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Big Ten Wrestling power rankings: Early season results and shuffling

By Chris Snyder

STATE COLLEGE, PA - FEBRUARY 10: Vincenzo Joseph of the Penn State Nittany Lions is introduced before his match against Alex Marinelli 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)
STATE COLLEGE, PA - FEBRUARY 10: Vincenzo Joseph of the Penn State Nittany Lions is introduced before his match against Alex Marinelli 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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Nebraska Cornhuskers wrestler Mikey Labriola Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports /

Cornhuskers . 5. team. 810. . . Previous: 4th

Dual Rank: 9
Record: 3-0
Ranked Wrestlers: 7
125 No. 22 Liam Cronin
149 No. 13 Ridge Lovett
157 No. 6 Peyton Robb
174 No. 3 Mikey Labriola
184 No. 17 Taylor Venz
197 No. 11 Eric Schultz
285 No. 13 Christian Lance

Nebraska drops down a spot to No. 5 in this week’s power rankings, but it’s not because of their results on the mat so far this season.

The Cornhuskers got the season started by hosting the Nebraska Duals on November 11th, and the tri dual featured both Chadron State and Nebraska-Kearney. The results were pretty much what you would have expected as Nebraska rolled 31-9 and 45-6.

Next up was a much anticipated home dual against UNC on November 17th for a special “Pepsi Pack The House – $1 Tickets”. Whatever that is…

The dual meet featured 13 ranked grapplers and four ranked matches. But the result, at least to me, did not end up exactly how you would have expected as Nebraska absolutely outclassed UNC to the tune of a 27-6 drubbing.

One match in particular which was shocking was when No. 16 Peyton Robb dispatched of the reigning NCAA Champion at 149 (No. 2 Austin O’Connor) in a decision 5-2. Did O’Connor make a mistake in moving up to 157 this season? Only time will tell.

The Cornhuskers then took part in the Daktronics Open on November 21st, where they won three individual titles (Mikey Labriola 174 – Silar Allred 197 – Christian Lance 285) and two runner-up finishes.

Next up for Nebraska is a trip to Las Vegas as they are set to compete in the Cliff Kleen Las Vegas Invitational on December 3rd and 4th.

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