2022-23 NCAA DI Rankings
Yianni Diakomihalis
Freshmen continue to cause chaos in the 149-pound rankings! After Paniro Johnson took out Austin Gomez in the opening week of the season, true freshman Caleb Henson defeated Sammy Sasso in overtime, 5-3. Similar to Gomez, Sasso doesn't drop too far based on his overall resume and stays above Murin and Thomas because of wins over both last season.
Like Johnson, Henson doesn't have the overall resume to jump into the top 8 in front of Murin, Thomas, or Mauller. However, Henson does move ahead of Paniro Johnson because of a lack of "bad losses". Last season Johnson lost to a variety of unranked wrestlers.
Two other wrestlers new to the rankings are Doug Zapf and Dylan Martinez. Zapf moved down from 157 and Martinez secured a big win over Jaden Abas.
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