Penn State Wrestling: We're Number One!

We thought the Penn State wrestling team was a little too young to make a run at the National Championship this season.

We've obviously misunderestimated The Cael Effect...

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Penn State was tied with Cornell for the top spot in last week's InterMat Team Rankings.

Penn State thumped #23 Pitt, 30-7, and destroyed #20 Indiana, 36-8, in duel meets over the weekend. The Big Red lost a tight one at #14 Lehigh last week.

This doesn't necessarily mean Penn State will be all alone in the top spot when the new rankings are released on Tuesday, because "InterMat tournament-strength rankings are based on InterMat individual rankings using NCAA tournament scoring. Dual meet team results are not taken into account."

Here is our current lineup, with InterMat national rankings...

125 pounds
11. Brad Pataky

133 pounds
5. Andrew Long

141 pounds
5. Andrew Alton

149 pounds
5. Frank Molinaro

157 pounds
3. David Taylor

165 pounds
Redshirt Freshman Jake Kemerer (13-7) is unranked

174 pounds
2. Ed Ruth

184 pounds
6. Quentin Wright

197 pounds
True Freshman Nick Ruggear (15-6) is unranked

Heavyweight
6. Cameron Wade

Wade should move up after defeating Pitt's 3rd-ranked Ryan Tomei and Indiana's 14th-ranked Ricky Alcala last week.

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