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by WIN Magazine

NEWTON, Iowa — Penn State, winners of the last three NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, is ranked the preseason No. 1 team in WIN Magazine’s 2018-19 Preseason Tournament Power Index and Rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

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 next March in Pittsburgh.

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 point totals because it does not include bonus points.

The Nittany Lions feature seven ranked wrestlers, all of whom are predicted to finish in the Top 8 which would also garner them All-American honors in their weight classes to give the Nittany Lions 112 TPI points. That includes three defending national champions who are rated No. 1 in their weight class: Jason Nolf (157 pounds), Vincenzo Joseph (165) and Bo Nickal (184, who has moved up to 197). Meanwhile, 174-pounder Mark Hall, a 2017 NCAA champion for Penn State, and heavyweight Nick Nevills are ranked No. 2. With Nickal moving up to 197, Shakur Rasheed, an All-American at 197, has dropped down to 184, where he is ranked fifth.

Ohio State, last year’s team runner-up, is ranked No. 2 with 83.5 points. That includes seven ranked wrestlers, six the Top 8 of their weight class. This group includes 184-pound Myles Martin, a 2016 NCAA champion, who is rated No. 1 as well as 141-pound Joey McKenna and 197-pound All-American Kollin Moore, who are ranked No. 2.

Oklahoma State and Iowa are predicted to finish third and fourth, respectively, and are separated by only 1.5 points (73-71.5) as each school features nine ranked wrestlers. Seven Cowboys are ranked in the Top 8 of their weight class, led by Nick Piccininni, No. 3 at 125 pounds. The Hawkeyes feature five in the Top 8, including two top-ranked wrestlers: defending champion Spencer Lee at 125 pounds and heavyweight Sam Stoll.

Overall, seven defending champions return and are ranked No. 1. That includes 133-pound Seth Gross of South Dakota State, 141-pound Yianni Diakomihalis of Cornell and 174-pound Zahid Valencia from Arizona State.

Another new top-ranked wrestler is Princeton’s Matt Kolodzik at 149 pounds. The Tiger finished third last year as a sophomore.

WIN’s preseason rankings do not include any true or redshirt freshmen. They will be considered by WIN’s Rankings Committee once they compete in varsity matches this season. Also, wrestlers’ weight classes are subject to change.

WIN will announce its first Dual-Team rankings on Dec. 3, 2018.

Below is a list of the entire TPI rankings list as well as the Top 20 rankings in all ten weight classes. It includes each wrestler’s record from last year and how they fared in the 2018 NCAA Championships. It also indicates how many wrestlers have transferred since last year or redshirted last season.

WIN’S 2018-19 Tournament Power Index (TPI)

Rank

School

Total Ranked

Top 8 Ranked*

TPI Points

1.

Penn State

7

7

112

2.

Ohio State

7

6

83.5

3.

Oklahoma State

9

7

73

4.

Iowa

9

5

71.5

5.

Michigan

4

4

51

6.

Lehigh

9

5

50.5

7.

Nebraska

6

4

50

8.

Cornell

7

4

48.5

9.

Arizona State

7

3

46

10.

Missouri

7

3

45

11.

North Carolina State

6

3

39.5

12.

Virginia Tech

8

3

37.5

13.

Northern Iowa

7

3

35.5

14.

Rutgers

4

2

33

15.

Northwestern

5

2

27

16.

South Dakota State

3

1

22.5

17.

Princeton

2

1

22

18t.

Illinois

5

1

19.5

18t.

Wisconsin

4

1

19.5

20.

Minnesota

5

2

19

21.

Lock Haven

4

1

17.5

22.

North Carolina

3

2

16.5

23t.

Kent State

1

1

16

23t.

Maryland

3

1

16

25.

Oregon State

2

1

14

26.

Iowa State

3

1

12

27.

Wyoming

3

1

9.5

28t.

Campbell

3

1

9

28t.

Virginia

3

1

9

30.

Purdue

5

0

8.5

31.

Utah Valley

3

1

8

32.

Old Dominion

2

1

6.5

33t.

Army

3

0

5.5

33t.

Stanford

3

0

5.5

35t.

Drexel

3

0

4.5

35t.

North Dakota State

3

0

4.5

37t.

Duke

2

0

4

37t.

Navy

2

0

4

39t.

Clarion

2

0

3

39t.

CSU Bakersfield

2

0

3

39t.

Oklahoma

3

0

3

42t.

Buffalo

2

0

2.5

42t.

Indiana

2

0

2.5

42t.

Northern Colorado

2

0

2.5

45.

Fresno State

2

0

2

46t.

Brown

1

0

1.5

46t.

Central Michigan

1

0

1.5

46t.

Franklin & Marshall

1

0

1.5

46t.

Michigan State

1

1

1.5

46t.

Ohio

1

0

1.5

46t.

Pitt

1

0

1.5

52t.

American

1

0

1

52t.

Appalachian State

1

0

1

52t.

Gardner Webb

1

0

1

52t.

George Mason

1

0

1

52t.

Northern Illinois

1

0

1

52t.

Rider

1

0

1

52t.

West Virginia

1

0

1

* projected All-Americans, wrestlers who finish in the Top 8 of the weight class

WIN’s 2018-19 Preseason Individual Rankings

125 pounds

Rk.

Name

School

Year

’17-18 W-L

’18 NCAA

125-1.

Spencer Lee

Iowa

Soph.

22-2

1st

125-2.

Sebastian Rivera

Northwestern

Soph.

31-8

6th

125-3.

Nick Piccininni

Oklahoma State

Junior

24-5

NQ

125-4.

Ronnie Bresser

Oregon State

Senior

23-6

7th

125-5.

Zeke Moisey

Nebraska*

Senior

26-12

8th

125-6.

Sean Russell

Minnesota*

Senior

32-7

NQ

125-7.

Connor Schram

Lehigh*

Senior

injured

125-8.

Taylor LaMont

Utah Valley

Soph.

27-5

NQ

125-9.

Louie Hayes

Virginia

Soph.

31-8

NQ

125-10.

Ryan Millhof

Arizona State

Senior

17-7

NQ

125-11.

Travis Piotrowski

Illinois

Junior

19-10

NQ

125-12.

Jay Schwarm

Northern Iowa

Junior

25-12

NQ

125-13.

Gabe Townsell

Stanford

Junior

20-15

NQ

125-14.

Paul Bianchi

North Dakota State

Soph.

24-15

NQ

125-15.

Rayvon Foley

Michigan State

Soph.

28-11

NQ

125-16.

Devin Schroder

Purdue

Soph.

reserve

125-17.

Connor Brown

Wisconsin*

Soph.

26-16

NQ

125-18.

Kyle Akins

Buffalo

Senior

22-10

125-19.

Brock Hudkins

Northern Illinois

Junior

18-12

NQ

125-20.

Christian Moody

Oklahoma

Junior

23-15

NQ

* - transfers

133 pounds

Rk.

Name

School

Year

’17-18 W-L

’18 NCAA

133-1.

Seth Gross

South Dakota State

Senior

29-1

1st

133-2.

Stevan Micic

Michigan

Junior

26-3

2nd

133-3.

Nick Suriano

Rutgers

Junior

25-1

2nd/125

133-4.

Tariq Wilson

North Carolina State

Soph.

27-10

3rd

133-5.

Luke Pletcher

Ohio State

Junior

30-4

4th

133-6.

Scott Parker

Lehigh

Senior

22-5

7th

133-7.

Montorie Bridges

Wyoming

Soph.

35-7

8th

133-8.

Jack Mueller

Virginia

Junior

24-7

NQ

133-9.

Austin DeSanto

Iowa*

Soph.

30-7

NQ

133-10.

John Erneste

Missouri

Senior

27-4

NQ

133-11.

Chas Tucker

Cornell

Junior

22-11

NQ

133-12.

Sean Nickell

CSU Bakersfield

Senior

24-12

NQ

133-13.

Korbin Myers

Virginia Tech*

Junior

28-11

NQ

133-14.

Rico Montoya

Northern Colorado

Senior

25-14

NQ

133-15.

Cam Sykora

North Dakota State

Junior

23-12

NQ

133-16.

Cameron Kelly

Ohio U.

Senior

25-8

NQ

133-17.

Colin Valdivez

Northwestern

Soph.

20-13

NQ

133-18.

Dylan Duncan

Illinois

Soph.

20-9

NQ

133-19.

Matt Schmitt

West Virginia

Soph.

23-14

NQ

133-20.

Josh Terao

American U.

Senior

29-10

NQ

* - transfer

141 pounds

Rk.

Name

School

Year

’17-18 W-L

’18 NCAA

141-1.

Yianni Diakomihalis

Cornell

Soph.

34-1

1st

141-2.

Joey McKenna

Ohio State

Senior

21-2

3rd

141-3.

Jaydin Eierman

Missouri

Junior

32-3

4th

141-4.

Kaid Brock

Oklahoma State

Junior

30-5

5th/133

141-5.

Nick Lee

Penn State

Soph.

33-7

5th

141-6.

Chad Red

Nebraska

Soph.

26-11

7th

141-7.

Mitch McKee

Minnesota

Junior

21-8

NQ

141-8.

Sa’Derian Perry

Old Dominion*

Junior

18-19

8th

141-9.

Michael Carr

Illinois

Soph.

20-7

NQ

141-10.

Mason Smith

Arizona State*

Junior

32-7

NQ

141-11.

Vince Turk

Iowa

Junior

16-10

NQ

141-12.

Nick Gil

Navy

Senior

33-10

NQ

141-13.

Luke Karam

Lehigh

Soph.

21-9

NQ

141-14.

Josh Alber

Northern Iowa

Senior

25-8

NQ

141-15.

Cole Weaver

Indiana

Senior

26-12

NQ

141-16.

Brent Moore

Virginia Tech

Soph.

20-12

NQ

141-17.

Ryan Diehl

Maryland

Senior

13-14

NQ

141-18.

Henry Pohlmeyer

South Dakota State

Junior

24-11

NQ

141-19.

Russell Rohlfing

CSU Bakersfield

Junior

22-13

NQ

141-20.

Nate Limmex

Purdue

Junior

26-16

NQ

* - transfers

149 pounds

Rk.

Name

School

Year

’17-18 W-L

’18 NCAA

149-1.

Matt Kolodzik

Princeton

Junior

29-6

3rd

149-2.

Anthony Ashnault

Rutgers

Senior

redshirted

3-time AA

149-3.

Grant Leeth

Missouri

Soph.

26-5

6th

149-4.

Boo Lewallen

Oklahoma State

Junior

29-8

8th

149-5.

Ke-Shawn Hayes

Ohio State

Junior

29-7

NQ

149-6.

Max Thomsen

Northern Iowa

Junior

28-9

NQ

149-7.

Justin Oliver

North Carolina State*

Senior

28-7

NQ

149-8.

Pat Lugo

Iowa*

Senior

redshirted

2-time NQ

149-9.

Paul Fox

Stanford

Senior

23-9

NQ

149-10.

Brock Zacherl

Clarion

Senior

29-3

NQ

149-11.

Jarrett Degen

Iowa State

Soph.

23-11

NQ

149-12.

Jared Prince

Navy

Junior

22-6

NQ

149-13.

Ryan Blees

Virginia Tech

Senior

23-9

NQ

149-14.

Sam Krivus

Virginia

Junior

20-15

NQ

149-15.

Alfred Bannister

Maryland

Senior

24-10

NQ

149-16.

Tommy Thorn

Minnesota

Senior

18-13

NQ

149-17.

Cole Martin

Wisconsin

Junior

17-14

NQ

149-18.

Sam Turner

Wyoming

Soph.

25-17

NQ

149-19.

Davion Jeffries

Oklahoma

Senior

24-19

NQ

149-20.

Khristian Olivas

Fresno State

Junior

25-8

NQ

* - transfers

157 pounds

Rk.

Name

School

Year

’17-18 W-L

’18 NCAA

157-1.

Jason Nolf

Penn State

Senior

26-1

1st

157-2.

Hayden Hidlay

North Carolina State

Soph.

26-1

2nd

157-3.

Tyler Berger

Nebraska

Senior

28-9

3rd

157-4.

Alec Pantaleo

Michigan

Senior

21-7

5th

157-5.

Micah Jordan

Ohio State

Senior

25-9

6th

157-6.

Josh Shields

Arizona State

Junior

34-4

7th

157-7.

Ryan Deakin

Northwestern

Soph.

32-7

NQ/149

157-8.

Kennedy Monday

North Carolina

Soph.

21-16

NQ

157-9.

Mitch Finesilver

Duke

Senior

19-6

NQ

157-10.

Ian Brown

Lehigh

Senior

18-12

NQ

157-11.

Garett Hammond

Drexel

Senior

20-7

NQ

157-12.

Luke Weiland

Army

Junior

24-17

NQ

157-13.

Austin Kraisser

Campbell

Junior

21-13

157-14.

Taleb Rahmani

Pitt

Junior

18-14

NQ

157-15.

Kaleb Young

Iowa

Soph.

reserve/174

157-16.

Andrew Shomers

Oklahoma State*

Junior

29-8

NQ

157-17.

Steve Bleise

Minnesota

Senior

20-9

NQ/149

157-18.

Tyler Marinelli

Gardner Webb

Senior

26-8

NQ

157-19.

Larry Early

Old Dominion

Junior

29-12

NQ

157-20.

Alex Klucker

Lock Haven

Junior

25-11

NQ

* - transfer

165 pounds

Rk.

Name

School

Year

’17-18 W-L

’18 NCAA

165-1.

Vincenzo Joseph

Penn State

Junior

25-2

1st

165-2.

Evan Wick

Wisconsin

Soph.

29-7

3rd

165-3.

Chance Marstellar

Lock Haven

Senior

45-4

4th

165-4.

David McFadden

Virginia Tech

Junior

35-2

5th

165-5.

Alex Marinelli

Iowa

Soph.

19-6

6th

165-6.

Logan Massa

Michigan

Junior

17-8

NQ, ’17 AA

165-7.

Jon Jay Chavez

Cornell

Senior

23-6

7th

165-8.

Chandler Rogers

Oklahoma State

Senior

24-6

8th

165-9.

Isaiah White

Nebraska

Junior

25-8

NQ

165-10.

Anthony Valencia

Arizona State

Junior

27-10

NQ

165-11.

Bryce Steiert

Northern Iowa

Senior

redshirted

2-time NQ

165-12.

Branson Ashworth

Wyoming

Senior

36-6

NQ

165-13.

Te’Shan Campbell

Ohio State

Senior

19-12

NQ

165-14.

Gordon Wolf

Lehigh

Senior

20-11

NQ

165-15.

John Van Brill

Rutgers

Senior

22-14

NQ/157

165-16.

Andrew Fogarty

North Dakota State

Junior

30-12

NQ

165-17.

Demetrius Romero

Utah Valley

Junior

26-9

NQ

165-18.

Connor Flynn

Missouri

Junior

25-9

NQ

165-19.

Bryce Martin

Indiana

Senior

15-10

NQ

165-20.

Joey Gunther

Illinois*

Junior

16-9

NQ

* - transfer

174 pounds

Rk.

Name

School

Year

’17-18 W-L

’18 NCAA

174-1.

Zahid Valencia

Arizona State

Junior

32-0

1st

174-2.

Mark Hall

Penn State

Junior

32-1

2nd

174-3.

Myles Amine

Michigan

Junior

26-7

3rd

174-4.

Daniel Lewis

Missouri

Senior

33-2

4th

174-5.

Jordan Kutler

Lehigh

Junior

28-6

6th

174-6.

Michael Kemerer

Iowa

Junior

27-3

4th/157

174-7.

Jacobe Smith

Oklahoma State

Senior

22-8

8th

174-8.

Taylor Lujan

Northern Iowa

Junior

30-7

NQ

174-9.

Dylan Lydy

Purdue

Junior

35-14

NQ

174-10.

Ben Harvey

Army

Junior

23-11

NQ

174-11.

Johnny Sebastian

Northwestern

Senior

28-12

NQ

174-12.

Matt Finesilver

Duke

Soph.

26-11

NQ

174-13.

Brandon Womack

Cornell

Junior

17-11

NQ

174-14.

Daniel Bullard

North Carolina State

Soph.

17-11

NQ

174-15.

Kimball Bastian

Utah Valley

Junior

20-11

NQ

174-16.

Ryan Christensen

Wisconsin

Senior

25-15

NQ

174-17.

Hunter Bolen

Virginia Tech

Soph.

21-12

NQ

174-18.

Brandon Krone

Minnesota

Senior

12-10

NQ

174-19.

Dean Sherry

Rider

Senior

19-11

NQ

174-20.

Andrew Morgan

Campbell

Junior

18-9


184 pounds

Rk.

Name

School

Year

’17-18 W-L

’18 NCAA

184-1.

Myles Martin

Ohio State

Senior

31-3

2nd

184-2.

Emery Parker

Illinois

Senior

28-4

3rd

184-3.

Taylor Venz

Nebraska

Soph.

29-9

4th

184-4.

Zack Zavatsky

Virginia Tech

Senior

31-8

6th

184-5.

Shakur Rasheed

Penn State

Senior

24-5

7th/197

184-6.

Chip Ness

North Carolina

Senior

20-12

7th

184-7.

Max Dean

Cornell

Soph.

31-6

8th

184-8.

Ryan Preisch

Lehigh

Senior

16-4

NQ

184-9.

Drew Foster

Northern Iowa

Senior

26-6

NQ

184-10.

Nick Reenan

North Carolina State

Junior

redshirted

2017 NQ/174

184-11.

Nick Gravina

Rutgers

Senior

19-7

NQ

184-12.

Dakota Geer

Oklahoma State*

Soph.

redshirted

2017 NQ

184-13.

Cash Wilcke

Iowa

Junior

21-9

NQ/174

184-14.

Canten Marriott

Missouri

Soph.

26-8

NQ

184-15.

CJ LaFragola

Brown

Senior

21-10

NQ

184-16.

Martin Mueller

South Dakota State

Junior

26-8

NQ

184-17.

Kordell Norfleet

Arizona State

Soph.

12-13

NQ

184-18.

Corey Hazel

Lock Haven

Junior

24-10

NQ

184-19.

Sam Colbray

Iowa State

Soph.

reserve

184-20.

Kayne MacCallum

Oklahoma*

Soph.

18-15

NQ

* - transfer

197 pounds

Rk.

Name

School

Year

’17-18 W-L

’18 NCAA

197-1.

Bo Nickal

Penn State

Senior

31-0

1st/184

197-2.

Kollin Moore

Ohio State

Junior

27-4

4th

197-3.

Kyle Conel

Kent State

Senior

30-11

3rd

197-4.

Jacob Holschlag

Northern Iowa

Junior

23-12

5th

197-5.

Ben Darmstadt

Cornell

Soph.

33-4

6th

197-6.

Willie Miklus

Iowa State*

Senior

25-6

8th

197-7.

Preston Weigel

Oklahoma State

Senior

11-4

NQ

197-8.

Chris Weiler

Lehigh

Soph.

17-10

NQ

197-9.

Eric Schultz

Nebraska

Soph.

20-11

NQ

197-10.

CJ Brunner

Purdue

Junior

24-11

NQ

197-11.

Patrick Brucki

Princeton

Soph.

29-10

NQ

197-12.

Nathan Traxler

Stanford

Soph.

19-12

NQ

197-13.

Rocco Caywood

Army

Senior

20-14

NQ

197-14.

Corey Griego

Oregon State

Senior

21-7

NQ

197-15.

Tom Sleigh

Virginia Tech*

Senior

redshirted

3-time NQ

197-16.

Stephen Loiseau

Drexel

Senior

32-12

NQ

197-17.

Malik McDonald

North Carolina State

Senior

reserve

2017 NQ

197-18.

Jacob Seely

Northern Colorado

Junior

16-11

NQ

197-19.

Wyatt Koelling

Missouri

Soph.

reserve

NQ

197-20.

Greg Bulsak

Clarion

Soph.

21-9

NQ

* - transfers

Heavyweight

Rk.

Name

School

Year

’17-18 W-L

’18 NCAA

Hwt-1.

Sam Stoll

Iowa

Senior

25-6

5th

Hwt-2.

Nick Nevills

Penn State

Senior

30-7

7th

Hwt-3.

Youssif Hemida

Maryland

Senior

30-8

8th

Hwt-4.

Derek White

Oklahoma State

Senior

25-4

NQ

Hwt-5.

Tanner Hall

Arizona State

Senior

22-8

NQ

Hwt-6.

Jordan Wood

Lehigh

Soph.

22-7

NQ

Hwt-7.

Jere Heino

Campbell

Senior

27-7

NQ

Hwt-8.

Bill Miller

Virginia Tech*

Senior

18-6

NQ

Hwt-9.

Thomas Haines

Lock Haven

Senior

20-7

NQ

Hwt-10.

Shawn Streck

Purdue

Soph.

30-15

NQ

Hwt-11.

Jeramy Sweany

Cornell

Senior

21-8

NQ

Hwt-12.

Cory Daniel

North Carolina

Senior

23-9

NQ

Hwt-13.

Conan Jennings

Northwestern

Senior

25-12

NQ

Hwt-14.

Matt Stencel

Central Michigan

Soph.

28-15

NQ

Hwt-15.

Jake Gunning

Buffalo

Senior

17-8

NQ

Hwt-16.

Antonio Pelusi

Franklin & Marshall

Senior

26-10

NQ

Hwt-17.

A.J. Nevills

Fresno State

Soph.

26-10

NQ

Hwt-18.

Matt Voss

George Mason

Senior

24-13

NQ

Hwt-19.

Joey Goodhart

Drexel

Senior

redshirted

2-time NQ

Hwt-20.

Cary Miller

App. State

Junior

19-9

* - transfer


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