Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) battles Carter Starocci (Penn State) in the 2022 NCAA finals.

Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) battles Carter Starocci (Penn State) in the 2022 NCAA finals. Photo by Tony Rotundo, Wrestlers Are Warriors

NEWTON, Iowa — The lineups are set for Tuesday’s NWCA All-Star Classic in Austin, Texas, and several of those match-ups will be between wrestlers who are ranked in the Top 5 of their weight class in WIN Magazine’s Nov. 21 Rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

The most notable matches will come at 174 pounds, where Penn State’s No. 1 Carter Starocci will take on Virginia Tech's No. 2 Mekhi Lewis in a battle between two NCAA champions which is also a rematch of the 2022 NCAA final where the Nittany Lion prevailed in overtime.

Penn State, which ranks No. 1 as a team in WIN’s Tournament Power Index and Dual Rankings will send two other wrestlers to the All-Star Classic. That includes two-time NCAA champ Aaron Brooks, ranked No. 1 at 184 pounds, who will meet Northern Iowa’s No. 2-ranked Parker Keckeisen. Meanwhile, Penn State’s No. 2-ranked heavyweight Greg Kerkvliet will take on Iowa’s No. 4-ranked Anthony Cassioppi.

Iowa remains No. 2 behind Penn State in both the TPI and Dual rankings, while there is a difference among the other teams in the two different team rankings. Ohio State, Arizona State and Missouri ranked third, fourth and five in the Dual Rankings, while Arizona State, Missouri and Cornell hold those spots in the TPI which rates teams based on their placement potential for the NCAA Championships at this point in the season.

WIN’s individual ranking are actually a projection of where individuals will finish at their respective weight classes during next March’s Division I Championships in Tulsa, Okla. WIN’s Tournament Power Index is a total of a team’s possible NCAA points if their wrestlers finished where they are currently ranked. The following is a breakdown of the points from the TPI, based on a wrestler’s ranking: 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 Magazine’s Nov. 21 Dual Rankings

Rk	Team	Record	Upcoming
1.	Penn State	(1-0)	at Rider (Dec. 2)
2.	Iowa	(4-0)	vs. Penn (Nov. 26)
3.	Ohio State	(3-0)	at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite (Dec. 2)
4.	Arizona State	(2-0)	at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite (Dec. 2)
5.	Missouri	(1-1)	vs. West Virginia (Dec. 2)
6.	Michigan	(3-0)	at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite (Dec. 2)
7.	Iowa State	(5-0)	Cyclone Open (Nov. 26)
8.	Oklahoma State	(3-0)	vs. Minnesota (Dec. 4)
9.	NC State	(5-0)	at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite (Dec. 2)
10.	Virginia Tech	(0-1)	at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite (Dec. 2)
11.	Minnesota	(1-0)	at South Dakota State (Nov. 27)
12.	Wisconsin	(3-1)	at Cyclone Open (Nov. 26)
13.	Northwestern	(0-0)	at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite (Dec. 2)
14.	Cornell	(0-1)	at Mat Town Open (Nov. 27)
15.	North Carolina	(1-2)	vs. Appalachian State (Dec. 15)
16.	Penn	(0-0)	at Iowa (Nov. 26)
17.	Nebraska	(1-2)	at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite (Dec. 2)
18.	North Dakota State	(2-0)	vs. Minnesota (Dec. 9)
19.	Rutgers	(3-1)	vs. Penn & Drexel in Newark, NJ (Dec. 4)
20.	Northern Iowa	(0-0)	at Cyclone Open (Nov. 26)
21.	Lehigh	(3-2)	vs. Penn State (Dec. 4)
22.	Pittsburgh	(2-1)	at Illinois (Dec. 3)
23.	Oklahoma	(2-1)	vs. Oklahoma State (Dec. 11)
24	Cal Poly	(1-0)	at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite (Dec. 2)
25	Oregon State	(2-1)	at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invite (Dec. 2)

WIN Magazine’s Nov. 21 Tournament Power Index

Rk	School	Total Rank	Top 8	TPI Pts
1.	Penn State	7	5	99
2.	Iowa	8	5	76
3.	Arizona State	7	4	56
4.	Missouri	9	4	54.5
5.	Cornell	8	4	54
6.	Ohio State	9	5	52.5
7.	Michigan	6	4	47.5
8.	Minnesota	6	3	46.5
9.	Iowa State	8	4	45.5
10.	Virginia Tech	8	4	42.5
11.	Northwestern	5	4	41
12.	Oklahoma State	7	2	38
13.	Princeton	3	2	37.5
14.	Wisconsin	8	3	35.5
15.	Pitt	5	2	30.5
16.	NC State	6	2	29
17.	Nebraska	4	2	28
18.	North Carolina	4	2	25
19.	Northern Iowa	6	1	24
20.	Penn	6	1	21
21.	Stanford	3	1	18.5
22.	Appalachian State	2	1	17.5
23t.	Oregon State	3	2	17
23t.	Wyoming	3	1	17
25.	Cal Poly	3	1	15
26.	West Virginia	2	2	13
27.	North Dakota State	3	2	12
28t.	Lehigh	4	1	10.5
28t.	Utah Valley	2	1	10.5
30.	Northern Colorado	1	1	10
31.	Air Force	1	1	9
32.	Illinois	3	1	8.5
33.	South Dakota State	4	0	7.5
34.	Oklahoma	5	0	7
35t.	Drexel	1	1	6.5
35t.	Rutgers	5	0	6.5
37t.	Michigan State	4	0	6
37t.	Purdue	3	0	6
39.	Binghamton	1	1	5.5
40.	Harvard	2	0	3.5
41.	Virginia	2	0	3
42t.	Campbell	2	0	2
42t.	Northern Illinois	1	0	2
44t.	Indiana	1	0	1.5
44t.	Kent State	1	0	1.5
44t.	Rider	1	0	1.5
47t.	Army	1	0	1
47t.	Bucknell	1	0	1
47t.	Chattanooga	1	0	1
47t.	Navy	1	0	1

WIN Magazine’s Nov. 21 NCAA Div. I Individual Rankings

125 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	Previous
125-1	Spencer Lee	Iowa	Sr	1st
125-2	Pat Glory	Princeton	Sr.	2nd
125-3	Michael DeAugustino	Northwestern	Sr.	3rd
125-4	Pat McKee	Minnesota	Sr.	4th
125-5	Brandon Courtney	Arizona State	Gr.	5th
125-6	Brandon Kaylor	Oregon State	Jr.	6th
125-7	Killian Cardinale	West Virginia	Sr.	7th
125-8	Eric Barnett	Wisconsin	Sr.	8th
125-9	Trevor Mastrogiovanni	Oklahoma State	Jr.	9th
125-10	Matt Ramos	Purdue	So.	10th
125-11	Malik Heinselman	Ohio State	Sr.	11th
125-12	Noah Surtin	Missouri	So.	12th
125-13	Caleb Smith	Appalachian State	So.	14th
125-14	Anthony Noto	Lock Haven	So.	13th
125-15	Joey Prata	Oklahoma	Gr.	15th
125-16	Kysen Terukina	Iowa State	Jr.	16th
125-17	Eddie Ventresca	Virginia Tech	RSFr.	20th
125-18	Dylan Shawver	Rutgers	So.	18th
125-19	Antonio Lorenzo	Cal Poly	So.	NR
125-20	Ryan Miller	Penn	So.	19th

133 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	Previous
133-1	Roman Bravo-Young	Penn State	Gr.	1st
133-2	Daton Fix	Oklahoma State	Sr.	2nd
133-3	Vito Arujau	Cornell	Jr.	3rd
133-4	Michael McGee	Arizona State	Sr.	4th
133-5	Chris Cannon	Northwestern	Jr.	5th
133-6	Dylan Ragusin	Michigan	So.	6th
133-7	Lucas Byrd	Illinois	So.	7th
133-8	Sam Latona	Virginia Tech	So.	11th
133-9	RayVon Foley	Michigan State	Gr.	9th
133-10	Micky Phillippi	Pitt	Sr.	8th
133-11	Michael Colaiocco	Penn	Jr.	10th
133-12	Jesse Mendez	Ohio State	Fr.	12th
133-13	Haiden Drury	Utah Valley	So.	15th
133-14	Zach Redding	Iowa State	Jr.	16th
133-15	Brody Teske	Iowa	Jr.	19th
133-16	Kyle Biscoglia	Northern Iowa	Jr.	13th
133-17	Aaron Nagao	Minnesota	So.	NR
133-18	Joe Heilmann	Rutgers	Jr.	NR
133-19	Connor McGonagle	Lehigh	Jr.	NR
133-20	Taylor LaMont	Wisconsin	Gr.	20th

141 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	Previous
141-1	Cole Matthews	Pitt	Sr.	1st
141-2	Real Woods	Iowa	Sr.	2nd
141-3	Jakob Bergeland	Minnesota	Gr.	3rd
141-4	CJ Composto	Penn	Jr.	4th
141-5	Andrew Alirez	Northern Colorado	Jr.	5th
141-6	Ryan Jack	NC State	So.	8th
141-7	Casey Swiderski	Iowa State	Fr.	10th
141-8	Dylan Droegemueller	North Dakota State	Sr.	9th
141-9	Allan Hart	Missouri	Sr.	7th
141-10	Clay Carlson	South Dakota State	Sr.	6th
141-11	Frankie Tal Shahar	Northwestern	Jr.	13th
141-12	Beau Bartlett	Penn State	Jr.	14th
141-13	Cole Mattin	Michigan	Jr.	15th
141-14	Vince Cornella	Cornell	Fr.	NR
141-15	Joseph Zargo	Wisconsin	So.	12th
141-16	Tom Crook	Virginia Tech	Fr.	17th
141-17	Sammy Alvarez	Rutgers	Jr.	19th
141-18	Mosha Schwartz	Oklahoma	Jr.	20th
141-19	Brock Hardy	Nebraska	So.	NR
141-20	Darren Miller	Bucknell	Sr.	NR

149 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	Previous
149-1	Yianni Diakomihalis	Cornell	Sr.	1st
149-2	Jon Millner	Appalachian State	Sr.	2nd
149-3	Sammy Sasso	Ohio State	Sr.	3rd
149-4	Austin Gomez	Wisconsin	Sr.	4th
149-5	Kyle Parco	Arizona State	So.	6th
149-6	Brock Mauler	Missouri	Jr.	5th
149-7	Max Murin	Iowa	Sr.	7th
149-8	Yahya Thomas	Northwestern	Gr.	9th
149-9	Mitch Moore	Oklahoma	Gr.	10th
149-10	Doug Zapf	Penn	Sr.	NR
149-11	Caleb Henson	Virginia Tech	Fr.	11th
149-12	Michael Blockhus	Minnesota	Sr.	12th
149-13	Paniro Johnson	Iowa State	Fr.	13th
149-14	Dom Demas	Cal Poly	Sr.	15th
149-15	Jaden Abas	Stanford	Jr.	16th
149-16	Colin Realbuto	Northern Iowa	Jr.	17th
148-17	Shayne Van Ness	Penn State	RSFr.	NR
149-18	Jackson Arrington	NC State	Fr.	NR
149-19	Jarod Verkleeren	Virginia	Gr.	20th
149-20	Zach Sherman	North Carolina	Gr.	19th

157 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	Previous
157-1	Quincy Monday	Princeton	Sr.	1st
157-2	Brayton Lee	Minnesota	Sr.	2nd
157-3	Peyton Robb	Nebraska	Jr.	3rd
157-4	Austin O’Connor	North Carolina	Gr.	4th
157-5	Bryan Andonian	Virginia Tech	Sr.	5th
157-6	Will Lewan	Michigan	Sr.	6th
157-7	Josh Humphreys	Lehigh	Sr.	7th
157-8	Jared Franek	North Dakota State	Sr.	9th
157-9	Kendell Coleman	Purdue	Sr.	10th
157-10	Anthony Artalona	Penn	Sr.	8th/149
157-11	Jarrett Jacques	Missouri	Sr.	11th
157-12	Ed Scott	NC State	So.	8th
157-13	Jacob Wright	Wyoming	Gr.	13th
157-14	Kaden Gfeller	Oklahoma State	Sr.	NR
157-15	Chase Saldate	Michigan State	Jr.	16th
157-16	Garrett Model	Wisconsin	Gr.	17th
157-17	Derek Holschlag	Northern Iowa	Sr.	18th
157-18	Paddy Gallagher	Ohio State	RSFr.	19th
157-19	Daniel Cardenas	Stanford	Fr.	NR
157-20	Dazjon Casto	Pitt	Sr.	14th

165 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	Previous
165-1	Keegan O’Toole	Missouri	So.	1st
165-2	Shane Griffith	Stanford	Sr.	2nd
165-3	David Carr	Iowa State	Sr.	3rd
165-4	Cameron Amine	Michigan	Jr.	4th
165-5	Dean Hamiti	Wisconsin	So.	5th
165-6	Carson Kharchla	Ohio State	Jr.	6th
165-7	Peyton Hall	West Virginia	Jr.	7th
165-8	Julian Ramirez	Cornell	So.	8th
165-9	Justin McCoy	Virginia	Sr.	9th
165-10	Izzak Olenjnik	Northern Illinois	Sr.	10th
165-11	Austin Yant	Northern Iowa	Sr.	11th
165-12	Wyatt Sheets	Oklahoma State	Gr.	12th/157
165-13	Josh Ogunsanya	Columbia	Jr.	13th
165-14	Matt Olguin	Oregon State	So.	15th
165-15	Patrick Kennedy	Iowa	So.	16th
165-16	Enrique Munguia	Kent State	So.	NR
165-17	Tony Negron	Arizona State	Jr.	17th
165-18	Holden Heller	Pitt	Jr.	18th
165-19	Michael Calliendo	North Dakota State	RSFr.	19th
165-20	Dan Braunagel	Illinois	Jr.	20th

174 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	Previous
174-1	Carter Starocci	Penn State	Jr.	1st
174-2	Mekhi Lewis	Virginia Tech	Sr.	2nd
174-3	Dustin Plott	Oklahoma State	Jr.	3rd
174-4	Mickey Labriola	Nebraska	Sr.	4th
174-5	Clay Lautt	North Carolina	Gr.	5th
174-6	Demetrius Romero	Utah Valley	Sr.	6th
174-7	Michael O’Malley	Drexel	Sr.	8th
174-8	Ethan Smith	Ohio State	Sr.	9th
174-9	Hayden Hastings	Wyoming	Gr.	10th
174-10	Peyton Mocco	Missouri	Jr.	11th
174-11	Philip Conigliaro	Harvard	Jr.	12th
174-12	Lance Runyon	Northern Iowa	So.	13th
174-13	Cade DeVos	South Dakota State	Jr.	18th
174-14	Donnell Washington	Indiana	Jr.	NR
174-15	Jackson Turley	Rutgers	Jr.	7th
174-16	Chris Foca	Cornell	Jr.	16th
174-17	Darrion Roberts	Oklahoma	Sr.	17th
174-18	Edmond Ruth	Illinois	So.	19th
174-19	Ben Pasiuk	Army	Jr.	14th
174-20	Rocky Jordan	Chattanooga	Sr.	NR

184 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	Previous
184-1	Aaron Brooks	Penn State	Sr.	1st
184-2	Parker Keckeisen	Northern Iowa	So.	2nd
184-3	Trent Hidlay	NC State	Jr.	3rd
184-4	Kaleb Romero	Ohio State	Sr.	4th
184-5	Marcus Coleman	Iowa State	Sr.	5th
184-6	Jonathan Loew	Cornell	Sr.	6th
184-7	Trey Munoz	Oregon State	So.	7th
184-8	Hunter Bolen	Virginia Tech	Sr.	8th
184-9	Travis Wittlake	Oklahoma State	Sr.	9th
184-10	Abe Assad	Iowa	Jr.	11th
184-11	Matt Finesilver	Michigan	Gr.	15th
184-12	Brian Soldano	Rutgers	Fr.	13th
184-13	Layne Malczewski	Michigan State	Sr.	16th
184-14	Gavin Kane	North Carolina	So.	19th
184-15	Isaiah Salazar	Minnesota	Jr.	12th
184-16	Travis Stefanik	Princeton	Sr.	14th
184-17	Caleb Hopkins	Campbell	Sr.	17th
184-18	Anthony Montalvo	Arizona State	Jr.	20th
184-19	Sean Harman	Missouri	So.	NR
184-20	Tate Samuelson	Lehigh	Sr.	10th

197 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	Previous
197-1	Max Dean	Penn State	Sr.	1st
197-2	Jacob Warner	Iowa	Sr.	2nd
197-3	Stephen Buchanan	Wyoming	Sr.	3rd
197-4	Bernie Truax	Cal Poly	Jr.	4th
197-5	Rocky Elam	Missouri	So.	5th
197-6	Yonger Bastida	Iowa State	Jr.	6th
197-7	Nino Bonaccorsi	Pitt	Sr.	8th
197-8	Lou DePrez	Binghamton	Gr.	NR
197-9	Michael Beard	Lehigh	So.	7th
197-10	Isaac Trumble	NC State	Jr.	11th
197-11	Tanner Sloan	South Dakota State	Sr.	12th
197-12	Thomas Penola	Purdue	Sr.	10th
197-13	Gavin Hoffman	Ohio State	Sr.	13th
197-14	Braxton Amos	Wisconsin	So.	14th
197-15	Ethan Laird	Rider	Sr.	19th
197-16	Kordell Norfleet	Arizona State	Sr.	9th
197-17	Luke Surber	Oklahoma State	Jr.	15th
197-18	Cameron Caffey	Michigan State	Gr.	16th
197-19	Jacob Cardenas	Cornell	Jr.	17th
197-20	Silas Allred	Nebraska	So.	18th

Heavyweight

Wt	Name	School	Year	Previous
Hwt-1	Cohlton Schultz	Arizona State	So.	1st
Hwt-2	Greg Kerkvliet	Penn State	Jr.	2nd
Hwt-3	Mason Parris	Michigan	Sr.	3rd
Hwt-4	Tony Cassioppi	Iowa	Sr.	4th
Hwt-5	Lucas Davison	Northwestern	Sr.	5th
Hwt-6	Wyatt Hendrickson	Air Force	Jr.	6th
Hwt-7	Zach Elam	Missouri	Jr.	7th
Hwt-8	Tate Orndorff	Ohio State	Sr.	9th
Hwt-9	Sam Schuyler	Iowa State	Sr.	10th
Hwt-10	Trent Hillger	Wisconsin	Gr.	11th
Hwt-11	Lewis Fernandes	Cornell	Jr.	8th
Hwt-12	AJ Nevills	South Dakota State	Gr.	13th
Hwt-13	Yaraslau Slavikouski	Harvard	Sr.	NR
Hwt-14	Josh Heindselman	Oklahoma	Jr.	14th
Hwt-15	Ben Goldin	Penn	Sr.	15th
Hwt-16	Tyrie Houghton	NC State	Sr.	16th
Hwt-17	Isaac Reid	Lock Haven	Jr.	17th
Hwt-18	Taye Ghadali	Campbell	Jr.	18th
Hwt-19	Grady Griess	Navy	Jr.	NR
Hwt-20	Hunter Catka	Virginia Tech	So.	20th

WIN’s Nov. 21 Div. I rankings feature several top NWCA All-Star match-ups

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