#5 PackWrestle: New Rankings & West Virginia Preview

165-pound senior, Thomas Bullard taking on #1 seed Alex Marinelli at the 2021 NCAA Wrestling ChampionshipsThe college wrestling season is in its third week of action, the first two of which, NC State spent at open tournaments to get some matches in. But this weekend really marks the beginning of the Pack’s season. Coach Popolizio sent mainly reserves to The Citadel Open two weeks ago, and followed it up with about 90% of the roster competing at last weekend’s Wolfpack Open. However, there were some glaring omissions from both of those groups of competitors. Tariq Wilson & the Hidlay brothers are still yet to take the mat so far this season, but I expect that will change this weekend when we host West Virginia for our first dual of the year. There is a reason we are ranked #5 in the latest NWCA Coaches Poll - we have a lineup stacked with hammers, and I suspect they will all get rolled out on Sunday.

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