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Penn State takes over No. 1 in WIN's TPI while Oklahoma State is still the No. 1 dual team

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by WIN Magazine

NEWTON, Iowa — Penn State not only won a big dual meet at Iowa last Friday but the Nittany Lions have taken over the top sport in the Tournament Power Index of WIN’s Jan. 23 rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

With nine ranked wrestlers, including six ranked in the Top 8 of their weight class, the Nittany Lions have earned 95.5 TPI points in this week’s tournament rankings, just five points more than No. 2 Oklahoma State (90.5), which features ten ranked wrestlers and eight in the Top 8.

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.

Meanwhile, Oklahoma State (8-0) held onto the top spot in WIN’s Dual Team rankings after beating South Dakota State last weekend, while Penn State (8-0) and Ohio State (8-0) are ranked second and third, respectively, in the dual rankings.

Ohio State, which moved up to No. 3 in the TPI rankings, is scheduled to face the Hawkeyes this Friday in Iowa City, then will travel a week later to take on Penn State in a Feb. 3 dual. Neither Penn State nor Ohio State are scheduled to meet Oklahoma State in a regular-season dual but either the Lions or Buckeyes could meet the Cowboys in the NWCA Championship Dual Series, Feb. 19, when the top eight Big Ten teams will face the top schools from the other Division I conferences.

WIN’s Jan. 23, 2017  NCAA Div. I Tournament Power Index (TPI)

                             

Total    

Top 8

TPI

Rank

School              

Ranked

Ranked

Points

1

Penn State

9

6

95.5

2

Oklahoma State

10

8

90.5

3

Ohio State

8

5

82.5

4

Iowa

7

5

81

5

Virginia Tech

7

6

77.5

6

Nebraska

7

5

63

7

Missouri

6

4

57.5

8

Illinois

5

2

38

9

Minnesota

7

3

37.5

10t

Cornell

5

2

37

10t

Lehigh

8

3

37

12

Wisconsin

4

2

32.5

13

Arizona State

4

4

32

14

Michigan

4

2

26

15

South Dakota State

6

2

24

16

Stanford

5

1

21.5

17

NC State

5

1

20.5

18

Northern Iowa

7

2

19

19

Princeton

4

1

16.5

20t

Central Michigan

3

2

15.5

20t

North Dakota State

2

1

15.5

22

Virginia

3

2

14

23t

Rutgers

3

1

12.5

23t

Duke

3

1

12.5

25t

Rider

2

1

12

25t

North Carolina

3

1

12

27

Penn

3

1

11.5

28t

Indiana

2

1

10

28t

Edinboro

6

0

10

30

Iowa State

3

1

9

30t

Pitt

3

1

8.5

32

Wyoming

3

1

8

33t

Oklahoma

5

0

7

33t

Old Dominion

2

1

7

35

West Virginia

2

1

6.5

36

Bucknell

3

0

5

37

Army

2

0

4

38t

Drexel

2

0

3.5

38t

Northern Illinois

2

0

3.5

38t

Chattanooga

2

0

3.5

41

Appalachian State

2

0

3

42t

Ohio U.

2

0

2.5

42t

Navy

2

0

2.5

42t

Eastern Michigan

2

0

2.5

42t

Buffalo

2

0

2.5

46t

Campbell U.

1

0

2

46t

American U.

1

0

2

46t

Oregon State

1

0

2

49t

Binghamton

1

0

1.5

49t

Hofstra

1

0

1.5

51t

CSU Bakersfield

1

0

1

51t

Gardner-Webb

1

0

1

51t

Maryland

1

0

1

51t

SIUE

1

0

1

51t

Michigan State

1

0

1

51t

Purdue

1

0

1

51t

Utah Valley

1

0

1

51t

Clarion

1

0

1

WIN’s Jan. 23, 2017 Team Dual Rankings

Rk

School

Prev

W-L

1

Oklahoma State

1st

8-0

2

Penn State

2nd

8-0

3

Ohio State

4th

8-0

4

Iowa

3rd

7-2

5

Virginia Tech

5th

13-1

6

Nebraska

6th

10-1

7

Missouri

7th

9-2

8

NC State

8th

8-1

9

Cornell

9th

7-2

10

Lehigh

10th

8-2

11

Rutgers

11th

9-2

12

Illinois

12th

4-2

13

Minnesota

13th

5-2

14

South Dakota State

14th

8-3

15

Wisconsin

15th

3-3

16

Northern Iowa

16th

7-2

17

Oklahoma

20th

6-4

18

Central Michigan

17th

3-2

19

Michigan

18th

5-4

20

Pittsburgh

19th

8-3

21

North Dakota State

21st

10-3

22

Stanford

24th

7-2

23

Appalachian State

23rd

10-2

24

Arizona State

22nd

7-3

25

North Carolina

25th

5-4

WIN’s Jan. 23, 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

(12th)

Sr.

Campbell U.

13

Nick Piccininni

(13th)

RFr.

Oklahoma State

14

Shakur Laney

(15th)

So.

Ohio U.

15

Johnny Jimenez

(16th)

Jr.

Wisconsin

16

Noah Gonser

(17th)

RFr.

Eastern Michigan

17

Jose Rodriguez

(18th)

RFr.

Ohio State

18

Alfredo Rodriguez

(14th)

Sr.

SIUE

19

Elijah Oliver

(19th)

So.

Indiana

20

Gabe Townsell

(20th)

Fr.

Stanford

133 Pounds                                                                

Rk

Name

Prev.

Yr.

School

1

Nathan Tomasello

(1st)

Jr.

Ohio State

2

Cory Clark

(3rd)

Sr.

Iowa

3

Zane Richards

(5th)

Sr.

Illinois

4

Eric Montoya

(4th)

Sr.

Nebraska

5

Seth Gross

(6th)

So.

South Dakota State

6

Kaid Brock

(2nd)

So.

Oklahoma 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

(15th)

So.

Missouri

16

Connor Schram

(16th)

Jr.

Stanford

17

Bryan Lantry

(17th)

So.

Buffalo

18

Cameron Kelly

(18th)

So.

Ohio U.

19

Korbin Myers

(NR)

RFr.

Edinboro

20

Luke Welch

(NR)

Jr.

Purdue

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

(9th)

RFr.

Missouri

10

Randy Cruz

(10th)

Sr.

Lehigh

11

Tyler Smith

(11th)

Jr.

Bucknell

12

Logan Everett

(12th)

Sr.

Army

13

Colton McCrystal

(13th)

Jr.

Nebraska

14

Jimmy Gulibon

(15th)

Sr.

Penn State

15

Topher Carton

(14th)

Sr.

Iowa

16

Tommy Thorn

(16th)

So.

Minnesota

17

Brock Zacherl

(17th)

So.

Clarion

18

Jared Prince

(18th)

Fr.

Navy

19

Luke Pletcher

(19th)

Fr.

Ohio State

20

Russell Rohlfing

(20th)

RFr.

CSU Bakersfield

149 Pounds                                                                

Rk

Name

Prev.

Yr.

School

1

Zain Retherford

(1st)

Jr.

Penn State

2

Anthony Collica

(2nd)

Sr.

Oklahoma State

3

Brandon Sorensen

(3rd)

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

(9th)

Sr.

Lehigh

10

Joey Delgado

(10th)

Sr.

Oregon State

11

Sam Speno

(11th)

Sr.

NC State

12

Patricio Lugo

(12th)

So.

Edinboro

13

Steve Bleise

(13th)

So.

Northern Illinois

14

Matt Cimato

(14th)

Sr.

Drexel

15

Joey Galasso

(15th)

So.

Cornell

16

Davion Jeffries

(16th)

So.

Oklahoma

17

Alfred Bannister

(17th)

So.

Maryland

18

Alex Kocer

(18th)

Sr.

South Dakota State

19

Ken Theobold

(NR)

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

(2nd)

RFr.

Iowa

3

Tyler Berger

(3rd)

So.

Nebraska

4

Jordan Kutler

(4th)

RFr.

Lehigh

5

Joe Smith

(5th)

So.

Oklahoma State

6

Joey Lavallee

(6th)

Sr.

Missouri

7

Josh Shields

(7th)

RFr.

Arizona State

8

Colin Heffernan

(8th)

Jr.

Central Michigan

9

Clay Ream

(11th)

Jr.

North Dakota State

10

Victor Lopez

(12th)

Sr.

Bucknell

11

Russell Parsons

(14th)

Sr.

Army

12

Clark Glass

(15th)

Sr.

Oklahoma

13

Archie Colgan

(16th)

Jr.

Wyoming

14

Colin Holler

(13th)

Jr.

South Dakota State

15

Sal Mastriani

(18th)

Sr.

Virginia Tech

16

Brian Murphy

(9th)

Sr.

Michigan

17

Andrew Atkinson

(10th)

Jr.

Virginia

18

Kyle Langenderfer

(NR)

Jr.

Illinois

19

Jake Short

(19th)

Jr.

Minnesota

20

May Bethea

(20th)

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

(9th)

Sr.

Cornell

10

Chandler Rogers

(10th)

So.

Oklahoma State

11

Austin Matthews

(12th)

Jr.

Edinboro

12

Nick Wanzek                   

(14th)

Jr.

Minnesota

13

Cole Walter

(NR)

Fr.

Lehigh

14

TeShan Campbell

(15th)

So.

Pitt

15

Yoanse Mejias

(19th)

Jr.

Oklahoma

16

Jake Faust

(16th)

Jr.

Duke

17

Dylan Cottrell

(11th)

Sr.

West Virginia

18

Branson Ashworth

(17th)

So.

Wyoming

19

Luke Zilverberg

(18th)

Jr.

South Dakota State

20

Drew Hughes

(20th)

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

Ryan Preisch

(6th)

So.

Lehigh

6

Casey Kent

(7th)

Sr.

Penn

7

Kyle Crutchmer

(5th)

Sr.

Oklahoma State

8

Lelund Weatherspoon

(13th)

Sr.

Iowa State

9

Taylor Lujan

(8th)

RFr.

Northern Iowa

10

Mark Hall

(NR)

Fr.

Penn State

11

Ethan Ramos

(11th)

Jr.

North Carolina

12

Myles Amine

(10th)

RFr.

Michigan

13

Alex Meyer

(14th)

Sr.

Iowa

14

Zac Brunson

(9th)

Sr.

Illinois

15

David Kocer

(16th)

Jr.

South Dakota State

16

Jadaen Bernstein

(15th)

Jr.

Navy

17

Jim Wilson

(17th)

Sr.

Stanford

18

Nick Kee

(NR)

Jr.

Appalachian State

19

Connor Bass

(18th)

Sr.

Duke

20

Jonathan Schleifer

(19th)

Jr.

Princeton

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

(4th)

Sr.

Iowa

5

Nolan Boyd

(5th)

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

Dakota Geer

(17th)

Fr.

Edinboro

17

Drew Foster

(18th)

So.

Northern Iowa

18

Jordan Ellingwood

(19th)

Jr.

Central Michigan

19

Chip Ness

(20th)

Jr.

North Carolina

20

Hunter Gamble

(16th)

Sr.

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

(5th)

RFr.

Ohio State

5

Aaron Studebaker

(6th)

Sr.

Nebraska

6

Nate Rotert

(7th)

Jr.

South Dakota State

7

Preston Weigel

(4th)

So.

Oklahoma State

8

Jake Smith

(8th)

Jr.

West Virginia

9

Brett Harner

(9th)

Sr.

Princeton

10

Shawn Scott

(10th)

Sr.

Northern Illinois

11

Matt McCutcheon

(12th)

Jr.

Penn State

12

Ryan Wolfe

(13th)

Sr.

Rider

13

Kevin Beazley

(11th)

Jr.

Old Dominion

14

Ricky Robertson

(14th)

Jr.

Wisconsin

15

Frank Mattiace

(15th)

So.

Penn

16

James Benjamin

(18th)

Sr.

Buffalo

17

Tom Sleigh

(17th)

Jr.

Bucknell

18

Brad Johnson

(NR)

Sr.

Oklahoma

19

Owen Scott

(19th)

Sr.

Cornell

20

Tanner Orndorff

(NR)

RFr.

Utah Valley

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

Jake Kasper

(6th)

Jr.

Duke

6

Austin Schafer

(7th)

Sr.

Oklahoma State

7

Michael Kroells

(9th)

Sr.

Minnesota

8

Tanner Hall

(5th)

So.

Arizona State

9

Denzel Dejournette

(11th)

Sr.

Appalachian State

10

Nathan Butler

(14th)

Jr.

Stanford

11

Collin Jensen

(10th)

Sr.

Nebraska

12

Jared Johnson

(12th)

Sr.

Chattanooga

13

Michael Hughes

(13th)

Sr.

Hofstra

14

Ryan Solomon

(15th)

Jr.

Pitt

15

Billy Miller

(17th)

So.

Edinboro

16

Doug Vollaro

(18th)

Sr.

Lehigh

17

Michael Boykin

(19th)

Jr.

NC State

18

Ross Larson

(20th)

Sr.

Oklahoma

19

J.J. Everard

(NR)

Sr.

Northern Iowa

20

Gage Hutchison

(16th)

Jr.

Eastern Michigan


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