Amateur Wrestling News has released their pre-season rankings for the 2011-12 season. Each weight class has 20 ranked student-athletes. Minnesota is represented in nine out the ten weight classes in the early poll.

Amateur Wrestling News
Division I Pre-Season Rankings

 

125

1. Matt McDonough-Jr, Iowa

2. Zach Sanders-Sr, Minnesota

3. Ryan Mango-Jr, Stanford

4. Jarrod Patterson-Jr, Oklahoma

5.  Nic Bedelyon-Sr, Kent State

 

133

1. Jordan Oliver-Jr, Oklahoma State

2. Scotti Sentes-Sr, Central Michigan

3. Tony Ramos-Soph, Iowa

4. Bernard Futrell-Jr, Illinois

5. Devin Carter-Soph, Virginia Tech

11. David Thorn-Soph, Minnesota

 

141

1. Kellen Russell-Sr, Michigan

2. Boris Novachkov-Sr, Cal Poly

3. Montell Marion-Jr, Iowa

4. Andrew Alton-Soph, Penn State

5. Zack Kemmerer-Sr, Penn

15. Nick Dardanes-Fr, Minnesota

 

149

1. Frank Molinaro-Sr, Penn State

2. Jamal Parks-Sr, Oklahoma State

3. Tyler Nauman-Sr, Pittsburgh

4. Mario Mason-Jr, Rutgers

5. Ivan Lopouchanski-Jr, Purdue

14. Dylan Ness-Fr, Minnesota

 

157

1. Kyle Dake-Jr, Cornell

2. Derek St. John-Soph, Iowa

3. Jason Welch-Jr, Northwestern

4. Ganbayar Sonjaa-Sr, American

5. Walt Peppelman-Jr, Harvard

14. Jake Deitchler-Soph, Minnesota

 

165

1. David Taylor-Soph, Penn State

2. Shane Onufer-Sr, Wyoming

3. Josh Asper-Jr, Maryland

4. Brandon Hatchett-Sr, Lehigh

5. Paul Gillespie-Sr, Hofstra

10. Cody Yohn-Jr, Minnesota

 

184

1. Quentin Wright-Jr, Penn State

2. Robert Hamlin-Jr, Lehigh

3. Grant Gambrall-Jr, Iowa

4. Steve Bosak-Sr, Cornell

5. Chris Honeycutt-Sr, Edinboro

8. Kevin Steinhaus-Soph, Minnesota

 

197

1. Cam Simaz-Sr, Cornell

2. Cayle Byers-Sr, Oklahoma State

3. Sonny Yohn-Sr, Minnesota

4. Micah Burak-Jr, Penn

5. Matt Powless-Sr, Indiana

 

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1. Zach Rey-Sr, Lehigh

2. Ryan Flores-Sr, American

3. Cameron Wade-Sr, Penn State

4. Tony Nelson-Soph, Minnesota

5. Spencer Myers-Soph, Maryland