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by Mike Finn, WIN Magazine

Mark Hall of Penn State controls Zahid Valencia of Arizona State in their dual meet. Photo courtesy of GoPSUSports.com

NEWTON, Iowa — Tis the season for holiday tournaments to begin and there’s a new No. 1-ranked wrestler in WIN Magazine’s Dec. 17 rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic. Penn State’s Mark Hall takes over the top spot at 174 pounds after downing defending champ and rival Zahid Valencia of Arizona State, 4-0, in a dual over the weekend.

Penn State handled Arizona State 41-3 and remains the top team in both the Tournament Power Index and dual-meet rankings. Penn State (4-0) leads WIN’s TPI rankings with 120.5 points and features nine ranked wrestlers, including four top-ranked wrestlers: Jason Nolf (157), Vincenzo Joseph (165), Hall (174) and Bo Nickal (197).

Penn State will now prepare for the Southern Scuffle, which will be held Jan. 1-2 in Chattanooga. Prior to that event, there will be two other significant regular-season tournaments — the Reno Tournament of Champions, Dec. 20, the Midlands in Hoffman Estates, Ill., Dec. 29-30 — as well as the South Beach Duals on Dec. 29-30 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Second-ranked Ohio State has 79 TPI points and eight ranked wrestlers and is off until Jan. 6. No. 3 Iowa (74.5 TPI, nine ranked wrestlers) will head the field at the 56th annual Midlands, hosted by No. 10 Northwestern University.

No. 4 Oklahoma State, with 66.5 points and 10 ranked wrestlers, will compete in both the Reno TOC and the Southern Scuffle, which also includes No. 9 Virginia Tech.

The South Beach Duals, which will be held at the Ft. Lauderdale Convention Center, is a dual-meet event that features four matches for 16 teams, including four teams that are ranked in WIN’s Top 15 TPI: No. 5 NC State, No. 7 Minnesota, as well as Missouri and Cornell, which are tied for 11th and 15th, respectively.

These are the final rankings of 2018. WIN’s next rankings will be announced on Thursday, Jan. 3.

WIN’s Tournament Power Index (TPI) awards team points for individuals ranked in the respective weight classes based on how many potential All-Americans each school could produce at the 2019 NCAA Championships, March 21-23, in Pittsburgh, Pa.

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 Magazine’s Dec. 17, 2018 Dual-Team Rankings

Rk

School

Record

Previous

1.

Penn State

4-0

1st

2.

Ohio State

3-0

2nd

3.

Iowa

6-0

3rd

4.

Oklahoma State

5-0

4th

5.

Michigan

3-0

5th

6.

Missouri

5-0

6th

7.

NC State

6-0

7th

8.

Cornell

3-0

8th

9.

Minnesota

3-1

9th

10.

Wisconsin

6-1

10th

11.

Nebraska

5-2

11th

12.

Virginia Tech

1-2

12th

13.

North Carolina

3-1

13th

14.

Arizona State

1-3

14th

15.

Wyoming

3-2

15th

16.

Pitt

3-0

16th

17.

Purdue

2-1

17th

18.

Northern Iowa

1-2

18th

19.

North Dakota State

4-1

19th

20.

Utah Valley

5-2

20th

21.

Princeton

2-3

21st

22.

Rutgers

6-1

22nd

23.

Iowa State

2-1

23rd

24.

Northwestern

1-2

24th

25.

Lock Haven

2-0

25th


WIN Magazine’s Dec. 17, 2018 Tournament Power Index (TPI)

Rk

School

Total Ranked

Top 8

Points

1.

Penn State

9

7

120.5

2.

Ohio State

8

5

79

3.

Iowa

9

5

74.5

4.

Oklahoma State

10

5

66.5

5.

NC State

9

5

63.5

6.

Michigan

8

5

52.5

7.

Minnesota

7

4

46

8.

Nebraska

8

3

36

9.

Virginia Tech

6

4

35

10.

Northwestern

4

2

35.5

11t.

Arizona State

5

3

34.5

11t.

Missouri

8

2

34.5

11t.

Princeton

3

2

34.5

11t.

Rutgers

4

2

34.5

15t.

Cornell

6

2

32.5

15t.

Lehigh

6

3

32.5

17.

Illinois

5

2

29

18.

Wisconsin

4

1

21.5

19.

North Carolina

5

2

20.5

20.

South Dakota State

1

1

20

21.

Pitt

4

2

18.5

22.

Northern Iowa

5

2

17

23.

Iowa State

5

1

15

24.

Lock Haven

1

1

13.5

25.

Oregon State

1

1

12.5

26t.

Clarion

2

1

11

26t.

Maryland

2

1

11

28t.

Campbell

3

1

9.5

28t.

Stanford

3

1

9.5

30.

Virginia

3

1

9

31t.

Army

3

1

8

31t.

Utah Valley

5

0

8

33.

Buffalo

2

1

7.5

34.

Michigan State

2

1

7

35.

Purdue

4

0

6

36t.

Old Dominion

3

0

5

36t.

Wyoming

3

0

5

38.

North Dakota State

3

0

4.5

39.

Duke

2

0

3

40.

Indiana

2

0

2.5

41t.

Appalachian State

1

0

2

41t.

Binghamton

1

0

2

41t.

Brown

2

0

2

41t.

George Mason

1

0

2

41t.

Northern Colorado

2

0

2

41t.

Ohio U.

1

0

2

41t.

Oklahoma

1

0

2

48t.

American U.

1

0

1.5

48t.

Columbia

1

0

1.5

48t.

Fresno State

1

0

1.5

48t.

Gardner-Webb

1

0

1.5

52t.

CSU Bakersfield

1

0

1

52t.

Drexel

1

0

1

52t.

Navy

1

0

1

52t.

Penn

1

0

1


WIN Magazine’s Dec. 17, 2018 Individual Rankings

125 pounds                                                                                        

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Spencer Lee

Iowa

So.

1st

2

Sebastian Rivera

Northwestern

So.

2nd

3

Nick Piccininni

Oklahoma State

Jr.

3rd

4

Ronnie Bresser

Oregon State

Sr.

4th

5

Sean Russell

Minnesota

Sr.

5th

6

Sean Fausz

NC State

Sr.

6th

7

Ryan Millhof

Arizona State

Sr.

7th

8

Rayvon Foley

Michigan State

So.

8th

9

Drew Mattin

Michigan

So.

9th

10

Vitali Arujau

Cornell

Fr.

NR

11

Pat Glory

Princeton

Fr.

10th

12

Shakur Laney

Ohio U.

Jr

11th

13

Brent Fleetwood

North Dakota State

Sr.

12th

14

Louie Hayes

Virginia

So.

13th

15

Travis Piotrowski

Illinois

Jr.

14th

16

Zeke Moisey

Nebraska

Sr.

15th

17

Devin Schroder

Purdue

So.

16th

18

Gabe Townsell

Stanford

Jr.

17th

19

Rico Montoya

Northern Colorado

Sr.

18th

20

Colby Smith

Missouri

So.

19th


133 pounds                            
                                                           

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Seth Gross

South Dakota State

Sr.

1st

2

Nick Suriano

Rutgers

Jr.

2nd

3

Stevan Micic

Michigan

Jr.

3rd

4

Tariq Wilson

NC State

So.

4th

5

Daton Fix

Oklahoma State

RS Fr.

5th

6

Luke Pletcher

Ohio State

Jr.

6th

7

Micky Phillippi

Pitt

Fr.

7th

8

Ethan Lizak

Minnesota

Jr.

8th

9

John Erneste

Missouri

Sr.

9th

10

Austin Gomez

Iowa State

RS Fr.

10th

11

Montorie Bridges

Wyoming

So.

11th

12

Chas Tucker

Cornell

Jr.

12th

13

Austin DeSanto

Iowa

So.

13th

14

Korbin Myers

Virginia Tech

Jr.

14th

15

Josh Terao

American U.

Sr.

15th

16

Cam Sykora

North Dakota State

Jr.

16th

17

Dylan Duncan

Illinois

So.

17th

18

Sean Nickell

CSU Bakersfield

Sr.

18th

19

Ben Thornton

Purdue

Sr.

19th

20

Roman Bravo-Young

Penn State

Fr.

20th


141 pounds

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Yianni Diakomihalis

Cornell

So.

1st

2

Joey McKenna

Ohio State

Sr.

2nd

3

Jaydin Eierman

Missouri

Jr.

3rd

4

Nick Lee

Penn State

So.

4th

5

Mitch McKee

Minnesota

Jr.

5th

6

Michael Carr

Illinois

So.

6th

7

Bryan Lantry

Buffalo

Sr.

7th

8

Kanen Storr

Michigan

So.

8th

9

Dom Demas

Oklahoma

RS Fr.

9th

10

Kaid Brock

Oklahoma State

Jr.

10th

11

Josh Alber

Northern Iowa

Sr.

11th

12

Matt Findlay

Utah Valley

So.

13th

13

Max Murin

Iowa

RS Fr.

14th

14

Cole Weaver

Indiana

Sr.

15th

15

Sa’Derian Perry

Old Dominion

Jr.

16th

16

A.C. Headlee

North Carolina

Jr.

NR

17

Ian Parker

Iowa State

So.

20th

18

Chad Red

Nebraska

So.

19th

19

Jamal Morris

NC State

Sr.

12th

20

Nick Gil

Navy

Sr.

18th


149 pounds

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Matt Kolodzik

Princeton

Jr.

1st

2

Anthony Ashnault

Rutgers

Sr.

2nd

3

Micah Jordan

Ohio State

Sr.

3rd

4

Justin Oliver

NC State

Sr.

4th

5

Brock Zacherl

Clarion

Sr.

5th

6

Austin O'Connor

North Carolina

RS Fr.

6th

7

Paul Fox

Stanford

Sr.

7th

8

Max Thomsen

Northern Iowa

Jr.

8th

9

Jarrett Degen

Iowa State

So.

9th

10

Pat Lugo

Iowa

Sr.

10th

11

Kaden Gfeller

Oklahoma State

RS Fr.

11th

12

Cole Martin

Wisconsin

Jr.

12th

13

Mitch Finesilver

Duke

Sr.

14th

14

Tommy Thorn

Minnesota

Sr.

15th

15

Khristian Olivas

Fresno State

Jr.

16th

16

Josh Heil

Campbell

So.

17th

17

Brady Berge

Penn State

RS Fr.

NR

18

Josh Maruca

Arizona State

Jr.

13th

19

Alfred Bannister

Maryland

Sr.

18th

20

Anthony Artalona

Penn

Fr.

19th


157 pounds                            
                                                           

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Jason Nolf

Penn State

Sr.

1st

2

Ryan Deakin

Northwestern

So.

2nd

3

Tyler Berger

Nebraska

Sr.

4th

4

Hayden Hidlay

NC State

So.

3rd

5

Alec Pantaleo

Michigan

Sr.

5th

6

Taleb Rahmani

Pitt

Jr.

6th

7

Kennedy Monday

North Carolina

So.

7th

8

Kaleb Young

Iowa

So.

8th

9

Ke-Shawn Hayes

Ohio State

Jr.

9th

10

Larry Early

Old Dominion

Jr.

10th

11

Gordon Wolf

Lehigh

Sr.

11th

12

Steve Bleise

Minnesota

Sr.

12th

13

Andrew Shomers

Oklahoma State

Jr.

13th

14

Austin Kraisser

Campbell

Jr.

14th

15

Danny Reed

Columbia

Sr.

15th

16

Tyler Marinelli

Gardner Webb

Sr.

16th

17

John Van Brill

Rutgers

Sr.

17th

18

Christian Pagdilao

Arizona State

Gr.

19th

19

Luke Weiland

Army

Jr.

20th

20

Jarrett Jacques

Missouri

Fr.

NR


165 pounds                            
                                                           

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Vincenzo Joseph

Penn State

Jr.

1st

2

Evan Wick

Wisconsin

So.

2nd

3

Chance Marstellar

Lock Haven

Sr.

3rd

4

Alex Marinelli

Iowa

So.

4th

5

Josh Shields

Arizona State

Jr.

5th

6

Isaiah White

Nebraska

Jr.

6th

7

Mekhi Lewis

Virginia Tech

RS Fr.

7th

8

Logan Massa

Michigan

Jr.

8th

9

Branson Ashworth

Wyoming

Sr.

9th

10

Chandler Rogers

Oklahoma State

Sr.

10th

11

Demetrius Romero

Utah Valley

Jr.

11th

12

Bryce Steiert

Northern Iowa

Sr.

12th

13

Andrew Fogarty

North Dakota State

Jr.

13th

14

Cole Walter

Lehigh

Jr.

14th

15

Connor Flynn

Missouri

Jr.

15th

16

Joey Gunther

Illinois

Jr.

16th

17

Cam Coy

Virginia

RS Fr.

17th

18

Bryce Martin

Indiana

Sr.

18th

19

Thomas Bullard

NC State

So.

19th

20

Jon Viruet

Brown

Sr.

20th

                                                                                   

174 pounds                                                                                        

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Mark Hall

Penn State

Jr.

2nd

2

Zahid Valencia

Arizona State

Jr.

1st

3

Myles Amine

Michigan

Jr.

3rd

4

Daniel Lewis

Missouri

Sr.

4th

5

David McFadden

Virginia Tech

Jr.

5th

6

Jordan Kutler

Lehigh

Jr.

6th

7

Jacobe Smith

Oklahoma State

Sr.

7th

8

Taylor Lujan

Northern Iowa

Jr.

8th

9

Mikey Labriola

Nebraska

RS Fr.

9th

10

Dylan Lydy

Purdue

Jr.

10th

11

Johnny Sebastian

Northwestern

Sr.

11th

12

Brandon Womack

Cornell

Jr.

12th

13

Matt Finesilver

Duke

So.

13th

14

Ben Harvey

Army

Jr.

14th

15

Seldon Wright

Old Dominion

Sr.

15th

16

Ryan Christensen

Wisconsin

Sr.

16th

17

Daniel Bullard

NC State

So.

17th

18

Devin Skatzka

Minnesota

Jr.

18th

19

Kimball Bastian

Utah Valley

Jr.

19th

20

Te’Shan Campbell

Ohio State

Sr.

20th


184 pounds                            
                                                           

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Myles Martin

Ohio State

Sr.

1st

2

Emery Parker

Illinois

Sr.

2nd

3

Shakur Rasheed

Penn State

Sr.

4th

4

Nick Reenan

NC State

Jr.

6th

5

Zack Zavatsky

Virginia Tech

Sr.

7th

6

Ryan Preisch

Lehigh

Sr.

8th

7

Taylor Venz

Nebraska

So.

3rd

8

Max Dean

Cornell

So.

9th

9

Chip Ness

North Carolina

Sr.

11th

10

Dakota Geer

Oklahoma State

So.

10th

11

Drew Foster

Northern Iowa

Sr.

5th

12

Lou DePrez

Binghamton

Fr.

12th

13

Cash Wilcke

Iowa

Jr.

13th

14

Nino Bonaccorsi

Pitt

Fr.

14th

15

Nick Gravina

Rutgers

Sr.

15th

16

Cameron Caffey

Michigan State

So.

16th

17

Dylan Wisman

Missouri

Jr.

17th

18

CJ LaFragola

Brown

Sr.

18th

19

Samuel Colbray

Iowa State

So.

19th

20

Jelani Embree

Michigan

Fr.

20th


197 pounds                            
                                                           

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Bo Nickal

Penn State

Sr.

1st

2

Kollin Moore

Ohio State

Jr.

2nd

3

Preston Weigel

Oklahoma State

Sr.

4th

4

Patrick Brucki

Princeton

So.

5th

5

Jacob Warner

Iowa

RS Fr.

6th

6

Willie Miklus

Iowa State

Sr.

7th

7

Jay Aiello

Virginia

So.

8th

8

Rocco Caywood

Army

Sr.

9th

9

Nathan Traxler

Stanford

So.

10th

10

Christian Brunner

Purdue

Jr.

11th

11

Randall Diabe

Appalachian State

Sr.

14th

12

Jake Jacobsen

Lehigh

So.

17th

13

Eric Schultz

Nebraska

So.

12th

14

Jackson Striggow

Michigan

Jr.

16th

15

Tom Sleigh

Virginia Tech

Sr.

18th

16

Malik McDonald

NC State

Sr.

19th

17

Jacob Seely

Northern Colorado

Jr.

15th

18

Tanner Orndorff

Utah Valley

Jr.

NR

19

Stephen Loiseau

Drexel

Sr.

20th

20

Greg Bulsak

Clarion

So.

NR

                                                                                     

Heavyweight

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Sam Stoll

Iowa

Sr.

1st

2

Gable Steveson

Minnesota

Fr.

2nd

3

Derek White

Oklahoma State

Sr.

3rd

4

Anthony Cassar

Penn State

Sr.

4th

5

Youssif Hemida

Maryland

Sr.

5th

6

Jordan Wood

Lehigh

So.

6th

7

Jere Heino

Campbell

Sr.

7th

8

Bill Miller

Virginia Tech

Sr.

8th

9

Trent Hillger

Wisconsin

RS Fr.

9th

10

Tate Orndorff

Utah Valley

Jr.

11th

11

Zach Elam

Missouri

Jr.

12th

12

Matt Voss

George Mason

Sr.

13th

13

Chase Singletary

Ohio State

RS Fr.

14th

14

Cory Daniel

North Carolina

Sr.

10th

15

Conan Jennings

Northwestern

Sr.

15th

16

Demetrius Thomas

Pitt

Jr.

16th

17

Brian Andrews

Wyoming

So.

17th

18

Jake Gunning

Buffalo

Sr.

18th

19

Jeramy Sweany

Cornell

Sr.

19th

20

David Jensen

Nebraska

Jr.

NR

 


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