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Iowa, Oklahoma State and Michigan move up in WIN dual meet rankings after Wolverine win over Ohio State

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by Mike Finn, WIN Magazine

NEWTON, Iowa — As the calendar turns to February, all eyes will be on State College, Pa., this Friday, and Piscataway, N.J., this Sunday when big battles for several top-ranked wrestlers, according to WIN’s Jan. 28 rankings presented by Cliff Keen Athletic, could happen in both locations.

Penn State (9-0) remains top-ranked in WIN’s team dual rankings and Tournament Power Index and features three No. 1-rated wrestlers, who will be challenged by other Top-10 wrestlers from fourth-ranked Michigan (9-0), which is coming off a road upset of then second-ranked Ohio State.

The best match-ups may be at 157, where PSU’s No. 1 Jason Nolf takes on No. 5 Alec Pantaleo; at 165 where the Lions’ No. 1 Vincenzo Joseph will be challenged by No. 8 Logan Massa; and at 174 where Penn State’s No. 1 Mark Hall will battle No. 3 Myles Amine. Meanwhile, other Top-10 battles should happen at 141, where Penn State’s No. 5 Nick Lee faces Michigan’s No. 8 Kanen Storr; and at heavyweight where the Lions’ No. 3 Anthony Cassar face off against No. 6 Mason Parris.

Two days later, there will be a battle of New Jersey’s highest-ranked Division I teams and the nation’s top wrestlers at 149 pounds as Princeton’s top-ranked Matt Kolodzik will face second-ranked Anthony Ashnault of Rutgers.

Overall, Iowa and Oklahoma State, both 10-0 on the season, have each moved up one spot to No. 2 and 3, respectively, in the dual rankings. In WIN’s Tournament Power Index, the Hawkeyes are rated No. 3 with nine ranked wrestlers and 82.5 points, while the Cowboys, with 9 ranked wrestlers, are ranked No. 4 with 72.5 TPI points.

Despite the dual loss, Ohio State, with seven rated wrestlers, remained the second-ranked team in the TPI (85), while Michigan is rated No. 5 with 66.5 TPI points.

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 Jan. 28 Tournament Power Index

Rk

School

Total Rank

Top 8 Rank

TPI Pts

1.

Penn State

9

7

123

2.

Ohio State

7

6

85

3.

Iowa

9

7

82.5

4.

Oklahoma State

9

5

72.5

5.

Michigan

8

6

66.5

6.

NC State

6

5

45.5

7.

Nebraska

8

3

43.5

8.

Minnesota

7

3

42.5

9.

Missouri

8

2

35.5

10.

Princeton

3

2

35.5

11.

Northwestern

3

2

35

12.

Cornell

7

2

34

13.

Arizona State

3

2

30.5

14.

Virginia Tech

6

3

30

15.

Rutgers

4

2

28.5

16.

Illinois

6

2

27

17.

Lehigh

4

3

22.5

18t.

Northern Iowa

6

2

21.5

18t.

Wisconsin

6

1

21.5

20.

Oregon State

2

2

19

21.

Pitt

4

1

17

22t.

North Carolina

4

1

16.5

22t.

Virginia

3

2

16.5

24.

Wyoming

4

2

14.0

25.

Army

2

1

13.5

26.

Stanford

2

1

11.5

27.

Duke

2

1

10.5

28t.

Lock Haven

1

1

10

28t.

Maryland

1

1

10

30.

Iowa State

6

0

9.5

31.

Utah Valley

5

0

8.5

32.

Michigan State

2

1

8

33.

Old Dominion

4

0

6.5

34.

Purdue

4

0

6

35.

Bucknell

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

41t.

Oklahoma

2

0

2.5

45t.

Binghamton

1

0

2

45t.

George Mason

1

0

2

47t.

American U.

1

0

1.5

47t.

Brown

1

0

1.5

47t.

Northern Illinois

1

0

1.5

50t.

Central Michigan

1

0

1

50t

Clarion

1

0

1

50t

Ohio U.

1

0

1

50t

Penn

1

0

1

50t

Rider

1

0

1

50t

South Dakota State

1

0

1

50t

West Virginia

1

0

1


WIN’s Jan. 28, 2019 Dual-Team Rankings

Rk

School

Record

Previous

1.

Penn State

9-0

1st

2.

Iowa

10-0

3rd

3.

Oklahoma State

10-0

4th

4.

Michigan

9-0

5th

5.

Ohio State

7-1

2nd

6.

Missouri

14-0

6th

7.

NC State

13-2

7th

8.

Minnesota

11-2

8th

9.

Cornell

7-2

9th

10.

Nebraska

8-3

10th

11.

Wyoming

12-3

11th

12.

Virginia Tech

7-2

12th

13.

Princeton

4-4

13th

14.

Northern Iowa

5-4

14th

15.

Wisconsin

6-5

15th

16.

Pitt

8-2

16th

17.

Iowa State

7-2

21st

18.

Rutgers

8-4

18th

19.

Purdue

5-6

19th

20.

North Carolina

8-5

20th

21.

Arizona State

4-8

17th

22.

Northwestern

3-7

23rd

23.

North Dakota State

8-5

25th

24.

Virginia

11-7

24th

25.

Stanford

6-1

22nd

WIN’s Jan. 28, 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.

8th

8

Sean Fausz

NC State

Sr.

7th

9

Pat Glory

Princeton

Fr.

9th

10

Ryan Millhof

Arizona State

Sr.

10th

11

Vitali Arujau

Cornell

Fr.

11th

12

Brent Fleetwood

North Dakota State

Sr.

12th

13

Connor Brown

Wisconsin

So.

14th

14

Travis Piotrowski

Illinois

Jr.

15th

15

Drew Mattin

Michigan

So.

16th

16

Zeke Moisey

Nebraska

Sr.

13th

17

Alex Mackall

Iowa State

So.

18th

18

Michael McGee

Old Dominion

So.

19th

19

Jay Schwarm

Northern Iowa

Jr.

NR

20

Rico Montoya

Northern Colorado

Sr.

17th


133 pounds                            
                                                                       

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Stevan Micic

Michigan

Jr.

1st

2

Daton Fix

Oklahoma State

RS Fr.

3rd

3

Austin DeSanto

Iowa

So.

5th

4

Micky Phillippi

Pitt

RS Fr.

2nd

5

Nick Suriano

Rutgers

Jr.

6th

6

Luke Pletcher

Ohio State

Jr.

4th

7

Tariq Wilson

NC State

So.

7th

8

Montorie Bridges

Wyoming

So.

8th

9

Austin Gomez

Iowa State

RS Fr.

9th

10

John Erneste

Missouri

Sr.

10th

11

Ethan Lizak

Minnesota

Jr.

11th

12

Chas Tucker

Cornell

Jr.

12th

13

Korbin Myers

Virginia Tech

Jr.

14th

14

Roman Bravo-Young

Penn State

Fr.

13th

15

Josh Terao

American U.

Sr.

15th

16

Cam Sykora

North Dakota State

Jr.

16th

17

Ben Thornton

Purdue

Sr.

19th

18

Sean Nickell

CSU Bakersfield

Sr.

18th

19

Dylan Duncan

Illinois

So.

17th

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.

6th

6

Josh Alber

Northern Iowa

Sr.

9th

7

Mitch McKee

Minnesota

Jr.

5th

8

Kanen Storr

Michigan

So.

8th

9

Bryan Lantry

Buffalo

Sr.

7th

10

Matt Findlay

Utah Valley

So.

10th

11

Sa’Derian Perry

Old Dominion

Jr.

12th

12

Tristan Moran

Wisconsin

Jr.

14th

13

Ian Parker

Iowa State

So.

18th

14

Dom Demas

Oklahoma

RS Fr.

13th

15

Kaid Brock

Oklahoma State

Jr.

11th

16

Max Murin

Iowa

RS Fr.

15th

17

Sam Turner

Wyoming

So.

16th

18

Chad Red

Nebraska

So.

17th

19

A.C. Headlee

North Carolina

Jr.

19th

20

Nick Gil

Navy

Sr.

20th

149 pounds

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1

Matt Kolodzik

Princeton

Jr.

1st

2

Anthony Ashnault

Rutgers

Sr.

2nd

3

Micah Jordan

Ohio State

Sr.

3rd

4

Austin O'Connor

North Carolina

RS Fr.

4th

5

Kaden Gfeller

Oklahoma State

RS Fr.

5th

6

Mitch Finesilver

Duke

Sr.

7th

7

Justin Oliver

NC State

Sr.

6th

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.

16th

14

Jarrett Degen

Iowa State

So.

14th

15

Khristian Olivas

Fresno State

Jr.

15th

16

Russell Rohlfing

CSU Bakersfield

Jr.

13th

17

Henry Pohlmeyer

South Dakota State

Jr.

18th

18

Davion Jeffries

Oklahoma

Sr.

NR

19

Anthony Artalona

Penn

Fr.

19th

20

Jared Prince

Navy

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.

6th

6

Ke-Shawn Hayes

Ohio State

Jr.

7th

7

Kaleb Young

Iowa

So.

5th

8

Zach Hartman

Bucknell

Fr.

8th

9

Steve Bleise

Minnesota

Sr.

9th

10

Griffin Parriott

Purdue

So.

10th

11

Larry Early

Old Dominion

Jr.

11th

12

Eric Barone

Illinois

Jr.

12th

13

Josh Humphreys

Lehigh

Fr.

13th

14

Jarrett Jacques

Missouri

Fr.

14th

15

Paul Fox

Stanford

Sr.

NR

16

John Van Brill

Rutgers

Sr.

15th

17

Taleb Rahmani

Pitt

Jr.

17th

18

BC LaPrade

Virginia Tech

So.

18th

19

Zac Carson

Ohio U.

Jr.

19th

20

Jake Keating

Virginia

So.

NR

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.

5th

5

Chance Marstellar

Lock Haven

Sr.

4th

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.

13th

13

Andrew Fogarty

North Dakota State

Jr.

12th

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

Thomas Bullard

NC State

So.

19th

20

Nick Kiussis

West Virginia

So.

20th

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

Joe Smith

Oklahoma State

Jr.

5th

6

Jordan Kutler

Lehigh

Jr.

7th

7

David McFadden

Virginia Tech

Jr.

6th

8

Taylor Lujan

Northern Iowa

Jr.

8th

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

Matt Finesilver

Duke

So.

13th

14

Brit Wilson

Northern Illinois

RS Fr.

14th

15

Devin Skatzka

Minnesota

Jr.

15th

16

Seldon Wright

Old Dominion

Sr.

16th

17

Dylan Lydy

Purdue

Jr.

17th

18

Ben Harvey

Army

Jr.

18th

19

Spencer Carey

Navy

Jr.

19th

20

Andrew Morgan

Campbell

Jr.

NR

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.

4th

4

Zack Zavatsky

Virginia Tech

Sr.

5th

5

Taylor Venz

Nebraska

So.

7th

6

Emery Parker

Illinois

Sr.

3rd

7

Ryan Preisch

Lehigh

Sr.

6th

8

Max Dean

Cornell

So.

8th

9

Drew Foster

Northern Iowa

Sr.

9th

10

Chip Ness

North Carolina

Sr.

10th

11

Lou DePrez

Binghamton

Fr.

11th

12

Cash Wilcke

Iowa

Jr.

12th

13

Jacobe Smith

Oklahoma State

Sr.

13th

14

Cameron Caffey

Michigan State

So.

15th

15

Nino Bonaccorsi

Pitt

Fr.

14th

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

Nick Gravina

Rutgers

Sr.

20th

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

Sam Stoll

Iowa

Sr.

4th

5

Youssif Hemida

Maryland

Sr.

5th

6

Mason Parris

Michigan

Fr.

6th

7

Amar Dhesi

Oregon State

Sr.

7th

8

Jordan Wood

Lehigh

So.

8th

9

Matt Voss

George Mason

Sr.

9th

10

Demetrius Thomas

Pitt

Jr.

10th

11

Jake Gunning

Buffalo

Sr.

11th

12

David Jensen

Nebraska

Jr.

12th

13

Tate Orndorff

Utah Valley

Jr.

13th

14

Conan Jennings

Northwestern

Sr.

14th

15

Trent Hillger

Wisconsin

RS Fr.

15th

16

Chase Singletary

Ohio State

RS Fr.

16th

17

Jeramy Sweany

Cornell

Sr.

17th

18

Brian Andrews

Wyoming

So.

18th

19

Matt Stencel

Central Michigan

So.

19th

20

A.J. Nevills

Fresno State

So.

20th

 


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