NCAA Rankings 2017-18
141: Young Dynamite
One of the most entertaining weight classes all year lived up to the hype in Cleveland. Sa'Derian Perry arrived at Quicken Loans Arena with a losing record but shocked everyone by placing eighth. Perhaps no one was more shocked than the Eastern Michigan University administrators, who days later announced they were shutting the entire program down, despite wrestling now being one of the most successful teams on campus. It could be very convincingly argued that the EMU admins are not very good at their jobs.
Elsewhere, Eli Stickley got revenge on Nate Limmex and earned a top 20 rankings, while the latter fell several spots. All-American Tommy Thorn shockingly went 0-2 at the NCAAs and fell out of the top 20.
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| Rank | Grade | Name | School | Previous Rank |
| 1 | FR | Yianni Diakomihalis | Cornell | 3 |
| 2 | SR | Bryce Meredith | Wyoming | 1 |
| 3 | JR | Joey McKenna | Ohio State | 4 |
| 4 | SO | Jaydin Eierman | Missouri | 2 |
| 5 | FR | Nick Lee | Penn State | 11 |
| 6 | SR | Kevin Jack | NC State | 5 |
| 7 | FR | Chad Red | Nebraska | 14 |
| 8 | SO | Sa`Derian Perry | Eastern Michigan | NR |
| 9 | JR | Brock Zacherl | Clarion | 10 |
| 10 | SR | Tyler Smith | Bucknell | 15 |
| 11 | SR | Dean Heil | OK State | 6 |
| 12 | JR | Josh Alber | UNI | 7 |
| 13 | SO | Mason Smith | Central Michigan | 8 |
| 14 | FR | Michael Carr | Illinois | 9 |
| 15 | SO | Vince Turk | Iowa | 16 |
| 16 | JR | Ryan Diehl | Maryland | 19 |
| 17 | JR | Cole Weaver | Indiana | 13 |
| 18 | SO | Eli Stickley | Wisconsin | NR |
| 19 | SO | Nate Limmex | Purdue | 12 |
| 20 | FR | Brent Moore | Virginia Tech | 17 |