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by Mike Finn, WIN Magazine

NEWTON, Iowa — Northwestern All-American Ryan Deakin knocked off two highly-ranked wrestlers in capturing last weekend’s Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and now the Wildcat junior has taken over the top spot at 157 pounds in WIN Magazine’s Dec. 9 Rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

The movement of Deakin, who defeated NC State’s No. 1 Hayden Hidlay and Iowa State’s No. 3 David Carr last Saturday, is one of several changes for Northwestern, which now is tied for ninth place in WIN’s Tournament Power Index. Fellow All-American Sebastian Rivera has moved up from 125 and is ranked No. 3 at 133 pounds. Joining the national rankings for Northwestern is redshirt freshman Michael DeAugustino, who is rated No. 10 at 125.

While the remaining top-ranked wrestlers remained the same, there were several changes in the Top 10 at different weight classes. Minnesota’s Brayton Lee and Purdue’s Dylan Lydy each captured championships at the CKLV last weekend and now were ranked No. 5 and No. 4, respectively, at 149 and 174 pounds.

In team rankings, Iowa and Penn State hold the top two spots in WIN’s Tournament Power Index and Dual Rankings.

WIN’s Tournament Power Index is a prediction of accumulated NCAA points of ranked wrestlers on a respective team associated to where they might place at the 2020 NCAA Championships, March 19-21, in Minneapolis, Minn.
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.
All 10 Hawkeyes are rated, including a pair of top-ranked wrestlers in Spencer Lee (125) and Austin DeSanto (133), giving Iowa 135 TPI points. Penn State, with 98.5 TPI points, saw a change in its line-up as they pulled the redshirt off true freshman Aaron Brooks, who is now rated No. 9 at 184 pounds.

A total of 15 wrestlers entered national rankings for the first time, including Nebraska’s true freshman Ridge Lovett (11th at 133), Northern Iowa’s Michael Blockhaus (15th at 141) and a pair of Rutgers wrestlers: Nicolas Aguilar (19th at 125) and Sammy Alvarez (15th at 133).

WIN Magazine’s Dec. 9, 2019 Dual Rankings

Rk

School

W-L

Prev.

1.

Iowa

4-0

1st

2.

Penn State

3-1

2nd

3.

Nebraska

4-0

3rd

4.

NC State

6-0

4th

5.

Virginia Tech

3-0

5th

6.

Oklahoma State

3-1

6th

7.

Ohio State

3-1

7th

8.

Wisconsin

6-1

8th

9.

Arizona State

5-0

9th

10.

Pittsburgh

4-1

10th

11.

Princeton

1-2

11th

12.

Iowa State

1-1

12th

13.

Northwestern

2-1

15th

14.

Wyoming

1-1

13th

15.

Northern Iowa

0-2

16th

16.

Lehigh

1-3

14th

17.

Cornell

0-2

17th

18.

Army West Point

4-1

18th

19.

Stanford

3-1

19th

20.

Minnesota

1-2

20th

21.

Illinois

3-1

21st

22.

Missouri

2-2

22nd

23.

North Carolina

3-1

23rd

24.

Michigan

1-1

24th

25

Central Michigan

2-1

NR


WIN Magazine’s Dec. 9 Tournament Power Index

Rk.

School

Total Rank

Top 8

Pts

1.

Iowa

10

9

135

2.

Penn State

8

5

98.5

3.

Ohio State

6

3

50.5

4.

Nebraska

9

4

47.5

5t.

Minnesota

5

4

46.5

5t.

Wisconsin

5

4

46.5

7.

NC State

7

3

46

8.

Oklahoma State

5

4

45.5

9t.

Arizona State

7

3

41

9t.

Northwestern

4

3

41

11.

Purdue

5

4

39

12.

Northern Iowa

7

3

38.5

13.

Princeton

4

3

35.5

14.

Iowa State

8

2

30

15.

Pitt

5

2

29.5

16.

Missouri

7

2

28.5

17.

Virginia Tech

6

2

25

18.

Utah Valley

4

2

22

19.

Lehigh

6

1

21.5

20.

North Carolina

2

1

21

21.

Virginia

3

1

19

22.

Stanford

5

2

16.5

23t.

Cornell

3

2

16

23t.

Michigan

3

1

16

23t.

Oklahoma

3

1

16

26.

Old Dominion

4

1

13.5

27t.

Campbell

5

1

12

27t.

Central Michigan

2

2

12

29.

Michigan State

3

1

11

30t.

Binghamton

2

1

8.5

30t.

Northern Colorado

2

1

8.5

32.

Rider

3

1

8

33.

Indiana

1

1

6.5

34.

Wyoming

4

0

5.5

35.

Fresno State

3

0

5

36t.

American U.

3

0

3.5

36t.

Clarion

2

0

3.5

36t.

Penn

2

0

3.5

36t.

Rutgers

3

0

3.5

40t.

Army

2

0

3

40t.

Bucknell

2

0

3

40t.

Navy

2

0

3

43t.

Appalachian State

2

0

2.5

43t.

Ohio

2

0

2.5

45t.

Cal Poly

1

0

2

45t.

Lock Haven

1

0

2

47t.

Northern Illinois

1

0

1.5

47t.

South Dakota State

1

0

1.5

49t.

Bloomsburg

1

0

1

49t.

Drexel

1

0

1

49t.

Oregon State

1

0

1

49t.

West Virginia

1

0

1


WIN Magazine’s Dec. 9, 2019 Individual Rankings

125 pounds

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Spencer Lee

Iowa

Jr.

1st

2.

Jack Mueller

Virginia

Sr.

2nd

3.

Pat Glory

Princeton

So.

5th

4.

Nick Piccininni

Oklahoma State

Sr.

4th

5.

Devin Schroder

Purdue

Jr.

9th

6.

RayVon Foley

Michigan State

Jr.

6th

7.

Brock Hudkins

Indiana

Jr.

8th

8.

Drew Hildebrandt

Central Michigan

Jr.

10th

9.

Brandon Paetzell

Lehigh

Jr.

13th

10.

Michael DeAugustino

Northwestern

RS Fr.

NR

11.

Joey Prata

Virginia Tech

Jr.

20th

12.

Alex Mackall

Iowa State

Jr.

7th

13.

Patrick McKee

Minnesota

RS Fr.

15th

14.

Michael Colaiocco

Penn

Fr.

12th

15.

Brandon Courtney

Arizona State

So.

16th

16.

Jay Schwarm

Northern Iowa

Sr.

18th

17.

Gabe Townsell

Stanford

Sr.

17th

18.

Killian Cardinale

Old Dominion

So.

19th

19.

Nicolas Aguilar

Rutgers

RS Fr.

NR

20.

Cage Curry

American U.

Jr.

NR


133 pounds                                        
                                                           

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Austin DeSanto

Iowa

Jr.

1st

2.

Seth Gross

Wisconsin

Gr.

2nd

3.

Sebastian Rivera

Northwestern

Jr.

3rd/125

4.

Roman Bravo-Young

Penn State

So.

3rd

5.

Micky Phillippi

Pitt

So.

4th

6.

Charles Tucker

Cornell

Sr.

5th

7.

Cam Sykora

North Dakota St.

Sr.

6th

8.

Noah Gonser

Campbell

Sr.

7th

9.

Montorie Bridges

Wyoming

Jr.

8th

10.

Travis Piotrowski

Illinois

Sr.

9th

11.

Ridge Lovett

Nebraska

Fr.

NR

12.

Zack Trampe

Binghamton

So

11th

13.

Louis Hayes

Virginia

Jr.

10th

14.

Nick Farro

Lehigh

Jr.

16th

15.

Sammy Alvarez

Rutgers

Fr.

NR

16.

Allan Hart

Missouri

So.

17th

17.

Todd Small

Iowa State

Jr.

NR

18.

Mosha Schwartz

Northern Colorado

Fr.

NR

19.

Josh Kramer

Arizona State

Sr.

13th

20.

Jarrett Trombley

NC State

RSFr.

15th


141 pounds

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Nick Lee

Penn State

Jr.

1st

2

Luke Pletcher

Ohio State

Sr.

2nd

3.

Mitch McKee

Minnesota

Sr.

4th

4.

Dom Demas

Oklahoma

So.

3rd

5.

Chad Red

Nebraska

Jr.

5th

6.

Max Murin

Iowa

So.

7th

7.

Tristan Moran

Wisconsin

Sr.

9th

8.

Grant Leeth

Missouri

So.

8th

9.

Ian Parker

Iowa State

Jr.

11th

10.

Real Woods

Stanford

RSFr.

12th

11.

Joshua Heil

Campbell

Jr.

13th

12.

Kyle Shoop

Lock Haven

Sr.

6th

13.

Sa'Derian Perry

Old Dominion

Sr.

14th

14.

Shakur Laney

Ohio

Sr.

15th

15.

Michael Blockhaus

Northern Iowa

RSFr.

NR

16.

Tariq Wilson

NC State

Jr.

10th

17.

Mitch Moore

Virginia Tech

So.

16th

18.

Alex Madrigal

George Mason

Sr.

17th

19.

Sam Turner

Wyoming

Jr.

18th

20.

Grant Willits

Oregon State

So.

20th


149 pounds                                        

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Austin O'Connor

North Carolina

So.

1st

2.

Brock Mauller

Missouri

So.

2nd

3.

Pat Lugo

Iowa

Sr.

3rd

4.

Boo Lewallen

Oklahoma State

Jr.

4th

5.

Brayton Lee

Minnesota

RSFr.

9th

6.

Sammy Sasso

Ohio State

RSFr.

5th

7.

Jarrett Degen

Iowa State

Jr.

6th

8.

Yayha Thomas

Northwestern

So.

8th

9.

Max Thomsen

Northern Iowa

Sr.

7th

10.

Griffin Parriott

Purdue

Jr.

10th

11.

Mike D’Angelo

Princeton

Sr.

11th

12.

Brock Zacherl

Clarion

Sr.

13th

13.

Kizhan Clarke

American U.

Jr.

14th

14.

Requir van der Merwe

Stanford

Jr.

15th

15.

Cole Martin

Wisconsin

Sr.

16th

16.

Andrew Alirez

Northern Colorado

Fr.

17th

17.

Brent Moore

Virginia Tech

So.

12th

18.

Collin Purinton

Nebraska

Sr.

18th

19.

Michael Carr

Illinois

Jr.

19th

20.

John Milner

Appalachian State

So.

20th


157 pounds                                        

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Ryan Deakin

Northwestern

Jr.

2nd

2.

Hayden Hidlay

NC State

Jr.

1st

3.

David Carr

Iowa State

RSFr.

3rd

4.

Kaleb Young

Iowa

Jr.

4th

5.

Larry Early

Old Dominion

Sr.

5th

6.

Kendall Coleman

Purdue

RSFr.

6th

7.

Quincey Monday

Princeton

So.

8th

8.

Jesse Dellavecchia

Rider

Sr.

7th

9.

Brady Berge

Penn State

So.

9th

10.

Anthony Artalona

Penn

So.

10th

11.

Jarrett Jacques

Missouri

So.

13th

12.

Taleb Rahmani

Pitt

Sr.

14th

13.

Josh Humphreys

Lehigh

So.

NR

14.

Jacob Wright

Fresno State

So.

NR

15.

Justin Thomas

Oklahoma

Jr.

15th

16.

Peyton Robb

Nebraska

RSFr.

16th

17.

Zach Carson

Ohio

Sr.

17th

18.

BC LaPrade

Virginia Tech

Jr.

18th

19.

Jake Tucker

Michigan State

Jr.

20th

20.

Will Lewan

Michigan

RSFr.

12th


165 pounds                                        
                                                           

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Vincenzo Joseph

Penn State

Sr.

1st

2.

Alex Marinelli

Iowa

Jr.

2nd

3.

Evan Wick

Wisconsin

Jr.

3rd

4.

Isaiah White

Nebraska

Sr.

4th

5.

David McFadden

Virginia Tech

Sr.

5th

6.

Josh Shields

Arizona State

Sr.

6th

7.

Demetrius Romero

Utah Valley

Sr.

7th

8.

Shane Griffith

Stanford

RSFr.

8th

9.

Tanner Skidgel

Navy

Jr.

10th

10.

Jake Wentzell

Pitt

Jr.

11th

11.

Andrew Fogarty

North Dakota St.

Sr.

9th

12.

Zach Hartman

Bucknell

So.

12th

13.

Travis Wittlake

Oklahoma State

RSFr.

14th

14.

Thomas Bullard

NC State

Jr.

20th

15.

Ethan Smith

Ohio State

So.

13th

16.

Cam Coy

Virginia

So.

15th

17.

Quentin Perez

Campbell

Jr.

16th

18.

Ebed Jarrell

Drexel

Sr.

17th

19.

Kennedy Monday

North Carolina

Jr.

18th

20.

Shane Jones

Old Dominion

Sr.

19th


174 pounds

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Mark Hall

Penn State

Sr.

1st

2.

Michael Kemerer

Iowa

Sr.

3rd

3.

Jordan Kutler

Lehigh

Sr.

2nd

4.

Dylan Lydy

Purdue

Sr.

8th

5.

Bryce Steiert

Northern Iowa

Sr.

4th

6.

Mikey Labriola

Nebraska

So.

5th

7.

Joe Smith

Oklahoma State

Sr.

6th

8.

Devin Skatzka

Minnesota

Sr.

7th

9.

Anthony Valencia

Arizona State

Sr.

9th

10.

Kimball Bastian

Utah Valley

Sr.

12th

11.

Kaleb Romero

Ohio State

So.

14th

12.

Jackson Hemauer

Fresno State

So.

17th

13.

Hayden Hastings

Wyoming

So.

10th

14.

Ben Harvey

Army

Sr.

11th

15.

Brandon Womack

Cornell

Sr.

15th

16.

Marcus Coleman

Iowa State

So.

16th

17.

Daniel Bullard

NC State

Jr.

13th

18.

Dean Sherry

Rider

Sr.

18th

19.

Jeremiah Kent

Missouri

RS Fr.

19th

20.

Joe Grello

Rutgers

Jr.

20th


184 pounds                                        
                                                        

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1

Zahid Valencia

Arizona State

Sr.

1st

2.

Trent Hidlay

NC State

RSFr.

6th

3.

Nino Bonaccorsi

Pitt

So.

3rd

4.

Taylor Lujan

Northern Iowa

Sr.

2nd

5.

Hunter Bolen

Virginia Tech

So.

11th

6.

Taylor Venz

Nebraska

Jr.

5th

7.

Lou DePrez

Binghamton

So.

7th

8.

Ben Darmstadt

Cornell

Jr.

8th

9.

Aaron Brooks

Penn State

Fr.

NR

10.

Sam Colbray

Iowa State

Jr.

10th

11.

Nelson Brands

Iowa

RSFr.

9th

12.

Zac Braunagel

Illinois

RSFr.

12th

13.

Andrew Morgan

Campbell

Sr.

14th

14.

Noah Stewart

Army

Sr.

15th

15.

Jelani Embree

Michigan

So.

16th

16.

Brit Wilson

Northern Illinois

So.

17th

17.

Dylan Wisman

Missouri

Sr.

NR

18.

Cameron Caffey

Michigan State

So.

13th

19.

Tanner Harvey

American U.

Jr.

19th

20.

Trevor Allard

Bloomsburg

Sr.

20th


197 pounds

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Kollin Moore

Ohio State

Sr.

1st

2.

Jacob Warner

Iowa

So.

3rd

3.

Patrick Brucki

Princeton

Jr.

2nd

4.

Dakota Geer

Oklahoma State

Jr.

4th

5.

Jacob Holschlag

Northern Iowa

Sr.

5th

6.

Nick Reenan

NC State

Jr.

6th

7.

Nathan Traxler

Stanford

Jr.

7th

8.

Christian Brunner

Purdue

Sr.

11th

9.

Kordell Norfleet

Arizona State

Jr.

8th

10.

Thomas Lane

Cal Poly

Sr.

13th

11.

Shakur Rasheed

Penn State

Sr.

4th/184

12.

Jake Woodley

Oklahoma

So.

12th

13.

Eric Schultz

Nebraska

Jr.

9th

14.

Greg Bulsak

Clarion

Jr.

NR

15.

Tanner Sloan

South Dakota State

RSFr.

10th

16.

Ethan Laird

Rider

Jr.

15th

17.

Noah Adams

West Virginia

So.

16th

18.

Josh Roetman

Navy

Sr.

17th

19.

Jake Jakobsen

Lehigh

Jr.

20th

20.

Tanner Orndorff

Utah Valley

Sr.

18th/184

            

Heavyweight

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Anthony Cassar

Penn State

Sr.

1st

2.

Gable Steveson

Minnesota

So.

2nd

3.

Mason Parris

Michigan

So.

3rd

4.

Tate Orndorff

Utah Valley

So.

4th

5.

Anthony Cassioppi

Iowa

RSFr.

5th

6.

Trent Hillger

Wisconsin

So.

6th

7.

Matt Stencel

Central Michigan

Jr.

7th

8.

Tanner Hall

Arizona State

Gr.

8th

9.

Chase Singletary

Ohio State

So.

9th

10.

Demetrius Thomas

Pitt

Sr.

10th

11.

Jordan Wood

Lehigh

Jr.

11th

12.

Jere Heino

Campbell

Jr.

12th

13

Josh Hokit

Fresno State

Sr.

13th

14.

Zach Elam

Missouri

So.

14th

15.

Cary Miller

Appalachian State

Jr.

15th

16.

Gannon Gremmel

Iowa State

Jr.

NR

17.

Carter Isley

Northern Iowa

Jr.

NR

18.

Christian Lance

Nebraska

Sr.

16th

19.

Brian Andrews

Wyoming

Jr.

18th

20.

Garrett Hoffman

Bucknell

Sr.

17th

 


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