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by Mike Finn, WIN Magazine

NEWTON, Iowa — Coming off a 24-11 victory over Iowa on Sunday, Oklahoma State remained No. 1 in WIN’s Jan 16 Dual Team rankings and increased its lead in WIN’s Tournament Power Index, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

Making the biggest individual jumps for Oklahoma State, which features 10 ranked wrestlers and eight in the Top 8 of their weight classes, were Kaid Brock (133 pounds) and Anthony Collica (149) who upset a pair of 2016 NCAA finalists and higher-ranked Hawkeyes, Cory Clark and Brandon Sorensen, respectively, in overtime last weekend in Stillwater.

Brock’s victory also moved Ohio State’s Nathan Tomasello to No. 1 in the 133-pound weight class, which marked the first time there was a change among the nation’s top-ranked wrestlers in this year’s WIN rankings.

Overall, the Cowboys (6-0) earned 104.5 points in this week’s TPI and remained ahead of defending national champion Penn State (7-0) in the dual rankings and TPI with 95.5 points.

WIN’s TPI point totals are based on how individuals of each team are projected to finish in the 2017 NCAA Championships, March 16-18, in St. Louis, with Top-8 finishers (All-Americans) given the following points: 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.

The Nittany Lions, with nine ranked wrestlers and six in the Top 8, will travel to Iowa City this Friday to take on No. 3 Iowa, which has eight ranked wrestlers and six in the Top 8 and 84 points.

Just behind the Hawkeyes is No. 4 Ohio State with eight ranked wrestlers, five in the Top 8 with 80 points. The Buckeyes’ only dual this week is against Maryland on Sunday, Jan. 22.

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WIN’s Jan. 16, 2017 Tournament Power Index (TPI)

                             

Total    

Top 8

TPI

Rk

College

Ranked

Ranked

Points

1

Oklahoma State

10

8

104.5

2

Penn State

9

6

95.5

3

Iowa

8

6

84

4

Ohio State

8

5

80

5

Virginia Tech

7

6

77

6

Nebraska

7

5

62

7

Missouri

6

4

57.5

8

Cornell

6

2

38

9

Arizona State

5

4

36.5

10

Lehigh

8

3

35.5

11

Illinois

4

2

34

12t

Minnesota

7

2

32.5

12t

Wisconsin

4

2

32.5

14

Michigan

4

2

26.5

15

Northern Iowa

6

3

21.5

16

Stanford

5

1

21

17t

South Dakota State

6

2

20.5

17t

NC State

5

1

20.5

19

Princeton

4

1

16.5

20t

North Dakota State

1

1

15.5

20t

Central Michigan

3

2

15.5

20t

Rutgers

6

1

15.5

23

Virginia

3

2

15

24

North Carolina

3

1

12

25t

Rider

2

1

11.5

25t

Duke

3

1

11.5

27

Indiana

2

1

10

28

Penn

3

1

9

29

Pitt

3

1

8.5

30t

Edinboro

5

0

8

30t

Wyoming

3

1

8

32t

Old Dominion

2

1

7.5

32t

West Virginia

2

1

7.5

34t

Iowa State

3

0

5

34t

Bucknell

3

0

5

34t

Oklahoma

4

0

5

37t

Army

2

0

3.5

37t

Chattanooga

2

0

3.5

37t

Drexel

2

0

3.5

37t

Northern Illinois

2

0

3.5

41t

Navy

2

0

2.5

41t

Ohio U.

2

0

2.5

41t

Eastern Michigan

2

0

2.5

41t

CSU Bakersfield

2

0

2.5

45t

Campbell U.

1

0

2

45t

Oregon State

1

0

2

45t

Appalachian State

1

0

2

45t

American U.

1

0

2

45t

Buffalo

2

0

2

50t

Gardner-Webb

1

0

1.5

50t

Binghamton

1

0

1.5

50t

Hofstra

1

0

1.5

50t

SIU-Edwardsville

1

0

1.5

54t

Northwestern

1

0

1

54t

Clarion

1

0

1

54t

Maryland

1

0

1

54t

Michigan State

1

0

1

WIN’s Jan. 16, 2017 Team Dual Rankings

Rk

School

Prev

W-L

1

Oklahoma State

1st

6-0

2

Penn State

2nd

7-0

3

Iowa

3rd

7-1

4

Ohio State

4th

7-0

5

Virginia Tech

5th

11-1

6

Nebraska

6th

9-1

7

Missouri

7th

8-2

8

NC State

9th

8-1

9

Cornell

8th

5-2

10

Lehigh

10th

7-1

11

Rutgers

11th

7-2

12

Illinois

12th

2-2

13

Minnesota

13th

4-1

14

South Dakota State

17th

8-2

15

Wisconsin

16th

3-3

16

Northern Iowa

21st

5-2

17

Central Michigan

14th

2-1

18

Michigan

15th

4-3

19

Pittsburgh

20th

7-2

20

Oklahoma

22nd

5-4

21

North Dakota State

NR

10-3

22

Arizona State

19th

6-2

23

Appalachian State

23rd

9-2

24

Stanford

18th

5-2

25

North Carolina

25th

4-3

WIN’s Jan. 16, 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

(4th)

Fr.

Penn State

5

Tim Lambert

(5th)

Sr.

Nebraska

6

Ethan Lizak

(6th)

So.

Minnesota

7

Jack Mueller

(7th)

Fr.

Virginia

8

Darian Cruz

(8th)

Jr.

Lehigh

9

Sean Russell

(9th)

So.

Edinboro

10

Josh Terao

(10th)

Jr.

American U.

11

Dylan Peters

(11th)

Sr.

Northern Iowa

12

Nathan Kraisser

(13th)

Sr.

Campbell U.

13

Nick Piccininni

(14th)

RFr.

Oklahoma State

14

Alfredo Rodriguez

(15th)

Sr.

SIUE

15

Shakur Laney

(16th)

So.

Ohio U.

16

Johnny Jimenez

(17th)

Jr.

Wisconsin

17

Noah Gonser

(19th)

RFr.

Eastern Michigan

18

Jose Rodriguez

(12th)

RFr.

Ohio State

19

Elijah Oliver

(20th)

So.

Indiana

20

Gabe Townsell

(18th)

Fr.

Stanford

133 Pounds                                                                

Rk

Name

Prev.

Yr.

School

1

Nathan Tomasello

(2nd)

Jr.

Ohio State

2

Kaid Brock

(6th)

So.

Oklahoma State

3

Cory Clark

(1st)

Sr.

Iowa

4

Eric Montoya

(3rd)

Sr.

Nebraska

5

Zane Richards

(4th)

Sr.

Illinois

6

Seth Gross

(5th)

So.

South Dakota State

7

Steven Micic

(7th)

Fr.

Michigan

8

Dom Forys

(8th)

Jr.

Pitt

9

Scott Parker

(9th)

So.

Lehigh

10

Josh Alber

(10th)

Jr.

Northern Iowa

11

Kevin Devoy

(11th)

Sr.

Drexel

12

Jamal Morris

(12th)

So.

NC State

13

Mitch McKee

(13th)

Fr.

Minnesota

14

Earl Hall

(14th)

Sr.

Iowa State

15

John Erneste

(NR)

So.

Missouri

16

Connor Schram

(15th)

Jr.

Stanford

17

Bryan Lantry

(18th)

So.

Buffalo

18

Cameron Kelly

(19th)

So.

Ohio U.

19

Scott DelVecchio

(20th)

Jr

Rutgers

20

Mark Grey

(16th)

Sr.

Cornell

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

Joseph Ward

(6th)

Sr.

North Carolina

7

George DiCamillo

(7th)

Sr.

Virginia

8

Bryce Meredith

(8th)

Jr.

Wyoming

9

Jaydin Eierman

(10th)

RFr.

Missouri

10

Randy Cruz

(9th)

Sr.

Lehigh

11

Tyler Smith

(11th)

Jr.

Bucknell

12

Logan Everett

(12th)

Sr.

Army

13

Colton McCrystal

(13th)

Jr.

Nebraska

14

Topher Carton

(14th)

Sr.

Iowa

15

Jimmy Gulibon

(15th)

Sr.

Penn State

16

Tommy Thorn

(16th)

So.

Minnesota

17

Brock Zacherl

(17th)

So.

Clarion

18

Jared Prince

(NR)

Fr.

Navy

19

Luke Pletcher

(19th)

Fr.

Ohio State

20

Russell Rohlfing

(18th)

RFr.

CSU Bakersfield

149 Pounds                                                                

Rk

Name

Prev.

Yr.

School

1

Zain Retherford

(1st)

Jr.

Penn State

2

Anthony Collica

(3rd)

Sr.

Oklahoma State

3

Brandon Sorensen

(2nd)

Jr.

Iowa

4

Lavion Mayes

(4th)

Sr.

Missouri

5

Micah Jordan

(5th)

So.

Ohio State

6

Justin Oliver

(6th)

So.

Central Michigan

7

Solomon Chishko

(7th)

So.

Virginia Tech

8

Max Thomsen

(8th)

RFr.

Northern Iowa

9

Laike Gardner

(10th)

Sr.

Lehigh

10

Joey Delgado

(11th)

Sr.

Oregon State

11

Sam Speno

(13th)

Sr.

NC State

12

Patricio Lugo

(9th)

So.

Edinboro

13

Steve Bleise

(14th)

So.

Northern Illinois

14

Matt Cimato

(15th)

Sr.

Drexel

15

Joey Galasso

(16th)

So.

Cornell

16

Davion Jeffries

(12th)

So.

Oklahoma

17

Alfred Bannister

(17th)

So.

Maryland

18

Alex Kocer

(NR)

Sr.

South Dakota State

19

Anthony Giraldo

(19th)

Sr.

Rutgers

20

Jordan Laster

(20th)

Sr.

Princeton

157 Pounds                                  

Rk

Name

Prev.

Yr.

School

1

Jason Nolf

(1st)

So.

Penn State

2

Michael Kemerer

(4th)

RFr.

Iowa

3

Tyler Berger

(5th)

So.

Nebraska

4

Jordan Kutler

(6th)

RFr.

Lehigh

5

Joe Smith

(3rd)

So.

Oklahoma State

6

Joey Lavallee

(7th)

Sr.

Missouri

7

Josh Shields

(9th)

RFr.

Arizona State

8

Colin Heffernan

(11th)

Jr.

Central Michigan

9

Brian Murphy

(12th)

Sr.

Michigan

10

Andrew Atkinson

(8th)

Jr.

Virginia

11

Clay Ream

(NR)

Jr.

North Dakota State

12

Trevor Lopez

(13th)

Sr.

Bucknell

13

Colin Holler

(14th)

Jr.

South Dakota State

14

Russell Parsons

(15th)

Sr.

Army

15

Clark Glass

(NR)

Sr.

Oklahoma

16

Archie Colgan

(16th)

Jr.

Wyoming

17

John Van Brill

(17th)

So.

Rutgers

18

Sal Mastriani

(NR)

Sr.

Virginia Tech

19

Jake Short

(10th)

Jr.

Minnesota

20

May Bethea

(NR)

Jr.

Penn

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

(5th)

Jr.

Rider

6

Vincenzo Joseph

(6th)

RFr.

Penn State

7

Anthony Valencia

(7th)

RFr.

Arizona State

8

Bryce Steiert

(8th)

So.

Northern Iowa

9

Dylan Palacio

(2nd/157)

Sr.

Cornell

10

Chandler Rogers

(11th)

So.

Oklahoma State

11

Dylan Cottrell

(9th)

Sr.

West Virginia

12

Austin Matthews

(13th)

Jr.

Edinboro

13

Mitch Minotti

(12th)

Sr.

Lehigh

14

Nick Wanzek                   

(15th)

Jr.

Minnesota

15

TeShan Campbell

(16th)

So.

Pitt

16

Jake Faust

(10th)

Jr.

Duke

17

Branson Ashworth

(14th)

So.

Wyoming

18

Luke Zilverberg

(NR)

Jr.

South Dakota State

19

Yoanse Mejias

(NR)

Jr.

Oklahoma

20

Drew Hughes

(19th)

Fr.

Michigan State

174 Pounds                                                                

Rk

Name

Prev.

Yr.

School

1

Zach Epperly

(1st)

Jr.

Virginia Tech

2

Bo Jordan

(2nd)

Jr.

Ohio State

3

Zahid Valencia

(3rd)

RFr.

Arizona State

4

Brian Realbuto

(4th)

Sr.

Cornell

5

Kyle Crutchmer

(5th)

Sr.

Oklahoma State

6

Ryan Preisch

(6th)

So.

Lehigh

7

Casey Kent

(8th)

Sr.

Penn

8

Taylor Lujan

(9th)

RFr.

Northern Iowa

9

Zac Brunson

(10th)

Sr.

Illinois

10

Myles Amine

(11th)

RFr.

Michigan

11

Ethan Ramos

(15th)

Jr.

North Carolina

12

Geno Morelli

(12th)

Sr.

Penn State

13

Lelund Weatherspoon

(7th)

Sr.

Iowa State

14

Alex Meyer

(13th)

Sr.

Iowa

15

Jadaen Bernstein

(14th)

Jr.

Navy

16

David Kocer

(19th)

Jr.

South Dakota State

17

Jim Wilson

(NR)

Sr.

Stanford

18

Connor Bass

(20th)

Sr.

Duke

19

Jonathan Schleifer

(16th)

Jr.

Princeton

20

Jordan Pagano

(18th)

So.

Rutgers

184 Pounds                                                                

Rk

Name

Prev.

Yr.

School

1

Gabe Dean

(1st)

Sr.

Cornell

2

Bo Nickal

(2nd)

So.

Penn State

3

Timothy Dudley

(3rd)

Sr.

Nebraska

4

Sammy Brooks

(5th)

Sr.

Iowa

5

Nolan Boyd

(4th)

Sr.

Oklahoma State

6

Nathan Jackson

(6th)

Sr.

Indiana

7

Zach Zavatsky

(7th)

So.

Virginia Tech

8

Jack Dechow

(8th)

Sr.

Old Dominion

9

Myles Martin

(9th)

So.

Ohio State

10

Pat Downey

(10th)

Jr.

Iowa State

11

Mike Macchiavello

(11th)

Jr.

NC State

12

Emery Parker

(12th)

So.

Illinois

13

Nicholas Gravina

(13th)

Jr.

Rutgers

14

Steven Schneider

(14th)

Jr.

Binghamton

15

Bryce Carr

(15th)

Jr.

Chattanooga

16

Hunter Gamble

(16th)

Sr.

Gardner-Webb

17

Dakota Geer

(17th)

Fr.

Edinboro

18

Drew Foster

(19th)

So.

Northern Iowa

19

Jordan Ellingwood

(18th)

Jr.

Central Michigan

20

Chip Ness

(20th)

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

(4th)

So.

Oklahoma State

5

Kollin Moore

(5th)

RFr.

Ohio State

6

Aaron Studebaker

(6th)

Sr.

Nebraska

7

Nate Rotert

(7th)

Jr.

South Dakota State

8

Jake Smith

(8th)

Jr.

West Virginia

9

Brett Harner

(10th)

Sr.

Princeton

10

Shawn Scott

(11th)

Sr.

Northern Illinois

11

Kevin Beazley

(9th)

Jr.

Old Dominion

12

Matt McCutcheon

(12th)

Jr.

Penn State

13

Ryan Wolfe

(13th)

Sr.

Rider

14

Ricky Robertson

(14th)

Jr.

Wisconsin

15

Frank Mattiace

(15th)

So.

Penn

16

Matt Williams

(16th)

Jr.

CSU Bakersfield

17

Tom Sleigh

(17th)

Jr.

Bucknell

18

James Benjamin

(18th)

Sr.

Buffalo

19

Owen Scott

(19th)

Sr.

Cornell

20

Jake Berkowitz

(20th)

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

(5th)

So.

Arizona State

6

Jake Kasper

(6th)

Jr.

Duke

7

Austin Schafer

(8th)

Sr.

Oklahoma State

8

Sam Stoll

(7th)

So.

Iowa

9

Michael Kroells

(9th)

Sr.

Minnesota

10

Collin Jensen

(10th)

Sr.

Nebraska

11

Denzel Dejournette

(13th)

Sr.

Appalachian State

12

Jared Johnson

(14th)

Sr.

Chattanooga

13

Michael Hughes

(12th)

Sr.

Hofstra

14

Nathan Butler

(11th)

Jr.

Stanford

15

Ryan Solomon

(15th)

Jr.

Pitt

16

Gage Hutchison

(16th)

Jr.

Eastern Michigan

17

Billy Miller

(NR)

So.

Edinboro

18

Doug Vollaro

(18th)

Sr.

Lehigh

19

Michael Boykin

(19th)

Jr.

NC State

20

Ross Larson

(20th)

Sr.

Oklahoma

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