Big Ten Power Rankings: Where does Penn State Wrestling stand heading into conference play

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Minnesota’s Jakob Bergeland is introduced before wrestling at 141 pounds during the second session of the Big Ten Wrestling Championships, Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska.220305 Big Ten Semi Wr 020 Jpg /

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Dual Rank: 8
Record: 7-0
Ranked Wrestlers: 10
125 No. 4 Patrick McKee
133 No. 20 Aaron Nagao
141 No. 7 Jake Bergeland
149 No. 16 Michael Blockhus
157 No. 11 Brayton Lee
165 No. 20 Andrew Sparks
174 No. 16 Bailee O’Reilly
184 No. 15 Isaiah Salazar
197 No. 28 Michial Foy
285 No. 30 Garrett Joles

It’s taken us 10 teams to finally reach the first Big Ten team with all of their starters being ranked. And this year’s version of Minnesota could be a problem for a lot of the other teams in the Big Ten.

The Golden Gophers have been very active in their early season dual schedule in already having seven matches under their belts. They also have seven wins in the process, with some of them being eye opening.

Minnesota began the year with both the Bison Open and the Daktronics Open in early November. They then started the dual meet portion of their schedule with wins against Binghamton (19-15), No. 22 South Dakota State (19-16), Augustana (37-4), No. 11 Oklahoma State (18-12), No. 18 North Dakota State (24-9), Lindenwood (48-6), and No. 28 Cal Poly (22-12).

Beating Oklahoma State in Stillwater is an impressive feat just by itself. But the Golden Gophers also now own the Dakotas by taking out both North Dakota State and South Dakota State.

It’s been a great start to the year for Brandon Eggum and his staff and Minnesota is looking to continue their upward trajectory.

The Southern Scuffle on January 1st and 2nd are next on the agenda for the Golden Gophers.

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