Southern Scuffle champ Okie State remain No. 1 in WIN’s Jan. 3 ranks

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Updated: January 3, 2017

NEWTON, Iowa — Following an impressive team championship at the Southern Scuffle on Jan. 1-2 in Chattanooga, Tenn., where Oklahoma State set a record for points and saw four Cowboys claim individual championships, OSU retained its No. 1 spot in WIN’s Jan. 3, 2017 Tournament Power Index, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

The Cowboys (5-0), who are also ranked No. 1 in WIN Dual Team rankings, feature eight wrestlers who are listed among the Top 8 in their weights, which would also earn them All-American honors this March at the 2017 NCAA Championships in St. Louis. Oklahoma State leads the field in WIN’s weekly rankings with 100 TPI points.

Just behind OSU in both the dual rankings and TPI are No. 2 and defending NCAA champ Penn State (4-0 and 89 TPI points) and No. 3 Iowa (5-0, 88), which is also coming off a team championship at the Midlands, Dec. 29-30, in Evanston, Ill.

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. 3, 2017 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 24th 1-1
25 Virginia 25th 4-2

 WIN’s Jan. 3, 2017 NCAA Division I Tournament Power Index

Rank College   Top 8 TPI
1 Oklahoma State 8 100
2 Penn State 6 89
3 Iowa 6 88
4t Ohio State 5 76
4t Virginia Tech 6 76
6 Nebraska 5 62
7 Missouri 4 55
8 Cornell 3 52
9 Illinois 2 37
10 Minnesota 2 33.5
11 Wisconsin 2 32.5
12 Arizona State 3 31
13 Lehigh 3 28.5
14 Michigan 2 27
15 Stanford 1 22.5
16 NC State 1 20
17 South Dakota State 2 19
18 Virginia 3 18.5
19 Princeton 1 17
20 Rutgers 1 16.5
21t North Dakota State 1 14.5
21t Northern Iowa 1 14.5
21t West Virginia 2 14.5
24t Central Michigan 1 12
24t Duke 1 12
26t North Carolina 1 11.5
26t Rider 1 11.5
28 Indiana 1 11
29t Penn 1 10.5
29t Wyoming 1 10.5
31 Iowa State 1 10
32 Old Dominion 1 8.5
33 Pitt 1 8
34 Edinboro 0 6.5
35 Oklahoma 0 5.5
36 Bucknell 0 4.5
37t Army 0 3.5
37t Northern Illinois 0 3.5
39t Chattanooga 0 3
39t Drexel 0 3
41t CSU Bakersfield 0 2.5
41t Eastern Michigan 0 2.5
41t Michigan State 0 2.5
44t American U. 0 2
44t Buffalo 0 2
44t Hofstra 0 2
44t Maryland 0 2
44t Ohio U. 0 2
44t Oregon State 0 2
50t Appalachian State 0 1.5
50t Binghamton 0 1.5
50t Campbell U. 0 1.5
50t Gardner-Webb 0 1.5
50t Navy 0 1.5
50t SIUE 0 1.5
56t Clarion 0 1
56t Northwestern 0 1

WIN’s Jan. 3, 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 (5th) Fr. Penn State
5 Tim Lambert (8th) Sr. Nebraska
6 Ethan Lizak (11th) So. Minnesota
7 Jack Mueller (14th) Fr. Virginia
8 Darian Cruz (6th) Jr. Lehigh
9 Jose Rodriguez (9th) RFr. Ohio State
10 Sean Russell (10th) So. Edinboro
11 Josh Terao (19th) Jr. American U.
12 Dylan Peters (4th) Sr. Northern Iowa
13 Nathan Kraisser (13th) Sr. Campbell U.
14 Nick Piccininni (12th) RFr. Oklahoma State
15 Barlow McGhee (7th) Jr. Missouri
16 Alfredo Rodriguez (15th) Sr. SIUE
17 Noah Gonser (16th) RFr. Eastern Michigan
18 Gabe Townsell (NR) Fr. Stanford
19 Shakur Laney (NR) So. Ohio U.
20 Elijah Oliver (20th) So. Indiana

133 Pounds                                         

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

141 Pounds         

Rk Name Prev. Yr. School
1 Dean Heil (1st) Jr. Oklahoma State
2 Joey McKenna (2nd) So. Stanford
3 Kevin Jack (5th) Jr. NC State
4 Matt Kolodzik (3rd) Fr. Princeton
5 Anthony Ashnault (6th) Jr. Rutgers
6 Joseph Ward (7th) Sr. North Carolina
7 George DiCamillo (10th) Sr. Virginia
8 Bryce Meredith (8th) Jr. Wyoming
9 Randy Cruz (4th) Sr. Lehigh
10 Jaydin Eierman (10th/133) RFr. Missouri
11 Tyler Smith (12th) Jr. Bucknell
12 Logan Everett (13th) Sr. Army
13 Colton McCrystal (11th) Jr. Nebraska
14 Tommy Thorn (NR) So. Minnesota
15 Cole Martin (14th) RFr. Wisconsin
16 Javier Gasca III (16th) Jr. Michigan State
17 Brock Zacherl (17th) So. Clarion
18 Russell Rohlfing (18th) RFr. CSU Bakersfield
19 Topher Carton (NR) Sr. Iowa
20 Sal Profaci (19th) RFr. Michigan

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 (9th) So. Virginia Tech
8 Max Thomsen (15th) RFr. Northern Iowa
9 Patricio Lugo (7th) So. Edinboro
10 Laike Gardner (8th) Sr. Lehigh
11 Cole Mendenhall (10th) Sr. Wyoming
12 Joey Delgado (13th) Sr. Oregon State
13 Davion Jeffries (20th) So. Oklahoma
14 Sam Speno (11th) Sr. NC State
15 Ken Theobold (14th) Sr. Rutgers
16 Steve Bleise (16th) So. Northern Illinois
17 Matt Cimato (19th) Sr. Drexel
18 Joey Galasso (NR) So. Cornell
19 Alfred Bannister (12th) So. Maryland
20 Jordan Laster (18th) 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 (7th) RFr. Iowa
5 Tyler Berger (5th) So. Nebraska
6 Jordan Kutler (10th) RFr. Lehigh
7 Joey Lavallee (4th) Sr. Missouri
8 Andrew Atkinson (11th) Jr. Virginia
9 Jake Short (9th) Jr. Minnesota
10 Josh Shields (15th) RFr. Arizona State
11 Colin Heffernan (6th) Jr. Central Michigan
12 Brian Murphy (12th) Sr. Michigan
13 Trevor Lopez (14th) Sr. Bucknell
14 Colin Holler (16th) Jr. South Dakota State
15 Archie Colgan (19th) Jr. Wyoming
16 Russell Parsons (17th) Sr. Army
17 John Van Brill (NR) So. Rutgers
18 DaWaylon Barnes (18th) Jr. Oklahoma
19 Paul Fox (NR) So. Stanford
20 Clay Ream (8th) Jr. North Dakota State

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 (8th) Jr. Rider
6 Dylan Cottrell (6th) Sr. West Virginia
7 Vincenzo Joseph (7th) RFr. Penn State
8 Anthony Valencia (13th) RFr. Arizona State
9 Bryce Steiert (11th) So. Northern Iowa
10 Jake Faust (10th) Jr. Duke
11 Chandler Rogers (14th) So. Oklahoma State
12 Clark Glass (9th) Sr. Oklahoma
13 Mitch Minotti (5th) Sr. Lehigh
14 Austin Matthews (12th) Jr. Edinboro
15 Branson Ashworth (15th) So. Wyoming
16 Nick Wanzek (12th/174) Jr. Minnesota
17 Drew Hughes (20th) Fr. Michigan State
18 TeShan Campbell (17th) So. Pitt
19 Seldon Wright (NR) So. Old Dominion
20 Keaton Subjeck (18th) Jr. Stanford

174 Pounds                                         

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

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 Nolan Boyd (5th) Sr. Oklahoma State
5 Sammy Brooks (6th) Sr. Iowa
6 Nathan Jackson (8th) Sr. Indiana
7 Zach Zavatsky (7th) So. Virginia Tech
8 Jack Dechow (13th) Sr. Old Dominion
9 Myles Martin (4th) So. Ohio State
10 Pat Downey (9th) Jr. Iowa State
11 Nicholas Gravina (11th) Jr. Rutgers
12 Mike Macchiavello (14th) Jr. NC State
13 Emery Parker (15th) So. Illinois
14 Steven Schneider (16th) Jr. Binghamton
15 Bryce Carr (18th) Jr. Chattanooga
16 Hunter Gamble (17th) Sr. Gardner-Webb
17 Dakota Geer (20th) Fr. Edinboro
18 Jordan Ellingwood (12th) Jr. Central Michigan
19 Drew Foster (19th) So. Northern Iowa
20 Chip Ness (NR) 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 (5th) So. Oklahoma State
5 Kollin Moore (6th) RFr. Ohio State
6 Aaron Studebaker (9th) Sr. Nebraska
7 Nate Rotert (4th) Jr. South Dakota State
8 Jake Smith (7th) Jr. West Virginia
9 Kevin Beazley (8th) 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 (16th) So. Penn
16 Matt Williams (20th) Jr. CSU Bakersfield
17 Tom Sleigh (19th) Jr. Bucknell
18 James Benjamin (NR) Sr. Buffalo
19 Owen Scott (NR) Sr. Cornell
20 Jake Berkowitz (NR) 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 (7th) So. Arizona State
6 Jake Kasper (NR) Jr. Duke
7 Sam Stoll (5th) So. Iowa
8 Austin Schafer (9th) Sr. Oklahoma State
9 Michael Kroells (6th) Sr. Minnesota
10 Collin Jensen (10th) Sr. Nebraska
11 Nathan Butler (11th) Jr. Stanford
12 Michael Hughes (NR) Sr. Hofstra
13 Denzel Dejournette (8th) Sr. Appalachian State
14 Jared Johnson (14th) Sr. Chattanooga
15 Ryan Solomon (15th) Jr. Pitt
16 Gage Hutchison (NR) Jr. Eastern Michigan
17 Brooks Black (12th) Jr. Illinois
18 Doug Vollaro (13th) Sr. Lehigh
19 Michael Boykin (NR) Jr. NC State
20 Ross Larson (19th) Sr. Oklahoma