Five Questions for This Week's New Set of Rankings (11/3/24)

College wrestling is officially back and we’ve already made it through the first weekend of the season. As you would expect, there were some great matchups between ranked wrestlers, some upsets, freshmen making impressive collegiate debuts, and more. 

All of these have some impact on the national rankings. As always, rankings will be updated at approximately 10AM (eastern) on Tuesday morning. 

Before we get into the rankings, here are five questions that need to be answered based on this weekend’s action. Some of the questions won’t necessarily get answered tonight, but I’ve included rationale and pertinent information related to those questions. 
 

1. Did Pittsburgh do enough to warrant a team dual ranking? 

Pittsburgh was very impressive in a 35-3 win over Navy on Saturday afternoon. The only win from Navy came at 141 lbs where reigning EIWA champion Josh Koderhandt came back to defeat Anthony Santaniello. Santaniello actually got the first takedown and rode Koderhandt very hard for the first period. Nobody wants to talk about “moral victories,” but I think Pitt has a very solid option at 141 in the redshirt freshman. 

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