Garrett, Brunson take over top spots in WIN’s Jan. 11 rankings

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Updated: January 11, 2016

Jan. 11, 2016

NEWTON, Iowa — Cornell’s Nahshon Garrett and Illinois’ Zac Brunson have taken over the top spots at 133 and 174 pounds, respectively, to highlight WIN’s Jan. 11 rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

The reason for these two wrestlers ascension in their weight classes came after last week’s No. 1-ranked wrestlers — Iowa’s Cory Clark at 133 and Penn State’s Bo Nickal at 174 — lost bouts last weekend against Illinois’ Zane Richards and Indiana’s Nate Jackson, respectively.

Despite those setbacks, Penn State and Iowa remained No. 1 and No. 3 in this week’s Tournament Power Index. Oklahoma State, which also maintained its No. 2 TPI ranking, lost 133-pound Kaid Brock for the season because of a knee injury, but welcomes true freshman Joe Smith to No. 7 in this week’s rankings at 157 pounds after the Big 12 school decided to take the redshirt off the young Cowboy.

WIN’s TPI points are based on where the teams’ individuals are projected — based on WIN’s individual rankings — to finish in this season’s NCAA Championships, March 17-19, in New York City, with Top-8 finishers earning All-American points.

WIN’s TPI point totals are broken down as follows: 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). Additional points for other rankings include: 9th/12th – 2; 13th/16th – 1.5; 17th-20th – 1. TPI points will be lower than the final actual NCAA tournament points because it does not include bonus points.

Penn State and Iowa also remained the top two schools in WIN’s dual-team rankings, while Missouri moved to No. 3 with a victory over Cornell on Sunday. Among other notable changes in the dual ranks saw Michigan move from No. 13 to No. 9 after the Wolverines defeated Ohio State, 21-11, in Columbus last Saturday.

WIN’s Jan 11 Tournament Power Index (TPI)

Rank College Top 8 TPI
1 Penn State 6 91.5
2 Oklahoma State 6 83
3 Iowa 5 71
4 Ohio State 4 70.5
5 Illinois 4 70
6 Virginia Tech 6 62.5
7 Cornell 3 55
8 Missouri 5 54.5
9 Nebraska 5 48.5
10 NC State 3 46.5
11 Michigan 2 32
12 Lehigh 2 25
13 Wisconsin 2 24.5
14 Minnesota 2 24
15 Rutgers 2 23
16 North Carolina 2 21
17t Old Dominion 2 20
17t Stanford 1 20
19 Kent State 1 19
20t Duke 1 16
20t Edinboro 1 16
20t Oklahoma 1 16
23 Northwestern 1 13.5
24t Arizona State 1 13
24t Iowa State 1 13
26 Oregon State 1 12
27 South Dakota State 1 11.5
28t American 1 9
28t Appalachian State 1 9
30t Northern Iowa 0 8.5
30t Virginia 1 8.5
32t Pittsburgh 1 7.5
32t Purdue 1 7.5
34 North Dakota State 1 7
35t Bucknell 1 6.5
35t Ohio U. 0 6.5
35t Princeton 0 6.5
38t CSU Bakersfield 1 5.5
38t Drexel 1 5.5
38t Penn 0 5.5
41 West Virginia 0 5
42t Maryland 0 3.5
42t Wyoming 0 3.5
44t Central Michigan 0 3
44t Harvard 0 3
44t Navy 0 3
44t Rider 0 3
48 Eastern Michigan 0 2.5
49t Indiana 0 2
49t Northern Colorado 0 2
49t The Citadel 0 2
52t Boise State 0 1.5
52t Chattanooga 0 1.5
52t Cleveland State 0 1.5
52t Franklin & Marshall 0 1.5
52t Hofstra 0 1.5
52t Utah Valley 0 1.5
58t Air Force 0 1
58t Campbell 0 1
58t George Mason 0 1

 

WIN’s Jan 11 Dual-Team Rankings

Rk. Team Record Previous
1. Penn State 8-0 1st
2. Iowa 10-0 2nd
3. Missouri 6-0 5th
4. North Carolina State 15-0 4th
5. Oklahoma State 4-2 6th
6. Virginia Tech 7-2 3rd
7. Nebraska 9-1 7th
8. Lehigh 9-1 9th
9. Michigan 5-1 13th
10. Ohio State 4-2 8th
11. Illinois 9-2 10th
12. Rutgers 11-2 11th
13. Oklahoma 6-2 12th
14. Cornell 1-3 14th
15. North Carolina 9-1 15th
16. Pittsburgh 5-1 16th
17. Wisconsin 1-3 17th
18. Iowa State 7-2 18th
19. Ohio U. 5-2 19th
20. Purdue 5-2 20th
21. Virginia 5-2 21st
22. Oregon State 3-3 24th
23. Arizona State 6-6 NR
24. Kent State 8-3 NR
25. Northern Iowa 1-3 25th

 

WIN’s Jan. 11 Individual Rankings

125 pounds

Rank Name School Year Prev
1. Nathan Tomasello Ohio State So. 1st
2. Thomas Gilman Iowa Jr. 2nd
3. Joey Dance Virginia Tech Jr. 3rd
4. Nico Megaludis Penn State Sr. 4th
5. Eddie Klimara Oklahoma State Sr. 5th
6. Ronnie Bresser Oregon State So. 7th
7. Tim Lambert Nebraska Jr. 8th
8. Paul Petrov Bucknell Sr. 9th
9. David Terao American U. Sr. 10th
10. Dylan Peters Northern Iowa Jr. 11th
11. Barlow McGhee Missouri So. 6th
12. Zeke Moisey West Virginia So. 12th
13. Darian Cruz Lehigh So. 13th
14. Ryan Millhof Oklahoma So. 14th
15. Josh Rodriguez North Dakota St. Jr. 15th
16. Chasen Tolbert Utah Valley Sr. 16th
17. Drew Templeman Wyoming Jr. 17th
18. Trey Andrews No. Colorado Jr. 18th
19. Brandon Jeske Old Dominion Jr. 19th
20. Dalton Macri Cornell Fr. NR

 

133 pounds

Rank Name School Year Prev
1. Nahshon Garrett Cornell Sr. 2nd
2. Zane Richards Illinois Jr. 3rd
3. Cory Clark Iowa Jr. 1st
4. Cody Brewer Oklahoma Sr. 4th
5. Ryan Taylor Wisconsin Jr. 5th
6. Jordan Conaway Penn State Sr. 6th
7. George DiCamillo Virginia Jr. 7th
8. Eric Montoya Nebraska Jr. 9th
9. Earl Hall Iowa State Sr. 11th
10. Rossi Bruno Michigan Sr. 12th
11. Geoffrey Alexander Maryland Sr. 10th
12. Mack McGuire Kent State Jr. 15th
13. Emilio Saavedra Old Dominion RSFr. 13th
14. Johnni DiJulius Ohio State Sr. 14th
15. Josh Alber Northern Iowa Fr. 16th
16. Anthony Giraldo Rutgers RSFr. 17th
17. Dom Forys Pittsburgh So. 18th
18. Brance Simms South Dakota State Sr. 19th
19. Nathan Kraisser Campbell Jr. NR
20. Caleb Richardson Penn Jr. NR

 

141 pounds

Rank Name School Year Prev
1. Dean Heil Oklahoma State So. 1st
2. Joey McKenna Stanford Fr. 2nd
3. Kevin Jack NC State So. 3rd
4. Anthony Ashnault Rutgers So. 4th
5. Micah Jordan Ohio State Fr. 5th
6. Chris Mecate Old Dominion Sr. 6th
7. Solomon Chishko Virginia Tech RSFr. 7th
8. Mike Racciato Pittsburgh Jr. 8th
9. Todd Preston Harvard Sr. 9th
10. Joey Ward North Carolina Jr. 10th
11. Matt Manley Missouri Jr. 13th
12. Tommy Thorn Minnesota RSFr. 11th
13. Bryce Meredith Wyoming So. 14th
14. Jamel Hudson Hofstra Jr. 15th
15. Richard Durso Franklin & Marshall Sr. 16th
16. Kade Moss Penn State So. NR
17. Danny Sabatello Purdue Sr. 17th
18. Tyler Smith Bucknell So. 18th
19. Jameson Oster Northwestern Sr. 19th
20. Randy Cruz Lehigh Jr. NR

 

149 pounds

Rank Name School Year Prev
1. Brandon Sorensen Iowa So. 1st
2. Zain Retherford Penn State So. 2nd
3. Lavion Mayes Missouri Jr. 3rd
4. Jason Tsirtsis Northwestern Jr. 4th
5. Jake Sueflohn Nebraska Sr. 5th
6. Evan Henderson North Carolina Sr. 7th
7. Alex Richardson Old Dominion Sr. 6th
8. Matt Cimato Drexel Jr. 9th
9. Anthony Collica Oklahoma State Jr. 10th
10. Jake Short Minnesota So. 11th
11. Alex Pantaleo Michigan So. 12th
12. B.J. Clagon Rider So. 13th
13. Geo Martinez Boise State So. 15th
14. Mitch Finesilver Duke So. 16th
15. C.J. Cobb Penn Sr. 17th
16. Chris Perez Princeton Sr. 18th
17. Paul Fox Stanford RSFr. 19th
18. Michael DePalma Kent State Sr. 14th
19. Matt Frisch The Citadel Sr. 20th
20. Matt Kraus Arizona State Sr. NR

 

157 pounds

Rank Name School Year Prev
1. Isaiah Martinez Illinois So. 1st
2. Ian Miller Kent State Sr. 2nd
3. Jason Nolf Penn State RSFr. 3rd
4. Thomas Gantt NC State Sr. 5th
5. Nick Brascetta Virginia Tech Sr. 4th
6. Cody Pack So. Dakota State Sr. 6th
7. Joe Smith Oklahoma State Fr. NR
8. John Boyle American U. Sr. 7th
9. Brian Murphy Michigan So. 8th
10. Mitch Minotti Lehigh Sr. 10th
11. Richie Lewis Rutgers Jr. 11th
12. Tyler Berger Nebraska RSFr. 12th
13. Dylan Cottrell West Virginia Jr. 14th
14. Lou Mascola Maryland Sr. 16th
15. Bryce Steiert Northern Iowa Fr. 17th
16. Spartak Chino Ohio U. Sr. 18th
17. Greg Flournoy George Mason Sr. 15th
18. Luke Smith Central Michigan Sr. 13th
19. Edwin Cooper Iowa Sr. 19th
20. Aaron Walker The Citadel Jr. 20th

 

165 pounds

Rank Name School Year Prev
1. Alex Dieringer Oklahoma State Sr. 1st
2. Bo Jordan Ohio State So. 2nd
3. Isaac Jordan Wisconsin Jr. 3rd
4. Stephen Rodriguez Illinois Sr. 4th
5. Tanner Weatherman Iowa State Sr. 6th
6. Daniel Lewis Missouri RSFr. 7th
7. Chad Welch Purdue Sr. 5th
8. Anthony Perrotti Rutgers Sr. 8th
9. Max Rohskopf NC State Jr. 9th
10. Jim Wilson Stanford Jr. 10th
11. Cooper Moore Northern Iowa Jr. 12th
12. Austin Wilson Nebraska Sr. 13th
13. Ryan Preisch Lehigh Fr. 14th
14. Duke Pickett Cornell Sr. 15th
15. Shakur Rasheed Penn State RSFr. NR
16. Mitch Wightman American U. Sr. 11th
17. Devon Gobbo Harvard Sr. 17th
18. Connor Brennan Rider Sr. 18th
19. Seth Thomas Oregon State Sr. 19th
20. Jake Faust Duke So. 20th

 

174 pounds

Rank Name School Year Prev
1. Zac Brunson Illinois Jr. 3rd
2. Bo Nickal Penn State RSFr. 1st
3. Kyle Crutchmer Oklahoma State Jr. 4th
4. Brian Realbuto Cornell Jr. 5th
5. Ethan Ramos North Carolina So. 9th
6. Zach Epperly Virginia Tech So. 7th
7. Alex Meyer Iowa Jr. 6th
8. Blaise Butler Missouri Sr. 2nd
9. Cody Walters Ohio U. Sr. 8th
10. Nate Jackson Indiana Jr. 11th
11. Mike Ottinger Central Michigan Sr. 12th
12. Jon Schleifer Princeton So. 13th
13. Casey Kent Penn Sr. 14th
10. Jadaen Bernstein Navy So. 10th
15. Micah Barnes Nebraska Jr. 15th
16. Davonte Mahomes Michigan RSFr. 19th
17. Myles Martin Ohio State RSFr. NR
18. Brian Dorsey Duke Jr. 18th
19. Lelund Weatherspoon Iowa State Jr. 16th
20. Ricky Robertson Wisconsin So. 20th

 

184 pounds

Rank Name School Year Prev
1. Gabe Dean Cornell Jr. 1st
2. Victor Avery Edinboro Sr. 2nd
3. Timothy Dudley Nebraska Jr. 3rd
4. Nathaniel Brown Lehigh Sr. 4th
5. Blake Stauffer Arizona State Sr. 5th
6. Zack Zavatsky Virginia Tech So. 6th
7. Willie Miklus Missouri So. 7th
8. Hayden Zillmer North Dakota St. Sr. 8th
9. Sammy Brooks Iowa Jr. 9th
10. Jack Dechow Old Dominion Jr. 10th
11. Domenic Abounader Michigan Jr. 11th
12. Kenny Courts Ohio State Sr. 12th
13. Matt Miller Navy Sr. 13th
14. Lorenzo Thomas Penn Sr. 14th
15. Matt McCutcheon Penn State So. 15th
16. Jeff Koepke Illinois Jr. 16th
17. Pete Renda NC State Jr. 17th
18. Nolan Boyd Oklahoma State Jr. 19th
19. Abram Ayala Princeton Sr. 18th
20. Andrew Romanchik Ohio U. Sr. 20th

 

197 pounds

Rank Name School Year Prev
1. Morgan McIntosh Penn State Sr. 1st
2. J’den Cox Missouri Jr. 2nd
3. Brett Pfarr Minnesota Jr. 3rd
4. Conner Hartmann Duke Sr. 4th
5. Nathan Burak Iowa Sr. 5th
6. Max Huntley Michigan Sr. 6th
7. Aaron Studebaker Nebraska Jr. 7th
8. Reuben Franklin CSU Bakersfield Sr. 8th
9. Phillip Wellington Ohio U. Sr. 9th
10. Jared Haught Virginia Tech So. 10th
11. Zach Nye Virginia Sr. 11th
12. Brett Harner Princeton Jr. 12th
13. Jake Smith West Virginia Jr. 13th
14. Nate Rotert So. Dakota State So. 14th
15. Mike Boykin NC State So. 15th
16. Anthony Abro Eastern Michigan Sr. 16th
17. Trent Noon Northern Colorado Sr. 18th
18. Parker Hines Air Force Jr. 19th
19. Nick Bonaccorsi Pittsburgh Sr. 20th
20. John Bolich Lehigh Sr. NR

 

Heavyweight

Rank Name School Year Prev
1. Kyle Snyder Ohio State So. 1st
2. Nick Gwiazdowski NC State Sr. 2nd
3. Adam Coon Michigan Jr. 3rd
4. Ty Walz Virginia Tech Jr. 4th
5. Austin Marsden Oklahoma State Sr. 5th
6. Denzel Dejournette Appalachian St. Sr. 6th
7. Michael Kroells Minnesota Jr. 7th
8. Max Wessell Lehigh Sr. 8th
9. Tanner Hall Arizona State Fr. 9th
10. Sam Stoll Iowa Fr. 10th
11. Ross Larson Oklahoma Jr. 11th
12. Amarveer Dhesi Oregon State So. 12th
13. Billy Smith Rutgers Sr. 13th
14. Riley Shaw Cleveland State Sr. 14th
15. Blaize Cabell Northern Iowa Sr. 15th
16. Jared Johnson Chattanooga Jr. 16th
17. Colin Jensen Nebraska Jr. 17th
18. Nathan Butler Stanford So. 18th
19. Ray Harms Wyoming Sr. 19th
20. Gabe Hutchison Eastern Michigan So. 20th

 

 

 

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