2026-27 Wrestling Report Pre-Season Tiers

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Tier Rankings / Rankings | The College Wrestling Report

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Wrestler College Conference Tier
Luke Lilledahl Penn State BigTen 1
Marcus Blaze Penn State BigTen 1
Nathan Desmond Penn State BigTen 1 <<< interesting
Shayne Van Ness Penn State BigTen 1
Tyler Kasak Penn State BigTen 1
Mitchell Mesenbrink Penn State BigTen 1
Jayden James Penn State BigTen 1
Rocco Welsh Penn State BigTen 1
Josh Barr Penn State BigTen 1
Cole Mirasola Penn State BigTen 2<<< maybe Connor

9 title contenders with no Ono or Duke

Oklahoma State with 7 title contenders, Nebraska and VT with 3, Ohio State and Iowa with 2...

 

[Reslo1]

2025?

 

[Acacia]

2025?

2026-2027

 

[Fan16801]

In his post Pan Am U23 gold interview, Connor said "I'm ready to win nationals at heavyweight this year".

 

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Wrestler College Conference Tier
Luke Lilledahl Penn State BigTen 1
Marcus Blaze Penn State BigTen 1
Nathan Desmond Penn State BigTen 1 <<< interesting
Shayne Van Ness Penn State BigTen 1
Tyler Kasak Penn State BigTen 1
Mitchell Mesenbrink Penn State BigTen 1
Jayden James Penn State BigTen 1
Rocco Welsh Penn State BigTen 1
Josh Barr Penn State BigTen 1
Cole Mirasola Penn State BigTen 2<<< maybe Connor

9 title contenders with no Ono or Duke

Not too shabby. I have to say that having Desmond as a title contender at 141 is a bit crazy though. I think his win over LL is skewing expectations a bit

 

[CTStall]

Not too shabby. I have to say that having Desmond as a title contender at 141 is a bit crazy though. I think his win over LL is skewing expectations a bit

If it wasn't 141 he would be a favorite. He's good and really has the ability to scramble and create scoring opportunities off the scrambles.
I saw him when he was young and knew he was going to be really good .
I heard Desmond uncle Seth Cisualli put his name in for NDGP job. I also heard a "retired" District 11 coach has interest in it also.

 

[Goggles Paisano]

In his post Pan Am U23 gold interview, Connor said "I'm ready to win nationals at heavyweight this year".

Well (excluding the weight reference) even Braeden Davis says the same thing. A positive attitude and setting high goals are a PSU thing and admirable. Saying it though, is far from making it so. I think we will be very fortunate to send any heavy to the semis, and that is a realistic ceiling.

That said I definitely think Connor is the better brother, will win the spot, and will place slightly higher than Cole would have otherwise.

 

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Similar to my question about The Open Mat which JB answered = Andrew Hipps, onetime (part?)-owner of Intermat, does anybody know any real people behind this outlet?

https://www.thecollegewrestlingreport.com/contact

I don't see any human names on the site anywhere, and the content feels pretty AI and Image-heavy.

Any chance Fanco rebuilt into this?

 

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Well (excluding the weight reference) even Braeden Davis says the same thing. A positive attitude and setting high goals are a PSU thing and admirable. Saying it though, is far from making it so. I think we will be very fortunate to send any heavy to the semis, and that is a realistic ceiling.

That said I definitely think Connor is the better brother, will win the spot, and will place slightly higher than Cole would have otherwise.

Crazy that Cael can have brothers compete for the same spot and not cause familial trauma.

 

[Corby2]

Similar to my question about The Open Mat which JB answered = Andrew Hipps, onetime (part?)-owner of Intermat, does anybody know any real people behind this outlet?

https://www.thecollegewrestlingreport.com/contact

I don't see any human names on the site anywhere, and the content feels pretty AI and Image-heavy.

Any chance Fanco rebuilt into this?

Definitely not Josiah.