Which College Won Fargo?
Which College Won Fargo?
Based on committed recruits, how did every college do? We analyze the results and find out who did the best.
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Of course, no college teams actually compete at Fargo. But armed with our recruiting knowledge and a set of complete men's freestyle results from Fargo, courtesy of FloArena, we can see how many points each school earned by their committed wrestlers.
This year, Fargo was scored 25-20-15-12-9-7-5-2 team points placing 1-8 in that order. The final team leaderboard can be found below followed by each team's placers. The real winner might actually be the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. A Div III school with a champ. Or, as Andy Hamilton found out, they might end up be the biggest loser if Ben Kawczynski ends up leaving.
| RANK | SCHOOL | POINTS | CHAMPS | ALL-AMERICANS |
| 1 | Iowa State | 60 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | NC State | 57 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Illinois | 50 | 2 | |
| 4 | Iowa | 45 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Minnesota | 41 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Virginia Tech | 40 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Missouri | 33 | 3 | |
| 8 | UW-LaCrosse | 25 | 1 | |
| 9 | North Carolina | 22 | 2 | |
| 10 | Cleveland State | 20 | 1 | |
| 10 | Navy | 20 | 1 | |
| 10 | Ohio State | 20 | 1 | |
| 10 | Rutgers | 20 | 1 | |
| 10 | Utah Valley | 20 | 1 | |
| 15 | Little Rock | 15 | 1 | |
| 15 | Michigan | 15 | 1 | |
| 15 | Princeton | 15 | 1 | |
| 15 | Wyoming | 15 | 1 | |
| 19 | Penn | 14 | 2 | |
| 20 | Nebraska | 13 | 3 | |
| 21 | Cal Poly | 12 | 1 | |
| 21 | Columbia | 12 | 1 | |
| 21 | Cornell | 12 | 2 | |
| 21 | Oklahoma | 12 | 1 | |
| 21 | Oregon State | 12 | 1 | |
| 26 | Lehigh | 9 | 1 | |
| 26 | SDSU | 9 | 1 | |
| 28 | UNI | 7 | 1 | |
| 28 | Virginia | 7 | 1 | |
| 28 | West Virginia | 7 | 1 | |
| 31 | Indiana | 5 | 1 | |
| 31 | NDSU | 5 | 1 | |
| 31 | Northwestern | 5 | 1 | |
| 31 | Oklahoma State | 5 | 1 | |
| 35 | Campbell | 2 | 1 | |
| 35 | Northern Colorado | 2 | 1 | |
| 35 | Purdue | 2 | 1 |
Each team's All-Americans.
Cal Poly
Luka Wick - California (4th at 152 lbs) - Class of 2021
Campbell
Sebastian Melguizo - Florida (8th at 126 lbs) - Class of 2021
Cleveland State
Benjamin Aranda - Illinois (2nd at 113 lbs) - Class of 2021
Columbia
Richard Fedalen - Maryland (6th at 145 lbs) -- Class of 2022
Cornell
Nico Provo - Connecticut (7th at 126 lbs) - Class of 2021
Erik Gibson - Pennsylvania (6th at 152 lbs) -- Class of 2022
Illinois
Kannon Webster - Illinois (1st at 120 lbs) -- Class of 2023
Christian Carroll - Indiana (1st at 220 lbs) -- Class of 2023
Indiana
Henry Porter - California (7th at 145 lbs) - Class of 2021
Iowa
Drake Ayala - Iowa (1st at 126 lbs) - Class of 2021
Caleb Rathjen - Iowa (2nd at 145 lbs) - Class of 2021
Iowa State
Paniro Johnson - Pennsylvania (3rd at 152 lbs) - Class of 2021
Manuel Rojas - Michigan (1st at 170 lbs) -- Class of 2022
Casey Swiderski - Michigan (2nd at 138 lbs) -- Class of 2022
Lehigh
Caden Rogers - Pennsylvania (5th at 195 lbs) -- Class of 2022
Little Rock
Matt Bianchi - Wisconsin (3rd at 145 lbs) - Class of 2021
Michigan
Rylan Rogers - Washington (3rd at 195 lbs) -- Class of 2022
Minnesota
Tagen Jamison - Texas (1st at 138 lbs) - Class of 2021
Bennett Tabor - Minnesota (5th at 220 lbs) - Class of 2021
Blaine Brenner - Wisconsin (6th at 138 lbs) - Class of 2021
Missouri
Ryan Boersma - Illinois (3rd at 285 lbs) -- Class of 2022
Zeke Seltzer - Indiana (5th at 132 lbs) -- Class of 2022
Clayton Whiting - Wisconsin (5th at 182 lbs) -- Class of 2022
Navy
Danny Wask - New Jersey (2nd at 152 lbs) -- Class of 2022
NC State
Dylan Fishback - Ohio (1st at 195 lbs) -- Class of 2022
Chase Horne - Georgia (2nd at 285 lbs) -- Class of 2022
Jackson Arrington - Pennsylvania (4th at 145 lbs) -- Class of 2022
Nebraska
Adam Thebeau - Illinois (8th at 160 lbs) - Class of 2021
Antrell Taylor - Nebraska (5th at 160 lbs) -- Class of 2022
Harley Andrews - Oklahoma (8th at 285 lbs) -- Class of 2022
North Carolina
Noah Pettigrew - Georgia (3rd at 220 lbs) -- Class of 2022
Cole Hunt - Georgia (6th at 113 lbs) -- Class of 2022
North Dakota State
DeAnthony Parker - Illinois (7th at 182 lbs) - Class of 2021
Northern Colorado
Benjamin Alanis - Arizona (8th at 145 lbs) - Class of 2021
Northern Iowa
Jared Simma - Kansas (6th at 182 lbs) - Class of 2021
Northwestern
Evan Bates - Indiana (7th at 195 lbs) - Class of 2021
Ohio State
Seth Shumate - Ohio (2nd at 195 lbs) -- Class of 2022
Oklahoma
Christian Forbes - Oklahoma (4th at 106 lbs) -- Class of 2022
Oklahoma State
Luke Mechler - Wisconsin (6th at 160 lbs) - Class of 2021
Oregon State
Gabe Whisenhunt - Oregon (4th at 126 lbs) - Class of 2022
Penn
Martin Cosgrove - New Jersey (4th at 220 lbs) -- Class of 2022
Sean Seefeldt - Ohio (8th at 120 lbs) -- Class of 2022
Princeton
Ty Whalen - New Jersey (3rd at 138 lbs) -- Class of 2022
Purdue
Ben Vanadia - Ohio (8th at 220 lbs) - Class of 2021
Rutgers
Brian Soldano - New Jersey (2nd at 182 lbs) -- Class of 2022
South Dakota State
Cael Swensen - Minnesota (5th at 152 lbs) - Class of 2021
Utah Valley
Yusief Lillie - Washington (2nd at 120 lbs) - Class of 2021
Virginia
Garrett Grice - Nebraska (6th at 132 lbs) - Class of 2022
Virginia Tech
Cooper Flynn - Tennessee (3rd at 120 lbs) - Class of 2021
Caleb Henson - Georgia (1st at 152 lbs) -- Class of 2022
West Virginia
Tristan Kemp - Massachusetts (6th at 285 lbs) - Class of 2021
Wisconsin-LaCrosse
Ben Kawczynski - Wisconsin (1st at 285 lbs) - Class of 2021
Wyoming
Jore Volk - Minnesota (3rd at 126 lbs) -- Class of 2022