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Ohio State tops WIN Magazine's NCAA Div. I team ranking after Big Ten

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by WIN Magazine

NEWTON, Iowa — After Ohio State earned a second straight Big Ten tournament championship, the Buckeyes have taken over the No. 1 team ranking in what looks to be a tight team race at the NCAA Championships next week in Cleveland. Ohio State finished WIN’s Tournament Power Index Rankings, release March 6, with 124 points and two-time defending champ Penn State had 111. With bonus points not factored into the TPI, Penn State will look to keep that NCAA edge over the field in Cleveland and hopes defending champ Jason Nolf (157) will be near 100 percent in the three-day tournament after medically defaulting out of the Big Tens after two matches.

The Buckeyes, featuring ten ranked wrestlers, have eight guys ranked among the Top 8 wrestlers in their weight class, including Big Ten individual champions Nathan Tomasello (133), Joey McKenna (165) Kollin Moore (197) and Kyle Snyder (Hwt).

Penn State, which has won six of the last seven NCAA Championships, fell to No. 2 in WIN’s rankings and features the most top-ranked wrestlers in Big Ten champ Zain Retherford (149), Mark Hall (174) and Bo Nickal (184). Eight Nittany Lions are ranked in the Top 8 of their weight classes.

Making the biggest jump in this week’s rankings is the University of Missouri, which captured a seventh straight Mid-American Conference championship and moved from No. 5 to No. 3 in WIN’s TPI with 80 points. The Tigers also feature eight ranked wrestlers, six rated in the Top 8 of their weight classes.

Meanwhile, two other wrestlers have taken over the top spot at their weight class in these rankings. Lehigh senior Darian Cruz, the defending champion at 125 pounds, has moved up from No. 3 at the lightest weight after winning an EIWA championship, while NC State redshirt freshman and ACC champion Hayden Hidlay is now ranked No. 1 at 157 pounds.

WIN’s Tournament Power Index (TPI), presented each week by Cliff Keen Athletic, awards team points for individuals ranked in the respective weight classes based on how many points that placement would bring their team at the 2018 NCAA Championships, March 15-17. 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’s March 6, 2018 Tournament Power Index (TPI)

Rank

School

Total

Top 8

TPI

 

 

Ranked

Ranked

Points

1.

Ohio State

10

9

124

2.

Penn State

8

8

111

3.

Missouri

8

6

80.5

4.

Michigan

8

6

75

5.

NC State

8

4

62.5

6.

Iowa

8

5

60.5

7.

Lehigh

7

4

59.5

8.

Oklahoma State

9

4

48

9.

Virginia Tech

7

3

47

10.

Arizona State

7

4

45

11.

Wyoming

4

3

33.5

12.

Cornell

6

2

33

13.

Illinois

5

2

31

14.

South Dakota State

4

2

29.5

15.

Rutgers

5

2

26.5

16.

Northern Iowa

6

3

24.5

17.

North Carolina

7

1

18

18.

Northwestern

3

1

16

19.

Duke

3

1

15.5

20.

Stanford

3

2

13.5

21.

Rider

1

1

12.5

22t.

Minnesota

5

1

12

22t.

Oregon State

3

1

12

24.

Central Michigan

5

1

11.5

25.

Princeton

4

1

10

26.

Nebraska

5

0

9

27.

Lock Haven

3

1

8.5

28.

Virginia

2

1

7

29t.

Navy

4

0

6

29t.

Purdue

5

0

6

29t.

Wisconsin

3

0

6

32.

Utah Valley

1

1

5.5

33.

Edinboro

3

0

5

34t.

American U.

2

0

4

34t.

Pitt

3

0

4

34t.

West Virginia

2

0

4

37t.

Chattanooga

2

0

3

37t.

North Dakota State

2

0

3

39t.

Columbia

2

0

2.5

39t.

Maryland

2

0

2.5

41t.

Binghamton

1

0

2

41t.

Bucknell

1

0

2

41t.

Clarion

1

0

2

41t.

Drexel

1

0

2

41t.

Hofstra

1

0

2

41t.

Oklahoma

2

0

2

41t.

Penn

1

0

2

48t.

Appalachian State

1

0

1.5

48t.

Buffalo

1

0

1.5

48t.

Michigan State

1

0

1.5

48t.

Ohio U.

1

0

1.5

52t.

Army

1

0

1

52t.

CSU Bakersfield

1

0

1

 

 

WIN’s March 6, 2018 Individual Rankings

125 pounds                                                                                                                              

Wt/Rank

Name

School

Year

Previous

125/1.

Darian Cruz

Lehigh

Senior

2nd

125/2.

Nathan Tomasello

Ohio State

Senior

4th

125/3.

Nick Suriano

Rutgers

Sophomore

1st

125/4.

Spencer Lee

Iowa

Freshman

3rd

125/5.

Sean Fausz

NC State

Junior

6th

125/6.

Nick Piccininni

Oklahoma State

Sophomore

7th

125/7.

Ethan Lizak

Minnesota

Junior

9th

125/8.

Taylor Lamont

Utah Valley

RS Freshman

8th

125/9.

Sebastian Rivera

Northwestern

RS Freshman

5th

125/10.

Ronnie Bresser

Oregon State

Junior

10th

125/11.

Sean Russell

Edinboro

Junior

11th

125/12.

Zeke Moisey

West Virginia

Junior

13th

125/13.

Ryan Millhof

Arizona State

Junior

12th

125/14.

Louie Hayes

Virginia

RS Freshman

15th

125/15.

Luke Welch

Purdue

Senior

14th

125/16.

Rayvon Foley

Michigan State

Freshman

16th

125/17.

Jacob Schwarm

Northern Iowa

Sophomore

18th

125/18.

Christian Moody

Oklahoma

Sophomore

NR

125/19.

Travis Piotrowski

Illinois

Sophomore

19th

125/20.

Drew Mattin

Michigan

Freshman

17th

 

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

4th

133/5.

John Erneste

Missouri

Junior

6th

133/6.

Scott Parker

Lehigh

Junior

11th

133/7.

Montorie Bridges

Wyoming

RS Freshman

7th

133/8.

Jack Mueller

Virginia

Sophomore

8th

133/9.

Austin DeSanto

Drexel

Freshman

5th

133/10.

Dom Forys

Pitt

Senior

9th

133/11.

Josh Terao

American U.

Junior

13th

133/12.

Dennis Gustafson

Virginia Tech

Senior

19th

133/13.

Bryan Lantry

Buffalo

Junior

17th

133/14.

Cameron Kelly

Ohio U.

Junior

12th

133/15.

Dylan Duncan

Illinois

RS Freshman

NR

133/16.

Mitch McKee

Minnesota

Sophomore

10th

133/17.

Ali Naser

Arizona State

Senior

NR

133/18.

Chaz Tucker

Cornell

Junior

NR

133/19.

Korbin Myers

Edinboro

Sophomore

14th

133/20.

Tariq Wilson

NC State

RS Freshman

20th

 

141 pounds                                                                                                                              

Wt/Rank

Name

School

Year

Previous

141/1.

Bryce Meredith

Wyoming

Senior

1st

141/2.

Jaydin Eierman

Missouri

Sophomore

2nd

141/3.

Yianni Diakomihalis

Cornell

Freshman

3rd

141/4.

Joey McKenna

Ohio State

Junior

6th

141/5.

Dean Heil

Oklahoma State

Senior

4th

141/6.

Kevin Jack

NC State

Senior

5th

141/7.

Josh Alber

Northern Iowa

Junior

9th

141/8.

Mason Smith

Central Michigan

Sophomore

10th

141/9.

Tyler Smith

Bucknell

Senior

11th

141/10.

Brock Zacherl

Clarion

Junior

7th

141/11.

Michael Carr

Illinois

RS Freshman

12th

141/12.

Nick Lee

Penn State

Freshman

8th

141/13.

Nate Limmex

Purdue

Sophomore

17th

141/14.

Chad Red

Nebraska

RS Freshman

13th

141/15.

Luke Karam

Lehigh

Freshman

NR

141/16.

Nicholas Gil

Navy

Junior

15th

141/17.

Nick Zanetta

Pitt

Senior

NR

141/18.

Brent Moore

Virginia Tech

RS Freshman

NR

141/19.

A.C. Headlee

North Carolina

Sophomore

18th

141/20.

Vince Turk

Iowa

Sophomore

NR

 

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.

Grant Leeth

Missouri

Junior

5th

149/4.

Ryan Deakin

Northwestern

RS Freshman

3rd

149/5.

Ke-Shawn Hayes

Ohio State

Sophomore

6th

149/6.

Troy Heilmann

North Carolina

Senior

7th

149/7.

Matthew Kolodzik

Princeton

Sophomore

10th

149/8.

Jason Tsirtsis

Arizona State

Senior

17th

149/9.

Boo Lewallen

Oklahoma State

Sophomore

12th

149/10.

Colton McCrystal

Nebraska

Senior

9th

149/11.

Max Thomsen

Northern Iowa

Sophomore

8th

149/12.

Justin Oliver

Central Michigan

Junior

4th

149/13.

Ryan Blees

Virginia Tech

Junior

19th

149/14.

Beau Donahue

NC State

Senior

11th

149/15.

Ronnie Perry

Lock Haven

Senior

15th

149/16.

Jared Prince

Navy

Sophomore

13th

149/17.

Alfred Bannister

Maryland

Junior

NR

149/18.

Steve Bleise

Minnesota

Junior

NR

149/19.

Cortlandt Schuyler

Lehigh

Junior

16th

149/20.

Eleazar Deluca

Rutgers

Senior

14th

 

157 pounds                                                                                                                              

Wt/Rank

Name

School

Year

Previous

157/1.

Hayden Hidlay

NC State

RS Freshman

3rd

157/2.

Joey Lavallee

Missouri

Senior

4th

157/3.

Jason Nolf

Penn State

Junior

1st

157/4.

Michael Kemerer

Iowa

Sophomore

2nd

157/5.

Josh Shields

Arizona State

Sophomore

5th

157/6.

Alec Pantaleo

Michigan

Junior

7th

157/7.

Micah Jordan

Ohio State

Junior

6th

157/8.

Archie Colgan

Wyoming

Senior

9th

157/9.

Clayton Ream

North Dakota State

Senior

8th

157/10.

Mitch Finesilver

Duke

Junior

12th

157/11.

Luke Zilverberg

South Dakota State

Senior

10th

157/12.

Andrew Crone

Wisconsin

Senior

NR

157/13.

Tyler Berger

Nebraska

Junior

11th

157/14.

Paul Fox

Stanford

Junior

13th

157/15.

Kennedy Monday

North Carolina

RS Freshman

16th

157/16.

Markus Scheidel

Columbia

Senior

19th

157/17.

Mike D’Angelo

Princeton

Junior

18th

157/18.

Taleb Rahmani

Pitt

Sophomore

NR

157/19.

Jake Short

Minnesota

Senior

15th

157/20.

John Van Brill

Rutgers

Junior

17th

 

165 pounds

Rank

Name

School

Year

Previous

165/1.

Isaiah Martinez

Illinois

Senior

1st

165/2.

David McFadden

Virginia Tech

Sophomore

4th

165/3.

Vincenzo Joseph

Penn State

Sophomore

3rd

165/4.

Chad Walsh

Rider

Senior

6th

165/5.

Richie Lewis

Rutgers

Senior

8th

165/6.

Logan Massa

Michigan

Sophomore

11th

165/7.

Alex Marinelli

Iowa

RS Freshman

2nd

165/8.

Chance Marsteller

Lock Haven

Junior

5th

165/9.

Evan Wick

Wisconsin

RS Freshman

12th

165/10.

Chandler Rogers

Oklahoma State

Junior

7th

165/11.

Isaiah White

Nebraska

Sophomore

9th

165/12.

Nick Wanzek

Minnesota

Senior

10th

165/13.

Branson Ashworth

Wyoming

Junior

13th

165/14.

Anthony Valencia

Arizona State

Sophomore

14th

165/15.

Te’Shan Campbell

Ohio State

Junior

15th

165/16.

Jon Jay Chavez

Cornell

Junior

17th

165/17.

Andrew Fogarty

North Dakota State

Sophomore

NR

165/18.

Jonathan Schleifer

Princeton

Senior

20th

165/19.

Connor Flynn

Missouri

Sophomore

NR

165/20.

Keilan Torres

Northern Colorado

Senior

18th

 

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.

Daniel Lewis

Missouri

Junior

3rd

174/4.

Jordan Kutler

Lehigh

Sophomore

5th

174/5.

Myles Amine

Michigan

Sophomore

6th

174/6.

Bo Jordan

Ohio State

Senior

4th

174/7.

Taylor Lujan

Northern Iowa

Sophomore

7th

174/8.

Keaton Subjeck

Stanford

Senior

8th

174/9.

Jadaen Bernstein

Navy

Senior

10th

174/10.

Ethan Ramos

North Carolina

Senior

12th

174/11.

David Kocer

South Dakota State

Senior

11th

174/12.

Jacobe Smith

Oklahoma State

Senior

13th

174/13.

Brandon Womack

Cornell

Junior

14th

174/14.

Hunter Bolen

Virginia Tech

Freshman

NR

174/15.

C.J. Brucki

Central Michigan

Senior

17th

174/16.

Forrest Przybysz

Appalachian State

Senior

NR

174/17.

Dylan Lydy

Purdue

Sophomore

9th

174/18.

Ben Harvey

Army

Sophomore

NR

174/19.

Matt Finesilver

Duke

Freshman

19th

174/20.

Yoanse Mejias

Oklahoma

Senior

16th

 

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.

Ryan Preisch

Lehigh

Junior

3rd

184/4.

Dominic Abounader

Michigan

Senior

4th

184/5.

Pete Renda

NC State

Senior

7th

184/6.

Zack Zavatsky

Virginia Tech

Junior

6th

184/7.

Emery Parker

Illinois

Junior

5th

184/8.

Drew Foster

Northern Iowa

Junior

8th

184/9.

Taylor Venz

Nebraska

RS Freshman

9th

184/10.

Max Dean

Cornell

Freshman

14th

184/11.

Ricky Robertson

Wisconsin

Senior

11th

184/12.

Steven Schneider

Binghamton

Senior

12th

184/13.

Bryce Carr

Chattanooga

Senior

13th

184/14.

Jordan Ellingwood

Central Michigan

Senior

18th

184/15.

Chip Ness

North Carolina

Junior

15th

184/16.

Canten Marriott

Missouri

RS Freshman

16th

184/17.

Nick Gravina

Rutgers

Senior

10th

184/18.

Michael Coleman

Navy

Senior

17th

184/19.

Mitch Bowman

Iowa

Junior

20th

184/20.

Keegan Moore

Oklahoma State

RS Freshman

NR

 

197 pounds                                                                                                                              

Rank

Name

School

Year

Previous

197/1.

Kollin Moore

Ohio State

Sophomore

2nd

197/2.

Jared Haught

Virginia Tech

Senior

1st

197/3.

Ben Darmstadt

Cornell

Freshman

5th

197/4.

Shakur Rasheed

Penn State

Junior

6th

197/5.

Mike Macchiavello

NC State

Senior

4th

197/6.

Willie Miklus

Missouri

Senior

7th

197/7.

Preston Weigel

Oklahoma State

Junior

3rd

197/8.

Nate Rotert

South Dakota State

Senior

11th

197/9.

Frank Mattiace

Penn

Senior

12th

197/10.

Jacob Holschlag

Northern Iowa

Sophomore

13th

197/11.

Jake Smith

West Virginia

Senior

14th

197/12.

Jeric Kasunic

American U.

Senior

9th

197/13.

Patrick Brucki

Princeton

Freshman

10th

197/14.

Kevin Beazley

Michigan

Graduate

16th

197/15.

Daniel Chaid

North Carolina

Senior

17th

197/16.

Scottie Boykin

Chattanooga

Junior

18th

197/17.

Corey Griego

Oregon State

Junior

19th

197/18.

Matt Williams

CSU Bakersfield

Senior

15th

197/19.

Christian Brunner

Purdue

Sophomore

NR

197/20.

Cash Wilcke

Iowa

Sophomore

8th

 

Heavyweight                                                                                                                            

Rank

Name

School

Year

Previous

Hwt/1.

Kyle Snyder

Ohio State

Senior

2nd

Hwt/2.

Adam Coon

Michigan

Graduate

1st

Hwt/3.

Nick Nevills

Penn State

Junior

4th

Hwt/4.

Jacob Kasper

Duke

Senior

3rd

Hwt/5.

Sam Stoll

Iowa

Junior

5th

Hwt/6.

Amarveer Dhesi

Oregon State

Senior

8th

Hwt/7.

Nathan Butler

Stanford

Senior

9th

Hwt/8.

Tanner Hall

Arizona State

Junior

10th

Hwt/9.

Derek White

Oklahoma State

Junior

7th

Hwt/10.

Jordan Wood

Lehigh

RS Freshman

13th

Hwt/11.

Mike Hughes

Hofstra

Senior

6th

Hwt/12.

Billy Miller

Edinboro

Junior

14th

Hwt/13.

Conan Jennings

Northwestern

Junior

16th

Hwt/14.

Youssif Hemida

Maryland

Junior

11th

Hwt/15.

Thomas Haines

Lock Haven

Junior

12th

Hwt/16.

Cory Daniel

North Carolina

Junior

19th

Hwt/17.

Shawn Streck

Purdue

RS Freshman

NR

Hwt/18.

Matt Stencel

Central Michigan

RS Freshman

NR

Hwt/19.

Garrett Ryan

Columbia

Senior

15th

Hwt/20.

Mike Boykin

NC State

Senior

18th

 

 


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