Iowa and Oklahoma State moved up to No. 2 and 3 in WIN’s Jan. 29 rankings

Updated: January 29, 2024

NEWTON, Iowa — Both Iowa and Oklahoma State won a pair of duals last weekend to improve to 10-0 on the season as both the Hawkeyes and Cowboys have moved up to No. 2 and 3, respectively, in WIN Magazine’s Jan. 29 rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

Iowa won road contests at Illinois and Northwestern, while Oklahoma State defeated both Northern Iowa and Iowa State, to pull behind No. 1 Penn State (7-0), the only other undefeated NCAA Div. I team.

This came after Missouri lost on the road to Cornell and fell from No. 2 to No. 5 in WIN’s dual rankings.

This also comes as Oklahoma State and Missouri will meet this weekend in Columbia, while Penn State hosts No. 6 Ohio State and Iowa travels to No. 11 Michigan; one week before the Hawkeyes entertain Penn State on Feb. 9.

Missouri remains No. 2 in WIN’s Tournament Power Index behind the top-ranked Nittany Lions and just ahead of No. 3 Iowa and both Cornell and Oklahoma State, which are tied for fourth in the TPI.

WIN’s TPI predicts how high a team would finish in this year’s NCAA Division I Championships based on a point total associated with individual placement and advancement points that could be scored at the 2024 NCAAs.

The following is a breakdown of those points: 20 for 1st place, 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 one and a half points for wrestlers ranked 13-16 and one point for those ranked 17-20.

Also, it should be noted that WIN’s individual rankings are not necessarily simply an update of recent wins and losses, but more of a prediction at this point in the season of where wrestlers would be seeded at the 2024 NCAAs, which will be held in Kansas City, Mo., in March, if that event was held now.

Penn State has four top-ranked individuals in Levi Haines (157), Carter Starocci (174), Aaron Brooks (197) and Greg Kerkvliet. The other No. 1-rated wrestlers are Purdue’s Matt Ramos (125), Cornell’s Vito Arujau (133), Iowa’s Real Woods (141), Nebraska’s Ridge Lovett (149), Missouri’s Keegan O’Toole (165) and Northern Iowa’s Parker Keckeisen (184).

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 29 Dual-Team Rankings

Rk.	School (Record)	Prev.	Upcoming Weekend’s Schedules
1.	Penn State (7-0)	1st	Feb. 2 vs. Ohio State
2.	Iowa (10-0)	3rd	Feb. 2 at Michigan
3.	Oklahoma State (10-0)	5th	Feb. 2 vs. Arizona State; Feb. 4 at Missouri
4.	Iowa State (10-2)	4th	Feb. 2 vs. West Virginia
5.	Missouri (8-1)	2nd	Feb. 4 vs. Oklahoma State
6.	Ohio State (12-1)	6th	Feb. 2 at Penn State; Feb. 4 at Rutgers
7.	Nebraska (9-1)	7th	Feb. 4 vs. Illinois
8.	NC State (11-2)	8th	Feb. 2 vs. North Carolina
9.	Cornell (7-3)	9th	Feb. 2 vs. Columbia
10.	Virginia Tech (5-3)	10th	Feb. 2 at Virginia
11.	Michigan (5-3)	11th	Feb. 2 vs. Iowa
12.	Minnesota (6-2)	12th	Feb. 2 vs. Maryland; Feb. 4 vs. Northwestern
13.	Rutgers (10-3)	13th	Feb. 4 vs. Ohio State
14.	South Dakota State (9-2)	14th	Feb. 1 at Wyoming; Feb. 3 at Utah Valley
15.	Northern Iowa (4-5)	15th	Feb. 4 vs. West Virginia
16.	Lehigh (4-3)	17th	Feb. 4 at Army
17.	Stanford (8-2)	18th	Feb. 4 vs. CSU Bakersfield
18.	West Virginia (9-3)	20th	Feb. 2 at Iowa State; Feb. 4 at Northern Iowa
19.	Michigan State (8-3)	NR	Feb. 2 at Illinois; Feb. 4 at Indiana
20.	Wisconsin (6-4)	19th	Feb. 2 vs. Northwestern; Feb. 4 at Purdue
21.	Oklahoma (5-5)	21st	off until Feb. 9 vs. South Dakota State
22.	Little Rock (11-5)	23rd	Feb. 3 vs. Cal Poly
23.	Oregon State (5-4)	16th	Feb. 4 at Arizona State
24.	Arizona State (3-4)	NR	Feb. 2 at Okla. State; Feb 4 vs. Oregon St.
25.	Pitt (7-6)	22nd	Feb. 2 at Duke

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 29 Tournament Power Index

Rk.	School	Total Rank	Top 8	TPI Points
1.	Penn State	10	8	136
2.	Missouri	9	6	69.5
3.	Iowa	8	5	66
4t.	Cornell	8	5	59.5
4t.	Oklahoma State	9	4	59.5
6.	NC State	9	4	55
7.	Virginia Tech	10	3	54.4
8.	Michigan	9	4	51
9.	Iowa State	7	5	50
10.	Nebraska	8	3	40
11.	Northern Iowa	6	2	39
12.	Arizona State	4	3	38.5
13.	Minnesota	6	2	30.5
14.	Ohio State	8	2	29
15.	South Dakota State	5	2	28
16.	Lehigh	4	2	25.5
17t.	Northern Colorado	3	2	20
17t.	Purdue	1	1	20
19.	Air Force	3	1	19.5
20t.	Oregon State	4	1	17.5
20t.	Wisconsin	4	2	17.5
22.	Lock Haven	1	1	16
23.	Oklahoma	2	1	14
24.	Rutgers	7	1	13.5
25t.	Illinois	3	1	13
25t.	Little Rock	3	2	13
27t.	North Carolina	2	1	11
27t.	Penn	2	1	11
29.	West Virginia	3	1	9.5
30.	Campbell	1	1	9
31.	Cal Poly	3	1	8.5
32.	Pitt	5	0	7
33t.	Harvard	1	1	6.5
33t.	Maryland	4	0	6.5
33t.	Wyoming	1	1	6.5
36t.	Indiana	3	0	4.5
36t	Michigan State	3	0	4.5
36t	Ohio	3	0	4.5
36t	Stanford	3	0	4.5
40.	Navy	3	0	4
41.	Bucknell	2	0	3.5
42t.	Central Michigan	1	0	2
42t.	Columbia	1	0	2
42t.	Northwestern	2	0	2
45t.	Binghamton	1	0	1.5
45t.	Princeton	1	0	1.5
45t.	Virginia	1	0	1.5
48t.	Franklin & Marshall	1	0	1
48t.	North Dakota State	1	0	1
48t.	Utah Valley	1	0	1

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 29 Individual Rankings

125 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Matt Ramos	Purdue	Jr.	1st
2.	Anthony Noto	Lock Haven	Jr.	2nd
3.	Drake Ayala	Iowa	So.	3rd
4.	Cooper Flynn	Virginia Tech	Fr.	7th
5.	Noah Surtin	Missouri	Jr.	8th
6.	Stevo Poulin	Northern Colorado	So.	10th
7.	Jore Volk	Wyoming	So.	4th
8.	Eric Barnett	Wisconsin	Sr.	11th
9.	Braeden Davis	Penn State	Fr.	12th
10.	Michael DeAugustino	Michigan	Sr.	13th
11.	Patrick McKee	Minnesota	Sr.	6th
12.	Caleb Smith	Nebraska	Gr.	9th
13.	Brandon Kaylor	Oregon State	Sr.	5th
14.	Troy Spratley	Oklahoma State	RSFr.	16th
15.	Nico Provo	Stanford	So.	14th
16.	Tanner Jordan	South Dakota State	Sr.	15th
17.	Brett Ungar	Cornell	So.	17th
18.	Jarrett Trombley	NC State	Gr.	NR
19.	Richard Figueroa	Arizona State	So.	NR
20.	Dean Peterson	Rutgers	So.	19th

133 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Vito Arujau	Cornell	Sr.	1st
2.	Daton Fix	Oklahoma State	Sr.	2nd
3.	Ryan Crookham	Lehigh	Fr.	3rd
4.	Dylan Ragusin	Michigan	Jr.	4th
5.	Aaron Nagao	Penn State	So.	5th
6.	Kai Orine	NC State	Jr.	6th
7.	Nasir Bailey	Little Rock	Fr.	7th
8.	Evan Frost	Iowa State	RSFr.	9th
9.	Michael Colaiocco	Penn	Sr.	10th
10.	Nic Bouzakis	Ohio State	RSFr.	11th
11.	Dylan Shawver	Rutgers	So.	8th
12.	Julian Farber	Northern Iowa	Jr.	12th
13.	Sam Latona	Virginia Tech	Jr.	13th
14.	Kurt Phipps	Bucknell	Sr.	14th
15.	Braxton Brown	Maryland	So.	15th
16.	Zeth Romney	Cal Poly	RSFr.	16th
17.	Jacob Van Dee	Nebraska	RSFr.	17th
18.	Dominic Serrano	Northern Colorado	So.	18th
19.	Cullen Schriever	Iowa	Jr.	NR
20.	Derrick Cardinal	South Dakota State	So.	20th

141 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Real Woods	Iowa	Sr.	1st
2.	Beau Bartlett	Penn State	Sr.	2nd
3.	Jesse Mendez	Ohio State	So.	3rd
4.	Cael Happel	Northern Iowa	Jr.	7th
5.	Lachlan McNeil	North Carolina	So.	5th
6.	Ryan Jack	NC State	Jr.	4th
7.	Tagen Jamison	Oklahoma State	RSFr.	9th
8.	Anthony Echemendia	Iowa State	Jr.	6th
9.	Brock Hardy	Nebraska	So.	8th
10.	Vince Cornella	Cornell	So.	10th
11.	Tom Crook	Virginia Tech	So.	14th
12.	Jordan Titus	West Virginia	So.	15th
13.	Josh Koderhandt	Navy	Jr.	13th
14.	Vance VomBaur	Minnesota	So.	11th
15.	Sergio Lemley	Michigan	Fr.	17th
16.	Kal Miller	Maryland	So.	12th
17.	Mitch Moore	Rutgers	Gr.	18th
18.	Cole Matthews	Pitt	Sr.	20th
19.	Malyke Hines	Lehigh	Jr.	19th
20.	Josh Edmond	Missouri	So.	16th

149 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Ridge Lovett	Nebraska	Jr.	1st
2.	Caleb Henson	Virginia Tech	So.	2nd
3.	Jackson Arrington	NC State	So.	3rd
4.	Kyle Parco	Arizona State	Jr.	4th
5.	Austin Gomez	Michigan	Gr.	5th
6.	Kannon Webster	Illinois	Fr.	6th
7.	Dylan D’Emilio	Ohio State	Sr.	7th
8.	Chance Lamer	Cal Poly	So.	8th
9.	Casey Swiderski	Iowa State	So.	9th
10.	Ty Watters	West Virginia	Fr.	10th
11.	Corbyn Munson	Central Michigan	Sr.	12th
12.	Tyler Kasak	Penn State	Fr.	13th
13.	Ethen Miller	Maryland	So.	14th
14.	Graham Rooks	Indiana	Sr.	15th
15.	Caleb Rathjen	Iowa	So.	16th
16.	Sammy Alvarez	Oklahoma State	Sr.	17th
17.	Nash Singleton	Oregon State	RSFr.	18th
18.	Logan Gioffre	Missouri	Jr.	11th
19.	Joe Zargo	Wisconsin	Jr.	19th
20.	Drew Roberts	Minnesota	So.	20th

157 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Levi Haines	Penn State	So.	1st
2.	Michael Blockhus	Minnesota	Sr.	3rd
3.	Jared Franek	Iowa	Gr.	4th
4.	Jacori Teemer	Arizona State	Sr.	5th
5.	Vinny Zerban	Northern Colorado	So.	6th
6.	Meyer Shapiro	Cornell	Fr.	11th
7.	Brock Mauller	Missouri	Sr.	2nd
8.	Peyton Robb	Nebraska	Sr.	7th
9.	Daniel Cardenas	Stanford	So.	8th
10.	Ryder Downey	Northern Iowa	RSFr.	10th
11.	Ed Scott	NC State	Jr.	9th
12.	Cody Chittum	Iowa State	Fr.	12th
13.	Will Lewan	Michigan	Sr.	13th
14.	Bryce Andonian	Virginia Tech	Sr.	14th
15.	Peyten Kellar	Ohio	So.	15th
16.	Teague Travis	Oklahoma State	So.	16th
17	Chase Saldate	Michigan State	Sr.	19th
18.	Paddy Gallagher	Ohio State	So.	18th
19.	Brayton Lee	Indiana	Sr.	NR
20.	Trevor Chumbley	Northwestern	Sr.	20th

165 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Keegan O’Toole	Missouri	Jr.	1st
2.	David Carr	Iowa State	Sr.	2nd
3.	Mitchell Mesenbrink	Penn State	RSFr.	3rd
4.	Izzak Olejnik	Oklahoma State	Sr.	4th
5.	Dean Hamiti	Wisconsin	Jr.	6th
6.	Michael Caliendo	Iowa	So.	7th
7.	Julien Ramirez	Cornell	Jr.	5th
8.	Peyton Hall	West Virginia	Jr.	8th
9.	Cam Amine	Michigan	Sr.	9th
10.	Caleb Fish	Michigan State	Sr.	10th
11.	Garrett Thompson	Ohio	Fr.	12th
12.	Noah Mulvaney	Bucknell	Fr.	14th
13.	Andrew Cerniglia	Navy	Sr.	15th
14.	Connor Brady	Virginia Tech	Jr.	16th
15.	Giano Petrucelli	Air Force	Sr.	17th
16.	Bryce Hepner	Ohio State	So.	19th
17.	Holden Heller	Pitt	Sr.	13th
18.	Antrell Taylor	Nebraska	RSFr.	NR
19.	Maxx Mayfield	Northwestern	Jr.	20^th
20.	Derek Fields	NC State	So.	NR

174 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Carter Starocci	Penn State	Sr.	1st
2.	Mekhi Lewis	Virginia Tech	Sr.	2nd
3.	Shane Griffith	Michigan	Sr.	3rd
4.	Peyton Mocco	Missouri	Sr.	5th
5.	Cade DeVos	South Dakota State	Jr.	7th
6.	Nick Incontrera	Penn	Jr.	8th
7.	Phillip Conigliaro	Harvard	Sr.	9th
8.	Patrick Kennedy	Iowa	So.	11th
9.	Edmond Ruth	Illinois	Jr.	6th
10.	Rocco Welsh	Ohio State	Fr.	NR
11.	Donnell Washington	Indiana	Sr.	12th
12.	Lennox Wolak	Columbia	Sr.	13th
13.	Luca Augustine	Pitt	So.	10th
14.	Jackson Turley	Rutgers	Sr.	14th
15.	Adam Kemp	Cal Poly	Gr.	15th
16.	Justin McCoy	Virginia	Gr.	16th
17.	Max Maylor	Wisconsin	Gr.	17th
18.	Gaven Sax	North Dakota State	Jr.	18th
19.	Sal Perrine	Ohio	Jr.	19th
20.	Andrew Sparks	Minnesota	Jr.	20th

184 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Parker Keckeisen	Northern Iowa	Jr.	1st
2.	Dustin Plott	Oklahoma State	Sr.	2nd
3.	Trey Munoz	Oregon State	Jr.	3rd
4.	Bernie Truax	Penn State	Sr.	4th
5.	Chris Foca	Cornell	Sr.	5th
6.	Isaiah Salazar	Minnesota	Sr.	6th
7.	Lenny Pinto	Nebraska	So.	7th
8.	Will Feldkamp	Iowa State	Sr.	8th
9.	Bennett Berge	South Dakota State	RSFr.	16th
10.	Sam Wolf	Air Force	Sr.	9th
11.	Clayton Whiting	Missouri	Fr.	10th
12.	Reece Heller	Pitt	Sr.	13th
13.	Dylan Fishback	NC State	RSFr.	11th
14.	Layne Malczewski	Michigan State	Gr.	14th
15.	Jacob Nolan	Binghamton	Sr.	15th
16.	Jaden Bullock	Michigan	Jr.	12th
17.	Brian Soldano	Rutgers	So.	17th
18.	James Conway	Franklin & Marshall	Jr.	18th
19.	Gavin Hoffman	Ohio State	Sr.	19th
20.	Sam Fisher	Virginia Tech	Jr.	20th

197 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Aaron Brooks	Penn State	Sr.	1st
2.	Trent Hidlay	NC State	Sr.	2nd
3.	Tanner Sloan	South Dakota State	Sr.	3rd
4.	Stephan Buchanan	Oklahoma	Jr.	5th
5.	Jacob Cardenas	Cornell	Sr.	6th
6.	Michael Beard	Lehigh	Jr.	7th
7.	Rocky Elam	Missouri	Jr.	4th
8.	Stephen Little	Little Rock	RSFr.	8th
9.	Jaxon Smith	Maryland	So.	9th
10.	Zach Glazier	Iowa	Sr.	10th
11.	Luke Surber	Oklahoma State	Sr.	11th
12.	Silas Allred	Nebraska	So.	12th
13.	Luke Stout	Princeton	Jr.	13th
14.	Mac Stout	Pitt	RSFr.	15th
15.	John Poznanski	Rutgers	Jr.	14th
16.	Andy Smith	Virginia Tech	Jr.	17th
17.	Max Shaw	North Carolina	Jr.	16th
18.	Nick Stemmet	Stanford	Sr.	18th
19.	Evan Bockman	Utah Valley	Sr.	19th
20.	Wyatt Voelker	Northern Iowa	RSFr.	20th

Heavyweight

Wt	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Greg Kerkvliet	Penn State	Sr.	1st
2.	Wyatt Hendrickson	Air Force	Sr.	2nd
3.	Yonger Bastida	Iowa State	Sr.	3rd
4.	Cohlton Schultz	Arizona State	Jr.	4th
5.	Zach Elam	Missouri	Sr.	6th
6.	Taye Ghadiali	Campbell	Sr.	7th
7.	Lucas Davison	Michigan	Gr.	5th
8.	Yaraslau Slavikouski	Rutgers	Gr.	8th
9.	Luke Luffman	Illinois	Jr.	9th
10.	Nathan Taylor	Lehigh	So.	10th
11.	Konner Doucet	Oklahoma State	Jr.	11th
12.	Owen Trephan	NC State	Jr.	13th
13.	Nick Feldman	Ohio State	RSFr.	17th
14.	Josh Heindselman	Oklahoma	Sr.	16th
15.	Tyrell Gordon	Northern Iowa	Sr.	14th
16.	Boone McDermott	Oregon State	Sr.	15th
17.	Lewis Fernandes	Cornell	Sr.	18th
18.	Josiah Hill	Little Rock	Jr.	NR
19.	Grady Griess	Navy	Sr.	20^th
20.	Hunter Catka	Virginia Tech	Jr.	NR