There were 31 total upsets and 10 top ten upsets in the past week of NCAA wrestling. Take a look below at a full list of the biggest upsets and breakdowns of the most notable matches.

Gomez Climbing At 149

Austin Gomez continues to make the most of his comeback season for the Wisconsin Badgers. On Friday night, Gomez upset returning All-American #4 Yahya Thomas in a thrilling, 8-6 decision. In the match, Thomas took a 4-3 decision into the third period before Gomez tied it up at 4 with an escape just ten seconds into the final period. Gomez then hit a beautiful reattack double for a takedown to take a 6-4 lead with 1:30 to go in the match. He would capitalize on another errant shot by Thomas to ice the match with just under a minute left in the match. Gomez’s upcoming schedule will truly tell us how high he can climb at 149 with potential matches against #5 Ridge Lovett, #10 Max Murin, and #1 Yianni Diakomihalis. 

Public Service Announcement from @agomez_149:

"I'm Back" @BadgerWrestling takes down Northwestern 19-15 in their Big Ten opener #Badgers pic.twitter.com/YuIU583qnr

— Zach Hanley (@ZachHanley2) January 8, 2022

Another Big Win For Ed Scott 

Last month at the collegiate duals Ed Scott took out #17 Jarrett Jacques and #10 Kaleb Young in successive matches. On Sunday, Scott got another upset win over #6 Qunicy Monday in NC State’s dual against Princeton. In their match, Monday got an early takedown and held a 3-1 lead in the second before Scott secured a late takedown to tie the match at 3 going into the third. In the final period, Scott scored an escape and takedown to build a 6-3 lead with just over a minute left in the match. Monday was able to escape but failed to score the match-tying takedown resulting in Scott taking home the 6-4 win. Scott will likely make a big jump in the rankings this week and is proving to be a dangerous threat to anyone in the country at 157 pounds. 

Matthews Stuns Micic

Cole Matthews secured the biggest win of his collegiate career on Sunday with his 11-5 victory over three-time All-American #4 Stevan Micic. The turning point in the match for Matthews was able to secure four-back points during a scramble situation. Take a look at a highlight of the sequence below.

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What a win over #3 Stevan Micic!#H2P » #BeatMichigan pic.twitter.com/zFL8nVrnpT

— Pitt Wrestling (@Pitt_WRES) January 9, 2022

Two Big Upsets Propel Lehigh Over Cornell

#22 Lehigh earned their biggest dual win of the season with an 18-15 upset over #9 Cornell. 174 and 184 were the matches that swung the dual in favor of the Mountain Hawks. At 174, Jake Logan won a controlling 6-3 decision over # Chris Foca and at 184 AJ Burkhart took out Jonathan Loew in a back and forth 7-6 bout. Take a look at both matches below.

Logan’s win over Chris Foca:

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Nijenhuis and Lyon Show Up Big For Purdue

The other big upset dual of the week was #21 Purdue’s 18-15 win over #7 Nebraska. The Boilermaker’s got consecutive upset wins from Gerrit Nijenhuis and Max Lyon at 174 and 184 respectively. Nijenhuis used a late third-period takedown to secure the win over #4 Mikey Labriola while Lyon won a more controlling victory over # Taylor Venz (7-2). 

Highlights of Nijenhuis’ win over Max Lyon

😱 @gerrit_9house picks up the huge upset over No. 3 Mikey Labriola, to help propel the No. 15 Boilermakers to an 18-15 win over No. 9 Nebraska.#NCAAWrestling x 🎥 @PurdueWrestling pic.twitter.com/kzRZLtoVXe

— NCAA Wrestling (@NCAAWrestling) January 8, 2022

Brucki Starts 2022 Off Right

Pat Bruck got his first top-10 victory of the season with a win over returning NCAA finalist #7 Nino Bonaccorsi. Brucki came back from a 2-1 deficit at the end of the first to secure takedowns at the end of the second and third periods to get the 6-3 win. Brucki could continue to climb in the rankings with a potential match with #2 Max Dean when Penn State wrestles Michigan on January 21st in Ann Arbor. 

All Upsets

125

Michael DeAugustino, Northwestern D;8-7 #5 Patrick McKee, Minnesota

Drake Ayala, Iowa D;6-1 #9 Devin Schroder, Purdue

Michael DeAugustino, Northwestern D;9-5 #12 Eric Barnett, Wisconsin

Oscar Sanchez, Ohio D;4-3 HM Jacob Moran, Indiana

Drew Hildebrandt, Penn State D;6-2 HM Jacob Moran, Indiana

Cooper Fylnn, Virginia Tech DQ #23 Jared Van Vleet, Air Force

133

Kyle Biscoglia, Northern Iowa M;9-0 HM Job Greenwood, Wyoming

141

#20 Cole Matthews, Pittsburgh D;11-5 #4 Stevan Micic, Michigan

Frankie Tal Shahar, Northwestern D;5-4 #15 Joseph Zargo, Wisconsin

Gabe Willochell, Edinboro D;6-3 #16 Matt Kazimir, Columbia

Kyran Hagan, Ohio D;5-2 #22 Cayden Rooks, Indiana

Gabe Willochell, Edinboro D;6-5 #24 Zach Redding, Iowa State

Cody Phippen, Air Force M;16-8 HM Corey Shie, Army West Point

149

#14 Austin Gomez, Wisconsin D;8-6 #4 Yahya Thomas, Northwestern

157

#15 Ed Scott, NC State D;6-4 #6 Quincy Monday, Princeton

174

HM Jake Logan, Lehigh D;5-2 #10 Chris Foca, Cornell

#22 Andrew McNally, Wisconsin D;3-1 #18 Troy Fisher, Northwestern

#22 Andrew McNally, Wisconsin D;6-1 #21 Jackson Turley, Rutgers

#19 Gerrit Nijenhuis, Purdue D;6-4 #5 Mikey Labriola, Nebraska

Bailee O'Reilly, Minnesota D;9-5 #18 Troy Fisher, Northwestern

Jacob Nolan, Binghamton D;6-4 HM Jake Logan, Lehigh

Benjamin Pasiuk, Army West Point F;4:38 HM Hunter Kernan, Pittsburgh

184

#23 Max Lyon, Purdue D;7-2 #9 Taylor Venz, Nebraska

AJ Burkhart, Lehigh D;7-6 #14 Jonathan Loew, Cornell

197

#10 Patrick Brucki, Michigan D;6-3 #7 Nino Bonaccorsi, Pittsburgh

Aiden Conner, Princeton F;2:44 #15 Isaac Trumble, NC State

Cody Howard, Virginia Tech D;5-3 HM JT Brown, Army West Point

285

#22 Joe Doyle, Binghamton F;6:15 #20 Michael Wolfgram, West Virginia

#14 Lucas Davison, Northwestern D;4-3 #6 Trent Hillger, Wisconsin

Quinn Miller, Virginia D;6-1 HM Riley Smith, Navy

Brandon Whitman, North Carolina D;9-8 HM Riley Smith, Navy