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NCAA Division I Results & Rankings

Top 10 teams roll in opening weekend; Top 25 sees few changes
Lock Haven and Purdue also enter the Top 25
Manheim, Pennsylvania – With just a limited number of duals with ranked teams competing during the first week of action, there was minimal movement in the first regular-season NWCA Division I Men’s Wrestling Coaches Poll released on Tuesday.
Four teams ranked in the Top 10 opened up with victories, including second-ranked Iowa, ninth-ranked Nebraska and 10^th-ranked Iowa State. Third-ranked NC State had a pair of victories to start the season 2-0, beating Presbyterian at Fort Liberty, North Carolina 48-0 and Appalachian State 40-3 in Boone.
Iowa trekked to the Pacific Coast and shut out California Baptist 40-0, while Nebraska went to Fargo and dispatched North Dakota State 31-12. Iowa State went to the old high school gym of national champion David Carr at Perry High School in Massillon, Ohio and beat Cleveland State 43-3.
The only matchup of ranked teams came in North Carolina as then-No. 20 Oregon State topped former No. 25 North Carolina 24-13. The Beavers also shutout Division III Greensboro College and transitional Division I Queens University.
Elsewhere in the Top 25, Rutgers started the year 2-0 with a trip to Cal Poly, beating the host Mustangs 31-10 and Duke 47-0. Wisconsin beat Lindenwood 41-3 in Madison. Like Queens, Lindenwood is also in the midst of a transition to NCAA Division I. Illinois fell out of the rankings after splitting a pair of duals last week. … rest of story … NWCAonline.com/11/7/national-wrestling-coaches-association-top-10-teams-roll-in-opening-weekend-top-25-sees-few-changes

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WIN announces first regular-season NCAA Div. I rankings and TPI
NEWTON,  Iowa — The 2023-24 college wrestling season has officially begun and WIN Magazine has produced its first national weekly individual rankings and Tournament Power Index, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.
WIN’s TPI is based on a point total associated with individual placement and advancement points that could be scored in the 2024 NCAAs if wrestlers finish where they are ranked. The following is a breakdown of those points: 20 for 1^st place, 16 for 2^nd, 13.5 for 3^rd, 12.5 for 4^th, 10 for 5^th, 9 for 6^th, 6.5 for 7^th and 5.5 for 8^th. Wrestlers ranked 9-12 earn two points each, followed by one and a half points for wrestlers ranked 13-16 and one point for those ranked 17-20.
Also, it should be noted that WIN’s individual rankings are not necessarily an update of recent wins and losses, but more of a prediction at this point in the season of where wrestlers would seeded at the 2024 NCAAs, which will be held in Kansas City, Mo., next March, if that event was held now.
In the team race, defending champ Penn State — which begins its season this Sunday at the Journeyman Collegiate Classic in Bethlehem, Pa. — holds the No. 1 TPI ranking with nine ranked wrestlers. That includes four Nittany Lions — Levi Haines (157), Carter Starocci (174), Aaron Brooks (197) and Greg Kerkvliet (Hwt) — who are ranked No. 1 at their weight classes. The Nittany Lions are followed by Virginia Tech, … rest of story … WIN-magazine.com/2023/11/06/win-announces-first-regular-season-rankings-and-tpi

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Dozens Of Upsets Kick-Off Week 1 Of The NCAA D1 Wrestling Season
All the upsets between D1 NCAA wrestlers from week 1 of the 2023-24 season.
Just one week into the 2023-24 NCAA D1 wrestling season (technically just five days) and already we’ve got dozens of upsets!
Check out all the upsets based on our national rankings.

Top Ten Upsets

133: Gabe Whisenhunt, Oregon State over #4 Sam Latona, Virginia Tech – D;10-9
133: Vincent Santaniello, Pittsburgh over #8 Nic Bouzakis, Ohio State – D;11-4
133: #17 Angelo Rini, Columbia over #8 Nic Bouzakis, Ohio State – D;14-8

Top Twenty Upsets

125: Spencer Moore, North Carolina over #14 Brandon Kaylor, Oregon State – D;2-0
125: Jett Strickenberger, West Virginia over #14 Brandon Kaylor, Oregon State – D;4-1 SV
165: Garrett Thompson, Ohio over #14 Peyton Hall, West Virginia – D;8-5
184: #19 Caleb Hopkins, Campbell over #14 Benjamin Pasiuk, Army West Point – M;8-0 … rest of story … Flowrestling.org/Dozens-of-upsets-kick-off-week-1-of-the-ncaa-d1-wrestling-season

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Notable upsets and ranked team wins headlined Week 1 of the 2023-2024 college wrestling season
How all the Division I wrestling teams fared in this week’s dual meet competition, formatted in a How The Top 25 Fared breakdown.
College wrestling is back, and with the start of the season inevitably comes fun new faces, exciting storylines and early dominance from some of the best teams in the country. Here’s what we learned after Week 1 and who made early, impressive statements in their 2023-2024 debut. 

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N.C. State, Stanford, Iowa, Rutgers, NIU start strong with DI shutout wins

Five men’s programs earned at least one DI shutout win this weekend, with the Wolfpack of NC State earning the first of those notable victories with a 48-0 performance against Presbyterian on the opening day of the season. Redshirt freshman Dylan Fishback and Chase Horne led the Pack in this bout with first period falls, while Jacob Cox, Jackson Arrington, AJ Kovacs and Christian Knop added big points to the team score with techs at 133, 149, 165 and 197 pounds. 

PRE-SEASON RANKINGS: Breaking down the best teams in the country ahead of the 2023-2024 season

Fishback and Arrington picked up their second bonus point wins of the weekend against App State as well, notching a fall and a tech fall respectively as part of the Pack’s 40-3 win over the Mountaineers, the team’s largest margin of victory this century. Jakob Camacho and Trent Hidlay also contributed tech falls in N.C. State’s dual against App State, while heavyweight Owen Trephan notched a fall. App State’s lone win came at 133 pounds when Ethan Oakley stopped Jarrett Trombley 4-2. Neither Oakley nor Trombley was ranked coming into this bout, though both have previously qualified for the NCAA tournament, with Trombley advancing as far as the Round of 16 in 2023 and 2021. N.C. State will travel to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania next weekend for “WrangleMania” where they will take on Bloomsburg and Purdue in duals the Pack will be expected to win with dominance, especially after this weekend’s performance. … rest of story … NCAA.com/news/wrestling/2023-11-06/notable-upsets-and-ranked-team-wins-headlined-week-1-2023-2024-college-wrestling

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How the Top 25 (and more) Fared: Nov. 1-5
How all the Division I wrestling teams fared in this week’s dual meet competition, formatted in a How The Top 25 Fared breakdown. … rest of story … Mattalkonline.com/Top-25-fared/how-the-top-25-and-more-fared

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