Iowa moves to No. 2, Oklahoma State to No. 3 in WIN’s Jan. 29 Dual Meet rankings
by Mike Finn, WIN Magazine
NEWTON, Iowa — Both Iowa and Oklahoma State won a pair of duals last weekend to improve to 10-0 on the season as both the Hawkeyes and Cowboys have moved up to No. 2 and 3, respectively, in WIN Magazine’s Jan. 29 rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.
Iowa won road contests at Illinois and Northwestern, while Oklahoma State defeated both Northern Iowa and Iowa State, to pull behind No. 1 Penn State (7-0), the only other undefeated NCAA Div. I team.
This came after Missouri lost on the road to Cornell and fell from No. 2 to No. 5 in WIN’s dual rankings.
This also comes as Oklahoma State and Missouri will meet this weekend in Columbia, while Penn State hosts No. 6 Ohio State and Iowa travels to No. 11 Michigan; one week before the Hawkeyes entertain Penn State on Feb. 9.
Missouri remains No. 2 in WIN’s Tournament Power Index behind the top-ranked Nittany Lions and just ahead of No. 3 Iowa and both Cornell and Oklahoma State, which are tied for fourth in the TPI.
WIN’s TPI predicts how high a team would finish in this year’s NCAA Division I Championships based on a point total associated with individual placement and advancement points that could be scored at the 2024 NCAAs.
The following is a breakdown of those points: 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 one and a half points for wrestlers ranked 13-16 and one point for those ranked 17-20.
Also, it should be noted that WIN’s individual rankings are not necessarily simply an update of recent wins and losses, but more of a prediction at this point in the season of where wrestlers would be seeded at the 2024 NCAAs, which will be held in Kansas City, Mo., in March, if that event was held now.
Penn State has four top-ranked individuals in Levi Haines (157), Carter Starocci (174), Aaron Brooks (197) and Greg Kerkvliet. The other No. 1-rated wrestlers are Purdue’s Matt Ramos (125), Cornell’s Vito Arujau (133), Iowa’s Real Woods (141), Nebraska’s Ridge Lovett (149), Missouri’s Keegan O’Toole (165) and Northern Iowa’s Parker Keckeisen (184).
WIN Magazine’s Jan. 29 Dual-Team Rankings
Rk./School (Record)/Prev./Upcoming Weekend’s Schedules
1. Penn State (7-0) 1st Feb. 2 vs. Ohio State
2. Iowa (10-0) 3rd Feb. 2 at Michigan
3. Oklahoma State (10-0) 5th Feb. 2 vs. Arizona State; Feb. 4 at Missouri
4. Iowa State (10-2) 4th Feb. 2 vs. West Virginia
5. Missouri (8-1) 2nd Feb. 4 vs. Oklahoma State
6. Ohio State (12-1) 6th Feb. 2 at Penn State; Feb. 4 at Rutgers
7. Nebraska (9-1) 7th Feb. 4 vs. Illinois
8. NC State (11-2) 8th Feb. 2 vs. North Carolina
9. Cornell (7-3) 9th Feb. 2 vs. Columbia
10. Virginia Tech (5-3) 10th Feb. 2 at Virginia
11. Michigan (5-3) 11th Feb. 2 vs. Iowa
12. Minnesota (6-2) 12th Feb. 2 vs. Maryland; Feb. 4 vs. Northwestern
13. Rutgers (10-3) 13th Feb. 4 vs. Ohio State
14. South Dakota State (9-2) 14th Feb. 1 at Wyoming; Feb. 3 at Utah Valley
15. Northern Iowa (4-5) 15th Feb. 4 vs. West Virginia
16. Lehigh (4-3) 17th Feb. 4 at Army
17. Stanford (8-2) 18th Feb. 4 vs. CSU Bakersfield
18. West Virginia (9-3) 20th Feb. 2 at Iowa State; Feb. 4 at Northern Iowa
19. Michigan State (8-3) NR Feb. 2 at Illinois; Feb. 4 at Indiana
20. Wisconsin (6-4) 19th Feb. 2 vs. Northwestern; Feb. 4 at Purdue
21. Oklahoma (5-5) 21st off until Feb. 9 vs. South Dakota State
22. Little Rock (11-5) 23rd Feb. 3 vs. Cal Poly
23. Oregon State (5-4) 16th Feb. 4 at Arizona State
24. Arizona State (3-4) NR Feb. 2 at Okla. State; Feb 4 vs. Oregon St.
25. Pitt (7-6) 22nd Feb. 2 at Duke
WIN Magazine’s Jan. 29 Tournament Power Index
Rk./School/Total Rank/Top 8/TPI Points
1. Penn State 10 8 136
2. Missouri 9 6 69.5
3. Iowa 8 5 66
4t. Cornell 8 5 59.5
4t. Oklahoma State 9 4 59.5
6. NC State 9 4 55
7. Virginia Tech 10 3 54.4
8. Michigan 9 4 51
9. Iowa State 7 5 50
10. Nebraska 8 3 40
11. Northern Iowa 6 2 39
12. Arizona State 4 3 38.5
13. Minnesota 6 2 30.5
14. Ohio State 8 2 29
15. South Dakota State 5 2 28
16. Lehigh 4 2 25.5
17t. Northern Colorado 3 2 20
17t. Purdue 1 1 20
19. Air Force 3 1 19.5
20t. Oregon State 4 1 17.5
20t. Wisconsin 4 2 17.5
22. Lock Haven 1 1 16
23. Oklahoma 2 1 14
24. Rutgers 7 1 13.5
25t. Illinois 3 1 13
25t. Little Rock 3 2 13
27t. North Carolina 2 1 11
27t. Penn 2 1 11
29. West Virginia 3 1 9.5
30. Campbell 1 1 9
31. Cal Poly 3 1 8.5
32. Pitt 5 0 7
33t. Harvard 1 1 6.5
33t. Maryland 4 0 6.5
33t. Wyoming 1 1 6.5
36t. Indiana 3 0 4.5
36t Michigan State 3 0 4.5
36t Ohio 3 0 4.5
36t Stanford 3 0 4.5
40. Navy 3 0 4
41. Bucknell 2 0 3.5
42t. Central Michigan 1 0 2
42t. Columbia 1 0 2
42t. Northwestern 2 0 2
45t. Binghamton 1 0 1.5
45t. Princeton 1 0 1.5
45t. Virginia 1 0 1.5
48t. Franklin & Marshall 1 0 1
48t. North Dakota State 1 0 1
48t. Utah Valley 1 0 1
WIN Magazine’s Jan. 29 Individual Rankings
Wt/Name/School/Yr./Previous
125 pounds
1. Matt Ramos Purdue Jr. 1st
2. Anthony Noto Lock Haven Jr. 2nd
3. Drake Ayala Iowa So. 3rd
4. Cooper Flynn Virginia Tech Fr. 7th
5. Noah Surtin Missouri Jr. 8th
6. Stevo Poulin Northern Colorado So. 10th
7. Jore Volk Wyoming So. 4th
8. Eric Barnett Wisconsin Sr. 11th
9. Braeden Davis Penn State Fr. 12th
10. Michael DeAugustino Michigan Sr. 13th
11. Patrick McKee Minnesota Sr. 6th
12. Caleb Smith Nebraska Gr. 9th
13. Brandon Kaylor Oregon State Sr. 5th
14. Troy Spratley Oklahoma State RSFr. 16th
15. Nico Provo Stanford So. 14th
16. Tanner Jordan South Dakota State Sr. 15th
17. Brett Ungar Cornell So. 17th
18. Jarrett Trombley NC State Gr. NR
19. Richard Figueroa Arizona State So. NR
20. Dean Peterson Rutgers So. 19th
133 pounds
1. Vito Arujau Cornell Sr. 1st
2. Daton Fix Oklahoma State Sr. 2nd
3. Ryan Crookham Lehigh Fr. 3rd
4. Dylan Ragusin Michigan Jr. 4th
5. Aaron Nagao Penn State So. 5th
6. Kai Orine NC State Jr. 6th
7. Nasir Bailey Little Rock Fr. 7th
8. Evan Frost Iowa State RSFr. 9th
9. Michael Colaiocco Penn Sr. 10th
10. Nic Bouzakis Ohio State RSFr. 11th
11. Dylan Shawver Rutgers So. 8th
12. Julian Farber Northern Iowa Jr. 12th
13. Sam Latona Virginia Tech Jr. 13th
14. Kurt Phipps Bucknell Sr. 14th
15. Braxton Brown Maryland So. 15th
16. Zeth Romney Cal Poly RSFr. 16th
17. Jacob Van Dee Nebraska RSFr. 17th
18. Dominic Serrano Northern Colorado So. 18th
19. Cullen Schriever Iowa Jr. NR
20. Derrick Cardinal South Dakota State So. 20th
141 pounds
1. Real Woods Iowa Sr. 1st
2. Beau Bartlett Penn State Sr. 2nd
3. Jesse Mendez Ohio State So. 3rd
4. Cael Happel Northern Iowa Jr. 7th
5. Lachlan McNeil North Carolina So. 5th
6. Ryan Jack NC State Jr. 4th
7. Tagen Jamison Oklahoma State RSFr. 9th
8. Anthony Echemendia Iowa State Jr. 6th
9. Brock Hardy Nebraska So. 8th
10. Vince Cornella Cornell So. 10th
11. Tom Crook Virginia Tech So. 14th
12. Jordan Titus West Virginia So. 15th
13. Josh Koderhandt Navy Jr. 13th
14. Vance VomBaur Minnesota So. 11th
15. Sergio Lemley Michigan Fr. 17th
16. Kal Miller Maryland So. 12th
17. Mitch Moore Rutgers Gr. 18th
18. Cole Matthews Pitt Sr. 20th
19. Malyke Hines Lehigh Jr. 19th
20. Josh Edmond Missouri So. 16th
149 pounds
1. Ridge Lovett Nebraska Jr. 1st
2. Caleb Henson Virginia Tech So. 2nd
3. Jackson Arrington NC State So. 3rd
4. Kyle Parco Arizona State Jr. 4th
5. Austin Gomez Michigan Gr. 5th
6. Kannon Webster Illinois Fr. 6th
7. Dylan D’Emilio Ohio State Sr. 7th
8. Chance Lamer Cal Poly So. 8th
9. Casey Swiderski Iowa State So. 9th
10. Ty Watters West Virginia Fr. 10th
11. Corbyn Munson Central Michigan Sr. 12th
12. Tyler Kasak Penn State Fr. 13th
13. Ethen Miller Maryland So. 14th
14. Graham Rooks Indiana Sr. 15th
15. Caleb Rathjen Iowa So. 16th
16. Sammy Alvarez Oklahoma State Sr. 17th
17. Nash Singleton Oregon State RSFr. 18th
18. Logan Gioffre Missouri Jr. 11th
19. Joe Zargo Wisconsin Jr. 19th
20. Drew Roberts Minnesota So. 20th
157 pounds
1. Levi Haines Penn State So. 1st
2. Michael Blockhus Minnesota Sr. 3rd
3. Jared Franek Iowa Gr. 4th
4. Jacori Teemer Arizona State Sr. 5th
5. Vinny Zerban Northern Colorado So. 6th
6. Meyer Shapiro Cornell Fr. 11th
7. Brock Mauller Missouri Sr. 2nd
8. Peyton Robb Nebraska Sr. 7th
9. Daniel Cardenas Stanford So. 8th
10. Ryder Downey Northern Iowa RSFr. 10th
11. Ed Scott NC State Jr. 9th
12. Cody Chittum Iowa State Fr. 12th
13. Will Lewan Michigan Sr. 13th
14. Bryce Andonian Virginia Tech Sr. 14th
15. Peyten Kellar Ohio So. 15th
16. Teague Travis Oklahoma State So. 16th
17 Chase Saldate Michigan State Sr. 19th
18. Paddy Gallagher Ohio State So. 18th
19. Brayton Lee Indiana Sr. NR
20. Trevor Chumbley Northwestern Sr. 20th
165 pounds
1. Keegan O’Toole Missouri Jr. 1st
2. David Carr Iowa State Sr. 2nd
3. Mitchell Mesenbrink Penn State RSFr. 3rd
4. Izzak Olejnik Oklahoma State Sr. 4th
5. Dean Hamiti Wisconsin Jr. 6th
6. Michael Caliendo Iowa So. 7th
7. Julien Ramirez Cornell Jr. 5th
8. Peyton Hall West Virginia Jr. 8th
9. Cam Amine Michigan Sr. 9th
10. Caleb Fish Michigan State Sr. 10th
11. Garrett Thompson Ohio Fr. 12th
12. Noah Mulvaney Bucknell Fr. 14th
13. Andrew Cerniglia Navy Sr. 15th
14. Connor Brady Virginia Tech Jr. 16th
15. Giano Petrucelli Air Force Sr. 17th
16. Bryce Hepner Ohio State So. 19th
17. Holden Heller Pitt Sr. 13th
18. Antrell Taylor Nebraska RSFr. NR
19. Maxx Mayfield Northwestern Jr. 20th
20. Derek Fields NC State So. NR
174 pounds
1. Carter Starocci Penn State Sr. 1st
2. Mekhi Lewis Virginia Tech Sr. 2nd
3. Shane Griffith Michigan Sr. 3rd
4. Peyton Mocco Missouri Sr. 5th
5. Cade DeVos South Dakota State Jr. 7th
6. Nick Incontrera Penn Jr. 8th
7. Phillip Conigliaro Harvard Sr. 9th
8. Patrick Kennedy Iowa So. 11th
9. Edmond Ruth Illinois Jr. 6th
10. Rocco Welsh Ohio State Fr. NR
11. Donnell Washington Indiana Sr. 12th
12. Lennox Wolak Columbia Sr. 13th
13. Luca Augustine Pitt So. 10th
14. Jackson Turley Rutgers Sr. 14th
15. Adam Kemp Cal Poly Gr. 15th
16. Justin McCoy Virginia Gr. 16th
17. Max Maylor Wisconsin Gr. 17th
18. Gaven Sax North Dakota State Jr. 18th
19. Sal Perrine Ohio Jr. 19th
20. Andrew Sparks Minnesota Jr. 20th
184 pounds
1. Parker Keckeisen Northern Iowa Jr. 1st
2. Dustin Plott Oklahoma State Sr. 2nd
3. Trey Munoz Oregon State Jr. 3rd
4. Bernie Truax Penn State Sr. 4th
5. Chris Foca Cornell Sr. 5th
6. Isaiah Salazar Minnesota Sr. 6th
7. Lenny Pinto Nebraska So. 7th
8. Will Feldkamp Iowa State Sr. 8th
9. Bennett Berge South Dakota State RSFr. 16th
10. Sam Wolf Air Force Sr. 9th
11. Clayton Whiting Missouri Fr. 10th
12. Reece Heller Pitt Sr. 13th
13. Dylan Fishback NC State RSFr. 11th
14. Layne Malczewski Michigan State Gr. 14th
15. Jacob Nolan Binghamton Sr. 15th
16. Jaden Bullock Michigan Jr. 12th
17. Brian Soldano Rutgers So. 17th
18. James Conway Franklin & Marshall Jr. 18th
19. Gavin Hoffman Ohio State Sr. 19th
20. Sam Fisher Virginia Tech Jr. 20th
197 pounds
1. Aaron Brooks Penn State Sr. 1st
2. Trent Hidlay NC State Sr. 2nd
3. Tanner Sloan South Dakota State Sr. 3rd
4. Stephan Buchanan Oklahoma Jr. 5th
5. Jacob Cardenas Cornell Sr. 6th
6. Michael Beard Lehigh Jr. 7th
7. Rocky Elam Missouri Jr. 4th
8. Stephen Little Little Rock RSFr. 8th
9. Jaxon Smith Maryland So. 9th
10. Zach Glazier Iowa Sr. 10th
11. Luke Surber Oklahoma State Sr. 11th
12. Silas Allred Nebraska So. 12th
13. Luke Stout Princeton Jr. 13th
14. Mac Stout Pitt RSFr. 15th
15. John Poznanski Rutgers Jr. 14th
16. Andy Smith Virginia Tech Jr. 17th
17. Max Shaw North Carolina Jr. 16th
18. Nick Stemmet Stanford Sr. 18th
19. Evan Bockman Utah Valley Sr. 19th
20. Wyatt Voelker Northern Iowa RSFr. 20th
Heavyweight
1. Greg Kerkvliet Penn State Sr. 1st
2. Wyatt Hendrickson Air Force Sr. 2nd
3. Yonger Bastida Iowa State Sr. 3rd
4. Cohlton Schultz Arizona State Jr. 4th
5. Zach Elam Missouri Sr. 6th
6. Taye Ghadiali Campbell Sr. 7th
7. Lucas Davison Michigan Gr. 5th
8. Yaraslau Slavikouski Rutgers Gr. 8th
9. Luke Luffman Illinois Jr. 9th
10. Nathan Taylor Lehigh So. 10th
11. Konner Doucet Oklahoma State Jr. 11th
12. Owen Trephan NC State Jr. 13th
13. Nick Feldman Ohio State RSFr. 17th
14. Josh Heindselman Oklahoma Sr. 16th
15. Tyrell Gordon Northern Iowa Sr. 14th
16. Boone McDermott Oregon State Sr. 15th
17. Lewis Fernandes Cornell Sr. 18th
18. Josiah Hill Little Rock Jr. NR
19. Grady Griess Navy Sr. 20th
20. Hunter Catka Virginia Tech Jr. NR