InterMat just released it's Top 30 college wrestling recruiting classes. The University of Northern Iowa did not make the list.
Brad Penrith is a great guy and was a great wrestler, but he's struggled as coach at UNI the past several years. The Panthers seemed to turn the corner a bit in March when Moza Fay earned all-American honors, ending a three-year AA drought.
But, if this ranking holds true down the road, Penrith may be in trouble. These rankings, quite honestly, are useless for the most part. Some of Dan Gable's greatest teams at Iowa were never ranked as recruits.
What you do with those recruits when they enter your room is what matters most. That's where Penrith has to make his mark and, I'm guessing, make it quickly.