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Meredith and Jack move up to No. 1 and 2 at 141 in WIN’s Jan. 8 rankings

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Updated: January 8, 2018

NEWTON, Iowa — Wyoming’s Bryce Meredith and NC State’s Kevin Jack — both coming off victories over Oklahoma State’s two-time champ Dean Heil in the past two weeks — have moved to the top two spots, respectively, at 141 pounds in WIN’s Jan. 8 rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

WIN’s latest rankings, based on results through Jan. 7,  also included a pair of true freshmen wrestlers with the same last name — Penn State’s Nick Lee, 7th at 141 and Iowa’s Spencer Lee, 9th at 125 — as both finished high at the Southern Scuffle and Midlands, respectively.

Overall, Ohio State — with a wrestler ranked at all 10 weights, including nine rated in the Top 8 of their weight class — remained WIN’s No. 1-rated team in the Tournament Power Index with 125.5 TPI points.

The Buckeyes are followed by Southern Scuffle team champ Penn State (121.5 points), Michigan (78), Oklahoma State (67) and NC State (60.5). Iowa made the biggest jump to No. 6 with 59.5, followed by Missouri (48), Arizona State (43), Lehigh (41.5) and Virginia Tech (35.5).

WIN’s Tournament Power Index (TPI) awards teams points for individuals ranked in the respective weight classes based on how many potential All-Americans each school could produce at the 2018 NCAA Championships this March. 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.

In WIN’s dual-team rankings, Penn State (5-0) remained No. 1, followed by Ohio State (8-0), Oklahoma State (6-0), Lehigh (6-1) and Michigan (5-1).

Among notable upcoming dual meets, seventh-ranked Iowa entertains No. 3 Oklahoma State, Jan. 14, and No. 5 Michigan, Jan. 27, while No. 2 Ohio State travels to No. 1 Penn State on Feb. 3.

 

WIN’s Jan. 8, 2018 Tournament Power Index (TPI)

Rank School Top 8 Total Ranked TPI
    Wrestlers Wrestlers Points
1. Ohio State 9 10 125.5
2. Penn State 8 8 121.5
3. Michigan 6 8 78
4. Oklahoma State 5 8 67
5. NC State 5 6 60.5
6. Iowa 4 6 59.5
7. Missouri 4 6 48
8. Arizona State 3 6 43
9. Lehigh 3 7 41.5
10. Virginia Tech 4 5 35.5
11. South Dakota State 2 4 30.5
12. Illinois 2 4 27
13. Wyoming 1 4 25.5
14. Minnesota 2 6 24.5
15. Rutgers 1 5 22.5
16. Northern Iowa 2 6 22
17. Northwestern 1 5 21
18. Central Michigan 1 6 20.5
19. Cornell 1 4 17
20. Virginia 1 4 16
21t. North Carolina 1 5 15
21t. Rider 1 3 15
23. Duke 1 2 14.5
24. Nebraska 1 5 14
25. Princeton 1 4 13.5
26. Wisconsin 1 4 10
27. Lock Haven 1 3 9
28. Oregon State 1 2 8.5
29. Navy 1 2 7
30t. Drexel 1 1 6.5
30t. Maryland 1 1 6.5
30t. North Dakota State 1 2 6.5
30t. Penn 1 2 6.5
34t. Edinboro 0 4 6
34t. Stanford 0 3 6
36. Hofstra 1 1 5.5
37t. American U. 0 2 5
37t. Pitt 0 3 5
39. CSU Bakersfield 0 3 4.5
40t. Buffalo 0 3 4
40t. Purdue 0 3 4
42. West Virginia 0 2 3.5
43. Utah Valley 0 2 3
44t. Bucknell 0 2 2.5
44t. Chattanooga 0 2 2.5
44t. Northern Colorado 0 2 2.5
44t. Oklahoma 0 2 2.5
48t. Binghamton 0 1 2
48t. Clarion 0 1 2
50t. Columbia 0 1 1.5
50t. Iowa State 0 1 1.5
50t. Ohio U. 1 1 1.5
53t. Air Force 0 1 1
53t. Appalachian State 0 1 1
53t. Brown 0 1 1
53t. Cleveland State 0 1 1
53t. Michigan State 0 1 1
53t. Old Dominion 0 1 1

 

WIN’s Jan. 8, 2018 Dual-Team Ranks           

Rank School Record Previous
1 Penn State (5-0) 1st
2 Ohio State (8-0) 2nd
3 Oklahoma State (6-0) 3rd
4 Lehigh (6-1) 4th
5 Michigan (5-1) 5th
6 Missouri (12-0) 6th
7 Iowa (9-0) 7th
8 NC State (10-1) 9th
9 Virginia Tech (5-1) 8th
10 Arizona State (3-2) 12th
11 Northern Iowa (2-1) 13th
12 South Dakota State (5-2) 15th
13 Rutgers (3-3) 16th
14 Illinois (3-2) 17th
15 Wyoming (5-2) NR
16 Minnesota (6-3) 10th
17 Wisconsin (4-0) 18th
18 Purdue (5-2) 20th
19 Nebraska (3-3) 14th
20 Cornell (4-2) 11th
21 Central Michigan (3-4) 19th
22 Edinboro (3-1) 21st
23 Rider (2-1) 24th
24 North Carolina (6-7) 25thh
25 Navy (4-0) NR

 

WIN’s Jan. 8, 2018 Individual Rankings

                       

125 pounds                                               

Wt/Rank Name School Year Previous
125/1. Nathan Tomasello Ohio State Senior 1st
125/2. Nick Suriano Rutgers Sophomore 2nd
125/3. Darian Cruz Lehigh Senior 4th
125/4. Ethan Lizak Minnesota Junior 5th
125/5. Sean Fausz NC State Junior 6th
125/6. Nick Piccininni Oklahoma State Sophomore 3rd
125/7. Ronnie Bresser Oregon State Junior 10th
125/8. Sebastian Rivera Northwestern RS Freshman 8th
125/9. Spencer Lee Iowa Freshman NR
125/10. Taylor Lamont Utah Valley RS Freshman 9th
125/11. Sean Russell Edinboro Junior 7th
125/12. Jacob Schwarm Northern Iowa Sophomore 19th
125/13. Louie Hayes Virginia Freshman 16th
125/14. Luke Welch Purdue Senior 18th
125/15. Zeke Moisey West Virginia Junior NR
125/16. Drew Mattin Michigan RS Freshman 13th
125/17. Ryan Millhof Arizona State Junior 11th
125/18. Travis Piotrowski Illinois Sophomore 14th
125/19. Kyle Akins Buffalo Junior 15th
125/20. Christian Moody Oklahoma Sophomore 17th

 

 

133 pounds                                               

Wt/Rank Name School Year Previous
133/1. Seth Gross South Dakota State Junior 1st
133/2. Stevan Micic Michigan Sophomore 4th
133/3. Kaid Brock Oklahoma State Sophomore 3rd
133/4. Jack Mueller Virginia Sophomore 6th
133/5. Luke Pletcher Ohio State Sophomore 7th
133/6. John Erneste Missouri Junior 8th
133/7. Austin DeSanto Drexel Freshman 11th
133/8. Mitch McKee Minnesota Sophomore 5th
133/9. Montorie Bridges Wyoming RS Freshman 19th
133/10. Scott Parker Lehigh Junior 2nd
133/11. Josh Terao American U. Junior 9th
133/12. Bryan Lantry Buffalo Junior 10th
133/13. Scott Delvecchio Rutgers Senior 12th
133/14. Dom Forys Pitt Senior 13th
133/15. Cameron Kelly Ohio U. Junior 14th
133/16. Korbin Myers Edinboro Sophomore 17th
133/17. Anthony Cefolo Rider Junior 16th
133/18. Colin Valdviez Northwestern Freshman NR
133/19. Dennis Gustafson Virginia Tech Senior 18th
133/20. Dylan Duncan Illinois Freshman 15th

 

141 pounds                                               

Wt/Rank Name School Year Previous
141/1. Bryce Meredith Wyoming Senior 3rd
141/2. Kevin Jack NC State Senior 4th
141/3. Dean Heil Oklahoma State Senior 1st
141/4. Yianni Diakomihalis Cornell Freshman 2nd
141/5. Jaydin Eierman Missouri Sophomore 5th
141/6. Joey McKenna Ohio State Junior 6th
141/7. Nick Lee Penn State Freshman NR
141/8. Josh Alber Northern Iowa Junior 7th
141/9. Tommy Thorn Minnesota Junior 9th
141/10. Chad Red Nebraska RS Freshman 8th
141/11. Brock Zacherl Clarion Junior 11th
141/12. Mason Smith Central Michigan Sophomore 17th
141/13. Tyler Smith Bucknell Senior 12th
141/14. Nick Zanetta Pitt Senior 14th
141/15. Russell Rohlfing CSU Bakersfield Sophomore 15th
141/16. Kanen Storr Iowa State RS Freshman 16th
141/17. Luke Karam Lehigh Freshman 19th
141/18. Alex Madrigal Old Dominion Sophomore 20th
141/19. Eli Stickley Wisconsin Sophomore 13th
141/20. A.C. Headlee North Carolina Sophomore NR

 

149 pounds                                               

Wt/Rank Name School Year Previous
149/1. Zain Retherford Penn State Senior 1st
149/2. Brandon Sorensen Iowa Senior 2nd
149/3. Justin Oliver Central Michigan Junior 4th
149/4. Ryan Deakin Northwestern RS Freshman 8th
149/5. Troy Heilmann North Carolina Senior 3rd
149/6. Matthew Kolodzik Princeton Sophomore 7th
149/7. Ke-Shawn Hayes Ohio State Sophomore 5th
149/8. Solomon Chishko Virginia Tech Junior 10th
149/9. Max Thomsen Northern Iowa Sophomore 6th
149/10. Colton McCrystal Nebraska Senior 11th
149/11. Beau Donahue NC State Senior 15th
149/12. Boo Lewallen Oklahoma State Sophomore 9th
149/13. Steve Bleise Minnesota Junior 13th
149/14. Josh Maruca Arizona State Sophomore 12th
149/15. Grant Leeth Missouri Junior 17th
141/16. Jared Prince Navy Sophomore 10th/141
149/17. Sam Krivus Virginia Sophomore 20th
149/18. Eleazar Deluca Rutgers Senior 19th
149/19. Ronnie Perry Lock Haven Senior 16th
149/20. Michael Sprague American U. Junior NR

 

157 pounds                                               

Wt/Rank Name School Year Previous
157/1. Jason Nolf Penn State Junior 1st
157/2. Michael Kemerer Iowa Sophomore 2nd
157/3. Joey Lavallee Missouri Senior 3rd
157/4. Alex Pantaleo Michigan Junior 4th
157/5. Josh Shields Arizona State Sophomore 5th
157/6. Micah Jordan Ohio State Junior 6th
157/7. Hayden Hidlay NC State Freshman 7th
157/8. Clayton Ream North Dakota State Senior 10th
157/9. Luke Zilverberg South Dakota State Senior 9th
157/10. Archie Colgan Wyoming Senior 14th
157/11. Paul Fox Stanford Junior 15th
157/12. Mitch Finesilver Duke Junior 11th
157/13. Tyler Berger Nebraska Junior 13th
157/14. Colin Heffernan Central Michigan Senior 12th
157/15. Coleman Hammond CSU Bakersfield Senior 17th
157/16. B.J. Clagon Rider Senior 8th
157/17. Jake Short Minnesota Senior 19th
157/18. Andrew Atkinson Virginia Senior 16th
157/19. Kennedy Monday North Carolina Freshman NR
157/20. Alex Mossing Air Force Junior NR

 

165 pounds

Rank Name School Year Previous
165/1. Vincenzo Joseph Penn State Sophomore 1st
165/2. Isaiah Martinez Illinois Senior 2nd
165/3. Logan Massa Michigan Sophomore 3rd
165/4. Chad Walsh Rider Senior 4th
165/5. David McFadden Virginia Tech Sophomore 5th
165/6. Chandler Rogers Oklahoma State Junior 6th
165/7. Chance Marsteller Lock Haven Junior 7th
165/8. Evan Wick Wisconsin Freshman 8th
165/9. Nick Wanzek Minnesota Senior 9th
165/10. Alex Marinelli Iowa RS Freshman 12th
165/11. Richie Lewis Rutgers Senior 13th
165/12. Isaiah White Nebraska Sophomore 10th
165/13. Te-Shan Campbell Ohio State Junior 11th
165/14. Branson Ashworth Wyoming Junior 17th
165/15. Jonathan Schleifer Princeton Senior 15th
165/16. Anthony Valencia Arizona State Sophomore 14th
165/17. Austin Matthews Edinboro Senior 16th
165/18. Gordon Wolf Lehigh Junior 19th
165/19. Demetrius Romero Utah Valley Sophomore 18th
165/20. Andrew Fogerty North Dakota State Sophomore NR

 

174 pounds                                               

Rank Name School Year Previous
174/1. Zahid Valencia Arizona State Sophomore 1st
174/2. Mark Hall Penn State Sophomore 2nd
174/3. Bo Jordan Ohio State Senior 3rd
174/4. Daniel Lewis Missouri Junior 4th
174/5. Jordan Kutler Lehigh Sophomore 5th
174/6. Taylor Lujan Northern Iowa Sophomore 7th
174/7. Myles Amine Michigan Sophomore 6th
174/8. Jadaen Bernstein Navy Senior 8th
174/9. Keaton Subjeck Stanford Senior 9th
174/10. Ethan Ramos North Carolina Senior 11th
174/11. David Kocer South Dakota State Senior 15th
174/12. Jacobe Smith Oklahoma State Senior 12th
174/13. Brandon Womack Cornell Junior 10th
174/14. Yoanse Mejias Oklahoma Senior 13th
174/15. Dylan Lydy Purdue Sophomore NR
174/16. Ryan Christensen Wisconsin Junior 14th
174/17. Drew Hughes Michigan State Sophomore 16th
174/18. C.J. Brucki Central Michigan Senior 17th
174/19. Johnny Sebastian Northwestern Junior NR
174/20. Forrest Pryzbysz Appalachian State Senior 20th

 

184 pounds                                               

Rank Name School Year Previous
184/1. Bo Nickal Penn State Junior 1st
184/2. Myles Martin Ohio State Junior 2nd
184/3. Pete Renda NC State Senior 3rd
184/4. Ryan Preisch Lehigh Junior 4th
184/5. Dominic Abounader Michigan Senior 5th
184/6. Emery Parker Illinois Junior 9th
184/7. Taylor Venz Nebraska RS Freshman 6th
184/8. Zack Zavatsky Virginia Tech Junior 7th
184/9. Ricky Robertson Wisconsin Senior 8th
184/10. Drew Foster Northern Iowa Junior 10th
184/11. Nick Gravina Rutgers Senior 11th
184/12. Steven Schneider Binghamton Senior 12th
184/13. Bryce Carr Chattanooga Senior 13th
184/14. Max Dean Cornell Freshman 14th
184/15. Dylan Gabel Northern Colorado Junior 15th
184/16. Jordan Ellingwood Central Michigan Senior 20th
184/17. Nick Corba Cleveland State Senior 16th
184/18. Kevin Parker Princeton Sophomore NR
184/19. Joe Heyob Penn Senior 19th
184/20. C.J. LaFragola Brown Junior NR

 

197 pounds                                               

Rank Name School Year Previous
197/1. Kollin Moore Ohio State Sophomore 1st
197/2. Preston Weigel Oklahoma State Junior 3rd
197/3. Jared Haught Virginia Tech Senior 2nd
197/4. Mike Macchiavello NC State Senior 4th
197/5. Cash Wilcke Iowa Sophomore 10th
197/6. Anthony Cassar Penn State Sophomore 5th
197/7. Nate Rotert South Dakota State Senior 8th
197/8. Frank Mattiace Penn Senior 13th
197/9. Kevin Beazley Michigan Graduate 9th
197/10. Patrick Brucki Princeton Freshman NR
197/11. Jeric Kasunic American U. Senior 11th
197/12. Jake Smith West Virginia Senior 7th
197/13. Willie Miklus Missouri Senior 6th
197/14. Jacob Holschlag Northern Iowa Sophomore 20th
197/15. Ben Darmstadt Cornell Freshman NR
197/16. Matt Williams CSU Bakersfield Senior 12th
197/17. Daniel Chaid North Carolina Senior 19th
197/18. Scottie Boykin Chattanooga Junior 16th
197/19. Tom Sleigh Bucknell Senior 17th
197/20. Jacob Seely Northern Colorado Sophomore NR

 

Heavyweight                                   

Rank Name School Year Previous
Hwt/1. Kyle Snyder Ohio State Senior 1st
Hwt/2. Adam Coon Michigan Graduate 2nd
Hwt/3. Sam Stoll Iowa Junior 8th
Hwt/4. Jacob Kasper Duke Senior 5th
Hwt/5. Nick Nevills Penn State Junior 3rd
Hwt/6. Tanner Hall Arizona State Junior 4th
Hwt/7. Youssif Hemida Maryland Junior 7th
Hwt/8. Mike Hughes Hofstra Senior 9th
Hwt/9. Derek White Oklahoma State Junior 10th
Hwt/10. Nathan Butler Stanford Senior 11th
Hwt/11. Amarveer Dhesi Oregon State Senior 6th
Hwt/12. Ryan Solomon Pitt Senior 12th
Hwt/13. Thomas Haines Lock Haven Junior 15th
Hwt/14. Jordan Wood Lehigh RS Freshman 16th
Hwt/15. Billy Miller Edinboro Junior 14th
Hwt/16. Garrett Ryan Columbia Senior 18th
Hwt/17. Conan Jennings Northwestern Junior 17th
Hwt/18. Matt Stencel Central Michigan RS Freshman NR
Hwt/19. Shawn Streck Purdue RS Freshman NR
Hwt/20. Jake Gunning Buffalo Sophomore 20th