WIN’s First Weekly NCAA Div. I Rankings and TPI

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Updated: November 7, 2022

NEWTON, Iowa — Three freshmen — Ohio State’s Jesse Mendez and a pair of Iowa State wrestlers, Casey Swiderski and Paniro Johnson — are among 14 newcomers to WIN Magazine’s first weekly rankings and Tournament Power Index of 2022-23, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

Mendez, the 2021 Junior Hodge Trophy winner from Crown Point, Ind., won the Michigan State Open last weekend at 133 pounds to earn the No. 11 individual ranking at that weight for the Buckeyes. Swiderski, a native of Dundee, Mich., and Johnson from Erie, Pa., each captured big wins last weekend when the Cyclones defeated Wisconsin in the Battle of the River City event in Jacksonville, Fla. Swiderski is ranked 11th at 141 and Johnson is ranked 14th at 149.

Penn State, with four wrestlers ranked No. 1 at their weight classes — Roman Bravo-Young (133), Carter Starocci (174), Aaron Brooks (184) and Max Dean (197) — remains No. 1 in WIN’s Tournament Power Index and will open its season this Friday in a home dual against Lock Haven.

Iowa and Cornell, each led by a three-time NCAA champ in Spencer Lee (125) and Yianni Diakomihalis (149), respectively, are ranked No. 2 (73.5) and 3 (57) in WIN’s TPI. Both the Hawkeyes and Big Red, which have eight ranked wrestlers and five rated in the Top 8 of their weight class, will also open their regular season this weekend.

WIN’s TPI is a total of NCAA points associated with a wrestler’s individual rank.

The following is a point breakdown of the TPI, based on a wrestler’s ranking: 20 for 1st, 16 for 2nd, 13.5 for 3rd, 12.5 for 4th, 10 for 5th, 9 for 6th, 6.5 for 7th and 5.5 for 8th. Wrestlers ranked 9-12 earn two points each, followed by 1.5 points for wrestlers ranked 13-16 and 1 point for those ranked 17-20.

The other top-ranked wrestlers in WIN rankings include Pitt’s Cole Matthews (141), Princeton’s Quincy Monday (157), Missouri’s Keegan O’Toole (165) and Arizona State’s Cohlton Schultz (Hwt).

WIN will announce its first dual-team rankings on Nov. 21.

 

WIN’s Nov. 7 Tournament Power Index (TPI)

Rank School Total Rank Top 8 TPI Pts
1. Penn State 6 5 97.5
2. Iowa 8 5 73.5
3. Cornell 8 5 57
4t. Arizona State 7 4 56.5
4t. Missouri 9 5 56.5
6t. Michigan 7 4 47
6t. Minnesota 7 3 47
8t. Nebraska 5 3 44.5
8t. Ohio State 8 3 44.5
10. Iowa State 8 3 41
11. Oklahoma State 7 2 39
12. Princeton 3 2 37.5
13. Northwestern 5 3 37
14. Virginia Tech 5 3 33.5
15. Pitt 4 3 32.5
16. Wisconsin 7 3 32
17. NC State 6 3 29.5
18. North Carolina 5 2 25.5
19. Northern Iowa 6 1 23.5
20. Penn 8 1 23
21. Stanford 3 1 19
22t. Oregon State 3 2 17
22t. Wyoming 3 1 17
24. Lehigh 4 2 16
25. Cal Poly 3 1 15.5
26t. Appalachian State 2 1 13.5
26t. South Dakota State 4 1 13.5
28. West Virginia 2 2 13
29. Rutgers 4 1 11
30t. Illinois 4 1 10.5
30t. Utah Valley 2 1 10.5
32. Northern Colorado 1 1 10
33. Air Force 1 1 9
34. Purdue 4 0 7.5
35t. Drexel 1 1 5.5
35t. Michigan State 4 0 5.5
37t. North Dakota State 3 0 5
37t. Oklahoma 3 0 5
37t. Virginia 3 0 5
40. Campbell 3 0 3.5
41. Rider 2 0 3
42. Columbia 2 0 2.5
43t. Binghamton 1 0 2
43t. Harvard 1 0 2
43t. Lock Haven 2 0 2
43t. Northern Illinois 1 0 2
47t. Army 1 0 1.5
47t. CSU-Bakersfield 1 0 1.5
49t. Central Michigan 1 0 1
49t. Cleveland State 1 0 1
49t. Navy 1 0 1

 

WIN’s Nov. 7, 2022 Individual Rankings

125 pounds                                                                                                                                                                                

Wt Name School Year Previous
125-1 Spencer Lee Iowa Sr 1st
125-2 Pat Glory Princeton Sr. 2nd
125-3 Michael DeAugustino Northwestern Sr. 3rd
125-4 Pat McKee Minnesota Sr. 4th
125-5 Brandon Courtney Arizona State Gr. 5th
125-6 Brandon Kaylor Oregon State Jr. 7th
125-7 Killian Cardinale West Virginia Sr. 8th
125-8 Eric Barnett Wisconsin Sr. 6th
125-9 Noah Surtin Missouri So. 9th
125-10 Trevor Mastrogiovanni Oklahoma State Jr. 10th
125-11 Matt Ramos Purdue So. 11th
125-12 Malik Heinselman Ohio State Sr. 13th
125-13 Joey Prata Oklahoma Gr. 12th
125-14 Kysen Terukina Iowa State Jr. 19th
125-15 Dylan Shawver Rutgers So. 14th
125-16 Jakob Camacho NC State Jr. 15th
125-17 Jaret Lane Lehigh Sr. 16th
125-18 Anthony Noto Lock Haven So. 17th
125-19 Ryan Miller Penn So. NR
125-20 Jack Medley Michigan Gr. 18th

 

133 pounds                                                                                                                                           

Wt Name School Year Previous
133-1 Roman Bravo-Young Penn State Gr. 1st
133-2 Daton Fix Oklahoma State Sr. 2nd
133-3 Vito Arujau Cornell Jr. 3rd
133-4 Michael McGee Arizona State Sr. 4th
133-5 Chris Cannon Northwestern Jr. 6th
133-6 Dylan Ragusin Michigan So. 7th
133-7 Lucas Byrd Illinois So. 5th
133-8 Micky Phillippi Pitt Sr. 8th
133-9 RayVon Foley Michigan State Gr. 9th
133-10 Michael Colaiocco Penn Jr. 10th
133-11 Jesse Mendez Ohio State Fr. NR
133-12 Kyle Biscoglia Northern Iowa Jr. 11th
133-12 Kai Orine NC State So. 12th
133-13 Chance Rich CS-Bakersfield Jr. 13th
133-14 Haiden Drury Utah Valley So. 14th
133-15 Zach Redding Iowa State Jr. NR
133-16 Richie Koehler Rider Sr. 15th
133-17 Sam Latona Virginia Tech So. NR
133-18 Jamie Hernandez North Carolina Gr. 17th
133-19 Cullan Schriever Iowa So. 18th
133-20 Sammy Alvarez Rutgers Jr. 20th

 

141 pounds                                                                                                                            

Wt Name School Year Previous
141-1 Cole Matthews Pitt Sr. 1st
141-2 Real Woods Iowa Sr. 2nd
141-3 Jakob Bergeland Minnesota Gr. 3rd
141-4 CJ Composto Penn Jr. 4th
141-5 Andrew Alirez Northern Colorado Jr. 5th
141-6 Clay Carlson South Dakota State Sr. 6th
141-7 Allan Hart Missouri Sr. 7th
141-8 Ryan Jack NC State So. 8th
141-9 Carter Young Oklahoma State So. 9th
141-10 Dylan Droegemueller North Dakota State Sr. 10th
141-11 Casey Swiderski Iowa State Fr. NR
141-12 Joseph Zargo Wisconsin So. 12th
141-13 Frankie Tal Shahar Northwestern Jr. 13th
141-14 Quinn Kinner Rider Jr. 15th
141-15 Parker Filius Purdue Gr. 16th
141-16 Beau Bartlett Penn State Jr. 17th
141-17 Cole Mattin Michigan Jr. 18th
141-18 Matt Kazmir Columbia Sr. 11th
141-19 Shannon Hanna Campbell Sr. 19th
141-20 Jesse Vasquez Arizona State So. 20th

 

149 pounds                                                                                                                            

Wt Name School Year Previous
149-1 Yianni Diakomihalis Cornell Sr. 1st
149-2 Ridge Lovett Nebraska Jr. 2nd
149-3 Sammy Sasso Ohio State Sr. 4th
149-4 Jon Millner Appalachian State Sr. 5th
149-5 Austin Gomez Wisconsin Sr. 3rd
149-6 Kyle Parco Arizona State So. 6th
149-7 Brock Mauler Missouri Jr. 7th
149-8 Max Murin Iowa Sr. 8th
149-9 Anthony Artalona Penn Sr. 9th
149-10 Yahya Thomas Northwestern Gr. 10th
149-11 Mitch Moore Oklahoma Gr. NR
149-12 Jaden Abas Stanford Jr. 12th
149-13 Michael Blockhus Minnesota Sr. 13th
149-14 Paniro Johnson Iowa State Fr. NR
149-15 Dom Demas Cal Poly Sr. 15th
149-16 Jarod Verkleeren Virginia Gr. 16th
149-17 Colin Realbuto Northern Iowa Jr. 17th
149-18 Johnny Lovett Central Michigan Jr. 18th/157
149-19 Zach Sherman North Carolina Gr. 14th
149-20 Marcus Robinson Cleveland State So. 19th

 

157 pounds                                                                                                                            

Wt Name School Year Previous
157-1 Quincy Monday Princeton Sr. 1st
157-2 Brayton Lee Minnesota Sr. 2nd
157-3 Peyton Robb Nebraska Jr. 4th
157-4 Austin O’Connor North Carolina Gr. 5th
157-5 Bryan Andonian Virginia Tech Sr. 6th
157-6 Will Lewan Michigan Sr. 7th
157-7 Josh Humphreys Lehigh Sr. 8th
157-8 Ed Scott NC State So. 9th
157-9 Jared Franek North Dakota State Sr. 10th
157-10 Kendell Coleman Purdue Sr. 11th
157-11 Jarrett Jacques Missouri Sr. 12th
157-12 Wyatt Sheets Oklahoma State Gr. 13th
157-13 Jake Keating Virginia Sr. 14th
157-14 Jacob Wright Wyoming Gr. 15th
157-15 Dazjon Casto Pitt Sr. 16th
157-17 Doug Zapf Penn Sr. 17th
157-16 Andrew Cerniglia Navy Jr. 19th
157-18 Chase Saldate Michigan State Jr. 20th
 157-19 Garrett Model Wisconsin Gr. NR
157-20 Derek Holschlag Northern Iowa Sr. NR

 

165 pounds                                                                                                                            

Wt Name School Year Previous
165-1 Keegan O’Toole Missouri So. 1st
165-2 Shane Griffith Stanford Sr. 2nd
165-3 David Carr Iowa State Sr. 3rd
165-4 Cameron Amine Michigan Jr. 4th
165-5 Dean Hamiti Wisconsin So. 5th
165-6 Carson Kharchla Ohio State Jr. 6th
165-7 Peyton Hall West Virginia Jr. 7th
165-8 Julian Ramirez Cornell So. 8th
165-9 Justin McCoy Virginia Sr. 9th
165-10 Izzak Olenjnik Northern Illinois Sr. 10th
165-11 Austin Yant Northern Iowa Sr. 11th
165-12 Brevin Cassella Binghamton Jr. 12th
165-13 Josh Ogunsanya Columbia Jr. 13th
165-14 Bubba Wilson Nebraska So. 14th
165-15 Matt Olguin Oregon State So. 15th
165-15 Lucas Revano Penn Jr. 16th
165-16 William Formato Appalachian State Jr. 17th
165-17 Patrick Kennedy Iowa So. 18th
165-19 Cael Carlson Minnesota Jr. 19th
165-20 Dan Braunagel Illinois Jr. NR

 

174 pounds                                                                                                                            

Wt Name School Year Previous
174-1 Carter Starocci Penn State Jr. 1st
174-2 Mekhi Lewis Virginia Tech Sr. 2nd
174-3 Dustin Plott Oklahoma State Jr. 3rd
174-4 Mickey Labriola Nebraska Sr. 4th
174-5 Clay Lautt North Carolina Gr. 5th
174-6 Demetrius Romero Utah Valley Sr. 6th
174-7 Jackson Turley Rutgers Jr. 7th
174-8 Michael O’Malley Drexel Sr. 8th
174-9 Ethan Smith Ohio State Sr. 10th
174-10 Peyton Mocco Missouri Jr. 9th
174-11 Hayden Hastings Wyoming Gr. 11th
174-12 Philip Conigliaro Harvard Jr. 12th
174-13 Lance Runyon Northern Iowa So. 13th
174-14 Ben Pasiuk Army Jr. 14th
174-15 Adam Kemp Cal Poly Jr. 15th
174-16 Chris Foca Cornell Jr. 16th
174-17 Nick Incontrera Penn So. 17th
174-18 Cade DeVos South Dakota State Jr. 18th
174-19 Tyler Eischens Stanford Sr. 19th
174-20 Chris Foca Cornell Jr. NR

 

184 pounds                                                                                                                            

Wt Name School Year Previous
184-1 Aaron Brooks Penn State Sr. 1st
184-2 Parker Keckeisen Northern Iowa So. 2nd
184-3 Trent Hidlay NC State Jr. 3rd
184-4 Kaleb Romero Ohio State Sr. 4th
184-5 Marcus Coleman Iowa State Sr. 5th
184-6 Jonathan Loew Cornell Sr. 6th
184-7 Trey Munoz Oregon State So. 7th
184-8 Hunter Bolen Virginia Tech Sr. 8th
184-9 Travis Wittlake Oklahoma State Sr. 9th
184-10 Tate Samuelson Lehigh Sr. 10th
184-11 John Poznanski Rutgers So. 12th
184-12 Anthony Montalvo Arizona State Jr. 13th
184-13 Abe Assad Iowa Jr. 14th
184-14 Isaiah Salazar Minnesota Jr. 15th
184-15 Travis Stefanik Princeton Sr. 16th
184-16 Caleb Hopkins Campbell Sr. 17th
184-17 Matt Finesilver Michigan Gr. 18th
184-18 Layne Malczewski Michigan State Sr. 19th
184-19 Sean Harmon Missouri So. NR
184-20 Gavin Kane North Carolina So. 20th

 

197 pounds                                                                                                                            

Wt Name School Year Previous
197-1 Max Dean Penn State Sr. 1st
197-2 Jacob Warner Iowa Sr. 2nd
197-3 Stephen Buchanan Wyoming Sr. 3rd
197-4 Bernie Truax Cal Poly Jr. 4th
197-5 Rocky Elam Missouri So. 5th
197-6 Yonger Bastida Iowa State Jr. 6th
197-7 Michael Beard Lehigh So. 7th
197-8 Nino Bonaccorsi Pitt Sr. 8th
197-9 Kordell Norfleet Arizona State Sr. 10th
197-10 Thomas Penola Purdue Sr. 11th
197-11 Isaac Trumble NC State Jr. 12th
197-12 Tanner Sloan South Dakota State Sr. 13th
197-13 Gavin Hoffman Ohio State Sr. 9th
197-14 Braxton Amos Wisconsin So. 14th
197-15 Luke Surber Oklahoma State Jr. 15th
197-16 Cameron Caffey Michigan State Gr. 16th
197-17 Zac Braunagel Illinois Jr. 18th
197-18 Jacob Cardenas Cornell Jr. 17th
197-19 Michael Foy Minnesota Gr. 20th
197-20 Silas Allred Nebraska So. NR

 

Heavyweight                                                                                                                         

Wt Name School Year  Previous
Hwt-1 Cohlton Schultz Arizona State So. 1st
Hwt-2 Greg Kerkvliet Penn State Jr. 2nd
Hwt-3 Mason Parris Michigan Sr. 3rd
Hwt-4 Tony Cassioppi Iowa Sr. 4th
Hwt-5 Lucas Davison Northwestern Sr. 5th
Hwt-6 Wyatt Hendrickson Air Force Jr. 6th
Hwt-7 Zach Elam Missouri Jr. 7th
Hwt-8 Lewis Fernandes Cornell Jr. 8th
Hwt-9 Tate Orndorff Ohio State Sr. 9th
Hwt-10 Sam Schuyler Iowa State Sr. 11th
Hwt-11 Trent Hillger Wisconsin Gr. 10th
Hwt-12 Luke Luffman Illinois Jr. 12th
Hwt-13 Tyrie Houghton NC State Sr. 13th
Hwt-14 AJ Nevills South Dakota State Gr. 14th
Hwt-15 Josh Heindselman Oklahoma Jr. 15th
Hwt-16 Ben Goldin Penn Sr. 16th
Hwt-17 Isaac Reid Lock Haven Jr. 17th
Hwt-18 Taye Ghadali Campbell Jr. 18th
Hwt-19 Brandon Metz North Dakota State Sr. 19th
Hwt-20 Hunter Catka Virginia Tech So. NR