On Thursday, about a month after Win Magazine ranked Penn State No. 1 in its preseason rankings, Intermat followed up by — unsurprisingly — ranking the wrestling team atop their preseason Tournament Power Index.
The Nittany Lions received five top seeds. They had eight wrestlers overall collect a ranking and have seven in the top 4 of their respective weight classes.
The five returning NCAA champions — Zain Retherford (149), Jason Nolf (157), Vincenzo Joseph (165), Mark Hall (174) and Bo Nickal (184) — are all listed as favorites to start the preseason. Nick Nevills (285) and Matt McCutcheon (197) both came in at No.