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by WIN Magazine

NEWTON, Iowa — The 2017 NCAA Division I postseason is just around the corner and defending NCAA champion Penn State solidified itself as the team to beat again this March, according to WIN’s Feb. 20 Rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

Coming of a 27-13 victory over No. 2 Oklahoma State in the championship dual of the National Wrestling Coaches Association National Duals Series, Feb. 19 in Stillwater, Okla., the undefeated Nittany Lions (14-0) earned the top spot in WIN’s final Dual Team rankings and are also rated No. 1 in WIN’s Tournament Power Index.

Heading into the 2017 NCAA qualifying tournaments — which begins this Sunday at the Pac-12 Championships in Stanford, Calif., with the other seven tournaments to start one week later — Penn State leads the current TPI rankings with 103.5 points, followed by Oklahoma State (86.5), Ohio State (82.5) and Iowa (79.5).

WIN’s TPI point totals are based on projections of how individuals could place at this year’s NCAAs: 1st – 20 (16 All-American 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.

Both the Nittany Lions and Cowboys feature eight wrestlers ranked in the Top 8 of their weight classes, including two Penn State wrestlers — Zain Retherford (149) and Jason Nolf (157) ranked No. 1 — and Oklahoma State features Dean Heil, ranked No. 1 at 141.

Ohio State has the most top-ranked wrestlers in Nathan Tomasello (133) and Kyle Snyder (Hwt). The other No. 1-rated individuals are Iowa’s Thomas Gilman (125), Illinois’ Isaiah Martinez (165), Arizona State’s Zahid Valencia (174), Cornell’s Gabe Dean (184) and Missouri’s J’den Cox (197).

The following are the dates and locations of the eight tournaments that will eventually qualify 330 wrestlers to compete in the 2017 NCAA Division I Championships, which will be held March 16-18 in St. Louis, Mo. The NCAA is expected to announce this week how many automatic qualifiers each conference will earn at each weight class.

Feb. 26

Pac-12 Conference

Stanford, Calif.

March 3-4

Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association

Lewisburg, Pa.

March 4

Atlantic Coast Conference

Raleigh, N.C.

 

Eastern Wrestling League

Bloomsburg, Pa.

 

Southern Conference

Charleston, S.C.

March 4-5

Big Ten Conference

Bloomington, Ind.

 

Big 12 Conference

Tulsa, Okla.

 

Mid-American Conference

Cedar Falls, Iowa


WIN’s Feb. 20, 2017 Tournament Power Index (TPI)

 

 

Total

Top 8

TPI

Rank

College

Ranked

Ranked

Points

1

Penn State

9

8

103.5

2

Oklahoma State

10

8

86.5

3

Ohio State

8

6

82.5

4

Iowa

8

5

79.5

5

Virginia Tech

7

5

67

6

Nebraska

7

5

63

7

Missouri

6

4

62

8

Cornell

3

3

40.5

9

Illinois

7

2

40

10

Lehigh

8

3

37.5

11

Arizona State

4

3

37

12

Minnesota

7

3

34

13

Wisconsin

3

2

32.5

14

Michigan

5

2

27.5

15

South Dakota State

5

2

22.5

16

NC State

6

1

21

17t

North Dakota State

2

2

18.5

17t

Stanford

4

1

18.5

19

Princeton

5

1

18

20

Northern Iowa

7

1

16.5

21t

Rutgers

4

1

16

21t

Virginia

2

2

16

23

Edinboro

6

1

13

24

Rider

2

1

12.5

25

Duke

2

1

12

26

West Virginia

2

1

11

27

Wyoming

4

1

10

28

Pitt

3

1

9.5

29t

Indiana

1

1

8.5

29t

North Carolina

2

1

8.5

31

Old Dominion

2

1

8

32t

Central Michigan

5

0

7

32t

Oklahoma

6

0

7

34

Penn

2

1

6.5

35

Oregon State

4

0

5.5

36

Bucknell

3

0

5

37t

Drexel

2

0

4

37t

Northern Illinois

3

0

4

39

Iowa State

2

0

3.5

40

Chattanooga

2

0

3

41t

American U.

1

0

2.5

41t

Army

2

0

2.5

41t

Buffalo

2

0

2.5

41t

Campbell U.

2

0

2.5

41t

Navy

2

0

2.5

46t

Appalachian St

1

0

2

46t

Binghamton

1

0

2

46t

Ohio U.

2

0

2

46t

SIU Edwardsville

1

0

2

50t

Lock Haven

1

0

1.5

50t

Maryland

1

0

1.5

52t

CSU Bakersfield

1

0

1

52t

Clarion

1

0

1

52t

Gardner-Webb

1

0

1

52t

Northwestern

1

0

1


WIN’s Feb. 20, 2017 Team Dual Rankings

Rk

School

Prev

W-L

1

Penn State

1st

14-0

2

Oklahoma State

2nd

14-1

3

Iowa

3rd

13-2

4

Ohio State

4th

11-3

5

Virginia Tech

5th

18-1

6

Nebraska

6th

12-4

7

NC State

7th

13-2

8

Cornell

8th

13-2

9

Illinois

9th

9-3

10

Missouri

10th

11-4

11

Lehigh

12th

10-4

12

Rutgers

11th

12-5

13

Minnesota

13th

7-5

14

Northern Iowa

15th

11-3

15

South Dakota State

14th

14-5

16

Oklahoma

17th

11-6

17

Wisconsin

18th

7-5

18

Central Michigan

16th

9-3

19

Michigan

19th

8-7

20

Arizona State

21st

10-4

21

Stanford

22nd

10-3

22

North Dakota State

23rd

14-5

23

Appalachian State

20th

13-3

24

North Carolina

24th

8-6

25

Pitt

25th

11-5


WIN’s Feb. 20, 2017  NCAA Div. I Individual Rankings

125 Pounds    

Rk

Name

Prev.

Yr.

School

1

Thomas Gilman

(1st)

Sr.

Iowa

2

Nick Suriano

(2nd)

Fr.

Penn State

3

Joey Dance

(3rd)

Sr.

Virginia Tech

4

Josh Rodriguez

(4th)

Sr.

North Dakota State

5

Tim Lambert

(5th)

Sr.

Nebraska

6

Darian Cruz

(6th)

Jr.

Lehigh

7

Ethan Lizak

(7th)

So.

Minnesota

8

Jack Mueller

(8th)

Fr.

Virginia

9

Sean Russell

(9th)

So.

Edinboro

10

Josh Terao

(10th)

Jr.

American U.

11

Nick Piccininni

(11th)

RFr.

Oklahoma State

12

Dylan Peters

(12th)

Sr.

Northern Iowa

13

Sean Fausz

(13th)

So.

NC State

14

Drew Templeman

(14th)

So.

Wyoming

15

Alfredo Rodriguez

(15th)

Sr.

SIUE

16

Conor Youtsey

(16th)

Sr.

Michigan

17

Shakur Laney

(17th)

So.

Ohio U.

18

Kyle Akins

(18th)

So.

Buffalo

19

Jose Rodriguez

(19th)

RFr.

Ohio State

20

Nathan Kraisser

(20th)

Sr.

Campbell U.


133 Pounds                                                                 

Rk

Name

Prev.

Yr.

School

1

Nathan Tomasello

(1st)

Jr.

Ohio State

2

Eric Montoya

(2nd)

Sr.

Nebraska

3

Zane Richards

(3rd)

Sr.

Illinois

4

Seth Gross

(4th)

So.

South Dakota State

5

Kaid Brock

(5th)

So.

Oklahoma State

6

Cory Clark

(6th)

Sr.

Iowa

7

Steven Micic

(7th)

Fr.

Michigan

8

Dom Forys

(8th)

Jr.

Pitt

9

Scott Parker

(9th)

So.

Lehigh

10

Kevin Devoy

(10th)

Sr.

Drexel

11

Bryan Lantry

(11th)

So.

Buffalo

12

Josh Alber

(12th)

Jr.

Northern Iowa

13

Earl Hall

(13th)

Sr.

Iowa State

14

John Erneste

(14th)

So.

Missouri

15

Joey Palmer

(15th)

Sr.

Oregon State

16

Connor Schram

(16th)

Jr.

Stanford

17

Mitch McKee

(18th)

Fr.

Minnesota

18

Korbin Myers

(19th)

RFr.

Edinboro

19

Jamal Morris

(20th)

So.

NC State

20

Cameron Kelly

(17th)

So.

Ohio U. 


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

George DiCamillo

(6th)

Sr.

Virginia

7

Joseph Ward

(7th)

Sr.

North Carolina

8

Bryce Meredith

(8th)

Jr.

Wyoming

9

Jayden Eierman

(9th)

RFr.

Missouri

10

Tyler Smith

(10th)

Jr.

Bucknell

11

Randy Cruz

(11th)

Sr.

Lehigh

12

Jimmy Gulibon

(13th)

Sr.

Penn State

13

Tommy Thorn

(14th)

So.

Minnesota

14

Luke Pletcher

(15th)

Fr.

Ohio State

15

Topher Carton

(16th)

Sr.

Iowa

16

Jared Prince

(18th)

Fr.

Navy

17

Colton McCrystal

(17th)

Jr.

Nebraska

18

Logan Everett

(12th)

Sr.

Army

19

Brock Zacherl

(19th)

So.

Clarion

20

Michael Longo

(20th)

Jr.

Oklahoma 


149 Pounds                                                                 

Rk

Name

Prev.

Yr.

School

1

Zain Retherford

(1st)

Jr.

Penn State

2

Anthony Collica

(2nd)

Sr.

Oklahoma State

3

Lavion Mayes

(5th)

Sr.

Missouri

4

Brandon Sorensen

(3rd)

Jr.

Iowa

5

Micah Jordan

(4th)

So.

Ohio State

6

Solomon Chishko

(6th)

So.

Virginia Tech

7

Max Thomsen

(7th)

RFr.

Northern Iowa

8

Patricio Lugo

(9th)

So.

Edinboro

9

Sam Speno

(10th)

Sr.

NC State

10

Justin Oliver

(8th)

So.

Central Michigan

11

Laike Gardner

(11th)

Sr.

Lehigh

12

Davion Jeffries

(13th)

So.

Oklahoma

13

Steve Bleise

(14th)

So.

Northern Illinois

14

Matt Cimato

(15th)

Sr.

Drexel

15

Joey Delgado

(12th)

Sr.

Oregon State

16

Alfred Bannister

(16th)

So.

Maryland

17

Alex Kocer

(17th)

Sr.

South Dakota State

18

Ken Theobold

(18th)

Sr.

Rutgers

19

Jordan Laster

(19th)

Sr.

Princeton

20

Eric Barone

(20th)

Fr.

Illinois


157 Pounds                                   

Rk

Name

Prev.

Yr.

School

1

Jason Nolf

(1st)

So.

Penn State

2

Michael Kemerer

(2nd)

RFr.

Iowa

3

Tyler Berger

(3rd)

So.

Nebraska

4

Jordan Kutler

(4th)

RFr.

Lehigh

5

Joey Lavallee

(5th)

Sr.

Missouri

6

Dylan Palacio

(11th/165)

Sr.

Cornell

7

Joe Smith

(6th)

So.

Oklahoma State

8

Clay Ream

(7th)

Jr.

North Dakota State

9

Josh Shields

(8th)

RFr.

Arizona State

10

Russell Parsons

(9th)

Sr.

Army

11

Clark Glass

(10th)

Sr.

Oklahoma

12

Colin Heffernan

(11th)

Jr.

Central Michigan

13

Sal Mastriani

(12th)

Sr.

Virginia Tech

14

Kyle Langenderfer

(13th)

Jr.

Illinois

15

Brian Murphy

(14th)

Sr.

Michigan

17

Archie Colgan

(15th)

Jr.

Wyoming

17

Victor Lopez

(16th)

Sr.

Bucknell

18

Jake Short

(17th)

Jr.

Minnesota

18

Thomas Bullard

(18th)

Fr.

NC State

20

John Van Brill

(20th)

So.

Rutgers


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

Vincenzo Joseph

(4th)

RFr.

Penn State

5

Chad Walsh

(5th)

Jr.

Rider

6

Anthony Valencia

(6th)

RFr.

Arizona State

7

Daniel Lewis

(7th)

So.

Missouri

8

Chandler Rogers

(9th)

So.

Oklahoma State

9

Bryce Steiert

(10th)

So.

Northern Iowa

10

Mitch Minotti

(13th)

Sr.

Lehigh

11

Dylan Cottrell

(17th)

Sr.

West Virginia

12

Austin Matthews

(8th)

Jr.

Edinboro

13

Nick Wanzek

(12th)

Jr.

Minnesota

14

TeShan Campbell

(14th)

So.

Pitt

15

Branson Ashworth

(15th)

So.

Wyoming

16

Yoanse Mejias

(16th)

Jr.

Oklahoma

17

Lorenzo De La Riva

(18th)

RFr.

CSU Bakersfield

18

Joey Gunther

(19th)

RFr.

Iowa

19

Luke Zilverberg

(20th)

Jr.

South Dakota State

20

Keaton Subjeck

(NR)

Jr.

Stanford


174 Pounds                                                                 

Rk

Name

Prev.

Yr.

School

1

Zahid Valencia

(1st)

RFr.

Arizona State

2

Brian Realbuto

(3rd)

Sr.

Cornell

3

Bo Jordan

(2nd)

Jr.

Ohio State

4

Zach Epperly

(5th)

Jr.

Virginia Tech

5

Mark Hall

(6th)

Fr.

Penn State

6

Ryan Preisch

(4th)

So.

Lehigh

7

Kyle Crutchmer

(8th)

Sr.

Oklahoma State

8

Casey Kent

(7th)

Sr.

Penn

9

Taylor Lujan

(10th)

RFr.

Northern Iowa

10

Ethan Ramos

(11th)

Jr.

North Carolina

11

Alex Meyer

(13th)

Sr.

Iowa

12

Zac Brunson

(14th)

Sr.

Illinois

13

Myles Amine

(12th)

RFr.

Michigan

14

Lelund Weatherspoon

(9th)

Sr.

Iowa State

15

Jadaen Bernstein

(15th)

Jr.

Navy

16

David Kocer

(16th)

Jr.

South Dakota State

17

C.J. Brucki

(17th)

Jr.

Central Michigan

18

Jonathan Schleifer

(19th)

Jr.

Princeton

19

Connor Bass

(20th)

Sr.

Duke

20

Trace Engelkes

(NR)

Sr.

Northern Illinois


184 Pounds                                                                 

Rk

Name

Prev.

Yr.

School

1

Gabe Dean

(1st)

Sr.

Cornell

2

Bo Nickal

(2nd)

So.

Penn State

3

Sammy Brooks

(3rd)

Sr.

Iowa

4

Nolan Boyd

(4th)

Sr.

Oklahoma State

5

Timothy Dudley

(5th)

Sr.

Nebraska

6

Nathan Jackson

(6th)

Sr.

Indiana

7

Jack Dechow

(7th)

Sr.

Old Dominion

8

Myles Martin

(8th)

So.

Ohio State

9

Mike Macchiavello

(9th)

Jr.

NC State

10

Zach Zavatsky

(10th)

So.

Virginia Tech

11

Emery Parker

(11th)

So.

Illinois

12

Nicholas Gravina

(12th)

Jr.

Rutgers

13

Drew Foster

(15th)

So.

Northern Iowa

14

Dakota Geer

(14th)

Fr.

Edinboro

15

Bryce Carr

(16th)

Jr.

Chattanooga

16

Steven Schneider

(13th)

Jr.

Binghamton

17

Jordan Ellingwood

(17th)

Jr.

Central Michigan

18

Ville Heino

(18th)

Jr.

Campbell

19

Mitch Sliga

(20th)

Jr.

Northwestern

20

Hunter Gamble

(19th)

Jr.

Gardner-Webb


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

Kollin Moore

(4th)

RFr.

Ohio State

5

Aaron Studebaker

(5th)

Sr.

Nebraska

6

Jake Smith

(6th)

Jr.

West Virginia

7

Matt McCutcheon

(9th)

Jr.

Penn State

8

Nate Rotert

(7th)

Jr.

South Dakota State

9

Preston Weigel

(8th)

So.

Oklahoma State

10

Ryan Wolfe

(10th)

Sr.

Rider

11

Brett Harner

(11th)

Sr.

Princeton

12

Kevin Beazley

(12th)

Jr.

Old Dominion

13

Ricky Robertson

(14th)

Jr.

Wisconsin

14

Austin Severn

(13th)

Sr.

Central Michigan

15

Shawn Scott

(15th)

Sr.

Northern Illinois

16

Tom Sleigh

(16th)

Jr.

Bucknell

17

Frank Mattiace

(17th)

So.

Penn

18

Corey Griego

(NR)

So.

Oregon State

19

Brad Johnson

(18th)

Sr.

Oklahoma

20

Jacob Holschlag

(19th)

RFr.

Northern Iow 


Heavyweight

Rk

Name

Prev.

Yr.

School

1

Kyle Snyder

(1st)

Jr.

Ohio State

2

Connor Medbery

(2nd)

Sr.

Wisconsin

3

Ty Walz

(4th)

Sr.

Virginia Tech

4

Nick Nevills

(5th)

So.

Penn State

5

Jake Kasper

(3rd)

Jr.

Duke

6

Austin Schafer

(6th)

Sr.

Oklahoma State

7

Michael Kroells

(7th)

Sr.

Minnesota

8

Tanner Hall

(8th)

So.

Arizona State

9

Denzel Dejournette

(9th)

Sr.

Appalachian State

10

Collin Jensen

(10th)

Sr.

Nebraska

11

Nathan Butler

(11th)

Jr.

Stanford

12

Ryan Solomon

(12th)

Jr.

Pitt

13

Jared Johnson

(13th)

Sr.

Chattanooga

14

Brooks Black

(14th)

Jr.

Illinois

15

Doug Vollaro

(15th)

Sr.

Lehigh

16

Thomas Haines

(16th)

So.

Lock Haven

17

Ross Larson

(17th)

Sr.

Oklahoma

18

Billy Miller

(18th)

So.

Edinboro

19

Cody Crawford

(19th)

Jr.

Oregon State

20

Ray O’Donnell

(20th)

Sr.

Princeton

 

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