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Things will obviously change between now and next November but currently this is what the weight classes appear to be for the nine wrestling programs that will be competing in the PAC 12 for the 2026-2027 season. All rankings are from Wrestle Stat. 125 lbs NORTH DAKOTA STATE - # 9 – Ezekiel Witt – RS SO – 24-13 last season CAL POLY - # 17 – Koda Holeman – RS SR – 19-7 last season SOUTH DAKOTA STATE - # 20 – Brady Roark – RS JR – 20-9 last season NORTHERN ILLINOIS - # 29 – Camren French – RS SO – 0-0 last season NORTHERN COLORADO - # 31 – Daniel Guanajuato- RS JR – 16-5 last season LITTLE ROCK - # 39 – Tyson Roach – RS SO – 5-14 last season OREGON STATE - # 52 – Hunter Taylor – RS SO – 4-3 last season CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD - # 77 – Eathon Rider – RS SR – 0-4 last season AIR FORCE - # 143 – Nico Tocci – RS SR – 0-2 last season 133 lbs NORTHERN ILLINOIS - # 8 – Markel Baker – RS SR – 28-5 last season NORTH DAKOTA STATE - # 25 – Tristan Daugherty - 7th yr SR – 13-14 last season NORTHERN COLORADO - # 26 – Carter Schmidt – RS JR – 8-16 last season SOUTH DAKOTA STATE - # 27 - Cale Seaton – RS SO – 13-11 last season OREGON STATE - # 29 – Gabe Whisenhunt – RS SR – 8-9 last season LITTLE ROCK - # 53 – Dillon Cooper – RS SO – 4-12 last season CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD - # 54 – Robert Jones – SO – 9-12 last season AIR FORCE - # 58 – Gavin Caprella – RS SR – 9-14 last season CAL POLY - # 67 – Anthony Lucio – RS SO – 1-9 last season 141 lbs AIR FORCE - # 2 – Carter Nogle – JR – 27-9 last season CAL POLY - # 12 – Zeth Romney – RS SR – 4-4 last season OREGON STATE - # 19 – Nash Singleton – RS SR – 14-9 last season NORTHERN ILLINOIS - # 34 – Charles Curtis – RS SO – 16-14 last season LITTLE ROCK - # 42 – Brennan Van Hoecke – RS SR – 8-10 last season SOUTH DAKOTA STATE - # 44 – Tyson Peach – RS SO – 1-7 last season NORTH DAKOTA STATE - # 48 – Michael Olson – RS SO – 7-16 last season CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD - # 49 – Santino Sanchez – RS SR – 10-10 last season NORTHERN COLORADO - # 55 – Ramon Salazar – RS SO – 3-9 last season 149 lbs NORTH DAKOTA STATE - # 14 – Maxwell Petersen – RS SR – 16-10 last season LITTLE ROCK - # 15 – Brock Herman – RS JR – 13-5 last season OREGON STATE - # 28 – Noah Tolentino – RS SR – 14-10 last season NORTHERN ILLINOIS - # 45 – Collin Arch – RS JR – 6-12 last season SOUTH DAKOTA STATE - # 54 – Avery Allen – RS JR – 3-6 last season NORTHERN COLORADO - # 59 – Emilio Trujillo-Deen – RS JR – 5-11 last season CAL POLY - # 66 – Gavin Fernandez – RS JR – 1-5 last season CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD - # 69 – Hayden Zinkin – RS JR – 4-14 last season AIR FORCE - # 70 – Trason Oehme – SR – 1-0 last season 157 lbs NORTH DAKOTA STATE - # 18 – Gavin Drexler – RS SR – 16-12 last season SOUTH DAKOTA STATE - # 19 – Cael Swensen – 6th yr SR – 24-9 last season OREGON STATE - # 25 – Christopher Hamblin – RS SR – 17-11 last season LITTLE ROCK - # 26 – Kyrell Leavell – RS SO – 17-10 last season CAL POLY - # 31 – Jagger French – RS SO – 11-7 last season NORTHERN ILLINOIS - # 53 – Landen Johnson – 7-14 last season AIR FORCE - # 71 – Lincoln Gregerson – JR – 3-8 last season CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD - # 72 – Devyn Flores-Che – RS SR – 5-16 last season NORTHERN COLORADO - # 73 – Owen Cline – RS SR – 15-4 (at Div. II Colorado Mesa) 165 lbs CAL POLY - # 14 – Anthony Berg – RS SO – 10-9 last season SOUTH DAKOTA STATE - # 37 – Jacob Herm – SO – 12-6 last season NORTHERN ILLINOIS - # 41 – Brett Smith – RS JR – 16-14 last season NORTHERN COLORADO - # 46 – Kilian Schultz – RS JR – 8-12 last season AIR FORCE - # 52 – Logan Fowler – JR – 9-11 last season NORTH DAKOTA STATE - # 53 – Boeden Greenley – RS JR – 10-18 last season OREGON STATE - # 61 – Adrien Reyes – RS FR – 1-2 last season LITTLE ROCK - # 62 – Jaydn Johnson – RS FR – 3-6 last season CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD - # 68 – Evan Manzo – RS SO – 3-9 last season 174 lbs OREGON STATE - # 20 – Daschle Lamer – RS JR – 18-5 last season NORTHERN COLORADO - # 39 – Murphy Menke – RS SR – 11-10 last season SOUTH DAKOTA STATE - # 43 - Keenan Sheridan – RS FR – 5-3 last season NORTHERN ILLINOIS - # 45 – Tommy Bennett – RS SR – 14-13 last season LITTLE ROCK - # 49 – Gunner Holland – RS SO – 5-9 last season CAL POLY - # 51 – Cash Stewart – RS SR – 11-14 last season NORTH DAKOTA STATE - # 52 – Max Magayna – RS SO – 13-16 last season AIR FORCE - # 66 – Gunner Gramblett – SO – 6-15 last season CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD - # 70 – Arjun Nagra – RS SO – 0-0 last season 184 lbs CAL POLY - # 29 – Ceasar Garza – RS SR – 16-4 last season OREGON STATE - # 35 – T. J. McDonnell – RS JR – 12-9 last season LITTLE ROCK - # 37 – Brock Delsignore - 6th yr SR – 0-4 last season NORTH DAKOTA STATE - # 44 – Andrew McGonagle – RS SO – 8-7 last season SOUTH DAKOTA STATE - # 50 – Brock Fettig – RS SR – 9-13 last season AIR FORCE - # 53 – Brian Burburjia – JR – 9-14 last season NORTHERN ILLINOIS - # 56 – Ian Smith – RS SO – 3-11 last season NORTHERN COLORADO - # 72 – De' alcapon Veazy – RS FR – 0 -0 last season CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD - # 74 – Jeremy Manibog -RS JR – 0-11 last season 197 lbs LITTLE ROCK - # 2 – Stephen Little – RS SR – 20-3 last season OREGON STATE - # 14 – Justin Rademacher – RS JR – 22-5 last season NORTH DAKOTA STATE - # 20 – Devin Wasley – RS SR – 20-12 last season AIR FORCE - # 27 – Karson Tompkins – RS SO – 21-14 last season SOUTH DAKOTA STATE - # 32 – Thomas Dineen – RS JR – 2-1 last season CAL POLY - # 30 – Levi Bussey – RS FR – 5-3 last season NORTHERN COLORADO - # 56 – Tyler Perry – RS SR – 5-17 last season NORTHERN ILLINOIS - # 61 – Dominic Heim – JR – 2-15 CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD - # 74 – Chris Neal – RS JR – 0-16 last season 285 lbs LITTLE ROCK - # 1 – Massoma Endene - 6th yr SR – 6-1 last season NORTH DAKOTA STATE - # 23 – Shilo Jones – RS SO – 8-11 last season NORTHERN ILLINOIS - # 29 – Sean Carroll – RS JR – 11-4 last season SOUTH DAKOTA STATE - # 33 – Luke Rasmussen – RS SR – 10-13 last season AIR FORCE - # 40 – Rylan Kuhn – SO – 15-11 last season OREGON STATE - # 42 – Khale McDonnell – SO – 3-9 last season CAL POLY - # 67 – Justice El-Sayad – RS FR – 0-0 last season CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD - # 74 – Xander Firm – JR – 0-3 last season NORTHERN COLORADO - # 77 – Enzo Cappabianco – RS SR – 0-21 last season

Sounds like it's more like your problem - not mine.

I think most can agree that Oregon State has been the top dog in the PAC 12 as far as wrestling is concerned. But with all of the new additions (and badly needed additions I might add) the question now is which wrestling program appears to be the new top dog among the "new" PAC 12. So I took it upon myself to use the wrestlestat dual comparison feature to attempt to answer that question and it looks to me like the answer is likely to be South Dakota State. I say that because I did dual comparisons for South Dakota State against all of the other programs that will be competing in wrestling in the newly reformatted PAC 12 and this is how WrestleStat projected those duals: South Dakota State vs. Air Force - 26-6 S.D.S. South Dakota State vs. Cal Poly - 24-9 S.D.S. South Dakota State vs. CS Bakersfield - 40-0 S.D.S. South Dakota State vs. Little Rock - 18-15 S.D.S. South Dakota State vs. North Dakota State - 19-12 S.D.S. South Dakota State vs. Northern Colorado - 37-0 S.D.S. South Dakota State vs. Northern Illinois - 29-3 S.D.S. South Dakota State vs. Oregon State - 19-12 S.D.S. The closest of these duals is South Dakota State over Little Rock 18-15 and the two 2nd closest duals are South Dakota State over North Dakota State and Oregon State 19-12. Yet North Dakota State - when matched against Little Rock and Oregon State - wins those dual matches (according to WrestleStat's dual comparison) by identical 20-12 scores. And to make it even more confusing Little Rock vs. Oregon State is projected to be Little Rock over Oregon State 18-17.

I see WrestleStat has Marcus Blaze slated as the starter for Penn State at 133 lbs. I don't see how that's possible seeing as Blaze competed at 150 lbs last season as a H.S.Senior. That would more than a 10 percent drop in his body weight. https://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/99761/blaze-marcus/profile https://www.trackwrestling.com/membership/ViewProfile.jsp?TIM=1759075515964&twSessionId=gjuqxoevtx&twId=704461135

I signed up for this forum solely for this discussion. I would think he's headed to Penn State. Van Ness is in his final year of eligibility in 2026. Bassett comes in and redshirts to acclimate himself to college wrestling and then takes over at 149 lbs after Van Ness' last season.