Missouri now challenging top-ranked Iowa in Feb. 9 rankings

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Updated: February 9, 2015

Feb 9, 2015

NEWTON, Iowa — The undefeated Missouri Tigers set a school record by recording a 20th dual-meet victory last weekend and have also pulled closer to top-ranked Iowa in the Feb. 9 WIN Rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

Iowa, which defeated Penn State, 18-12, before 15,967 fans in State College, Pa., last Sunday to clinch a share of the Big Ten dual championship, tops WIN’s dual-team rankings with a 13-0 mark and also leads the field in WIN’s Tournament Power Index with 81.5 points.

Missouri, which clinched a Mid-American Conference regular-season championship after defeating Eastern Michigan, 31-7, on Sunday, moved up to No. 2 in both WIN’s dual rankings and TPI with 79 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.

Based on current projections, Iowa is predicted to claim eight All-American honors at this year’s NCAAs. Meanwhile, Missouri is projected to see five Tigers claim a Top-8 spot, including two wrestlers — 149-pound Drake Houdashelt and 197-pound J’den Cox — who ranked No. 1 in the current individual rankings.

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.

Minnesota, which lost 22-13 at Ohio State last Friday, has dropped to No. 4 behind the Buckeyes in the dual rankings, but is No. 3 in the TPI with 78.5 points. The Buckeyes rank fourth with 65.5 points, followed by Illinois (57), Cornell (56.5) and Virginia Tech (55.5). Despite losing at home to Iowa, the Nittany Lions have moved up from No. 11 to No. 8 in WIN’s TPI, especially after both Jimmy Gulibon and Matt Brown earned victories over higher-ranked foes Cory Clark and Mike Evans.

WIN’s next updated TPI Rankings, Dual and Individual rankings will be announced on Monday, Feb. 16.           

WIN’s Feb 9, 2015 Tournament Power Index (TPI) Rankings

Rank College                   Top 8 TPI Pts
1 Iowa 8 81.5
2 Missouri 5 79
3 Minnesota 5 78.5
4 Ohio State 5 65.5
5 Illinois 5 57
6 Cornell 4 56.5
7 Virginia Tech 6 55.5
8 Penn State 5 54.5
9 Edinboro 3 51.5
10 Oklahoma State 3 49
11 Wisconsin 3 48
12 Iowa State 3 46
13 Nebraska 2 40
14 Northwestern 3 34.5
15 Virginia 2 27.5
16 Michigan 2 25.5
17 NC State 1 22
18 Pittsburgh 1 19
19 Old Dominion 1 18
20 Penn 1 17
21 Lehigh 1 15.5
22 Northern Iowa 1 13
23 Central Michigan 1 11.5
24t Indiana 1 10.5
24t Arizona State 1 10.5
26t Oregon State 1 10
26t Oklahoma 1 10
26t Kent State 1 10
29t Wyoming 0 7
29t Chattanooga 1 7
31t South Dakota State 1 6.5
31t Duke 1 6.5
31t Boise State 1 6.5
34 Rutgers 0 6
35 Purdue 0 5.5
36 Ohio U. 0 4.5
37t North Carolina 0 4
37t North Dakota State 0 4
39t Stanford 0 3
39t Air Force 0 3
39t Maryland 0 3
39t Harvard 0 3
43t Cleveland State 0 2.5
43t Army 0 2.5
45t CSU Bakersfield 0 2
45t Rider 0 2
45t Navy 0 2
45t The Citadel 0 2
49t West Virginia 0 1.5
49t Princeton 0 1.5
49t Hofstra 0 1.5
52t American 0 1
52t Drexel 0 1
52t Utah Valley 0 1
52t Bucknell 0 1
52t Brown 0 1
52t Appalachian State 0 1

 

WIN’s Feb. 9, 2015 Dual Team Rankings

 

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

 

WIN’s Feb. 9, 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 Kilmara 9th Sr. Oklahoma State
10 Jordan Conaway 11th Jr. Penn State
11 Ronnie Bresser 12th Fr. Oregon State
12 Tim Lambert 10th So. Nebraska
13 Josh Martinez 14th Jr. Air Force
14 Tyler Cox 15th Sr. Wyoming
15 Conor Youtsey NR So. Michigan
16 Kory Mines 16th Sr. Edinboro
17 Ben Willeford 20th Sr. Cleveland State
18 David Terao NR Jr. American
19 Chasen Tolbert NR Jr. Utah Valley
20 Josh Rodriguez 13th 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 7th So. Wisconsin
4 Earl Hall 5th Jr. Iowa State
5 James Gulibon 9th So. Penn State
6 Cory Clark 4th So. Iowa
7 Zane Richards 3rd So. Illinois
8 Cody Brewer 6th Jr. Oklahoma
9 Danny Sabatello 8th Jr. Purdue
10 Johnni DiJulius 10th Jr. Ohio State
11 Mason Beckman 11th Jr. Lehigh
12 Rossi Bruno 12th Jr. Michigan
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 Kevin Devoy 17th So. Drexel
18 Kevin Norstrem 18th RSFr. Virginia Tech
19 Mack McGuire 19th Jr. Kent State
20 Gary Wayne Harding 20th 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 Dean Heil 10th RSFr. Oklahoma State
11 Anthony Abidin 11th Jr. Nebraska
12 Anthony Ashnault 12th RSFr. Rutgers
13 Steven Rodrigues 13th Jr. Illinois
14 Todd Preston 16th Sr. Harvard
15 Jamel Hudson 15th So. Hofstra
16 Mike Morales 14th Sr. West Virginia
17 Joe Spisak 17th Sr. Virginia
18 Sam Speno 18th Jr. NC State
19 Joey Ward 19th So. North Carolina
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 Josh Kindig 5th Sr. Oklahoma State
6 Hunter Stieber 6th Jr. Ohio State
7 Chris Villalonga 7th Sr. Cornell
8 Sal Mastriani 8th So. Virginia Tech
9 Gabe Moreno 10th So. Iowa State
10 C.J. Cobb 11th Sr. Penn
11 Zach Beitz 12th So. Penn State
12 Alec Pantaleo 13th Fr. Michigan
13 Christian Pagdilao 9th Fr. Arizona State
14 Alex Richardson 14th Jr. Old Dominion
15 Tywan Claxton 15th Sr. Ohio U.
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 2nd RSFr. Illinois
3 James Green 4th Sr. Nebraska
4 Brian Realbuto 5th So. Cornell
5 Nick Brascetta 6th Jr. Virginia Tech
6 Ian Miller 3rd Jr. Kent State
7 Cody Pack 7th Sr. South Dakota State
8 Dylan Alton 8th Sr. Penn State
9 Aaron Walker 9th So. The Citadel
10 Brian Murphy 10th So. Michigan
11 Josh Demas 11th Sr. Ohio State
12 Anthony Perrotti 14th Jr. Rutgers
13 Doug Welch 13th Jr. Purdue
14 Russell Parsons 15th So. Army
15 Mike Kelly 12th Sr. Iowa
16 Alex Elder 18th Sr. Oregon State
17 Chad Walsh 17th So. Rider
18 Anthony Collica 16th Sr. Oklahoma State
19 Justin DeAngelis 20th Sr. Oklahoma
20 Mitch Minotti NR So. Lehigh

 

165 Pounds

Rank Name Previous Yr. School
1 Alex Dieringer 1st Jr. Oklahoma State
2 Isaac Jordan 3rd So. Wisconsin
3 Nick Sulzer 2nd Sr. Virginia
4 Mike Moreno 4th Sr. Iowa State
5 Bo Jordan 5th RSFr. Ohio State
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 11th Sr. Navy
11 Ethan Ramos 13th RSFr. North Carolina
12 Cooper Moore 12th So. Northern Iowa
13 Nick Moore 10th Sr. Iowa
14 Jim Wilson 14th So. Stanford
15 Taylor Massa 15th So. Michigan
16 Jesse Stafford 16th Sr. Air Force
17 Casey Kent 17th Jr. Penn
18 Dakota Friesth 18th Sr. Wyoming
19 Tristan Warner NR Sr. Old Dominion
20 Chad Strube NR Jr. Virginia Tech

 

174 Pounds

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

 

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 Willie Miklus 13th RSFr. Missouri
13 Brett Pfarr 12th So. Minnesota
14 Ricky Robertson 14th RSFr. Wisconsin
15 T.J. Dudley 15th So. Nebraska
16 Lelund Weatherspoon 16th So. Iowa State
17 Ben Stroh 20th So. Wyoming
18 Nolan Boyd 17th So. Oklahoma State
19 Nikko Reyes 18th So. Illinois
20 Ophir Bernstein 19th 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 5th Fr. Ohio State
4 Morgan McIntosh 6th Jr. Penn State
5 Scott Schiller 3rd Sr. Minnesota
6 Nathan Burak 4th Jr. Iowa
7 Conner Hartman 7th Jr. Duke
8 Max Huntley 8th Sr. Michigan
9 Shane Woods 9th Sr. Wyoming
10 Alex Polizzi 11th Sr. Northwestern
11 Braden Atwood 12th Sr. Purdue
12 Jace Bennett 14th Sr. Cornell
13 Elliot Riddick 15th So. Lehigh
14 James Fox 16th Sr. Harvard
15 Abram Ayala 13th Jr. Princeton
16 Zach Nye 17th Jr. Virginia
17 Phillip Wellington 18th Jr. Ohio U.
18 Timmy McCall 10th Sr. Wisconsin
19 Aaron Studebaker 20th So. Nebraska
20 Jared Haught NR 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 Ross Larson 9th So. Oklahoma
10 Blaize Cabell 10th Jr. Northern Iowa
11 Devin Mellon 11th Sr. Missouri
12 Michael Kroells 12th So. Minnesota
13 Spencer Myers 16th Sr. Maryland
14 Riley Shaw 14th Jr. Cleveland State
15 Nathan Butler 15th RSFr. Stanford
16 Nick Tavanello 13th So. Ohio State
17 Joe Stolfi 17th Jr. Bucknell
18 Evan Knutson 18th Sr. North Dakota State
19 Denzel Dejournette 19th So. Appalachian State
20 Billy Smith 20th Jr. Rutgers