Sorensen upset helps both Iowa and Missouri in Jan. 26 ranks

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Updated: January 26, 2015

Jan. 26, 2015

NEWTON, Iowa — Brandon Sorensen’s victory over Northwestern’s defending national champion Jason Tsirtis at 149 pounds last Friday solidified Iowa’s No. 1 ranking in WIN’s Jan. 26 Tournament Power Index (TPI) and Dual Team Rankings presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

Iowa and No. 2 Minnesota both have 10-0 records before the teams are scheduled to face each other in a dual meet this Friday, Jan. 30, in Minneapolis. Meanwhile, the Hawkeyes have increased their lead over the Gopher in TPI points (92-83.5) and lead all schools with eight wrestlers rated in the Top 8 of their weight class.

And while Sorensen’s overtime win moved the Hawkeye freshman up to No. 3 in WIN’s individual rankings, the upset victory also moved Missouri’s Drake Houdashelt to No. 1 at 149. This gives the undefeated Tigers (17-0) two top-ranked wrestlers (along with 197-pound J’den Cox) and pushes No. 3 Missouri closer to Iowa and Minnesota in this week’s rankings with 78.5 TPI points.

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 Rankings, Dual and Individual rankings will be announced on Monday, Feb. 2.           

WIN’s Jan. 26, 2015 Tournament Power Index (TPI) Rankings

Rank College                 Top 8 TPI Pts
1 Iowa 8 92
2 Minnesota 5 83.5
3 Missouri 5 78.5
4 Illinois 5 65.5
5 Ohio State 5 62
6 Cornell 4 54
7 Edinboro 3 50.5
8 Oklahoma State 3 49.5
9 Virginia Tech 5 49
10 Iowa State 3 42.5
11 Penn State 4 40
12 Wisconsin 3 38.5
13 Nebraska 2 38
14 Northwestern 3 34.5
15 Michigan 3 29.5
16 Virginia 2 28.5
17 Pittsburgh 2 27
18 NC State 1 22.5
19 Old Dominion 1 19
20 Penn 1 16.5
21 Kent State 1 15.5
22 Lehigh 1 13.5
23 Northern Iowa 1 13
24 Oklahoma 1 12
25 Central Michigan 1 11.5
26 Arizona State 1 11
27t Indiana 1 10.5
27t Oregon State 1 10.5
29 Boise State 1 7.5
30t Chattanooga 1 7
30t Wyoming 0 7
32t Duke 1 6.5
32t South Dakota State 1 6.5
34 Rutgers 0 6
35t Purdue 0 5
35t Ohio U. 0 5
37 North Dakota State 0 4.5
38t Harvard 0 3
38t Maryland 0 3
38t Air Force 0 3
41t Stanford 0 2.5
41t North Carolina 0 2.5
43t CSU Bakersfield 0 2
43t Rider 0 2
43t Bucknell 0 2
43t Navy 0 2
43t The Citadel 0 2
48t West Virginia 0 1.5
48t Cleveland State 0 1.5
48t Hofstra 0 1.5
48t Utah Valley 0 1.5
48t Army 0 1.5
53t Princeton 0 1
53t Drexel 0 1
53t Northern Colorado 0 1
53t Appalachian State 0 1
53t Brown 0 1

 

WIN’s Jan. 26, 2015 Team Dual Rankings

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

 

WIN’s Jan. 26, 2015 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 Kilmara 9th Sr. Oklahoma State
10 Tim Lambert 10th So. Nebraska
11 Jordan Conaway 11th Jr. Penn State
12 Ronnie Bresser 12th Fr. Oregon State
13 Josh Martinez 13th Jr. Air Force
14 Tyler Cox 14th Sr. Wyoming
15 Kory Mines 15th Sr. Edinboro
16 Josh Rodriguez 16th So. North Dakota State
17 Brandon Jeske 17th So. Old Dominion
18 Paul Petrov 18th Jr. Bucknell
19 Trey Andrews 19th So. Northern Colorado
20 Evan Silver 20th Jr. Stanford

 

133 Pounds 

Rank Name Previous Yr. School
1 Chris Dardanes 1st Sr. Minnesota
2 Zane Richards 2nd So. Illinois
3
  1. J. Schopp
3rd Sr. Edinboro
4 Cory Clark 4th So. Iowa
5 Cody Brewer 5th Jr. Oklahoma
6 Earl Hall 6th Jr. Iowa State
7 Rossi Bruno 7th Jr. Michigan
8 Ryan Taylor 8th So. Wisconsin
9 Johnni DiJulius 9th Jr. Ohio State
10 Mason Beckman 10th Jr. Lehigh
11 Danny Sabatello 11th Jr. Purdue
12 James Gulibon 12th So. Penn State
13 George DiCamillo 13th So. Virginia
14 Caleb Richardson 14th So. Penn
15 Nick Soto 15th Sr. Chattanooga
16 Geoffrey Alexander 16th Sr. Maryland
17 Mack McGuire 17th Jr. Kent State
18 Kevin Devoy 19th So. Drexel
19 Kevin Norstrem 20th RSFr. Virginia Tech
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 9th Sr. Iowa
9 Chris Mecate 10th Jr. Old Dominion
10 Dean Heil 11th RSFr. Oklahoma State
11 Anthony Abidin 12th Jr. Nebraska
12 Anthony Ashnault 8th RSFr. Rutgers
13 Steven Rodrigues 13th Jr. Illinois
14 Mike Morales 14th Sr. West Virginia
15 Jamel Hudson 15th So. Hofstra
16 Todd Preston 16th Sr. Harvard
17 Joe Spisak 17th Sr. Virginia
18 Sam Speno 18th Jr. NC State
19 Joey Ward 19th So. North Carolina
20 George Fisher 20th RSFr. Michigan

 

149 Pounds  

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

 

157 Pounds  

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

 

165 Pounds

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

 

174 Pounds

Rank Name Previous Yr. School
1 Robert Kokesh 1st Sr. Nebraska
2 Mike Evans 2nd Sr. Iowa
3 Matt Brown 4th Sr. Penn State
4 Logan Storley 3rd Sr. Minnesota
5 John Eblen 6th Sr. Missouri
6 Tyler Wilps 7th Sr. Pittsburgh
7 Blaise Butler 5th Jr. Virginia
8 Zac Brunson 8th So. Illinois
9 Zach Epperly 9th So. Virginia Tech
10 Cody Walters 10th Jr. Ohio U.
11 Kyle Crutchmer 19th So. Oklahoma State
12 Bryce Hammond 11th Jr. CSU Bakersfield
13 Tanner Weatherman 12th Jr. Iowa State
14 Pete Renda 13th So. NC State
15 Nathan Jackson 14th So. Indiana
16 Andy McCulley 15th So. Wyoming
17 Mark Martin 16th Jr. Ohio State
18 Phil Bakuckas 18th So. Rutgers
19 Caleb Marsh 17th Sr. Kent State
20 Joe Latham 20th 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 7th Sr. Oregon State
8 Sam Brooks 8th So. Iowa
9 Victor Avery 9th Jr. Edinboro
10 Hayden Zillmer 10th Jr. North Dakota State
11 Domenic Abounader 11th So. Michigan
12 Brett Pfarr 12th So. Minnesota
13 Willie Miklus 13th RSFr. Missouri
14 Ricky Robertson 16th RSFr. Wisconsin
15 T.J. Dudley 17th So. Nebraska
16 Lelund Weatherspoon 18th So. Iowa State
17 Nolan Boyd 14th So. Oklahoma State
18 Nikko Reyes 15th So. Illinois
19 Ophir Bernstein 19th Sr. Brown
20 Ben Stroh NR So. Wyoming

 

197 Pounds            

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

 

Heavyweight

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