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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Devin Schroder of the Purdue Boilermakers (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images) /

Rank: Unranked
Record: 3-5
Top 20 Wins: 1
Ranked Wrestlers: 5

125 No. 14 Devin Schroder
149 No. 15 Griffin Parriott
157 No. 7 Kendall Coleman
184 No. 18 Max Lyon
197 No. 17 Thomas Penola

Outside of a blowout loss at the hands of Minnesota (4-32) on January 31st, the Boilermakers have kept it close in all of their matches against some top opponents. They lost a nail-biter versus Illinois (17-19) in Champaign on January 22, then turned around and lost another close match to Wisconsin (14-22) two days later.

Given the ridiculous lineup Iowa trots out, a home loss against them (18-31) in West Lafayette on February 7th is considered a partial win in my book.

Next up for Purdue, as I mentioned earlier, is a battle for the state of Indiana versus Indiana in West Lafayette, Indiana this Monday (2/22). That’s three “Indiana’s” in one sentence for those of you playing the “Terrible Sports Writer” game at home.

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