He would definitely help solidify their middle weights but they have a ways to go to be top 10 yet. Flo has OK State at 10 (prior to the Hendrickson addition), Mizzou 11, NC State 12, SDSU 13, Lehigh 14
I have to see Carroll compete at 197 before I call him an AA lock although I think he has tremendous upside at that weight and it would not surprise me a bit to see him as a high AA.
I think Iowa ends up shaking out
125- Ayala
133- Schriever / Peterson
141- Block
149- Parco
157- Caliendo / PK
165- PK / Caliendo
174-Gabe Arnold
184- Brands
197- Glazier
HWT- Kueter
Solid team with a chance for quite a few AA’s. Will be in the mix for a trophy.
Hopefully they can change their ways and adapt. I am not especially optimistic that will happen though. It would be great to see 3-5 programs really competing for the top spot in college wrestling.
For this same reason I think Iowa should be throwing everything at Alirez. They have a true contender in Spencer in the HWC and now they need to start building out that roster with more capable threats to make the US national team. Alirez would be a huge get for the Hawkeyes/HWC.
Illinois - Rutgers would be close. A lot of tight matches.
125 - not sure if the transfer from ISU is coming now?
133 - Lucas Byrd
141- Danny Pucino
149- Kannon Webster
157- Braedon Scoles
165- Chris Moore
174- Danny Braunagel
184- Edmond Ruth
197- Zach Braunagel
285- Luke Luffman
i would favor Illinois at 149, 165, 184. Rutgers at 125 and probably 285. The rest are toss ups.