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by Mike Finn, WIN Magazine

Images of Seth Gross (Wisconsin) and Pat Lugo (Iowa) from Midlands by Sam Janicki.

NEWTON, Iowa — Coming off Midlands championships where they knocked off the top-ranked wrestlers at 133 and 149 pounds, Wisconsin’s Seth Gross and Iowa’s Pat Lugo have taken over the top spots at those weight classes in WIN Magazine’s Jan. 6, 2020 Rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

Gross, who transferred this year from South Dakota State (where he won an NCAA title in 2018), returned to WIN’s No. 1 ranking at 133 pounds after the Badger senior defeated Iowa’s Austin DeSanto, 6-5, for the 133-pound championship at the Midlands, Dec. 30, in Chicago. This victory also avenged an earlier-season loss to the Hawkeye junior, who held the top spot for a month.

Lugo became the new No. 1-ranked wrestler at 149 pounds after the senior defeated North Carolina’s Austin O’Connor, 8-4, in the finals at this year’s Midlands.

Iowa, which dominated the recent Midlands with five individual champions and a tournament-record 196.5 points, remained the No. 1 team in WIN’s dual team rankings (4-0) and Tournament Power Index. The Hawkeyes continue to feature a ranked wrestler at all 10 weight classes with nine rated in the Top 8 of their weight class, including Spencer Lee No. 1 at 125, and leads the current TPI with 130.5 points.

Penn State, which has not competed as a full team since Dec. 8, remains No. 2 in both the Dual rankings (3-1) and TPI (105). Seven of the eight ranked Nittany Lions are rated in the Top 8, including four wrestlers ranked No. 1: Nick Lee (141), Vincenzo Joseph (165), Mark Hall (174) and Anthony Cassar (Hwt).

Ohio State is ranked No. 3 in the TPI (51) with six ranked wrestlers, including top-ranked Kollin Moore at 197. The other top-ranked wrestlers are Northwestern’s Ryan Deakin at 157 pounds and Arizona State’s Zahid Valencia at 184.

Among the schools making the biggest jump as a team is Purdue, which is tied for fourth place in WIN’s TPI (49) and features five ranked wrestlers; four in the Top 8, including Devin Schroder (No. 5 at 125 pounds), Kendall Coleman (No. 6 at 157), Dylan Lydy (No. 4 at 174) and Christian Brunner (No. 2 at 197).

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 actuactual NCAA tournament points because it does not include bonus points.

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 6, 2020 Dual Team Rankings

Rk

School

W-L

Prev.

1.

Iowa

4-0

1st

2.

Penn State

3-1

2nd

3.

Nebraska

5-0

3rd

4.

NC State

7-0

4th

5.

Virginia Tech

5-0

5th

6.

Oklahoma State

4-1

6th

7.

Ohio State

3-1

7th

8.

Wisconsin

7-1

8th

9.

Arizona State

5-0

9th

10.

Pittsburgh

5-1

10th

11.

Princeton

2-2

11th

12.

Iowa State

2-1

12th

13.

Northwestern

2-1

13th

14.

Northern Iowa

1-2

15th

15.

Cornell

4-3

17th

16.

Lehigh

4-3

16th

17.

Stanford

4-1

19th

18.

North Carolina

4-1

23rd

19.

Minnesota

5-3

20th

20.

Purdue

7-1

NR

21.

Army West Point

6-2

18th

22.

Missouri

5-4

22nd

23.

Illinois

3-1

21st

24.

Wyoming

3-6

14th

25.

North Dakota State

3-2

NR

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 6, 2020 Tournament Power Index

Pl.

School

Total Ranked

Top 8 Ranked

TPI Pts

1.

Iowa

10

9

130.5

2.

Penn State

8

7

105

3.

Ohio State

6

3

51

4t.

Minnesota

6

4

49

4t.

Purdue

5

4

49

6t.

Nebraska

9

4

44

6t.

Northwestern

4

3

44

8.

Arizona State

6

4

43.5

9.

Wisconsin

6

3

41.5

10.

Princeton

4

3

39

11.

Oklahoma State

8

2

36.5

12.

NC State

6

2

35

13.

Northern Iowa

5

4

33.5

14.

Iowa State

8

2

30.5

15.

Virginia Tech

7

2

27.5

16.

Lehigh

6

2

25.5

17.

Cornell

4

2

25

18.

Pitt

4

2

24.5

19.

Stanford

3

3

22

20.

Virginia

4

1

20.5

21.

North Carolina

3

1

19

22.

Binghamton

2

1

18

23.

Michigan

3

1

17.5

24.

Missouri

3

1

16

25.

Oklahoma

3

1

15.5

26.

Utah Valley

2

1

12

27.

Central Michigan

2

1

11

28t.

Campbell

4

1

10

28t.

West Virginia

1

1

10

30.

Wyoming

3

1

9

31.

Illinois

5

0

8.5

32.

Navy

3

1

8

33t.

North Dakota State

2

1

7.5

33t.

Rider

2

1

7.5

35.

Indiana

1

1

6.5

36.

Army

3

0

5

37t.

American U.

3

0

4.5

37t.

Fresno State

3

0

4.5

37t.

Old Dominion

3

0

4.5

40.

Harvard

2

0

4

41t.

Clarion

2

0

3.5

41t.

Lock Haven

3

0

3.5

43t.

Northern Colorado

2

0

3

43t.

Rutgers

2

0

3

45t.

Ohio

2

0

2.5

45t.

South Dakota State

2

0

2.5

47t.

Michigan State

2

0

2

47t.

Penn

1

0

2

49t.

Air Force

1

0

1.5

49t.

Bucknell

1

0

1.5

49t.

Northern Illinois

1

0

1.5

52t.

Appalachian State

1

0

1

52t.

Cal Poly

1

0

1

52t.

Chattanooga

1

0

1

52t.

Cleveland State

1

0

1

52t.

Drexel

1

0

1

52t.

George Mason

1

0

1

52t.

VMI

1

0

1

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 6, 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.

Devin Schroder

Purdue

Jr.

5th

6.

Michael DeAugustino

Northwestern

RS Fr.

10th

7.

Brock Hudkins

Indiana

Jr.

7th

8.

Brandon Paetzell

Lehigh

Jr.

9th

9.

Michael Colaiocco

Penn

Fr.

14th

10.

Drew Hildebrandt

Central Michigan

Jr.

8th

11.

Alex Mackall

Iowa State

Jr.

12th

12.

Patrick McKee

Minnesota

RS Fr.

13th

13.

Brandon Courtney

Arizona State

So.

15th

14.

Joey Prata

Virginia Tech

Jr.

11th

15.

Sidney Flores

Air Force

So.

NR

16.

Logan Treaster

Navy

Jr.

NR

17.

Michael McGee

Old Dominion

Jr.

NR

18.

Luke Werner

Lock Haven

Jr.

NR

19.

Nicolas Aguilar

Rutgers

RS Fr.

19th

20.

Cage Curry

American U.

Jr.

20th

133 pounds                                                                                                    

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Seth Gross

Wisconsin

Gr.

2nd

2.

Austin DeSanto

Iowa

Jr.

1st

3.

Sebastian Rivera

Northwestern

Jr.

3rd

4.

Roman Bravo-Young

Penn State

So.

4th

5.

Charles Tucker

Cornell

Sr.

6th

6.

Micky Phillippi

Pitt

So.

5th

7.

Montorie Bridges

Wyoming

Jr.

8th

8.

Cam Sykora

North Dakota St.

Sr.

7th

9.

Travis Piotrowski

Illinois

Sr.

10th

10.

Noah Gonser

Campbell

Sr.

9th

11.

Sammy Alvarez

Rutgers

Fr.

15th

12.

Zack Trampe

Binghamton

So

12th

13.

Louie Hayes

Virginia

Jr.

13th

14.

Nick Farro

Lehigh

Jr.

14th

15.

Todd Small

Iowa State

Jr.

17th

16.

Reece Witcraft

Oklahoma State

Fr.

NR

17.

Cole Manley

Lock Haven

So.

NR

18.

Ridge Lovett

Nebraska

Fr.

11th

19.

Devan Turner

Oregon State

Jr.

NR

20.

Mosha Schwartz

Northern Colorado

Fr.

18th

141 pounds

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Nick Lee

Penn State

Jr.

1st

2

Luke Pletcher

Ohio State

Sr.

2nd

3.

Mitch McKee

Minnesota

Sr.

3rd

4.

Dom Demas

Oklahoma

So.

4th

5.

Real Woods

Stanford

RSFr.

10th

6.

Chad Red

Nebraska

Jr.

5th

7.

Max Murin

Iowa

So.

6th

8.

Joshua Heil

Campbell

Jr.

11th

9.

Ian Parker

Iowa State

Jr.

9th

10.

Tristan Moran

Wisconsin

Sr.

7th

11.

Zach Sherman

North Carolina

So.

NR

12.

Dusty Hone

Oklahoma State

Jr.

NR

13.

Sa'Derian Perry

Old Dominion

Sr.

13th

14.

Shakur Laney

Ohio

Sr.

14th

15.

Kyle Shoop

Lock Haven

Sr.

12th

16.

Grant Leeth

Missouri

So.

8th

17.

Tariq Wilson

NC State

Jr.

16th

18.

Mitch Moore

Virginia Tech

So.

17th

19.

Evan Cheek

Cleveland State

Sr.

NR

20.

Dylan Duncan

Illinois

Jr.

NR

149 pounds                                        

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Pat Lugo

Iowa

Sr.

3rd

2.

Austin O'Connor

North Carolina

So.

1st

3.

Boo Lewallen

Oklahoma State

Jr.

4th

4.

Brock Mauller

Missouri

So.

2nd

5.

Brayton Lee

Minnesota

RSFr.

5th

6.

Sammy Sasso

Ohio State

RSFr.

6th

7.

Jarrett Degen

Iowa State

Jr.

7th

8.

Max Thomsen

Northern Iowa

Sr.

9th

9.

Andrew Alirez

Northern Colorado

Fr.

16th

10.

Brock Zacherl

Clarion

Sr.

12th

11.

Kizhan Clarke

American U.

Jr.

13th

12.

Mike D’Angelo

Princeton

Sr.

11th

13.

Collin Purinton

Nebraska

Sr.

18th

14.

Yayha Thomas

Northwestern

So.

8th

15.

Kanen Storr

Michigan

Jr.

NR

16.

Griffin Parriott

Purdue

Jr.

10th

17.

Brent Moore

Virginia Tech

So.

17th

18.

Colston DiBlasi

George Mason

Sr.

NR

19.

John Milner

Appalachian State

So.

20th

20.

Cole Martin

Wisconsin

Sr.

15th

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.

7th

6.

Kendall Coleman

Purdue

RSFr.

6th

7.

Jesse Dellavecchia

Rider

Sr.

8th

8.

Brady Berge

Penn State

So.

9th

9.

Josh Humphreys

Lehigh

So.

13th

10.

Jarrett Jacques

Missouri

So.

11th

11.

Markus Hartman

Army

So.

NR

12.

Larry Early

Old Dominion

Sr.

5th

13.

Justin Thomas

Oklahoma

Jr.

15th

14.

BC LaPrade

Virginia Tech

Jr.

18th

15.

Jacob Wright

Fresno State

So.

14th

16.

Wyatt Sheets

Oklahoma State

So.

NR

17.

Zach Carson

Ohio

Sr.

17th

18.

Peyton Robb

Nebraska

RSFr.

16th

19.

Jake Tucker

Michigan State

Jr.

19th

20.

Will Lewan

Michigan

RSFr.

20th

165 pounds                                                                                                    

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Vincenzo Joseph

Penn State

Sr.

1st

2.

Alex Marinelli

Iowa

Jr.

2nd

3.

Isaiah White

Nebraska

Sr.

4th

4.

David McFadden

Virginia Tech

Sr.

5th

5.

Evan Wick

Wisconsin

Jr.

3rd

6.

Josh Shields

Arizona State

Sr.

6th

7.

Shane Griffith

Stanford

RSFr.

8th

8.

Tanner Skidgel

Navy

Jr.

9th

9.

Andrew Fogarty

North Dakota St.

Sr.

11th

10.

Travis Wittlake

Oklahoma State

RSFr.

13th

11.

Ethan Smith

Ohio State

So.

15th

12.

Philip Conigliaro

Harvard

Fr.

NR

13.

Danny Braunagel

Illinois

Fr.

NR

14.

Zach Hartman

Bucknell

So.

12th

15.

Thomas Bullard

NC State

Jr.

14th

16.

Jake Wentzell

Pitt

Jr.

10th

17.

Ebed Jarrell

Drexel

Sr.

18th

18.

Kennedy Monday

North Carolina

Jr.

19th

19.

Quentin Perez

Campbell

Jr.

17th

20.

Jake Keating

Virginia

Jr.

NR

174 pounds

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Mark Hall

Penn State

Sr.

1st

2.

Michael Kemerer

Iowa

Sr.

2nd

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.

Devin Skatzka

Minnesota

Sr.

8th

8.

Anthony Valencia

Arizona State

Sr.

9th

9.

Kimball Bastian

Utah Valley

Sr.

10th

10.

Joey Gunther

Illinois

Sr.

NR

11.

Ben Harvey

Army

Sr.

14th

12.

Kaleb Romero

Ohio State

So.

11th

13.

Jackson Hemauer

Fresno State

So.

12th

14.

Hayden Hastings

Wyoming

So.

13th

15.

Joe Smith

Oklahoma State

Sr.

7th

16.

Brandon Womack

Cornell

Sr.

15th

17.

Marcus Coleman

Iowa State

So.

16th

18.

Daniel Bullard

NC State

Jr.

17th

19.

Spencer Carey

Navy

Jr.

NR

20.

Neal Richards

VMI

Sr.

NR

184 pounds                                                                                                 

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1

Zahid Valencia

Arizona State

Sr.

1st

2.

Lou DePrez

Binghamton

So.

7th

3.

Trent Hidlay

NC State

RSFr.

2nd

6.

Nino Bonaccorsi

Pitt

So.

3rd

5.

Taylor Lujan

Northern Iowa

Sr.

4th

6.

Hunter Bolen

Virginia Tech

So.

5th

7.

Taylor Venz

Nebraska

Jr.

6th

8.

Aaron Brooks

Penn State

Fr.

9th

9.

Sam Colbray

Iowa State

Jr.

10th

10.

Johnny Sebastian

Wisconsin

Sr.

NR

11.

Cash Wilcke

Iowa

Jr.

NR

12.

Zac Braunagel

Illinois

RSFr.

12th

13.

Tanner Harvey

American U.

Jr.

19th

14.

Jelani Embree

Michigan

So.

14th

15

Brit Wilson

Northern Illinois

So.

15th

16.

Zach Carlson

South Dakota State

Sr.

NR

17.

Matt Waddell

Chattanooga

So.

NR

18.

Cameron Caffey

Michigan State

So.

18th

19.

Owen Webster

Minnesota

Sr.

NR

20.

Jonathan Loew

Cornell

Fr.

NR

197 pounds

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Kollin Moore

Ohio State

Sr.

1st

2.

Christian Brunner

Purdue

Sr.

8th

3.

Patrick Brucki

Princeton

Jr.

3rd

4.

Ben Darmstadt

Cornell

Jr.

8th/184

5.

Noah Adams

West Virginia

So.

17th

6.

Jacob Warner

Iowa

So.

2nd

7.

Jacob Holschlag

Northern Iowa

Sr.

5th

8.

Nathan Traxler

Stanford

Jr.

7th

9.

Jay Aiello

Virginia

Jr.

NR

10.

Dakota Geer

Oklahoma State

Jr.

4th

11.

Nick Reenan

NC State

Jr.

6th

12.

Kordell Norfleet

Arizona State

Jr.

9th

13.

Shakur Rasheed

Penn State

Sr.

11th

14.

Jake Woodley

Oklahoma

So.

12th

15.

Eric Schultz

Nebraska

Jr.

13th

16.

Greg Bulsak

Clarion

Jr.

14th

17.

Tanner Sloan

South Dakota State

RSFr.

15th

18.

Ethan Laird

Rider

Jr.

16th

19.

Thomas Lane

Cal Poly

Sr.

10th

20.

Jake Jakobsen

Lehigh

Jr.

19th

Heavyweight

Wt/Rk

Name

School

Yr

Prev

1.

Anthony Cassar

Penn State

Sr.

1st

2.

Gable Steveson

Minnesota

So.

2nd

3.

Mason Parris

Michigan

So.

3rd

4.

Anthony Cassioppi

Iowa

RSFr.

5th

5.

Tate Orndorff

Utah Valley

So.

4th

6.

Matt Stencel

Central Michigan

Jr.

7th

7.

Trent Hillger

Wisconsin

So.

6th

8.

Tanner Hall

Arizona State

Gr.

8th

9.

Jordan Wood

Lehigh

Jr.

11th

10.

Yaraslau Slavikouski

Harvard

Fr.

NR

11.

Gannon Gremmel

Iowa State

Jr.

16th

12.

Chase Singletary

Ohio State

So.

9th

13.

Carter Isley

Northern Iowa

Jr.

17th

14.

Josh Hokit

Fresno State

Sr.

13th

15.

Demetrius Thomas

Pitt

Sr.

10th

16.

Jere Heino

Campbell

Jr.

12th

17.

Christian Lance

Nebraska

Sr.

18th

18.

John Borst

Virginia Tech

So.

NR

19.

Ben Sullivan

Army

So.

NR

20.

Brian Andrews

Wyoming

Jr.

19th