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Parris new No. 1 at 285 pounds in WIN rankings; No. 1 Penn State vs. No. 2 Iowa dual set for Friday

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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling

Mason Parris (Michigan) arm raised in victory at 2022 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational.
Mason Parris (Michigan) arm raised in victory at 2022 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. Photo by Tony Rotundo, Wrestlers Are Warriors.

NEWTON, Iowa — Michigan’s Mason Parris has taken over the top spot at heavyweight in WIN Magazine’s Jan. 23 rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

The Wolverine big man earned the No. 1 ranking after the senior and two-time All-American defeated Penn State’s previously top-ranked heavyweight Greg Kerkvliet, 3-1, last Friday in State College.

The Nittany Lions (10-0) remain No. 1 in both WIN’s dual rankings and Tournament Power Index, which ranks teams in regards to their NCAA tournament point potential looking ahead to this March’s NCAA Division I Championships in Tulsa, Okla. The defending national team champions feature nine ranked wrestlers, including a trio of top-ranked wrestlers — Roman Bravo-Young (133), Carter Starocci (174) and Aaron Brooks (184) — and have a 106.5 TPI.

This week’s rankings also set up a Jan. 27 battle in State College between Penn State and Iowa (12-0), which remained No. 2 in WIN’s dual rankings after the Hawkeyes defeated both Nebraska and Wisconsin (on criteria) last weekend. The Hawkeyes, ranked third in WIN’s TPI (64.5 points), also feature nine ranked wrestlers, including top-ranked Spencer Lee, who stands 10-0 this season with seven pins at 125 pounds.

There could be three matches between Top-10 ranked wrestlers between these Big Ten rivals that have won all but one NCAA team title since 2008. That included at heavyweight where Kerkvliet, which fell to No. 2 in the rankings, meet’s Iowa’s No. 3 Anthony Cassioppi. Meanwhile, Iowa’s No. 2 Real Woods will likely face Penn State’s No. 8 Beau Bartlett at 141 pounds, and Penn State’s No. 4 Max Dean could face Iowa’s No. 7 Jacob Warner at 197 in a rematch of the 2022 NCAA final.

Missouri remains No. 2 in WIN’s TPI (68 points) with eight ranked wrestlers, including a pair of Tigers — Keegan O’Toole (165) and Rocky Elam (197) — who are ranked No. 1 at their weight classes. Missouri (6-2) ranks fifth in WIN’s dual rankings, trailing No. 3 Iowa State and No. 4 Ohio State. The Cyclones rank fifth in the TPI behind No. 4 Cornell.

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 23 Dual Rankings

Rk School Record Prev. Upcoming
1. Penn State (10-0) 1st vs. Iowa (Jan. 27)
2. Iowa (12-0) 2nd at Penn State (Jan. 27)
3. Iowa State (10-2) 3rd vs. Oklahoma (Jan. 27)/vs. Okla. St. (Jan. 29)
4. Ohio State (9-1) 4th at Michigan (Jan. 27)/vs. Michigan State (Jan. 29)
5. Missouri (6-2) 5th off until Feb. 3 at Oklahoma/Feb. 5 at Okla. St.
6. Michigan (8-1) 6th vs. Ohio State (Jan. 27)/vs. Maryland (Jan. 29)
7. Virginia Tech (7-2) 10th vs. Pitt (Jan. 27)
8. NC State (10-1) 7th vs. Duke (Jan. 27)
9. Northern Iowa (4-2) 8th vs. Oklahoma State (Jan. 28)/vs Oklahoma (Jan. 29)
10. Cornell (7-2) 9th at Army (Jan. 28)/at Columbia (Jan. 29)
11. Northwestern (3-2) 11th vs. Wisconsin (Jan. 27)/at Rutgers (Jan. 29)
12. Minnesota (10-2) 12th vs. Illinois (Jan. 28)
13. Oklahoma State (8-1) 13th at Northern Iowa (Jan. 28)/at Iowa State (Jan. 29)
14. Nebraska (6-3) 14th vs. Wisconsin (Jan. 29)
15. North Dakota State (8-2) 15th off until Feb. 3 (at Air Force)/Feb. 4 (at No. Colorado)
16. Illinois (5-4) 16th at Minnesota (Jan. 28)
17. Wisconsin (7-5) 17th at Northwestern (Jan. 27)/at Nebraska (Jan. 29)
18. Appalachian State (6-2) 18th Appalachian State Open (Jan. 28)
19. Oregon State (5-5) 21st vs. CSU Bakersfield (Jan. 29)
20. Arizona State (3-4) 22nd at Lehigh (Jan. 28)
21. West Virginia (7-3) 19th at Mat Town Open (Jan. 29)
22. Penn (4-4) 25th vs. Brown (Jan. 27)/vs. Harvard (Jan. 28)
23. Pittsburgh (7-2) 23rd at Virginia Tech (Jan. 27)
24. Stanford (3-4) 24th at Little Rock (Jan. 28)
25. Lehigh (6-7) 20th at Columbia (Jan. 27)/vs. Arizona State (Jan. 28)

 

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 23 Tournament Power Index

Rk School Total Rank Top 8 TPI Pts
1. Penn State 9 7 106.5
2. Missouri 8 5 68
3. Iowa 9 4 64.5
4. Cornell 8 5 62
5. Iowa State 7 5 57
6. Nebraska 6 4 55
7. Virginia Tech 6 5 54
8t. Michigan 6 3 40
8t. NC State 8 4 40
10. Arizona State 5 4 39.5
11t. Pitt 4 3 38
11t. Wisconsin 5 3 38
13. Ohio State 7 3 35.5
14. Northwestern 6 2 31.5
15. Princeton 2 2 29.5
16t. Northern Iowa 8 1 28.5
16t. Oklahoma State 6 2 28.5
18. North Carolina 5 1 22.5
19. North Dakota State 6 1 21.5
20. Lehigh 3 2 20.5
21. Northern Colorado 1 1 20
22. Minnesota 8 1 19.5
23. West Virginia 2 2 19
24. Illinois 4 2 18.5
25. Purdue 2 2 18
26. Cal Poly 1 1 16
27. Stanford 3 1 15
28. Oregon State 4 1 10.5
29. Drexel 1 1 10
30. South Dakota State 6 0 9.5
31. Air Force 1 1 9
32. Harvard 2 1 7.5
33. Utah Valley 4 0 6.5
34t. Michigan State 4 0 6
34t. Penn 4 0 6
36t. Oklahoma 4 0 4.5
36t. Rutgers 4 0 4.5
38t. Appalachian State 2 0 3
38t. Chattanooga 2 0 3
38t. Rider 2 0 3
38t. Wyoming 2 0 3
42. Campbell 2 0 2.5
43t. Binghamton 1 0 2
43t. Lock Haven 1 0 2
45t. Bucknell 1 0 1.5
45t. CSU Bakersfield 1 0 1.5
45t. Maryland 1 0 1.5
45t. Navy 1 0 1.5
45t. Northern Illinois 1 0 1.5
50t. Indiana 1 0 1
50t. SIU-Edwardsville 1 0 1
50t. Virginia 1 0 1

 

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 23 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 Killian Cardinale West Virginia Sr. 3rd
125-4 Matt Ramos Purdue So. 8th
125-5 Pat McKee Minnesota Sr. 4th
125-6 Eric Barnett Wisconsin Sr. 5th
125-7 Liam Cronin Nebraska Gr. 7th
125-8 Brandon Courtney Arizona State Sr. 6th
125-9 Michael DeAugustino Northwestern Sr. 9th
125-10 Malik Heinselman Ohio State Sr. 10th
125-11 Anthony Noto Lock Haven So. 11th
125-12 Noah Surtin Missouri So. 12th
125-13 Brandon Kaylor Oregon State Jr. 14th
125-14 Dean Peterson Rutgers RSFr. 16th
125-15 Jack Medley Michigan Gr. 13th
125-16 Jore Volk Wyoming Fr. NR
125-17 Caleb Smith Appalachian State So. 20th
125-18 Jack Wagner North Carolina Gr. NR
125-19 Brett Ungar Cornell Fr. 15th
125-20 Trevor Mastrogiovanni Oklahoma State Jr. 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 Micky Phillippi Pitt Sr. 5th
133-6 Sam Latona Virginia Tech So. 6th
133-7 Lucas Byrd Illinois So. 7th
133-8 Dylan Ragusin Michigan So. 8th
133-9 Michael Colaiocco Penn Jr. 9th
133-10 Chris Cannon Northwestern Jr. 10th
133-11 Jesse Mendez Ohio State Fr. 11th
133-12 Haiden Drury Utah Valley So. 12th
133-13 Connor McGonagle Lehigh Jr. 14th
133-14 Kyle Biscoglia Northern Iowa Jr. 15th
133-15 Chance Rich CSU Bakersfield Jr. 13th
133-16 Brayden Palmer Chattanooga Jr. 16th
133-17 Aaron Nagao Minnesota RSFr. 17th
133-18 Kai Orine NC State So. 18th
133-19 Joe Heilman Rutgers Gr. 19th
133-20 RayVon Foley Michigan State Gr. 20th

 

141 pounds  

Wt Name School Year Previous
141-1 Andrew Alirez Northern Colorado Jr. 1st
141-2 Real Woods Iowa Sr. 2nd
141-3 Cole Matthews Pitt Sr. 3rd
141-4 Brock Hardy Nebraska So. 4th
141-5 Ryan Jack NC State So. 5th
141-6 Allan Hart Missouri Sr. 6th
141-7 Casey Swiderski Iowa State Fr. 7th
141-8 Beau Bartlett Penn State Jr. 8th
141-9 Cael Happel Northern Iowa So. 10th
141-10 Lachlan McNeil North Carolina RSFr. 13th
141-11 Vince Cornella Cornell Fr. 14th
141-12 Clay Carlson South Dakota State Sr. 12th
141-13 Jesse Vasquez Arizona State So. 16th
141-14 Jakob Bergeland Minnesota Gr. 9th
141-15 Darren Miller Bucknell Sr. 15th
141-16 Frankie Tal Shahar Northwestern Jr. 11th
141-17 Mosha Schwartz Oklahoma Jr. 17th
141-18 Dylan Droegemueller North Dakota State Sr. 19th
141-19 Joe Olivieri Rutgers So. NR
141-20 Ty Smith Utah Valley So. 18th

 

149 pounds

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

 

157 pounds          

Wt Name School Year Previous
157-1 Peyton Robb Nebraska Jr. 1st
157-2 Austin O’Connor North Carolina Gr. 2nd
157-3 Jared Franek North Dakota State Sr. 3rd
157-4 Bryce Andonian Virginia Tech Sr. 5th
157-5 Josh Humphreys Lehigh Sr. 6th
157-6 Levi Haines Penn State Fr. 9th
157-7 Ed Scott NC State So. 7th
157-8 Kendell Coleman Purdue Sr. 4th
157-9 Jarrett Jacques Missouri Sr. 8th
157-10 Will Lewan Michigan Sr. 10th
157-11 Kaden Gfeller Oklahoma State Sr. 11th
157-12 Chase Saldate Michigan State Jr. 12th
157-13 Derek Holschlag Northern Iowa Sr. 13th
157-14 Brayton Lee Minnesota Sr. 14th
157-15 Mike Carr Illinois Sr. 15th
157-16 Jacob Wright Wyoming Sr. 16th
157-17 Cobe Siebrecht Iowa Jr. 17th
157-18 Anthony Artalona Penn Sr. 18th
157-19 Trevor Chumley Northwestern So. 19th
157-20 Charlie Darrocott Stanford Jr. NR

 

165 pounds   

Wt Name School Year Previous
165-1 Keegan O’Toole Missouri So. 1st
165-2 David Carr Iowa State Sr. 2nd
165-3 Quincy Monday Princeton Sr. 3rd
165-4 Shane Griffith Stanford Sr. 4th
165-5 Dean Hamiti Wisconsin So. 6th
165-6 Cameron Amine Michigan Jr. 5th
165-7 Julian Ramirez Cornell So. 7th
165-8 Peyton Hall West Virginia Jr. 8th
165-9 Patrick Kennedy Iowa So. 9th
165-10 Carson Kharchla Ohio State Jr. 10th
165-11 Austin Yant Northern Iowa Sr. 11th
165-12 Michael Calliendo North Dakota State RSFr. 12th
165-13 Alex Facundo Penn State RSFr. 13th
165-14 Izzak Olenjnik Northern Illinois Sr. 14th
165-15 Tanner Cook South Dakota State Jr. 15th
165-16 Matt Olguin Oregon State So. 16th
165-17 Gerrit Nijenhuis Oklahoma So. 18th
165-18 Josh Ogunsanya Columbia Jr. 20th
165-19 Holden Heller Pitt Sr. NR
165-20 Justin McCoy Virginia Sr. 17th

 

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 Mikey Labriola Nebraska Sr. 3rd
174-4 Chris Foca Cornell Jr. 4th
174-5 Michael O’Malley Drexel Sr. 5th
174-6 Edmond Ruth Illinois So. 6th
174-7 Dustin Plott Oklahoma State Jr. 7th
174-8 Ethan Smith Ohio State Sr. 8th
174-9 Peyton Mocco Missouri Jr. 9th
174-10 Demetrius Romero Utah Valley Sr. 10th
174-11 Clay Lautt North Carolina Gr. 11th
174-12 Philip Conigliaro Harvard Jr. 12th
174-13 Lance Runyon Northern Iowa So. 13th
174-14 Rocky Jordan Chattanooga Sr. 15th
174-15 Nelson Brands Iowa Sr. 16th
174-16 Nick Incontrera Penn So. 17th
174-17 Bailee O’Reilly Minnesota Gr. NR
174-18 Cade Devos South Dakota State So. 18th
174-19 Donnell Washington Indiana Jr. 14th
174-20 Julian Broderson Iowa State So. 20th

 

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 Marcus Coleman Iowa State Sr. 4th
184-5 Hunter Bolen Virginia Tech Sr. 5th
184-6 Kaleb Romero Ohio State Sr. 6th
184-7 Trey Munoz Oregon State So. 7th
184-8 Jonathan Loew Cornell Sr. 8th
184-9 Isaiah Salazar Minnesota Jr. 11th
184-10 Matt Finesilver Michigan Gr. 10th
184-11 Travis Wittlake Oklahoma State Sr. 12th
184-12 Abe Assad Iowa Jr. 9th
184-13 Lenny Pinto Nebraska RSFr. 13th
184-14 Gavin Kane North Carolina So. 14th
184-15 Deanthony Parker North Dakota State So. 15th
184-16 Layne Malczewski Michigan State Sr. 17th
184-17 Brian Soldano Rutgers Fr. 16th
184-18 Caleb Hopkins Campbell Jr. 18th
184-19 Keegan Moore Oklahoma Sr. 19th
184-20 Cade King South Dakota State Jr. 20th

 

197 pounds     

Wt Name School Year Previous
197-1 Rocky Elam Missouri So. 1st
197-2 Bernie Truax Cal Poly Jr. 2nd
197-3 Nino Bonaccorsi Pitt Sr. 3rd
197-4 Max Dean Penn State Sr. 4th
197-5 Yonger Bastida Iowa State Jr. 5th
197-6 Michael Beard Lehigh So. 6th
197-7 Jacob Warner Iowa Sr. 8th
197-8 Isaac Trumble NC State Jr. 7th
197-9 Lou DePrez Binghamton Gr. 9th
197-10 Owen Pentz North Dakota State So. 10th
197-11 Ethan Laird Rider Sr. 11th
197-12 Tanner Sloan South Dakota State Sr. 12th
197-13 Jaxon Smith Maryland RSFr. 13th
197-14 Evan Bockman Utah Valley So. 14th
197-15 Zach Braunagel Illinois Jr. 15th
197-16 Cameron Caffey Michigan State Gr. 16th
197-17 Braxton Amos Wisconsin So. 17th
197-18 Silas Allred Nebraska So. 18th
197-19 Michial Foy Minnesota Gr. 19th
197-20 Tanner Harvey Oregon State Sr. 20th

 

Heavyweight     

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

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