Speaking of Illinois...
you're wrong. They have been treading water at about the same place the last four or five years... yes... but they did that this last year while utilizing a redshirt on no less that five (5) gents and one potential AA going down to injury (Luffman).
With these gents back, I think they can do some damage next year. They'll certainly beat Wisconsin (with or without Bono... especially with, though).
125 - Ruzic (solid incoming Frosh cut from the same cloth as the Brawnagel brothers
133 - Byrd, Mid to High AA Contender
141 - Pucino, R12/R16
149 - Webster, Mid to High AA Contender
157 - Scoles, R12/R16 - Beat UNC's NQ Santiago
165 - Moore, R12/R16 - Surged late in the season
174 - Brawnagel, Mid to Low AA contender
184 - Ruth, Mid to High AA contender
197 - Brawnagel, Mid to High AA contender
285 - Luffman, Mid to Low AA contender
Depending on how Ruzin can perform coming in (or maybe another redshirt frosh/transfer) you are looking at potentially 9 NQ type gents there that can win at least a match or two at NCAAs... some of them many more. Those sorts of lineups can be lethal in a dual setting.
Now obviously these are optimistic and are not factoring in potential injuries, which do happen.
All this said, believing that they are rock bottom is just silly and ignores the actual statistics available.