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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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Iowa’s Jaydin Eierman, right, wrestles Princeton’s Jacob Mann at 141 pounds during a NCAA wrestling dual, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. /

team. 878. . . Previous: 1st. Hawkeyes . 1

Dual Rank: 1
Record: 1-0
Ranked Wrestlers: 10
125 No. 1 Spencer Lee
133 No. 3 Austin DeSanto
141 No. 2 Jaydin Eierman
149 No. 11 Max Murin
157 No. 8 Kaleb Young
165 No. 1 Alex Marinelli
174 No. 2 Michael Kemerer
184 No. 13 Nelson Brands
197 No. 3 Jacob Warner
285 No. 7 Tony Cassioppi

The Hawkeyes have been relatively quiet thus far in the 2021-2022 season as they have competed in a tournament and a home dual.

Iowa sent 21 grapplers to the 2021 Luther Open on November 13th, and they had some strong, to quite strong results as seven wrestlers took home titles.

Jesse Ybarra (125), Austin DeSanto (133), Jaydin Eierman (141), Cobe Siebrecht (149), Kaleb Young (157), Alex Marinelli (165), and Zach Glazier (197) all lifted hardware in winning their respective weight classes.

The Hawkeyes then hosted Princeton in a home dual on November 19th. While Princeton did put up a fight, it was always going to be an uphill climb against a team as talented as Iowa. Even without Dan Hodge Trophy winner Spencer Lee, Iowa defeated Princeton 32-12. Speaking of Lee, I wonder if he somehow managed to tear a third ACL in his body as he has yet to see the mat this season.

And the final score would have been more lopsided had No. 3 Tony Cassioppi not gotten pinned in the first period by an unranked Jack Del Garbino at 285. Talk about a shocking result.

But what’s not shocking is that Iowa is still No. 1 in the Big Ten Power Rankings.

Next up for Iowa is a home dual against Army on November 28th.

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