Top 4 Teams in Dec. 19 Ranks Separated by 7 Points

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Updated: December 19, 2016

NEWTON, Iowa — NCAA Division I wrestling has completed its first semester and four teams have established themselves as front-runners to win this season’s NCAA Championships with Oklahoma State, Iowa, Penn State and Ohio State only separated by seven points in WIN’s Dec. 19, 2016 Tournament Power Index, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

Oklahoma State (5-0), coming off a dual victory over Cornell and winning the Reno Tournament of Champion with its reserve wrestlers last weekend, remain WIN’s top-ranked team in both WIN’s Dual Rankings and Tournament Power Index. The Cowboys earned 90.5 points in the TPI, based on 10 ranked wrestlers and seven rated among the Top 8 (predicting 2017 All-Americans) in their weight class.

Iowa (5-0) has moved up to No. 2 in the TPI with 88 points as all seven ranked wrestlers are rated among the Top 8.

Penn State (4-0), which was unable to compete in the Reno TOC because of travel difficulties, remains No. 2 in the Dual Rankings and No. 3 in the TPI with 86.5 points. The defending NCAA champions feature eight ranked wrestlers and six in the Top 8.

Ohio State (4-0) is ranked No. 4 in both WIN’s Dual-Team Rankings and Tournament Power Index with 83.5 points. Of the seven Buckeyes ranked this week, six are listed among the Top 8.

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 next Tournament Power Index, Dual and Individual rankings will be announced on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017.

 WIN’s Dec. 19 Team Dual Rankings

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

WIN’s Dec. 19 NCAA Div. I Tournament Power Index (TPI)

Rk. School Total Top 8 TPI
    Ranked Ranked Points
1. Oklahoma State 10 7 90.5
2. Iowa 7 7 88
3. Penn State 8 6 86.5
4. Ohio State 7 6 83
5. Virginia Tech 6 5 71.5
6. Missouri 8 5 70
7. Cornell 6 3 49.5
8. Nebraska 7 4 47.5
9. Lehigh 8 4 43.5
10. Illinois 5 2 41
11. Wisconsin 5 2 33.5
12. Minnesota 6 2 32
13. South Dakota State 4 2 27.5
14. Michigan 5 2 27
15. Arizona State 4 2 22
16t. Central Michigan 4 2 21.5
16t. Stanford 5 1 21.5
18. Northern Iowa 6 1 20.5
19t. North Dakota State 2 2 19
19t. Princeton 5 1 19
21. NC State 5 1 16.5
22. Penn 3 1 16
23. West Virginia 2 2 15.5
24. Rutgers 4 1 14.5
25. North Carolina 2 2 12
26. Edinboro 4 1 11.5
27. Wyoming 4 1 10
28. Rider 3 1 8.5
29. Pitt 3 1 8
30. Oklahoma 6 0 7.5
31. Old Dominion 2 1 7
32t. Appalachian State 2 1 6.5
32t. Indiana 2 1 6.5
34. Iowa State 3 0 6
35. Virginia 3 0 5.5
36. Bucknell 3 0 4.5
37. Northern Illinois 2 0 3.5
38. Maryland 2 0 3
39t. Army 2 0 2.5
39t. Chattanooga 2 0 2.5
39t. Drexel 2 0 2.5
39t. Michigan State 2 0 2.5
39t. Ohio U. 2 0 2.5
39t. SIU-Edwardsville 2 0 2.5
45t. American U. 1 0 2
45t. CSU Bakersfield 2 0 2
45t. Duke 1 0 2
45t. Northern Colorado 2 0 2
49t. Binghamton 1 0 1.5
49t. Campbell U. 1 0 1.5
49t. Eastern Michigan 1 0 1.5
49t. Oregon State 1 0 1.5
53t. Air Force 1 0 1
53t. Clarion 1 0 1
53t. Columbia 1 0 1
53t. Gardner-Webb 1 0 1

 

WIN’s Dec. 19 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 Jose Rodriguez (10th) RFr. Ohio State
10 Sean Russell (11th) So. Edinboro
11 Ethan Lizak (13th) So. Minnesota
12 Nick Piccininni (12th) RFr. Oklahoma State
13 Nathan Kraisser (9th) Sr. Campbell U.
14 Jack Mueller (15th) Fr. Virginia
15 Alfredo Rodriguez (16th) Sr. SIUE
16 Noah Gonser (17th) RFr. Eastern Michigan
17 Trey Andrews (18th) Sr. Northern Colorado
18 Noah Baughman (NR) Fr. Cornell
19 Josh Terao (NR) Jr. American U.
20 Elijah Oliver (20th) 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 (9th) Sr. Iowa State
10 Jaydin Eierman (10th) RFr. Missouri
11 Scott Parker (11th) So. Lehigh
12 Tyson Dippery (12th) Jr. Rutgers
13 Kevin Devoy (13th) Sr. Drexel
14 Josh Alber (14th) Jr. Northern Iowa
15 Sean Fausz (15th) So. NC State
16 Mark Grey (16th) Sr. Cornell
17 Tyler Goodwin (17th) Jr. Maryland
18 Mitch McKee (18th) Fr. Minnesota
19 Cameron Kelly (19th) So. Ohio U.
20 Connor Schram (14th/125) Jr. Stanford

141 Pounds         

Rk Name Prev. Yr. School
1 Dean Heil (1st) Jr. Oklahoma State
2 Joey McKenna (2nd) So. Stanford
3 Matt Kolodzik (3rd) Fr. Princeton
4 Randy Cruz (4th) Sr. Lehigh
5 Kevin Jack (5th) Jr. NC State
6 Anthony Ashnault (6th) Jr. Rutgers
7 Joseph Ward (8th) Sr. North Carolina
8 Bryce Meredith (7th) Jr. Wyoming
9 Matt Manley (9th) Sr. Missouri
10 George DiCamilo (10th) Sr. Virginia
11 Colton McCrystal (12th) Jr. Nebraska
12 Tyler Smith (13th) Jr. Bucknell
13 Logan Everett (14th) Sr. Army
14 Cole Martin (15th) RFr. Wisconsin
15 Mike Longo (16th) Jr. Oklahoma
16 Javier Gasca III (11th) Jr. Michigan State
17 Brock Zacherl (17th) So. Clarion
18 Russell Rohlfing (18th) RFr. CSU Bakersfield
19 Sal Profaci (19th) RFr. Michigan
20 Timmy Box (20th) 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 Cole Mendenhall (NR) Sr. Wyoming
11 Sam Speno (11th) Sr. NC State
12 Alfred Bannister (12th) So. Maryland
13 Joey Delgado (14th) Sr. Oregon State
14 Ken Theobold (15th) Sr. Rutgers
15 Max Thomsen (16th) RFr. Northern Iowa
16 Steve Bleise (17th) So. Northern Illinois
17 Andrew Crone (18th) So. Wisconsin
18 Jordan Laster (19th) Sr. Princeton
19 Matt Cimato (20th) Sr. Drexel
20 Davion Jeffries (13th) So. Oklahoma

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 Joey Lavallee (5th) Sr. Missouri
5 Tyler Berger (6th) So. Nebraska
6 Colin Heffernan (7th) Jr. Central Michigan
7 Michael Kemerer (8th) RFr. Iowa
8 Clay Ream (9th) Jr. North Dakota State
9 Jake Short (10th) Jr. Minnesota
10 Jordan Kutler (11th) RFr. Lehigh
11 Andrew Atkinson (12th) Jr. Virginia
12 Brian Murphy (13th) Sr. Michigan
13 Bryant Clagon (14th) Jr. Rider
14 Trevor Lopez (15th) Sr. Bucknell
15 Josh Shields (16th) RFr. Arizona State
16 Colin Holler (18th) Jr. South Dakota State
17 Russell Parsons (19th) Sr. Army
18 DaWaylon Barnes (NR) Jr. Oklahoma
19 Archie Colgan (NR) Jr. Wyoming
20 May Bethea (NR) Jr. Penn

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 Clark Glass (10th) Sr. Oklahoma
10 Jake Faust (11th) Jr. Duke
11 Bryce Steiert (13th) So. Northern Iowa
12 Austin Matthews (14th) Jr. Edinboro
13 Anthony Valencia (15th) RFr. Arizona State
14 Chandler Rogers (9th) So. Oklahoma State
15 Branson Ashworth (12th) So. Wyoming
16 Austin Reese (16th) So. Ohio U.
17 TeShan Campbell (18th) So. Pitt
18 Keaton Subjeck (19th) Jr. Stanford
19 Brandon Womack (20th) RFr. Cornell
20 Drew Hughes (NR) Fr. Michigan State

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 Zahid Valencia (5th) RFr. Arizona State
5 Brian Realbuto (6th) Sr. Cornell
6 Kyle Crutchmer (4th) Sr. Oklahoma State
7 Alex Meyer (7th) Sr. Iowa
8 Ethan Ramos (8th) Jr. North Carolina
9 Taylor Lujan (9th) RFr. Northern Iowa
10 Lelund Weatherspoon (10th) Sr. Iowa State
11 Geno Morelli (11th) Sr. Penn State
12 Nicholas Wanzek (12th) Jr. Minnesota
13 Zac Brunson (13th) Sr. Illinois
14 Myles Amine (14th) RFr. Michigan
15 C.J. Brucki (15th) Jr. Central Michigan
16 Jim Wilson (16th) Sr. Stanford
17 Ryan Preisch (17th) So. Lehigh
18 David Kocer (18th) Jr. South Dakota State
19 Jonathan Schleifer (19th) Jr. Princeton
20 Nick Kee (20th) 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 Nathan Jackson (9th) Sr. Indiana
9 Pat Downey (8th) Jr. Iowa State
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 (15th) So. Illinois
16 Steven Schneider (16th) Jr. Binghamton
17 Hunter Gamble (17th) Sr. Gardner-Webb
18 Bryce Carr (18th) Jr. Chattanooga
19 Drew Foster (19th) 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 Ryan Wolfe (14th) Sr. Rider
14 Ricky Robertson (16th) Jr. Wisconsin
15 Malik McDonald (17th) So. NC State
16 Frank Mattiace (18th) So. Penn
17 Brad Johnson (19th) Sr. Oklahoma
18 Parker Hines (20th) Sr. Air Force
19 Tom Sleigh (NR) Jr. Bucknell
20 Matt Williams (NR) Jr. CSU Bakersfield

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 (8th) Sr. Appalachian State
9 Austin Schafer (9th) Sr. Oklahoma State
10 Collin Jensen (10th) Sr. Nebraska
11 Nathan Butler (11th) Jr. Stanford
12 Brooks Black (12th) Jr. Illinois
13 Doug Vollaro (13th) Sr. Lehigh
14 Jared Johnson (15th) Sr. Chattanooga
15 Ryan Solomon (16th) Jr. Pitt
16 Ray O’Donnell (17th) Sr. Princeton
17 Brett Dempsey (18th) Jr. American U.
18 Garrett Ryan (19th) Jr. Columbia
19 Ross Larson (14th) Sr. Oklahoma
20 Jack McKiernan (20th) So. SIUE