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I believe Cleveland since thats where the first event is being held

good representation of transfers in St. Cloud State's lineup: 125: Conor Knopick (from Iowa State) 141: Brandon Eusebio (from Lindenwood) 149: Parker Lyden (from Campbell) 157: Joel Jesuroga (from Iowa) 165: Jude Link (from Iowa) / Gabriel Smith (from Cornell College)

Brendan Howes (165 lbs) from North Dakota State to St Cloud State

Worth mentioning that Vincent Robinson wasn't on many people's radars at this time last year and won a title. I expect Cody Merrill to win a title at some point. I think Beric Jordan is an AA threat next year. Other guys I like are Charlie Millard and Pierson Manville.

I meant beneficiary where I said benefactor. Thanks Bob

I haven't heard any more news but the evidence seems clear from transfers and coaching hires. Most prominent benefactors from the closure in a personnel sense: Kent State The Golden Flashes hired Josh Moore from Cleveland State as their new head coach and siphoned off four wrestlers from the Vikings. Cleveland State departures that I have seen confirmed are as follows: 125: Ruben Lorenzana (Kent State) 133: Nick Molchak (Kent State), Peyton Costa (Clarion) 141: Ethan Mitchell (Glenville State) 149: Dylan Layton (Rider), Andrew Parish (Findlay), Connor Saylor (Gannon) 157: Reese Stephen (Kent State) 165: Tate Geiser (Edinboro), Connor Holm (Glenville State) 184: Steven Duffy (Kent State) 197: Xander Myers (Ohio State) 285: Mason Cover (CSU Bakersfield) ------------------------------ Separately thought we should honor the All Americans from Cleveland State wrestling past: Dan Carcelli - 4th place - 142 lbs - 1996 David Zahoransky - 8th place - 142 lbs - 1986, 1988 John Ciotoi - 3rd place - 134 lbs - 1979 Tobey Matney - 5th place - 158 lbs - 1979 Tom Cavanaugh - 2nd place - 150 lbs - 1973 Tony DeGiovanni 5th place - 134 lbs - 1972, 6th place - 134 lbs 1973 Frank Yoo - 3rd place - 142 lbs - 1972 Paul Azzaniti - 6th place - Unlimited - 1971 Lee Barylski - 5th place - 142 lbs - 1970 Boldfaced above indicates a division one all-american. The remainder are D2 or D3.

Good for him. Thanks for the update.

I wonder - does wrestlestat even take into account free style matches? I would guess maybe not. But maybe it gives you a little extra credit for having a world or olympic qualification or title. I'm just guessing.

Nick Molchak from Cleveland State to Kent State.

Since these are wrestlestat rankings, these are based on the matches they wrestled as a redshirt last year. Pretty good representation of teams 125 19. Ezekiel Witt, North Dakota State 26. Louie Gill, West Virginia 30. Beric Jordan, Oklahoma 33. Camren French, Northern Illinois 35. Mack Mauger, Missouri 39. Kael Laurisden, Nebraska 40. Cam Stinson, North Carolina 44. Isaiah Quintero, Purdue 133 7. Ben Davino, Ohio State 22. Omar Ayoub, Nebraska 35. Dillon Campbell, Virginia Tech 38. Logan Swensen, South Dakota State 39. JJ McComas, Oklahoma State 40. Jake Crapps, Army 41. Richard Murillo, Cal Baptist 141 16. Luke Simcox, North Carolina 31. Aden Valencia, Stanford 35. Osmany Diversent, Iowa State 50. Alex Braun, Oklahoma 149 18. August Hibler, Northwestern 19. EJ Parco, Stanford 23. Kade Brown, Pittsburgh 35. Pierson Manville, Arizona State 36. Kyrel Leavell, Citadel 43. Jack Myers, Virginia 157 11. Charlie Millard, Minnesota 22. TJ Langley, West Virginia 33. Laird Root, North Carolina 34. Cam Catrabone, Michigan 45. Ty Wilson, Northwestern 50. Jason Mara, Stanford 165 16. Andrew Barbosa, Rutgers 24. e'Than Birden, Ohio State 37. Gunnar Myers, Northwestern 39. Shawn Taylor, West Virginia 40. Tucker Cell, Gardner-Webb 45. Daishun Powe, Northern Colorado 48. Colin Young, Oklahoma State 174 9. Brock Mantanona, Michigan 22. LJ Araujo, Nebraska 31. Max Magayna, North Dakota State 36. Gage Wright, Virginia Tech 38. Ryan Ford, Rutgers 41. Hudson Rogers, Utah Valley 43. Kameron Phillips, Northern Colorado 184 1. Angelo Ferrari, Iowa 9. Aeoden Sinclair, Missouri 12. Zack Ryder, Oklahoma State 15. Sam Goin, Indiana 36. Jake Dailey, North Carolina 40. Sawyer Bartelt, Iowa State 197 7. Cody Merrill, Oklahoma State 20. Conor Mirasola, Penn State 24. Robert Platt, North Carolina 26. Rune Lawrence, West Virginia 27. Wyatt Ingham, Wisconsin 30 Max Shulaw, Virginia 285 18. Cole Mirasola, Penn State 29. Calvin Lachman, Lehigh 41. Nick Pavlechko, Indiana 47. Oscar Williams, Maryland 49. Brenan Morgan, Virginia

For the 2026 season, there is still a lot to be figured out. But a few projections from WS on who is expected to be a non-freshman redshirt this year 125: Noah Michaels, Rider (started last year as a true freshman while Tyler Klinsky had a non-freshman redshirt year of his own); Tyler Garvin, Maryland (started as a true freshman for Maryland but struggled with a 5-21 record) 133: Matty Lopes, Lehigh (ended up starting as a true freshman as Crookham was injured); Gage Walker, Missouri (as a true freshman last year at 125, he filled in for Noah Surtin who unexpectedly had to medically retire. 141: Tyler Wells, Oklahoma (new Oklahoma transfer is listed as an expected redshirt this year while also bumping up a weight) 149: None 157: Grigor Cholakyan, Stanford (True freshman national qualifer for the Cardinal listed as a redshirt while Daniel Cardenas who completed a non-freshman redshirt year last year comes back to the starting lineup) 165: None 174: None 184: None 197: Ryder Rogotzke, Ohio State (2X NQ pinning machine is bumping up and redshirting after the Buckeyes agreed to terms with incoming transfer Dylan Fishback) 285: Daniel Herrera, Iowa State (National qualifier last year as a true freshman filling in for the injured Yonger Bastida); Collin French, Rider (started last year as a true freshman, but gets the chance to redshirt this year after Rider agreed to terms with incoming Ohio State transfer Hogan Swenski.

Best remaining by weight (according to wrestestat rank) 125: Richard Castro-Sandoval, CSU Bakersfield (NCAA Qualifier) 133: Aiden Allen, Virginia 141: Isaiah Powe, Chatanooga (NCAA Qualifier) 149: Kyle Dutton, Little Rock (former Ironman runner up) 157: JT Chance, George Mason 165: Daishun Powe, Northern Colorado 174: Gabe Arnold, Iowa (R16) 184: TJ Stewart, Virginia Tech (All American) 197: Cole Jackson, Cal Poly 285: John Delgarbino, Princeton (he once pinned Tony Cassioppi)

On the new Iowa board, Bob Nichols just indicated that Iowa was likely to gain some more transfers before the season started. I guess that means it would have to be a graduate?

It's based solely on WrestleStat ranks otherwise I agree

So you're saying that the transfer portal is more like a way to market your services? But it is not necessary to enter the transfer portal if you want to transfer - provided that it is not the school themselves that are contacting you? Sorry if I misunderstood you, but that is my sense from what you are saying.