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17 freshmen enter WIN’s Div. I College Rankings this week; No. 1 Iowa tops TPI and dual meet rankings

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by Mike Finn, WIN Magazine

Michigan’s Dylan Ragusin, No. 9 at 125 pounds. Photo from Michigan wrestling website, by Greg Fiume

NEWTON, Iowa — Now that the 2021 NCAA Division I Wrestling season is finally underway … and with just dual meet competition … a whopping 17 freshmen are rated in WIN Magazine’s first national rankings of this shortened season.

Four talented freshen enter WIN’s rankings for the first time in their collegiate careers in the top 10. All four wrestle in the Big Ten Conference. Penn State has two of them, Carter Starocci is the highest ranked newcomer at No. 6 at 174 pounds while teammate Greg Kerkvliet is No. 8 at heavyweight. Michigan’s Dylan Ragusin is slated at No. 9 at 125 while Ohio State freshman Carson Kharchla is in the No. 10 spot at 165 for Ohio State.

Iowa, looking to claim the program’s 25th all-time team championship this March at the NCAA Division I Championships in St. Louis, has 132 points in WIN’s Tournament Power Index, which is based on potential NCAA points that go with a wrestler’s individual ranking. Iowa features 10 ranked wrestlers, all in the Top 8 of their weight class, including a trio of No. 1-ranked wrestlers in Spencer Lee (125), Jaydin Eierman (141) and Michael Kemmerer (174). Iowa, which opens its season this Friday against Nebraska, also tops WIN’s Dual-Meet rankings.

Michigan is ranked second in WIN’s TPI with 81 as the Wolverines feature nine ranked wrestlers and five rated in the Top 8. This goup includes top-ranked Myles Amine at 184 pounds. Michigan, which opened its season with wins over Rutgers and Maryland, is rated No. 3 in WIN’s dual rankings.

Oklahoma State, Penn State and Nebraska make up the rest of the Top 5 schools in both team rankings.

The Cowboys, which feature nine ranked wrestlers and a top-ranked wrestler in Daton Fix at 133 pounds, have 69.5 TPI points, just ahead of Penn State with 61.5 points. Nebraska is fifth in the TPI with 53 points, based on seven ranked wrestlers and four in the Top 8. The Nittany Lions, who open their season this Saturday in a dual meet at Rutgers, are rated No. 2 in WIN’s dual rankings, followed by Michigan, Nebraska (coming off a home win against Minnesota) and Oklahoma State, which defeated Chattanooga and Oregon State last weekend on their home mat.

Among Penn State’s eight ranked wrestlers are two former All-Americans in junior Roman Bravo-Young (133) and senior Nick Lee (141), while Cael Sanderson’s squad features a No. 3-ranked wrestler in sophomore Aaron Brooks (184) and four freshmen: Joe Lee (165), Starocci (174), Michael Beard (197) and Kerkvliet (Hwt).

Michigan and Oklahoma State also feature several freshmen, including the Wolverines’ Ragusin (125) and Cameron Amine (165), while Oklahoma State has introduced freshmen Trevor Mastrogiovanni (125), Dustin Plott (174) and A.J. Ferrari (197) to varsity competition this winter.

The following are WIN’s team and individual rankings. The TPI points are broken down by individual ranks; 20 for 1st place, 16 for 2nd, 13.5 for 3rd, 12.5 for 4th, 10 for 5th, 9 for 6th, 6.5 for 7th and 5.5 for 8th. Wrestlers ranked 9-12 earn two points each, followed by 1.5 point for wrestlers ranked 13-16 and 1 point for those ranked 17-20.

WIN’s Jan. 11, 2021 Tournament Power Index

Rk

School

Total Rank

Top 8

TPI Points

1.

Iowa

10

10

132

2.

Michigan

9

5

81

3.

Oklahoma State

9

6

69.5

4.

Penn State

8

5

61.5

5.

Nebraska

7

4

53

6.

NC State

8

4

47.5

7.

Virginia Tech

6

3

47

8.

Iowa State

6

4

44.5

9.

Ohio State

5

3

41.5

10.

North Carolina

6

3

36

11t

Arizona State

7

3

34.5

11t

Northwestern

5

2

34.5

13.

Pittsburgh

5

3

31.5

14.

Missouri

9

2

31

15.

Purdue

6

2

28.5

16.

Michigan State

3

2

27.5

17t

Central Michigan

2

2

25

17t

Minnesota

5

1

25

19.

West Virginia

1

1

20

20t

Lehigh

4

2

18

20t

Stanford

4

1

18

22.

Oklahoma

6

1

17

23t

Rutgers

4

1

16.5

23t

Virginia

5

1

16.5

24.

Northern Colorado

5

1

14.5

25.

Rider

2

1

13.5

26.

Wisconsin

2

1

12

27.

Utah Valley

2

1

11.5

28t

Binghamton

1

1

10

28t

Illinois

5

0

10

30.

Navy

3

1

9.5

31.

South Dakota State

3

1

8.5

32t

Clarion

1

1

6.5

32t

Duke

1

1

6.5

32t

Wyoming

4

0

6.5

35t

Army West Point

4

0

5

35t

Northern Iowa

3

0

5

37.

Oregon State

3

0

4

38t

Appalachian State

2

0

3.5

38t

Northern Illinois

2

0

3.5

40t

Fresno State

2

0

3

40t

Indiana

2

0

3

40t

North Dakota State

2

0

3

43.

Chattanooga

2

0

2.5

44t

Bucknell

1

0

2

44t

Kent State

1

0

2

46t

American U.

1

0

1.5

46t

Buffalo

1

0

1.5

46t

SIU- Edwardsville

1

0

1.5

49t

Campbell

1

0

1

49t

Drexel

1

0

1

49t

George Mason

1

0

1

49t

Ohio

1

0

1

WIN’S Jan. 11, 2021 Team Dual Rankings

Rk.

School

W-L

1.

Iowa

0-0

2.

Penn State

0-0

3.

Michigan

2-0

4.

Nebraska

1-0

5.

Oklahoma State

2-0

6.

NC State

2-0

7.

Missouri

5-0

8.

Ohio State

0-0

9.

Virginia Tech

4-0

10.

Iowa State

3-0

11.

Arizona State

2-0

12.

Minnesota

0-1

13.

Pitt

2-0

14.

North Carolina

1-0

15.

Rutgers

0-1

16.

Purdue

0-0

17.

Lehigh

0-1

18.

Stanford

0-0

19.

Oklahoma

0-1

20.

Wisconsin

0-0

21.

Northern Iowa

2-0

22.

Northern Colorado

3-0

23.

Army

0-0

24.

Northwestern

0-0

25.

Wyoming

1-2

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 11, 2021 Individual Rankings

125 pounds

Wt.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1.

Spencer Lee

Iowa

Senior

1st

2.

Rayvon Foley

Michigan State

Junior

2nd

3.

Devin Schroder

Purdue

Senior

3rd

4.

Drew Hildebrandt

Central Michigan

Senior

4th

5.

Michael DeAugustino

Northwestern

Sophomore

5th

6.

Brandon Courtney

Arizona State

Junior

7th

7.

Jakob Camacho

NC State

Sophomore

8th

8.

Alex Mackall

Iowa State

Senior

9th

9.

Dylan Ragusin

Michigan

Freshman

NR

10.

Liam Cronin

Nebraska

Senior

14th

11.

Justin Cardani

Illinois

Sophomore

15th

12.

Sam Latona

Virginia Tech

RS Freshman

NR

13.

Trevor Mastrogiovanni

Oklahoma State

Freshman

NR

14.

Connor Brown

Missouri

Junior

NR

15.

Taylor Lamont

Utah Valley

Junior

12th/133

16.

Brock Hudkins

Indiana

Senior

12th

17.

Patrick McKee

Minnesota

Sophomore

16th

18.

Nicolas Aguilar

Rutgers

Sophomore

19th

19.

Logan Treaster

Navy

Sophomore

NR

20

Brody Teske

Northern Iowa

RS Freshman

NR

133 pounds

Wt

Name

School

Year

Previous

1.

Daton Fix

Oklahoma State

Sophomore

2nd

2.

Stevan Micic

Michigan

Grad.

3rd

3.

Roman Bravo-Young

Penn State

Junior

4th

4.

Austin DeSanto

Iowa

Senior

5th

5.

Mickey Phillippi

Pittsburgh

Junior

6th

6.

Michael McGee

Arizona State

Junior

16th

7.

Brandon Paetzell

Lehigh

Senior

NR

8.

Korbin Myers

Virginia Tech

Senior

NR

9.

Mosha Schwartz

Northern Colorado

Sophomore

10th

10.

Matt Schmitt

Missouri

Grad.

13th

11.

Anthony Madrigal

Oklahoma

Junior

11th

12.

Jack Skudlarczyk

Northern Iowa

Junior

14th

13.

Zach Price

South Dakota St.

Sophomore

NR

14.

Devan Turner

Oregon State

Senior

9th

15.

Jarrett Trombley

NC State

Sophomore

17th

16.

Jamie Hernandez

North Carolina

Junior

NR

17.

Louie Hayes

Virginia

Senior

NR

18.

Chris Cannon

Northwestern

RS Freshman

NR

19.

Andrew Wert

Army

Sophomore

NR

20.

Mario Guillen

Ohio

Senior

NR

  141 pounds

Wt.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1.

Jaydin Eierman

Iowa

Senior

1st

2.

Nick Lee

Penn State

Senior

2nd

3.

Sebastian Rivera

Rutgers

Grad.

3rd

4.

Ian Parker

Iowa State

Senior

5h

5.

Chad Red Jr.

Nebraska

Senior

6th

6.

Dom Demas

Oklahoma

Junior

7th

7.

Kaid Brock

Oklahoma State

Senior

8th

8.

Zachary Sherman

North Carolina

Junior

10th

9.

Tariq Wilson

NC State

Senior

14th

10.

Allen Hart

Missouri

Junior

NR

11.

Dylan Duncan

Illinois

Senior

19th

12.

Cody Trybus

Navy

Senior

17th

13.

D.J. Loren

Fresno State

Senior

15th

14.

Cole Matthews

Pittsburgh

Sophomore

16th

15.

Grant Willits

Oregon State

Junior

18th

16.

Derek Spann

Buffalo

Senior

19th/133

17.

Parker Filius

Purdue

Junior

20th

18.

Pete Lipari

Arizona State

Senior

NR

19.

Alex Madrigal

George Mason

Senior

NR

20.

Brian Courtney

Virginia

Junior

NR

149 pounds

Wt.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1.

Austin O`Connor

North Carolina

Junior

1st

2.

Sammy Sasso

Ohio State

Sophomore

2nd

3.

Brock Mauller

Missouri

Junior

3rd

4.

Boo Lewallen

Oklahoma State

Senior

4th

5.

Jarrett Degen

Iowa State

Senior

6th

6.

Andrew Alirez

Northern Colorado

Sophomore

8th

7.

Kanen Storr

Michigan

Senior

7th

8.

Max Murin

Iowa

Junior

10th

9.

Mike Carr

Illinois

Junior

NR

10.

Griffin Parriott

Purdue

Senior

11th

11.

Jarod Verkleeren

Penn State

Junior

13th

12.

Jonathan Millner

Appalachian State

Junior

12th

13.

Bryce Andonian

Virginia Tech

Sophomore

14th

14.

Yahya Thomas

Northwestern

Junior

17th

15.

Graham Rooks

Indiana

Sophomore

16th

16.

Jaden Abas

Stanford

Freshman

NR

17.

Joshua Heil

Campbell

Senior

9th/141

18.

Mitch Moore

Oklahoma

Junior

15th

19.

Tanner Smith

Chattanooga

Junior

19th

20.

Jimmy Hoffman

Lehigh

Junior

20th

157 pounds

Wt.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1.

Ryan Deakin

Northwestern

Senior

1st

2.

Hayden Hidlay

NC State

Senior

2nd

3.

David Carr

Iowa State

Sophomore

3rd

4.

Jesse Dellavecchia

Rider

Grad

4th

5.

Kendall Coleman

Purdue

Sophomore

5th

6.

Josh Humphreys

Lehigh

Junior

6th

7.

Wyatt Sheets

Oklahoma State

Junior

7th

8.

Kaleb Young

Iowa

Senior

8th

9.

Brayton Lee

Minnesota

Sophomore

5th/149

10.

Will Lewan

Michigan

Sophomore

10th

11.

Markus Hartman

Army West Point

Junior

11th

12.

Justin Thomas

Oklahoma

Senior

14th

13.

Jacori Teemer

Arizona State

Sophomore

9th

14.

Jarrett Jacques

Missouri

Junior

15th

15.

Jared Franek

North Dakota St.

Sophomore

13th

16.

Justin Ruffin

SIU Edwardsville

Junior

16th

17.

Jacob Wright

Wyoming

Junior

17th

18.

Justin McCoy

Virginia

Sophomore

18th

19.

Hunter Willits

Oregon State

Junior

NR

20.

Tyler Eischens

Stanford

Sophomore

19th

165 pounds

Wt.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1.

Mehki Lewis

Virginia Tech

Sophomore

1st

2.

Alex Marinelli

Iowa

Senior

2nd

3.

Shane Griffith

Stanford

Sophomore

3rd

4.

Travis Wittlake

Oklahoma State

Sophomore

4th

5.

Anthony Valencia

Arizona State

Senior

5th

6.

Jake Wentzel

Pittsburgh

Senior

8th

7.

Tanner Skidgel

Navy

Senior

6th

8.

Thomas Bullard

NC State

Senior

7th

9.

Zach Hartman

Bucknell

Junior

11th

10

Carson Kharchla

Ohio State

RS Freshman

NR

11.

Dan Braunagel

Illinois

Sophomore

10th

12.

Kennedy Monday

North Carolina

Senior

12th

13.

Jake Tucker

Michigan State

Senior

13th

14.

Izzak Olejnik

Northern Illinois

Sophomore

14th

15.

Tanner Cook

South Dakota State

Sophomore

15th

16.

Keegan O’Toole

Missouri

Freshman

NR

17.

Andrew Sparks

Minnesota

Freshman

NR

18.

Peyton Robb

Nebraska

Sophomore

12th/157

19.

Joe Lee

Penn State

RS Freshman

NR

20.

Cameron Amine

Michigan

RS Freshman

NR

174 pounds

Wt.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1.

Michael Kemerer

Iowa

Grad.

1st

2.

Logan Massa

Michigan

Senior

2nd

3.

Mikey Labriola

Nebraska

Junior

3rd

4.

Kaleb Romero

Ohio State

Junior

4th

5.

Demetrius Romero

Utah Valley

Senior

6th

6.

Carter Starocci

Penn State

RS Freshman

NR

7.

Matt Finesilver

Duke

Junior

NR

8.

Devin Kane

North Carolina

Senior

NR

9.

Gregg Harvey

Pittsburgh

Senior

11th

10.

Daniel Bullard

NC State

Senior

10th

11.

Andrew McNally

Kent State

Senior

12th

12.

Trey Munoz

Arizona State

RS Freshmen

NR

13.

Dustin Plott

Oklahoma State

Freshman

NR

14.

Anthony Mantanona

Oklahoma

Junior

5th

15.

Jackson Hemauer

Northern Colorado

Junior

15th

16.

Thomas Flitz

Appalachian State

Senior

17th

17.

Emil Soehnlen

Purdue

Sophomore

20th/165

18.

Joe Grello

Rutgers

Grad.

16th

19.

Michael O`Malley

Drexel

Sophomore

20th

20.

Bailee O’Reilly

Minnesota

Junior

NR

   184 pounds

Wt.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1.

Myles Amine

Michigan

Grad

2nd

2.

Hunter Bolen

Virginia Tech

Junior

3rd

3.

Aaron Brooks

Penn State

Sophomore

4th

4

Trent Hidlay

NC State

Sophomore

5th

5.

Lou Deprez

Binghamton

Junior

6th

6.

Taylor Venz

Nebraska

Senior

7th

7.

Dakota Geer

Oklahoma State

Senior

8th

8.

Abe Assad

Iowa

Sophomore

9th

9

Chris Weiler

Wisconsin

Senior

10th

10.

Rocky Jordan

Ohio State

Sophomore

11th

11.

Zach Braunagel

Illinois

Sophomore

12th

12.

Brit Wilson

Northern Illinois

Junior

13th

13.

Matthew Waddell

Chattanooga

Junior

15th

14.

Tanner Harvey

American

Senior

14th

15.

Clay Lautt

North Carolina

Junior

9th/174

16.

Jelani Embree

Michigan

Junior

16th

17.

Sam Colbray

Iowa State

Senior

7th/174

18.

Jeremiah Kent

Missouri

Sophomore

NR

19.

Tate Samuelson

Wyoming

Junior

19th

20.

Max Lyon

Purdue

Senior

20th

197 pounds

Wt.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1.

Noah Adams

West Virginia

Junior

1st

2.

Eric Schultz

Nebraska

Senior

2nd

3.

Jacob Warner

Iowa

Junior

3rd

4.

Jay Aiello

Virginia

Senior

4th

5.

Cameron Caffey

Michigan State

Junior

5th

6.

Nino Bonaccorsi

Pittsburgh

Junior

6th/184

7.

Greg Bulsak

Clarion

Senior

7th

8.

Tanner Sloan

South Dakota St.

Sophomore

8th

9.

Kordell Norfleet

Arizona State

Junior

6th

10.

Nathan Traxler

Stanford

Senior

9th

11.

Lucas Davison

Northwestern

Sophomore

10th

12.

A.J. Ferrari

Oklahoma State

Freshman

NR

13.

Jake Woodley

Oklahoma

Junior

12th

14.

Jake Jakobsen

Lehigh

Senior

13th

15.

Rocky Elam

Missouri

Freshman

NR

16.

Stephen Buchanan

Wyoming

Sophomore

14th

17.

Billy Janzer

Rutgers

Sophomore

16th

18.

Jacob Seely

Northern Colorado

Senior

17th

19.

JT Brown

Army West Point

Junior

15th

20.

Michael Beard

Penn State

Freshman

NR

Heavyweight

Wt.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1.

Gable Steveson

Minnesota

Junior

1st

2.

Mason Parris

Michigan

Junior

2nd

3.

Tony Cassioppi

Iowa

Sophomore

3rd

4.

Matt Stencel

Central Michigan

Senior

4th

5.

Trent Hillger

Wisconsin

Junior

5th

6.

Tate Orndorff

Ohio State

Junior

6th

7.

Zach Elam

Missouri

Sophomore

7th

8.

Greg Kerkvliet

Penn State

RS Freshman

NR

9

Gannon Gremmel

Iowa State

Senior

8th

10.

Carter Isley

Northern Iowa

Senior

10th

11

Brian Andrews

Wyoming

Senior

9th

12.

John Borst

Virginia Tech

Junior

12th

13.

Christian Lance

Nebraska

Senior

13th

14.

A.J. Nevills

Fresno State

Junior

14th

15.

Deonte Wilson

NC State

Junior

15th

16.

Brandon Metz

North Dakota State

Junior

16th

17.

Ben Sullivan

Army West Point

Junior

17th

18.

Ethan Laird

Rider

Senior

11th/197

19.

Quinn Miller

Virginia

Junior

18th

20.

Dalton Robertson

Northern Colorado

Senior

11th

 

 


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