An insane Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (more insane than usual even!) bequeathed the fifth week of the 2023-24 NCAA D1 wrestling season with gobs of upsets. Over 130 by our count!

CKLV brackets can be found here. 

The usual caveats apply -- some of these guys aren't ranked because they aren't starters but they would be ranked if they were starters (and indeed some might be starter and ranked by the end of the year). Plus some upsets won't look like upsets by the end of the year. Stuff like that is good to keep in mind when checking out this list. 

We broke up the upsets (because there were so many) into categories to make the list more easily digestible. 

The Biggest Upsets

The biggest difference in rankings between the upsettee and the upstettor. 

174: Lorenzo Norman, Stanford over #3 Shane Griffith, Michigan; D;4-2

141: Tagen Jamison, Oklahoma State over #4 Brock Hardy, Nebraska; M;13-5

184: #31 Aaron Ayzerov, Columbia over #3 Chris Foca, Cornell; M;9-1

184: Colton Hawks, Missouri over #7 Isaiah Salazar, Minnesota; D;11-5

125: #30 Nico Provo, Stanford over #3 Matt Ramos, Purdue; D;8-1

149: Eligh Rivera, Princeton over #8 Graham Rooks, Indiana; D;7-4 SV

141: Tagen Jamison, Oklahoma State over #8 Vince Cornella, Cornell; M;11-2

141: Tagen Jamison, Oklahoma State over #10 Josh Koderhandt, Navy; D;4-2

125: #30 Nico Provo, Stanford over #6 Brett Ungar, Cornell; D;5-1

133: Reece Witcraft, Oklahoma State over #10 Julian Chlebove, Arizona State; D;7-3

141: #30 Anthony Echemendia, Iowa State over #8 Vince Cornella, Cornell; M;13-3

184: #18 Dylan Fishback, NC State over #4 Trey Munoz, Oregon State; D;9-6

157: #19 Meyer Shapiro, Cornell over #5 Bryce Andonian, Virginia Tech; M;16-4

141: #17 Cael Happel, Northern Iowa over #4 Brock Hardy, Nebraska; D;15-13

184: #14 Sam Wolf, Air Force over #3 Chris Foca, Cornell; D;7-5

165: #18 Garrett Thompson, Ohio over #8 Matthew Olguin, Oregon State; M;10-2

The Next Biggest Upsets

The next biggest difference in rankings between opponents. Every match in this list is still at least a double-digit upset. 

184: Jaden Bullock, Michigan over #11 Gavin Hoffman, Ohio State; D;4-3

157: Ryder Downey, Northern Iowa over #12 Trevor Chumbley, Northwestern; D;8-2

149: Nash Singleton, Oregon State over #13 Quinn Kinner, Rider; D;8-6

149: Thomas Deck, Army West Point over #14 Caleb Tyus, SIU Edwardsville; D;6-4

197: Sonny Sasso, Virginia Tech over #14 Nick Stemmet, Stanford; F;2:44

125: Richard Castro-Sandoval, CSU Bakersfield over #15 Kysen Terukina, Iowa State; D;7-4 SV

157: Ryder Downey, Northern Iowa over #15 Paddy Gallagher, Ohio State; D;8-5

165: Derek Fields, NC State over #15 Tanner Cook, South Dakota State; F;3:28

197: Joseph Novak, Wyoming over #16 Luke Geog, Ohio State; F;5:58

149: #31 Drew Roberts, Minnesota over #14 Caleb Tyus, SIU Edwardsville; D;9-7

133: Tyler Knox, Stanford over #17 Nic Bouzakis, Ohio State; M;11-3

165: Stoney Buell, Purdue over #17 Antrell Taylor, Nebraska; M;12-1

197: Joseph Novak, Wyoming over #18 Evan Bockman, Utah Valley; D;9-6 SV

184: Jaden Bullock, Michigan over #18 Dylan Fishback, NC State; D;9-6 SV

125: #30 Nico Provo, Stanford over #15 Kysen Terukina, Iowa State; D;12-5

125: Conrad Hendriksen, Oklahoma over #19 Jett Strickenberger, West Virginia; D;6-4

133: Dominick Serrano, Northern Colorado over #19 Tyler Wells, Minnesota; D;7-6

197: Sonny Sasso, Virginia Tech over #19 Levi Hopkins, Campbell; M;11-3

149: Noah Tapia, Hofstra over #20 Jordan Williams, Oklahoma State; D;12-11

184: Anthony D'Alesio, LIU over #20 Troy Fisher, Northwestern; D;7-5

125: #30 Nico Provo, Stanford over #16 Jore Volk, Wyoming; D;8-1

184: Brock Delsignore, NC State over #21 Bennett Berge, South Dakota State; M;11-3

157: Tanner Peake, Davidson over #22 DJ Mcgee, George Mason; D;3-2

149: Logan Gioffre, Missouri over #22 Willie McDougald, Oklahoma; D;4-1 SV

141: #23 Danny Pucino, Illinois over #11 Cole Matthews, Pittsburgh; D;6-3 SV

125: #32 Troy Spratley, Oklahoma State over #20 Spencer Moore, North Carolina; M;11-2

197: Sonny Sasso, Virginia Tech over #22 Evan Bates, Northwestern; M;13-5

184: #24 Zayne Lehman, Ohio over #13 David Key, Navy; D;4-2

125: #29 Brendan McCrone, Ohio State over #18 Nick Babin, Columbia; D;5-3

125: Noah Luna, Appalachian State over #23 Eddie Ventresca, Virginia Tech; M;14-2

149: #26 Derek Raike, Ohio over #15 Ethen Miller, Maryland; T;16-1

165: #31 Will Miller, Appalachian State over #21 Connor Brady, Virginia Tech; D;5-1

184: Jacob Armstrong, Utah Valley over #24 Zayne Lehman, Ohio; F;6:01

165: #29 Hunter Garvin, Stanford over #19 Giano Petrucelli, Air Force; M;14-4

Lesser But Still Top 10 Upsets

A difference in rankings numbering between four and nine, but still with an upsettee in the top 10.

157: #17 Peyten Kellar, Ohio over #8 Ed Scott, NC State; D;7-4 SV

133: #18 Derrick Cardinal, South Dakota State over #9 Domenic Zaccone, Campbell; M;14-3

133: #17 Nic Bouzakis, Ohio State over #9 Domenic Zaccone, Campbell; D;4-2

184: #12 Lenny Pinto, Nebraska over #5 Dustin Plott, Oklahoma State; D;12-10

184: #16 Sam Fisher, Virginia Tech over #9 Gavin Kane, North Carolina; D;4-2

125: #10 Caleb Smith, Nebraska over #3 Matt Ramos, Purdue; D;8-4

197: #8 Jaxon Smith, Maryland over #2 Tanner Sloan, South Dakota State; D;8-2

165: #7 Julian Ramirez, Cornell over #2 David Carr, Iowa State; D;4-3

174: #8 Cade DeVos, South Dakota State over #4 Carson Kharchla, Ohio State; D;11-8

141: #7 Ryan Jack, NC State over #3 Lachlan McNeil, North Carolina; D;4-2

Lesser Upsets

A difference in rankings numbering between four and nine, but between wrestlers outside the top 10.

165: #22 Peyton Hall, West Virginia over #13 Cael Carlson, Oklahoma; F;6:04

165: #24 Brevin Cassella, Binghamton over #16 Maxx Mayfield, Northwestern; D;1-1 TB RT

125: #31 Dominic Mendez, Cal Poly over #23 Eddie Ventresca, Virginia Tech; M;14-4

285: #17 Boone McDermott, Oregon State over #10 Grady Griess, Navy; D;3-2

133: #21 Ethan Oakley, Appalachian State over #14 Brendan Ferretti, Navy; D;9-7

125: #16 Jore Volk, Wyoming over #10 Caleb Smith, Nebraska; D;4-2

149: #22 Willie McDougald, Oklahoma over #16 Ty Watters, West Virginia; D;8-5

141: #30 Anthony Echemendia, Iowa State over #24 Cleveland Belton, Oregon State; F;2:38

165: #29 Hunter Garvin, Stanford over #24 Brevin Cassella, Binghamton; D;2-1

125: #21 Brandon Kaylor, Oregon State over #16 Jore Volk, Wyoming; D;4-2

197: #21 Max Shaw, North Carolina over #16 Luke Geog, Ohio State; D;5-4

197: #30 Wyatt Voelker, Northern Iowa over #25 Julien Broderson, Iowa State; D;6-1

285: #21 Konner Doucet, Oklahoma State over #17 Boone McDermott, Oregon State; D;3-2 TB

285: #17 Boone McDermott, Oregon State over #13 Owen Trephan, NC State; D;4-1

197: #18 Evan Bockman, Utah Valley over #14 Nick Stemmet, Stanford; D;4-3

133: #18 Derrick Cardinal, South Dakota State over #14 Brendan Ferretti, Navy; D;7-2

125: #29 Brendan McCrone, Ohio State over #25 Tucker Owens, Air Force; M;13-0

Upsets By Unranked Wrestlers

Sometimes the unranked wrestler would be ranked but just isn't the starter. Other times the unranked wrestler is simply not ranked but probably will be when the new set of rankings come out. Let's see what the rankers do tomorrow!

125: Troy Hohman, NC State over #25 Tucker Owens, Air Force; D;10-6

165: Dalton Harkins, Army West Point over #25 Blaine Brenner, Minnesota; D;2-1

165: Joseph Bianchi, Little Rock over #25 Blaine Brenner, Minnesota; D;2-1

157: John Wiley, Oklahoma over #25 Caleb Dowling, West Virginia; D;4-3

285: Nolan Neves, Columbia over #25 Seth Nevills, Maryland; D;6-3

174: Sal Perrine, Ohio over #25 Austin Murphy, Campbell; D;8-5 SV

184: James Rowley, Purdue over #25 Caleb Hopkins, Campbell; M;12-3

149: Dylan Gilcher, Michigan over #26 Derek Raike, Ohio; D;8-5

133: Jager Eisch, Minnesota over #27 Braden Basile, Army West Point; D;4-2

133: Kade Moore, Missouri over #27 Braden Basile, Army West Point; D;8-6

157: Connor Eck, Lock Haven over #28 Michael North, Maryland; D;4-2

133: Zeth Romney, Cal Poly over #29 Haiden Drury, Utah Valley; D;11-4

174: Lorenzo Norman, Stanford over #29 MJ Gaitan, Iowa State; D;11-8

133: Jameson Garcia, Harvard over #29 Haiden Drury, Utah Valley; D;7-1

133: Jace Koelzer, Oklahoma over #31 Zeke Seltzer, Missouri; D;4-1

285: Matthew Cover, Princeton over #31 Nick Willham, Indiana; D;5-4

141: Tagen Jamison, Oklahoma State over #31 Sergio Lemley, Michigan; D;7-6

149: Joel Mylin, Missouri over #31 Drew Roberts, Minnesota; D;8-5

133: Joshua Sarpy, Little Rock over #31 Zeke Seltzer, Missouri; M;18-8

133: Jager Eisch, Minnesota over #31 Zeke Seltzer, Missouri; T;15-0

197: Sonny Sasso, Virginia Tech over #32 Bobby Striggow, Michigan; D;3-1

149: Nick Stampoulos, Buffalo over #32 Zach Price, Gardner-Webb; D;6-2

157: Chris Earnest, Campbell over #32 Isaiah Crosby, Oregon State; D;7-5

165: Brendan Howes, North Dakota State over #32 Nick Hamilton, Virginia; F;2:06

285: Lucas Stoddard, Army West Point over #33 Bennett Tabor, Minnesota; D;2-1

174: Tyler Brennan, Little Rock over #33 John Worthing, Clarion; D;8-4

197: Joseph Novak, Wyoming over #33 Jack Wehmeyer, Columbia; D;8-6

Barely Upsets

A difference in rankings numbering three or less. Only technically considered upsets and many fans would not consider these upsets at all. We're including them anyway, and will let you be the judge!

285: #6 Yonger Bastida, Iowa State over #3 Lucas Davison, Michigan; D;5-3

157: #8 Ed Scott, NC State over #5 Bryce Andonian, Virginia Tech; M;18-7

157: #9 Daniel Cardenas, Stanford over #6 Will Lewan, Michigan; D;12-10

184: #14 Sam Wolf, Air Force over #11 Gavin Hoffman, Ohio State; D;4-1 SV

157: #15 Paddy Gallagher, Ohio State over #12 Trevor Chumbley, Northwestern; D;9-5

174: #28 Danny Wask, Navy over #25 Austin Murphy, Campbell; D;7-6

197: #31 Kael Wisler, Michigan State over #28 John Crawford, Franklin & Marshall; F;5:49

149: #7 Dylan D'Emilio, Ohio State over #5 Jackson Arrington, NC State; D;9-8

157: #8 Ed Scott, NC State over #6 Will Lewan, Michigan; D;5-2

285: #11 Dayton Pitzer, Pittsburgh over #9 Luke Luffman, Illinois; D;10-3

285: #15 Taye Ghadiali, Campbell over #13 Owen Trephan, NC State; D;2-1

165: #18 Garrett Thompson, Ohio over #16 Maxx Mayfield, Northwestern; D;2-0

184: #18 Dylan Fishback, NC State over #16 Sam Fisher, Virginia Tech; M;16-4

285: #18 Nick Feldman, Ohio State over #16 Lewis Fernandes, Cornell; D;8-1

165: #19 Giano Petrucelli, Air Force over #17 Antrell Taylor, Nebraska; D;12-9

184: #24 Zayne Lehman, Ohio over #22 Tony Negron, Arizona State; D;12-6

157: #26 Matty Bianchi, Little Rock over #24 Alejandro Herrera-Rondon, Clarion; M;9-1

174: #28 Danny Wask, Navy over #26 Alex Faison, NC State; D;2-2 TB RT

141: #28 Jack Gioffre, Virginia over #26 Gavin Drexler, North Dakota State; D;7-5

149: #4 Caleb Henson, Virginia Tech over #3 Kyle Parco, Arizona State; D;5-0

165: #4 Izzak Olejnik, Oklahoma State over #3 Cameron Amine, Michigan; D;6-4

184: #6 Will Feldkamp, Iowa State over #4 Trey Munoz, Oregon State; F;2:21

285: #17 Boone McDermott, Oregon State over #16 Lewis Fernandes, Cornell; D;6-1

133: #22 Julian Farber, Northern Iowa over #21 Ethan Oakley, Appalachian State; D;10-9

133: #25 Gabe Whisenhunt, Oregon State over #24 Caden McCrary, North Carolina; D;4-2

197: #33 Jack Wehmeyer, Columbia over #32 Bobby Striggow, Michigan; D;8-2