National Rankings

[wngarbarini]

Northwestern lost 3 kids to Michigan in portal so were they included in NW pre season?

 

[William J Moses]

Northwestern lost 3 kids to Michigan in portal so were they included in NW pre season?

I used the pre-season wrestlers that we listed on Wrestlestat. If you have the names I can check.

 

[William J Moses]

Comparing this to the actual placing in the B1G tournament would be interesting keeping in mind that it’s a comparison between subjective and actual. I was a bit surprised to see where northwestern came in preseason.

The pre-season ranking are a problem. One of the Penn State wrestlers was ranked 55th in pre-season and finished the season 4th. A better measurement might be to use the prior years final results.

 

[KidDagger]

The pre-season ranking are a problem. One of the Penn State wrestlers was ranked 55th in pre-season and finished the season 4th. A better measurement might be to use the prior years final results.

Yep freshman will always start off barely ranked too… even if everyone knows they will end up being a stud.

 

[Jersey Boys]

Is Micah Jordan still ranked ahead of Ashnault? Asking for a friend.

 

[William J Moses]

I don't know what to make of the Big 10 data that I compiled. I'll put it out and see what everyone makes. My impression after looking and thousands of data points is that the best way to project how a team will do in the future is to track the progress of the red shirt and true freshmen. Two lists are attached, one shows (as an average) the top ranked wrestlers ranking both pre and post season and the other is the same except it is for the entire team. I plan on doing this same evaluation for the freshmen.

	pre-season	post-season
School	Starters
Iowa	12​	12​
Ohio	15​	9​
Penn State	15​	7​
Minnesota	17​	19​
Northwestern	19​	17​
Michigan	22​	18​
Nebraska	22​	16​
Rutgers	27​	61​
Michigan State	32​	50​
Wisconsin	37​	45​
Illinois	44​	35​
Maryland	52​	56​
Indiana	59​	45​
Purdue	59​	54​
	pre-season	post-season
School	team
Minnesota	59.0​	82.0​
Penn State	69.0​	73.0​
Ohio	76.0​	75.0​
Northwestern	87.0​	98.0​
Rutgers	92.0​	108.0​
Michigan	97.0​	76.0​
Iowa	100.0​	95.0​
Wisconsin	102.0​	124.0​
Illinois	103.0​	140.0​
Michigan State	105.0​	137.0​
Purdue	108.0​	113.0​
Indiana	113.0​	109.0​
Maryland	124.0​	146.0​
Nebraska	125.0​	132.0​

 

[William J Moses]

I'm working my way through the Big Ten freshmen's rankings. It was encouraging to see that Peterson and Soldano finished higher then any other Big Ten Freshmen in their weight classes.

 

[Bobbynieds]

Soldano and Peterson are sophomores?

 

[William J Moses]

Soldano and Peterson are sophomores?

Correct but the results are from last seasons Nationals

 

[KidDagger]

I'm working my way through the Big Ten freshmen's rankings. It was encouraging to see that Peterson and Soldano finished higher than any other Big Ten Freshmen in their weight classes.

U mean it’s nice they are young and ranked high for their weight class? Ayala is in Peterson’s class(RS soph). And I remember Pinto being neck and neck as best freshman w Soldano from last year’s 184… it’s not really encouraging that this isn’t the case anymore… he started the season off ranked top 10(184 sr really cleared) and now a bunch of new freshman 184 pass him in ranking..(including B. Berge whom Soldano beat in hs)..