11/13 Rankings

[Isuska]

Per Intermat, InterMat Wrestling

125 - Finch #15
141 - Goettl #18
174 - England #17
184 - Beard #16
197 - Gadson #15
HWT - Gibson #17

Team - #31

Old Dominion

125 - #17
141 - #16
157 - #19

Team - #40

Sets up a couple decent match-ups in the lower weights. Should be a nice early test for the first home meet.

Does anyone know if they will be putting Varner's Olympic Gold banner up on the 25th?

[Judoka]

I like how we match up against Old Dominion - they have a few "good" but not "great" guys that will allow us to get a handle on whether Finch/Goettl have grown and if we are going to have a decent 157 pounder this year. I'm a little surprised not to see Meeks's name listed anywhere at 133 but I suppose they are waiting to find out for sure about his redshirt.

[Judoka]

How all the Big-12/Iowa schools are ranked.

125
1. Matt McDonough - Iowa
15. Ryak Finch - Iowa State
20. Shane Young - West Virginia

133
3. Tony Ramos - Iowa
4. Joe Colon - UNI
11. Jon Morrison - Oklahoma State
15 - Cody Brewer - Oklahoma
17. Colin Johnson - West Virginia


141
1. Kendric Maple - Oklahoma
14. Mark Ballweg - Iowa
18. Luke Goettl - Iowa State
19. Nathan Pennesi - West Virginia

149
1. Jordan Oliver - Oklahoma State
9. Nick Lester - Oklahoma

157
1. Derek St. John - Iowa
9. Alex Dieringer - Oklahoma State
11. Matt Lester - Oklahoma
12. David Bonin - UNI

165
3. Tyler Caldwell - Oklahoma State
4. Mike Evens - Iowa
7. Bubby Graham - Oklahoma

174
1. Chris Perry - Oklahoma State
8. Grant Gambrall - Iowa
17. Mikey England - Iowa State

184
7. Ryan Loder - UNI
8. Ethen Lofthouse - Iowa
16. Boaz Beard - Iowa State

197
6. Blake Rosholt - Oklahoma State
15. Kyven Gadsen - Iowa State

285
3. Alan Gelogaev - Oklahoma State
6. Bobby Telford - Iowa
17. Matt Gibson - Iowa State

Team
2. Iowa (95.5)
4. Oklahoma State (87)
11. Oklahoma (37)
18. UNI (24)
31. Iowa State (10.5)
45. West Virginia (2.5)

[Isuska]

Per The Open Mat, AWN Division I College Wrestling Rankings – November 13, 2012

125 - Finch #20
133 - Meeks #20
174 - England #15
184 - Beard #17
HWT - Gibson #18

Old Dominion

141 - #17
157 - #18

Basically the same, Meeks is in and Goettl is out per TOM. No Gadson, probably because he hasn't wrestled yet. No team rankings.

[Isuska]

Per WIN Magazine, WIN’s Nov. 12 TPI, Team Dual and Individual Rankings | WIN Magazine: Amateur Wrestling News

125 - Finch #15
174 - England #19
184 - Beard #15
HWT - Gibson #19

Team - #36

Old Dominion

133 - #20
165 - #18

Team - #47

[Isuska]

133
3. Tony Ramos - Iowa
4. Joe Colon - UNI
11. Jon Morrison - Oklahoma State
15 - Cody Brewer - Oklahoma
17. Colin Johnson - West Virginia

Team
2. Iowa (95.5)
4. Oklahoma State (87)
11. Oklahoma (37)
18. UNI (24)
31. Iowa State (10.5)
45. West Virginia (2.5)

Colon is supposed to be dropping down to 125 after Midlands. I don't see that as working ou very well and will definitely hurt their team points.

[Judoka]

I'm similarly not worried about the UNI dual - they have two or three guys who are expected to go deep in March but a much less consistent lineup, closer to us last year or the year before. We have a much better dual team this year than we'll have had since 2009.

[Primetime26]

Judoka, can you give a run down on what you think UNI lineup will be and how we will fare?

IMO it could come down to bonus points.

[Judoka]

I'll do that when we get to that meet. I won't bother to make match by match predictions this early in the season when parts of both teams have no matches and there are few if any quality common opponents. We don't wrestle UNI until senior night in February.

We won't really get a handle on this team until Midlands. Between now and then we should beat Old Dominion and North Dakota State, and we're going to lose very badly to Iowa. They'll be a few good individual matchups but no chances to really see if we've improved or not.

[buf87]

Colon at 125, Wolfensberger at 133, and Reiter (probably) at 141 for UNI. Lots of unproven freshman for UNI to make an opinion on the dual, like Judoka said.

[howellc33]

Any word on the impression Nickerson has made on our lighter weights thus far? I'm kind of disappointed on how Finch and Goettl performed over the weekend..

[Clonedad]

Both of them only lost one match and in those matches they did not perform well but the bright side is that they rebounded well and performed well in the rest of there matches. Not sure what you are so disappointed about

[Judoka]

Any word on the impression Nickerson has made on our lighter weights thus far? I'm kind of disappointed on how Finch and Goettl performed over the weekend..

Yeah, I wasn't very thrilled with that either. Luckily Old Dominion has guys ranked in the mid teens at both 125 and 141, so we'll get an idea on Nov 25th whether those losses were flukes or signs of where the season is headed. If Finch and Goettl have made the improvements we expect then both those matches should be wins. I don't expect domination, but I don't want either match to ever be in doubt.

[Clonedad]

Which of the two matches or wrestlers disappoint you the most

[howellc33]

Both of them only lost one match and in those matches they did not perform well but the bright side is that they rebounded well and performed well in the rest of there matches. Not sure what you are so disappointed about

Didn't say "so" disappointed I said kind of..and i figured those are two of our better talents so its frustrating. Who hasn't been disappointed in the last couple seasons??? As cyclones we expect to be ranked in the top ten much less #31. I have high expectations of our wrestling program as do most cyclone fans.