NCAA DI Rankings Updated (1/14/2025)

There was a lot of movement in the rankings this week - maybe the most of this season, aside from the rankings released after the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. 

Preliminary rankings were scrapped late Monday night after some of the upsets during the Oklahoma State/NC State matchup. Most notably at 125 lbs. True freshman Vincent Robinson returned to the Wolfpack lineup and knocked off second-ranked Troy Spratley. Robinson makes a big jump from #11 to #3. 

After rankings were released last week, we learned that All-Americans Jore Volk (125) and Ty Watters (149) were lost for the season due to injuries. Both have been pulled from their respective weight classes. 

Ryan Crookham has remained intact at 133 lbs. The wrestling world learned that he suffered a severe injury that will shelf him for a while. Initially, it was said to be season-ending; however, that is not set in stone at this point. If we learn more that points to that conclusion, Crookham will be pulled. 

You might notice the bottom portion of the 141 and 149 lb rankings were completely reworked. Typically, I like readers being able to notice a week-to-week flow with the rankings. You should be able to look at them and understand why a wrestler rose or fell, based on their recent results. Every once in a while, that goes out the window for a total overhaul. That was the case at those two weights. 

There was more movement than any other week thus far in the dual rankings. Penn returned after a good showing at the National Duals and Maryland jumped back in after their win over Michigan. Teams #7-#10 all lost a dual this weekend, we have Virginia Tech falling behind Minnesota and NC State as both of the latter teams fell to top-six squads and the Hokies lost to North Carolina. Staying in the ACC, North Carolina moved up two spots with their win and Pittsburgh had a huge jump after wins over Stanford and West Virginia. That plus a win over Lehigh gives Keith Gavin’s team a really solid resume. 

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