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NOTE: These rankings are WIN’s TPI (Tournament Power Index), which will be updated on Monday, Nov. 22, after the NWCA All-Star Classic in Fresno, Calif.
2. Oklahoma State — Eight Cowboys won titles at the Oklahoma City Open (Nov. 7): 125 – Jon Morrison; 133 – Jordan Oliver; 141 – Luke Silver; 149 – Jamal Parks; 157 – Stephen Swan; 165 – Dallas Bailey; 174 – Chris McNeil; 197 – Clayton Foster.
3. Boise State — defeated North Idaho College, 33-12 (Nov. 7) in Spokane, Wash.:
4. Minnesota — Opens season Nov. 13 at Bison Open in Fargo, N.D.
5. Wisconsin — Opens season Nov. 19 vs. UNC Greensboro in Raleigh, N.C.
6. Oklahoma — Eric Schmidke (184) and Joe Bach (Hwt) won titles at Oklahoma City Open with Schmidke beating No. 5 Chris Perry of Oklahoma State, 11-3, in the finals. Schmidke, a redshirt sophomore from Aberdeen, Wash., finished 16-19 last year for the Sooners. Kendric Maple, ranked No. 6 at 133, competed at 141 pounds and finished second to OSU’s Luke Silver
7. Penn State — Opens season Nov. 12, at Bloomsburg, Pa.
8. Central Michigan — Sophomore Christian Cullinan (125) finished second at the Eastern Michigan Open where he lost to Michigan’s Sean Boyle in the finals. CMU did not send its complete team.
9. Illinois — B.J. Futrell (133) and Mario Gonzales (197) won titles at the Lindenwood Open (Oct. 31) in St. Charles, Mo.
10. Ohio State —Ian Paddock (133), Colt Sponseller (157) and Nick Heflin (174) won championships at the Buffalo (N.Y.) Open, Nov. 7. Paddock, ranked No. 5, defeated No. 17 Kevin Smith (Buffalo), 6-0, in the finals.
11. Iowa — Opens season Nov. 19 vs. Iowa Central and Coe College at home
12. Missouri — Freshman Alan Waters (125), junior Danny Gonsor (157) and sophomore Nick Gregoris (165) all won championships at the Lindenwood Open (Nov. 1) in St. Charles, Mo. It was Gonsor’s first action after transferring from the University of Virginia.
13t. Pittsburgh — Six Panthers Tyler Nauman (141), Adam Counterman (165), Ethan Headlee (174), Max Thomusseit (184), Zac Thomusseit (197) and Ryan Tomei (Hwt) won titles at Clarion (Pa.) Open. Headlee trailed 6-2 before coming back to beat Rutgers’ Greg Zanetti, 9-6. It was the first career titles for Counterman and Max Thomusseit.
13t. Purdue — The Boilermakers opened season at the Edinboro Comfort Suites Duals, Nov. 6, where they defeated Hofstra, 28-6, and tied the host school Edinboro, 16-16.
15. Edinboro — The Fighting Scots tied Purdue, 16-16, and lost to Hofstra, 26-8 at the Edinboro Comfort Suites Duals.
16t. Michigan — Sophomore Sean Boyle (125), junior Kellen Russell (141) and senior Anthony Biondo (197) won titles at the Eastern Michigan Open.
16t. Northwestern — defeated both Stanford (18-16) and Menlo College (43-3), Nov. 7 at Palo Alto, Calif. Starting at 174 pounds, the host Cardinal won three of the first four weights to lead 10-3 before the Wildcats’ Brandon Precin, ranked No. 2 at 125, defeated No. 17 Ryan Mango, 5-4. Northwestern also won three of the final four bouts and Jason Welch’s 11-3 major over Mike Kent gave the Cats an 18-13 lead.
18. Arizona State — The Sun Devils open their season Nov. 13 with two duals in different locations: at Grand Canyon College in Phoenix and Embry-Riddle in Prescott, Ariz. That will be followed by a Nov. 18 home dual with Oklahoma.
19t. Kent State — The Golden Flashes split two duals in Salem, Va., on Nov. 6, by defeated Chattanooga, 24-12, and losing to Iowa State, 23-19.
19t. Lehigh — The Mountain Hawks blanked Drexel, 45-0, in the season opener, Nov. 5, for Lehigh’s first shutout since 2006. Sean Bilodeau (157) and Zach Rey (Hwt) each recorded falls for the Mountain Hawks.
19t. Virginia — The Cavaliers won 29 of 30 matches to beat Gardner Webb, 50-0, Anderson, 41-6, and Rider, 38-0, in the season and home openers, Nov. 7. Among the unbeaten Cavaliers was freshman Joe Spisak, who majored Rider’s Jimmy Kircher, 14-2, at 133 pounds.
22. NC State — Opens the season Nov. 14 in their Wolfpack Open
23. Binghamton — Opens the season, Nov. 14 in their Binghamton Open
24. Wyoming — Opens the season, Nov. 13 in their Cowboy Open
25. Nebraska — Opens the season, Nov. 21, in Columbus, Ohio, where they face both the host school Ohio State and Pittsburgh.