CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced its 2021-22 preseason wrestling rankings on Wednesday, as compiled by WrestleStat. WrestleStat projects that the Golden Eagle wrestling squad will place fifth in the MAC in 2022, with six wrestlers initially projected to finish in the top-five in their weight classes.
 
Last season Clarion placed seventh at the MAC Championships, an improvement of five spots over their previous year's performance. Of the six Golden Eagles that placed in the top-eight in their respective brackets at last year's championship, five return to the team this year, including Max Wohlabaugh (4^th – 184), John Worthing (5^th – 174), Kolby Ho (6^th – 165), Kyle Schickel (8^th – 141) and Ty Bagoly (8^th – 285). Wohlabaugh, Worthing, Ho and Bagoly were all projected to finish third in their respective weights in 2022.
 
A pair of transfers were also projected by the pollmakers to have an impact for the Golden Eagles in 2022. Senior Brent Moore, the 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) champion at 141 pounds, is projected to place fourth in the MAC at 149 pounds this year. Will Feldkamp, an incoming transfer from MAC rival Northern Illinois, was picked to place fifth in the conference at 197 pounds.
 
The full poll and list of rankings by weight class are included below.
 

125 Pounds
Rank	Class	Name	School
1	JR	Jake Ferri	Kent State
2	SR	Luke Werner	Lock Haven
3	JR	Bryce West	Northern Illinois
4	SO	Logan Heil	Cleveland State
5	JR	Brock Bergelin	Central Michigan
6	JR	Lucas Rodriguez	Edinboro
7	FR	Tristan Daugherty	Buffalo
8	FR	Oscar Sanchez	Ohio
9	SO	Austin Macias	SIUE
10	FR	Tyler Klinsky	Rider
11	SR	Shawn Orem	Bloomsburg
12	FR	Ben Monn	George Mason
UR	FR	Joey Fischer	Clarion
133 Pounds
Rank	Class	Name	School
1	SR	Derek Spann	Buffalo
2	JR	Cole Manley	Lock Haven
3	SO	Richie Koehler	Rider
4	SR	Mario Guillen	Ohio
5	FR	Cole Rhone	Bloomsburg
6	SO	Aaron Schulist	SIUE
7	JR	Drew Marten	Central Michigan
8	SO	Brendon Fenton	Kent State
9	FR	Mikey Kaminski	Northern Illinois
10	FR	Logan Jaquay	Edinboro
11	JR	Cody Moosman	Cleveland State
12	FR	Anthony Glasl	George Mason
13	SO	Alexander Blake	Clarion
141 Pounds
Rank	Class	Name	School
1	SR	Dresden Simon	Central Michigan
2	SO	Quinn Kinner	Rider
3	SO	Saul Ervin	SIUE
4	FR	Gabe Willochell	Edinboro
5	SO	Josh Mason	Bloomsburg
6	SO	Caleb Brooks	Northern Illinois
7	JR	Ben Freeman	Buffalo
8	JR	Seth Koleno	Clarion
9	JR	Kyran Hagan	Ohio
10	SO	Louis Newell	Kent State
11	FR	Caleb Graber	Cleveland State
UR	FR	Kaden Cassidy	George Mason
UR	FR	Nick Stonecheck	Lock Haven
149 Pounds
Rank	Class	Name	School
1	JR	Alex Hagan	Ohio
2	SR	Alex Madrigal	George Mason
3	SO	Marcus Robinson	Cleveland State
4	SR	Brent Moore	Clarion
5	JR	Anthony Cheloni	Northern Illinois
6	JR	Kody Komara	Kent State
7	SO	Corbyn Munson	Central Michigan
8	FR	Ryan Burgos	Edinboro
9	SR	John Arceri	Buffalo
10	SO	Max Kristoff	SIUE
11	FR	Cole McComas	Rider
UR	FR	Cade Balestrini	Bloomsburg
UR	FR	DaShawn Farber	Lock Haven
157 Pounds
Rank	Class	Name	School
1	FR	Johnny Lovett	Central Michigan
2	JR	Justin Ruffin	SIUE
3	SO	Michael Petite	Buffalo
4	SO	Jake Silverstein	Rider
5	SR	Ben Barton	Lock Haven
6	JR	Peter Pappas	Edinboro
7	FR	Daniel Patten	Cleveland State
8	FR	Daniel Segura	George Mason
9	JR	Alex Carida	Bloomsburg
10	FR	Jordan Slivka	Ohio
11	JR	Trevor Elfvin	Clarion
12	SO	Anthony Gibson	Northern Illinois
UR	FR	Enrigue Munguia	Kent State
165 Pounds
Rank	Class	Name	School
1	SO	Izzak Olejnik	Northern Illinois
2	SO	Riley Smucker	Cleveland State
3	JR	Kolby Ho	Clarion
4	SO	Colt Yinger	Ohio
5	FR	Angel Garcia	Rider
6	SO	Tracy Hubbard	Central Michigan
7	FR	Cody Harrison	Bloomsburg
8	JR	PJ Gohn	Edinboro
9	SO	Ashton Eyler	Lock Haven
10	FR	Ty Raines	Buffalo
11	SO	Chase Diehl	SIUE
UR	FR	Najee Lockett	Kent State
UR	FR	Avery Bassett	George Mason
174 Pounds
Rank	Class	Name	School
1	JR	Jacob Oliver	Edinboro
2	JR	Mason Kauffman	Northern Illinois
3	FR	John Worthing	Clarion
4	SR	Kevin Gschwendtner	SIUE
5	JR	Jake Lowell	Central Michigan
6	JR	Logan Stanley	Ohio
7	FR	Anthony Rice	Cleveland State
8	SO	Michael Ferree	Kent State
9	FR	Shane Reitsma	Rider
10	FR	Tanner Culver	Bloomsburg
11	SO	Guiseppe Hoose	Buffalo
UR	FR	Tyler Stolzfus	Lock Haven
UR	FR	Logan Messer	George Mason
184 Pounds
Rank	Class	Name	School
1	JR	Brit Wilson	Northern Illinois
2	SO	Deandre Nassar	Cleveland State
3	SR	Max Wohlabaugh	Clarion
4	FR	Ethan Ducca	Edinboro
5	JR	George Walton	Rider
6	JR	Colin McCracken	Kent State
7	SO	Ben Cushman	Central Michigan
8	SO	Sergio Vilalobos	SIUE
9	JR	Kyle Davis	George Mason
10	SO	Peter Acciardi	Buffalo
11	FR	Bruno Stolfi	Bloomsburg
12	FR	Colin Fegley	Lock Haven
UR	FR	Zayne Lehman	Ohio
197 Pounds
Rank	Class	Name	School
1	JR	Ben Smith	Cleveland State
2	SR	Matt Correnti	Rider
3	JR	Aaron Bolo	Central Michigan
4	SO	Austin Stith	George Mason
5	JR	Will Feldkamp	Clarion
6	SO	Cody Mulligan	Edinboro
7	FR	Carson Brewer	Ohio
8	JR	Ryan Yarnell	SIUE
9	SO	Tyler Bates	Kent State
10	JR	Parker McClellan	Lock Haven
11	FR	Sam Mitchell	Buffalo
UR	FR	David Tuttle	Bloomsburg
UR	FR	Nicholas Benton	Northern Illinois
285 Pounds
Rank	Class	Name	School
1	SR	Matt Stencel	Central Michigan
2	JR	Colton McKiernan	SIUE
3	JR	Tyler Bagoly	Clarion
4	JR	John Kelbly	Cleveland State
5	SO	Terrese Aaron	Northern Illinois
6	JR	Toby Cahill	Buffalo
7	FR	Max Millin	Edinboro
8	SO	Jacob Cover	Kent State
9	SO	Jordan Earnest	Ohio
10	FR	Shane Noonan	Bloomsburg
11	JR	Rames Montalvo	George Mason
UR	FR	Colby Whitehill	Lock Haven
UR	FR	David Szuba	Rider
Team Scores
Rank	School	Points
1	Central Michigan	112
2	Cleveland State	96.5
3	Northern Illinois	93
4	Edinboro	81
5	Clarion	76.5
6	Rider	74
7	SIUE	72.5
8	Ohio	62
9	Buffalo	53
10	Kent State	50.5
11	Lock Haven	42.5
12	George Mason	34.5
13	Bloomsburg	27