Big Ten Wrestling power rankings: Does Penn State climb to top?

Iowa's Austin DeSanto, bottom, wrestles Penn State's Roman Bravo-Young (Image via Hawk Central)
Iowa's Austin DeSanto, bottom, wrestles Penn State's Roman Bravo-Young (Image via Hawk Central) /
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Seth Gross of the Wisconsin Badgers (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images)
Seth Gross of the Wisconsin Badgers (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images) /

Last Week: 10
Rank: Unranked
Record: 1-6
Top 20 Wins: 1
Ranked Wrestlers: 3

125 No. 11 Eric Barnett
184 No. 7 Chris Weiler
Hwt No. 12 Trent Hillger

Wisconsin had a home dual meet scheduled against Iowa for last Sunday (2/21), however, it was canceled due to COVID health and safety concerns.

Even if the dual meet had gone on as planned, I don’t believe we would have learned anything.

Wisconsin as a team has been going in the wrong direction since their early season victory over Purdue (22-14).

The common theme among the bottom teams in the B1G this season (aside from Maryland) is a few top tier wrestlers mixed with a lot of mediocre wrestlers. This is the case with Indiana, Michigan State, Wisconsin, and Rutgers.

Speaking of Rutgers…