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1st NCAA Coaches' Poll Of 2023 Just Dropped

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The first coaches' poll of the 2022-23 NCAA D1 wrestling season has been published!

Jan 19, 2023 by Andrew Spey

The first coaches' poll of the 2022-23 NCAA D1 wrestling season has been published!

Wrestlers need eight D1 matches against non-teammates to earn a ranking, which are decided by 14 different D1 coaches at each weight, with two coaches coming from each of the seven conferences.

The last coaches' poll that comes out just before the conference championship is a major component for determining NCAA Championship allocation spots per conference.

We've also projected the final team scores of the NCAA Championship using these rankings the same way we do for the Tournament Rankings. Those can be found after the 285-pound coaches' poll.

Additionally, we've calculated the relative strength of each conference in each weight class by totaling up the number of projected points for each wrestler in the conference. That table can be found after the projected team scores.

125 Pounds

RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE
1	Patrick McKee	Minnesota	Big Ten
2	Eric Barnett	Wisconsin	Big Ten
3	Malik Heinselman	Ohio St.	Big Ten
4	Matt Ramos	Purdue	Big Ten
5	Dean Peterson	Rutgers	Big Ten
6	Anthony Noto	Lock Haven	MAC
7	Noah Surtin	Missouri	Big 12
8	Brett Ungar	Cornell	EIWA
9	Brandon Kaylor	Oregon St.	Pac-12
10	Stevo Poulin	Northern Colo.	Big 12
11	Caleb Smith	App State	SoCon
12	Braxton Brown	Maryland	Big Ten
13	Trevor Mastrogiovanni	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
14	Joey Prata	Oklahoma	Big 12
15	Jack Medley	Michigan	Big Ten
16	Eddie Ventresca	Virginia Tech	ACC
17	Tristan Lujan	Michigan St.	Big Ten
18	Jake Ferri	Kent St.	MAC
19	Jore Volk	Wyoming	Big 12
20	Jack Wagner	North Carolina	ACC
21	Tanner Jordan	South Dakota St.	Big 12
21	Ethan Berginc	Army West Point	EIWA
21	Nico Provo	Stanford	Pac-12
24	Ryan Miller	Penn	EIWA
25	Anthony Molton	Campbell	SoCon
26	Nick Babin	Columbia	EIWA
27	Jarrett Trombley	NC State	ACC
28	Antonio Lorenzo	Cal Poly	Pac-12
29	Tucker Owens	Air Force	Big 12
30	Carter Bailey	Lehigh	EIWA
30	Colton Camacho	Pittsburgh	ACC
32	Maximilian Leete	American	EIWA
33	Jacob Moran	Indiana	Big Ten

133 Pounds

RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE
1	Daton Fix	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
2	Vito Arujau	Cornell	EIWA
3	Michael McGee	Arizona St.	Pac-12
4	Sam Latona	Virginia Tech	ACC
5	Connor McGonagle	Lehigh	EIWA
6	Micky Phillippi	Pittsburgh	ACC
7	Michael Colaiocco	Penn	EIWA
8	Lucas Byrd	Illinois	Big Ten
9	Jesse Mendez	Ohio St.	Big Ten
10	Dylan Ragusin	Michigan	Big Ten
11	Kyle Biscoglia	UNI	Big 12
12	Chris Cannon	Northwestern	Big Ten
13	Brayden Palmer	Chattanooga	SoCon
14	RayVon Foley	Michigan St.	Big Ten
15	Joe Heilmann	Rutgers	Big Ten
16	Aaron Nagao	Minnesota	Big Ten
17	Jason Shaner	Oregon St.	Pac-12
18	Chance Rich	CSU Bakersfield	Pac-12
19	Cody Phippen	Air Force	Big 12
20	Kai Orine	NC State	ACC
21	Kurtis Phipps	Bucknell	EIWA
22	Zach Redding	Iowa St.	Big 12
23	Sean Carter	App St.	SoCon
24	Cullan Schriever	Iowa	Big Ten
25	Taylor Lamont	Wisconsin	Big Ten
26	Angelo Rini	Columbia	EIWA
27	Connor Brown	Missouri	Big 12
28	Wyatt Henson	Oklahoma	Big 12
29	Domenic Zaccone	Campbell	SoCon
30	Garrett Grice	Virginia	ACC
31	Henry Porter	Indiana	Big Ten
32	Boo Dryden	Nebraska	Big Ten
33	Gable Strickland	Lock Haven	MAC

141 Pounds

RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE
1	Andrew Alirez	Northern Colo.	Big 12
2	Cole Matthews	Pittsburgh	ACC
3	Beau Bartlett	Penn St.	Big Ten
4	Brock Hardy	Nebraska	Big Ten
5	Ryan Jack	NC State	ACC
6	Allan Hart	Missouri	Big 12
7	Cael Happel	UNI	Big 12
8	Clay Carlson	South Dakota St.	Big 12
9	Jakob Bergeland	Minnesota	Big Ten
10	Tom Crook	Virginia Tech	ACC
11	Vince Cornella	Cornell	EIWA
12	Lachlan McNeil	North Carolina	ACC
13	Parker Filius	Purdue	Big Ten
14	Darren Miller	Bucknell	EIWA
15	Dylan D`Emilio	Ohio St.	Big Ten
16	Jesse Vasquez	Arizona St.	Pac-12
17	Cole Mattin	Michigan	Big Ten
18	Joe Olivieri	Rutgers	Big Ten
19	Cleveland Belton	Oregon St.	Pac-12
20	Josh Koderhandt	Navy	EIWA
21	Danny Pucino	Illinois	Big Ten
22	Dylan Droegemueller	North Dakota St.	Big 12
23	Mosha Schwartz	Oklahoma	Big 12
24	Matt Kazimir	Columbia	EIWA
25	Angelo Martinoni	CSU Bakersfield	Pac-12
26	McKenzie Bell	Rider	MAC
27	Carter Young	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
28	Jordan Titus	West Virginia	Big 12
29	Joseph Zargo	Wisconsin	Big Ten
30	Dylan Layton	Cleveland St.	MAC
31	Malyke Hines	Lehigh	EIWA
32	Shannon Hanna	Campbell	SoCon
33	Kal Miller	Maryland	Big Ten

149 Pounds

RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE
1	Austin Gomez	Wisconsin	Big Ten
2	Sammy Sasso	Ohio St.	Big Ten
3	Yahya Thomas	Northwestern	Big Ten
4	Kyle Parco	Arizona St.	Pac-12
5	Paniro Johnson	Iowa St.	Big 12
6	Brock Mauller	Missouri	Big 12
7	Caleb Henson	Virginia Tech	ACC
8	Max Murin	Iowa	Big Ten
9	Jonathan Millner	App St.	SoCon
10	Doug Zapf	Penn	EIWA
11	Colin Realbuto	UNI	Big 12
11	Shayne Van Ness	Penn St.	Big Ten
13	Jaden Abas	Stanford	Pac-12
14	Jackson Arrington	NC State	ACC
15	Michael Blockhus	Minnesota	Big Ten
16	Chance Lamer	Michigan	Big Ten
17	Kellyn March	North Dakota St.	Big 12
18	Mitch Moore	Oklahoma	Big 12
19	Dom Demas	Cal Poly	Pac-12
20	Ethen Miller	Maryland	Big Ten
21	Caleb Tyus	SIUE	MAC
22	Quinn Kinner	Rider	MAC
23	Victor Voinovich	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
24	Graham Rooks	Indiana	Big Ten
25	Sam Hillegas	West Virginia	Big 12
26	Alec Hagan	Ohio	MAC
27	Jarod Verkleeren	Virginia	ACC
28	Tyler Badgett	Pittsburgh	ACC
29	Max Brignola	Lehigh	EIWA
30	Dylan Martinez	Air Force	Big 12
31	Tony White	Rutgers	Big Ten
32	Ryan Burgos	Edinboro	MAC
33	Luke Nichter	Drexel	EIWA
33	Kyle Schickel	Clarion	MAC

157 Pounds

RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE
1	Peyton Robb	Nebraska	Big Ten
2	Jared Franek	North Dakota St.	Big 12
3	Kendall Coleman	Purdue	Big Ten
4	Austin O`Connor	North Carolina	ACC
5	Josh Humphreys	Lehigh	EIWA
6	Ed Scott	NC State	ACC
7	Will Lewan	Michigan	Big Ten
8	Jarrett Jacques	Missouri	Big 12
9	Trevor Chumbley	Northwestern	Big Ten
10	Kaden Gfeller	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
11	Jacob Wright	Wyoming	Big 12
12	Anthony Artalona	Penn	EIWA
13	Chase Saldate	Michigan St.	Big Ten
14	Brayton Lee	Minnesota	Big Ten
15	Derek Gilcher	Indiana	Big Ten
16	Garrett Model	Wisconsin	Big Ten
17	Cael Swensen	South Dakota St.	Big 12
18	Charlie Darracott	Stanford	Pac-12
19	Paddy Gallagher	Ohio St.	Big Ten
20	Derek Holschlag	UNI	Big 12
21	Cesar Alvan	Columbia	EIWA
22	Peyten Kellar	Ohio	MAC
23	Andrew Clark	Rutgers	Big Ten
24	Michael North	Maryland	Big Ten
25	Alex Hornfeck	West Virginia	Big 12
26	Corbyn Munson	Central Mich.	MAC
27	Jason Kraisser	Iowa St.	Big 12
28	Tommy Askey	App St.	SoCon
29	Andrew Cerniglia	Navy	EIWA
30	Vinny Zerban	Northern Colo.	Big 12
31	Jacob Butler	Oklahoma	Big 12
32	Peter Pappas	George Mason	MAC
33	Marcus Robinson	Cleveland St.	MAC

165 Pounds

RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE
1	Keegan O`Toole	Missouri	Big 12
2	David Carr	Iowa St.	Big 12
3	Quincy Monday	Princeton	EIWA
4	Shane Griffith	Stanford	Pac-12
5	Cameron Amine	Michigan	Big Ten
6	Dean Hamiti	Wisconsin	Big Ten
7	Julian Ramirez	Cornell	EIWA
8	Peyton Hall	West Virginia	Big 12
8	Michael Caliendo III	North Dakota St.	Big 12
8	Patrick Kennedy	Iowa	Big Ten
11	Dan Braunagel	Illinois	Big Ten
12	Austin Yant	UNI	Big 12
13	Izzak Olejnik	NIU	MAC
14	Justin McCoy	Virginia	ACC
14	Tanner Cook	South Dakota St.	Big 12
16	Alex Facundo	Penn St.	Big Ten
17	Joshua Ogunsanya	Columbia	EIWA
18	Gerrit Nijenhuis	Oklahoma	Big 12
19	Matthew Olguin	Oregon St.	Pac-12
20	Connor Brady	Virginia Tech	ACC
21	Wyatt Sheets	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
22	Maxx Mayfield	Northwestern	Big Ten
23	Evan Barczak	Drexel	EIWA
24	Rodrick Mosley	Gardner-Webb	SoCon
25	Caleb Fish	Michigan St.	Big Ten
26	Will Formato	App St.	SoCon
27	Enrique Munguia	Kent St.	MAC
28	Andrew Sparks	Minnesota	Big Ten
29	Holden Heller	Pittsburgh	ACC
30	Bubba Wilson	Nebraska	Big Ten
31	Giano Petrucelli	Air Force	Big 12
32	Lucas Revano	Penn	EIWA
33	Avery Bassett	Lock Haven	MAC

174 Pounds

RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE
1	Carter Starocci	Penn St.	Big Ten
2	Mikey Labriola	Nebraska	Big Ten
3	Mekhi Lewis	Virginia Tech	ACC
4	Chris Foca	Cornell	EIWA
5	Mickey O`Malley	Drexel	EIWA
6	Dustin Plott	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
7	Ethan Smith	Ohio St.	Big Ten
8	Demetrius Romero	Utah Valley	Big 12
9	Edmond Ruth	Illinois	Big Ten
10	Peyton Mocco	Missouri	Big 12
11	Rocky Jordan	Chattanooga	SoCon
12	Bailee O`Reilly	Minnesota	Big Ten
13	Cade DeVos	South Dakota St.	Big 12
14	Donnell Washington	Indiana	Big Ten
15	Troy Fisher	Northwestern	Big Ten
16	Nick Incontrera	Penn	EIWA
17	Aaron Olmos	Oregon St.	Pac-12
18	Tyler Eischens	Stanford	Pac-12
18	Benjamin Pasiuk	Army West Point	EIWA
20	Darrien Roberts	Oklahoma	Big 12
21	Triston Wills	Little Rock	Pac-12
22	Jared McGill	Edinboro	MAC
23	Julien Broderson	Iowa St.	Big 12
24	Sal Perrine	Ohio	MAC
25	Andrew Berreyesa	Northern Colo.	Big 12
26	Lennox Wolak	Columbia	EIWA
27	Will Miller	App St.	SoCon
28	Hayden Hastings	Wyoming	Big 12
29	Alex Faison	NC State	ACC
30	Gaven Sax	North Dakota St.	Big 12
31	Alex Cramer	Central Mich.	MAC
32	Luca Augustine	Pittsburgh	ACC
33	Dominic Solis	Maryland	Big Ten

184 Pounds

RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE
1	Parker Keckeisen	UNI	Big 12
2	Trent Hidlay	NC State	ACC
3	Marcus Coleman	Iowa St.	Big 12
4	Kaleb Romero	Ohio St.	Big Ten
5	Hunter Bolen	Virginia Tech	ACC
6	Abe Assad	Iowa	Big Ten
7	Matt Finesilver	Michigan	Big Ten
8	Trey Munoz	Oregon St.	PAC 12
9	Isaiah Salazar	Minnesota	Big Ten
10	Travis Wittlake	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
11	Brian Soldano	Rutgers	Big Ten
11	Lenny Pinto	Nebraska	Big Ten
13	Layne Malczewski	Michigan St.	Big Ten
14	Gavin Kane	North Carolina	ACC
15	Reece Heller	Pittsburgh	ACC
16	Cade King	South Dakota St.	Big 12
16	Neil Antrassian	Virginia	ACC
18	Tate Samuelson	Lehigh	EIWA
19	Jacob Nolan	Binghamton	EIWA
20	Giuseppe Hoose	Buffalo	MAC
21	Jacob Ferreira	Hofstra	EIWA
22	Dylan Connell	Illinois	Big Ten
23	Brian Bonino	Drexel	EIWA
24	Anthony Montalvo	Arizona St.	Pac-12
25	Anthony Carman	West Virginia	Big 12
26	Matthew Waddell	Chattanooga	SoCon
27	Colton Hawks	Missouri	Big 12
28	Caleb Hopkins	Campbell	SoCon
29	Deanthony Parker Jr	North Dakota St.	Big 12
30	Will Feldkamp	Clarion	MAC
31	David Key	Navy	EIWA
32	Nate Dugan	Princeton	EIWA
33	Noah Blake	Air Force	Big 12

197 Pounds

RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE
1	Nino Bonaccorsi	Pittsburgh	ACC
2	Max Dean	Penn St.	Big Ten
3	Michael Beard	Lehigh	EIWA
4	Yonger Bastida	Iowa St.	Big 12
5	Isaac Trumble	NC State	ACC
6	Bernie Truax	Cal Poly	Pac-12
7	Ethan Laird	Rider	MAC
8	Zac Braunagel	Illinois	Big Ten
8	Jacob Warner	Iowa	Big Ten
10	Tanner Sloan	South Dakota St.	Big 12
11	Owen Pentz	North Dakota St.	Big 12
12	Cameron Caffey	Michigan St.	Big Ten
12	Braxton Amos	Wisconsin	Big Ten
14	Jaxon Smith	Maryland	Big Ten
15	Silas Allred	Nebraska	Big Ten
16	Tanner Harvey	Oregon St.	Pac-12
17	Luke Stout	Princeton	EIWA
18	Gavin Hoffman	Ohio St.	Big Ten
19	Luke Surber	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
20	Evan Bockman	Utah Valley	Big 12
21	Michael Battista	Virginia	ACC
22	Andy Smith	Virginia Tech	ACC
23	Nick Stemmet	Stanford	Pac-12
24	Michial Foy	Minnesota	Big Ten
25	Jacob Koser	Navy	EIWA
26	Andrew Davison	Northwestern	Big Ten
27	Trey Rogers	Hofstra	EIWA
28	Austin Cooley	West Virginia	Big 12
29	Levi Hopkins	Campbell	SoCon
30	Cole Urbas	Penn	EIWA
31	Max Shaw	North Carolina	ACC
32	John Crawford	Franklin & Marshall	EIWA
33	Nick Willham	Indiana	Big Ten

285 Pounds

RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE
1	Mason Parris	Michigan	Big Ten
2	Tony Cassioppi	Iowa	Big Ten
3	Lucas Davison	Northwestern	Big Ten
4	Cohlton Schultz	Arizona St.	Pac-12
5	Wyatt Hendrickson	Air Force	Big 12
6	Zach Elam	Missouri	Big 12
7	Yaraslau Slavikouski	Harvard	EIWA
8	Sam Schuyler	Iowa St.	Big 12
9	Trent Hillger	Wisconsin	Big Ten
10	Owen Trephan	NC State	ACC
11	Tyrell Gordon	UNI	Big 12
12	AJ Nevills	South Dakota St.	Big 12
13	Taye Ghadiali	Campbell	SoCon
14	Tate Orndorff	Ohio St.	Big Ten
15	Colton McKiernan	SIU Edwardsville	MAC
16	Josh Heindselman	Oklahoma	Big 12
17	Grady Griess	Navy	EIWA
18	Cory Day	Binghamton	EIWA
19	Hunter Catka	Virginia Tech	ACC
20	Jonah Niesenbaum	Duke	ACC
21	Konner Doucet	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
22	Jacob Bullock	Indiana	Big Ten
23	Michael Wolfgram	West Virginia	Big 12
24	Boone Mcdermott	Rutgers	Big Ten
25	Jaron Smith	Maryland	Big Ten
26	Juan Mora	North Dakota St.	Big 12
27	Garrett Joles	Minnesota	Big Ten
28	Nathan Taylor	Lehigh	EIWA
29	Ben Goldin	Penn	EIWA
30	Dorian Crosby	Bucknell	EIWA
31	David Szuba	Rider	MAC
32	Josiah Hill	Little Rock	Pac-12
33	Travis Stefanik	Princeton	EIWA

Projected NCAA Team Scores

RANK	SCHOOL	POINTS
1	Missouri	61
2	Iowa State	58.5
3	Ohio State	54.5
4	Penn State	53
5	Nebraska	52
6	Wisconsin	50.5
7	NC State	49
8	Michigan	48.5
9	Virginia Tech	47.5
10	Pittsburgh	46.5
11	Cornell	42.5
12	Iowa	42
13	Arizona State	40.5
14	Oklahoma State	36.5
15	Northern Iowa	35
16	Lehigh	34
17	Northwestern	33
18	Minnesota	31
19	Purdue	27.5
20	North Dakota State	24.5
21	Northern Colorado	22
22	North Carolina	16.5
23	Stanford	16
23	Illinois	16
25	South Dakota State	15
25	Rutgers	15
27	Princeton	14
28	Penn	12.5
29	Oregon State	11
29	Drexel	11
31	Air Force	10.5
32	Cal Poly	9.5
33	Lock Haven	9
34	Rider	7
34	Michigan State	7
36	Harvard	6.5
37	West Virginia	6
37	Utah Valley	6
39	Oklahoma	5
40	Maryland	4.5
40	App State	4.5
42	Indiana	4
43	Virginia	3.5
43	Chattanooga	3.5
45	Wyoming	2.5
46	SIU Edwardsville	2
46	Bucknell	2
48	Northern Illinois	1.5
48	Columbia	1.5
48	Campbell	1.5
51	Ohio	1
51	Navy	1
51	Binghamton	1
51	Army West Point	1
55	Little Rock	0.5
55	Kent State	0.5
55	Hofstra	0.5
55	Gardner-Webb	0.5
55	Edinboro	0.5
55	Duke	0.5
55	CSU Bakersfield	0.5
55	Buffalo	0.5
63	George Mason	0
63	Franklin & Marshall	0
63	Cleveland State	0
63	Clarion	0
63	Central Michigan	0
63	American	0

Some of these scores may seem off and that is likely due to certain teams, like Penn State, not having starters in the rankings due to them not having wrestled the minimum number of matches to be included in the coaches poll. Also note that there were ties in the coaches' poll in some weights which altered the total number of points that are normally distributed in this exercise.

Conference Strength By Weight Classes

WT	Big Ten	Big 12	ACC	EIWA	Pac-12	MAC	SoCon
125	76	12.5	2	6.5	2.5	9.5	2
133	16.5	23	22	33	14.5	0	2
141	32.5	42	30	4.5	2	0	0
149	61	22.5	8	2	14.5	1	2
157	49.5	26.5	21.5	12.5	0.5	0.5	0
165	28.5	51.5	2	21	13	1.5	0.5
174	49.5	19	13.5	24.5	1.5	1	2
184	36	37	30.5	2	6	0.5	0
197	35	17.5	31	14	11	6.5	0
285	54	31	3	7.5	12.5	1.5	1.5

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