WIN’s Feb. 11 TPI, Team Dual and Individual Rankings

Feb. 11, 2013

NEWTON, Iowa — Penn State’s Nico Megaludis has taken over the top spot at 125 pounds in WIN’s updated national rankings, which are released today. The Nittany Lion, who was ranked No. 2 behind Iowa’s two-time national champion Matt McDonough this season, moved up after the Hawkeye lost his first match of the season to Illinois’ Jesse Delgado last Friday night in Champaign.

All three wrestlers at that weight class have swapped victories. In the last two weeks, McDonough beat Megaludis, who beat Delgado.

In WIN’s Tournament Power Index, two-time NCAA champion Penn State remained No. 1, while Oklahoma State — the only undefeated Division I team (13-0) — remained the top dual team in WIN’s rankings.

The WIN TPI is compiled by awarding points to each team for the ranked wrestlers they have in WIN’s current individual rankings that can be found below in all ten weight classes. In a sense, it suggests how many points these teams could score at this year’s NCAA tournament, March 21-23, in Des Moines, Iowa. TPI points will not match the final NCAA tournament points because it does not include bonus points for pins, technical falls, major decisions and forfeits/defaults.

In working to compile the most accurate rankings possible during the season, WIN seeks to subjectively combine both the most recent week’s and season’s results with past performance and proven records of consistency. Those results, in regards to who’s wrestling well, are balanced against who have proven they can win the big matches towards the end of the year and those who will most likely place high or win the national tournament in March.

Teams are awarded points based on how many potential All-Americans (Top 8 wrestlers) they could have and get advancement points for wrestlers ranked No. 9-20. The order of teams in the TPI vary greatly from dual meet rankings, as some teams have a number of highly-ranked individuals but may have holes in their dual meet line-up.

Point totals associated with individual rankings are as followed: 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.

WIN’s Feb. 11, 2013 Tournament Power Index (TPI)

Rank            College            Top 8             TPI

1          Penn State          7          92.5

2          Iowa          6          81.5

3          Oklahoma State          6          79.5

4          Minnesota          4          62

5          Missouri          3          52.5

6          Ohio State          3          49.5

7          Cornell          3          43

8          Oregon State          4          42.5

9t          Virginia Tech          4          40.5

9t          Oklahoma          3          40.5

11          Central Michigan          4          40

12          Illinois          3          31.5

13          Nebraska          3          30

14          Lehigh          2          29.5

15          Edinboro          2          28

16          Pittsburgh          2          27

17          Northwestern          2          26.5

18          Binghamton          2          23.5

19          Boise State          1          22

20          Kent State          1          21.5

21          Maryland          2          20

22          Northern Iowa          2          19

23          Wisconsin          1          15.5

24          Air Force          1          14.5

25          Wyoming          1          14

26          Michigan          1          13

27          Clarion          1          12.5

28t          Iowa State          1          12

28t          North Dakota State          1          12

28t          Virginia          1          12

31          North Carolina          1          11.5

32          Citadel          1          11

33          Arizona State          1          10.5

34          Columbia          1          10

35          Purdue          0          6.5

36t          Bloomsburg          0          5

36t          Penn          0          5

38          Indiana          0          4.5

39t          Rutgers          0          4

39t          Harvard          0          4

41t          Michigan State          0          3

41t          Ohio          0          3

41t          Hofstra          0          3

44t          CSU Bakersfield          0          2.5

44t          Old Dominion          0          2.5

46t          Bucknell          0          2

46t          Buffalo          0          2

48t          Utah Valley          0          1.5

48t          West Virginia          0          1.5

48t          Navy          0          1.5

51t          Franklin & Marshall          0          1

51t          Rider          0          1

51t          Air Force           0          1

51t          Chattanooga          0          1

51t          Northern Illinois          0          1

WIN’s  Feb. 11, 2013 Team Dual Rankings

 Rk              School (Previous)                    Record

1.            Oklahoma State (1st)                          13-0

2.            Iowa (2nd)            18-1

3.            Penn State (3rd)            11-1

4.              Minnesota (4th)                                 13-2

5.             Ohio State (5th)                                   11-3

6.            Missouri (6th)                                      11-2

7.            Virginia Tech (7th)                        14-2

8.            Oregon State (9th)                        10-3

9.            Cornell (10th)                        12-3

10.            Illinois (8th)                                                 7-5

11.            Nebraska (11th)                        10-5

12.            Central Michigan (12th)                        13-3

13.            Virginia (13th)                        15-3

14.            Wisconsin (14th)                        7-6

15.               Boise State (15th)                        9-5

16.            Oklahoma (16th)                        4-6

17.            Bloomsburg (18th)                        15-3

18.            Edinboro (19th)                        9-4

19.            Purdue (20th)            13-5

20.             Iowa State (NR)            7-4

WIN’s Feb. 11, 2013 Individual Rankings

125 pounds

Rk. Name (Previous) Year School

1. Nico Megaludis (2nd) So. Penn State

2. Matt McDonough (1st) Sr. Iowa

3. Jesse Delgado (3rd) So. Illinois

4. Alan Waters (4th) Jr. Missouri

5. Jarrod Garnett (5th) Sr. Virginia Tech

6. Nahshon Garrett (6th) Fr. Cornell

7. Christian Cullinan (7th) Fr. Central Michigan

8. Nathan Kraisser (8th) Fr. North Carolina

9. Josh Martinez (9th) Fr. Air Force

10. Matt Snyder (10th) Sr. Virginia

11. Trent Sprenkle (11th) Sr. North Dakota State

12. David Thorn (13th) Fr. Minnesota

13. Mark Rappo (14th) Sr. Penn

14. Shane Gentry (15th) Jr. Maryland

15. Nikko Triggas (12th) Sr. Ohio State

16. Sean Boyle (16th) Jr. Michigan

17. Steve Bonano (17th) Sr. Hofstra

18. Nick Soto (18th) So. Chattanooga

19. Camden Eppert (19th) Jr. Purdue

20. Jerome Robinson (20th) So. Old Dominion

133 Pounds

Rk. Name (Previous) Year School

1. Logan Stieber (1st) So. Ohio State

2. Tony Ramos (2nd) Jr. Iowa

3. A. J. Schopp (3rd) So. Edinboro

4. Tyler Graff (4th) Sr. Wisconsin

5. Nathan McCormick (5th) Sr. Missouri

6. Jon Morrison (6th) So. Oklahoma State

7. Scott Sentes (7th) Sr. Central Michigan

8. Cody Brewer (8th) Fr. Oklahoma

9. Chris Dardanes (9th) So. Minnesota

10. Daryl Thomas (10th) Sr. Illinois

11. Cashe Quiroga (11th) Jr. Purdue

12. Levi Wolfensperger (12th) So. Northern Iowa

13. Geoff Alexander (13th) So. Maryland

14. George DiCamillo (14th) Fr. Virginia

15. Ian Nickell (15th) Fr. CSU Bakersfield

16. Jordan Conway (16th) Fr. Penn State

17. Shelton Mack (17th) So. Pittsburgh

18. Eric Spjut (18th) So. Virginia Tech

19. Joey Ward (19th) Fr. North Carolina

20. Brian Owen (NR) Sr. Boise State

141 Pounds

Rk. Name (Previous) Year School

1. Kendric Maple (1st) Jr. Oklahoma

2. Hunter Stieber (2nd) So. Ohio State

3. Mike Mangrum (3rd) Sr. Oregon State

4. Mitchell Port (4th) So. Edinboro

5. Undrakhbayar Khishignyam (5th) Fr. Citadel

6. Evan Henderson (6th) So. North Carolina

7. Mark Ballweg (7th) Sr. Iowa

8. Joey Lazor (8th) Jr. Northern Iowa

9. Nick Dardanes (10th) So. Minnesota

10. Zach Neibert (11th) Jr. Virginia Tech

11. Luke Vaith (12th) Jr. Hofstra

12. Steve Keith (14th) Sr. Harvard

13. Charles Cobb (9th) Fr. Penn

14. Mike Nevinger (13th) Jr. Cornell

15. Nathan Pennesi (15th) Jr. West Virginia

16. Chris Mecate (17th) Fr. Old Dominion

17. Trevor Melde (18th) Sr. Rutgers

18. Richard Durso (19th) So.  Franklin & Marshall

19. Kevin Fanta (16th) Jr. Northern Illinois

20. Luke Goettl (NR) So. Iowa State

149 Pounds

Rk. Name (Previous) Year School

1. Jordan Oliver (1st) Sr. Oklahoma State

2. Jason Chamberlain (2nd) Sr. Boise State

3. Donald Vinson (3rd) Sr. Binghamton

4. Cole VonOhlen (4th) Sr. Air Force

5. Nick Brascetta (5th) So. Virginia Tech

6. Steve Santos (6th) Sr. Columbia

7. Dylan Ness (8th) So. Minnesota

8. Scott Sakaguchi (9th) Jr. Oregon State

9. Eric Grajales (10th) Jr. Michigan

10. Ivan Lopouchanski (11th) Sr. Purdue

11. Jake Sueflohn (12th) So. Nebraska

12. Cam Tessari (15th) So. Ohio State

13. Andrew Alton (7th) So. Penn State

14. Josh Wilson (13th) Sr. Utah Valley

15. Drake Houdashelt (14th) So. Missouri

16. Nick Lester (16th) Jr. Oklahoma

17. Shane Welsh (17th) Sr. Lehigh

18. Donnie Corby (18th) Sr. Central Michigan

19. David Habat (19th) So. Edinboro

20. Caleb Ervin (NR) Fr. Illinois

157 Pounds

Rk. Name (Previous) Year School

1. Derek St. John (1st) Jr. Iowa

2. Jason Welch (2nd) Sr. Northwestern

3. Joey Napoli (3rd) Jr. Lehigh

4. James Fleming (4th) Sr. Clarion

5. Dylan Alton (5th) So. Penn State

6. James Green (6th) So. Nebraska

7. Jesse Dong (7th) Sr. Virginia Tech

8. Alex Dieringer (8th) Fr. Oklahoma State

9. Roger Pena (9th) Jr. Oregon State

10. Jedd Moore (10th) Sr. Virginia

11. Walter Peppelman (11th) Sr. Harvard

12. Taylor Walsh (12th) So.  Indiana

13. Andy McCulley (13th) So. Wyoming

14. Frank Hickman (14th) Sr. Bloomsburg

15. George Ivanov (15th) Sr. Boise State

16. David Bonin (16th) Jr. Northern Iowa

17. Josh Demas (17th) So. Ohio State

18. Kyle Bradley (18th) Jr. Missouri

19. Matt Lester (19th) Jr. Oklahoma

20. Josh Kreimer (20th) Jr. Air Force

165 Pounds

Rk. Name (Previous) Year School

1. Kyle Dake (1st) Sr. Cornell

2. David Taylor (2nd) Jr. Penn State

3. Tyler Caldwell (3rd) Jr. Oklahoma State

4. Patrick Graham (4th) Sr. Oklahoma

5. Peter Yates (5th) Sr. Virginia Tech

6. Steve Monk (6th) Jr. North Dakota State

7. Conrad Polz (7th) Jr. Illinois

8. Nick Sulzer (8th) So. Virginia

9. Taylor Massa (9th) Fr. Michigan

10. Pierce Harger (10th) So. Northwestern

11. Mark Lewandowski (11th) Sr. Buffalo

12. Corey Lear (12th) Sr. Bucknell

13. Nick Moore (13th) So. Iowa

14. Tyler Wilps (14th) So. Pittsburgh

15. Cody Yohn (15th) Sr. Minnesota

16. Zach Toal (16th) So. Missouri

17. Ryan LeBlanc (17th) Jr. Indiana

18. Michael Moreno (18th) So. Iowa State

19. Josh Veltre (19th) Jr. Bloomsburg

20. Ramon Santiago (20th) Jr. Rider

174 Pounds

Rk. Name (Previous) Year School

1. Logan Storley (1st) So. Minnesota

2. Chris Perry (2nd) Jr. Oklahoma State

3. Mike Evans (4th) So. Iowa

4. Robert Kokesh (3rd) So. Nebraska

5. Josh Asper (5th) Sr. Maryland

6. Nick Heflin (7th) Jr. Ohio State

7. Matt Brown (6th) So. Penn State

8. Jordan Blanton (8th) Jr. Illinois

9. Lee Munster (9th) So. Northwestern

10. Dan Yates (10th) Jr. Michigan

11. Todd Porter (11th) Sr. Missouri

12. Blake Stauffer (12th) Fr. Arizona State

13. Matthew Miller (13th) Fr. Navy

14. Nathan Brown (14th)  So. Lehigh

15. Greg Zannetti (15th) Sr. Rutgers

16. Tanner Weatherman (16th) Jr.  Iowa State

17. Cody Walters (17th) Fr. Ohio U.

18. Jon Fausey (18th) Jr. Virginia

19. Cody Caldwell (19th) Fr. Northern Iowa

20. Bryce Hammond (20th) Fr. CSU Bakersfield

184 Pounds

Rk. Name (Previous) Year School

1. Ed Ruth (1st) Jr. Penn State

2. Ben Bennett (2nd) Sr. Central Michigan

3. Robert Hamlin (3rd) Sr. Lehigh

4. Steve Bosak (4th) Sr. Cornell

5. Kevin Steinhaus (5th) Jr. Minnesota

6. Ryan Loder (6th) Jr. Northern Iowa

7. Josh Ihnen (7th) Sr. Nebraska

8. Jimmy Sheptock (8th) Jr. Maryland

9. Jacob Swartz (9th) Jr. Boise State

10. Chris Chionuma (10th) Sr. Oklahoma State

11. Mike Larson (11th) Sr. Missouri

12. Max Thomusseit (12th) So. Pittsburgh

13. Ethen Lofthouse (13th) Jr. Iowa

14. Dan Rinaldi (14th) Sr. Rutgers

15. Casey Newburg (15th) Sr. Kent State

16. Tony Dallago (16th) So. Illinois

17. Boaz Beard (17th) Jr. Iowa State

18. MacKain Stoll (18th) Sr. North Dakota State

19.  Kevin Radford (19th) So. Arizona State

20. John Rizqallah (20th)  So.  Michigan State

197 Pounds

Rk. Name (Previous) Year School

1. Dustin Kilgore (1st) Sr. Kent State

2. Quentin Wright (4th) Sr. Penn State

3. Matt Wilps (2nd) Sr. Pittsburgh

4. Alfonzo Hernandez (3rd) Sr. Wyoming

5. Nathan Schiedel (5th) Sr. Binghamton

6. Taylor Meeks (6th) So. Oregon State

7. Kyven Gadson (7th) So. Iowa State

8. Jake Meredith (8th) Sr. Arizona State

9. Scott Schiller (9th) So. Minnesota

10. Micah Burak (10th) Sr. Penn

11. Blake Rosholt (11th) Jr. Oklahoma State

12. Brent Haynes (12th) Sr. Missouri

13. Christian Boley (13th) Jr. Maryland

14. Mario Gonzalez (14th) So. Illinois

15. Richard Perry (15th) Jr. Bloomsburg

16. Brandon Atwood (16th) So. Purdue

17. Derrick Borlie (17th)  Jr. Virginia Tech

18. Kenny Courts (NR) Fr. Ohio State

19. Nathan Burak (19th)  Fr. Iowa

20. Jackson Hein (20th) Jr. Wisconsin

Heavyweight

Rk. Name (Previous) Year School

1. Dom Bradley (1st) Sr. Missouri

2. Anthony Nelson (2nd) Jr. Minnesota

3. Alan Gelogaev (3rd) Sr. Oklahoma State

4. Chad Hanke (4th) Sr. Oregon State

5. Jarod Trice (5th) Sr. Central Michigan

6. Zac Thomusseit (6th) Sr. Pittsburgh

7. Michael McMullan (7th) So. Northwestern

8. Bobby Telford (8th) So. Iowa

9. Connor Medbury (9th) Fr. Wisconsin

10. Michael McClure (10th) So. Michigan State

11. Jeremy Johnson (11th) Jr. Ohio

12. Levi Cooper (13th) Sr. Arizona State

13. J.T. Felix (14th) Jr. Boise State

14. Peter Capone (12th) Jr. Ohio State

15. Adam Chalfant (15th) Jr. Indiana

16. Jimmy Lawson (NR) So. Penn State

17. Odie Delaney (16th) Sr. Citadel

18. Matt Gibson (18th) Sr. Iowa State

19. Justin Grant (19th)  Jr. Bloomsburg

20. Ernest James (20th) Jr. Edinboro