CHAPEL HILL - Redshirt junior Austin O'Connor is listed at the top of TrackWrestling's 149-pound preseason rankings, the organization released Monday. The Tar Heels rank No. 14 in the outlet's team tournament rankings.
This marks O'Connor's second-straight preseason number one ranking. He entered last season's cancelled NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships ranked second at 149 pounds.
Fellow redshirt juniors Zach Sherman and Devin Kane are also ranked within the top ten. Sherman, the 2020 ACC champion at 141 pounds, is ranked No. 8 at 141. Kane, who made the Round of 12 at the 2019 NCAAs, is ranked No.