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Big Ten Wrestling: Ranking the top three wrestlers at each weight class

By Chris Snyder

Penn State's Roman Bravo-Young, left, celebrates after scoring a decision against Oklahoma State's Daton Fix at 133 pounds in the finals during the sixth session of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, Saturday, March 19, 2022, at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Mich.220319 Ncaa Session 6 Wr 011 Jpg
Penn State's Roman Bravo-Young, left, celebrates after scoring a decision against Oklahoma State's Daton Fix at 133 pounds in the finals during the sixth session of the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, Saturday, March 19, 2022, at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Mich.220319 Ncaa Session 6 Wr 011 Jpg /
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Mar 19, 2022; Detroit, MI, USA; Penn State wrestler Roman Bravo-Young celebrates after defeating Oklahoma State wrestler Daton Fix in the 133 pound weight class final match during the NCAA Wrestling Championships at Little Cesars Arena. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 19, 2022; Detroit, MI, USA; Penn State wrestler Roman Bravo-Young celebrates after defeating Oklahoma State wrestler Daton Fix in the 133 pound weight class final match during the NCAA Wrestling Championships at Little Cesars Arena. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports /

133

1. Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State)
2. Lucas Byrd (Illinois)
3. Chris Cannon (Northwestern)

The Big Ten group at 133 is a very similar story as the group at 125. Well, minus the ACL injures.

Penn State’s RBY has not lost a match since his 2020 Big Ten finals loss to Northwestern’s Sebastian Rivera. Man that feels like it was seven years ago at this point. And in the time since then, the only things Bravo-Young has done is win back-to-back Big Ten titles, back-to-back NCAA titles, and planted his flag atop the mountain at 133 pounds.

This isn’t a knock against Lucas Byrd or Chris Cannon, as both guys are two-time All-Americans and fantastic wrestlers, but they aren’t in the same universe as RBY. The only Big Ten wrestler in the same stratosphere as Bravo-Young ran out of eligibility as Iowa’s Austin DeSanto took home his second straight third place finish in last season’s NCAA Championships.

For as distracting as DeSanto’s antics seemed to be a times, anytime he and RBY locked horns it was must see TV. And with him out of the Big Ten picture, a massive chasm has opened up between Roman and the rest of the field. But again, just in the Big Ten, because Oklahoma State’s Daton Fix and Arizona State’s Michael McGee are still around and kicking.

And with Michigan’s Dylan Ragusin, Sparty’s Rayvon Foley, and Wisconsin’s Taylor LaMont in the mix, things could also be incredibly interesting in the fight for the top three in the Big Ten at 133.

As for Roman Bravo-Young, the only interesting things for him in the upcoming season will be “How many 20+ point matches will he have?” and “Can he snag a single leg takedown while breaking the sound barrier?”.

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