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

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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