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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Alex Marinelli of the Iowa Hawkeyes wrestles Vincenzo Joseph of the Penn State Nittany Lions (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images) /

Rank: 1
Record: 5-0
Top 20 Wins: 5
Ranked Wrestlers: 10 (all of them)

125 No. 1 Spencer Lee
133 No. 5 Austin DeSanto
141 No. 1 Jaydin Eierman
149 No. 7 Max Murin
157 No. 5 Kaleb Young
165 No. 1 Alex Marinelli
174 No. 1 Michael Kemerer
184 No. 15 Nelson Brands
197 No. 3 Jacob Warner
Hwt No. 3 Tony Cassioppi

I don’t think much needs to be said about this year’s Iowa team that hasn’t already been said.

The Hawkeyes have eight wrestlers ranked in the top 5 of their respective weight classes, four of whom are ranked No. 1.

This is Iowa’s year, and there’s really not much anyone in the B1G can do about it. But, weird things do happen sometimes in wrestling, which is why they have the matches instead of picking winners on paper.

Next up for the Hawkeyes is a pending slaughter of Wisconsin this Sunday (2/21), assuming it doesn’t get postponed like their prior two duals.

Next. Ranking Cael Sanderson's top 10 wins as Penn State coach. dark

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