Iowa in new InterMat Rankings

The updated InterMat Rankings were just released based off of all the Conference Tournaments and NCAA Qualifiers. There was quite a bit of change in the team race. Iowa went from second to third and Michigan is the new #2.

The glaring difference is Michigan took a huge increase from 78.5 last week to 104 this week. Penn State went from 123.5 points last week to 113.5 this week. That is a huge movement in points from the results of just one event, Big Tens.

The Hawks were at 84 points last week and are now listed at 86.

Ayala went from 11 to 12, Murin 10 to 8, Young 9 to 11, Marinelli 5 to 3, Kemerer 4 to 5, Assad 19 to 20, Warner 4 to 6, and Cassioppi 4 to 3. DeSanto (3) and Eierman (2) remained the same.

So the Hawks went from 39.5 points behind #1 Penn State last week to 27.5 points behind this week. A reminder that with all that went wrong for Iowa Wrestling last weekend at Big Tens with injuries and we were still in the team race until the end. I am not letting 27.5 points in a rankings scare me.

The NCAA will release brackets for Nationals tomorrow (Wednesday).

We are down to the NCAA National Tournament on March 17-19.

Let’s get the Hawks on the mend and send them out there in Detroit wrestling their best of the year. I will keep saying that the level of competition will be very fierce and tougher than last year at Nationals. With that in mind the tougher the tournament the better Iowa’s chances are of winning it all.

To my fellow Iowa Wrestling fans, we’re very much in this. Onward.

Let’s get ‘em in the middle.

InterMat Rankings – March 8, 2022

Tournament Team Rankings/Points