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Mizzou's Lewis jumps to No. 2 in WIN rankings, plus Iowa and Oklahoma State move up in TPI

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by Mike Finn, WIN Magazine

NEWTON, Iowa — Daniel Lewis of Missouri, fresh off his pin against Arizona State’s defending national champion Zahid Valencia this past Friday, has moved up to No. 2 at 174 pounds to highlight WIN Magazine’s Feb. 11 rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

Not all highly-ranked wrestlers, who lost last weekend, necessarily dropped in WIN’s individual rankings, which are based more on the entire season’s results. As WIN has always done with its weekly rankings, the rankings are a prediction of final NCAA tournament placements at that particular point in the season based on each wrestler’s full season of competition up until each week’s release.

This approach to rankings leads to more accurate rankings and better sets up fans for the 2019 NCAA Division I Championships, which will be held March 21-23 in Pittsburgh, Pa. It also helps determine WIN’s Tournament Power Index that predicts team finishes at the national tournament.

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.

With that in mind, Penn State (11-0) solidified its No. 1 ranking in both WIN’s Dual-Team rankings and TPI (123 points) after beating Ohio State last Friday. Both Iowa (85 TPI points) and Oklahoma State (81.5) also moved past Ohio State (75) in WIN’s TPI.

The following is a list of the current TPI, including total ranked and Top 8-ranked wrestlers per school … as well as WIN’s Dual-Team and Individual Rankings.

WIN’s Feb. 11, 2019 Tournament Power Index

Rk.

School

Total Rank

Top 8

TPI Pts

1.

Penn State

9

7

123

2.

Iowa

9

7

85

3.

Oklahoma State

8

6

81.5

4.

Ohio State

7

5

75

5.

Michigan

9

6

63

6.

Nebraska

8

4

44.5

7.

Minnesota

6

4

44

8.

NC State

5

4

40

9.

Missouri

8

2

39

10.

Northwestern

3

2

35.5

11t.

Cornell

7

2

34

11t.

Rutgers

3

2

34

13.

Princeton

3

2

31.5

14.

Illinois

6

2

30.5

15.

Lehigh

4

3

30

16.

Arizona State

3

2

28

17.

Virginia Tech

6

2

26.5

18.

Oregon State

2

2

25

19.

Iowa State

6

2

22

20.

Northern Iowa

6

2

21.5

21.

Wisconsin

5

1

19

22.

Virginia

3

2

16.5

23.

Wyoming

5

2

16

24.

North Carolina

6

1

15.5

25.

Pitt

4

1

15

26.

Lock Haven

3

1

12.5

27.

Duke

2

1

10.5

28t.

Army

2

1

8

28t.

Michigan State

2

1

8

30.

Utah Valley

4

0

7

31.

Purdue

4

0

6.5

32.

Old Dominion

4

0

6

33.

Binghamton

1

1

5.5

34t.

North Dakota State

3

0

5

34t.

Stanford

3

0

5

36.

Buffalo

2

0

3.5

36.

Fresno State

3

0

3.5

38.

Campbell

2

0

3

38.

Navy

3

0

3

40.

CSU Bakersfield

2

0

2.5

40.

Drexel

2

0

2.5

40.

Northern Colorado

2

0

2.5

43t.

Bucknell

1

0

2

43t.

Central Michigan

1

0

2

43t.

Maryland

1

0

2

43t.

Northern Illinois

1

0

2

47t.

American U.

1

0

1.5

47t.

Brown

1

0

1.5

47t.

George Mason

1

0

1.5

47t.

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

51t.

VMI

1

0

1


WIN’s Feb. 11, 2019 Dual-Team Rankings

Rk

School

Record

Previous

1.

Penn State

11-0

1st

2.

Iowa

12-0

2nd

3.

Oklahoma State

13-0

3rd

4.

Michigan

10-1

4th

5.

Ohio State

9-2

5th

6.

Missouri

15-0

6th

7.

Cornell

11-2

9th

8.

Nebraska

11-4

10th

9.

NC State

14-3

7th

10.

Minnesota

13-3

8th

11.

Northern Iowa

6-5

12th

12.

Iowa State

9-2

13th

13.

Virginia Tech

8-3

11th

14.

Wyoming

15-4

14th

15.

Rutgers

11-5

15th

16.

North Carolina

11-5

19th

17.

Pitt

9-3

20th

18.

Wisconsin

8-5

16th

19.

Princeton

7-6

18th

20.

Virginia

12-8

21st

21.

Lehigh

7-9

22nd

22.

Lock Haven

8-3

23rd

23.

Purdue

6-8

25th

24.

North Dakota State

9-5

NR

25.

Fresno State

9-7

24th


WIN’s Feb. 11, 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

Vitali Arujau

Cornell

Fr.

11th

9

Brent Fleetwood

North Dakota State

Sr.

9th

10

Ryan Millhof

Arizona State

Sr.

10th

11

Sean Fausz

NC State

Sr.

14th

12

Pat Glory

Princeton

Fr.

8th

13

Travis Piotrowski

Illinois

Jr.

13th

14

Drew Mattin

Michigan

So.

14th

15

Zeke Moisey

Nebraska

Sr.

15th

16

Alex Mackall

Iowa State

So.

16th

17

Michael McGee

Old Dominion

So.

17th

18

Jay Schwarm

Northern Iowa

Jr.

18th

19

Rico Montoya

Northern Colorado

Sr.

19th

20

Cole Verner

Wyoming

Jr.

20th


133 pounds

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Rk

1

Stevan Micic

Michigan

Jr.

1st

2

Daton Fix

Oklahoma State

RS Fr.

2nd

3

Austin DeSanto

Iowa

So.

3rd

4

Nick Suriano

Rutgers

Jr.

5th

5

Micky Phillippi

Pitt

RS Fr.

4th

6

Tariq Wilson

NC State

So.

NR

7

Montorie Bridges

Wyoming

So.

7th

8

Austin Gomez

Iowa State

RS Fr.

8th

9

Luke Pletcher

Ohio State

Jr.

6th

10

John Erneste

Missouri

Sr.

9th

11

Ethan Lizak

Minnesota

Jr.

10th

12

Chas Tucker

Cornell

Jr.

11th

13

Roman Bravo-Young

Penn State

Fr.

14th

14

Korbin Myers

Virginia Tech

Jr.

12th

15

Josh Terao

American U.

Sr.

15th

16

Cam Sykora

North Dakota State

Jr.

16th

17

Gary Wayne Harding

North Carolina

Sr.

20th

18

Ben Thornton

Purdue

Sr.

17th

19

Sean Nickell

CSU Bakersfield

Sr.

18th

20

Dylan Duncan

Illinois

So.

19th


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

Tristan Moran

Wisconsin

Jr.

12th

12

Ian Parker

Iowa State

So.

13th

13

Kaid Brock

Oklahoma State

Jr.

14th

14

Sa’Derian Perry

Old Dominion

Jr.

11th

15

Max Murin

Iowa

RS Fr.

15th

16

Dom Demas

Oklahoma

RS Fr.

16th

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.

1st

2

Matt Kolodzik

Princeton

Jr.

2nd

3

Micah Jordan

Ohio State

Sr.

3rd

4

Kaden Gfeller

Oklahoma State

RS Fr.

4th

5

Austin O'Connor

North Carolina

RS Fr.

5th

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

Jarrett Degen

Iowa State

So.

14th

14

Requir Van Der Merwe

Stanford

So.

NR

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.

18th

19

Jared Prince

Navy

Jr.

19th

20

Cole Martin

Wisconsin

Jr.

20th


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

Kaleb Young

Iowa

So.

7th

7

Ke-Shawn Hayes

Ohio State

Jr.

6th

8

Steve Bleise

Minnesota

Sr.

8th

9

Larry Early

Old Dominion

Jr.

9th

10

Griffin Parriott

Purdue

So.

10th

11

Eric Barone

Illinois

Jr.

11th

12

Zach Hartman

Bucknell

Fr.

13th

13

Jarrett Jacques

Missouri

Fr.

12th

14

Paul Fox

Stanford

Sr.

14th

15

John Van Brill

Rutgers

Sr.

15th

16

Taleb Rahmani

Pitt

Jr.

16th

17

Josh Humphreys

Lehigh

Fr.

17th

18

Josh McClure

North Carolina

 

 

19

Zac Carson

Ohio U.

Jr.

19th

20

BC LaPrade

Virginia Tech

So.

18th


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.

19th

20

Kennedy Monday

North Carolina

So.

20th


174 pounds                            
                                                                       

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Mark Hall

Penn State

Jr.

1st

2

Daniel Lewis

Missouri

Sr.

4th

3

Zahid Valencia

Arizona State

Jr.

2nd

4

Myles Amine

Michigan

Jr.

3rd

5

Jordan Kutler

Lehigh

Jr.

5th

6

Joe Smith

Oklahoma State

Jr.

7th

7

David McFadden

Virginia Tech

Jr.

8th

8

Taylor Lujan

Northern Iowa

Jr.

6th

9

Mikey Labriola

Nebraska

RS Fr.

9th

10

Brandon Womack

Cornell

Jr.

10th

11

Kimball Bastian

Utah Valley

Jr.

12th

12

Brit Wilson

Northern Illinois

RS Fr.

13th

13

Matt Finesilver

Duke

So.

14th

14

Dylan Lydy

Purdue

Jr.

15th

15

Seldon Wright

Old Dominion

Sr.

16th

16

Ben Harvey

Army

Jr.

18th

17

Spencer Carey

Navy

Jr.

19th

18

Devin Skatzka

Minnesota

Jr.

17th

19

Andrew Morgan

Campbell

Jr.

20th

20

Neal Richards

VMI

Jr.

NR


184 pounds

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Myles Martin

Ohio State

Sr.

1st

2

Shakur Rasheed

Penn State

Sr.

2nd

3

Zack Zavatsky

Virginia Tech

Sr.

4th

4

Emery Parker

Illinois

Sr.

5th

5

Nick Reenan

NC State

Jr.

3rd

6

Ryan Preisch

Lehigh

Sr.

6th

7

Taylor Venz

Nebraska

So.

7th

8

Lou DePrez

Binghamton

Fr.

8th

9

Max Dean

Cornell

So.

9th

10

Jacobe Smith

Oklahoma State

Sr.

10th

11

Drew Foster

Northern Iowa

Sr.

12th

12

Cash Wilcke

Iowa

Jr.

11th

13

Nino Bonaccorsi

Pitt

Fr.

13th

14

Cameron Caffey

Michigan State

So.

14th

15

Chip Ness

North Carolina

Sr.

15th

16

Samuel Colbray

Iowa State

So.

16th

17

Dylan Wisman

Missouri

Jr.

17th

18

Mason Reinhardt

Wisconsin

Jr.

18th

19

Corey Hazel

Lock Haven

Jr.

20th

20

Jelani Embree

Michigan

Fr.

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

Jacob Warner

Iowa

RS Fr.

6th

5

Willie Miklus

Iowa State

Sr.

9th

6

Preston Weigel

Oklahoma State

Sr.

NR

7

Rocco Caywood

Army

Sr.

4th

8

Jay Aiello

Virginia

So.

8th

9

Christian Brunner

Purdue

Jr.

11th

10

Nathan Traxler

Stanford

So.

5th

11

Tom Sleigh

Virginia Tech

Sr.

7th

12

Eric Schultz

Nebraska

So.

12th

13

Ben Honis

Cornell

Sr.

16th

14

Jackson Striggow

Michigan

Jr.

13th

15

Jacob Seely

Northern Colorado

Jr.

14th

16

Wyatt Koelling

Missouri

So.

15th

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

Amar Dhesi

Oregon State

Sr.

5th

5

Jordan Wood

Lehigh

So.

7th

6

Sam Stoll

Iowa

Sr.

6th

7

David Jensen

Nebraska

Jr.

9th

8

Mason Parris

Michigan

Fr.

4th

9

Youssif Hemida

Maryland

Sr.

8th

10

Conan Jennings

Northwestern

Sr.

13th

11

Demetrius Thomas

Pitt

Jr.

11th

12

Matt Stencel

Central Michigan

So.

15th

13

Trent Hillger

Wisconsin

RS Fr.

14th

14

Jake Gunning

Buffalo

Sr.

12th

15

Matt Voss

George Mason

Sr.

10th

16

Thomas Haines

Lock Haven

Sr.

16th

17

Chase Singletary

Ohio State

RS Fr.

17th

18

Jeramy Sweany

Cornell

Sr.

18th

19

A.J. Nevills

Fresno State

So.

19th

20

Brian Andrews

Wyoming

So.

20th

 

 


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