UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team (4-0, 0-0) remains the top-ranked team in the country in the Dec. 1 release of InterMat Wrestling’s Tournament Power Index (TPI). Head coach Cael Sanderson’s squad also tops InterMat’s Dual Meet Rankings. This marks the sixth straight week that Penn State, with nine ranked individuals, holds the No. 1 spot in the TPI.
Penn State sits in the No. 1 spot with 109.0 points while Oklahoma State is in second at 101.0. Iowa is third at 88.0. No other team topped 80 points in this week’s TPI.
Senior Morgan McIntosh is ranked No. 1 at 197 with a 4-0 on the year and sophomore Zain Retherford is ranked No. 1 at 149 with a 4-0 mark to lead Penn State’s nine ranked wrestlers. Red-shirt freshman Jason Nolf is ranked No. 3 at 157 with a 4-0 record and senior Nico Megaludis is ranked No. 4 at 125 with a 3-1 record.
Junior All-American Jimmy Gulibon is ranked No. 6 at 141 at 2-2 while red-shirt freshman Bo Nickal is ranked No. 6 at 174 at 4-0. Senior All-American Jordan Conaway is ranked No. 8 at 133 with a 4-0 record and sophomore Matt McCutcheon is ranked No. 13 at 184 with a 4-0 record. Red-shirt freshman Shakur Rasheed rounds out Penn State’s ranked wrestlers with a No. 20 ranking at 165 and is 2-2 on the year.