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Penn State remains No. 1 in WIN’s Tournament Power Index, even after Big Ten runner-up finish

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by WIN Magazine

NEWTON, Iowa — Despite failing to win the 2017 Big Ten Championships, defending NCAA national champion Penn State remains the team to beat in this year’s national tournament, based on WIN’s March 6 Tournament Power Index released prior to qualifier list being announced.

WIN’s TPI point totals are based on projections of how individuals could place at this year’s NCAAs, which will take place March 16-18 in St. Louis: 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.

The Nittany Lions tallied 112 TPI points, based on nine ranked wrestlers, including eight ranked among the Top 8 in their weight class and are projected to claim All-American honors. That includes two top-ranked wrestlers in Zain Retherford (149 pounds) and Jason Nolf (157).

Rated second in this week’s rankings is Big 12 champion Oklahoma State with 99.5 TPI points. The Cowboys will send all 10 wrestlers to the NCAAs, including eight ranked in the Top 8 of their weight class. That group includs returning NCAA champion Dean Heil at 141 pounds.

Big Ten champion Ohio State ranks third in WIN’s final rankings with 91 points and features two top-ranked guys who have won NCAA titles in Nathan Tomasello (133) and heavyweight Kyle Snyder. There were also two other Buckeyes who won Big Ten championships in Bo Jordan (174) and Kollin Moore (197).

Iowa, which features one top-ranked wrestler (Thomas Gilman at 125 pounds) and five Top-8 wrestlers, is ranked fourth with 73.5 points; just ahead of ACC champion Virginia Tech with 71.5 points.

WIN’s March 6, 2017  NCAA I Tournament Power Index

 

Total

Top 8

TPI

Rk

College

Ranked

Ranked

Points

1

Penn State

9

8

112

2

Oklahoma State

10

8

99.5

3

Ohio State

7

6

91

4

Iowa

6

5

73.5

5

Virginia Tech

7

6

71.5

6

Missouri

6

4

56.5

7t

Nebraska

7

5

48.5

7t

Cornell

5

3

48.5

9

Minnesota

7

3

39

10

Arizona State

5

3

37.5

11

Michigan

6

3

36.5

12

Illinois

5

2

34

13

Wisconsin

4

2

31.5

14

Lehigh

6

2

29

15

NC State

5

1

22.5

16

Northern Iowa

7

2

21

17

South Dakota State

4

1

19.5

18

Rutgers

5

1

17

19t

Stanford

4

1

16.5

19t

Edinboro

6

2

16.5

21

Princeton

3

1

13

22t

Rider

2

1

12

22t

North Dakota State

2

2

12

22t

North Carolina

2

2

12

22t

Duke

3

1

12

26

Pitt

4

1

11.5

27t

Old Dominion

2

1

11

27t

Virginia

2

1

11

29

Wyoming

4

1

10

30

Oklahoma

7

0

9

31

Central Michigan

5

0

8

32

West Virginia

2

1

7.5

33

Northern Illinois

4

0

5.5

34

Oregon State

3

0

5

35

Navy

3

0

4.5

36

Penn

2

0

4

37

Campbell U.

3

0

3.5

38

Drexel

2

0

3

39t

Chattanooga

2

0

2.5

39t

Bucknell

2

0

2.5

39t

Iowa State

2

0

2.5

42t

American U.

1

0

2

42t

Maryland

2

0

2

42t

Appalachian State

1

0

2

42t

Army

1

0

2

42t

Indiana

1

0

2

42t

Buffalo

1

0

2

48t

Columbia

1

0

1.5

48t

SIU-Edwardsville

1

0

1.5

48t

CSU Bakersfield

1

0

1.5

48t

Michigan State

1

0

1.5

48t

Ohio U.

1

0

1.5

48t

Lock Haven

1

0

1.5

48t

Utah Valley

1

0

1.5

55t

Binghamton

1

0

1

55t

Gardner-Webb

1

0

1

55t

Northern Colorado

1

0

1

55t

Purdue

1

0

1

 

WIN’s March 6, 2017  NCAA Div. I Individual Rankings

 

125 Pounds    

Rk

Name

Prev.

Yr.

School

1

Thomas Gilman

(1st)

Sr.

Iowa

2

Joey Dance

(3rd)

Sr.

Virginia Tech

3

Tim Lambert

(5th)

Sr.

Nebraska

4

Darian Cruz

(6th)

Jr.

Lehigh

5

Ethan Lizak

(7th)

So.

Minnesota

6

Nick Suriano

(2nd)

Fr.

Penn State

7

Josh Rodriguez

(4th)

Sr.

North Dakota State

8

Sean Russell

(9th)

So.

Edinboro

9

Josh Terao

(10th)

Jr.

American U.

10

Nick Piccininni

(11th)

RFr.

Oklahoma State

11

Sean Fausz

(13th)

So.

NC State

12

Jack Mueller

(8th)

Fr.

Virginia

13

Shakur Laney

(17th)

So.

Ohio U.

14

Dylan Peters

(12th)

Sr.

Northern Iowa

15

Drew Templeman

(14th)

So.

Wyoming

16

Alfredo Rodriguez

(15th)

Sr.

SIUE

17

Nathan Kraisser

(20th)

Sr.

Campbell U.

18

Conor Youtsey

(16th)

Sr.

Michigan

19

Brock Hudkins

(NR)

Fr.

Northern Illinois

20

Noah Baughman

(NR)

Fr.

Cornell

 

133 Pounds                                                                 

Rk

Name

Prev.

Yr.

School

1

Nathan Tomasello

(1st)

Jr.

Ohio State

2

Seth Gross

(4th)

So.

South Dakota State

3

Kaid Brock

(5th)

So.

Oklahoma State

4

Cory Clark

(6th)

Sr.

Iowa

5

Stevan Micic

(7th)

Fr.

Michigan

6

Zane Richards

(3rd)

Sr.

Illinois

7

Dom Forys

(8th)

Jr.

Pitt

8

Eric Montoya

(2nd)

Sr.

Nebraska

9

Scott Parker

(9th)

So.

Lehigh

10

John Erneste

(14th)

So.

Missouri

11

Bryan Lantry

(11th)

So.

Buffalo

12

Josh Alber

(12th)

Jr.

Northern Iowa

13

Joey Palmer

(15th)

Sr.

Oregon State

14

Mitch McKee

(17th)

Fr.

Minnesota

15

Earl Hall

(13th)

Sr.

Iowa State

16

Kevin Devoy

(10th)

Sr.

Drexel

17

Connor Schram

(16th)

Jr.

Stanford

18

Korbin Myers

(18th)

RFr.

Edinboro

19

Jamal Morris

(19th)

So.

NC State

20

Scott DelVecchio

(NR)

Jr.

Rutgers

 

141 Pounds

Rk

Name

Prev.

Yr.

School

1

Dean Heil

(1st)

Jr.

Oklahoma State

2

Kevin Jack

(3rd)

Jr.

NC State

3

Joey McKenna

(2nd)

So.

Stanford

4

Anthony Ashnault

(5th)

Jr.

Rutgers

5

Matt Kolodzik

(4th)

Fr.

Princeton

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

Randy Cruz

(11th)

Sr.

Lehigh

11

Jared Prince

(16th)

Fr.

Navy

12

Colton McCrystal

(17th)

Jr.

Nebraska

13

Luke Pletcher

(14th)

Fr.

Ohio State

14

Tommy Thorn

(13th)

So.

Minnesota

15

Tyler Smith

(10th)

Jr.

Bucknell

16

Ronnie Perry

(NR)

Jr.

Lock Haven

17

Michael Longo

(20th)

Jr.

Oklahoma

18

Ryan Diehl

(NR)

So.

Maryland

19

Cole Martin

(NR)

RFr.

Wisconsin

20

Jimmy Gulibon

(12th)

Sr.

Penn State

 

149 Pounds                                                                 

Rk

Name

Prev.

Yr.

School

1

Zain Retherford

(1st)

Jr.

Penn State

2

Anthony Collica

(2nd)

Sr.

Oklahoma State

3

Lavion Mayes

(3rd)

Sr.

Missouri

4

Micah Jordan

(5th)

So.

Ohio State

5

Brandon Sorensen

(4th)

Jr.

Iowa

6

Solomon Chishko

(6th)

So.

Virginia Tech

7

Max Thomsen

(7th)

RFr.

Northern Iowa

8

Patricio Lugo

(8th)

So.

Edinboro

9

Justin Oliver

(10th)

So.

Central Michigan

10

Steve Bleise

(13th)

So.

Northern Illinois

11

Davion Jeffries

(12th)

So.

Oklahoma

12

Laike Gardner

(11th)

Sr.

Lehigh

13

Sam Speno

(9th)

Sr.

NC State

14

Jordan Laster

(19th)

Sr.

Princeton

15

Matt Cimato

(14th)

Sr.

Drexel

16

Cole Mendenhall

(NR)

Sr.

Wyoming

17

Zac Hall

(NR)

So.

Michigan

18

Alfred Bannister

(15th)

So.

Maryland

19

Josh Maruca

(20th)

RFr.

Arizona State

20

Ken Theobold

(17th)

Sr.

Rutgers

 

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

Joey Lavallee

(5th)

Jr.

Missouri

5

Dylan Palacio

(6th)

Sr.

Cornell

6

Joe Smith

(7th)

So.

Oklahoma State

7

Brian Murphy

(15th)

Sr.

Michigan

8

Clay Ream

(8th)

Jr.

North Dakota State

9

Colin Heffernan

(12th)

Jr.

Central Michigan

10

Russell Parsons

(10th)

Sr.

Army

11

Josh Shields

(9th)

RFr.

Arizona State

12

Jake Short

(18th)

Jr.

Minnesota

13

Clark Glass

(11th)

Sr.

Oklahoma

14

Sal Mastriani

(13th)

Sr.

Virginia Tech

15

Archie Colgan

(16th)

Jr.

Wyoming

16

John Van Brill

(20th)

So.

Rutgers

17

Alex Griffin

(NR)

Sr.

Purdue

18

Kyle Langenderfer

(14th)

Jr.

Illinois

19

Jake Faust

(NR)

Jr

Duke

20

Taleb Rahmani

(NR)

RFr.

Pitt

 

165 Pounds

Rk

Name

Prev.

Yr.

School

1

Isaiah Martinez

(1st)

Jr.

Illinois

2

Logan Massa

(2nd)

Fr.

Michigan

3

Vincenzo Joseph

(4th)

RFr.

Penn State

4

Isaac Jordan

(3rd)

Sr.

Wisconsin

5

Chad Walsh

(5th)

Jr.

Rider

6

Anthony Valencia

(6th)

RFr.

Arizona State

7

Daniel Lewis

(7th)

So.

Missouri

8

Bryce Steiert

(9th)

So.

Northern Iowa

9

Dylan Cottrell

(11th)

Sr.

West Virginia

10

Chandler Rogers

(8th)

So.

Oklahoma State

11

Austin Matthews

(12th)

Jr.

Edinboro

12

TeShan Campbell

(14th)

So.

Pitt

13

Drew Hughes

(NR)

Fr.

Michigan State

14

Brandon Womack

(NR)

So.

Cornell

15

Nick Wanzek

(13th)

Jr.

Minnesota

16

Lorenzo De La Riva

(17th)

RFr.

CSU Bakersfield

17

Keaton Subjeck

(20th)

Jr.

Stanford

18

Keilan Torres

(NR)

Jr.

Northern Colorado

19

Yoanse Mejias

(16th)

Jr.

Oklahoma

20

Luke Zilverberg

(19th)

Jr.

South Dakota State

 

174 Pounds                                                                 

Rk

Name

Prev.

Yr.

School

1

Zahid Valencia

(1st)

RFr.

Arizona State

2

Brian Realbuto

(2nd)

Sr.

Cornell

3

Bo Jordan

(3rd)

Jr.

Ohio State

4

Zach Epperly

(4th)

Jr.

Virginia Tech

5

Mark Hall

(5th)

Fr.

Penn State

6

Ryan Preisch

(6th)

So.

Lehigh

7

Kyle Crutchmer

(7th)

Sr.

Oklahoma State

8

Ethan Ramos

(10th)

Jr.

North Carolina

9

Casey Kent

(8th)

Sr.

Penn

10

Taylor Lujan

(9th)

RFr.

Northern Iowa

11

Myles Amine

(13th)

RFr.

Michigan

12

Zac Brunson

(12th)

Sr.

Illinois

13

Alex Meyer

(11th)

Sr.

Iowa

14

Jadaen Bernstein

(15th)

Jr.

Navy

15

Trace Engelkes

(20th)

Sr.

Northern Illinois

16

C.J. Brucki

(17th)

Jr.

Central Michigan

17

Matt Reed

(NR)

Sr.

Oklahoma

18

David Kocer

(16th)

Jr.

South Dakota State

19

Lelund Weatherspoon

(14th)

Sr.

Iowa State

20

Connor Bass

(19th)

Sr.

Duke

 

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

Myles Martin

(8th)

So.

Ohio State

6

Jack Dechow

(7th)

Sr.

Old Dominion

7

Zach Zavatsky

(10th)

So.

Virginia Tech

8

Timothy Dudley

(5th)

Sr.

Nebraska

9

Nathan Jackson

(6th)

Sr.

Indiana

10

Mike Macchiavello

(9th)

Jr.

NC State

11

Emery Parker

(11th)

So.

Illinois

12

Drew Foster

(13th)

So.

Northern Iowa

13

Dakota Geer

(14th)

Fr.

Edinboro

14

Bryce Carr

(15th)

Jr.

Chattanooga

15

Jordan Ellingwood

(17th)

Jr.

Central Michigan

16

Ville Heino

(18th)

Jr.

Campbell

17

Hunter Gamble

(20th)

Jr.

Gardner-Webb

18

Nicholas Gravina

(12th)

Jr.

Rutgers

19

Michael Coleman

(NR)

Jr.

Navy

20

Steven Schneider

(16th)

Jr.

Binghamton

 

197 Pounds                                 

Rk

Name

Prev.

Yr.

School

1

J'den Cox

(1st)

Sr.

Missouri

2

Brett Pfarr

(2nd)

Sr.

Minnesota

3

Kollin Moore

(4th)

RFr.

Ohio State

4

Jared Haught

(3rd)

Jr.

Virginia Tech

5

Matt McCutcheon

(7th)

Jr.

Penn State

6

Preston Weigel

(9th)

So.

Oklahoma State

7

Aaron Studebaker

(5th)

Sr.

Nebraska

8

Jake Smith

(6th)

Jr.

West Virginia

9

Ryan Wolfe

(10th)

Sr.

Rider

10

Kevin Beazley

(12th)

Jr.

Old Dominion

11

Frank Mattiace

(17th)

So.

Penn

12

Ricky Robertson

(13th)

Jr.

Wisconsin

13

Nate Rotert

(8th)

Jr.

South Dakota State

14

Corey Griego

(18th)

So.

Oregon State

15

Jacob Holschlag

(20th)

RFr.

Northern Iowa

16

Brett Harner

(11th)

Sr.

Princeton

17

Brad Johnson

(19th)

Sr.

Oklahoma

18

Shawn Scott

(15th)

Sr.

Northern Illinois

19

Tom Sleigh

(16th)

Jr.

Bucknell

20

Austin Severn

(14th)

Sr.

Central Michigan

 

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

(5th)

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

Ryan Solomon

(11th)

Jr.

Pitt

11

Collin Jensen

(10th)

Sr.

Nebraska

12

Cody Crawford

(15th)

Jr.

Oregon State

13

Dustin Dennison

(NR)

Jr.

Utah Valley

14

Ross Larson

(17th)

Sr.

Oklahoma

15

Garrett Ryan

(NR)

Jr.

Columbia

16

Doug Vollaro

(14th)

Sr.

Lehigh

17

Jere Heino

(NR)

So.

Campbell

18

Jared Johnson

(12th)

Sr.

Chattanooga

19

Nathan Butler

(16th)

Jr.

Stanford

20

Billy Miller

(19th)

So.

Edinboro

 

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