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14 Top 10 NCAA Upsets In Week 5

14 Top 10 NCAA Upsets In Week 5

Week 5 of NCAA wrestling saw the most upsets of any week so far including 14 in the top 10. Check out every upset we could find.

Feb 1, 2021
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This week had more rankings chaos than any week so far with 39 upsets and 14 in the top ten. Here's a weight-by-weight list of every upset we could find. If you saw an upset we missed, send an email to david.bray@flosports.tv or dm @_davidbray on Twitter.

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This week had more rankings chaos than any week so far with 39 upsets and 14 in the top ten. Here's a weight-by-weight list of every upset we could find. If you saw an upset we missed, send an email to david.bray@flosports.tv or dm @_davidbray on Twitter.

125

Pat McKee and Malik Heinselman shook up the Big Ten with upsets over #6 Devin Schroder and #10 Rayvon Foley respectively plus Codi Russell knocked off Fabian Gutierrez.

#9 Patrick Mckee, Minnesota D;5-3 #6 Devin Schroder, Purdue

#15 Malik Heinselman, Ohio State D;5-4 #10 RayVon Foley, Michigan State

#23 Codi Russell, Appalachian State D;4-3 #21 Fabian Gutierrez, Chattanooga

133

No top ten upsets here, but five unranked guys earned ranked wins that could help establish themselves as NCAA qualifier caliber.

Job Greenwood, Wyoming D;6-4 #15 Jared Van Vleet, Air Force

Mark Montgomery, Army West Point D;6-4 #18 Darren Miller, Bucknell

Paul Bianchi, Little Rock D;8-5 #19 Anthony Madrigal, Oklahoma

Jason Miranda, Stanford D;9-4 #19 Anthony Madrigal, Oklahoma

Ryan Sullivan, West Virginia F;3:48 #20 Theorius Robison, Northern Colorado

141

This weight had five upsets in total, the most significant of which came when #11 Tariq Wilson knocked off #10 Zach Sherman to help NC State beat North Carolina and to avenge his loss to Sherman at last year's ACC Championships.

#11 Tariq Wilson, NC State D;9-6 #10 Zachary Sherman, North Carolina

#24 Brian Courtney, Virginia D;3-1 #16 Cole Matthews, Pittsburgh

Saul Ervin, SIU Edwardsville D;5-1 #17 Derek Spann, Buffalo

Marcos Polanco, Minnesota D;3-2 #19 Parker Filius, Purdue

Malyke Hines, Lehigh D;8-7 #21 Zack Trampe, Binghamton

149

Five upsets shook up 149 including #15 Graham Rook's win over Penn Sate's #10 Jarod Verkleeren.

#15 Graham Rooks, Indiana D;4-3 #10 Jarod Verkleeren, Penn State

#14 Jaden Abas, Stanford D;5-2 #13 Mitch Moore, Oklahoma

Legend Lamer, Cal Poly D;4-3 #14 Jaden Abas, Stanford

Drew Scharenbrock, Wisconsin D;7-6 #18 Brock Hardy, Nebraska

Mike Van Brill, Rutgers D;10-5 #19 Michael Blockhus, Minnesota

157

Brayton Lee bounced back from his loss to Kaleb Young with upset over #5 Kendall Coleman. Requir Van der Merwe's two upsets were nice although he was certainly a rank-able guy that just hadn't officially competed at 157 until this weekend.

#7 Brayton Lee, Minnesota D;3-2 #5 Kendall Coleman, Purdue

Requir Van der Merwe, Stanford D;5-4 #11 Justin Thomas, Oklahoma

Requir Van der Merwe, Stanford D;3-2 #18 Cade DeVos, South Dakota State

165

Both 165 upsets came from the ACC where Jake Wentzel took out Jake Keating and Kennedy Monday knocked off Thomas Bullard.

#13 Jake Wentzel, Pittsburgh M;11-3 #9 Jake Keating, Virginia

#14 Kennedy Monday, North Carolina D;4-2 #11 Thomas Bullard, NC State

174

We saw four top ten upsets at 174 and seven upsets in total. DJ Washington's wild win over #5 Carter Starocci dominated the conversation, but Both Cody Howard and Daniel Bullard beat #8 Devin Kane, and Paul Pierce took out #10 Jacob Oliver.

Donnell Washington, Indiana D;10-9 #5 Carter Starocci, Penn State

Cody Howard, Virginia Tech D;8-7 #8 Devin Kane, North Carolina

#15 Daniel Bullard, NC State D;6-4 #8 Devin Kane, North Carolina

Paul Pierce, George Mason D;5-3 #10 Jacob Oliver, Edinboro

Jackson Turley, Rutgers T;17-2 #13 Jake Allar, Minnesota

Dustin Plott, Oklahoma State D;8-5 #20 Lance Runyon, Northern Iowa

Cade King, South Dakota State D;7-5 #22 Anthony Mantanona, Oklahoma

184

Of the six upsets at 184, Parker Keckeisen's win over #6 Dakota Geer was the only one in the top ten. The unranked freshman will probably find his way into the rankings after a victory over the Oklahoma State All-American.

Parker Keckeisen, Northern Iowa D;4-2 #6 Dakota Geer, Oklahoma State

#19 Owen Webster, Minnesota D;6-5 #11 Max Lyon, Purdue

#12 John Poznanski, Rutgers D;7-4 #11 Max Lyon, Purdue

#19 Owen Webster, Minnesota D;6-4 #12 John Poznanski, Rutgers

#18 Layne Malczewski, Michigan State D;4-2 #13 Rocky Jordan, Ohio State

Michael Battista, Virginia D;3-2 #20 Gregg Harvey, Pittsburgh

197

Nino Bonaccorsi's upset the highest ranked opponent of anyone when he knocked off #2 Jay Aiello. The win was a nice rebound performance for Bonaccorsi who lost to Isaac Trumble last week. The ACC is tough as nails at 197.

#14 Nino Bonaccorsi, Pittsburgh D;7-5 #2 Jay Aiello, Virginia

285

Both heavyweight upsets this week were against top ten opponents although Nathan Traxler is the #10 man at 197, not 285. Christian Lance's upset of #5 Trent Hillger was especially important as it sealed the dual meet victory for the Huskers over the Badgers.

#14 Christian Lance, Nebraska D;4-2 #5 Trent Hillger, Wisconsin

#24 Josh Heindselman, Oklahoma D;10-5 #10 Nathan Traxler, Stanford