WIN’s Jan. 9 Rankings: Get ready for Big Duals

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Updated: January 9, 2017

NEWTON, Iowa — For the next three weeks, the top four schools in WIN’s Jan. 9 rankings and Tournament Power Index, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic, will meet each other, beginning with this Sunday’s dual between top-ranked Oklahoma State and No. 3 Iowa.

This will be the first dual of 2017 for the Cowboys, whose last competition was winning the 2017 Southern Scuffle championship on Jan. 2. The Hawkeyes are coming off road victories at Michigan and Michigan State.

Meanwhile in coming weeks, the Hawkeyes will play host to both No. 2 Penn State on Jan. 20 and No. 4 Ohio State on Jan. 27. The Nittany Lions are coming off road wins at Minnesota and Nebraska, while Ohio State defeated Wisconsin last weekend in Madison. The Buckeyes’ Jan. 8 dual with Rutgers was postponed until Feb. 6 because of travel difficulties.

The Nittany Lions, the defending NCAA champs, will also face Ohio State in a road dual in Columbus, Ohio, on Feb. 3.

In WIN’s Jan. 9 Tournament Power Index, Oklahoma State (with 100 TPI points) and Penn State (95.5) remain the top two teams as the Cowboys feature a ranked wrestler at all ten weights, compared to nine by the Nittany Lions. These two teams are not scheduled for a dual meet this season unless they are matched up the weekend of Feb. 17-19 in the NWCA National Duals Series, where the top eight Big Ten teams will face highly-ranked non-Big Ten teams.

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 Jan. 9, 2017 Team Dual Rankings

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

 

WIN’s Jan. 9, 2017 NCAA Div. I Tournament Power Index (TPI)

 

    Total Top 8 TPI
Rk School             Wrs Wrs   Points
1 Oklahoma State 10 8 100
2 Penn State 9 6 95.5
3 Iowa 8 6 88
4 Ohio State 8 5 77
5 Virginia Tech 6 6 76
6 Nebraska 7 5 59.5
7 Cornell 7 3 53.5
8 Missouri 5 4 53.5
9 Illinois 5 2 37.5
10 Minnesota 7 2 33.5
11 Wisconsin 5 2 33
12 Lehigh 8 3 32.5
13 Arizona State 4 3 32
14 Michigan 4 2 26.5
15 Stanford 6 1 22.5
16 NC State 5 1 20
17 South Dakota St 4 2 19
18 Virginia 3 3 18.5
19 Northern Iowa 6 2 18
20 Princeton 4 1 17
21 Rutgers 6 1 15.5
22 North Dakota St 1 1 13.5
23t Duke 3 1 12
23t Central Michigan 3 1 12
25t Rider 2 1 11.5
25t North Carolina 3 1 11.5
27 Indiana 3 1 11
28 Iowa State 3 1 10
29 Wyoming 4 1 9.5
30t Pitt 3 1 8.5
30t Old Dominion 3 1 8.5
32 West Virginia 2 1 7.5
33 Penn 2 1 7
34 Edinboro 4 0 6.5
35 Bucknell 3 0 4.5
36 Oklahoma 3 0 4
37t Army 2 0 3.5
37t Northern Illinois 2 0 3.5
37t Drexel 2 0 3.5
40 Chattanooga 2 0 3
41t CSU Bakersfield 2 0 2.5
41t Ohio U. 2 0 2.5
41t Eastern Michigan 2 0 2.5
44t Oregon State 1 0 2
44t American U. 1 0 2
44t Maryland 2 0 2
44t Buffalo 2 0 2
44t Hofstra 1 0 2
49t SIUE 1 0 1.5
49t Gardner-Webb 1 0 1.5
49t Navy 1 0 1.5
49t Binghamton 1 0 1.5
49t Campbell U. 1 0 1.5
49t Appalachian St 1 0 1.5
55t Clarion 1 0 1
55t Northwestern 1 0 1
55t Michigan State 1 0 1
55t Cal Poly 1 0 1

 

WIN’s Jan. 9, 2017 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 Nick Suriano (4th) Fr. Penn State
5 Tim Lambert (5th) Sr. Nebraska
6 Ethan Lizak (6th) So. Minnesota
7 Jack Mueller (7th) Fr. Virginia
8 Darian Cruz (8th) Jr. Lehigh
9 Sean Russell (10th) So. Edinboro
10 Josh Terao (11th) Jr. American U.
11 Dylan Peters (12th) Sr. Northern Iowa
12 Jose Rodriguez (9th) RFr. Ohio State
13 Nathan Kraisser (13th) Sr. Campbell U.
14 Nick Piccininni (14th) RFr. Oklahoma State
15 Alfredo Rodriguez (16th) Sr. SIUE
16 Shakur Laney (19th) So. Ohio U.
17 Johnny Jimenez (NR) Jr. Wisconsin
18 Gabe Townsell (18th) Fr. Stanford
19 Noah Gonser (17th) RFr. Eastern Michigan
20 Elijah Oliver (20th) So. Indiana

 

133 Pounds                                         

Rk Name Prev. Yr. School
1 Cory Clark (1st) Sr. Iowa
2 Nathan Tomasello (2nd) Jr. Ohio State
3 Eric Montoya (3rd) Sr. Nebraska
4 Zane Richards (4th) Sr. Illinois
5 Seth Gross (5th) So. South Dakota State
6 Kaid Brock (6th) So. Oklahoma State
7 Steven Micic (7th) Fr. Michigan
8 Dom Forys (8th) Jr. Pitt
9 Scott Parker (9th) So. Lehigh
10 Josh Alber (10th) So. Northern Iowa
11 Kevin Devoy (11th) Sr. Drexel
12 Jamal Morris (12th) So. NC State
13 Mitch McKee (13th) Fr. Minnesota
14 Earl Hall (14th) Sr. Iowa State
15 Connor Schram (15th) Jr. Stanford
16 Mark Grey (16th) Sr. Cornell
17 Tyler Goodwin (17th) Jr. Maryland
18 Bryan Lantry (20th) So. Buffalo
19 Cameron Kelly (18th) So. Ohio U.
20 Scott DelVecchio (NR) Jr Rutgers

 

141 Pounds         

Rk Name Prev. Yr. School
1 Dean Heil (1st) Jr. Oklahoma State
2 Joey McKenna (2nd) So. Stanford
3 Kevin Jack (3rd) Jr. NC State
4 Matt Kolodzik (4th) Fr. Princeton
5 Anthony Ashnault (5th) Jr. Rutgers
6 Joseph Ward (6th) Sr. North Carolina
7 George DiCamillo (7th) Sr. Virginia
8 Bryce Meredith (8th) Jr. Wyoming
9 Randy Cruz (9th) Sr. Lehigh
10 Jaydin Eierman (10th) RFr. Missouri
11 Tyler Smith (11th) Jr. Bucknell
12 Logan Everett (12th) Sr. Army
13 Colton McCrystal (13th) Jr. Nebraska
14 Topher Carton (19th) Sr. Iowa
15 Jimmy Gulibon (NR) Sr. Penn State
16 Tommy Thorn (14th) So. Minnesota
17 Brock Zacherl (17th) So. Clarion
18 Russell Rohlfing (18th) RFr. CSU Bakersfield
19 Luke Pletcher (NR) Fr. Ohio State
20 Cole Martin (15th) RFr. Wisconsin

 

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 Solomon Chishko (7th) So. Virginia Tech
8 Max Thomsen (8th) RFr. Northern Iowa
9 Patricio Lugo (9th) So. Edinboro
10 Laike Gardner (10th) Sr. Lehigh
11 Joey Delgado (12th) Sr. Oregon State
12 Davion Jeffries (13th) So. Oklahoma
13 Sam Speno (14th) Sr. NC State
14 Steve Bleise (16th) So. Northern Illinois
15 Matt Cimato (17th) Sr. Drexel
16 Joey Galasso (18th) So. Cornell
17 Alfred Bannister (19th) So. Maryland
18 Cole Mendenhall (11th) So. Wyoming
19 Anthony Giraldo (NR) Sr. Rutgers
20 Jordan Laster (20th) Sr. Princeton

 

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 Michael Kemerer (4th) RFr. Iowa
5 Tyler Berger (5th) So. Nebraska
6 Jordan Kutler (6th) RFr. Lehigh
7 Joey Lavallee (7th) Sr. Missouri
8 Andrew Atkinson (8th) Jr. Virginia
9 Josh Shields (10th) RFr. Arizona State
10 Jake Short (9th) Jr. Minnesota
11 Colin Heffernan (11th) Jr. Central Michigan
12 Brian Murphy (12th) Sr. Michigan
13 Trevor Lopez (13th) Sr. Bucknell
14 Colin Holler (14th) Jr. South Dakota State
15 Russell Parsons (16th) Sr. Army
16 Archie Colgan (15th) Jr. Wyoming
17 John Van Brill (17th) So. Rutgers
18 DaWaylon Barnes (18th) Jr. Oklahoma
19 Paul Fox (19th) So. Stanford
20 Colt Shorts (NR) Sr. Cal Poly

 

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 Chad Walsh (5th) Jr. Rider
6 Vincenzo Joseph (7th) RFr. Penn State
7 Anthony Valencia (8th) RFr. Arizona State
8 Bryce Steiert (9th) So. Northern Iowa
9 Dylan Cottrell (6th) Sr. West Virginia
10 Jake Faust (10th) Jr. Duke
11 Chandler Rogers (11th) So. Oklahoma State
12 Mitch Minotti (13th) Sr. Lehigh
13 Austin Matthews (14th) Jr. Edinboro
14 Branson Ashworth (15th) So. Wyoming
15 Nick Wanzek (16th) Jr. Minnesota
16 TeShan Campbell (18th) So. Pitt
17 Seldon Wright (19th) So. Old Dominion
18 Keaton Subjeck (20th) Jr. Stanford
19 Drew Hughes (17th) Fr. Michigan State
20 Brandon Womack (NR) RFr. Cornell

 

174 Pounds                                         

Rk Name Prev. Yr. School
1 Zach Epperly (1st) Jr. Virginia Tech
2 Bo Jordan (2nd) Jr. Ohio State
3 Zahid Valencia (3rd) RFr. Arizona State
4 Brian Realbuto (4th) Sr. Cornell
5 Kyle Crutchmer (5th) Sr. Oklahoma State
6 Ryan Preisch (8th) So. Lehigh
7 Lelund Weatherspoon (7th) Sr. Iowa State
8 Casey Kent (6th) Sr. Penn
9 Taylor Lujan (9th) RFr. Northern Iowa
10 Zac Brunson (10th) Sr. Illinois
11 Myles Amine (13th) RFr. Michigan
12 Geno Morelli (12th) Sr. Penn State
13 Alex Meyer (11th) Sr. Iowa
14 Jadaen Bernstein (14th) Jr. Navy
15 Ethan Ramos (15th) Jr. North Carolina
16 Jonathan Schleifer (16th) Jr. Princeton
17 Devin Skatzka (17th) RFr. Indiana
18 Jordan Pagano (18th) So. Rutgers
19 David Kocer (19th) Jr. South Dakota State
20 Connor Bass (20th) Sr. Duke

 

184 Pounds                                         

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

 

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 Preston Weigel (4th) So. Oklahoma State
5 Kollin Moore (5th) RFr. Ohio State
6 Aaron Studebaker (6th) Sr. Nebraska
7 Nate Rotert (7th) Jr. South Dakota State
8 Jake Smith (8th) Jr. West Virginia
9 Kevin Beazley (9th) Jr. Old Dominion
10 Brett Harner (10th) Sr. Princeton
11 Shawn Scott (11th) Sr. Northern Illinois
12 Matt McCutcheon (12th) Jr. Penn State
13 Ryan Wolfe (13th) Sr. Rider
14 Ricky Robertson (14th) Jr. Wisconsin
15 Frank Mattiace (15th) So. Penn
16 Matt Williams (16th) Jr. CSU Bakersfield
17 Tom Sleigh (17th) Jr. Bucknell
18 James Benjamin (18th) Sr. Buffalo
19 Owen Scott (19th) Sr. Cornell
20 Jake Berkowitz (20th) Sr. Northwestern

 

 

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 Tanner Hall (5th) So. Arizona State
6 Jake Kasper (6th) Jr. Duke
7 Sam Stoll (7th) So. Iowa
8 Austin Schafer (8th) Sr. Oklahoma State
9 Michael Kroells (9th) Sr. Minnesota
10 Collin Jensen (10th) Sr. Nebraska
11 Nathan Butler (11th) Jr. Stanford
12 Michael Hughes (12th) Sr. Hofstra
13 Denzel Dejournette (13th) Sr. Appalachian State
14 Jared Johnson (14th) Sr. Chattanooga
15 Ryan Solomon (15th) Jr. Pitt
16 Gage Hutchison (16th) Jr. Eastern Michigan
17 Brooks Black (17th) Jr. Illinois
18 Doug Vollaro (18th) Sr. Lehigh
19 Michael Boykin (19th) Jr. NC State
20 Ross Larson (20th) Sr. Oklahoma