Big Ten Wrestling Power Rankings: Penn State or Iowa No. 1?

BETHLEHEM, PA - DECEMBER 6: (L-R) Head coach Cael Sanderson of the Penn State Nittany Lions during a match against the Lehigh Mountain Hawks at Stabler Arena on the campus of Lehigh University on December 6, 2019 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images) /

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Gable Steveson of the Minnesota Golden Gophers (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images) /

Rank: 9
Record: 6-2
Top 20 Wins: 3
Ranked Wrestlers: 5

125 No. 15 Patrick McKee
157 No. 6 Brayton Lee
165 No. 17 Andrew Sparks
184 No. 10 Owen Webster
Hwt No. 1 Gable Steveson

The Gophers drew a difficult dual meet to start the season when they traveled to Lincoln to take on Nebraska. The result was a tight match with Nebraska ultimately coming out on top (14-22).

Minnesota proceeded to go 6-1 after the battle in Lincoln, gaining three top-20 wins along with way against Purdue, Rutgers, and Illinois. The lone loss was a heartbreaker at home against Iowa (4-35) on January 22nd. But hey, Minnesota does have the best collegiate giant wrestler-guy in Gable Steveson so maybe they can make some noise in the B1G’s or bring home an NCAA individual championship.

Next up for the Gophers is a home match versus Northwestern this Sunday (2/21).

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