Missouri takes over No. 1 spot in WIN’s Tournament Power Index Rankings

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Updated: February 23, 2015

Feb 23, 2015

NEWTON, Iowa — The University of Missouri did more than capture a first-ever NWCA National Duals championship when the Tigers defeated previously top-ranked Iowa on Sunday. Missouri also earned a No. 1 ranking in WIN’s Feb. 23 NCAA Tournament Power Index (TPI) Rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

The Tigers now have three wrestlers ranked No. 1 at their weight class as 125-pound Alan Waters — coming off big victories over two-time NCAA champion Jesse Delgado of Illinois and Iowa’s Thomas Gilman — has joined teammates Drake Houdashelt (149) and J’den Cox (197) as the “man to beat” at their respective weights.

Overall, Missouri is predicted to have five wrestlers ranked in the Top 8 of their weight class and have a total of 84 TPI points in WIN’s rankings, which is a projection of where schools will finish in this year’s NCAA Championships, held March 19-21 in St. Louis.

Just behind the Tigers are the Hawkeyes (81.5 TPI points), who feature eight athletes projected to finish in the top 8. Minnesota, which saw top-ranked Dylan Ness fall to No. 2 at 157 pounds after losing to Cornell’s Brian Realuto in the National Duals, is rated third in the TPI with 74.5 points.

TPI point totals are broken down by the following projected NCAA placements: 1st – 20 (16 AA points + 4 advancement points); 2nd – 16 (12+4); 3rd – 13.5 (10+3.5); 4th – 12.5 (9+3.5); 5th – 10 (7+3); 6th – 9 (6+3); 7th – 6.5 (4+2.5); 8th – 5.5 (3+2.5); 9th/12th – 2; 13th/16th – 1.5; 17th-20th – 1. TPI points will be lower than the final actual NCAA tournament points because it does not include bonus points.

Missouri, which won all 24 duals this season, also clinched the No. 1 spot in WIN’s final Dual-Meet rankings, while the other top five schools are Iowa (17-1), Cornell (17-2), Ohio State (13-4) and Minnesota (12-3).

WIN’s next updated TPI and individual rankings will be announced on Monday, March 2, which will include results from the March 1 Pac 12 Championships; the first of nine NCAA qualifying tournaments.           

            The other qualifying events, which will help produce an eventually 330 wrestlers — 33 per weight class — for the national tournament are the ACC (March 8), Big Ten (March 7-8), Big 12 (March 7), EIWA (March 6-7), EWL (March 7), MAC (March 7-8), SoCon (March 7) and West Regional/WWC (March 7).

 

WIN’s Feb. 23, 2015 Tournament Power Index Rankings

Rk. School Top 8 TPI Pts
1 Missouri 5 84
2 Iowa 8 81.5
3 Minnesota 5 74.5
4 Cornell 4 61
5 Illinois 5 60
6 Ohio State 4 58
7 Penn State 5 55.5
8 Virginia Tech 5 52
9 Edinboro 3 51.5
10 Iowa State 4 50.5
11 Oklahoma State 3 47.5
12 Wisconsin 3 42
13 Nebraska 2 41
14 Northwestern 3 34.5
15t Michigan 3 27.5
15t Virginia 2 27.5
17 NC State 1 22.5
18 Lehigh 1 20
19t Old Dominion 1 19
19t Pittsburgh 1 19
21 Northern Iowa 1 12.5
22t Arizona State 1 11.5
22t Central Michigan 1 11.5
22t Oregon State 1 11.5
25 Indiana 1 10.5
26t Kent State 1 10
26t Oklahoma 1 10
26t Penn 1 10
29 Wyoming 0 8
30 Chattanooga 1 7
31t Boise State 1 6.5
31t Duke 1 6.5
31t Rutgers 0 6.5
31t South Dakota State 1 6.5
35 Purdue 0 5.5
36 North Carolina 0 5
37t North Dakota State 0 4.5
37t Ohio U. 0 4.5
39t Air Force 0 3
39t Harvard 0 3
39t Maryland 0 3
42t Army 0 2.5
42t Cleveland State 0 2.5
42t Hofstra 0 2.5
42t Princeton 0 2.5
46t Navy 0 2
46t The Citadel 0 2
48t Drexel 0 1.5
48t Stanford 0 1.5
50t American 0 1
50t Appalachian State 0 1
50t Brown 0 1
50t Bucknell 0 1
50t Rider 0 1
50t Utah Valley 0 1
50t West Virginia 0 1

 

WIN’s Feb. 23, 2015 Dual-Team Rankings

Rk School Previous Record
1 Missouri 2nd 24-0
2 Iowa 1st 17-1
3 Cornell 5th 17-2
4 Ohio State 3rd 13-4
5 Minnesota 4th 12-3
6 Oklahoma State 6th 12-3
7 Penn State 7th 11-4
8 Nebraska 8th 13-1
9 Illinois 9th 13-5
10 Lehigh 14th 14-6
11 Iowa State 12th 11-2
12 Michigan 10th 8-6
13 Virginia Tech 13th 14-2
14 Wisconsin 11th 9-4
15 Edinboro 16th 14-5
16 NC State 17th 16-6
17 Virginia 15th 10-7
18 North Dakota State 19th 9-4
19 Wyoming 20th 10-4
20 Oregon State NR 12-1

 

WIN’s Feb. 23, 2015 Individual Rankings

 125 Pounds

Rank Name Previous Yr. School
1 Alan Waters 2nd Sr. Missouri
2 Jesse Delgado 1st Sr. Illinois
3 Joey Dance 4th So. Virginia Tech
4 Nahshon Garrett 3rd Jr. Cornell
5 Thomas Gilman 5th So. Iowa
6 Dylan Peters 6th So. Northern Iowa
7 Nathan Tomasello 7th RS Fr. Ohio State
8 Sean Boyle 8th Sr. Chattanooga
9 Jordan Conaway 10th Jr. Penn State
10 Tim Lambert 11th So. Nebraska
11 Eddie Kilmara 9th Sr. Oklahoma State
12 Josh Martinez 12th Jr. Air Force
13 Tyler Cox 13th Sr. Wyoming
14 Ronnie Bresser 14th Fr. Oregon State
15 Conor Youtsey 15th So. Michigan
16 Kory Mines 16th Sr. Edinboro
17 Ben Willeford 17th Sr. Cleveland State
18 David Terao 18th Jr. American
19 Chasen Tolbert 19th Jr. Utah Valley
20 Josh Rodriguez 20th So. North Dakota State

 133 Pounds 

Rank Name Previous Yr. School
1 Chris Dardanes 1st Sr. Minnesota
2 A.J. Schopp 2nd Sr. Edinboro
3 Ryan Taylor 3rd So. Wisconsin
4 Earl Hall 4th Jr. Iowa State
5 James Gulibon 5th So. Penn State
6 Cory Clark 6th So. Iowa
7 Zane Richards 7th So. Illinois
8 Cody Brewer 8th Jr. Oklahoma
9 Danny Sabatello 9th Jr. Purdue
10 Mason Beckman 11th Jr. Lehigh
11 Rossi Bruno 12th Jr. Michigan
12 Johnni DiJulius 10th Jr. Ohio State
13 George DiCamillo 13th So. Virginia
14 Kevin Devoy 16th So. Drexel
15 Caleb Richardson 14th So. Penn
16 Nick Soto 15th Sr. Chattanooga
17 Mack McGuire 17th Jr. Kent State
18 Mark Grey 18th So. Cornell
19 Geoffrey Alexander 19th Sr. Maryland
20 Gary Wayne Harding NR Fr. Oklahoma State

 141 Pounds

Rank Name Previous Yr. School
1 Logan Stieber 1st Sr. Ohio State
2 Mitchell Port 2nd Sr. Edinboro
3 Devin Carter 3rd Sr. Virginia Tech
4 Nick Dardanes 4th Sr. Minnesota
5 Zach Horan 5th Jr. Central Michigan
6 Lavion Mayes 6th So. Missouri
7 Geo Martinez 7th Fr. Boise State
8 Josh Dziewa 8th Sr. Iowa
9 Chris Mecate 9th Jr. Old Dominion
10 Anthony Abidin 10th Jr. Nebraska
11 Anthony Ashnault 11th RSFr. Rutgers
12 Steven Rodrigues 12th Jr. Illinois
13 Todd Preston 14th Sr. Harvard
14 Joey Ward 19th So. North Carolina
15 Jamel Hudson 15th So. Hofstra
16 Kevin Jack NR Fr. NC State
17 Mike Morales 16th Sr. West Virginia
18 Dean Heil 13th RSFr. Oklahoma State
19 Joe Spisak 17th Sr. Virginia
20 Randy Cruz 20th Jr. Lehigh

 149 Pounds  

Rank Name Previous Yr. School
1 Drake Houdashelt 1st Sr. Missouri
2 David Habat 2nd Sr. Edinboro
3 Brandon Sorensen 3rd RSFr. Iowa
4 Jason Tsirtsis 4th So. Northwestern
5 Chris Villalonga 5th Sr. Cornell
6 Josh Kindig 7th Sr. Oklahoma State
7 Zach Beitz 8th So. Penn State
8 Gabe Moreno 9th So. Iowa State
9 Sal Mastriani 6th So. Virginia Tech
10
  1. J. Cobb
10th Sr. Penn
11 Alec Pantaleo 11th Fr. Michigan
12 Alex Richardson 12th Jr. Old Dominion
13 Christian Pagdilao 13th Fr. Arizona State
14 Tywan Claxton 14th Sr. Ohio U.
15 Colin Heffernan 15th RSFr. Central Michigan
16 Ken Theobold 16th Jr. Rutgers
17 Gus Sako 17th Sr. Virginia
18 Mike Racciato 18th So. Pittsburgh
19 Cody Ruggirello 19th Sr. Hofstra
20 B.J. Clagon 20th Fr. Rider

 157 Pounds  

Rank Name Previous Yr. School
1 Isaiah Martinez 2nd RSFr. Illinois
2 Dylan Ness 1st Sr. Minnesota
3 James Green 3rd Sr. Nebraska
4 Brian Realbuto 4th So. Cornell
5 Nick Brascetta 5th Jr. Virginia Tech
6 Ian Miller 6th Jr. Kent State
7 Cody Pack 7th Sr. South Dakota State
8 Brian Murphy 8th So. Michigan
9 Anthony Perrotti 10th Jr. Rutgers
10 Aaron Walker 11th So. The Citadel
11 Doug Welch 12th Jr. Purdue
12 Josh Demas 9th Sr. Ohio State
13 Russell Parsons 13th So. Army
14 Mitch Minotti 20th So. Lehigh
15 Anthony Collica 16th Sr. Oklahoma State
16 Joey Lavallee NR Sr. Missouri
17 Alex Elder 15th Sr. Oregon State
18 Mike Kelly 14th Sr. Iowa
19 Justin DeAngelis 19th Sr. Oklahoma
20 Luke Frey NR Jr. Penn State

 165 Pounds

Rank Name Previous Yr. School
1 Alex Dieringer 1st Jr. Oklahoma State
2 Nick Sulzer 3rd Sr. Virginia
3 Mike Moreno 4th Sr. Iowa State
4 Bo Jordan 5th RSFr. Ohio State
5 Isaac Jordan 2nd So. Wisconsin
6 Taylor Walsh 6th Sr. Indiana
7 Pierce Harger 7th Sr. Northwestern
8 Jackson Morse 8th Sr. Illinois
9 Dylan Palacio 9th So. Cornell
10 Peyton Walsh 10th Sr. Navy
11 Ethan Ramos 11th RSFr. North Carolina
12 Nick Moore 13th Sr. Iowa
13 Jim Wilson 14th So. Stanford
14 Tristan Warner 18th Sr. Old Dominion
15 Cooper Moore 12th So. Northern Iowa
16 Dakota Friesth 17th Sr. Wyoming
17 Jesse Stafford 16th Sr. Air Force
18 Chad Strube 19th Jr. Virginia Tech
19 Garett Hammond 20th RSFr. Penn State
20 Jonathan Schleifer NR Fr. Princeton

 174 Pounds

Rank Name Previous Yr. School
1 Robert Kokesh 1st Sr. Nebraska
2 Matt Brown 2nd Sr. Penn State
3 Mike Evans 3rd Sr. Iowa
4 Logan Storley 4th Sr. Minnesota
5 John Eblen 5th Sr. Missouri
6 Zac Brunson 6th So. Illinois
7 Blaise Butler 7th Jr. Virginia
8 Zach Epperly 8th So. Virginia Tech
9 Tyler Wilps 9th Sr. Pittsburgh
10 Cody Walters 10th Jr. Ohio U.
11 Kyle Crutchmer 11th So. Oklahoma State
12 Andy McCulley 12th So. Wyoming
13 Matt Reed 14th So. Oklahoma
14 Tanner Weatherman 15th Jr. Iowa State
15 John Staudemayer 16th Jr. North Carolina
16 Nathan Jackson 13th So. Indiana
17 Santiago Martinez NR Sr. Lehigh
18 Pete Renda 18th So. NC State
19 Brian Harvey 19th Jr. Army
20 Duke Pickett 20th Jr. Cornell

 184 Pounds

Rank Name Previous Yr. School
1 Gabe Dean 1st So. Cornell
2 Max Thomusseit 2nd Sr. Pittsburgh
3 Jack Dechow 3rd So. Old Dominion
4 Nathaniel Brown 5th Jr. Lehigh
5 Blake Stauffer 6th Jr. Arizona State
6 Taylor Meeks 7th Sr. Oregon State
7 Lorenzo Thomas 4th Sr. Penn
8 Sam Brooks 8th So. Iowa
9 Hayden Zillmer 9th Jr. North Dakota State
10 Domenic Abounader 10th So. Michigan
11 Victor Avery 11th Jr. Edinboro
12 Brett Pfarr 13th So. Minnesota
13 Ricky Robertson 14th RSFr. Wisconsin
14 Willie Miklus 12th RSFr. Missouri
15 T.J. Dudley 15th So. Nebraska
16 Lelund Weatherspoon 16th So. Iowa State
17 Ben Stroh 17th So. Wyoming
18 Nolan Boyd 18th So. Oklahoma State
19 Nikko Reyes 19th So. Illinois
20 Ophir Bernstein 20th Sr. Brown

 197 Pounds            

Rank Name Previous Yr. School
1 J’den Cox 1st So. Missouri
2 Kyven Gadson 2nd Sr. Iowa State
3 Kyle Snyder 3rd Fr. Ohio State
4 Morgan McIntosh 4th Jr. Penn State
5 Scott Schiller 5th Sr. Minnesota
6 Nathan Burak 6th Jr. Iowa
7 Conner Hartman 7th Jr. Duke
8 Max Huntley 8th Sr. Michigan
9 Shane Woods 9th Sr. Wyoming
10 Jace Bennett 10th Sr. Cornell
11 Elliot Riddick 11th So. Lehigh
12 Alex Polizzi 12th Sr. Northwestern
13 Braden Atwood 13th Sr. Purdue
14 James Fox 14th Sr. Harvard
15 Abram Ayala 15th Jr. Princeton
16 Zach Nye 16th Jr. Virginia
17 Phillip Wellington 17th Jr. Ohio U.
18 Timmy McCall 18th Sr. Wisconsin
19 Aaron Studebaker 19th So. Nebraska
20 Jared Haught 20th RSFr. Virginia Tech

 Heavyweight

Rank Name Previous Yr. School
1 Nick Gwiazdowski 1st Jr. NC State
2 Connor Medbery 2nd Jr. Wisconsin
3 Michael McMullan 3rd Sr. Northwestern
4 Bobby Telford 4th Sr. Iowa
5 Austin Marsden 5th Jr. Oklahoma State
6 Adam Coon 6th So. Michigan
7 Jimmy Lawson 7th Sr. Penn State
8 Ty Walz 8th So. Virginia Tech
9 Blaize Cabell 9th Jr. Northern Iowa
10 Devin Mellon 10th Sr. Missouri
11 Ross Larson 11th So. Oklahoma
12 Spencer Myers 12th Sr. Maryland
13 Riley Shaw 13th Jr. Cleveland State
14 Evan Knutson 15th Sr. North Dakota State
15 Michael Kroells 16th So. Minnesota
16 Nick Tavanello 14th So. Ohio State
17 Joe Stolfi 17th Jr. Bucknell
18 Denzel Dejournette 18th So. Appalachian State
19 Billy Smith 19th Jr. Rutgers
20 Collin Jensen 20th So. Nebraska