106: Not sure how Gauna jumps Christenson. They wrestled in the same tournament twice this year (Stampede) - Christenson placed, Gauna didn't (BUT...both lost to the exact same kids). However, at USAW Pre-Season Nationals, Noah Brown beats Gauna...then Christenson beats Brown. Christenson has 2 HTH wins over Gauna in the past year as well (albeit 14U). All Christeson's losses are from out of state competition as well. Gauna beat Grijalva which bumps him ahead of Grijalva, but I don't know how it bumps him in front of Christenson. Just my opinion. I love the rankings.....keep it like it is, but I wanted to give my .02

132: Evan Vielhauer is a beast and I can't wait until he gets his hands on some of the guys above him....but thats just personal feelings and I have nothing to back that up (data-wise). That is more personal feeling....kinda like how 106 is ranked.

I still don't get how McAlister is not in the top P4P rankings......

Good points. The common at pre-season nationals is my only criteria. I saw those common losses at the Stampede. After consideration, I corrected that weight. All the best to you guys!

As stated earlier, Colin is on a flat out roll. Following up on his first state title last year, he took 6th at Southern Plains and went 2-5 at Junior Duals FS. Since then he took 3rd at Keck Pre-Season Nationals and won Council Bluffs. A fantastic start to his senior season.

#10 on the P4P list is a 2X Fargo All-American and USAW Folkstyle All-American. It's a crowded list and McAlister could sure make it soon.

Matt Long at 120 will be at #2 after Garden City tournament.... You heard it here 1st.

Can't wait to seed that tournament!

The other one I don’t understand is Puderbaugh at 126. Cael has HTH win over Coonrod at PSN where Cael pinned him. The only in-state loss for Puderbaugh is Johnson. Johnson pinned Puderbaugh, but puderbaugh was leading the match at the time he was pinned. Puderbaugh should be higher than Coonrod.

Missed that pre-season match.

Thank you for the updated rankings! I seen where Ethan Eck made the list after an outstanding tourney this past weekend and got ranked #4 All Class at 150 but I didn't understand why he got ranked where he did. He beat a couple highly ranked competitors yet he got ranked above Brady Duling and below Jasper Allison neither of which he wrestled. I know Duling had a great tourney this past weekend as well knocking off the #2 guy in 5A at 157 and the #6 guy in 4A at 150 & It looked like Allison won his tournament as well. Just didn't understand since Eck had also beat Gardner who was ranked above Allison & Duling both I would have thought if he was gonna bump 1 he would bump both since he hasn't wrestled either of them that I can see? Didn't know with 2 seperate "Bradys" on that list if maybe it was in error?

Thank you!

Thanks for the post. Wyatt was ranked #2, carried by his state finish and undefeated record before this weekend, though he had no direct criteria over Allison, Duling or Mason. With Ethan pinning Gardner and majoring Mason who is 1-1 with Duling, that put Eck above Gardner and Duling but he has no criteria to jump Allison who beat Duling at the Bobcat.

A compound sentence to be sure!

Chief

Thank you for taking the time to explain your thoughts & method sir! I appreciate it and you do a great job making it make sense!

Hey Chief,
Just curious what the criteria was on p4p that dropped Flores 3 spots? He's on a 54 match win streak, flo has him at 19th nationally and the top 3 in this poll have all taken a loss, 2 of them since the change. I'm obviously biased but would like to understand the reasoning. Thanks in advance.

Hey Jason,

Thanks for the question. The answer is the hard part. lol. Currently, the only top 20 Flo ranked wrestler we have is Witt at #19.

#1 Eck lost to Malachi Rider who is not Flo nationally ranked but on other rankings.
#2 Cell lost to Eck
#3 Broxterman lost to nationally ranked Matt Beem from Iowa by 1 point.
#4 Witt
#5 Carroll has been on a similar roll as Flores.

It could be argued that Flores could be anywhere in that top 5. Absolutely tough schedule. I ended up here grading his "close wins" over Hagel, Sheeren, Schoenebeck and Blackburn. A wins a win for sure, so it was not easy juggling those top 5.

So.... Not a great answer and this will likely change these next two weeks. I do know I need him on Team Kansas Dual team in Iowa at the end of March!!!

All the best to you guys!

Where is Malachi Rider ranked? Only thing I've seen he was ranked 3rd in MO Class 4 behind Trey Craig and Merrik Murray on Rokfin but I'm told that is out dated and changing.