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Ashnault new No. 1 at 149 in WIN rankings; top spots in play in upcoming Penn State v Ohio State dual

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by Mike Finn, WIN Magazine

Image of Anthony Ashnault of Rutgers after his big win over Matthew Kolodzic of Princeton courtesy of RUWrestling Twitter.

NEWTON, Iowa — The top two spots at 184 and 197 pounds will be up for grabs this Friday when top-ranked Penn State — according to WIN’s Feb. 4 Tournament Power Index and Rankings presented by Cliff Keen Athletic — travels to No. 2 Ohio State.

The Buckeyes’ No. 1 Myles Martin, the 2016 NCAA champ and three-time All-American, is expected to meet Penn State’s No. 2 Shakur Rasheed at 184 pounds … and Penn State’s No. 1 Bo Nickal, the two-time NCAA champ and three-time All-American, will face the Buckeyes’ No. 2 Kollin Moore at 197, when the nation’s top two schools meet in Columbus, Ohio, at 8:40 EST.

Penn State (10-0) remains No. 1 in the weekly TPI — with nine ranked wrestlers and 123 points — while the Buckeyes (9-1), which has finished second to Penn State the past two NCAAs, are ranked second with seven rated wrestlers and 84.5 TPI points.

The Nittany Lions feature seven wrestlers ranked in the Top 8 of their weight class, including Jason Nolf (157), Vincenzo Joseph (165) and Mark Hall (174), who are top-ranked. The Buckeyes feature six in the Top 8, including All-American Joey McKenna, ranked No. 2 at 141, and Micah Jordan, No. 3 at 149.

There is a change at the top spot at 149 pounds in this week’s WIN rankings after Rutgers’ Anthony Ashnault, ranked No. 2 last week, scored a 10-2 major decision over Princeton’s No. 1 Matt Kolodzik last Sunday. The match-up came also as a battle of in-state supremacy from the two New Jersey-based programs.

WIN’s Tournament Power Index 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’s Feb. 4 Tournament Power Index

Rk.

School

Total Ranked

Top 8

TPI Pts

1.

Penn State

9

7

123

2.

Ohio State

7

6

84.5

3.

Iowa

9

7

79

4.

Oklahoma State

9

5

72

5.

Michigan

8

6

70

6.

Minnesota

7

4

45.5

7.

Nebraska

8

3

40

8.

Missouri

8

2

36

9t.

Northwestern

3

2

35

9t.

Princeton

3

3

35

11.

NC State

4

3

34

12.

Rutgers

3

2

31.5

13t.

Arizona State

3

2

30.5

13t.

Cornell

7

1

30.5

15.

Virginia Tech

6

3

29.5

16.

Illinois

6

2

28

17.

Lehigh

4

3

26.5

18.

Northern Iowa

6

2

25

19.

Wisconsin

7

1

23

20.

Oregon State

2

2

22.5

21t.

Pitt

4

1

17.5

21t.

Virginia

4

2

17.5

23.

Wyoming

5

2

16

24.

North Carolina

5

1

14.5

25t.

Army

2

1

13.5

25t.

Iowa State

6

1

13.5

27.

Lock Haven

3

1

12.5

28.

Stanford

2

1

11.5

29.

Duke

2

1

10.5

30.

Michigan State

2

1

8

31.

Utah Valley

4

0

7

32t.

Old Dominion

4

0

6.5

32t.

Purdue

4

0

6.5

34t.

Binghamton

1

1

5.5

34t.

Maryland

1

1

5.5

36.

North Dakota State

3

0

5

37.

Fresno State

4

0

4.5

38.

Buffalo

2

0

4

39t.

Campbell

2

0

3

39t.

Navy

3

0

3

41t.

CSU Bakersfield

2

0

2.5

41t.

Drexel

2

0

2.5

41t.

Northern Colorado

2

0

2.5

44.

George Mason

1

0

2

45t.

American U.

1

0

1.5

45t.

Brown

1

0

1.5

45t.

Bucknell

1

0

1.5

45t.

Central Michigan

1

0

1.5

45t.

Northern Illinois

1

0

1.5

45t.

Oklahoma

1

0

1.5

51t.

Clarion

1

0

1

51t.

Ohio U.

1

0

1

51t.

Penn

1

0

1

51t.

Rider

1

0

1

51t.

South Dakota State

1

0

1

WIN’s Feb. 4, 2019 Dual-Team Rankings

Rk

School

Record

Previous

1.

Penn State

10-0

1st

2.

Iowa

11-0

2nd

3.

Oklahoma State

12-0

3rd

4.

Michigan

9-1

4th

5.

Ohio State

9-1

5th

6.

Missouri

14-0

6th

7.

NC State

14-2

7th

8.

Minnesota

12-2

8th

9.

Cornell

9-2

9th

10.

Nebraska

10-4

10th

11.

Virginia Tech

8-2

12th

12.

Northern Iowa

5-5

14th

13.

Iowa State

9-2

17th

14.

Wyoming

13-4

11th

15.

Rutgers

9-5

18th

16.

Wisconsin

7-5

15th

17.

Stanford

7-1

25th

18.

Princeton

6-5

13th

19.

North Carolina

10-5

20th

20.

Pitt

8-3

16th

21.

Virginia

11-8

24th

22.

Lehigh

7-9

NR

23.

Lock Haven

6-3

NR

24.

Fresno State

8-6

NR

25.

Purdue

5-7

19th

WIN’s Feb. 4, 2019 Individual Rankings

125 pounds                                                                                                    

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Sebastian Rivera

Northwestern

So.

1st

2

Spencer Lee

Iowa

So.

2nd

3

Nick Piccininni

Oklahoma State

Jr.

3rd

4

Ronnie Bresser

Oregon State

Sr.

4th

5

Jack Mueller

Virginia

Jr.

5th

6

Sean Russell

Minnesota

Sr.

6th

7

Rayvon Foley

Michigan State

So.

7th

8

Pat Glory

Princeton

Fr.

9th

9

Brent Fleetwood

North Dakota State

Sr.

12th

10

Ryan Millhof

Arizona State

Sr.

10th

11

Vitali Arujau

Cornell

Fr.

11th

12

Connor Brown

Wisconsin

So.

13th

13

Travis Piotrowski

Illinois

Jr.

14th

14

Drew Mattin

Michigan

So.

15th

15

Zeke Moisey

Nebraska

Sr.

16th

16

Alex Mackall

Iowa State

So.

17th

17

Michael McGee

Old Dominion

So.

18th

18

Jay Schwarm

Northern Iowa

Jr.

19th

19

Rico Montoya

Northern Colorado

Sr.

20th

20

Cole Verner

Wyoming

Jr.

NR


133 pounds                            
                                                                       

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Stevan Micic

Michigan

Jr.

1st

2

Daton Fix

Oklahoma State

RS Fr.

2nd

3

Austin DeSanto

Iowa

So.

3rd

4

Micky Phillippi

Pitt

RS Fr.

4th

5

Nick Suriano

Rutgers

Jr.

5th

6

Luke Pletcher

Ohio State

Jr.

6th

7

Montorie Bridges

Wyoming

So.

8th

8

Austin Gomez

Iowa State

RS Fr.

9th

9

John Erneste

Missouri

Sr.

10th

10

Ethan Lizak

Minnesota

Jr.

11th

11

Chas Tucker

Cornell

Jr.

12th

12

Korbin Myers

Virginia Tech

Jr.

13th

13

Sean Fausz

NC State

Sr.

8th/125

14

Roman Bravo-Young

Penn State

Fr.

14th

15

Josh Terao

American U.

Sr.

15th

16

Cam Sykora

North Dakota State

Jr.

16th

17

Ben Thornton

Purdue

Sr.

17th

18

Sean Nickell

CSU Bakersfield

Sr.

18th

19

Dylan Duncan

Illinois

So.

19th

20

Gary Wayne Harding

North Carolina

Sr.

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

Michael Carr

Illinois

So.

4th

5

Nick Lee

Penn State

So.

5th

6

Josh Alber

Northern Iowa

Sr.

6th

7

Mitch McKee

Minnesota

Jr.

7th

8

Kanen Storr

Michigan

So.

8th

9

Bryan Lantry

Buffalo

Sr.

9th

10

Matt Findlay

Utah Valley

So.

10th

11

Sa’Derian Perry

Old Dominion

Jr.

11th

12

Tristan Moran

Wisconsin

Jr.

12th

13

Ian Parker

Iowa State

So.

13th

14

Kaid Brock

Oklahoma State

Jr.

15th

15

Max Murin

Iowa

RS Fr.

16th

16

Dom Demas

Oklahoma

RS Fr.

14th

17

Sam Turner

Wyoming

So.

17th

18

Chad Red

Nebraska

So.

18th

19

A.C. Headlee

North Carolina

Jr.

19th

20

Nick Gil

Navy

Sr.

20th


149 pounds

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Anthony Ashnault

Rutgers

Sr.

2nd

2

Matt Kolodzik

Princeton

Jr.

1st

3

Micah Jordan

Ohio State

Sr.

3rd

4

Kaden Gfeller

Oklahoma State

RS Fr.

5th

5

Austin O'Connor

North Carolina

RS Fr.

4th

6

Mitch Finesilver

Duke

Sr.

6th

7

Justin Oliver

NC State

Sr.

7th

8

Pat Lugo

Iowa

Sr.

8th

9

Brock Mauller

Missouri

Fr.

9th

10

Max Thomsen

Northern Iowa

Jr.

10th

11

Josh Heil

Campbell

So.

11th

12

Brady Berge

Penn State

RS Fr.

12th

13

Tommy Thorn

Minnesota

Sr.

13th

14

Jarrett Degen

Iowa State

So.

14th

15

Khristian Olivas

Fresno State

Jr.

15th

16

Russell Rohlfing

CSU Bakersfield

Jr.

16th

17

Henry Pohlmeyer

South Dakota State

Jr.

17th

18

Anthony Artalona

Penn

Fr.

19th

19

Jared Prince

Navy

Jr.

20th

20

Cole Martin

Wisconsin

Jr.

NR


157 pounds                            
                                                                       

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Jason Nolf

Penn State

Sr.

1st

2

Tyler Berger

Nebraska

Sr.

2nd

3

Ryan Deakin

Northwestern

So.

3rd

4

Hayden Hidlay

NC State

So.

4th

5

Alec Pantaleo

Michigan

Sr.

5th

6

Ke-Shawn Hayes

Ohio State

Jr.

6th

7

Kaleb Young

Iowa

So.

7th

8

Steve Bleise

Minnesota

Sr.

9th

9

Larry Early

Old Dominion

Jr.

11th

10

Griffin Parriott

Purdue

So.

10th

11

Eric Barone

Illinois

Jr.

12th

12

Jarrett Jacques

Missouri

Fr.

14th

13

Zach Hartman

Bucknell

Fr.

8th

14

Paul Fox

Stanford

Sr.

15th

15

John Van Brill

Rutgers

Sr.

16th

16

Taleb Rahmani

Pitt

Jr.

17th

17

Josh Humphreys

Lehigh

Fr.

13th

18

BC LaPrade

Virginia Tech

So.

18th

19

Zac Carson

Ohio U.

Jr.

19th

20

Jake Keating

Virginia

So.

20th


165 pounds                            
                                                                       

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Vincenzo Joseph

Penn State

Jr.

1st

2

Alex Marinelli

Iowa

So.

2nd

3

Evan Wick

Wisconsin

So.

3rd

4

Josh Shields

Arizona State

Jr.

4th

5

Chance Marstellar

Lock Haven

Sr.

5th

6

Isaiah White

Nebraska

Jr.

6th

7

Branson Ashworth

Wyoming

Sr.

7th

8

Logan Massa

Michigan

Jr.

8th

9

Chandler Rogers

Oklahoma State

Sr.

9th

10

Demetrius Romero

Utah Valley

Jr.

10th

11

Bryce Steiert

Northern Iowa

Sr.

11th

12

Mekhi Lewis

Virginia Tech

RS Fr.

12th

13

Andrew Fogarty

North Dakota State

Jr.

13th

14

Connor Flynn

Missouri

Jr.

14th

15

Jon Viruet

Brown

Sr.

15th

16

Ebed Jarrell

Drexel

Jr.

16th

17

Joey Gunther

Illinois

Jr.

17th

18

Jesse Dellavecchia

Rider

Jr.

18th

19

Cam Coy

Virginia

RS Fr.

NR

20

Kennedy Monday

North Carolina

So.

NR


174 pounds                            
                                                                       

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Mark Hall

Penn State

Jr.

1st

2

Zahid Valencia

Arizona State

Jr.

2nd

3

Myles Amine

Michigan

Jr.

3rd

4

Daniel Lewis

Missouri

Sr.

4th

5

Jordan Kutler

Lehigh

Jr.

6th

6

Taylor Lujan

Northern Iowa

Jr.

8th

7

Joe Smith

Oklahoma State

Jr.

5th

8

David McFadden

Virginia Tech

Jr.

7th

9

Mikey Labriola

Nebraska

RS Fr.

9th

10

Brandon Womack

Cornell

Jr.

10th

11

Ryan Christensen

Wisconsin

Sr.

11th

12

Kimball Bastian

Utah Valley

Jr.

12th

13

Brit Wilson

Northern Illinois

RS Fr.

14th

14

Matt Finesilver

Duke

So.

13th

15

Dylan Lydy

Purdue

Jr.

17th

16

Seldon Wright

Old Dominion

Sr.

16th

17

Devin Skatzka

Minnesota

Jr.

15th

18

Ben Harvey

Army

Jr.

18th

19

Spencer Carey

Navy

Jr.

19th

20

Andrew Morgan

Campbell

Jr.

20th


184 pounds                            
                                                                       

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Myles Martin

Ohio State

Sr.

1st

2

Shakur Rasheed

Penn State

Sr.

2nd

3

Nick Reenan

NC State

Jr.

3rd

4

Zack Zavatsky

Virginia Tech

Sr.

4th

5

Emery Parker

Illinois

Sr.

6th

6

Ryan Preisch

Lehigh

Sr.

7th

7

Taylor Venz

Nebraska

So.

5th

8

Lou DePrez

Binghamton

Fr.

11th

9

Max Dean

Cornell

So.

8th

10

Jacobe Smith

Oklahoma State

Sr.

13th

11

Cash Wilcke

Iowa

Jr.

12th

12

Drew Foster

Northern Iowa

Sr.

9th

13

Nino Bonaccorsi

Pitt

Fr.

15th

14

Cameron Caffey

Michigan State

So.

14th

15

Chip Ness

North Carolina

Sr.

10th

16

Samuel Colbray

Iowa State

So.

16th

17

Dylan Wisman

Missouri

Jr.

17th

18

Mason Reinhardt

Wisconsin

Jr.

18th

19

Jackson Hemauer

Fresno State

RS Fr.

19th

20

Corey Hazel

Lock Haven

Jr.

NR


197 pounds

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Bo Nickal

Penn State

Sr.

1st

2

Kollin Moore

Ohio State

Jr.

2nd

3

Patrick Brucki

Princeton

So.

3rd

4

Rocco Caywood

Army

Sr.

4th

5

Nathan Traxler

Stanford

So.

5th

6

Jacob Warner

Iowa

RS Fr.

6th

7

Tom Sleigh

Virginia Tech

Sr.

7th

8

Jay Aiello

Virginia

So.

8th

9

Willie Miklus

Iowa State

Sr.

9th

10

Dakota Geer

Oklahoma State

So.

10th

11

Christian Brunner

Purdue

Jr.

11th

12

Eric Schultz

Nebraska

So.

12th

13

Jackson Striggow

Michigan

Jr.

13th

14

Jacob Seely

Northern Colorado

Jr.

14th

15

Wyatt Koelling

Missouri

So.

15th

16

Ben Honis

Cornell

Sr.

16th

17

Stephen Loiseau

Drexel

Sr.

17th

18

Josh Hokit

Fresno State

Jr.

18th

19

Tanner Orndorff

Utah Valley

Jr.

19th

20

Greg Bulsak

Clarion

So.

20th

                                                                                                   

Heavyweight

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Gable Steveson

Minnesota

Fr.

1st

2

Derek White

Oklahoma State

Sr.

2nd

3

Anthony Cassar

Penn State

Sr.

3rd

4

Mason Parris

Michigan

Fr.

6th

5

Amar Dhesi

Oregon State

Sr.

7th

6

Sam Stoll

Iowa

Sr.

4th

7

Jordan Wood

Lehigh

So.

8th

8

Youssif Hemida

Maryland

Sr.

5th

9

David Jensen

Nebraska

Jr.

12th

10

Matt Voss

George Mason

Sr.

9th

11

Demetrius Thomas

Pitt

Jr.

10th

12

Jake Gunning

Buffalo

Sr.

11th

13

Conan Jennings

Northwestern

Sr.

14th

14

Trent Hillger

Wisconsin

RS Fr.

15th

15

Matt Stencel

Central Michigan

So.

19th

16

Thomas Haines

Lock Haven

Sr.

NR

17

Chase Singletary

Ohio State

RS Fr.

16th

18

Jeramy Sweany

Cornell

Sr.

17th

19

A.J. Nevills

Fresno State

So.

20th

20

Brian Andrews

Wyoming

So.

18th

 


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