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Oklahoma State and Penn State head to Reno ranked 1st and 2nd

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Updated: December 12, 2016

NEWTON, Iowa — As Oklahoma State and Penn State prepare to meet for the first time this Sunday at the Reno Tournament of Champions, the Cowboys and Nittany Lions remain the top two schools in WIN’s Dec. 12, 2016 Tournament Power Index, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

The Cowboys have tallied 94.5 TPI points, based on 10 ranked wrestlers, including seven rated among the top eight in their weight class. The Lions are second in WIN’s TPI with 87.5 points, based on nine ranked wrestlers, six in the top eight.

The 22nd annual event, which begins Friday and Saturday with a high school tournament, will see 26 college teams compete on Sunday, Dec. 18, in Reno, Nev.

If all of Oklahoma State’s and Penn State’s ranked wrestlers compete in the Reno TOC, here are wrestlers from each of the top two teams who would be in the same bracket:

Weight 1. Oklahoma State 2. Penn State
125 12. Nick Piccininni 5. Nick Suriano
133 6. Kaid Brock 20. Jered Cortez
141 1. Dean Heil
149 3. Anthony Collica 1. Zain Retherford
157 3. Joe Smith 1. Jason Nolf
165 9. Chandler Rogers 7. Vincezo Joseph
174 4. Kyle Crutchmer 11. Geno Morelli
184 5. Nolan Boyd 3. Bo Nickal
197 5. Preston Weigel 12. Matt McCutcheon
Hwt 9. Austin Schafer 4. Nick Nevills

Ranked just behind Penn State is No. 3 Iowa, which is coming off an instate dual victory over Iowa State and features seven ranked wrestlers, all in the Top 8, for 87 TPI points.

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

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.

 WIN’s Dec. 12, 2016 Team Dual Rankings

Rk School W-L
1 Oklahoma State 4-0
2 Penn State 4-0
3 Iowa 5-0
4 Ohio State 4-0
5 Missouri 3-1
6 Virginia Tech 4-1
7 Nebraska 7-0
8 Cornell 3-0
9 NC State 3-0
10 Lehigh 5-1
11 Illinois 1-0
12 Rutgers 6-1
13 Minnesota 3-1
14 Central Michigan 1-0
15 Michigan 3-1
16 Wisconsin 3-0
17 South Dakota State 3-2
18 Stanford 2-1
19 Arizona State 1-1
20 Pittsburgh 4-2
21 Northern Iowa 3-2
22 Oklahoma 1-2
23 Appalachian State 5-1
24 Chattanooga 2-2
25 Princeton 3-4

WIN’s Dec. 12, 2016 Tournament Power Index (TPI)

Rk. School Total Top 8 TPI
    Ranked Ranked Points
1. Oklahoma State 10 7 94.5
2. Penn State 9 6 87.5
3. Iowa 7 7 87
4. Ohio State 8 6 84
5. Virginia Tech 6 5 71.5
6. Missouri 8 5 67.5
7. Cornell 6 3 48.5
8. Nebraska 7 4 46.5
9. Lehigh 8 4 43.5
10. Illinois 5 2 41
11. Wisconsin 5 2 33.5
12. Minnesota 6 2 31.5
13t Rutgers 5 2 27
13t South Dakota State 4 2 27
15. Michigan 5 2 26.5
16. Stanford 5 1 22
17. Arizona State 5 2 21.5
18. Northern Iowa 6 1 20
19. Central Michigan 4 2 19
20. Princeton 5 1 18.5
21. NC State 5 1 16
22t North Dakota State 2 1 15.5
22t West Virginia 2 2 15.5
24. Penn 2 1 14.5
25t Edinboro 4 1 11
25t North Carolina 2 2 11
27. Iowa State 3 1 9.5
28t Rider 3 1 8.5
28t Wyoming 2 1 8.5
30. Pitt 3 1 8
31. Oklahoma 5 0 7.5
32. Old Dominion 2 1 7
33. Appalachian State 2 1 6.5
34. Virginia 3 0 5.5
35t Bucknell 2 0 3
35t Indiana 2 0 3
35t Maryland 2 0 3
35t Northern Illinois 2 0 3
35t Oregon State 2 0 3
40t Army 2 0 2.5
40t Chattanooga 2 0 2.5
40t Drexel 2 0 2.5
40t Ohio U. 2 0 2.5
40t SIU-Edwardsville 2 0 2.5
45t Campbell U. 1 0 2
45t Duke 1 0 2
45t Gardner-Webb 2 0 2
45t Michigan State 1 0 2
45t Northern Colorado 2 0 2
50t Binghamton 1 0 1.5
50t Kent State 1 0 1.5
52t Air Force 1 0 1
52t American U. 1 0 1
52t Clarion 1 0 1
52t Columbia 1 0 1
52t CSU Bakersfield 1 0 1
52t Eastern Michigan 1 0 1
52t The Citadel 1 0 1

 

WIN’s Dec. 12, 2016 NCAA Div. I Individual Rankings

125 Pounds    

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

 

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 Seth Gross (4th) So. South Dakota State
5 Eric Montoya (5th) Sr. Nebraska
6 Kaid Brock (6th) So. Oklahoma State
7 Steven Micic (7th) Fr. Michigan
8 Dom Forys (8th) Jr. Pitt
9 Earl Hall (10th) Sr. Iowa State
10 Jaydin Eierman (11th) RFr. Missouri
11 Scott Parker (17th) So. Lehigh
12 Tyson Dippery (12th) Jr. Rutgers
13 Kevin Devoy (13th) Sr. Drexel
14 Josh Alber (9th) Jr. Northern Iowa
15 Sean Fausz (14th) So. NC State
16 Mark Grey (15th) Sr. Cornell
17 Tyler Goodwin (16th) Jr. Maryland
18 Mitch McKee (19th) Fr. Minnesota
19 Cameron Kelly (18th) So. Ohio U.
20 Jered Cortez (20th) RFr. Penn State

 

141 Pounds

Rk Name Prev. Yr. School
1 Dean Heil (1st) Jr. Oklahoma State
2 Joey McKenna (2nd) So. Stanford
3 Matt Kolodzik (8th) Fr. Princeton
4 Randy Cruz (3rd) Sr. Lehigh
5 Kevin Jack (4th) Jr. NC State
6 Anthony Ashnault (5th) Jr. Rutgers
7 Bryce Meredith (6th) Jr. Wyoming
8 Joseph Ward (7th) Sr. North Carolina
9 Matt Manley (9th) Sr. Missouri
10 George DiCamilo (10th) Sr. Virginia
11 Javier Gasca III (11th) Jr. Michigan State
12 Colton McCrystal (13th) Jr. Nebraska
13 Tyler Smith (14th) Jr. Bucknell
14 Logan Everett (15th) Sr. Army
15 Cole Martin (19th) RFr. Wisconsin
16 Mike Longo (16th) Jr. Oklahoma
17 Brock Zacherl (17th) So. Clarion
18 Russell Rohlfing (18th) RFr. CSU Bakersfield
19 Sal Profaci (20th) RFr. Michigan
20 Timmy Box (NR) Sr. Northern Colorado

 

149 Pounds  

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

 

157 Pounds  

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 Richie Lewis (4th) Sr. Rutgers
5 Joey Lavallee (7th) Sr. Missouri
6 Tyler Berger (6th) So. Nebraska
7 Colin Heffernan (8th) Jr. Central Michigan
8 Michael Kemerer (9th) RFr. Iowa
9 Clay Ream (NR) Jr. North Dakota State
10 Jake Short (14th) Jr. Minnesota
11 Jordan Kutler (11th) RFr. Lehigh
12 Andrew Atkinson (13th) Jr. Virginia
13 Brian Murphy (10th) Sr. Michigan
14 Bryant Clagon (12th) Jr. Rider
15 Trevor Lopez (15th) Sr. Bucknell
16 Josh Shields (16th) RFr. Arizona State
17 Aaron Walker (17th) Sr. The Citadel
18 Colin Holler (18th) Jr. South Dakota State
19 Russell Parsons (NR) Sr. Army
20 Jake Ryan (20th) So. Ohio State

 

165 Pounds

Rk Name Prev. Yr. School
1 Isaiah Martinez (1st) Jr. Illinois
2 Logan Massa (2nd) Fr. Michigan
3 Isaac Jordan (3rd) Sr. Wisconsin
4 Daniel Lewis (4th) So. Missouri
5 Mitch Minotti (5th) Sr. Lehigh
6 Dylan Cottrell (6th) Sr. West Virginia
7 Vincenzo Joseph (7th) RFr. Penn State
8 Chad Walsh (8th) Jr. Rider
9 Chandler Rogers (9th) So. Oklahoma State
10 Clark Glass (10th) Sr. Oklahoma
11 Jake Faust (11th) Jr. Duke
12 Branson Ashworth (12th) So. Wyoming
13 Bryce Steiert (NR) So. Northern Iowa
14 Austin Matthews (14th) Jr. Edinboro
15 Anthony Valencia (15th) RFr. Arizona State
16 Austin Reese (16th) So. Ohio U.
17 Tyler Marinelli (17th) Jr. Gardner-Webb
18 TeShan Campbell (18th) So. Pitt
19 Keaton Subjeck (19th) Jr. Stanford
20 Brandon Womack (20) RFr. Cornell

 

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 Zahid Valencia (5th) RFr. Arizona State
6 Brian Realbuto (6th) Sr. Cornell
7 Alex Meyer (7th) Sr. Iowa
8 Ethan Ramos (8th) Jr. North Carolina
9 Taylor Lujan (9th) RFr. Northern Iowa
10 Lelund Weatherspoon (11th) Sr. Iowa State
11 Geno Morelli (12th) Sr. Penn State
12 Nicholas Wanzek (13th) Jr. Minnesota
13 Zac Brunson (14th) Sr. Illinois
14 Myles Amine (10th) RFr. Michigan
15 C.J. Brucki (15th) Jr. Central Michigan
16 Jim Wilson (16th) Sr. Stanford
17 Ryan Preisch (20th) So. Lehigh
18 David Kocer (17th) Jr. South Dakota State
19 Jonathan Schleifer (19th) Jr. Princeton
20 Nick Kee (18th) Jr. Appalachian State

 

184 Pounds  

Rk Name Prev. Yr. School
1 Gabe Dean (1st) Sr. Cornell
2 Timothy Dudley (2nd) Sr. Nebraska
3 Bo Nickal (3rd) So. Penn State
4 Myles Martin (4th) So. Ohio State
5 Nolan Boyd (5th) Sr. Oklahoma State
6 Sammy Brooks (6th) Sr. Iowa
7 Zach Zavatsky (7th) So. Virginia Tech
8 Pat Downey (8th) Jr. Iowa State
9 Nathan Jackson (9th) Sr. Indiana
10 Willie Miklus (10th) Jr. Missouri
11 Nicholas Gravina (11th) Jr. Rutgers
12 Jordan Ellingwood (12th) Jr. Central Michigan
13 Jack Dechow (13th) Sr. Old Dominion
14 Mike Macchiavello (14th) Jr. NC State
15 Emery Parker (NR) So. Illinois
16 Steven Schneider (15th) Jr. Binghamton
17 Hunter Gamble (18th) Sr. Gardner-Webb
18 Bryce Carr (16th) Jr. Chattanooga
19 Drew Foster (NR) So. Northern Iowa
20 Dakota Geer (20th) Fr. Edinboro

 

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 Nate Rotert (4th) Jr. South Dakota State
5 Preston Weigel (5th) So. Oklahoma State
6 Kollin Moore (6th) RFr. Ohio State
7 Jake Smith (7th) Jr. West Virginia
8 Kevin Beazley (8th) Jr. Old Dominion
9 Aaron Studebaker (9th) Sr. Nebraska
10 Brett Harner (10th) Sr. Princeton
11 Shawn Scott (11th) Sr. Northern Illinois
12 Matt McCutcheon (12th) Jr. Penn State
13 Kyle Conel (13th) So. Kent State
14 Ryan Wolfe (14th) Sr. Rider
15 Corey Griego (15th) So. Oregon State
16 Ricky Robertson (16th) Jr. Wisconsin
17 Malik McDonald (17th) So. NC State
18 Frank Mattiace (18th) So. Penn
19 Brad Johnson (19th) Sr. Oklahoma
20 Parker Hines (20th) Sr. Air Force

 

Heavyweight

Rk Name Prev. Yr. School
1 Kyle Snyder (1st) Jr. Ohio State
2 Connor Medbery (2nd) Sr. Wisconsin
3 Ty Walz (3rd) Sr. Virginia Tech
4 Nick Nevills (4th) So. Penn State
5 Sam Stoll (5th) So. Iowa
6 Michael Kroells (6th) Sr. Minnesota
7 Tanner Hall (7th) So. Arizona State
8 Denzel Dejournette (9th) Sr. Appalachian State
9 Austin Schafer (10th) Sr. Oklahoma State
10 Collin Jensen (11th) Sr. Nebraska
11 Nathan Butler (12th) Jr. Stanford
12 Brooks Black (8th) Jr. Illinois
13 Doug Vollaro (13th) Sr. Lehigh
14 Ross Larson (14th) Sr. Oklahoma
15 Jared Johnson (15th) Sr. Chattanooga
16 Ryan Solomon (17th) Jr. Pitt
17 Ray O’Donnell (18th) Sr. Princeton
18 Brett Dempsey (19th) Jr. American U.
19 Garrett Ryan (20th) Jr. Columbia
20 Jack McKiernan (NR) So. SIU-Edwardsville