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Based on the Intermat numbers (as I ran them), even moving Cannon to #1 overall at 133 wouldn't be enough to make them a top-four seed. I went 15-0 at each weight class (anybody unranked was treated as tied with every other unranked wrestler, so as not to make an assumption on who numbers 34, 35, 36, etc. were), and here's what I came up with, using Intermat's rankings: 1. Nebraska, 114 2. Iowa, 112 3. Ohio State, 109 4. Oklahoma State, 89.5 5. NC State, 85.5 6. Michigan, 79.5 7. Virginia Tech, 79 8. Minnesota, 74 9. Illinois, 73.5 10. Lehigh, 69.5 11. Missouri, 67.5 12. Cornell, 63 13. Northern Iowa, 62 14. Little Rock, 50.5 15. Wyoming, 42 16. Arizona State, 29.5 And, for equal time, here's Flo's results, doing the same thing: 1. Nebraska, 112 2. Ohio State, 108 3. Iowa, 104.5 4. NC State, 90 5. Oklahoma State, 89 6. Virginia Tech, 84 7. Lehigh, 76.5 8. Illinois, 73.5 9. Michigan, 71.5 10. Minnesota, 70 11. Missouri, 67 12. Northern Iowa, 63.5 13. Cornell, 62 14. Little Rock, 54 15. Wyoming, 45 16. Arizona State, 29.5

SDSU is very deep at 197, with also Morgan and maybe Wadsen growing into it.

Some random on the internet saying he got in trouble for fighting, but I have my doubts. Why would a 5'3" 125 pounder want to be out fighting people?

Is Knox leaving Cornell or just sitting out(grey shirting) this year?

Logan Swenson 133 SDSU Thomas Dineen 197 SDSU

in freestyle he has, but remember, this is folkstall. huge difference.

They all have 2X AA Chris Cannon either NR or like #30, because he tried wrestling injured up a weight last year, and it didn't work out. If he is remotely healthy, he deserves at least a teen ranking.

I was going based on this year's lineups with Intermat and Flo rankings. Intermat's rankings would have Nebraska-Iowa-Ohio State-Oklahoma State, Flo's would have Nebraska-Ohio State-Iowa-NC State.

He has beaten multiple NCAA AA's during his high school career but won't be able to when he is more mature and training full time in a college room. Got it..

To be fair Iowa called Torres after he had signed his NLI and paid more money than we were willing to (our other 165 recruit Weader had recently tech'd him so was no big deal).....good thing we saved that cash for Bo & Melvin.

There are a number of things I would argue with in this post, and one of them is that several of the wrestlers on your projected Iowa roster either have stock that has gone significantly down from when they graduated high school, or their expectation was never to be "the guy" at a school like Iowa. But more importantly you are missing the main point. Iowa, one of the biggest names and historied programs in NCAA wrestling, is being passed up in recruiting by Virginia Tech who wasn't even a regular top 10 program when Tom Brands took over the Iowa program. VTech has averaged 49.25 points since 2011 and Iowa has averaged 86.7. I'd love for anyone to explain to me how a program that outperforms Virginia Tech year after year is now having a harder time with recruiting. I think that is all you need to know about the message and culture the Brands are selling and how these high school recruits are receiving it.

He went 1-1 against NCAA finalists this summer, give the VT S&C staff more than a few days before writing him off

Burton will be levels better then Gabe Arnold , this kid just keeps getting better and better

ahh ... that's governors. But mayors might be one and two.

I keep hearing the wokesters saying elections have consequences. Yep. Chicago deserves this clown show. They deserve the fat boy in Illinois as gov too. Enjoy

Virginia Tech is ahead of them, but it's not by that much. Consider these potential 2027-28 Lineups for Virginia Tech and Iowa without any transfers. Virginia tech 125: Dickman #16 (2026) 133: Seidel #10 (2025)/Campbell #49 (2024) 141: Gorman #57 (2025)/Seidel #10 (2025) 149: Bassett #1 (2026) 157: Gaj #24 (2025) 165: Church #29 (2023)/Miller #1 (2027) 174: Burton #14 (2025)/Miller #1 (2027) 184: Wright #10 (2024)/Miller #1 (2027) 197: Sasso #26 (2023) 285: Mullen #11 (2023) Iowa 125: DeLuca #9 (2025) 133: Peterson #52 (2023) 141: Block #22 (2023) 149: Voinovich #99 (2024) 157: Estrada #48 (2024) 165: Torres #69 (2025) 174: Arnold #5 (2023) 184: Ferrari #2 (2024) 197: Luddington #15 (2025) 285: Keuter #2 (2023)/Mocco #15 (2026) That's a pretty close dual. Iowa could be favoured in the 4 heaviest weights in addition to 125. They could potentially also get a win at either 133/141 or 157. It's possible for Iowa to win this. It could even be a blowout Iowa win depending on how these guys develop over the next 2 years. Compare that Iowa lineup with the Nebraska team that took 2nd at 2025 NCAAs. Potentially more talent out of high school and without the benefit of a transfer and 3 guys that are 6-7 years out of HS. 125: Smith Unranked (2019) Transfer 133: Van Dee #93 (2022) 141: Hardy #9 (2018) 149: Lovett #16 (2019) 157: Taylor #30 (2022) 165: Minto Unranked (2023) 174: Pinto #11 (2021) 184: Allred #17 (2020) 197: McDanel #37 (2023) 285: Andrews #36 (2022)

About time Penn State caught a break.

0 shot. He is physically very weak compared to college athletes and I think he has a genetic predisposition to not putting on muscle.

Don’t most Chicago mayors serve two terms? One in office and one in the penitentiary?

Believe it or not? Kevin Dresser. Robie goes to Iowa State and hires Gilman who immediately hits the peace pipe and begins competitive half-pipe roller blading at the X games. The circle of life continues harmoniously.

Minny, who tied Ohio State at Natties and beat them in a Dual H2H does not get seeded above them?

Are you saying Robie will become the next Iowa coach???

Iowa really hasn't been out-recruited by those teams at least in the 2023-2027 classes. I looked at Flo rankings from those years for my earlier post and shockingly Nebraska only has a single top 20 commit over those 5 classes. Iowa fans should not be envious of Nebraska's recruiting Team # top 5/# top 10/# top 20 ranked by total top 20, then top 10, then top 5. PSU 5/9/13 (Includes Ryder who transferred out, but not Welsh who transferred in. Ono not included) OSU 7/11/12 Virginia Tech 2/4/7 Iowa 3/4/6 Ohio State 1/3/5 (Includes Welsh who transferred out) Cornell 2/2/4 Minnesota 1/1/4 Michigan 0/1/4 Missouri 1/2/3 NC State 0/1/2 Nebraska 0/0/1 UNC 0/0/1

118! But they were as big as 125s. We had night before weigh ins with +3 to start the season. NCAA had one weigh in for the whole tourney! It is not even that though, really. I just don't think there's a lot of comp at the world level with guys that small. If he replicates it at 55 kg, I will be way more impressed.