Oklahoma State remains No. 1 in WIN’s Nov. 14 Rankings

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Updated: November 14, 2016

November 14, 2016

NEWTON, Iowa — Preseason favorite Oklahoma State remains No. 1 and a total of 17 freshmen (including redshirt freshmen) are listed among the Top 20 in the ten NCAA Division I weight classes in WIN’s Nov. 14 Tournament Power Index and Rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

The TPI is based on the schools’ wrestlers who are rated in WIN’s individual rankings, predicting possible All-American candidates (top eight finishers per weight) in the 2017 NCAA Championships, which will be held March 16-18 in St. Louis.

This week’s rankings, based on results through No. 13, is the first of 16 weekly rankings by Wrestling Insider Newsmagazine and WIN will announce its first NCAA Division I Dual Team rankings on Dec. 5.

WIN’s TPI point totals are broken down by the following individual rankings: 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.

The top-ranked Cowboys — featuring eight wrestlers ranked among the Top 8 in their weight class, including defending national champion Dean Heil at 141 pounds — have tallied 90 points in this week’s rankings, just ahead of Iowa, which has earned 86 TPI points and features six wrestlers ranked in the Top 8, including Thomas Gilman and Cory Clark, who are rated No. 1 at 125 and 133.

The rest of the top five teams include No. 3 Ohio State (77 points), No. 4 Virginia Tech (71.5) and No. 5 Penn State (69), which has won five of the last six NCAA championships, including the 2016 title.

All preseason picks in the individual rankings remain No. 1, including defending national champions Zain Retherford (149) of Penn State, Isaiah Martinez (165) of Illinois, Gabe Dean (184) of Cornell, J’den Cox (197) of Missouri and heavyweight Kyle Snyder of Ohio State.

Among the top freshmen include the Valencia brothers — Anthony and Zahid — of Arizona State, who are ranked No. 14 and 7, respectively, at 165 and 174 pounds, while defending national champion Penn State features two ranked freshmen: Nick Suriano (9th at 125) and Vincenzo Joseph (15th at 174).

 

WIN’s Nov. 14, 2016 Tournament Power Index (TPI)

Rank College Top 8 TPI
1 Oklahoma State 8 90
2 Iowa 6 86
3 Ohio State 5 77
4 Virginia Tech 6 71.5
5 Penn State 4 69
6 Missouri 5 61.5
7 Cornell 3 52.5
8 Illinois 4 51.5
9 Nebraska 4 45
10 Lehigh 3 42.5
11 Michigan 4 37
12 Wisconsin 2 33.5
13 Minnesota 2 29.5
14 Rutgers 2 28
15 Arizona State 2 24
16 Stanford 1 23
17 Northern Iowa 1 22.5
18 NC State 2 21
19 South Dakota State 2 20.5
20 Princeton 1 18.5
21 Penn 1 15.5
22 Iowa State 1 15
23t Oregon State 1 14.5
23t North Carolina 2 14.5
25 Wyoming 1 12.5
26t Central Michigan 1 12
26t Rider 1 12
28 Northern Illinois 1 10.5
29 North Dakota State 1 9
30 Pitt 1 8.5
32 West Virginia 1 7.5
30 Oklahoma 0 8.5
33 Campbell U. 1 6.5
34 Appalachian State 0 6
35t Duke 0 5
35t Edinboro 0 5
38 Virginia 0 4.5
39t Chattanooga 0 4
39t Navy 0 4
35t Old Dominion 0 5
41 Indiana 0 2.5
42t Bucknell 0 2
42t Drexel 0 2
42t Kent State 0 2
42t Ohio U. 0 2
42t Maryland 0 2
42t Michigan State 0 2
42t Columbia 0 2
49t Army 0 1.5
49t Binghamton  0 1.5
49t SIUE 0 1.5
49t Utah Valley 0 1.5
53t Buffalo 0 1
53t The Citadel 0 1
53t Clarion 0 1
53t Gardner-Webb 0 1
53t Hofstra 0 1

 

125 Pounds                                      

Rk Name Prev. Yr. School
1 Thomas Gilman (1st) Sr. Iowa
2 Dylan Peters (2nd) Sr. Northern Iowa
3 Joey Dance (3rd) Sr. Virginia Tech
4 Darian Cruz (6th) Jr. Lehigh
5 Ronnie Bresser (7th) Jr. Oregon State
6 Josh Rodriguez (9th) Sr. North Dakota State
7 Nathan Kraisser (NR) Sr. Campbell U.
8 Barlow McGhee (5th) Jr. Missouri
9 Nick Suriano (NR) Fr. Penn State
10 Tim Lambert (8th) Sr. Nebraska
11 Ethan Lizak (NR) So. Minnesota
12 Sean Russell (11th) So. Edinboro
13 Connor Schram (4th) Jr. Stanford
14 Dalton Macri (10th) So. Cornell
15 Alfredo Rodriguez (13th) Sr. SIUE
16 Jack Mueller (NR) Fr. Virginia
17 Nick Piccininni (15th) RFr. Oklahoma State
18 Brandon Jeske (16th) Sr. Old Dominion
19 Elijah Oliver (17th) So. Indiana
20 Austin Assad (NR) RFr. Michigan

 

133 Pounds  

Rk Name Prev. Yr. School
1 Cory Clark (1st) Sr. Iowa
2 Zane Richards (2nd) Sr. Illinois
3 Nathan Tomasello (3rd) Jr. Ohio State
4 Eric Montoya (4th) Sr. Nebraska
5 Earl Hall (5th) Sr. Iowa State
6 Seth Gross (7th) So. South Dakota State
7 Kaid Brock (6th) So. Oklahoma State
8 Dom Forys (9th) Jr. Pitt
9 Jered Cortez (10th) So. Penn State
10 Joey Palmer (11th) Sr. Oregon State
11 Steven Micic (8th) Fr. Michigan
12 Jamal Morris (12th) So. NC State
13 Josh Alber (13th) Jr. Northern Iowa
14 Corey Keener (14th) Sr. Central Michigan
15 Tyson Dippery (NR) Jr. Rutgers
16 Jaydin Eierman (17th) RFr. Missouri
17 Tyler Goodwin (NR) Jr. Maryland
18 Scott Parker (20th) So. Lehigh
19 Cameron Kelly (16th) So. Ohio U.
20 Zach Davis (19th) Jr. Navy

 

141 Pounds

(13th)Oklahoma

Rk Name Prev. Yr. School
1 Dean Heil (1st) Jr. Oklahoma State
2 Joey McKenna (3rd) So. Stanford
3 Anthony Ashnault (4th) Jr. Rutgers
4 Bryce Meredith (2nd) Jr. Wyoming
5 Randy Cruz (7th) Sr. Lehigh
6 Kevin Jack (5th) Jr. NC State
7 Joseph Ward (6th) Sr. North Carolina
8 Matt Manley (8th) Sr. Missouri
9 Javier Gasca III (9th) Jr. Michigan State
10 Jimmy Gulibon (10th) Sr. Penn State
11 George DeCamilo (11th) Sr. Virginia
12 Matt Kolodzik (16th) Fr. Princeton
13 Ke-Shawn Hayes (12th) RFr. Ohio State
14  Mike Longo Jr.
15 Robert Mathers (14th) Jr. Arizona State
16 Mike Pongracz (15th) Sr. Chattanooga
17 Brock Zacherl (17th) So. Clarion
18 Tyler Smith (18th) Jr. Bucknell
19 Gabe Moreno (19th/149) Sr. Iowa State
20 Jared Prince (19th) Fr. Navy

 

149 Pounds  

Rk Name Prev. Yr. School
1 Zain Retherford (1st) Jr. Penn State
2 Brandon Sorensen (2nd) Jr. Iowa
3 Anthony Collica (4th) Sr. Oklahoma State
4 Lavion Mayes (3rd) Sr. Missouri
5 Alec Pantaleo (5th) Jr. Michigan
6 Micah Jordan (7th) So. Ohio State
7 Justin Oliver (6th) So. Central Michigan
8 Solomon Chishko (8th) So. Virginia Tech
9 Matt Cimato (9th) Sr. Drexel
10 Mitch Finesilver (10th) Jr. Duke
11 Patricio Lugo (11th) So. Edinboro
12 Christian Pagdilao (13th) Jr. Arizona State
13 Laike Gardner (14th) Sr. Lehigh
14 Davion Jeffries (12th) So. Oklahoma
15 Steve Bleise (16th) So. Northern Illinois
16 Ken Theobold (17th) Sr. Rutgers
17 Sam Speno (18th) Sr. NC State
18 Alfred Bannister (NR) So. Maryland
19 Jordan Laster (NR) Sr. Princeton
20 Max Thomsen (20th) RFr. Northern Iowa

 

157 Pounds  

(18th)

Rk Name Prev. Yr. School
1 Jason Nolf (1st) So. Penn State
2 Dylan Palacio (2nd) Sr. Cornell
3 Joe Smith (3rd) So. Oklahoma State
4 Mitch Minotti (4th) Sr. Lehigh
5 Richie Lewis (6th) Sr. Rutgers
6 Max Rohskopf (7th) Sr. NC State
7 Brian Murphy (5th) Sr. Michigan
8 Tyler Berger (8th) So. Nebraska
9 Joey Lavallee (9th) Sr. Missouri
10 Bryce Steiert (10th) Jr. Northern Iowa
11 Colin Heffernan (13th) Jr. Central Michigan
12 Michael Kemerer (15th) RFr. Iowa
13 Jake Ryan (12th) So. Ohio State
14 Joey Moon (NR) Sr. North Carolina
15 Bryant Clagon (14th) Jr. Rider
16 Russell Parsons (19th) Sr. Army
17 Aaron Walker (20th) Sr. The Citadel
18 May Bethea (17th) Jr. Penn
19 Andrew Atkinson (NR) Jr. Virginia
20  Jake Short Jr.  Minnesota

 

165 Pounds  

Rk Name Prev. Yr. School
1 Isaiah Martinez (1st) Jr. Illinois
2 Isaac Jordan (2nd) Sr. Wisconsin
3 Brian Realbuto (3rd) Sr. Cornell
4 Daniel Lewis (4th) So. Missouri
5 Logan Massa (5th) Fr. Michigan
6 Chad Walsh (7th) Jr. Rider
7 Chandler Rogers (8th) So. Oklahoma State
8 Dylan Cottrell (16th/157) Sr. West Virginia
9 Clark Glass (9th) Sr. Oklahoma
10 Cooper Moore (11th) Sr Northern Iowa
11 Jake Faust (12th) Jr. Duke
12 Ryan Preisch (14th) So. Lehigh
13 Keaton Subjeck (NR) Jr. Stanford
14 Anthony Valencia (13th) RFr. Arizona State
15 Vincenzo Joseph (NR) RFr. Penn State
16 TeShan Campbell (NR) So. Pitt
17 Tyrel White (16th) Jr. Columbia
18 Austin Matthews (11th/157) Jr. Edinboro
19 Forrest Przybysz (15th) Jr. Appalachian State
20 Austin Reese (18th) So. Ohio U.

 

174 Pounds  

Rk Name Prev. Yr. School
1 Zach Epperly (1st) Jr. Virginia Tech
2 Bo Jordan (2nd) Jr. Ohio State
3 Casey Kent (3rd) Sr. Penn
4 Kyle Crutchmer (4th) Sr. Oklahoma State
5 Alex Meyer (6th) Sr. Iowa
6 Zac Brunson (8th) Sr. Illinois
7 Zahid Valencia (12th/184) RFr. Arizona State
8 Ethan Ramos (9th) Jr. North Carolina
9 Lelund Weatherspoon (7th) Sr. Iowa State
10 Geno Morelli (10th/165) Sr. Penn State
11 Jim Wilson (11th) Sr. Stanford
12 Jadean Bernstein (12th) Jr. Navy
13 David Kocer (17th) Jr. South Dakota State
14 Nick Kee (13th) Jr. Appalachian State
15 Nicholas Wanzek (16th) Jr. Minnesota
16 Micah Barnes (15th) Sr. Nebraska
17 Matt Reed (10th) Sr. Oklahoma
18 Sean Mappes (18th) Sr. Chattanooga
19 Jonathan Schleifer (19th) Jr. Princeton
20 Davonte Mahomes (20th) So. Michigan

 

184 Pounds  

Rk Name Prev. Yr. School
1 Gabe Dean (1st) Sr. Cornell
2 Timothy Dudley (2nd) Sr. Nebraska
3 Myles Martin (3rd) So. Ohio State
4 Bo Nickal (4th) So. Penn State
5 Nolan Boyd (5th) Sr. Oklahoma State
6 Sammy Brooks (7th) Sr. Iowa
7 Domenic Abounader (8th) Sr. Michigan
8 Zach Zavatsky (9th) So. Virginia Tech
9 Pat Downey (10th) Jr. Iowa State
10 Jack Dechow (11th) Sr. Old Dominion
11 Willie Miklus (6th) Jr. Missouri
12 Jordan Ellingwood (13th) Jr. Central Michigan
13 Nathan Jackson (5th/174) Sr. Indiana
14 Nicholas Gravina (14th) Jr. Rutgers
15 Corey Griego (15th) So. Oregon State
16 Steven Schneider (16th) Jr. Binghamton
17 Ian Baker (NR) Jr. Princeton
18 Hunter Gamble (20th) Sr. Gardner-Webb
19 Chip Ness (NR) Jr. North Carolina
20 Joe Arriola (19th) Sr. Buffalo

 

197 Pounds

Rk Name Prev. Yr. School
1 J’den Cox (1st) Sr. Missouri
2 Brett Pfarr (2nd) Sr. Minnesota
3 Jared Haught (3rd) Jr. Virginia Tech
4 Brett Harner (4th) Sr. Princeton
5 Nate Rotert (13th) Jr. South Dakota State
6 Shawn Scott (6th) Sr. Northern Illinois
7 Preston Weigel (8th) So. Oklahoma State
8 Aaron Studebaker (5th) Sr. Nebraska
9 Kevin Beasley (9th) Jr. Old Dominion
10 Jake Smith (7th) Jr. West Virginia
11 Kollin Moore (17th) RFr. Ohio State
12 Kyle Conel (10th) So. Kent State
13 Ryan Wolfe (12th) Sr. Rider
14 Ricky Robertson (18th/184) Jr. Wisconsin
15 Matt McCutcheon (NR) Jr. Penn State
16 Owen Scott (15th) Sr. Cornell
17 Frank Mattiace (NR) So. Penn
18 Cody Crawford (NR) Jr. Oregon State
19 Tom Sleigh (17th/184) Jr. Bucknell
20 Brad Johnson (20th) Sr. Oklahoma

 

Heavyweight  

Rk Name Prev. Yr. School
1 Kyle Snyder (1st) Jr. Ohio State
2 Connor Medberry (3rd) Sr. Wisconsin
3 Ty Walz (2nd) Sr. Virginia Tech
4 Tanner Hall (6th) So. Arizona State
5 Michael Kroells (5th) Sr. Minnesota
6 Sam Stoll (7th) So. Iowa
7 Brooks Black (8th) Jr. Illinois
8 Nick Nevills (13th) So. Penn State
9 Denzel Dejournette (10th) Sr. Appalachian State
10 Collin Jensen (12th) Sr. Nebraska
11 Nathan Butler (11th) Jr. Stanford
12 Doug Vollaro (20th) Sr. Lehigh
13 Ross Larson (9th) Sr. Oklahoma
14 Dustin Dennison (NR) Jr. Utah Valley
15 Jared Johnson (15th) Sr. Chattanooga
16 Ryan Solomon (19th) Jr. Pitt
17 Mike Hughes (14th) Sr. Hofstra
18 Garrett Ryan (18th) Jr. Columbia
19 Ray O’Donnell (17th) Sr. Princeton
20 Jacob Kasper (NR) Jr. Duke