Big Ten Wrestling power rankings: Penn State Wrestling push for No. 1?

STATE COLLEGE, PA - FEBRUARY 10: The Nittany Lion Mascot of Penn State University rallies the crowd during a match against of the Iowa Hawkeyes on February 10, 2018 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the campus of Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images) /

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Mason Parris of the Michigan Wolverines (Photo by G Fiume/Maryland Terrapins/Getty Images) /

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Dual Rank: 6
Record Last Season: 5-1
Ranked Wrestlers: 9
125 No. 25 Jack Medley
133 No. 3 Stevan Micic
141 No. 24 Drew Mattin
149 No. 18 Kanen Storr
157 No. 16 Will Lewan
165 No. 11 Cameron Amine
184 No. 2 Myles Amine
197 No. 7 Patrick Brucki
285 No. 2 Mason Parris

The Michigan Wolverines were the third-best wrestling team in the B1G last season. And this was without Stevan Micic, without Patrick Brucki, and with Myles Amine wrestling up too many weight classes (197).

Well, Amine indicated he would slot down to his more natural spot at 184, thus giving Penn State’s Aaron Brooks a true contender for his B1G and NCAA crown. Brucki is coming back from a medical redshirt he had last season to take over the 197 spot. And in late September, Micic made the surprising announcement he would come back and wrestle for Michigan as an 8th-year senior.

These moving parts have now taken a really good team and made them immensely better. But they still don’t quite crack the top two in the B1G.

The Michigan State Open awaits the Wolverines on November 6th to get their season going.

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