Two Franklin Regional grads – Spencer Lee and Michael Kemerer – are ranked No. 1 according to the latest NCAA coaches rankings. Both wrestle for No. 1 Iowa.
Lee, a two-time NCAA champion, is ranked No. 1 at 125 pounds. Kemerer, a two-time NCAA placewinner and three-time All-American, is ranked No. 1 at 174. He was seeded No. 2 before the 2020 NCAA tournament was canceled.
Pitt’s Micky Phillippi is ranked No. 3 at 133 pounds behind Penn State’s Roman Bravo-Young and Iowa’s Austin DeSanto.
Penn State’s Nick Lee (141) and Aaron Brooks (187) are ranked No. 2.
Michigan is ranked No. 2 behind Iowa and Penn State is now No. 3.
The NCAA also announced conference allocations for the NCAA Championships on March 18-20 at St. Louis.
NCAA Division I rankings
Local wrestlers in bold
125 pounds
1.Spencer Lee, Iowa
2. Drew Hildebrandt, Central Michigan
3. Brandon Courtney, Arizona State
4, Sam Latona, Virginia Tech
5. Jakob Camacho, NC State
24. Killan Cardinale, WVU
133 pounds
1.Roman Bravo-Young, Penn State
2. Austin DeSanto, Iowa
3. Micky Phillippi, Pitt
4. Sammy Alvarez, Rutgers
5. Korbin Myers, Virginia Tech
19. Ryan Sullivan, WVU
23. Darren Miller, Bucknell
141 pounds
1.Jaydin Eierman, Iowa
2. Nick Lee, Penn State
3. Sebastian Rivera, Rutgers
4. Allan Hart, Missouri
5. Chad Red, Nebraska
17. Cole Matthews, Pitt
23. Sam Hillegas, Virginia Tech
149 pouds
1.Sammy Sasso, Ohio State
2. Austin O’Connor, North Carolina
3. Brock Mauller, Missouri
4. Boo Lewallen, Oklahoma State
5. Max Murin, Iowa
8. Michael Carr, Illinois
23. Luke Gardner, Penn State
28. Luke Kemerer, Pitt
157 pounds
1.Hayden Hidley, NC State
2. David Carr, Iowa State
3. Jesse Dellavecchia, Rider
4. Kaleb Young, Iowa
5. Brayton Lee
9. Brady Berge, Penn State
165 pounds
1.Mikhi Lewis, Virginia Tech
2. Alex Marinelli, Iowa
3. Shane Griffith, Stanford
4. Travis Wittlake, Oklahoma State
5. Anthony Valencia, Arizona State
7. Zach Hartman, Bucknell
8. Ethan Smith, Ohio State
9. Jake Wentzel, Pitt
12. Joe Lee, Penn State
33. Gerrit Nijenhuis, Purdue
174 pounds
1.Michael Kemerer, Iowa
2. Logan Massa, Michigan
3. Mikey Labriola, Nebraska
4. Kaleb Romero, Ohio State
5. Demetrius Romero, Utah Valley
6. Carter Starocci, Penn State
18. Jacob Oliver, Edinboro
184 pounds
1.Hunter Stein, Virginia Tech
2. Aaron Brooks, Penn State
3. Trent Hidlay, NC State
4. Lou Deprez, Binghamton
5. Parker Keckeisen, Northern Iowa
24. Gregg Harvey, Pitt
197 pounds
1.Eric Schultz, Nebraska
2. Jacob Werner, Iowa
3. Kordell Norfleet, Arizona State
4. Noah Adams, WVU
5. Tanner Sloan, South Dakota State
7. Nico Bonaccorsi, Pitt
8. Greg Bulsak, Clarion
15. Jake Woodley, Oklahoma
18. Max Shaw, North Carolina
285 pounds
1.Gable Steveson, Minnesota
2. Mason Parris, Michigan
3. Tony Cassioppi, Iowa
4. Matt Stencel, Central Michigan
5. Gannon Gremmel, Iowa State
16. Seth Nevills, Penn State
26. Jon Spaulding, Edinboro
Team rankings
Pos. Team (votes), record, points, Pr
1.Iowa (14), 5-0, 350, 1
2. Michigan (0), 3-0, 332, 2
3. Penn State (0), 3-0, 312, 4
4. Virginia Tech (0), 8-0, 295, 8
5. Missouri (0), 10-0, 291, 6
6. Oklahoma State (0), 9-0, 289, 5
7. NC State (0), 5-1, 268, 3
8. Nebraska (0), 6-1, 267, 7
9. Minnesota (0), 5-2, 217, 13
10. Illinois (0), 5-2, 212, 9
16. Pitt (0), 3-3, 150, 15
NCAA Conference Allocations
ACC: 33
Big 12: 45
Big Ten: 76
EIWA: 45
MAC: 35
Pac-12: 19
Southern: 13
