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Iowa’s Kemerer is new No. 1 at 174 and Lugo back on top at 149 in WIN rankings

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by Mike Finn, WIN Magazine

Iowa's Michael Kemerer celebrates his win over PSU's Mark Hall in their dual meet showdown. Photo by Brian Ray, University of Iowa.

NEWTON, Iowa — Iowa’s Michael Kemerer, coming off an 11-6 victory over Penn State’s No. 1 Mark Hall last Friday night in Iowa City, has replaced the Nittany Lion as the NCAA’s top 174-pound wrestler, according to WIN Magazine’s Feb. 3, 2020 Rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

Kemerer, ranked second a week ago, is now one of three top-ranked wrestlers for the unbeaten Hawkeyes, who remain No. 1 in WIN’s Dual-Team Rankings (10-0) and Tournament Power Index (133 points). Iowa, which features a ranked wrestler at all 10 weights, also has a No. 1-ranked wrestler in 125-pound Spencer Lee and 149-pound Pat Lugo, who returned to the top spot after Oklahoma State’s Boo Lewallen lost to Missouri’s Brock Mauller this past weekend.

Penn State is ranked No. 2 in the Dual Rankings (8-2) and features seven ranked wrestlers for 81 TPI points. The Nittany Lions have top-ranked wrestlers in 141-pound Nick Lee and 165-pound Vincenzo Joseph, who beat Iowa’s No. 2 Alex Marinelli in last weekend’s dual meet.

WIN’s individual rankings are predictions to where wrestles might place at the 2020 NCAA Championships, March 19-21, in Minneapolis, Minn., and WIN’s Tournament Power Index is a prediction of accumulated NCAA points of those ranked wrestlers.

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.

The other five top-ranked wrestlers remain the same: Wisconsin’s Seth Gross at 133, Northwestern Ryan Deakin at 157, Arizona State’s Zahid Valencia at 184, Ohio State’s Kollin Moore at 197 and Minnesota’s Gable Steveson at heavyweight.

There are 10 newcomers in this week’s rankings: American University’s Cage Curry and Northern Iowa’s Jay Schwarm at 125 pounds; Utah Valley’s Taylor Lamont, Buffalo’s Derek Spann and Kent State’s Tim Rooney at 133 pounds; Central Michigan’s Dresden Simon at 141 pounds; Oklahoma State’s Wyatt Sheets at 157 pounds; and Oklahoma’s Anthony Mantanona, Edinboro’s Jacob Oliver and Pitt’s Gregg Harvey at 174 pounds.

WIN Magazine’s Feb. 3, 2020 Dual Team Rankings

Rk

School

W-L

Prev.

1.

Iowa

10-0

1st

2.

Penn State

8-2

2nd

3.

NC State

12-0

3rd

4.

Nebraska

7-3

5th

5.

Ohio State

9-3

4th

6.

Virginia Tech

10-1

6th

7.

Arizona State

10-1

7th

8.

Oklahoma State

10-2

8th

9.

Wisconsin

10-3

9th

10.

North Carolina

11-1

11th

11.

Pittsburgh

7-3

10th

12.

Minnesota

9-5

18th

13.

Lehigh

9-3

13th

14.

Northern Iowa

6-3

14th

15.

Cornell

8-5

15th

16.

Stanford

8-2

16th

17.

Purdue

11-4

12th

18.

Missouri

10-6

21st

19.

Illinois

7-3

23rd

20.

Army West Point

8-3

20th

21.

South Dakota State

8-5

22nd

22.

Princeton

4-4

19th

23.

Michigan

6-3

24th

24.

Campbell

7-2

NR

25.

Northwestern

3-5

17th

WIN Magazine’s Feb. 3, 2020 Tournament Power Index

Rk.

School

Total Rank

Top 8

TPI Pts

1.

Iowa

10

9

133

2.

Penn State

7

5

81

3t.

Ohio State

5

4

54.5

3t.

Wisconsin

6

4

54.5

5.

Arizona State

6

5

47.5

6.

Oklahoma State

8

4

46

7.

Nebraska

9

3

40.5

8t.

Minnesota

5

3

39.5

8t.

Princeton

3

3

39.5

10t.

Lehigh

5

4

37.5

10t.

NC State

6

2

37.5

12.

Northwestern

4

2

36.5

13.

Purdue

5

3

33.5

14.

Iowa State

6

3

32

15.

Northern Iowa

6

3

29.5

16.

Virginia

3

2

26.5

17t.

Stanford

3

2

25.5

17t.

Virginia Tech

7

2

25.5

19.

Cornell

3

2

25

20.

Pitt

5

2

22

21.

Michigan

3

1

19

22.

North Carolina

4

1

18.5

23t.

Central Michigan

3

2

17.5

23t.

Oklahoma

5

1

17.5

25.

Utah Valley

3

1

15.5

26.

Missouri

2

1

14.5

27.

South Dakota State

4

2

13.5

28.

West Virginia

1

1

12.5

29.

Binghamton

2

1

12

30.

North Dakota State

3

1

10

31.

Illinois

4

1

9.5

32t.

Campbell

5

0

8

32t.

Rider

2

1

8

33.

Army

4

0

6

34.

Wyoming

3

0

5

35.

American U.

3

0

4.5

36t.

Clarion

2

0

3.5

36t.

Fresno State

2

0

3.5

36t.

Harvard

2

0

3.5

36t.

Lock Haven

2

0

3.5

36t.

Old Dominion

2

0

3.5

41t.

Northern Colorado

2

0

3

41t.

Penn

2

0

3

41t.

Rutgers

2

0

3

44.

Ohio

2

0

2.5

45t.

Indiana

2

0

2

45t.

Michigan State

1

0

2

45t.

Navy

1

0

2

48t.

Air Force

1

0

1.5

48t.

Bucknell

1

0

1.5

48t.

George Mason

1

0

1.5

48t.

Oregon State

1

0

1.5

48t.

VMI

1

0

1.5

53t.

Appalachian State

1

0

1

53t.

Bloomsburg

1

0

1

53t.

Buffalo

1

0

1

53t.

Cal Poly

1

0

1

53t.

Chattanooga

1

0

1

53t.

Drexel

1

0

1

53t.

Edinboro

1

0

1

53t.

Kent State

1

0

1

53t.

Northern Illinois

1

0

1

WIN Magazine’s Feb. 3, 2020 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.

3rd

4.

Nick Piccininni

Oklahoma State

Sr.

4th

5.

Brandon Paetzell

Lehigh

Jr.

5th

6.

Devin Schroder

Purdue

Jr.

6th

7.

Drew Hildebrandt

Central Michigan

Jr.

8th

8.

Brandon Courtney

Arizona State

So.

10th

9.

Alex Mackall

Iowa State

Jr.

12th

10.

Patrick McKee

Minnesota

RS Fr.

11th

11.

Michael Colaiocco

Penn

Fr.

7th

12.

Michael DeAugustino

Northwestern

RS Fr.

9th

13.

Luke Werner

Lock Haven

Jr.

16th

14.

Sidney Flores

Air Force

So.

14th

15.

Killian Cardinale

Old Dominion

So.

18th

16.

Joey Prata

Virginia Tech

Jr.

15th

17.

Cage Curry

American

Jr.

NR

18.

Danny Vega

South Dakota State

Jr.

19th

19.

Jay Schwarm

Northern Iowa

Sr.

NR

20.

Liam Cronin

Indiana

RSFr.

17th

133 pounds                                                                                                    

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Seth Gross

Wisconsin

Gr.

1st

2.

Roman Bravo-Young

Penn State

So.

4th

3.

Austin DeSanto

Iowa

Jr.

2nd

4.

Sebastian Rivera

Northwestern

Jr.

3rd

5.

Charles Tucker

Cornell

Sr.

5th

6.

Micky Phillippi

Pitt

So.

6th

7.

Cam Sykora

North Dakota St.

Sr.

7th

8.

Travis Piotrowski

Illinois

Sr.

8th

9.

Noah Gonser

Campbell

Sr.

9th

10.

Sammy Alvarez

Rutgers

Fr.

10th

11.

Montorie Bridges

Wyoming

Jr.

11th

12.

Zack Trampe

Binghamton

So

12th

13.

Ridge Lovett

Nebraska

Fr.

15th

14.

Devan Turner

Oregon State

Jr.

14th

15.

Louie Hayes

Virginia

Jr.

17th

16.

Todd Small

Iowa State

Jr.

16th

17.

Taylor Lamont

Utah Valley

Jr.

NR

18.

Derek Spann

Buffalo

Jr.

NR

19.

Anthony Madrigal

Oklahoma

So.

20th

20.

Tim Rooney

Kent State

Sr.

NR

141 pounds

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Nick Lee

Penn State

Jr.

1st

2

Luke Pletcher

Ohio State

Sr.

2nd

3.

Real Woods

Stanford

RSFr.

3rd

4.

Dom Demas

Oklahoma

So.

4th

5.

Chad Red

Nebraska

Jr.

5th

6.

Tristan Moran

Wisconsin

Sr.

6th

7.

Ian Parker

Iowa State

Jr.

8th

8.

Max Murin

Iowa

So.

7th

9.

Mitch McKee

Minnesota

Sr.

9th

10.

Zach Sherman

North Carolina

So.

10th

11.

Kyle Shoop

Lock Haven

Sr.

11th

12.

Tariq Wilson

NC State

Jr.

12th

13.

Mitch Moore

Virginia Tech

So.

13th

14.

Michael Blockhus

Northern Iowa

RSFr.

14th

15.

Joshua Heil

Campbell

Jr.

15th

16.

Dusty Hone

Oklahoma State

Jr.

16th

17.

Shakur Laney

Ohio

Sr.

18th

18.

Doug Zapf

Penn

So.

19th

19.

Dylan Duncan

Illinois

Jr.

20th

20.

Dresden Simon

Central Michigan

So.

NR

149 pounds                                        

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Pat Lugo

Iowa

Sr.

2nd

2.

Boo Lewallen

Oklahoma State

Jr.

1st

3.

Austin O'Connor

North Carolina

So.

3rd

4.

Brock Mauller

Missouri

So.

4th

5.

Sammy Sasso

Ohio State

RSFr.

5th

6.

Brayton Lee

Minnesota

RSFr.

6th

7.

Jarrett Degen

Iowa State

Jr.

7th

8.

Henry Pohlmeyer

South Dakota State

Sr.

13th

9.

Andrew Alirez

Northern Colorado

Fr.

8th

10.

Brock Zacherl

Clarion

Sr.

9th

11.

Kizhan Clarke

American U.

Jr.

10th

12.

Max Thomsen

Northern Iowa

Sr.

11th

13.

Kanen Storr

Michigan

Jr.

12th

14.

Collin Purinton

Nebraska

Sr.

14th

15.

Brent Moore

Virginia Tech

So.

15th

16.

Colston DiBlasi

George Mason

Sr.

16th

17.

John Milner

Appalachian State

So.

17th

18.

Graham Rooks

Indiana

RSFr.

20th

19.

Cole Martin

Wisconsin

Sr.

19th

20.

Griffin Parriott

Purdue

Jr.

18th

157 pounds                                        

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Ryan Deakin

Northwestern

Jr.

1st

2.

Hayden Hidlay

NC State

Jr.

2nd

3.

David Carr

Iowa State

RSFr.

3rd

4.

Kaleb Young

Iowa

Jr.

4th

5.

Quincey Monday

Princeton

So.

5th

6.

Kendall Coleman

Purdue

RSFr.

6th

7.

Jesse Dellavecchia

Rider

Sr.

7th

8.

Josh Humphreys

Lehigh

So.

8th

9.

Markus Hartman

Army

So.

10th

10.

Larry Early

Old Dominion

Sr.

11th

11.

Jarrett Jacques

Missouri

So.

9th

12.

Jacob Wright

Fresno State

So.

12th

13.

Will Lewan

Michigan

RSFr.

13th

14.

Zac Carson

Ohio

Sr.

14th

15.

Jared Franek

North Dakota State

RSFr.

15th

16.

Justin Thomas

Oklahoma

Jr.

16th

17.

Peyton Robb

Nebraska

RSFr.

17th

18.

A.C. Headlee

North Carolina

Sr.

18th

19.

BC LaPrade

Virginia Tech

Jr.

19th

20.

Wyatt Sheets

Oklahoma State

So.

NR

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.

Shane Griffith

Stanford

RSFr.

6th

6.

Josh Shields

Arizona State

Sr.

5th

7.

David McFadden

Virginia Tech

Sr.

7th

8.

Travis Wittlake

Oklahoma State

RSFr.

9th

9.

Tanner Skidgel

Navy

Jr.

8th

10.

Andrew Fogarty

North Dakota St.

Sr.

10th

11.

Ethan Smith

Ohio State

So.

11th

12.

Kennedy Monday

North Carolina

Jr.

12th

13.

Philip Conigliaro

Harvard

Fr.

14th

14.

Zach Hartman

Bucknell

So.

15th

15.

Danny Braunagel

Illinois

Fr.

13th

16.

Thomas Bullard

NC State

Jr.

19th

17.

Quentin Perez

Campbell

Jr.

17th

18.

Ebed Jarrell

Drexel

Sr.

18th

19.

Jake Wentzell

Pitt

Jr.

16th

20.

Cael McCormick

Army

Sr.

20th

174 pounds

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Michael Kemerer

Iowa

Sr.

2nd

2.

Mark Hall

Penn State

Sr.

1st

3.

Jordan Kutler

Lehigh

Sr.

3rd

4.

Dylan Lydy

Purdue

Sr.

4th

5.

Bryce Steiert

Northern Iowa

Sr.

5th

6.

Mikey Labriola

Nebraska

So.

6th

7.

Kaleb Romero

Ohio State

So.

7th

8.

Devin Skatzka

Minnesota

Sr.

8th

9.

Kimball Bastian

Utah Valley

Sr.

9th

10.

Ben Harvey

Army

Sr.

11th

11.

Anthony Valencia

Arizona State

Sr.

12th

12.

Hayden Hastings

Wyoming

So.

13th

13.

Joe Smith

Oklahoma State

Sr.

14th

14.

Joey Gunther

Illinois

Sr.

10th

15.

Brandon Womack

Cornell

Sr.

16th

16.

Neal Richards

VMI

Sr.

17th

17.

Anthony Mantanona

Oklahoma

So.

NR

18.

Jacob Oliver

Edinboro

So.

NR

19.

Gregg Harvey

Pitt

Jr.

NR

20.

Daniel Bullard

NC State

Jr.

19th

184 pounds                                                                                                 

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1

Zahid Valencia

Arizona State

Sr.

1st

2.

Trent Hidlay

NC State

RSFr.

2nd

3.

Taylor Lujan

Northern Iowa

Sr.

3rd

4.

Hunter Bolen

Virginia Tech

So.

4th

5.

Lou DePrez

Binghamton

So.

5th

6.

Nino Bonaccorsi

Pitt

So.

6th

7.

Aaron Brooks

Penn State

Fr.

7th

8.

Zach Carlson

South Dakota State

Sr.

9th

9.

Chris Weiler

Lehigh

Jr.

11th

10.

Cameron Caffey

Michigan State

So.

14th

11.

Abe Assad

Iowa

Fr.

8th

12.

Johnny Sebastian

Wisconsin

Sr.

12th

13.

Tanner Harvey

American U.

Jr.

13th

14.

Anthony Montalvo

Oklahoma State

RSFr.

17th

15.

Andrew Morgan

Campbell

Sr.

18th

16.

Taylor Venz

Nebraska

Jr.

10th

17.

Brit Wilson

Northern Illinois

So.

15th

18.

Matt Waddell

Chattanooga

So.

16th

19.

Trevor Allard

Bloomsburg

Sr.

19th

20.

Owen Webster

Minnesota

Sr.

20th

197 pounds

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Kollin Moore

Ohio State

Sr.

1st

2.

Patrick Brucki

Princeton

Jr.

2nd

3.

Ben Darmstadt

Cornell

Jr.

3rd

4.

Noah Adams

West Virginia

So.

4th

5.

Jacob Warner

Iowa

So.

7th

6.

Jay Aiello

Virginia

Jr.

8th

7.

Dakota Geer

Oklahoma State

Jr.

9th

8.

Kordell Norfleet

Arizona State

Jr.

10th

9.

Nathan Traxler

Stanford

Jr.

5th

10.

Christian Brunner

Purdue

Sr.

6th

11.

Lucas Davison

Northwestern

RSFr.

11th

12.

Eric Schultz

Nebraska

Jr.

12th

13.

Tanner Sloan

South Dakota State

RSFr.

13th

14.

Greg Bulsak

Clarion

Jr.

14th

15.

Ethan Laird

Rider

Jr.

15th

16.

Jake Woodley

Oklahoma

So.

16th

17.

Thomas Lane

Cal Poly

Sr.

17th

18.

Jordan Pagano

Rutgers

Sr.

18th

19.

Shakur Rasheed

Penn State

Sr.

19th

20.

Nick Reenan

NC State

Jr.

20th

Heavyweight

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Gable Steveson

Minnesota

So.

1st

2.

Mason Parris

Michigan

So.

2nd

3.

Anthony Cassioppi

Iowa

RSFr.

3rd

4.

Tate Orndorff

Utah Valley

So.

4th

5.

Matt Stencel

Central Michigan

Jr.

5th

6.

Trent Hillger

Wisconsin

So.

6th

7.

Jordan Wood

Lehigh

Jr.

7th

8.

Tanner Hall

Arizona State

Gr.

8th

9.

Yaraslau Slavikouski

Harvard

Fr.

9th

10.

Jere Heino

Campbell

Jr.

10th

11.

Demetrius Thomas

Pitt

Sr.

11th

12.

Gannon Gremmel

Iowa State

Jr.

12th

13.

Seth Nevills

Penn State

Fr.

13th

14.

Carter Isley

Northern Iowa

Jr.

14th

15.

Josh Hokit

Fresno State

Sr.

15th

16.

David Jensen

Nebraska

Sr.

16th

17.

Ben Sullivan

Army

So.

18th

18.

Brian Andrews

Wyoming

Jr.

19th

19.

John Borst

Virginia Tech

So.

17th

20.

Dalton Robertson

Northern Colorado

Jr.

20th