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After taking redshirts off key freshmen, Penn State and Iowa move up in WIN’s Div. I TPI and Dual Team rankings

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by WIN Magazine

NEWTON, IOWA — Penn State and Iowa recently took the redshirts off talented freshmen with the last name Lee and both the Nittany Lions and Hawkeyes used impressive victories to move up in WIN’s Jan. 15, 2018 Tournament Power Index and Rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

The Nittany Lions, winners of six of the last seven NCAA team championships, defeated No. 3 Michigan last weekend to regain the top spot with 124 TPI points. Eight Penn State wrestlers are ranked and all eight are rated in the Top 8 of their weight class, which would earn them All-American honors this March in Cleveland, Ohio. Among those talented Nittany Lions is true freshman Nick Lee, who is ranked No. 6 at 141 after Penn State removed his redshirt last weekend.

WIN’s Tournament Power Index (TPI) awards teams points for individuals ranked in the respective weight classes based on how many potential All-Americans each school could produce at the 2018 NCAA Championships this March. 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.

Penn State moved ahead of Ohio State, which was ranked No. 1 the last two WIN rankings. The Buckeyes still feature a ranked wrestler in all ten weight classes, including eight in the Top 8, and earned 121 TPI points.

Iowa, which upset Oklahoma State last Sunday, moved up two spots to No. 4 this week with 71 TPI points, just 3.5 points behind Michigan’s 74.5 TPI points. The Hawkeyes feature seven ranked wrestlers, including six in the Top 8 of their weight class. That includes 125-pound Spencer Lee, who is ranked No. 8.

The Wolverines feature eight ranked wrestlers, six in the Top 8 of their weight class.

The Hawkeyes and Wolverines will meet in a dual meet on January 27 in Iowa City. Ohio State will host Iowa on January 21.

Regarding WIN’s dual-team rankings, Penn State remains No. 1 ahead of Ohio State, Michigan, Iowa and NC State. Arizona State moved up one spot to No. 9 after winning last weekend’s Virginia Duals.

WIN’s Jan. 15, 2018 Tournament Power Index

 

Rk

School

Total

Top 8

TPI

 

 

Wrestlers

Wrestlers

Points

1.

Penn State

8

8

124

2.

Ohio State

10

8

121

3.

Michigan

8

6

74.5

4.

Iowa

7

6

71

5.

NC State

6

5

60.5

6.

Oklahoma State

8

5

57.5

7.

Missouri

6

4

49

8.

Arizona State

7

3

44.5

9.

Lehigh

8

3

42.5

10.

Virginia Tech

5

4

38

11.

South Dakota State

4

2

30.5

12.

Wyoming

4

2

29

13.

Illinois

3

1

26

14.

Minnesota

6

2

24.5

15.

Northwestern

5

2

22.5

16t.

Northern Iowa

6

2

22

16t.

Rutgers

5

1

22

18.

Central Michigan

6

1

20

19.

Cornell

4

1

17

20.

North Carolina

5

1

16

21.

Rider

3

1

15.5

22.

Duke

2

1

14.5

23t.

Nebraska

5

1

13.5

23t.

Princeton

4

1

13.5

25.

Virginia

3

1

11.5

26.

Oregon State

2

1

11

27t.

Lock Haven

3

1

8

27t.

Navy

3

1

8

29t.

Drexel

1

1

6.5

29t.

Maryland

1

1

6.5

29t.

North Dakota State

2

1

6.5

32t.

Edinboro

4

0

6

32t.

Stanford

3

0

6

32t.

Wisconsin

4

0

6

35t.

Hofstra

1

1

5.5

35t.

Penn

1

1

5.5

35t.

Purdue

4

0

5.5

38.

Pitt

3

0

5

39t.

American

2

0

4

39t.

Buffalo

3

0

4

39t.

CSU Bakersfield

3

0

4

42t.

Chattanooga

2

0

3.5

42t.

West Virginia

2

0

3.5

44t.

Bucknell

2

0

3

44t.

Utah Valley

2

0

3

46t.

Northern Colorado

2

0

2.5

46t.

Oklahoma

2

0

2.5

48t.

Binghamton

1

0

2

48t.

Clarion

1

0

2

50t.

Columbia

1

0

1.5

50t.

Ohio U

1

0

1.5

52t.

Air Force

1

0

1

52t.

Appalachian State

1

0

1

52t.

Cleveland State

1

0

1

52t.

Michigan State

1

0

1

52t.

Old Dominion

1

0

1

WIN’s Jan. 15, 2018 Dual-Team Ranks        

Rank

School

Record

Previous

1

Penn State

(7-0)

1st

2

Ohio State

(9-0)

2nd

3

Michigan

(5-2)

5th

4

Iowa

(10-0)

7th

5

Lehigh

(8-1)

4th

6

Missouri

(13-0)

6th

7

Oklahoma State

(6-0)

3rd

8

NC State

(10-1)

8th

9

Arizona State

(7-2)

10th

10

Virginia Tech

(8-2)

9th

11

Northern Iowa

(5-2)

11th

12

South Dakota State

(7-2)

12th

13

Wyoming

(7-2)

15th

14

Rutgers

(4-3)

13th

15

Minnesota

(6-3)

16th

16

Illinois

(3-3)

14th

17

Nebraska

(4-3)

19th

18

Purdue

(5-2)

18th

19

Cornell

(4-2)

20th

20

Central Michigan

(3-4)

21st

21

Edinboro

(3-1)

22nd

22

Rider

(7-2)

23rd

23

Northwestern

(7-1)

NR

24

North Carolina

(6-8)

24thh

25

Wisconsin

(4-1)

17th

WIN’s Jan. 15, 2018 Individual Rankings

125 pounds                                                                                                                                

Wt/Rank

Name

School

Year

Previous

125/1.

Nathan Tomasello

Ohio State

Senior

1st

125/2.

Nick Suriano

Rutgers

Sophomore

2nd

125/3.

Darian Cruz

Lehigh

Senior

3rd

125/4.

Ethan Lizak

Minnesota

Junior

4th

125/5.

Sean Fausz

NC State

Junior

5th

125/6.

Ronnie Bresser

Oregon State

Junior

7th

125/7.

Sebastian Rivera

Northwestern

RS Freshman

8th

125/8.

Spencer Lee

Iowa

Freshman

9th

125/9.

Nick Piccininni

Oklahoma State

Sophomore

6th

125/10.

Taylor Lamont

Utah Valley

RS Freshman

10th

125/11.

Sean Russell

Edinboro

Junior

11th

125/12.

Luke Welch

Purdue

Senior

14th

125/13.

Ryan Millhof

Arizona State

Junior

17th

125/14.

Zeke Moisey

West Virginia

Junior

15th

125/15.

Drew Mattin

Michigan

RS Freshman

16th

125/16.

Louie Hayes

Virginia

Freshman

13th

125/17.

Christian Moody

Oklahoma

Sophomore

20th

125/18.

Jacob Schwarm

Northern Iowa

Sophomore

12th

125/19.

Travis Piotrowski

Illinois

Sophomore

18th

125/20.

Kyle Akins

Buffalo

Junior

19th

133 pounds                                                                                                                                

Wt/Rank

Name

School

Year

Previous

133/1.

Seth Gross

South Dakota State

Junior

1st

133/2.

Stevan Micic

Michigan

Sophomore

2nd

133/3.

Kaid Brock

Oklahoma State

Sophomore

3rd

133/4.

Luke Pletcher

Ohio State

Sophomore

5th

133/5.

John Erneste

Missouri

Junior

6th

133/6.

Jack Mueller

Virginia

Sophomore

4th

133/7.

Austin DeSanto

Drexel

Freshman

7th

133/8.

Montorie Bridges

Wyoming

RS Freshman

9th

133/9.

Mitch McKee

Minnesota

Sophomore

8th

133/10.

Scott Parker

Lehigh

Junior

10th

133/11.

Josh Terao

American U.

Junior

11th

133/12.

Bryan Lantry

Buffalo

Junior

12th

133/13.

Scott Delvecchio

Rutgers

Senior

13th

133/14.

Dom Forys

Pitt

Senior

14th

133/15.

Cameron Kelly

Ohio U.

Junior

15th

133/16.

Korbin Myers

Edinboro

Sophomore

16th

133/17.

Anthony Cefolo

Rider

Junior

17th

133/18.

Colin Valdviez

Northwestern

Freshman

18th

133/19.

Ali Naser

Arizona State

Senior

NR

133/20.

Dennis Gustafson

Virginia Tech

Senior

19th

141 pounds                                                                                                                                

Wt/Rank

Name

School

Year

Previous

141/1.

Bryce Meredith

Wyoming

Senior

1st

141/2.

Kevin Jack

NC State

Senior

2nd

141/3.

Dean Heil

Oklahoma State

Senior

3rd

141/4.

Yianni Diakomihalis

Cornell

Freshman

4th

141/5.

Jaydin Eierman

Missouri

Sophomore

5th

141/6.

Nick Lee

Penn State

Freshman

7th

141/7.

Josh Alber

Northern Iowa

Junior

8th

141/8.

Tommy Thorn

Minnesota

Junior

9th

141/9.

Joey McKenna

Ohio State

Junior

6th

141/10.

Brock Zacherl

Clarion

Junior

11th

141/11.

Mason Smith

Central Michigan

Sophomore

12th

141/12.

Tyler Smith

Bucknell

Senior

13th

141/13.

Chad Red

Nebraska

RS Freshman

10th

141/14.

Kanen Storr

Iowa State

RS Freshman

16th

141/15.

Russell Rohlfing

CSU Bakersfield

Sophomore

15th

141/16.

Nick Zanetta

Pitt

Senior

14th

141/17.

Nate Limmex

Purdue

Sophomore

NR

141/18.

Luke Karam

Lehigh

Freshman

17th

141/19.

Eli Stickley

Wisconsin

Sophomore

19th

141/20.

Alex Madrigal

Old Dominion

Sophomore

18th

149 pounds                                                                                                                                

Wt/Rank

Name

School

Year

Previous

149/1.

Zain Retherford

Penn State

Senior

1st

149/2.

Brandon Sorensen

Iowa

Senior

2nd

149/3.

Justin Oliver

Central Michigan

Junior

3rd

149/4.

Ryan Deakin

Northwestern

RS Freshman

4th

149/5.

Troy Heilmann

North Carolina

Senior

5th

149/6.

Matthew Kolodzik

Princeton

Sophomore

6th

149/7.

Ke-Shawn Hayes

Ohio State

Sophomore

7th

149/8.

Solomon Chishko

Virginia Tech

Junior

8th

149/9.

Max Thomsen

Northern Iowa

Sophomore

9th

149/10.

Colton McCrystal

Nebraska

Senior

10th

149/11.

Beau Donahue

NC State

Senior

11th

149/12.

Boo Lewallen

Oklahoma State

Sophomore

12th

149/13.

Grant Leeth

Missouri

Junior

15th

149/14.

Steve Bleise

Minnesota

Junior

13th

149/15.

Jason Tsirtsis

Arizona State

Senior

NR

141/16.

Jared Prince

Navy

Sophomore

16th

149/17.

Eleazar Deluca

Rutgers

Senior

18th

149/18.

Ronnie Perry

Lock Haven

Senior

19th

149/19.

Cortlandt Schuyler

Lehigh

Junior

NR

149/20.

Sam Krivus

Virginia

Sophomore

17th

157 pounds                                                                                                                                

Wt/Rank

Name

School

Year

Previous

157/1.

Jason Nolf

Penn State

Junior

1st

157/2.

Michael Kemerer

Iowa

Sophomore

2nd

157/3.

Joey Lavallee

Missouri

Senior

3rd

157/4.

Alex Pantaleo

Michigan

Junior

4th

157/5.

Josh Shields

Arizona State

Sophomore

5th

157/6.

Micah Jordan

Ohio State

Junior

6th

157/7.

Hayden Hidlay

NC State

Freshman

7th

157/8.

Clayton Ream

North Dakota State

Senior

8th

157/9.

Luke Zilverberg

South Dakota State

Senior

9th

157/10.

Archie Colgan

Wyoming

Senior

10th

157/11.

Paul Fox

Stanford

Junior

11th

157/12.

Mitch Finesilver

Duke

Junior

12th

157/13.

Tyler Berger

Nebraska

Junior

13th

157/14.

Colin Heffernan

Central Michigan

Senior

14th

157/15.

Coleman Hammond

CSU Bakersfield

Senior

15th

157/16.

Kennedy Monday

North Carolina

Freshman

19th

157/17.

Jake Short

Minnesota

Senior

17th

157/18.

Alex Mossing

Air Force

Junior

20th

157/19.

Mike D’Angelo

Princeton

Junior

NR

157/16.

B.J. Clagon

Rider

Senior

16th

165 pounds

Rank

Name

School

Year

Previous

165/1.

Vincenzo Joseph

Penn State

Sophomore

1st

165/2.

Isaiah Martinez

Illinois

Senior

2nd

165/3.

Chad Walsh

Rider

Senior

4th

165/4.

David McFadden

Virginia Tech

Sophomore

5th

165/5.

Logan Massa

Michigan

Sophomore

3rd

165/6.

Alex Marinelli

Iowa

RS Freshman

10th

165/7.

Chandler Rogers

Oklahoma State

Junior

6th

165/8.

Chance Marsteller

Lock Haven

Junior

7th

165/9.

Evan Wick

Wisconsin

Freshman

8th

165/10.

Nick Wanzek

Minnesota

Senior

9th

165/11.

Richie Lewis

Rutgers

Senior

11th

165/12.

Isaiah White

Nebraska

Sophomore

12th

165/13.

Te-Shan Campbell

Ohio State

Junior

13th

165/14.

Branson Ashworth

Wyoming

Junior

14th

165/15.

Jonathan Schleifer

Princeton

Senior

15th

165/16.

Anthony Valencia

Arizona State

Sophomore

16th

165/17.

Austin Matthews

Edinboro

Senior

17th

165/18.

Gordon Wolf

Lehigh

Junior

18th

165/19.

Demetrius Romero

Utah Valley

Sophomore

19th

165/20.

Andrew Fogerty

North Dakota State

Sophomore

20th

174 pounds                                                                                                                                

Rank

Name

School

Year

Previous

174/1.

Zahid Valencia

Arizona State

Sophomore

1st

174/2.

Mark Hall

Penn State

Sophomore

2nd

174/3.

Bo Jordan

Ohio State

Senior

3rd

174/4.

Daniel Lewis

Missouri

Junior

4th

174/5.

Jordan Kutler

Lehigh

Sophomore

5th

174/6.

Taylor Lujan

Northern Iowa

Sophomore

6th

174/7.

Myles Amine

Michigan

Sophomore

7th

174/8.

Jadaen Bernstein

Navy

Senior

8th

174/9.

Keaton Subjeck

Stanford

Senior

9th

174/10.

Ethan Ramos

North Carolina

Senior

10th

174/11.

David Kocer

South Dakota State

Senior

11th

174/12.

Jacobe Smith

Oklahoma State

Senior

12th

174/13.

Brandon Womack

Cornell

Junior

13th

174/14.

Yoanse Mejias

Oklahoma

Senior

14th

174/15.

Dylan Lydy

Purdue

Sophomore

15th

174/16.

Johnny Sebastian

Northwestern

Junior

19th

174/17.

C.J. Brucki

Central Michigan

Senior

18th

174/18.

Ryan Christensen

Wisconsin

Junior

16th

174/19.

Drew Hughes

Michigan State

Sophomore

17th

174/20.

Forrest Pryzbysz

Appalachian State

Senior

20th

184 pounds                                                                                                                                

Rank

Name

School

Year

Previous

184/1.

Bo Nickal

Penn State

Junior

1st

184/2.

Myles Martin

Ohio State

Junior

2nd

184/3.

Pete Renda

NC State

Senior

3rd

184/4.

Ryan Preisch

Lehigh

Junior

4th

184/5.

Dominic Abounader

Michigan

Senior

5th

184/6.

Emery Parker

Illinois

Junior

6th

184/7.

Taylor Venz

Nebraska

RS Freshman

7th

184/8.

Zack Zavatsky

Virginia Tech

Junior

8th

184/9.

Ricky Robertson

Wisconsin

Senior

9th

184/10.

Drew Foster

Northern Iowa

Junior

10th

184/11.

Steven Schneider

Binghamton

Senior

12th

184/12.

Bryce Carr

Chattanooga

Senior

13th

184/13.

Max Dean

Cornell

Freshman

14th

184/14.

Chip Ness

North Carolina

Junior

NR

184/15.

Dylan Gabel

Northern Colorado

Junior

15th

184/16.

Nick Gravina

Rutgers

Senior

11th

184/17.

Jordan Ellingwood

Central Michigan

Senior

16th

184/18.

Mitch Bowman

Iowa

Junior

NR

184/19.

Michael Coleman

Navy

Senior

NR

184/20.

Nick Corba

Cleveland State

Senior

17th

197 pounds                                                                                                                                

Rank

Name

School

Year

Previous

197/1.

Kollin Moore

Ohio State

Sophomore

1st

197/2.

Preston Weigel

Oklahoma State

Junior

2nd

197/3.

Jared Haught

Virginia Tech

Senior

3rd

197/4.

Mike Macchiavello

NC State

Senior

4th

197/5.

Cash Wilcke

Iowa

Sophomore

5th

197/6.

Anthony Cassar

Penn State

Sophomore

6th

197/7.

Nate Rotert

South Dakota State

Senior

7th

197/8.

Frank Mattiace

Penn

Senior

8th

197/9.

Kevin Beazley

Michigan

Graduate

9th

197/10.

Patrick Brucki

Princeton

Freshman

10th

197/11.

Jeric Kasunic

American U.

Senior

11th

197/12.

Jake Smith

West Virginia

Senior

12th

197/13.

Willie Miklus

Missouri

Senior

13th

197/14.

Ben Darmstadt

Cornell

Freshman

15th

197/15.

Scottie Boykin

Chattanooga

Junior

18th

197/16.

Jacob Holschlag

Northern Iowa

Sophomore

14th

197/17.

Matt Williams

CSU Bakersfield

Senior

16th

197/18.

Daniel Chaid

North Carolina

Senior

17th

197/19.

Tom Sleigh

Bucknell

Senior

19th

197/20.

Jacob Seely

Northern Colorado

Sophomore

20th

Heavyweight                                                                                                                      

Rank

Name

School

Year

Previous

Hwt/1.

Kyle Snyder

Ohio State

Senior

1st

Hwt/2.

Adam Coon

Michigan

Graduate

2nd

Hwt/3.

Sam Stoll

Iowa

Junior

3rd

Hwt/4.

Jacob Kasper

Duke

Senior

4th

Hwt/5.

Nick Nevills

Penn State

Junior

5th

Hwt/6.

Tanner Hall

Arizona State

Junior

6th

Hwt/7.

Youssif Hemida

Maryland

Junior

7th

Hwt/8.

Mike Hughes

Hofstra

Senior

8th

Hwt/9.

Derek White

Oklahoma State

Junior

9th

Hwt/10.

Nathan Butler

Stanford

Senior

10th

Hwt/11.

Amarveer Dhesi

Oregon State

Senior

11th

Hwt/12.

Ryan Solomon

Pitt

Senior

12th

Hwt/13.

Thomas Haines

Lock Haven

Junior

13th

Hwt/14.

Jordan Wood

Lehigh

RS Freshman

14th

Hwt/15.

Billy Miller

Edinboro

Junior

15th

Hwt/16.

Garrett Ryan

Columbia

Senior

16th

Hwt/17.

Conan Jennings

Northwestern

Junior

17th

Hwt/18.

Matt Stencel

Central Michigan

RS Freshman

18th

Hwt/19.

Shawn Streck

Purdue

RS Freshman

19th

Hwt/20.

Jake Gunning

Buffalo

Sophomore

20th

 


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