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Big Ten Wrestling Power Rankings: Is it Penn State Wrestling and everyone else?

ByChris Snyder|
Penn State's Carter Starocci, right, wrestles Virginia Tech's Mekhi Lewis at 174 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 056 Jpg
Penn State's Carter Starocci, right, wrestles Virginia Tech's Mekhi Lewis at 174 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 056 Jpg
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Ohio State’s Isaac Wilcox takes on Indiana’s Jonathan Kervin at 157 pounds during the last regular season match of the season inside the Covelli Center at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio on February 13, 2022. Wilcox def. Kervin, D 3-2.Sports Page Osu Wrestling Kwr 11
Ohio State’s Isaac Wilcox takes on Indiana’s Jonathan Kervin at 157 pounds during the last regular season match of the season inside the Covelli Center at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio on February 13, 2022. Wilcox def. Kervin, D 3-2.Sports Page Osu Wrestling Kwr 11

Dual Rank: NR
Record: 1-0
Ranked Wrestlers: 1
174 No. 18 DJ Washington

Indiana kicked off the season this past Friday where they dispatched the mighty EIU-Edwardsville wrestling squad 26-15. The Cougars put up quite a fight against the Hoosiers considering the result of last year’s dual meet was a one-sided, laugher 40-3.

Has SIUE improved? Possibly.

But I feel this has more to do with IU’s wrestling team taking several steps back this year. And this is even after the Hoosier’s crowned nine individual champions in the Maryville Kaufman/Brand/Bayly Open on November 5th.

Jacob Moran (125), Henry Porter (133), Graham Rooks (149), Danny Sheen (149), Derek Gilcher (157), Magnus Kuokkanen (165), DJ Washington (174), Gabe Sollars (197), and Jacob Kaminski (285) all took home titles in both the Elite and Amateur brackets. Hey, I’ll give IU credit, they competed, and they won but take a look at some of the competition at this tournament:
-Ozarks
-Midland
-McKendree
-Maryville
-UIndy
-Lindenwood
-Quincy
-Little Rock

Not exactly murders row there.

The Hoosiers will next host Princeton on November 18th and it’s very possible they may not win more than two matches. But we shall see.

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