penn	EIWA
22	Cael Carlson	Minnesota	Big Ten
23	Dan Braunagel	Illinois	Big Ten
24	Evan Barczak	Drexel	EIWA
24	Ashton Eyler	Lock Haven	MAC
26	Caleb Fish	Michigan St.	Big Ten
27	Tanner Cook	South Dakota St.	Big 12
28	Creighton Edsell	Penn St.	Big Ten
29	Joe Grello	Oklahoma	Big 12
30	Dalton Harkins	Army West Point	EIWA
31	Riley Smucker	Cleveland St.	MAC
32	David Ferrante	Northwestern	Big Ten
33	Cameron Pine	Clarion	MAC

174 POUNDS
1	Carter Starocci	Penn St.	Big Ten
2	Mekhi Lewis	Virginia Tech	ACC
3	Hayden Hidlay	NC State	ACC
4	Logan Massa	Michigan	Big Ten
5	Mikey Labriola	Nebraska	Big Ten
6	Ethan Smith	Ohio St.	Big Ten
7	Dustin Plott	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
8	Cade DeVos	South Dakota St.	Big 12
9	Peyton Mocco	Missouri	Big 12
10	Chris Foca	Cornell	EIWA
11	Hayden Hastings	Wyoming	Big 12
12	Matt Finesilver	Duke	ACC
13	Michael O`Malley	Drexel	EIWA
14	Clay Lautt	North Carolina	ACC
15	Bailee O`Reilly	Minnesota	Big Ten
15	Gerrit Nijenhuis	Purdue	Big Ten
17	Joel Devine	Iowa St.	Big 12
18	Andrew McNally	Wisconsin	Big Ten
19	Mason Kauffman	NIU	MAC
20	Austin Brenner	North Dakota St.	Big 12
21	Troy Fisher	Northwestern	Big Ten
21	Nick Incontrera	Penn	EIWA
23	Sal Perrine	Ohio	MAC
24	Austin Murphy	Campbell	SoCon
25	Aaron Olmos	Oregon St.	Pac 12
26	Thomas Flitz	App State	SoCon
27	Josh Kim	Harvard	EIWA
28	Tyler Eischens	Stanford	Pac 12
29	Pat Schoenfelder	UNI	Big 12
30	Sam Wolf	Air Force	Big 12
31	Jake Logan	Lehigh	EIWA
32	Anthony Mantanona	Oklahoma	Big 12
33	Nick Fine	Columbia	EIWA

184 POUNDS
1	Aaron Brooks	Penn St.	Big Ten
2	Myles Amine	Michigan	Big Ten
3	Trent Hidlay	NC State	ACC
4	Parker Keckeisen	UNI	Big 12
5	John Poznanski	Rutgers	Big Ten
6	Kaleb Romero	Ohio St.	Big Ten
7	Bernie Truax	Cal Poly	Pac 12
8	Marcus Coleman	Iowa St.	Big 12
9	Dakota Geer	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
10	Hunter Bolen	Virginia Tech	ACC
11	Taylor Venz	Nebraska	Big Ten
12	Kyle Cochran	Maryland	Big Ten
13	Trey Munoz	Oregon St.	Pac 12
14	Donnell Washington	Indiana	Big Ten
15	Brit Wilson	NIU	MAC
16	Jeremiah Kent	Missouri	Big 12
17	Jonathan Loew	Cornell	EIWA
18	Abe Assad	Iowa	Big Ten
19	Tate Samuelson	Wyoming	Big 12
20	Zach Braunagel	Illinois	Big Ten
21	Layne Malczewski	Michigan St.	Big Ten
22	Travis Stefanik	Princeton	EIWA
23	Michael Battista	Virginia	ACC
23	Isaiah Salazar	Minnesota	Big Ten
25	Max Lyon	Purdue	Big Ten
26	David Key	Navy	EIWA
27	Darrien Roberts	Oklahoma	Big 12
28	Gregg Harvey	Pittsburgh	ACC
29	Caleb Hopkins	Campbell	SoCon
30	Charles Small	Hofstra	EIWA
31	DeAndre Nassar	Cleveland St.	MAC
32	Austin (AJ) Burkhart	Lehigh	EIWA
33	Neil Antrassian	Penn	EIWA

197 POUNDS
1	AJ Ferrari	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
2	Max Dean	Penn St.	Big Ten
3	Eric Schultz	Nebraska	Big Ten
4	Jacob Warner	Iowa	Big Ten
5	Rocky Elam	Missouri	Big 12
6	Greg Bulsak	Rutgers	Big Ten
7	Stephen Buchanan	Wyoming	Big 12
8	Patrick Brucki	Michigan	Big Ten
9	Nino Bonaccorsi	Pittsburgh	ACC
10	Jake Woodley	Oklahoma	Big 12
11	Kordell Norfleet	Arizona St.	Pac 12
12	Jay Aiello	Virginia	ACC
13	Lou Deprez	Binghamton	EIWA
14	Yonger Bastida	Iowa St.	Big 12
15	Thomas Penola	Purdue	Big Ten
16	Cameron Caffey	Michigan St.	Big Ten
17	Luke Stout	Princeton	EIWA
18	Isaac Trumble	NC State	ACC
19	Jacob Cardenas	Cornell	EIWA
20	Gavin Hoffman	Ohio St.	Big Ten
21	Owen Pentz	North Dakota St.	Big 12
22	Tanner Sloan	South Dakota St.	Big 12
23	Braxton Amos	Wisconsin	Big Ten
24	Evan Bockman	Utah Valley	Big 12
24	Jacob Koser	Navy	EIWA
26	Alan Clothier	Northern Colo.	Big 12
27	JT Brown	Army West Point	EIWA
28	Jaron Smith	Maryland	Big Ten
29	Andrew Davison	Northwestern	Big Ten
30	Cody Howard	Virginia Tech	ACC
31	Matt Wroblewski	Illinois	Big Ten
32	Max Shaw	North Carolina	ACC
33	Michial Foy	Minnesota	Big Ten

HEAVYWEIGHT
1	Gable Steveson	Minnesota	Big Ten
2	Mason Parris	Michigan	Big Ten
3	Cohlton Schultz	Arizona St.	Pac 12
4	Greg Kerkvliet	Penn St.	Big Ten
5	Tony Cassioppi	Iowa	Big Ten
6	Wyatt Hendrickson	Air Force	Big 12
7	Jordan Wood	Lehigh	EIWA
8	Trent Hillger	Wisconsin	Big Ten
9	Matt Stencel	Central Mich.	MAC
10	Gary Truab	Oregon St.	Pac 12
11	Christian Lance	Nebraska	Big Ten
12	Tate Orndorff	Ohio St.	Big Ten
13	Lucas Davison	Northwestern	Big Ten
14	Nathan Traxler	Virginia Tech	ACC
15	Zach Elam	Missouri	Big 12
16	Luke Luffman	Illinois	Big Ten
17	Lewis Fernandes	Cornell	EIWA
18	Brandon Metz	North Dakota St.	Big 12
19	Joe Doyle	Binghamton	EIWA
20	Zachary Knighton-Ward	Hofstra	EIWA
21	Michael Wolfgram	West Virginia	Big 12
22	AJ Nevills	South Dakota St.	Big 12
23	Tyrie Houghton	NC State	ACC
24	Taye Ghadiali	Campbell	SoCon
25	Quinn Miller	Virginia	ACC
26	Isaac Reid	Lock Haven	MAC
27	Josh Heindselman	Oklahoma	Big 12
28	Sam Schuyler	Iowa St.	Big 12
29	Luke Surber	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
30	Michael McAleavey	The Citadel	SoCon
31	Zach Schrader	Maryland	Big Ten
32	Ben Goldin	Penn	EIWA
33	Michael Woulfe	Purdue	Big Ten

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NCAA announces its first coaches ranking for the 2022 Div. I Wrestling Championships

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