NEWTON, Iowa — The highly-expected meeting between Penn State and Iowa will finally happen this Friday in Iowa City. The Big Ten Conference dual meet between the No. 1 Nittany Lions and No. 2 Hawkeyes will feature 19 ranked wrestlers from WIN Magazine’s Jan. 24 rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

Penn State is rated No. 1 in WIN’s Dual Rankings with a 13-0 record and Tournament Power Index with 115.5 points, while Iowa (12-0) is ranked second with 84.5 points. The Nittany Lions, which won eight NCAA titles over a nine-year period (2011-19), finished second to Iowa at the 2021 NCAA Championships last March. Rankings are through Jan. 23, 2022 results.

WIN’s Tournament Power Index predicts how many NCAA points a team could score in Detroit in March at the Division I Championships based on where their individuals are ranked at this point in the season. Excluding bonus points, the TPI is based on numbers associated with individual placements/rankings based on our current rankings below: 20 points for 1^st, 16 for 2^nd, 13.5 for 3^rd, 12.5 for 4^th, 10 for 5^th, 9 for 6^th, 6.5 for 7^th and 5.5 for 8^th. 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.

This year’s dual should feature five head-to-head meetings between wrestlers ranked in the Top 5 in respective weights in WIN’s rankings. The following are projected matchups of ranked wrestlers:

Weight	#1 Penn State	#2 Iowa
125	#8 - Drew Hildebrandt, Sr.	#14 - Drake Ayala, Fr.
133	#1 - Roman Bravo-Young, Jr.	#3 – Austin DeSanto, Sr.
141	#1 – Nick Lee, Sr.	#2 – Jaydin Eierman, Sr.
149	#17 – Beau Bartlett, RSFr.	#10 – Max Murin, Sr.
165	#11 – Brady Berge, Sr.	#5 – Alex Marinelli, Sr.
174	#1 – Carter Starocci, RSFr.	#2 – Michael Kemerer, Gr.
184	#1 – Aaron Brooks, So.	#15 – Abe Assad, So.
197	#3 – Max Dean, Jr.	#4 – Jacob Warner, Sr.
Hwt	#3 – Greg Kerkvliet, RSFr.	#5 – Tony Cassioppi, Jr.

Meanwhile, the top-ranked wrestlers at each weight remain the same, including at heavyweight, where Minnesota’s No. 1 Gable Steveson is expected to meet Michigan’s No. 4 Mason Parris this Friday. This would be a rematch of the 2021 NCAA final which the Gopher won.

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 24 Tournament Power Index

Rk	School	Total Rank	Top 8	TPI Points
1.	Penn State	9	7	115.5
2.	Iowa	10	6	84.5
3.	Oklahoma State	9	6	74
4.	Michigan	9	6	71
5.	Arizona State	7	6	70.5
6.	NC State	9	4	54.5
7.	Nebraska	7	5	49
8t.	Cornell	6	2	47
8t.	Ohio State	8	4	47
10.	Northwestern	5	3	36.5
11.	Stanford	3	3	36
12.	Virginia Tech	7	3	35.5
13.	Iowa State	5	2	35
14.	Minnesota	5	2	34.5
15.	Missouri	8	2	33.5
16.	Cal Poly	3	2	32
17.	North Carolina	4	2	22.5
18.	Princeton	3	2	20
19.	Rutgers	4	1	18.5
20.	Lehigh	4	1	14
21t.	Northern Iowa	2	1	13.5
21t.	Oregon State	6	1	13.5
23.	Wyoming	6	1	13
24.	Appalachian State	1	1	12.5
25.	Wisconsin	4	1	12
26.	West Virginia	2	1	10.5
27.	Central Michigan	3	1	9.5
28.	Northern Colorado	1	1	9
29.	Illinois	3	1	8.5
30.	Purdue	4	0	6
31.	Air Force	1	1	5.5
32.	Oklahoma	4	0	5
33.	South Dakota State	3	0	4.5
34t.	Michigan State	2	0	4
34t.	North Dakota State	3	0	4
34t.	Penn	3	0	4
37t.	Army-West Point	2	0	3.5
37t.	Campbell	2	0	3.5
39t.	Duke	2	0	3
39t.	Harvard	2	0	3
39t.	Indiana	2	0	3
42t.	Columbia	2	0	2.5
42t.	Northern Illinois	2	0	2.5
42t.	Utah Valley	2	0	2.5
45t.	Maryland	1	0	2
45t.	Virginia	1	0	2
47t.	Binghamton	1	0	1.5
47t.	Drexel	1	0	1.5
49t.	Bucknell	1	0	1
49t.	Chattanooga	1	0	1
49t.	CSU Bakersfield	1	0	1

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 24 Dual Rankings

Rk	School	W-L	Prev.	Upcoming Action This Week
1.	Penn State	13-0	1st	at Iowa (1/28)
2.	Iowa	11-0	2nd	vs. Penn State (1/28)
3.	Oklahoma State	10-0	3rd	vs. Northern Iowa (1/29), vs. Iowa State (1/30)
4.	NC State	7-1	4th	at Duke (1/28)
5.	Michigan	6-1	5th	vs. Minnesota (1/28), at Maryland (1/30)
6.	Missouri	7-3	6th	at Utah Valley with Wyoming (1/29)
7.	Ohio State	6-2	8th	off until Feb. 4 (at Penn State)
8.	Iowa State	9-1	13th	at Oklahoma (1/28), at Oklahoma State (1/30)
9.	Virginia Tech	5-4	9th	at Pitt (1/28)
10.	Minnesota	3-3	10th	at Michigan (1/28)
11.	Nebraska	5-2	11th	off until Feb. 4 (Michigan)
12.	Cornell	6-2	12th	vs. Columbia & Navy (2/29)
13.	Wisconsin	8-1	7th	at Maryland (1/28)
14.	Arizona State	4-3	14th	at Cal Poly (1/24), vs. Oregon State (1/30)
15.	Michigan State	8-2	20th	off until Feb. 4 (at Maryland)
16.	South Dakota State	9-2	21st	vs. West Virginia (1/28)
17.	Lehigh	8-5	16th	off until Feb. 4 (Penn)
18.	Princeton	2-2	17th	at Harvard (1/28), at Brown (1/29)
19.	Pittsburgh	6-3	19th	vs. Virginia Tech (1/28)
20.	Purdue	8-4	18th	at Indiana (1/29)
21.	Rutgers	12-4	15th	off until Feb. 3 (Rider)
22.	Northwestern	2-4	22nd	at Illinois (1/29)
23.	Northern Iowa	3-5	23rd	at Oklahoma State (1/29), at Oklahoma (1/30)
24.	Oklahoma	6-3	24th	vs. Iowa State (1/28), vs. Northern Iowa (1/30)
25.	Illinois	2-3	25th	vs. Northwestern (1/29)

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 24 Individual Rankings

125 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Vito Arujau	Cornell	So.	1st
2.	Nick Suriano	Michigan	Sr.	2nd
3.	Pat Glory	Princeton	Jr.	3rd
4.	Brandon Courtney	Arizona State	Jr.	4th
5.	Trevor Mastrogiovani	Oklahoma State	So.	6th
6.	Killian Cardinale	West Virginia	Sr.	5th
7.	Michael DeAugustino	Northwestern	Jr.	7th
8.	Drew Hildebrandt	Penn State	Sr.	8th
9.	Eric Barnett	Wisconsin	Jr.	9th
10.	Patrick McKee	Minnesota	Sr.	10th
11.	Brandon Kaylor	Oregon State	So.	11th
12.	Jakob Camacho	NC State	So.	13th
13.	Taylor Lamont	Utah Valley	Jr.	14th
14.	Drake Ayala	Iowa	Fr.	12th
15.	Malik Heinselman	Ohio State	Sr.	18th
16.	Devin Schroeder	Purdue	Sr.	15th
17.	Noah Surtin	Missouri	So.	16th
18.	Brody Teske	Northern Iowa	So.	17th
19.	Sam Latona	Virginia Tech	RSFr.	20th
20.	Jaret Lane	Lehigh	Jr.	NR

133 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Roman Bravo-Young	Penn State	Jr.	1st
2.	Daton Fix	Oklahoma State	Jr.	2nd
3.	Austin DeSanto	Iowa	Sr.	3rd
4.	Michael McGee	Arizona State	Sr.	5th
5.	Chris Cannon	Northwestern	So.	4th
6.	Korbin Myers	Virginia Tech	Gr.	6th
7.	Lucas Byrd	Illinois	RSFr.	8th
8.	Dylan Ragusin	Michigan	So.	7th
9.	Michael Colaiocco	Penn	So.	10th
10.	Rayvon Foley	Michigan State	Jr.	9th
11.	Jamie Hernandez	North Carolina	Jr.	11th
12.	Malyke Hines	Lehigh	Fr.	12th
13.	Micky Phillippi	Pitt	Jr.	13th
14.	Brock Hudkins	Indiana	Gr.	NR
15.	Tony Madrigal	Oklahoma	Sr.	15th
16.	Devin Turner	Oregon State	Sr.	16th
17.	Haiden Drury	Utah Valley	Fr.	17th
18.	Kai Orine	NC State	Fr.	18th
19.	Chance Rich	CSU Bakersfield	So.	19th
20.	Brayden Palmer	Chattanooga	So.	20th

141 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Nick Lee	Penn State	Sr.	1st
2.	Jaydin Eierman	Iowa	Sr.	2nd
3.	Sebastian Rivera	Rutgers	Gr.	3rd
4.	Real Woods	Stanford	Jr.	4th
5.	Ian Parker	Iowa State	Sr.	5th
6.	Andrew Alirez	Northern Colorado	RSFr.	6th
7.	Kizhan Clark	North Carolina	Gr.	7th
8.	Chad Red	Nebraska	Sr.	8th
9.	Allan Hart	Missouri	Jr.	9th
10.	Stevan Micic	Michigan	Gr.	10th
11.	Dresden Simon	Central Michigan	Sr.	13th
12.	Clay Carlson	South Dakota State	So.	11th
13.	Grant Willits	Oregon State	Jr.	12th
14.	Dylan D’Emilio	Ohio State	So.	14th
15.	Cole Matthews	Pitt	Jr.	15th
16.	Jake Bergeland	Minnesota	Sr.	16th
17.	Matt Kasimir	Columbia	Jr.	18th
18.	C.J. Composto	Penn	So.	19th
19.	Carter Young	Oklahoma State	Fr.	20th
20.	Ryan Jack	NC State	Fr.	17th

149 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Yianni Diakomihalis	Cornell	Jr.	1st
2.	Sammy Sasso	Ohio State	Jr.	2nd
3.	Tariq Wilson	NC State	Sr.	3rd
4.	Jon Millner	Appalachian State	Sr.	4th
5.	Jaden Abas	Stanford	So.	5th
6.	Kyle Parco	Arizona State	So.	6th
7.	Bryce Andonian	Virginia Tech	So.	7th
8.	Ridge Lovett	Nebraska	So.	8th
9.	Austin Gomez	Wisconsin	Jr.	16th
10.	Max Murin	Iowa	Sr.	12th
11.	Yahya Thomas	Northwestern	Gr.	9th
12.	Josh Finesilver	Duke	Jr.	10th
13.	P.J. Ogunsanya	Army-West Point	Sr.	13th
14.	Jarrett Degen	Iowa State	Sr.	14th
15.	Josh Heil	Campbell	Sr.	15th
16.	Kaden Gfeller	Oklahoma State	Sr.	18th
17.	Beau Bartlett	Penn State	RSFr.	17th
18.	Mike VanBrill	Rutgers	Sr.	NR
19.	Dom Demas	Oklahoma	Sr.	NR
20.	Anthony Artalona	Penn	Jr.	19th

157 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	David Carr	Iowa State	So.	1st
2.	Ryan Deakin	Northwestern	Gr.	2nd
3.	Jacori Teemer	Arizona State	Jr.	3rd
4.	Austin O’Connor	North Carolina	Jr.	4th
5.	Brayton Lee	Minnesota	Jr.	5th
6.	Peyton Robb	Nebraska	So.	6th
7.	Ed Scott	NC State	Fr.	7th
8.	Quincy Monday	Princeton	Jr.	8th
9.	Josh Humphreys	Lehigh	Jr.	13th
10.	Jared Franek	North Dakota State	Jr.	10th
11.	Wyatt Sheets	Oklahoma State	Sr.	9th
12.	Kendall Coleman	Purdue	Jr.	12th
13.	Jacob Wright	Wyoming	Sr.	11th
14.	Will Lewan	Michigan	So.	14th
15.	Kaleb Young	Iowa	Sr.	15th
16.	Connor Brady	Virginia Tech	Fr.	17th
17.	Justin Thomas	Oklahoma	Gr.	18th
18.	Jarrett Jacques	Missouri	Jr.	16th
19.	Johnny Lovett	Central Michigan	RSFr.	19th
20.	Hunter Willits	Oregon State	Jr.	NR

165 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Evan Wick	Cal Poly	Sr.	1st
2.	Keegan O’Toole	Missouri	RSFr.	2nd
3.	Shane Griffith	Stanford	Jr.	4th
4.	Carson Kharchla	Ohio State	RSFr.	6th
5.	Alex Marinelli	Iowa	Sr.	3rd
6.	Travis Wittlake	Oklahoma State	Jr.	5th
7.	Dean Hamiti	Wisconsin	Fr.	7th
8.	Anthony Valencia	Arizona State	Gr.	8th
9.	Julian Ramirez	Cornell	Fr.	9th
10.	Jake Wentzel	Pitt	Sr.	11th
11.	Brady Berge	Penn State	Sr.	NR
12.	Cameron Amine	Michigan	RSFr.	10th
13.	Peyton Hall	West Virginia	So	13th
14.	Phillip Conigliaro	Harvard	Jr.	12th
15.	Josh Ogunsanya	Columbia	So.	15th
16.	Izzak Olejnik	Northern Illinois	So.	16th
17.	Zach Hartman	Bucknell	Sr.	17th
18.	Luke Weber	North Dakota State	Sr.	14th
19.	Thomas Bullard	NC State	Gr.	19th
20.	Cole Moody	Wyoming	So.	20th

174 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Carter Starocci	Penn State	RSFr	1st
2.	Michael Kemerer	Iowa	Gr.	2nd
3.	Mekhi Lewis	Virginia Tech	So.	3rd
4.	Hayden Hidlay	NC State	Sr.	4th
5.	Mikey Labriola	Nebraska	Sr.	6th
6.	Logan Massa	Michigan	Gr.	5th
7.	Ethan Smith	Ohio State	Sr.	7th
8.	Dustin Plott	Oklahoma State	So.	8th
9.	Austin Murphy	Campbell	Jr.	9th
10.	Adam Kemp	Cal Poly	So.	10th
11.	Chris Foca	Cornell	So.	11th
12.	Ben Pasiuk	Army	So.	12th
13.	Hayden Hastings	Wyoming	Sr.	16th
14.	Peyton Mocco	Missouri	So.	14th
15.	Clay Lautt	North Carolina	Gr.	20th
16.	Michael O’Malley	Drexel	Jr.	17th
17.	Matt Finesilver	Duke	Sr.	15th
18.	Gerrit Nijenhuis	Purdue	So.	18th
19.	Bailey O’Reilly	Minnesota	Sr.	19th
20.	Cade Devos	South Dakota State	So.	13th

184 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Aaron Brooks	Penn State	So.	1st
2.	Trent Hidlay	NC State	So.	2nd
3.	Myles Amine	Michigan	Gr.	3rd
4.	Parker Keckeisen	Northern Iowa	RSFr.	4th
5.	Bernie Truax	Cal Poly	So.	5th
6.	Dakota Geer	Oklahoma State	Sr.	7th
7.	Kaleb Romero	Ohio State	Sr.	11th
8.	Trey Munoz	Oregon State	RSFr.	9th
9.	Kyle Cochran	Maryland	Sr.	8th
10.	Hunter Bolen	Virginia Tech	Jr.	10th
11.	John Poznanski	Rutgers	RSFr.	6th
12.	Jonathan Loew	Cornell	Jr.	12th
13.	Marcus Coleman	Iowa State	Jr.	14th
14.	Donnell Washington	Indiana	Jr.	13th
15.	Abe Assad	Iowa	So.	16th
16.	Tate Samuelson	Wyoming	Sr.	17th
17.	Taylor Venz	Nebraska	Sr.	18th
18.	Zac Braunagel	Illinois	So.	19th
19.	Brit Wilson	Northern Illinois	Jr.	20th
20.	Jeremiah Kent	Missouri	So.	15th

197 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	A.J. Ferrari	Oklahoma State	RSFr.	1st
2.	Eric Schultz	Nebraska	Sr.	5th
3.	Max Dean	Penn State	Jr.	3rd
4.	Jacob Warner	Iowa	Sr.	4th
5.	Rocky Elam	Missouri	RSFr.	2nd
6.	Patrick Brucki	Michigan	Sr.	6th
7.	Stephan Buchanan	Wyoming	Jr.	7th
8.	Nino Bonaccorsi	Pitt	Jr.	9th
9.	Yonger Bastida	Iowa State	So.	10th
10.	Cameron Caffey	Michigan State	Sr.	14th
11.	Greg Bulsak	Rutgers	Sr.	8th
12.	Jay Aiello	Virginia	Sr.	11th
13.	Lou Deprez	Binghamton	Jr.	13th
14.	Kordell Norfleet	Arizona State	Gr.	12th
15.	Jake Woodley	Oklahoma	Sr.	15th
16.	Thomas Penola	Purdue	Jr.	16th
17.	Luke Stout	Princeton	Fr.	17th
18.	Owen Pentz	North Dakota State	So.	18th
19.	Gavin Hoffman	Ohio State	So.	19th
20.	Isaac Trumble	NC State	RSFr.	20th

Heavyweight

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Gable Steveson	Minnesota	Jr.	1st
2.	Cohlton Schultz	Arizona State	RSFr.	3rd
3.	Greg Kerkvliet	Penn State	RSFr.	4th
4.	Mason Parris	Michigan	Jr.	2nd
5.	Tony Cassioppi	Iowa	Jr.	5th
6.	Jordan Wood	Lehigh	Sr.	6th
7.	Matt Stencel	Central Michigan	Sr.	7th
8.	Wyatt Hendrickson	Air Force	So.	8th
9.	Lucas Davison	Northwestern	So.	13th
10.	Nathan Traxler	Virginia Tech	Sr.	10th
11.	Gary Traub	Oregon State	Gr.	11th
12.	Christian Lance	Nebraska	Sr.	12th
13.	Trent Hillger	Wisconsin	Sr.	9th
14.	Yaraslau Slavikouski	Harvard	Jr.	14th
15.	Tate Orndorff	Ohio State	Sr.	15th
16.	A.J. Nevills	South Dakota State	So.	NR
17.	Brian Andrews	Wyoming	Sr.	17th
18.	Zach Elam	Missouri	So.	16th
19.	Luke Luffman	Illinois	So.	19th
20.	Lewis Fernandes	Cornell	So.	20th

WIN's Jan. 24 rankings preview battle between No. 1 Penn State and No. 2 Iowa this weekend

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