Penn State ranking changes post Nebraska

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

Lilledahl 10 to 6

Davis 5 to 8

Bartlett 3 no change

SVN 2 to 4

Kasak 3 no change

MM 1 no change

Levi 2 no change

Cstsar 1 no change

Barr 4 no change

Kerk 2 no change

[ionel]

Penn State is clearly peaking too early.  They might only get 4th this year.  

[Wrestleknownothing]

Davis is the interesting ome. With his win over #7 Bailey does that put a floor of #6 on him in spite of the loss to a much lower ranked Van Dee?

That is essentially what happened with Ventresca and Spratley last week at 125.

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

To too my own horn, here are the latest Intermat rankings.  

 

I was right on 9 of 10 rankings.  The only one I got wrong was Davis.  I predicted 8th and he's 7th.

[666]

On 1/18/2025 at 1:00 PM, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

Lilledahl 10 to 6

Davis 5 to 8

Bartlett 3 no change

SVN 2 to 4

Kasak 3 no change

MM 1 no change

Levi 2 no change

Cstsar 1 no change

Barr 4 no change

Kerk 2 no change

Kerkvliet has to be annoyed. Unbeaten NCAA champ last year, unbeaten this year with all wins coming by fall or techfall, and still ranked under Steveson who skipped 2 complete years. 

[JimmyCinnabon]

1 hour ago, 666 said:

Kerkvliet has to be annoyed. Unbeaten NCAA champ last year, unbeaten this year with all wins coming by fall or techfall, and still ranked under Steveson who skipped 2 complete years. 

This is my 2025 wrestling hot take. A HWT title is not a guarantee for Gable in March. 

[headshuck]

This is my 2025 wrestling hot take. A HWT title is not a guarantee for Gable in March. 

It’s more like a tepid take since this possibility has been discussed recently.

[JimmyCinnabon]

9 minutes ago, headshuck said:

It’s more like a tepid take since this possibility has been discussed recently.

Well then consider it my luke warm take!

[cangemi]

On 1/18/2025 at 10:29 AM, Wrestleknownothing said:

Davis is the interesting ome. With his win over #7 Bailey does that put a floor of #6 on him in spite of the loss to a much lower ranked Van Dee?

That is essentially what happened with Ventresca and Spratley last week at 125.

Maybe its Van Dee raised his game a level?

[Wrestleknownothing]

19 minutes ago, cangemi said:

Maybe its Van Dee raised his game a level?

Sure seemed that way. 

I was just commenting on the mechanics of rankings rather than whether they are right.

[Wildcat92]

20 hours ago, JimmyCinnabon said:

This is my 2025 wrestling hot take. A HWT title is not a guarantee for Gable in March. 

I think he's the biggest lock in the field.  None of the other heavyweights will score an offensive point on him.  He might beat Kerk or Hendrickson by 5 or 6 points but they won't be close to upsetting him

[666]

12 hours ago, cangemi said:

Maybe its Van Dee raised his game a level?

Maybe his style just works well against Davis. Maybe it's a combination of both style and improving. He sure looked good vs Davis though and it didn't look like a fluke either.