NCAA DI Rankings Updated (11/12/2024)

NCAA DI Rankings have been updated for this week and can be found here. 

There was much more movement this week as opposed to after week one. Individually, we've mentioned it in our "Five Questions" and "Top Ranked Upsets" articles yesterday, but 165 lbs had some major shakeups. The top seven wrestlers remained the same; however, the previous #8 (Garrett Thompson) was moved to 174 lbs. #9 Matthew Olguin and #13 Beau Mantanona were removed because of injury concerns. In addition, Andrew Sparks fell to Will Miller at the Mountaineer Invitational. Strong performances from Cam Steed (pictured) and Bryce Hepner led to both jumping significantly. Expect a lot of movement in this weight class for the foreseeable future. 

From a team standpoint, NC State was hit hard in tournament rankings. The Wolfpack has many prominent starters suffer losses at the Journeymen Collegiate Classic. We're keeping a close eye on the 125 lb situation. For now, we still have Jakob Camacho as the ranked starter. NC State wrestles Appalachian State, Princeton, and Rutgers this week, so there may be some more clarity regarding this situation in the near future. The Wolfpack are still extremely strong from a dual standpoint and will probably bounce back quickly, individually. 

Be sure to look at that nine through 20 range in the team tournament rankings. Only nine points separates ninth place from the 18th place tie. A good (or bad) week by one of these team's stars could create weekly shuffling in this area of the rankings.