My contacts at Ames, Iowa, and the Bierman Building in Dinkytown have come through. I got my hands on the probable starting lineups for the wrestling college dual of the year — at least so far –No. 2 Iowa State vs. No. 1 Minnesota at 2 p.m. Sunday at Williams.

Here is the rundown:

125 pounds: Ben Hanisch, sr. (6-4) or Mark Kist, fr. (7-0), Iowa Statevs. Jayson Ness, so. (6-0), U of M… edge Gophers, Ness is rated No. 3 by USA Today/InterMat/NWCA, his opponent, whoever it is, is unranked

133: Nick Fanthorpe, so. (9-0), Iowa Statevs. Mack Reiter, sr. (2-0), U of M … edge Gophers, Reiter is ranked 3rd, Fanthorpe 8th

141: Nick Gallick, so. (8-2), Iowa Statevs. Manuel Rivera, sr. (10-0), U of M … edge Gophers, Rivera is ranked 6th, Gallick 16th

149: Mitch Mueller, so. (9-1), Iowa State vs. Dustin Schlatter, jr. (7-0), U of M … edge Gophers, Schlatter is ranked 1st, Mueller 15th

157: Cyler Sanderson, so. (8-0), Iowa Statevs. C.P. Schlatter, sr. (7-0), U of M … edge Gophers, Schlatter is ranked 4th, Sanderson 11th

165: Jon Reader, fr. (9-0), Iowa Statevs. Scott Glasser, fr. (10-2), U of M … edge Cyclones, Reader is ranked 7th, Glasser 14th

174: Aron Scott, sr. (2-1) or Chris Pursel, so. (5-3), Iowa Statevs. Gabe Dretsch, sr. (9-1), U of M … edge Gophers, Dretsch is ranked 6th,opponent is unranked

184: Jake Varner, so. (4-0), Iowa Statevs. Roger Kish, sr. (5-0), U of M … edge Cyclones, Varner is ranked 1st, Kish 2nd

197: David Bertolino, sr. (7-1), Iowa Statevs. Justin Bronson, sr. (10-3), U of M … edge Cyclones, Bertolino is ranked 18th, Bronson is unranked

Hwt.: David Zabriskie, so. (7-0),Iowa Statevs. Joe Nord, fr. (3-4) or Ben Berhow, fr. (6-4) … edge Cyclones, Zabriskie is ranked 5th, both Gophers are unranked.

The match will start at 125 pounds, if both teams agree, or else a blind draw will determine the first match

Is anyone going or watching it on TV rather than the Vikings-Lions? How about a prediction?

Here’s mine, Gophers by six points. I’ll be in media row — is there one at wrestling matches — trying to avoid any flying bodies.

Four Gophers wrestler will get tough tests on Monday night in the National Wrestling COaches All-Star Classic in Eugene, Oregon. Matches start at 9 p.m. (CST) at McArthur Court on the campus of the University of Oregon.

The matchups:

125: Jayson Ness, Gophers, rated No. 4, vs. No. 1 Paul Donahue, Nebraska

Ness is 2-0 against Donahue who upset Sam Hazewinkel of Oklahoma at 125 pounts to win a 2007 national title. Ness beat Donahue 11-5 and 8-6 last season.

133: Mack Reiter, Gophers, No. 4 vs. No. 1 Coleman Scott, Oklahoma State

149: Dustin Schlatter, Gophers, No. 1 vs. No. 2 Josh Churella, Michigan

Schlatter won an NCAA title as as freshman in 2006, but had a 65-match unbeaten streak snapped in last year’s quarterfinals and placed third. Churella is a two-time All-America wrestler and was the NCAA runner-up last season. Schlatter beat Churella twice last season, including 3-2 for a Big Ten title.

184: Roger Kish, Gophers, No. 2 vs. Jake Varner, Iowa State

Kish and Varner met three times last season. Kish won the first two matches, 7-2 and 5-2 before losing to Varner 4-2 in the NCAA semifinals. Varner placed second, Kish third.

Other matches:

141: No.2 Charles Griffin, Hofstra vs. No. 3 Nathan Morgan, Oklahoma State

157: No. 2 Craig Henning, Wisconsin, vs. No. 3 Mike Poeta, Illinois

165: No. 2 Eric Tannenbuam, Michigan vs. No. 3 Patrick Pitsch, Arizona State

174: No. 1 Keith Gavin, Pittsburgh vs. No. 2 Matt Stolpinski, Navy

197: No. 2 Phil Davis, Penn State vs. No. 3 Mike Tamillow, Northwestern

Hwt.: No. 1 in Division II Tervel Dlagnev, Nebraska-Kearney vs. No. 3 Wade Sauer, Cal State-Fullerton

Half of the 20 wrestlers competing are from the Big Ten. Four matches involve one Big Ten wrestler, three pit one Big Ten wrestler against another.

Matches will be televised on tape dealy by CSTV at 7:30 p.m. (CST) on Wedneday and will be live on www.livesportsvideo.comon Monday.

Seniord Manuel Rivera at 141 pounds and C.P. Schlatter at 157 pounds won titles for the third consecutive year at the Kaufman-Brand Open on Saturday in Omaha, Neb.

This was the biggest one-day in college wrestling with 42 teams and 650 athletes competing.

In the Amateur Divsion, freshman Zach Sanders took first at 125.

Not there were four Gophers All-America wrestler who will be in Oregon o Monday for the National Wrestling Coaches Association’s All-Star Classic. Jayson Ness, Mack Reiter, Dustin Schlatter — C.P.’s brother –and Roger Kish will be there. The matches will start at 9 p.m. (CST) and results will be available on Intermat. CSTV also will show it on tape delay Wednesday night.

In Omaha, Rivera edged Carter Downing of Wyoming 9-8 in the finals. Schlatter had two 10-3 matches and finished 4-0 at 157.

Gave Dretsch, a senior captain, placed third at 174. He was 5-1, lsiong 3-2 in the third round to Chad Beatty of Iowa.

Gopher wrestlers Scott Glasser and Tyler Safratowich finished fourth and fifth, respectively, at 165. Glasser, a redhsirt freshman, beat Safratowich 4-3 in a consolation match. Glasser finished with a 4-2, Safratowich, a 2007 NCAA qualifier, was 5-2.

At 197, Gophers Yura Malamura and Justin Bronson placed fourth and fifth, respectively.

In the heavyweight brcket, Joe Nord of the Gophers lost his first two matches and was out. He had won a title in theBison Open recently. Ben Berhow, his teammate,had a 3-2 record and placed sixth. He, too, lost in the first round.

In the Amatuer Division, two other freshmen besides Sanders also placed.Sanders went 4-0 to improve his season record to 7-0. Kaleb Young was 3-1 and took second, Sonny Yohn ws 6-1 and took third.

Defending NCAA wrestling champion and preseason No. 1 Minnesota will get a chance to prove how strong its lineup ison Saturday.

The Gophers are competing in the Kaufman-Brand Open, the largest single-day collegiate wrestling meet in the nation.

It is held at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. It starts at 9 a.m. at the Lee and Helene SappFieldhouse. And the spotlight is on individuals. It is not team versus team.

Entered are about 650 wrestlers from 42 teams in all three NCAA divisions. The U.S. OlympicTraining Center also will send a team.

A list of Division I teams includes Iowa, Iowa State,Nebraska, Northern Illinois, Northern Iowa, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Virginia Tech and Wyoming.

Last year four Gophers took first place in the Elite Division: Jayson Ness at 125, Manuel Rivera at 149, C.P. Schlatter at 157 and Gabriel Dretsch at 174; Tyler Safratowich was fifth at 157.

In the Amateur Division, Scott Glasser was firstat 165, Mike Thorn third at 133, Joe Nord third at heavyweight, and Brent Eidenschink fourth at 197.

Periodic updates will be available on the University of Nebraska-Omaha’s website.

How many titles will this year’s team win? On paper it lookseven stronger than last year’s team which went 20-1.

My uneducated guess — not sure who is entered, and if they are at their best weights– issix between the twodivisons. Your thoughts?

This tournament will go a long way to deciding who will emerge as the team’s top heavyweight, Nord or Eidenschink, assuming both are entered and healthy.

On Nov. 24, the U starts its dual meet season at the Northern Quad at the UCR Regional Sports Center in Rochester. Other teams entered are Northern Colorado, Northern Illinois and North Dakota State.