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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Penn State’s Seth Nevills (Image via HawkCentral) /

Rank: 2
Record: 4-0
Top 20 Wins: 2
Ranked Wrestlers: 9

133 No. 3 Roman Bravo-Young
141 No. 2 Nick Lee
149 No. 20 Terrell Barraclough
157 No. 8 Brady Berge
165 No. 14 Joe Lee
174 No. 5 Carter Starocci
184 No. 2 Aaron Brooks
197 No. 16 Michael Beard
Hwt No. 8 Seth Nevills

No shock here either, as I have the Nittany Lions No. 2 in my B1G power rankings.

I know, I know. Penn State fans aren’t used to seeing anything other than a “1” in front of the team, and most of the wrestlers, but this is a young team and one that could still surprise some people this year.

Do any of you want to doubt Cael Sanderson?

The Nittany Lions were only able to get in four dual meets this season, winning all four including the exciting match against Michigan (18-13) from this past Sunday (2/124). As I just mentioned, this team is a complete mixed bag of experience. It would have been nice to get in the early duals against Rutgers and Michigan State to get the young guys more experience, but there’s nothing we could have done about it. Oh well.

Next up for Penn State is a dual this Friday (2/19) in Columbus and then a

dual meet

scrimmage against Maryland on Monday (2/22) at home.

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