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Iowa takes over top spot in WIN’s Dual Team Rankings

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Updated: January 12, 2015

Jan. 12, 2015

NEWTON, Iowa —The University of Iowa — coming off its most impressive win over traditional rival Oklahoma State in 20 years — has taken over the top spot in WIN’s Dual Team ratings and has inched closer to topping Minnesota in WIN’s Jan. 12 Tournament Power Index (TPI), presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

The Hawkeyes won eight bouts to defeat the Cowboys, 30-7, in Stillwater, Okla., on Jan. 11 to improve to 8-0 on the season. That is the same record owned by Minnesota, which rallied to beat both Michigan (20-19) and Rutgers (23-12) last weekend. The two Big Ten rivals are scheduled to meet, Jan. 30, in Minneapolis.

The Gophers remain the top-ranked school in WIN’s TPI with 87 points, followed by Iowa with 85.5 points. The Hawkeyes are projected to claim seven All-American honors while Minnesota is picked to claim five Top 8 honors at the 2015 NCAAs.

Holding the No. 3 position in both polls is Missouri, which improved its record to 13-0 with its 27-9 victory at Cornell on Jan. 10. Ohio State, coming off a 22-15 victory over Penn State on Jan. 11, moved up to No. 4 in the dual rankings and No. 5 in the TPI; trailing No. 4 Illinois.

WIN’s TPI is based on where a school is projected to finish in this March’s NCAA Division I Championships in St. Louis, based on schools’ currently ranked individuals and not on a school’s dual-meet record.

Point totals are broken down by the following projected 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 NCAA tournament points because it does not include bonus points.

WIN’s next updated TPI, Team Dual and Individual rankings will be announced on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015.           

WIN’s Jan. 12 Tournament Power Index (TPI) Rankings

Rank College Top 8 TPI Pts
1 Minnesota 5 87
2 Iowa 7 85.5
3 Missouri 5 74
4 Illinois 5 65.5
5 Ohio State 6 60
6 Oklahoma State 3 53.5
7 Cornell 4 51.5
8 Virginia Tech 5 49
9 Edinboro 3 47.5
10 Penn State 4 41.5
11 Iowa State 3 40.5
12 Northwestern 3 40
13t Nebraska 2 38.5
13t Michigan 4 38.5
15 Wisconsin 3 31.5
16 Virginia 2 30
17 NC State 1 23
18t Kent State 1 18.5
18t Old Dominion 1 18.5
20t Pittsburgh 1 18
20t Oklahoma 1 18
22 Penn 1 17
23t Lehigh 1 13.5
23t Northern Iowa 1 13.5
25 Indiana 1 11.5
26 Oregon State 1 10.5
27t Duke 1 9
27t Arizona State 1 9
29 Boise State 1 7.5
30t Chattanooga 1 7
30t Central Michigan 1 7
32t Rutgers 0 6.5
32t Pittsburgh 1 6.5
34 Wyoming 0 6
35 Ohio U. 0 4.5
36 North Dakota State 0 4
37 South Dakota State 0 3.5
38t CSU Bakersfield 0 3
38t Harvard 0 3
38t Appalachian State 0 3
38t Air Force 0 3
42t Rider 0 2.5
42t Purdue 0 2.5
42t Stanford 0 2.5
45t Navy 0 2
45t Bucknell 0 2
45t North Carolina 0 2
45t Utah Valley 0 2
45t The Citadel 0 2
45t Army 0 2
45t Drexel 0 2
52t Cleveland State 0 1.5
52t Maryland 0 1.5
52t Hofstra 0 1.5
52t West Virginia 0 1.5
56t Brown 0 1
56t Northern Colorado 0 1
56t Princeton 0 1
56t Michigan State 0 1

 

 

WIN’s Jan. 12, 2015 Team Dual Rankings

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

 

WIN’s Jan. 12, 2015 Individual Rankings

125 Pounds                              

Rank Name Previous Yr. School
1 Jesse Delgado 1st Sr. Illinois
2 Alan Waters 2nd Sr. Missouri
3 Nahshon Garrett 3rd Jr. Cornell
4 Joey Dance 4th So. Virginia Tech
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 Eddie Klimara 9th Sr. Oklahoma State
10 Tim Lambert 10th So. Nebraska
11 Jordan Conaway 11th Jr. Penn State
12 Ronnie Bresser 13th Fr. Oregon State
13 Josh Martinez 14th Jr. Air Force
14 Tyler Cox 15th Sr. Wyoming
15 Kory Mines 17th Sr. Edinboro
16 Brandon Jeske NR So. Old Dominion
17 Paul Petrov 16th Jr. Bucknell
18 Josh Rodriguez 19th So. North Dakota State
19 Trey Andrews 12th So. Northern Colorado
20 Evan Silver 20th Jr. Stanford

 

133 Pounds 

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

 

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 Lavion Mayes 5th So. Missouri
6 Stephen Dutton 6th Sr. Michigan
7 Geo Martinez 7th Fr, Boise State
8 Zach Horan 9th Jr. Central Michigan
9 Anthony Ashnault 8th RSFr. Rutgers
10 Josh Dziewa 10th Sr. Iowa
11 Chris Mecate 11th Jr. Old Dominion
12 Anthony Abidin 12th Jr. Nebraska
13 Mike Morales 13th Sr. West Virginia
14 Steven Rodrigues 16th Jr. Illinois
15 Jamel Hudson 15th So. Hofstra
16 Dean Heil 14th RSFr. Oklahoma State
17 Todd Preston 17th Sr. Harvard
18 Joe Spisak 18th Sr. Virginia
19 Sam Speno 19th Jr. NC State
20 Joey Ward 20th So. North Carolina

 

149 Pounds  

Rank Name Previous Yr. School
1 Jason Tsirtsis 1st So. Northwestern
2 Drake Houdashelt 3rd Sr. Missouri
3 David Habat 4th Sr. Edinboro
4 Josh Kindig 2nd Sr. Oklahoma State
5 Brandon Sorenson 7th RSFr. Iowa
6 Chris Villalonga 5th Sr. Cornell
7 Edgar Bright 8th So. Pittsburgh
8 Hunter Stieber 9th Jr. Ohio State
9 Dylan Cottrell 10th So. Appalachian State
10 Sal Mastriani 11th So. Virginia Tech
11 Zach Beitz 12th So. Penn State
12 Gabe Moreno 15th So. Iowa State
13 Tywan Claxton 6th Sr. Ohio U.
14 Alex Richardson 14th Jr. Old Dominion
15 C. J. Cobb 13th Sr. Penn
16 Colin Heffernan NR RSFr. Central Michigan
17 Ken Theobold 17th Jr. Rutgers
18 B.J. Clagon NR Fr. Rider
19 Gus Sako 16th Sr. Virginia
20 Matt Cimato 20th So. Drexel

 

157 Pounds  

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

 

165 Pounds

Rank Name Previous Yr. School
1 Alex Dieringer 1st Jr. Oklahoma State
2 Nick Sulzer 2nd Sr. Virginia
3 Mike Moreno 3rd Sr. Iowa State
4 Isaac Jordan 4th So. Wisconsin
5 Taylor Walsh 5th Sr. Indiana
6 Pierce Harger 6th Sr. Northwestern
7 Bo Jordan 7th RSFr. Ohio State
8 Jackson Morse 8th Sr. Illinois
9 Peyton Walsh 9th Sr. Navy
10 Dylan Palacio 10th So. Cornell
11 Nick Moore 11th Sr. Iowa
12 Cooper Moore 12th So. Northern Iowa
13 Taylor Massa 13th So. Michigan
14 Jim Wilson 14th So. Stanford
15 Casey Kent 15th Jr. Penn
16 Jesse Stafford 16th Sr. Air Force
17 Adam Fierro 17th Jr. CSU Bakersfield
18 Ethan Ramos 18th RSFr. North Carolina
19 Nick Wanzek 19th RSFr. Minnesota
20 Dakota Friesth 20th Sr. Wyoming

 

174 Pounds                                                            

Rank Name Previous Yr. School
1 Robert Kokesh 1st Sr. Nebraska
2 Mike Evans 2nd Sr. Iowa
3 Logan Storley 3rd Sr. Minnesota
4 Matt Brown 4th Sr. Penn State
5 Zac Brunson 9th So. Illinois
6 Blaise Butler 8th Jr. Virginia
7 John Eblen NR Sr. Missouri
8 Zach Epperly 7th So. Virginia Tech
9 Tyler Wilps 5th Sr. Pittsburgh
10 Cody Walters 10th Jr. Ohio U.
11 Bryce Hammond 12th Jr. CSU Bakersfield
12 Pete Renda 13th So. NC State
13 Tanner Weatherman 6th Jr. Iowa State
14 Nathan Jackson 14th So. Indiana
15 Andy McCulley 17th So. Wyoming
16 Mark Martin 11th Jr. Ohio State
17 Caleb Marsh 18th Sr. Kent State
18 Phil Bakuckas 20th So. Rutgers
19 Kyle Crutchmer NR So. Oklahoma State
20 Joe Latham NR Sr. Oregon State

 

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 Lorenzo Thomas 4th Sr. Penn
5 Nathaniel Brown 5th Jr. Lehigh
6 Blake Stauffer 6th Jr. Arizona State
7 Taylor Meeks 9th Sr. Oregon State
8 Sam Brooks 7th So. Iowa
9 Victor Avery 10th Jr. Edinboro
10 Hayden Zillmer 8th Jr. North Dakota State
11 Domenic Abounader 13th So. Michigan
12 Brett Pfarr 11th So. Minnesota
13 Willie Miklus 15th RSFr. Missouri
14 Nolan Boyd NR So. Oklahoma State
15 Nikko Reyes 14th So. Illinois
16 Ricky Robertson 17th RSFr. Wisconsin
17 T.J. Dudley 18th So. Nebraska
18 Lelund Weatherspoon 19th So. Iowa State
16 Ophir Bernstein 16th Sr. Brown
20 Cody Caldwell 20th Jr. Northern Iowa

 

197 Pounds            

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

 

Heavyweight

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