WIN’s Final Rankings before the start of the NCAA qualifying tournaments

Updated: February 23, 2016

NEWTON, Iowa — The 2015-16 regular season has officially ended with Penn State claiming the NWCA National Duals championship this past Sunday and the Nittany Lions remain the NCAA Div. I team to beat in the postseason according to WIN’s Feb. 23 national rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

With Jason Nolf (157), Bo Nickal (174) and Morgan McIntosh (197) leading their weight classes, Penn State is projected to finish with six All-Americans and earn 103 Tournament Power Index points in this week’s TPI, which projects how many points a school could earn in this year’s NCAA tournament, March 17-19, in New York City.

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.

This week’s rankings also show there are five other teams with a potential group of All-Americans who could challenge PSU: No. 2 Iowa, No. 3 Oklahoma State, No. 4 Virginia Tech and No. 5 Ohio State, which scored between 71 and 78.5 points in this week’s TPI.

Next up for the Division I schools are one of eight different qualifying tournaments. They include, in chronological order:

Pac 12, Feb. 27 in Tempe, Ariz.
Eastern Wrestling League, March 5 in Lock Haven, Pa.
Southern Conference, March 5 in Asheville, N.C.
Big Ten Conference, March 5-6 in Iowa City, Iowa
Big 12 Conference, March 5-6 in Kansas City, Mo.
Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association, March 5-6 in Princeton, N.J.
Mid-American Conference, March 5-6 in Ypsilanti, Mich.
Atlantic Coast Conference, March 6 in Charlottesville, Va.

WIN’s Feb. 23 Tournament Power Index

Rank	College	Top 8	TPI Pts
1	Penn State	6	103
2	Iowa	6	78.5
3	Oklahoma State	6	77.5
4	Virginia Tech	7	76
5	Ohio State	4	71
6	Cornell	4	64.5
7	Illinois	4	58.5
8	NC State	4	57
9	Missouri	5	53
10	Michigan	4	40.5
11	Nebraska	3	33.5
12	Lehigh	2	27.5
13	Rutgers	2	22.5
14t	Minnesota	1	20
14t	North Carolina	2	20
14t	Stanford	1	20
17	Wisconsin	1	19.5
18	Oklahoma	1	18
19	Kent State	1	17
20	Edinboro	1	16
21	Arizona State	1	15.5
22	Duke	1	15
23	Northern Iowa	1	14.5
24t	Northwestern	1	12
24t	Oregon State	2	12
26	South Dakota State	1	11.5
27	CSU Bakersfield	1	11
28t	Ohio U.	1	10.5
28t	Virginia	1	10.5
30	Central Michigan	1	10
31	Iowa State	1	9.5
32	Appalachian State	1	9
33	North Dakota State	1	7
34	Old Dominion	0	6.5
35	Purdue	1	5.5
36t	Penn	0	5
36t	West Virginia	0	5
38	American	0	4
39t	Rider	0	3.5
39t	Wyoming	0	3.5
41t	Bucknell	0	3
41t	Indiana	0	3
41t	Navy	0	3
41t	Princeton	0	3
45	Cleveland State	0	2.5
46t	Boise State	0	2
46t	Drexel	0	2
46t	Franklin & Marshall	0	2
46t	Harvard	0	2
46t	Maryland	0	2
51t	Michigan State	0	1.5
51t	Pittsburgh	0	1.5
53t	Army	0	1
53t	Binghamton	0	1
53t	Campbell	0	1
53t	Chattanooga	0	1
53t	Columbia	0	1
53t	Eastern Michigan	0	1
53t	Northern Colorado	0	1
53t	Utah Valley	0	1

WIN’s Feb. 23 Dual-Team Rankings

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

WIN’s Feb. 23 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.	Dylan Peters	Northern Iowa	Jr.	6th
7.	Darian Cruz	Lehigh	So.	7th
8.	Ronnie Bresser	Oregon State	So.	8th
9.	Ryan Millhof	Oklahoma	So.	9th
10.	David Terao	American U.	Sr.	10th
11.	Barlow McGhee	Missouri	So.	12th
12.	Tim Lambert	Nebraska	Jr.	11th
13.	Zeke Moisey	West Virginia	So.	13th
14.	Paul Petrov	Bucknell	Sr.	14th
15.	Josh Rodriguez	North Dakota State	Jr.	15th
16.	Drew Templeman	Wyoming	Jr.	16th
17.	Sean Fausz	NC State	RSFr.	17th
18.	Connor Schram	Stanford	So.	18th
19.	Chasen Tolbert	Utah Valley	Sr.	19th
20.	Elijah Oliver	Indiana	Fr.	20th

133 pounds

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

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.	Micah Jordan	Ohio State	Fr.	4th
5.	Solomon Chishko	Virginia Tech	RSFr.	5th
6.	Anthony Ashnault	Rutgers	So.	6th
7.	Joey Ward	North Carolina	Jr.	8th
8.	Matt Manley	Missouri	Jr.	7th
9.	Tommy Thorn	Minnesota	RSFr.	9th
10.	Richard Durso	Franklin & Marshall	Sr.	11th
11.	Todd Preston	Harvard	Sr.	12th
12.	Bryce Meredith	Wyoming	So.	13th
13.	Randy Cruz	Lehigh	Jr.	14th
14.	Mike Racciato	Pittsburgh	Jr.	10th
15.	Chris Mecate	Old Dominion	Sr.	15th
16.	Javier Gasca	Michigan State	So.	17th
17.	Zach Horan	Central Michigan	Sr.	18th
18.	Jameston Oster	Northwestern	Sr.	16th
19.	Jimmy Gulibon	Penn State	Jr.	19th
20.	Anthony Abidin	Nebraska	Sr.	20th

149 pounds

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

157 pounds

Rank	Name	School	Year	Prev
1.	Jason Nolf	Penn State	RSFr.	1st
2.	Isaiah Martinez	Illinois	So.	2nd
3.	Thomas Gantt	NC State	Sr.	3rd
4.	Ian Miller	Kent State	Sr.	4th
5.	Cody Pack	South Dakota State	Sr.	5th
6.	Nick Brascetta	Virginia Tech	Sr.	6th
7.	Dylan Palacio	Cornell	Jr.	7th
8.	Joe Smith	Oklahoma State	Fr.	8th
9.	Richie Lewis	Rutgers	Jr.	9th
10.	Brian Murphy	Michigan	So.	10th
11.	Mitch Minotti	Lehigh	Sr.	11th
12.	John Boyle	American U.	Sr.	12th
13.	Dylan Cottrell	West Virginia	Jr.	13th
14.	Bryce Steiert	Northern Iowa	Fr.	14th
15.	Edwin Cooper	Iowa	Sr.	15th
16.	Luke Smith	Central Michigan	Sr.	16th
17.	Jake Ryan	Ohio State	RSFr.	NR
18.	Chad Walsh	Rider	So.	18th
19.	Markus Scheidel	Columbia	Jr.	19th
20.	May Bethea	Penn	So.	20th

165 pounds

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

174 pounds

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

184 pounds

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

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.	Reuben Franklin	CSU Bakersfield	Sr.	8th
7.	Jared Haught	Virginia Tech	So.	9th
8.	Max Huntley	Michigan	Sr.	6th
9.	Aaron Studebaker	Nebraska	Jr.	7th
10.	Mike Boykin	NC State	So.	11th
11.	Phillip Wellington	Ohio U.	Sr.	12th
12.	Jake Smith	West Virginia	Jr.	13th
13.	Brett Harner	Princeton	Jr.	10th
14.	Zach Nye	Virginia	Sr.	14th
15.	Nate Rotert	South Dakota State	So.	15th
16.	Kyle Conel	Kent State	RSFr.	16th
17.	Trent Noon	Northern Colorado	Sr.	18th
18.	Sam Wheeler	Cleveland State	Sr.	19th
19.	Anthony Abro	Eastern Michigan	Sr.	20th
20.	Ryan Wolfe	Rider	Jr.	NR

Heavyweight

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