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

By Chris Snyder

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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Iowa’s Nelson Brands, left, wrestles Illinois’ Zach Braunagel at 184 pounds during a NCAA Big Ten Conference wrestling dual, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa.210131 Illinois Iowa Wr 022 Jpg /

Last Week: 6
Rank: 12
Record: 5-3
Top 20 Wins: 2
Ranked Wrestlers: 6

133 No. 14 Lucas Byrd
141 No. 13 Dylan Duncan
149 No. 10 Michael Carr
165 No. 8 Danny Braunagel
184 No. 15 Zach Braunagel
Hwt No. 10 Luke Luffman

The No. 12 Fighting Illini hosted No. 8 Nebraska this past Sunday (2/21) in what looked to be a good B1G matchup. Unfortunately things didn’t exactly shakeout as Nebraska cruised to a lopsided 25-9 victory.

The good news for Illinois is three of their five ranked grapplers who suited up for the meet took home wins by decision. Lucas Byrd, Danny Braunagel, and Luke Luffman compiled the lone 9 points for the Fighting Illini and No. 10 ranked Michael Carr was not active for the dual at 149.

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