It's been an eventful November in the D1 wrestling world. The blue blood programs are throwing their weight around, as is their want, and blue-chip recruits are establishing their credentials. I tell you, if you haven't been paying attention to the D1 wrestling season, I'd say you blew it!

And then there have been the upsets. Look how many there were on the first day of the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational alone! 

Now, taking account of a month's worth of upsets is fraught with difficulties. Yesterday's underdog could be today's favorite. With that and other caveats in mind, below please find an incomplete reckoning of some of the most significant upsets of the young season.

Events In Which Upsets Abound: Journeymen Northeast Duals | Journeymen Collegiate Classic | Cliff Keen Las Vegas International

165 Pounds: #15 Ebed Jarrell, Drexel over #5 Isaiah White, Nebraska 6-3

The spectacularly mulleted Jarrell started the season with one of the biggest upsets of the season, knocking off recently crowned CKLV champ Isaiah White at the Journeymen Northeast Duals.

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149 Pounds: #16 Russell Rohlfing, CSU-Bakersfield over #9 Pat Lugo, Iowa 10-9 

Another early season upset occurred on Kent State's campus at the Frenzy at the Fieldhouse. It was Lugo's first varsity match in a Hawkeye singlet, and Rohlfing was there to ruin his debutante party. 

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197 Pounds: UR Tanner Sloan, SD State over #10 Eric Schultz, Nebraska 13-4 (Click to watch)

It's hard to gauge upsets in the first week of the season, especially at a volatile weight like 197-pounds. But following Eric Schultz's runnerup finish at CKLV, Tanner Sloan's upset over him at the Daktronics Open looks all the more impressive. 

184 Pounds: UR Hunter Bolen, Virginia Tech over #14 Chip Ness, North Carolina 4-2

Hunter Bolen was pressed into varsity service last season, starting at 174 for the Hokies and qualifying for the NCAAs where he would ultimately go 0-2. Bolen is currently redshirting behind All-American senior Zack Zavatsky, but was still able to take out ACC rival All-American Chip Ness early this season at the Hokie Open. 

165 Pounds: #13 Connor Flynn, Missouri over #9 Mekhi Lewis, Virginia Tech 8-6

The Hokie Open took place opening weekend, and in other Hokie news less than a fortnight later, UWW Junior World Champion Mekhi Lewis was taken out by Connor Flynn in a dual meet surprise. 

125 Pounds: UR Drew Hildebrandt, Central Michigan over #10 Drew Mattin, Michigan 8-4

Around the same time the Hokies were wrestling the Tigers, the Wolverines met the Chippewas for an intra-Oven-Mitt rivalry. It didn't go terribly well for the home team, but one bright spot for Central Michigan was unranked Drew Hildebrandt narrowly defeating the highly regarded Drew Mattin. 

125 Pounds: UR Cole Verner, Wyoming over #12 Zeke Moisey, Nebraska 5-2 (Click to watch)

Two-time All-American Zeke Moisey has dropped regular-season matches before, so his loss to unranked Cole Verner is not a reason to panic. It is, however, win home dual win over a national finalist and a feather in the cap for Verner.

157 Pounds: #13 Eric Barone, Illinois over #9 Ke-Shawn Hayes, Ohio State 2-1

Did we mention that CKLV featured scads of upsets? Here is one of the biggest that happened early on day 1. 

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157 Pounds: #8 Griffin Parriott, Purdue over #4 Tyler Berger, Nebraska 4-2

Another big one from Vegas was Griffin Parriott, a redshirt sophomore who did not qualify for the NCAAs last season, beating two-time All-American senior Tyler Berger in the quarterfinals.

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141 Pounds: UR Taylor Ortz, Clarion over #15 Chad Red, Nebraska 4-2 (Click to watch)

Red had a rough tournament, going 1-2 in Vegas. Ortz was a big reason why, knocking the redshirt sophomore All-American out of the tournament in the consolation bracket. 

285 Pounds: UR Niko Camacho, American over #11 Zach Elam, Missouri 3-2 (Click to watch)

Camacho beat Elam in the round of 32, sending Elam on a consolation bracket odyssey that eventually saw him earn a third-place trophy which, in retrospect, made his first loss of the tournament that much more surprising.

133 Pounds: #18 Noah Gonser, Campbell over #13 Montorie Bridges, Wyoming (Click to watch)

Noah Gonser has yet to break through to the elite tier of 133, but he is a landmine in any bracket, as evidenced by his victory over All-American Montorie Bridges in the opening round of the CKLV. 

165 Pounds: #8 Demetrius Romero, Utah Valley over #6 Logan Massa, Michigan 9-6 (Click to watch)

What made this decision by Romero in the third-place bout of the CKLV over former NCAA third-place finisher Logan Massa all the more shocking is the 18-0 thrashing Massa laid on Romero in the quarterfinals.

184 Pounds: #4 Drew Foster, Northern Iowa over #5 Zack Zavatsky, Virginia Tech 9-6 & 9-5 (Click to watch the quarterfinals matchup)

Though Foster is currently ranked ahead of Zavatsky by dint of not one, but two victories over the Hokie at the CKLV, prior to the the start of the tournament, Foster was the underdog. After all, Zavatsky was coming off an All-American performance in Cleveland while Foster missed the podium, falling in the round of 24.

133 Pounds: #5 Micky Phillippi, Pittsburgh over #6 Luke Pletcher, Ohio State 2-1 (Click to watch)

Phillippi went ham on the 133-pound CKLV bracket until running into the buzzsaw that is Nick Suriano in the finals. Yet Phillippi was ranked a full 12 spots below the All-American Pletcher when the two met in the semifinals. Phillippi's win, among other upsets, caused a massive shakeup in the rankings. 

149 Pounds: #5 Brock Zacherl, Clarion over #6 Grant Leeth, Missouri 3-2 (Click to watch)

Another instance where the rankings do not currently support an upset. However, at the time, it was a big deal for Zacherl, who has yet to advance past the bloodround at NCAAs, to beat the returning 6th place finisher. Unfortunatley, it now looks like that was the last match Leeth will wrestle this season, as Grant announced on social media that he is shutting things down due to an injury. 

165 Pounds: #9 Mekhi Lewis, Virginia Tech over #7 Branson Ashworth, Wyoming 3-1 (Click to watch)

Though on the receiving end of an upset earlier this seaosn (remember from the beginning of the articke?) Mekhi Lewis dished out an upset of his own when he took out Branson Ashworth in the quarterfinals of the CKLV. Ashworth is having a quality senior campaign so far, having knocked off Chandler Rogers at Oklahoma State a few weeks earlier. 

157 Pounds: #5 Larry Early, Old Dominion over #4 Hayden Hidlay, NC State 4-2

We'd be remiss if we didn't include what many are calling the upset of the season. 

Larry Early over Hayden Hidlay is the upset of the season so far and it’s not close.

— Christian Pyles (@CPyles8) December 1, 2018

Early handed Hidlay just the second loss of his varsity career. The only other blemish on the redshirt sophomore's ledger is an NCAA finals defeat at the hands of Jason Nolf, who is considered by most to be pretty decent at wrestling.