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Nebraska's Eric Schultz take over top spot at 197 in WIN's Feb. 8 rankings

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by Mike Finn, WIN Magazine

Eric Schultz image courtesy of WIN Magazine

NEWTON, Iowa — Nebraska senior Eric Schultz has taken over the top spot at 197 pounds in WIN Magazine’s Feb. 8 NCAA Division I national wrestling rankings.

This change happened after West Virginia’s previously-top-ranked Noah Adams lost 8-7 to Wyoming’s Stephen Buchanan in a Feb. 6 dual in Laramie, Wyo. Meanwhile, Schultz, formerly No. 2, improved his 2021 record to 7-0 with victories over Indiana’s Nick Willham and Michigan State’s nationally-ranked Cam Caffey last Saturday.

Another notable change came at 125 pounds as Virginia Tech’s 125-pound Sam Latona moved up two spots to No. 6 after the redshirt freshman beat No. 3 Jakob Camacho, 7-4, last Friday and helped the Hokies beat the Wolfpack on criteria.

Meanwhile, there are 13 newcomers to this week’s rankings, including four at 133 pounds (Illinois’ Lucas Byrd, Bucknell’s Darren Miller, NC State’s Jarrett Trombley and West Virginia’s Ryan Sullivan) and three at 174 (Indiana’s Donnell Washington, Missouri’s Peyton Mocco and Cal Poly’s Bernie Truax).

In the team ratings, Iowa remained No. 1 in the dual rankings with road victories over Purdue and Ohio State and also stayed on top of WIN’s Tournament Power Index as ten ranked Hawkeyes give the team 134 TPI points. Penn State, which will host Iowa this Friday, remained No. 2 in the dual ranks with a road victory over Wisconsin. The defending champion Nittany Lions are ranked No. 5 in WIN’s TPI (57 points) with nine ranked wrestlers.

Michigan, No. 2 in WIN’s TPI (82 and eight ranked wrestlers) hopes to return to action this weekend against Ohio State after the university put all winter sports on a pause because of COVID concerns on Jan. 24. Nebraska, with seven total ranked wrestlers, has moved up to No. 3 in WIN’s TPI.

Oklahoma State, No. 4 in the TPI with 58 points and eight ranked wrestlers, improved to 9-0 on the season with a victory over Bedlam-rival Oklahoma last weekend. Oklahoma State will host the Cowboy Challenge this Sunday against undefeated Missouri (10-0 with 10 ranked wrestlers), Wyoming and West Virginia.

WIN’s Tournament Power Index is a tally of potential NCAA placement points based on where wrestlers are currently ranked and could possibly place, March 20, at the NCAA Championships in St. Louis. The following is a point breakdown of the TPI, based on a wrestler’s ranking: 20 for 1st, 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 points for wrestlers ranked 13-16 and 1 point for those ranked 17-20.

WIN’s Feb. 8, 2021 Tournament Power Index

Rk.

School

Total Rank

Top 8 Rank

TPI Points

1.

Iowa

10

9

134

2.

Michigan

8

6

82

3.

Nebraska

7

4

60.5

4.

Oklahoma State

8

4

58

5.

Penn State

9

4

57

6.

Virginia Tech

6

4

53.5

7.

NC State

9

5

51

8.

Iowa State

6

4

45

9.

Arizona State

8

3

40.5

10.

Ohio State

6

3

39

11.

Northwestern

5

2

38

12.

Missouri

10

2

36

13.

Minnesota

5

2

34

14.

Central Michigan

3

2

30

15.

North Carolina

5

1

27.5

16.

Pitt

4

2

23.5

17.

Rutgers

3

2

21

18.

Northern Iowa

4

2

17.5

19t.

South Dakota State

4

1

17

19t.

West Virginia

2

1

17

21.

Illinois

7

1

16.5

22.

Stanford

3

1

16

23.

Virginia

5

1

14.5

24t.

Lehigh

4

2

14

24t.

Rider

2

1

14

26.

Navy

4

1

13

27.

Oklahoma

5

1

12

28t.

Purdue

4

1

11.5

28t.

Utah Valley

2

1

11.5

30t.

Binghamton

2

1

11

30t.

Wisconsin

2

1

11

32.

Northern Colorado

2

1

10.5

33.

Duke

1

1

9

34.

Bucknell

2

1

7.5

35t.

Michigan State

2

1

7

35t.

Wyoming

5

0

7

37.

Clarion

1

1

6.5

38t.

Appalachian State

3

0

4

38t.

Indiana

3

0

4

40.

Oregon State

2

0

3

41t.

American U.

2

0

2.5

41t.

North Dakota State

2

0

2.5

43t.

Army

2

0

2

43t.

Edinboro

1

0

2

43t.

Fresno State

1

0

2

43t.

Kent State

1

0

2

43t.

Northern Illinois

1

0

2

48.

Hofstra

1

0

1.5

49t.

Buffalo

1

0

1

49t.

Cal Poly

1

0

1

49t.

Campbell

1

0

1

49t.

Chattanooga

1

0

1

49t.

Drexel

1

0

1

49t.

Ohio

1

0

1


WIN Magazine’s Feb 8, 2021 Team Dual Rankings

Rk.

School

W-L

Previous

Next Week

1.

Iowa

5-0

1st

at Penn State (2/12)

2.

Penn State

3-0

2nd

vs Iowa (2/12)

3.

Michigan

3-0

3rd

vs Ohio State (2/12)

4.

Oklahoma State

9-0

4th

Host Cowboy Challenge (2/14)

5.

Missouri

10-0

5th

at Cowboy Challenge (2/14)

6.

Nebraska

6-1

6th

off until 2/21 vs Illinois

7.

Virginia Tech

8-0

8th

vs Pitt (2/12)

8.

NC State

5-1

7th

vs Duke (2/12)

9.

Arizona State

3-0

9th

vs Cal Poly (2/12) at Iowa State with Northern Iowa (2/14)

10

Minnesota

5-2

13th

at Wisconsin (2/12)

11.

Illinois

5-2

10th

off until 2/21 vs. Nebraska

12.

Ohio State

5-2

11th

at Michigan (2/12)

13.

Iowa State

8-2

12th

vs No. Colo., Arizona St., and No. Iowa (2/14)

14.

North Carolina

4-2

14th

vs Virginia (2/13)

15.

Navy

4-1

15th

at Army (2/12)

16.

Pitt

3-3

16th

at Virginia Tech (2/12)

17.

Wisconsin

1-4

17th

vs Minnesota (2/12) & at Northwestern (2/14)

18.

Purdue

2-5

18th

at Michigan State (2/12)

19.

Northern Iowa

4-2

19th

at Iowa State with Arizona St. & No. Colo. (2/14)

20.

Oklahoma

5-4

20th

at Fresno State with Oregon State (2/14)

21.

Rutgers

0-4

21st

off until 2/19 at Maryland

22.

Northwestern

1-5

22nd

vs Wisconsin (2/14)

23.

Virginia

3-2

23rd

at North Carolina (2/13)

24.

Michigan State

2-3

24th

vs Purdue (2/13)

25.

Binghamton

3-1

25th

vs Hofstra (2/13)


WIN Magazine’s Feb. 8, 2021 Individual Rankings

125 pounds

Wt

Name

School

Year

Previous

1.

Spencer Lee

Iowa

Senior

1st

2.

Drew Hildebrandt

Central Michigan

Senior

2nd

3.

Brandon Courtney

Arizona State

Junior

4th

4.

Michael DeAugustino

Northwestern

Sophomore

5th

5.

Liam Cronin

Nebraska

Senior

7th

6.

Sam Latona

Virginia Tech

RS Freshman

8th

7.

Jakob Camacho

NC State

Sophomore

3rd

8.

Dylan Ragusin

Michigan

Freshman

6th

9

Brody Teske

Northern Iowa

RS Freshman

9th

10.

Patrick McKee

Minnesota

Sophomore

10th

11.

Devin Schroder

Purdue

Senior

11th

12.

Malik Heinselman

Ohio State

Junior

12th

13.

Rayvon Foley

Michigan State

Junior

13th

14.

Justin Cardani

Illinois

Sophomore

14th

15.

Taylor Lamont

Utah Valley

Junior

15th

16.

Trevor Mastrogiovanni

Oklahoma State

Freshman

16th

17.

Jaret Lane

Lehigh

Junior

20th

18.

Brock Hudkins

Indiana

Senior

17th

19.

Connor Brown

Missouri

Junior

18th

20.

Cage Curry

American U.

Senior

19th


133 pounds

Wt

Name

School

Year

Previous

1.

Daton Fix

Oklahoma State

Sophomore

1st

2.

Stevan Micic

Michigan

Grad.

2nd

3.

Roman Bravo-Young

Penn State

Junior

3rd

4.

Austin DeSanto

Iowa

Senior

4th

5.

Mickey Phillippi

Pittsburgh

Junior

5th

6.

Michael McGee

Arizona State

Junior

6th

7.

Sammy Alvarez

Rutgers

Sophomore

7th

8.

Korbin Myers

Virginia Tech

Senior

9th

9.

Matt Schmitt

Missouri

Grad.

11th

10.

Zach Price

South Dakota State

Sophomore

12th

11.

Chris Cannon

Northwestern

Freshman

14th

12.

Kyle Biscoglia

Northern Iowa

Sophomore

15th

13.

Jamie Hernandez

North Carolina

Junior

16th

14.

Lucas Byrd

Illinois

RS Freshman

NR

15.

Louie Hayes

Virginia

Senior

17th

16.

Mosha Schwartz

Northern Colorado

Sophomore

10th

17.

Darren Miller

Bucknell

Sophomore

NR

18.

Jarrett Trombley

NC State

Sophomore

NR

19

Mario Guillen

Ohio

Senior

20th

20

Ryan Sullivan

West Virginia

RS Freshman

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.

Chad Red Jr.

Nebraska

Senior

4th

5.

Allen Hart

Missouri

Junior

6th

6.

Ian Parker

Iowa State

Senior

7th

7.

Dom Demas

Oklahoma

Junior

8th

8.

Tariq Wilson

NC State

Senior

9th

9.

Zachary Sherman

North Carolina

Junior

10th

10.

Dylan Duncan

Illinois

Senior

11th

11.

Cody Trybus

Navy

Senior

12th

12.

D.J. Loren

Fresno State

Senior

13th

13.

Grant Willits

Oregon State

Junior

14th

14.

Brian Courtney

Virginia

Junior

15th

15.

Cole Matthews

Pittsburgh

Sophomore

16th

16.

Dresden Simon

Central Michigan

Senior

17th

17.

Pete Lipari

Arizona State

Senior

18th

18.

Derek Spann

Buffalo

Senior

19th

19.

Zach Trampe

Binghamton

Senior

20th

20.

Clay Carlson

South Dakota State

Sophomore

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

5th

6.

Andrew Alirez

Northern Colorado

Sophomore

6th

7.

Max Murin

Iowa

Junior

7th

8.

Kanen Storr

Michigan

Senior

8th

9.

Mike Carr

Illinois

Junior

9th

10.

Griffin Parriott

Purdue

Senior

10th

11.

Jonathan Millner

Appalachian State

Junior

11th

12.

Bryce Andonian

Virginia Tech

Sophomore

12th

13.

Yahya Thomas

Northwestern

Junior

13th

14.

Graham Rooks

Indiana

Sophomore

14th

15.

Jaden Abas

Stanford

RS Freshman

15th

16.

Jarod Verkleeren

Penn State

Junior

16th

17.

Joshua Heil

Campbell

Senior

17th

18.

Mitch Moore

Oklahoma

Junior

18th

19.

Casey Cobb

Navy

Senior

19th

20.

Tanner Smith

Chattanooga

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.

Kaleb Young

Iowa

Senior

5th

6.

Brayton Lee

Minnesota

Sophomore

6th

7.

Kendall Coleman

Purdue

Sophomore

7th

8.

Josh Humphreys

Lehigh

Junior

8th

9.

Justin Thomas

Oklahoma

Senior

12th

10.

Wyatt Sheets

Oklahoma State

Junior

9th

11.

Will Lewan

Michigan

Sophomore

10th

12.

Jacori Teemer

Arizona State

Sophomore

11th

13.

Jarrett Jacques

Missouri

Junior

13th

14.

Brady Berge

Penn State

Junior

14th

15.

Jared Franek

North Dakota State

Sophomore

15th

16.

Hunter Willits

Oregon State

Junior

18th

17.

Requir Van der Merwe

Stanford

Senior

16th

18.

Markus Hartman

Army West Point

Junior

17th

19.

Justin McCoy

Virginia

Sophomore

19th

20.

Jacob Wright

Wyoming

Junior

20th


165 pounds

Wt.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1.

Mekhi 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.

Tanner Skidgel

Navy

Senior

6th

7.

Zach Hartman

Bucknell

Junior

7th

8.

Dan Braunagel

Illinois

Sophomore

8th

9.

Ethan Smith

Ohio State

Junior

9th

10.

Keegan O’Toole

Missouri

Freshman

12th

11.

Jake Wentzel

Pittsburgh

Senior

10th

12.

Kennedy Monday

North Carolina

Senior

11th

13.

Andrew Sparks

Minnesota

Freshman

13th

14.

Jake Keating

Virginia

Senior

14th

15.

Thomas Bullard

NC State

Senior

15th

16.

Tanner Cook

South Dakota State

Sophomore

16th

17.

Peyton Robb

Nebraska

Sophomore

17th

18.

Joe Lee

Penn State

RS Freshman

18th

19.

Cameron Amine

Michigan

RS Freshman

19th

20.

William Formato

Appalachian State

Sophomore

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

5th

6.

Matt Finesilver

Duke

Junior

6th

7.

Carter Starocci

Penn State

RS Freshman

7th

8.

Daniel Bullard

NC State

Senior

8th

9.

Jacob Oliver

Edinboro

Junior

9th

10.

Devin Kane

North Carolina

Senior

10th

11.

Andrew McNally

Kent State

Senior

11th

12.

Dustin Plott

Oklahoma State

Freshman

13th

13.

Hayden Hastings

Wyoming

Junior

14th

14.

Trey Munoz

Arizona State

RS Freshmen

12th

15.

Sage Heller

Hofstra

Senior

16th

16.

Donnell Washington

Indiana

Freshman

NR

17.

Peyton Mocco

Missouri

Sophomore

NR

18.

Bernie Truax

Cal Poly

Sophomore

NR

19.

Michael O`Malley

Drexel

Sophomore

18th

20.

Thomas Flitz

Appalachian State

Senior

20th


184 pounds

Wt.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1.

Myles Amine

Michigan

Grad

1st

2.

Hunter Bolen

Virginia Tech

Junior

2nd

3.

Aaron Brooks

Penn State

Sophomore

3rd

4

Trent Hidlay

NC State

Sophomore

4th

5.

Lou Deprez

Binghamton

Junior

5th

6

Chris Weiler

Wisconsin

Senior

6th

7.

Parker Keckeisen

Northern Iowa

RS Freshman

7th

8.

Dakota Geer

Oklahoma State

Senior

8th

9.

Brit Wilson

Northern Illinois

Junior

12th

10.

Zach Braunagel

Illinois

Sophomore

9th

11.

Nelson Brands

Iowa

Sophomore

10th

12.

Taylor Venz

Nebraska

Senior

11th

13.

Jeremiah Kent

Missouri

Sophomore

13th

14.

Tanner Harvey

American

Senior

14th

15.

Owen Webster

Minnesota

Grad

17th

16.

Sam Colbray

Iowa State

Senior

16th

17.

Tate Samuelson

Wyoming

Junior

18th

18.

Max Lyon

Purdue

Senior

19th

19.

John Poznanski

Rutgers

Freshman

20th

20.

Rocky Jordan

Ohio State

Sophomore

NR


197 pounds

Wt.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1.

Eric Schultz

Nebraska

Senior

2nd

2.

Noah Adams

West Virginia

Junior

1st

3.

Jacob Warner

Iowa

Junior

3rd

4.

Tanner Sloan

South Dakota State

Sophomore

4th

5.

Nino Bonaccorsi

Pittsburgh

Junior

5th

6.

Jay Aiello

Virginia

Senior

6th

7.

Greg Bulsak

Clarion

Senior

7th

8.

Cameron Caffey

Michigan State

Junior

8th

9.

A.J. Ferrari

Oklahoma State

Freshman

9th

10.

Kordell Norfleet

Arizona State

Junior

11th

11.

Lucas Davison

Northwestern

Sophomore

10th

12.

Stephen Buchanan

Wyoming

Sophomore

14th

13.

Jake Woodley

Oklahoma

Junior

12th

14.

Rocky Elam

Missouri

Freshman

13th

15.

Isaac Trumble

NC State

Freshmen

15th

16.

Michael Beard

Penn State

RS Freshman

17th

17.

Jake Jakobsen

Lehigh

Senior

NR

18.

JT Brown

Army West Point

Junior

16th

19.

Yonger Bastida

Iowa State

Freshman

20th

20.

Jacob Koser

Navy

Sophomore

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

Gannon Gremmel

Iowa State

Senior

5th

6.

Carter Isley

Northern Iowa

Senior

6th

7.

Jordan Wood

Lehigh

Senior

NR

8.

Tate Orndorff

Ohio State

Junior

7th

9.

Zach Elam

Missouri

Sophomore

8th

10.

Trent Hillger

Wisconsin

Junior

9th

11.

Luke Luffman

Illinois

Sophomore

10th

12.

Seth Nevills

Penn State

Sophomore

11th

13.

Cohlton Schultz

Arizona State

RS Freshman

12th

14

Brian Andrews

Wyoming

Senior

13th

15.

Ethan Laird

Rider

Senior

19th

16.

Christian Lance

Nebraska

Senior

14th

17.

Deonte Wilson

NC State

Junior

16th

18.

Josh Heindselman

Oklahoma

RS Freshman

17th

19.

John Borst

Virginia Tech

Junior

15th

20.

Brandon Metz

North Dakota State

Junior

18th

 


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