NCAA Rankings 2017-18
125: Pokemonstrous
You may question Spencer Lee's decision to walk out to the Pokemon theme song at the NCAA finals, but you'd be wrong. Lee beat the former #1-ranked Nick Suriano after avenging a loss to Nathan Tomasello in the semifinals, so really the question should be why don't more wrestlers pick the Pokemon theme as their walkout music.
Sean Fausz had a tough tournament and drops way down. Zeke Moisey proved his doubters wrong by reaching the podium but still gets ranked below Nick Piccininni, as Pich and owns multiple head-to-head wins over Moisey this season.
True freshman Rayvon Foley lost in the consolation pigtails and drops out of the rankings, while Gabe Townsell beat Christian Moody to earn another top 20 appearance.
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| Rank | Grade | Name | School | Previous Rank |
| 1 | FR | Spencer Lee | Iowa | 4 |
| 2 | SO | Nick Suriano | Rutgers | 1 |
| 3 | SR | Nathan Tomasello | Ohio State | 3 |
| 4 | JR | Ethan Lizak | Minnesota | 8 |
| 5 | SR | Darian Cruz | Lehigh | 2 |
| 6 | FR | Sebastian Rivera | Northwestern | 10 |
| 7 | JR | Ronnie Bresser | Oregon State | 9 |
| 8 | SO | Nick Piccininni | OK State | 6 |
| 9 | JR | Zeke Moisey | West Virginia | 13 |
| 10 | FR | Taylor LaMont | Utah Valley | 7 |
| 11 | JR | Ryan Millhof | Arizona State | 11 |
| 12 | FR | Louie Hayes | Virginia | 12 |
| 13 | JR | Sean Fausz | NC State | 5 |
| 14 | SR | Luke Welch | Purdue | 15 |
| 15 | JR | Sean Russell | Edinboro | 14 |
| 16 | SO | Travis Piotrowski | Illinois | 17 |
| 17 | FR | Drew Mattin | Michigan | 18 |
| 18 | SO | Gabe Townsell | Stanford | NR |
| 19 | SO | Christian Moody | Oklahoma | 19 |
| 20 | FR | Michael McGee | Old Dominion | 20 |