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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Nick Lee of the Penn State Nittany Lions wrestles Chad Red of the Nebraska Cornhuskers (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images) /

Rank: 8
Record: 6-1
Top 20 Wins: 2
Ranked Wrestlers: 7

125 No. 9 Liam Cronin
141 No. 7 Chad Red
165 No. 18 Peyton Robb
174 No. 2 Mikey Labriola
184 No. 16 Taylor Venz
197 No. 1 Eric Schultz
Hwt No. 11 Christian Lance

Hey look, Chris is simply taking their rankings and placing them in descending order of their rank. How hard is that?

Look, I’m actually looking at each team, breaking down their schedule, do they have any common opponents, do they have any bad losses, how did they fair against teams around them in rank, etc. I’m trying to break this down as best I can, however it looks like it’s going to fall in direct relation with the rankings.

Where was I?

Oh year, Nebraska.

The Cornhuskers haven’t had the hardest schedule on the planet as they’ve only faced three top 20 teams so far. They took down then No. 12 ranked Minnesota (22-14) and then No. 18 ranked Wisconsin (21-15). As with anyone other than a team full of M1-A1 tanks, they lost to Iowa (6-31) in Iowa City.

Next up is a difficult dual against Illinois in Champaign this Sunday (2/21).

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