The Pitt wrestling team continues a slow climb up the weekly college wrestling rankings. After the Panthers began the season ranked No. 14, they rose a spot to No. 13 after defeating Navy in the season opener. This week, following a dominant win over No. 17 Lehigh, Pitt is up another spot to No. 12.
Both of the Panthers’ opponents have been fairly strong. As mentioned, Lehigh was (and remains) a top 20 team. Navy is not ranked but had received points in the preseason poll.
Despite the quality win over a ranked Lehigh team where the Panthers won eight out of ten bouts, they still only moved up one spot — and they only did that because Minnesota, previously No.