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by Mike Finn, WIN Magazine

NEWTON, Iowa — As the NCAA waits to announce when the Division I college wrestling season will take place this winter in the wake of the COVID pandemic, the University of Iowa has earned the No. 1 ranking in WIN Magazine’s 2020-21 Preseason Tournament Power Index and Rankings, which includes four past individual champions. WIN’s College Rankings are presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

The TPI is an accumulation of potential national tournament points that are associated with individual wrestler’s rankings in WIN’s preseason poll and predicts how teams could finish at the 2021 NCAA Division I Championships, which are scheduled March 18-20 in St. Louis, Mo.

The Hawkeyes, with 114 TPI points, feature a ranked wrestler at every weight class, including a pair — two-time champ Spencer Lee (125) and three-time All-American Michael Kemerer (174) — who are ranked No. 1 in their weight classes. Iowa, which is looking to win a 24th all-time NCAA team title and first since 2010, also features four past All-Americans in Austin DeSanto (5th/133), Kaleb Young (9th/157), Alex Marinelli (2nd/165) and Jacob Warner (4th/197) … as well as Jaydin Eierman (2nd/141), who transferred from Missouri.

Three of the remaining eight top-ranked individuals per weight class have won NCAA championships in the past before taking an Olympic redshirt in 2019-20: Rutgers’ Nick Suriano (133), Cornell’s two-time champ Yianni Diakomihalis (141), and Virginia Tech’s Mehki Lewis (165). The other No. 1-rated wrestlers are North Carolina’s Austin O’Connor (149), Northwestern’s Ryan Deakin (157), Cornell’s Max Dean (184), West Virginia’s Noah Adams (197) and Minnesota’s Gable Steveson (heavyweight).

Rounding out the top five teams in WIN’s TPI are Michigan (72.5 TPI points), Cornell (68), Oklahoma State (56) and Nebraska (52.5). The Wolverines, Big Red and Cowboys all return former All-Americans who took Olympic redshirts last winter. WIN will announce a dual-team ranking once the season begins.

The following is WIN’s Tournament Power Index, which includes how many wrestlers are ranked per school and how many of them are rated in the Top 8 of their weight class. 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.

These rankings are subject to change as wrestlers finalize their weight classes for the 2020-21 season. Also true and redshirt freshmen are not ranked in WIN’s preseason rankings.

Also below is a list of WIN’s individual rankings. It includes the wrestler’s year in school as well as 2019-20 won-loss record and what seed they earned in last year’s tournament, which was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. These rankings are subject to change in WIN’s Oct. 1 update preseason rankings once teams determine wrestlers weight classes for 2020-21. WIN also does not rank true or redshirt freshmen in preseason rankings.

WIN’s 2020-21 Tournament Power Index

Rank.

School

Total Ranked

Top-8 Ranked

TPI Points

1.

Iowa

10

10

114

2.

Michigan

8

5

72.5

3.

Cornell

5

4

68

4.

Oklahoma State

7

5

56

5.

Nebraska

8

5

52.5

6.

Iowa State

8

5

48.5

7t.

Ohio State

5

3

41.5

7t.

NC State

8

3

41.5

9.

Penn State

4

3

40

10.

Virginia Tech

4

2

36.5

11.

Rutgers

4

2

35

12.

Minnesota

4

2

32

13.

Northwestern

4

2

29.5

14.

Princeton

4

2

28.5

15.

Missouri

7

2

26

16t.

North Carolina

4

1

25.5

16t.

Stanford

3

2

25.5

18.

Central Michigan

4

2

24.5

19.

Pittsburgh

5

3

24

20.

Michigan State

3

2

23

21t.

Oklahoma

6

2

22

21t.

Arizona State

5

2

22

23.

Purdue

3

2

21

24.

West Virginia

1

1

20

25.

Rider

2

1

14.5

26.

Lehigh

3

2

13.5

27t.

Virginia

3

1

12

27t.

Wisconsin

2

1

12

29.

Northern Colorado

5

1

11.5

30.

Utah Valley

2

1

11

31.

Binghamton

2

1

10.5

32.

Navy

2

1

10

33.

Harvard

2

1

7.5

34t.

Clarion

1

1

5.5

34t.

Fresno State

4

0

5.5

36t.

American U.

3

0

5

36t.

Northern Iowa

3

0

5

36t.

Wyoming

3

0

5

39t.

Army West Point

3

0

4.5

39t.

Illinois

3

0

4.5

41.

Chattanooga

3

0

3.5

42t.

Appalachian State

2

0

3

42t.

Campbell

2

0

3

42t.

Indiana

2

0

3

42t.

Lock Haven

2

0

3

42t.

Northern Illinois

2

0

3

42t.

Oregon State

2

0

3

42t.

South Dakota State

2

0

3

49t.

Edinboro

2

0

2.5

49t.

North Dakota State

2

0

2.5

51t.

Drexel

2

0

2

51t.

Bucknell

1

0

2

51t.

Columbia

2

0

2

 

51t.

Hofstra

2

0

2

 

51t.

Kent State

1

0

2

 

56.

Penn

1

0

1.5

 

57t.

Buffalo

1

0

1

 

57t.

Drexel

1

0

1

 

57t.

Ohio U.

1

0

1

 

57t.

SIU-Edwardsville

1

0

1

 

WIN Magazine’s 2020-21 National Preseason Individual Rankings

125 pounds

Rank

Name

School

’20 W-L

’20 NCAA

Year

1.

Spencer Lee

Iowa

18-0

1st

Senior

2.

Pat Glory

Princeton

24-0

2nd

Junior

3.

Vito Arujau

Cornell

-

RS

Sophomore

4.

Rayvon Foley

Michigan State

-

RS

Junior

5.

Devin Schroder

Purdue

26-5

5th

Senior

6.

Drew Hildebrandt

Central Michigan

31-3

6th

Senior

7.

Michael DeAugustino

Northwestern

21-8

8th

Sophomore

8.

Brandon Paetzell

Lehigh

21-3

7th

Senior

9.

Brandon Courtney

Arizona State

25-5

9th

Junior

10.

Jakob Camacho

NC State

20-6

10th

Sophomore

11.

Alex Mackall

Iowa State

19-7

12th

Senior

12.

Luke Werner

Lock Haven

30-5

13th

Senior

13.

Jack Medley

Michigan

19-12

14th

Junior

14.

Brock Hudkins

Indiana

10-2

Inj.

Senior

15.

Gage Curry

American

30-9

20th

Senior

16.

Liam Cronin

Nebraska (Indiana transfer )

17-13

22nd

Senior

17.

Justin Cardani

Illinois

16-10

21st

Sophomore

18.

Joe Manchio

Columbia

25-11

23rd

Junior

19.

Patrick McKee

Minnesota

17-8

24th

Sophomore

20.

Fabian Gutierrez

Chattanooga

18-9

25th

Senior

133 pounds

Rank

Name

School

’20 W-L

’20 NCAA

Year

1.

Nick Suriano

Rutgers

-

RS

Junior

2.

Daton Fix

Oklahoma State

-

RS

Sophomore

3.

Stevan Micic

Michigan

-

RS

Senior

4.

Roman Bravo-Young

Penn State

19-2

5th

Junior

5.

Austin DeSanto

Iowa

17-4

6th

Senior

6.

Mickey Phillippi

Pittsburgh

25-1

4th

Junior

7.

Ridge Lovett

Nebraska

17-8

14th

Sophomore

8.

Austin Gomez

Iowa State

-

RS

Junior

9.

Devan Turner

Oregon State

26-9

12th

Senior

10.

Mosha Schwartz

Northern Colorado

23-10

15th

Sophomore

11.

Anthony Madrigal

Oklahoma

21-9

16th

Junior

12.

Taylor LaMont

Utah Valley

17-7

17th

Junior

13.

Matt Schmitt

Missouri (W. Virginia transfer)

-

RS

Junior

14.

Jack Skudlarczyk

Northern Iowa

15-13

25th

Junior

15.

Zack Trampe

Binghamton

12-3

26th

Junior

16.

Michael McGee

Arizona State (Old Dom. Transfer)

-

RS

Junior

17.

Jarrett Trombley

NC State

20-9

27th

Sophomore

18.

Cole Manley

Lock Haven

-

RS

Junior

19.

Derek Spann

Buffalo

23-5

21st

Senior

20.

Andrew Marten

Central Michigan

21-13

31st

Junior

141 pounds

Rank

Name

School

’20 W-L

’20 NCAA

Year

1.

Yianni Diakomihalis

Cornell

-

RS

Junior

2.

Jaydin Eierman

Iowa (Missouri transfer)

-

RS

Senior

3.

Nick Lee

Penn State

20-1

2nd

Senior

4.

Sebastian Rivera

Rutgers/ transfer Northwestern

13-2

1st/133

Senior

5.

Real Woods

Stanford

19-1

3rd

Sophomore

6.

Ian Parker

Iowa State

22-3

4th

Senior

7

Chad Red Jr.

Nebraska

19-7

6th

Senior

8.

Dom Demas

Oklahoma

26-4

5th

Junior

9.

Kaid Brock

Oklahoma State

-

RS

Senior

10.

Joshua Heil

Campbell

29-4

8th

Senior

11.

Zachary Sherman

North Carolina

27-5

11th

Junior

12.

Dresden Simon

Central Michigan

29-8

12th

Senior

13.

Michael Blockhus

Northern Iowa

22-10

13th

Sophomore

14.

Grant Leeth

Missouri

15-5

17th

Senior

15.

Tariq Wilson

NC State

24-6

15th

Senior

16.

DJ Lloren

Fresno State

22-6

25th

Senior

17.

Cole Matthews

Pittsburgh

16-9

27th

Sophomore

18.

Cody Trybus

Navy

26-9

21st

Senior

19.

Grant Willits

Oregon State

23-9

29th

Junior

20.

Matt Kazimir

Columbia

26-9

28th

Junior

149 pounds

Rank

Name

School

’20 W-L

’20 NCAA

Year

1.

Austin O`Connor

North Carolina

25-1

2nd

Junior

2.

Sammy Sasso

Ohio State

24-3

3rd

Sophomore

3.

Brock Mauller

Missouri

29-1

4th

Junior

4.

Boo Lewallen

Oklahoma State

21-2

5th

Senior

5.

Brayton Lee

Minnesota

25-6

7th

Sophomore

6.

Jarrett Degen

Iowa State

16-4

8th

Senior

7.

Kanen Storr

Michigan

17-5

10th

Senior

8.

Andrew Alirez

Northern Colorado

24-4

14th

Sophomore

9.

Kizhan Clarke

American

37-7

15th

Senior

10.

Max Murin

Iowa

16-3

7th/141

Junior

11.

Griffin Parriott

Purdue

16-11

16th

Senior

12.

Jonathan Millner

Appalachian State

31-4

18th

Junior

13.

Jarod Verkleeren

Penn State

17-8

19th

Junior

14.

Bryce Andonian

Virginia Tech

18-6

20th

Sophomore

15.

Mitch Moore

Oklahoma (Va Tech transfer)

17-8

18th/141

Junior

16.

Graham Rooks

Indiana

16-10

23rd

Sophomore

17.

Yahya Thomas

Northwestern

16-8

27th

Junior

18.

Alec Hagan

Ohio

31-11

21st

Junior

19.

Tanner Smith

Chattanooga

25-9

22nd

Junior

20.

Hunter Richard

Cornell

25-10

25th

Senior

157 pounds

Rank

Name

School

’20 W-L

’20 NCAA

Year

1.

Ryan Deakin

Northwestern

21-0

1st

Senior

2.

Hayden Hidlay

NC State

28-1

2nd

Senior

3.

David Carr

Iowa State

18-1

3rd

Sophomore

4.

Jesse Dellavecchia

Rider

30-2

4th

Grad

5.

Quincy Monday

Princeton

24-4

5th

Junior

6.

Kendall Coleman

Purdue

29-8

6th

Sophomore

7.

Josh Humphreys

Lehigh

20-5

7th

Junior

8.

Wyatt Sheets

Oklahoma State

19-12

11th

Junior

9.

Kaleb Young

Iowa

15-5

8th

Senior

10.

Jacori Teemer

Arizona State

17-5

9th

Sophomore

11.

Will Lewan

Michigan

21-7

10th

Sophomore

12.

Markus Hartman

Army West Point

30-7

12th

Junior

13.

Anthony Artalona

Penn

14-6

Inj.

Junior

14.

Peyton Robb

Nebraska

20-6

13th

Sophomore

15.

Jared Franek

North Dakota State

27-7

16th

Sophomore

16.

Justin Thomas

Oklahoma

21-9

17th

Senior

17.

Jarrett Jacques

Missouri

25-7

14th

Junior

18.

Justin Ruffin

SIU Edwardsville

26-9

19th

Junior

19.

Jacob Wright

Fresno State

25-8

25th

Junior

20.

Justin McCoy

Virginia

18-13

27th

Sophomore

165 pounds

Rank

Name

School

’20 W-L

’20 NCAA

Year

1.

Mehki Lewis

Virginia Tech

-

RS

Sophomore

2.

Alex Marinelli

Iowa

20-1

1st

Senior

3.

Shane Griffith

Stanford

28-0

3rd

Sophomore

4.

Travis Wittlake

Oklahoma State

27-2

4th

Sophomore

5.

Anthony Valencia

Arizona State

22-6

8th/174

Senior

6.

Tanner Skidgel

Navy

20-4

9th

Senior

7.

Thomas Bullard

NC State

23-6

10th

Senior

8.

Jake Wentzel

Pittsburgh

18-7

11th

Senior

9.

Ethan Smith

Ohio State

19-13

12th

Junior

10.

Dan Braunagel

Illinois

23-9

15th

Sophomore

11.

Zach Hartman

Bucknell

27-8

16th

Junior

12.

Philip Conigliaro

Harvard

31-7

17th

Sophomore

13.

Kennedy Monday

North Carolina

20-8

18th

Senior

14.

Grant Cuomo

Princeton

19-7

24th

Junior

15.

Jake Tucker

Michigan State

27-9

20th/157

Senior

16.

Izzak Olejnik

Northern Illinois

19-10

25th

Sophomore

17.

Tanner Cook

South Dakota State

22-4

22nd

Sophomore

18.

Peyton Mocco

Missouri

27-12

30th

Sophomore

19.

Bailee O`Reilly

Minnesota

22-11

28th

Junior

20.

Ricky Stamm

Hofstra

22-9

27th

Senior

174 pounds

Rank

Name

School

’20 W-L

’20 NCAA

Year

1.

Michael Kemerer

Iowa

15-1

2nd

Senior

2.

Logan Massa

Michigan

-

RS

Senior

3.

Mikey Labriola

Nebraska

20-10

10th

Junior

4.

Kaleb Romero

Ohio State

19-7

6th

Junior

5.

Anthony Mantanona

Oklahoma

21-7

9th

Junior

6.

Demetrius Romero

Utah Valley

--

Inj.

Senior

7.

Samuel Colbray

Iowa State

18-9

13th

Senior

8.

Anthony Montalvo

Oklahoma State

25-6

9th/184

Sophomore

9.

Clay Lautt

North Carolina

21-7

14th

Junior

10.

Daniel Bullard

NC State

24-6

15th

Senior

11.

Gregg Harvey

Pittsburgh

17-8

22nd

Senior

12.

Andrew McNally

Kent State

31-7

21st

Senior

13.

Hayden Hastings

Wyoming

23-10

29th

Junior

14.

Jacob Oliver

Edinboro

25-6

24th

Junior

15.

Jackson Hemauer

Fresno State

10-8

DNQ

Junior

16.

Joe Grello

Rutgers

-

Inj.

Senior

17.

Thomas Flitz

Appalachian State

30-11

26th

Senior

18.

Austin Kraisser

Campbell

27-8

DNQ

Senior

19.

Sage Heiler

Hofstra

21-8

DNQ

Senior

20.

Michael O`Malley

Drexel

19-9

28th

Sophomore

184 pounds

Rank

Name

School

’20 W-L

’20 NCAA

Year

1.

Max Dean

Cornell

--

RS

Junior

2.

Myles Amine

Michigan

-

RS

Grad

3.

Hunter Bolen

Virginia Tech

24-2

2nd

Junior

4.

Aaron Brooks

Penn State

15-1

3rd

Sophomore

5

Trent Hidlay

NC State

23-4

5th

Sophomore

6.

Lou Deprez

Binghamton

26-5

4th

Junior

7.

Nino Bonaccorsi

Pittsburgh

23-5

10th

Junior

8.

Taylor Venz

Nebraska

20-8

7th

Senior

9.

Dakota Geer

Oklahoma State

24-8

14th/197

Senior

10.

Abe Assad

Iowa

22-7

11th

Sophomore

11.

Chris Weiler

Wisconsin (Lehigh transfer)

17-7

13th

Senior

12.

Rocky Jordan

Ohio State

29-9

14th

Sophomore

13.

Zach Braunagel

Illinois

21-10

15th

Sophomore

14.

Brit Wilson

Northern Illinois

21-3

19th

Junior

15.

Tanner Harvey

American

24-8

16th

Senior

16.

Matthew Waddell

Chattanooga

22-9

20th

Junior

17.

Jelani Embree

Michigan

16-11

26th

Junior

18.

Marcus Coleman

Iowa State

17-11

23rd

Junior

19.

Alan Clothier

Northern Colorado

26-8

27th

Senior

20

Travis Stefanik

Princeton

17-7

29th

Junior

197 pounds

Rank

Name

School

’20 W-L

’20 NCAA

Year

1.

Noah Adams

West Virginia

32-0

2nd

Junior

2.

Eric Schultz

Nebraska

23-4

3rd

Senior

3.

Ben Darmstadt

Cornell

28-6

4th

Junior

4.

Jacob Warner

Iowa

20-4

5th

Junior

5.

Jay Aiello

Virginia

27-4

7th

Senior

6.

Cameron Caffey

Michigan State

27-7

6th/184

Junior

7.

Kordell Norfleet

Arizona State

14-3

9th

Junior

8.

Greg Bulsak

Clarion

27-5

10th

Senior

9.

Tanner Sloan

South Dakota State

21-6

11th

Sophomore

10.

Nathan Traxler

Stanford

20-5

12th

Senior

11.

Lucas Davison

Northwestern

17-8

15th

Sophomore

12.

Ethan Laird

Rider

24-7

16th

Senior

13.

Jake Woodley

Oklahoma

20-9

18th

Junior

14.

Jake Jakobsen

Lehigh

16-9

22nd

Senior

15.

Stephen Buchanan

Wyoming

26-13

26th

Sophomore

16.

JT Brown

Army West Point

21-9

20th

Junior

17.

Billy Janzer

Rutgers

21-10

21st/184

Sophomore

18.

Jacob Seely

Northern Colorado

18-9

25th

Senior

19.

Bryan McLaughlin

Drexel

17-17

33rd

Junior

20.

Wyatt Koelling

Missouri

20-7

23rd

Senior

Heavyweight

Rank

Name

School

’20 W-L

’20 NCAA

Year

1.

Gable Steveson

Minnesota

15-0

1st

Junior

2.

Mason Parris

Michigan

28-1

2nd

Junior

3.

Tony Cassioppi

Iowa

20-3

3rd

Sophomore

4.

Matt Stencel

Central Michigan

30-4

5th

Senior

5.

Trent Hillger

Wisconsin

23-6

6th

Junior

6.

Tate Orndorff

Ohio State (Utah Valley transfer)

18-4

8th

Junior

7.

Zach Elam

Missouri

--

RS

Sophomore

8.

Yaraslau Slavikouski

Harvard

30-8

10th

Sophomore

9

Gannon Gremmel

Iowa State

26-8

11th

Senior

10.

Brian Andrews

Wyoming

30-7

13th

Senior

11.

Carter Isley

Northern Iowa

20-10

14th

Senior

12.

Dalton Robertson

Northern Colorado

17-8

16th

Senior

13.

John Borst

Virginia Tech

21-9

18th

Junior

14.

Christian Lance

Nebraska

10-7

Res.

Senior

15.

A.J. Nevills

Fresno State

-

RS

Junior

16.

Deonte Wilson

NC State

19-9

22nd

Junior

17.

Brandon Metz

North Dakota State

22-10

20th

Junior

18.

Ben Sullivan

Army West Point

16-8

24th

Junior

19.

Quinn Miller

Virginia

19-7

23rd

Junior

20.

Jon Spaulding

Edinboro

26-9

25th

Senior


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