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"It is a fine morning in the Empire State and New York's only professional football team is 2-0 Let's get to your questions   Green's bucket list of events, 5 in each category EVERY real fan should attend High School (state championships, big duals, big tournaments) College (duals, tournaments) - Joseph Caprino I'm going to split this in two and hit the HS part this week, in no particular order 5 - New Jersey States in Atlantic City.  Great venue, great wrestling. 4 - Buchanan vs Clovis- this is how you do it. 3 - Ironman Semis- the little gym, the tiny mats, the best kids in the nation. 2 - WNO , but only at Lehigh as it was originally intended.  It has lost its luster 1 - Sem vs Blair, either school.   Do you think the affiliate teams that left the Big 12 and the ones that stayed are a benefit to both?   Or does the reduced teams in BIG 12 make them a stronger wrestling conference? - Shea Foster Not a lot of fluff left in those brackets now.  I see it as similar to the Ivy/ EIWA split.  The margin of error is going to be pretty thin now with the qualification system.  Less spots is always an issue if you have a bad day.  The good news is you have all season to state your case and secure a spot for the conference, which factors heavily into at large. What should wrestlers focus on this point in preseason, according to Coach - Hijo Training.  Incorporating new technique into their arsenal.  Lots of quality reps.  Cross-training and keeping hard wrestling miles off their body. The good old sport v sport combo! If Josh Allen were a college wrestler, who would he be? Same question but for the sun god, Amon-Ra St.Brown - Claunch After dismantling the Kittycats last night, I'd say Allen looked like Mitch Clark circa 1998.  St. Brown looked good, but he padded his stats in garbage time, so I'd say he looked like a guy that enters the Last Chance Open trying to qualify a spot Aside from your former employer....what is a college team that's under the radar for the upcoming season? - Josh G Love this question.  I am keeping my eye on Indiana - I think Angel and crew have been doing a good job there.  Big 10 is brutal, so it is no easy task to push guys through. They have some good kids, though. Totally different "radar", but excited to see Mercyhurst enter the fray.   We need more stories like Ned Shuck/ Bellarmine and hoping Jimmy and the Lakers will follow that narrative."

"Our preseason national rankings have been released! These are still a bit rough, as most schools are still trying to sort out their lineups. This year they have an added wrinkle - no redshirts! That means that lineups might be more in flux during the preseason and throughout a portion of the regular season. With that being said, we plan on at least one revision of the preseason rankings before action gets underway in November. Rankings can be found here Here is a bit about each weight class:  125 Strong weight class with the top five placewinners returning and six of eight All-Americans. After the tier of All-Americans, there are a lot of unknowns, but also a lot of potential. Cortez, Castillo, DeLuca, and Knox are all highly-credentialed freshmen who could move up quickly. 133 The legendary freshman Class of 2026 is back with all four big names slated to return to 133 lbs. Once again, it should be a fun weight class and could end in a totally different way than it finished in March. One name to add to the mix is Ryan Crookham, who moved to Iowa. I tend to think there will be a lot of shuffling and movement in the second half of these rankings, as there are plenty of wrestlers in that area that haven’t qualified for nationals yet. There’s still some uncertainty about where Masonosuke Ono and Marcus Blaze will go, so perhaps Blaze could move up and Ono handles 133 lbs for the Nittany Lions. 141 You’ll notice we did add freshman Bo Bassett at this weight. Typically, we haven’t ranked true freshmen before. One difference is the amount of collegiate action Bassett has seen over the past two years (18-0 with wins over two top-six seeds at 149 lbs at the 2026 NCAA Tournament). Plus, without the option of a redshirt, we know these freshmen are more likely to compete in year one. Bassett starts behind the top tier of returning AA’s. That might be a bit conservative, but that’s ok for now. 149 Yikes! The top three are all NCAA champions and the fourth is a runner-up. This top 10 or 12 is pretty nasty! Henson’s title, followed by an undefeated run up until the 2025 national finals, gave him the nod over Vega coming up a weight. Valencia lost seven times last year, but did get the national title win, so he slots in at #3. 157 This is where you’ll notice some changes for Penn State at the next few weights. We’re going with Tyler Kasak at #2. He is 2-0 against Antrell Taylor and 1-0 against Brandon Cannon and his only loss at 157 lbs came to Joey Blaze. This weight was one of my favorites to follow last season and is shaping up to be fun once again. The top eight have all earned AA honors at least once in their careers and the next tier is very close behind them. 165 Typically, our instinct is to defer to wrestlers at a particular weight when judging them against someone moving up in weight, as you have the third-place finisher from 157 lbs (PJ Duke) moving here and is compared to the fourth-place finisher at 165 lbs (Nicco Ruiz). In this instance, Duke had two losses - both in tiebreakers to national champions (one slightly controversial), while Ruiz had seven losses; three of which came to non-AA’s. Remember, Bryce Hepner will be out for the first semester, so we’ll remove him once action gets underway. I’ll be watching EJ Parco, who had NCAA wins over the two wrestlers directly behind him, but didn’t necessarily have the same consistent season as both of them. He’ll also be in a fight with Gregor Cholakyan for Stanford’s starting role. 174 Ok, so the elephant in the room! We’re going with Mitchell Mesenbrink at 174 lbs. In years past, we’ve used these rankings to break news regarding weight changes. That isn’t what this is. It’s more of reading the tea leaves. Penn State is typically tight-lipped about lineup decisions and this is no different. Kasak/Duke/Mesenbrink going 157-174 would maximize their talent, so it makes sense. There are also some legitimate rumblings that this is what we’ll see from Penn State. But it could change by our next update. Mesenbrink or not, this is a deep weight class! With him, you have the top 11 wrestlers at this weight who have all AA’ed at least once in their careers. Hunter Garvin moves up from 165, while Jaxon Smith and Gabe Arnold move down from 184 and 197, respectively. Even past the top 11, you have plenty of other wrestlers in the top 20 who have beaten AA’s or been close to earning that status themselves. 184 Just another solid weight class here. The Big Ten is represented with four of the top five wrestlers and all eight of the All-Americans from 2026 return. From #12 and beyond, there are a lot of names that might not necessarily be familiar and might not immediately come to mind as All-American threats, but a few should take a step forward and elevate themselves into that category. 197 This is another upperweight that was dominated by underclassmen in 2026, so each of the All-Americans return - excluding Gabe Arnold, who moved down to 174. 285 This weight really cleared out with Doucet, Kueter, and Carroll as the only returners from the 2026 podium. Of course, previous AA Nick Feldman is there too. An interesting lineup battle to monitor is with Oklahoma State, who has #1 Doucet and blue-chip recruit Dreshaun Ross, who is capable of winning the spot in year one. Team Dual Here are some teams I think could move up relatively quickly: Arizona State: They have the Larkin brothers both moving up multiple weights. Both head into stacked weight classes, but are extremely talented. They both could outwrestle their initial ranking and help their team move up. Michigan: The Wolverines might end up with true freshmen starting at each of the first three weights. Each was ranked highly coming out of high school, so if they wrestle up to their billing, Michigan will be much better than their dual ranking indicates. The same goes for heavyweight Nick Sahakian. One team I’m monitoring based on a high ranking is Oklahoma. They have a handful of highly ranked wrestlers coming off serious injuries or with injury histories. If everyone is healthy, then they could be very tough, but that can be a big “if” with a veteran team."