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WIN’s Pre-NCAA Rankings/Predictions Announced, Teams & All 10 Weights

NEWTON, Iowa — The conference tournaments are in the books as all eyes shift toward the 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Wrestling Championships slated for March 20-22 in Philadelphia.
With all 330 NCAA qualifiers announced as of Tuesday afternoon, WIN Magazine’s March 11 Tournament Power Index (TPI) and individual rankings will serve as the final set of rankings before these wrestlers converge at the Wells Fargo Center next Thursday. Please note, these are also WIN’s NCAA placement predictions made prior to the actual seedings being announced on Wednesday, March 12.
The biggest shakeup in the TPI after the fallout from the conference championships was Virginia Tech sliding into the No. 6 spot from the No. 8 spot in the last rankings update, as the Hokies surpassed Northern Iowa and Ohio State. The Top-5 teams remained the same.
The following is a breakdown of those individual TPI points per ranking: 20 for 1st, 16 for 2nd, 13.5 for 3rd, 12.5 for 4th, 10 for 5th, 9 for 6th, 6.5 for 7th and 5.5 for 8th. 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. Penn State features four top-ranked wrestlers in WIN’s TPI: Luke Lilledahl (125), Tyler Kasak (157), Mitchell Mesenbrink (165) and Carter Starocci (184). The remaining top-ranked wrestlers at their weights are Illinois’ Lucas Byrd (133), Northern Colorado’s Andrew Alirez (141), Virginia Tech’s Caleb Henson (149), Missouri’s Keegan O’Toole (174) and Minnesota’s Gable Steveson (Hwt). … more at … https://www.win-magazine.com/2025/03/11/wins-pre-ncaa-rankings-predictions-announced-teams-all-10-weights/

March 15, 2025 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized