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Iowa ranked No. 1 in WIN Magazine's 2019-20 Preseason TPI; Individual rankings also released

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by WIN Magazine

NEWTON, Iowa — The University of Iowa wrestling program, owners of 23 all-time NCAA team titles, is ranked No. 1 in WIN Magazine’s 2019-20 Preseason NCAA Tournament Power Index and Individual Rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletics.

The Hawkeyes, whose last NCAA title came in 2010, features seven returning All-Americans — including two-time NCAA champion Spencer Lee at 125 pounds — and have nine ranked wrestlers for 106.5 TPI points.

Penn State, which has won the last four NCAA team championships and eight over the past nine years, is ranked second with 97 TPI points as eight Nittany Lions are ranked in the pre-season poll. That includes five past All-Americans, including three past champions in heavyweight Anthony Cassar (2019), 165-pound Vincenzo Joseph (2017-18) and 174-pound Mark Hall (2017).

The next three ranked teams are Wisconsin (51.5 TPI points), Nebraska (50) and Lehigh (42.5).

WIN’s rankings could change once teams decide on what weights wrestlers will compete and if certain guys will redshirt or not. The preseason rankings also do not include true or redshirt freshmen. They’ll be be added once the season begins in November and have wrestled varsity matches.

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.

There are seven ranked wrestlers who have won NCAA championships, including two at 133 pounds: Nick Suriano, who captured Rutgers’ first NCAA title last year, and Seth Gross, who transferred to Wisconsin after winning South Dakota State’s first Division I national champion.

Another returning champion is Arizona State senior Zahid Valencia, who has moved up to 184 pounds this winter after winning titles at 174 pounds the past two seasons.

WIN’s 2019-20 NCAA Div. I Tournament Power Index

Rank

School

Total

Top 8

TPI Points

 

 

Ranked

Ranked

 

1.

Iowa

9

8

106.5

2.

Penn State

8

5

97

3.

Wisconsin

6

3

51.5

4.

Nebraska

6

4

50

5.

Lehigh

5

4

42.5

6.

Minnesota

4

3

40

7.

Iowa State

8

3

39.5

8t.

Arizona State

4

3

39

8t.

Ohio State

5

2

39

10.

Oklahoma State

5

4

38

11.

Pitt

4

3

30

12.

Michigan

4

3

32.5

13t.

Oklahoma

4

2

31.5

13t.

Princeton

6

2

31.5

15.

Missouri

6

2

28

16.

Northwestern

2

2

27

17t.

NC State

4

1

25.5

17t.

Virginia Tech

6

2

25.5

19.

Northern Iowa

4

3

25

20.

North Carolina

3

1

22.5

21t.

Old Dominion

4

2

21.5

21t.

Rutgers

2

1

21.5

23.

Virginia

4

1

20.5

24t.

Cornell

3

2

20

24t.

Purdue

6

2

20

26t.

Central Michigan

3

1

15.5

26t.

Lock Haven

3

1

15.5

26t.

Michigan State

3

2

15.5

29.

Illinois

4

1

15

30t.

Wyoming

6

1

14

30t.

Utah Valley

6

1

14

32.

Campbell

6

1

13.5

33.

Binghamton

3

1

12

34.

Stanford

4

1

10.5

35t.

Fresno State

4

0

5.5

35t.

Penn

1

1

5.5

37t.

Army

4

0

5

37t.

Rider

3

0

5

39.

North Dakota St.

2

0

4

40.

Bucknell

2

0

3.5

41t.

Buffalo

2

0

3

41t.

Clarion

2

0

3

41t.

Navy

2

0

3

41t.

Ohio

2

0

3

41t.

West Virginia

2

0

3

46t.

Northern Illinois

1

0

2

46t.

Oregon State

2

0

2

48t.

Appalachian State

1

0

1.5

48t.

Drexel

1

0

1.5

48t.

Kent State

1

0

1.5

51t.

American U.

1

0

1

51t.

Bloomsburg

1

0

1

51t

Chattanooga

1

0

1

51t

CSU Bakersfield

1

0

1

51t

George Mason

1

0

1

51t

Northern Colorado

1

0

1

51t

SIU-Edwardsville

1

0

1


2019-20 WIN Magazine’s Preseason Rankings

125 pounds

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Record/’19 NCAA

1.

Spencer Lee

Iowa

Jr.

23-3/1st

2.

Jack Mueller

Virginia

Sr.

21-1/2nd

3.

Sebastian Rivera

Northwestern

Jr.

30-2/3rd

4.

Nick Piccininni

Oklahoma State

Sr.

34-2/5th

5.

Pat Glory

Princeton

So.

30-7/6th

6.

RayVon Foley

Michigan State

Jr.

36-6/7th

7.

Michael McGee

Old Dominion

Jr.

31-6/NQ

8.

Devin Schroder

Purdue

Jr.

21-13/NQ

9.

Travis Piotrowski

Illinois

Sr.

21-12/NQ

10.

Alex Mackall

Iowa State

Jr.

27-12/NQ

11.

Drew Hildebrandt

Central Michigan

Jr.

20-10/NQ

12.

Jay Schwarm

Northern Iowa

Sr.

16-12/NQ

13.

Gabe Townsell

Stanford

Sr.

19-12/NQ

14.

Cole Verner

Wyoming

Sr.

23-15/NQ

15.

Anthony Cefalo

Rider

Sr.

19-8/NQ

16.

Korbin Meink

Campbell

Jr.

15-13/NQ

17.

Cage Curry

American U.

Jr.

23-13/NQ

18.

Christian Moody

Oklahoma

Sr.

13-11/NQ

19.

Trey Chalifoux

Army

Sr.

22-15/NQ

20.

Willy Girard

Bloomsburg

Sr.

23-13/NQ


133 pounds

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Record/’19 NCAA

1.

Nick Suriano

Rutgers

Sr.

29-3/1st

2.

Seth Gross

Wisconsin

Gr.

Injured/’18 1st

3.

Luke Pletcher

Ohio State

Sr.

27-7/4th

4.

Austin DeSanto

Iowa

Jr.

23-6/5th

5.

Austin Gomez

Iowa State

So.

24-7/NQ

6.

Micky Phillippi

Pitt

So.

21-4/NQ

7.

Montorie Bridges

Wyoming

Jr.

31-10/NQ

8.

Charles Tucker

Cornell

Sr.

28-6/NQ

9.

Korbin Myers

Virginia Tech

Sr.

20-10/NQ

10.

Matt Schmitt

West Virginia

Jr.

18-8/NQ

11.

Cam Sykora

North Dakota St.

Sr.

21-10/NQ

12.

Louis Hayes

Virginia

Jr.

Redshirted

13.

Noah Gonser

Campbell

Sr.

21-10/NQ

14.

Taylor LaMont

Utah Valley

So.

Injured

15.

Mario Guillen

Ohio

Jr.

17-5/NQ

16.

Derek Spann

Buffalo

Jr.

21-6/NQ

17.

DJ Fehlman

Lock Haven

Sr.

36-8/NQ

18.

Gary Joint

Fresno State

So.

18-15/NQ

19.

Devan Turner

Oregon State

Jr.

21-11/NQ

20.

Zack Trampe

Binghamton

So.

16-6/NQ


141 pounds

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Record/’19 NCAA

1.

Dom Demas

Oklahoma

So.

34-9/4th

2.

Nick Lee

Penn State

Jr.

31-4/5th

3.

Mitch McKee

Minnesota

Sr.

24-8/6th

4.

Kyle Shoop

Lock Haven

Sr.

35-8/7th

5.

Chad Red

Nebraska

Jr.

22-14/8th

6.

Michael Carr

Illinois

Jr.

14-7/NQ

7.

Tristan Moran

Wisconsin

Sr.

26-11//NQ

8.

Grant Leeth

Missouri

So.

Injured

9.

Mason Smith

Campbell

Jr.

Transfer

10.

Max Murin

Iowa

So.

17-10/NQ

11.

Tariq Wilson

NC State

Jr.

17-5/NQ-133

12.

Kanen Storr

Michigan

Jr.

26-8/NQ

13.

Ian Parker

Iowa State

Jr.

24-9/NQ

14.

Sa'Derian Perry

Old Dominion

Sr.

24-10/NQ

15.

Mitch Moore

Virginia Tech

So.

18-9/NQ

16.

Pat D’Arcy

Princeton

Sr.

Injured

17.

Nate Limmex

Purdue

Sr.

19-17/NQ

18.

Alex Madrigal

George Mason

Jr.

Transfer

19.

Anthony Sparacio

Binghamton

Sr.

28-12/NQ

20.

Chris Debien

Chattanooga

Sr.

24-13/NQ


149 pounds

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Record/’19 NCAA

1.

Austin O'Connor

North Carolina

So.

34-6/3rd

2.

Brock Mauller

Missouri

So.

33-/6th.

3.

Jarrett Degen

Iowa State

Jr.

29-8/7th

4.

Pat Lugo

Iowa

Sr.

23-10/8th

5.

Max Thomsen

Northern Iowa

Sr.

24-10/NQ

6.

Boo Lewallen

Oklahoma State

Jr.

Injured

7.

Brent Moore

Virginia Tech

So.

Injured

8.

Matt Findlay

Utah Valley

Jr.

17-4/NQ

9.

Brock Zacherl

Clarion

Sr.

Injured

10.

Sam Turner

Wyoming

Jr.

32-14/NQ-141

11.

Joshua Heil

Campbell

Jr.

24-8/NQ

12.

Cole Martin

Wisconsin

Sr.

20-13/NQ

13.

Joshua Maruca

Arizona State

Sr.

17-14/NQ

14.

Requir van der Merwe

Stanford

Jr.

24-8/NQ

15.

Mike D’Angelo

Princeton

Sr.

did not wrestle

16.

Khristian Olivas

Fresno State

Sr.

21-13/NQ

17.

Griffin Parriott

Purdue

Jr.

17-13/NQ-157

18.

Jarod Verkleeren

Penn State

So.

Reserve

19.

Russell Rohlfing

CSU Bakersfield

Jr.

18-13/NQ

20.

Luke Karam

Lehigh

Jr.

Injured


157 pounds

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Record/’19 NCAA

1.

Hayden Hidlay

NC State

Jr.

24-4/4th

2.

Kaleb Young

Iowa

Jr.

24-7/5th

3.

Ryan Deakin

Northwestern

Jr.

33-7/6th

4.

Larry Early

Old Dominion

Sr.

25-8/8th

5.

Josh Humphreys

Lehigh

So.

22-8/NQ

6.

Justin Thomas

Oklahoma

Jr.

24-11/NQ

7.

Taleb Rahmani

Pitt

Sr.

19-8/NQ

8.

Anthony Artalona

Penn

So.

29-7/NQ-149

9.

Brady Berge

Penn State

So.

20-5/NQ-149

10.

Zach Hartman

Bucknell

So.

28-9/NQ

11.

Ke-Shawn Hayes

Ohio State

Sr.

21-11/NQ

12.

Eric Barone

Illinois

Sr.

18-16/NQ

13.

Jesse Dellavecchia

Rider

Sr.

26-7/NQ-165

14.

Jarrett Jacques

Missouri

So.

28-8/NQ

15.

Quincey Monday

Princeton

So.

24-13/NQ

16.

Zach Carson

Ohio

Sr.

19-11/NQ

17.

Logan Parks

Central Michigan

Sr.

23-14/NQ

18.

BC LaPrade

Virginia Tech

Jr.

18-11/NQ

19.

Luke Weiland

Army

Sr.

25-12/NQ

20

Wyatt Sheets

Oklahoma State

Jr.

Reserve


165 pounds

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Record/’19 NCAA

1.

Vincenzo Joseph

Penn State

Sr.

27-2/2nd

2.

Evan Wick

Wisconsin

Jr.

32-6/4th

3.

Alex Marinelli

Iowa

Jr.

27-2/7th

4.

David McFadden

Virginia Tech

Sr.

24-4/5th-174

5.

Isaiah White

Nebraska

Sr.

25-9/5th

6.

Josh Shields

Arizona State

Sr.

30-6/6th

7.

Bryce Steiert

Northern Iowa

Sr.

26-10/8th

8.

Logan Massa

Michigan

Sr.

23-7/NQ

9.

Demetrius Romero

Utah Valley

Sr.

28-5/NQ

10.

Andrew Fogarty

North Dakota St.

Sr.

22-6/NQ

11.

Joey Gunther

Illinois

Sr.

20-15/NQ

12.

Tanner Skidgel

Navy

Jr.

21-10/NQ

13.

Troy Keller

Buffalo

Sr.

19-8/NQ

14.

Thomas Bullard

NC State

Jr.

21-10/NQ

15.

Josh McClure

North Carolina

Jr.

20-13/NQ

16.

Ebed Jarrell

Drexel

Sr.

22-6/NQ

17.

Cam Coy

Virginia

So.

19-16/NQ

18.

Quentin Perez

Campbell

Jr.

Redshirted

19.

Nick Kiusses

West Virginia

Jr.

19-12/NQ

20.

Chase Straw

Iowa State

Sr.

22-12/NQ-157


174 pounds

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Record/’19 NCAA

1.

Mark Hall

Penn State

Sr.

30-1/2nd

2.

Myles Amine

Michigan

Sr.

22-4/3rd

3.

Mikey Labriola

Nebraska

So.

30-9/6th

4.

Jordan Kutler

Lehigh

Sr.

25-6/7th

5.

Michael Kemerer

Iowa

Sr.

Injured/2x AA-157

6.

Devin Skatzka

Minnesota

Sr.

30-11/8th

7.

Taylor Lujan

Northern Iowa

Sr.

26-7

8.

Joe Smith

Oklahoma State

Sr.

21-8/NQ-165/2x AA

9.

Anthony Valencia

Arizona State

Sr.

Injured

10.

Dylan Lydy

Purdue

Sr.

29-10/NQ

11.

Brandon Womack

Cornell

Sr.

22-10/NQ

12.

Ethan Smith

Ohio State

So.

20-13/NQ

13.

Connor Flynn

Missouri

Sr.

21-9/NQ

14.

Joe Grello

Rutgers

Jr.

18-11/NQ

15.

Ben Harvey

Army

Sr.

31-11/NQ

16.

Andrew McNally

Kent State

Jr.

32-9/NQ

17.

Marcus Coleman

Iowa State

So.

28-14/NQ

18.

Kimball Bastian

Utah Valley

Sr.

19-12/NQ

19.

Hayden Hastings

Wyoming

So.

26-15/NQ

20.

Drew Hughes

Michigan State

Jr.

26-15/NQ


184 pounds

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Record/’19 NCAA

1.

Zahid Valencia

Arizona State

Sr.

31-2/1st-174

2.

Shakur Rasheed

Penn State

Sr.

20-2/NQ

3.

Taylor Venz

Nebraska

Jr.

24-9/NQ

4.

Nino Bonaccorsi

Pitt

So.

21-6/NQ

5.

Lou DePrez

Binghamton

So.

33-7/NQ

6.

Sam Colbray

Iowa State

Jr.

28-8/NQ

7.

Cash Wilcke

Iowa

Sr.

23-8/NQ

8.

Cameron Caffey

Michigan State

So.

31-9/NQ

9.

Tanner Orndorff

Utah Valley

Sr.

20-14/NQ-197

10.

Corey Hazel

Lock Haven

Sr.

17-5/NQ

11.

Hunter Bolen

Virginia Tech

So.

Redshirted

12.

Brit Wilson

Northern Illinois

So.

25-7/NQ

13.

Noah Stewart

Army

Sr.

20-12/NQ

14.

Dylan Wisman

Missouri

Sr.

17-9/NQ

15.

Max Lyon

Purdue

Jr.

24-14/NQ

16.

Tate Samuelson

Wyoming

So.

24-9/NQ

17.

Kevin Parker

Princeton

Sr.

22-13/NQ

18.

Jackson Hemauer

Fresno State

So.

23-13/NQ

19.

Johnny Sebastian

Wisconsin

Sr.

Redshirted

20.

Bob Coleman

Oregon State

Sr.

17-16/NQ


197 pounds

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Record/’19 NCAA

1.

Kollin Moore

Ohio State

Sr.

23-3/2nd

2.

Patrick Brucki

Princeton

Jr.

33-3/4th

3.

Josh Hokit

Fresno State

Sr.

27-8/5th

4.

Jacob Warner

Iowa

So.

22-6/7th

5.

Ben Darmstadt

Cornell

Jr.

Injured/’18 AA

6.

Dakota Geer

Oklahoma State

Jr.

30-7/7th-184

7.

Christian Brunner

Purdue

Sr.

25-11/NQ

8.

Nathan Traxler

Stanford

Jr.

30-7/NQ

9.

Jake Jakobsen

Lehigh

Jr.

12-9/NQ

10.

Eric Schultz

Nebraska

Jr.

23-13/NQ

11.

Nick Reenan

NC State

Jr.

16-6/NQ-184

12.

Kyle Conel

Penn State

Sr.

Transfer/’18 AA

13.

Ethan Laird

Rider

Jr.

22-13/NQ

14.

Jake Woodley

Oklahoma

So.

22-10/NQ

15.

Drew Phipps

Bucknell

Sr.

25-12/NQ

16.

Jay Aiello

Virginia

Jr.

24-8/NQ

17.

Hunter Ritter

Minnesota

Sr.

Transfer

18.

Josh Roetman

Navy

Sr.

26-12/NQ

19.

Greg Bulsak

Clarion

Jr.

17-8/NQ

20.

Brandon Whitman

North Carolina

So.

17-15/NQ


Heavyweight

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Record/’19 NCAA

1.

Anthony Cassar

Penn State

Sr.

30-1/1st

2.

Gable Steveson

Minnesota

So.

35-2/3rd

3.

Jordan Wood

Lehigh

Jr.

25-5/4th

4.

Matt Stencel

Central Michigan

Jr.

31-6/7th

5.

Trent Hillger

Wisconsin

So.

25-9/8th

6.

Mason Parris

Michigan

So.

32-9/NQ

7.

Tanner Hall

Arizona State

Gr.

Redshirted/’18 AA

8.

Jere Heino

Campbell

Jr.

Redshirted

9.

Demetrius Thomas

Pitt

Sr.

27-6/NQ

10.

Tate Orndorff

Utah Valley

So.

26-9/NQ

11.

Zach Elam

Missouri

So.

25-11/NQ

12.

Chase Singletary

Ohio State

So.

21-9/NQ.

13.

Brian Andrews

Wyoming

Jr.

35-12/NQ

14.

A.J. Nevills

Fresno State

Jr.

24-9/NQ

15.

Cary Miller

Appalachian State

Jr.

24-13/NQ

16.

Gannon Gremmel

Iowa State

Jr.

26-15/NQ

17.

David Jensen

Nebraska

Sr.

16-9/NQ

18.

Colton McKiernan

SIU-Edwardsville

So.

21-14/NQ

19.

Haydn Maley

Stanford

So.

23-12/NQ

20.

Will Hillard

Old Dominion

Jr.

16-6

 

 


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