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Marinelli & Bolen new No. 1s in WIN rankings; Nebraska moves up to No. 2 in TPI

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by Mike Finn, WIN Magazine

NEWTON, IOWA — Iowa’s Alex Marinelli and Virginia Tech’s Hunter Bolen have taken over the top spots at 165 pounds and 184 pounds, respectively, in WIN Magazine’s Feb. 15 NCAA Division I rankings, based on action that happened last week.

With Marinelli moving up, the Hawkeyes — who were put on a COVID pause and were unable to compete last weekend — now have four wrestlers ranked No. 1 among the ten weight classes; joining Spencer Lee (125), Jaydin Eierman (149) and Michael Kemerer (174). With these changes, Iowa has increased its lead in WIN’s Tournament Power Index with 144 points. Overall, Iowa, which also ranks No. 1 in WIN’s Dual Team rankings with a 5-0 record, feature 10 ranked wrestlers, including nine in the Top 8 of their weight class.

Bolen moves into the top spot at 184 after Michigan’s top-ranked Myles Amine weighed in and competed at 197 pounds this past weekend in the team’s dual against Penn State. Amine, having already qualified for the Olympic Games for San Marino at 189 pounds, likely is preparing his body for Olympic preparation training while also wrestling the collegiate season.

The TPI suggests how many NCAA points that a school could produce in the 2021 national tournament that will take place March 18-20 in St. Louis, Mo. 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.

The other five top-ranked wrestlers include Oklahoma State’s Daton Fix (133), North Carolina’s Austin O’Connor (149), Northwestern’s Ryan Deakin (157), Nebraska’s Eric Schultz (197) and Minnesota’s Gable Steveson (Hwt).

Nebraska, which features seven ranked wrestlers and four in the Top 8, has moved into No. 2 in the TPI with 65.5 points; just edging Penn State that has nine ranked wrestlers, four in the Top 8, for 65 points.

The Nittany Lions, coming off an 18-13 road victory over Michigan is in second place in WIN’s dual-team rankings.

Meanwhile, less than six points separate the next five schools in WIN’s TPI as Arizona State, fresh off a pair of wins over Iowa State and Northern Iowa, is ranked No. 4 with 57 points. The Sun Devils are followed by No. 5 NC State (54), No. 6 Oklahoma State (53.5), Virginia Tech (53) and Michigan (51.5).

Seven wrestlers are new to this week’s WIN rankings: Virginia’s Michael Battista (184) and Quinn Miller (Hwt); Iowa State’s Zach Redding (133), Army’s P.J. Ogunsanya (149), Northern Illinois’ Mason Kaufmann (174), North Carolina’s Clay Lautt (174) and Campbell’s Austin Murphy (174).

WIN Magazine’s Feb. 15, 2021 Tournament Power Index (TPI)

Rk.

School

Total Rank

Top 8

TPI Pts

1.

Iowa

10

9

144

2.

Nebraska

7

4

65.5

3.

Penn State

9

4

65

4.

Arizona State

8

5

57

5.

NC State

9

5

54

6.

Oklahoma State

8

3

53.5

7.

Virginia Tech

6

4

53

8.

Michigan

7

4

51.5

9.

Iowa State

7

4

41.5

10.

Missouri

9

3

39.5

11.

Ohio State

6

2

36

12.

Minnesota

5

2

34.5

13t.

Central Michigan

3

2

30

13t.

Northwestern

5

2

30

15.

North Carolina

6

1

28.5

16.

Pitt

4

2

26

17t.

Northern Illinois

4

3

23.5

17t.

Rutgers

3

2

23.5

19.

Illinois

7

2

20.5

20.

Stanford

3

1

18.5

21.

South Dakota State

4

1

18

22.

Rider

2

1

14

23t.

Binghamton

2

1

13.5

23t.

Lehigh

4

2

13.5

25.

Wyoming

5

1

13

26.

Oklahoma

5

1

12

27t.

Northern Colorado

2

1

11.5

27t.

Purdue

4

1

11.5

29t.

Navy

2

1

11

29t.

Utah Valley

2

1

11

29t.

Wisconsin

2

1

11

32.

Virginia

7

9

9.5

33t.

Bucknell

2

1

7.5

33t.

Northern Illinois

2

1

7.5

35t.

Duke

1

1

6.5

35t.

West Virginia

2

1

6.5

37t.

Appalachian State

3

0

4.5

37t.

Indiana

3

0

4.5

39.

Michigan State

2

0

4

40.

Army West Point

3

0

3

41t.

American U.

2

0

2.5

41t.

Oregon State

2

0

2.5

43t.

Campbell

2

0

2

43t.

Clarion

1

0

2

43t.

Fresno State

1

0

2

46t.

Cal Poly

1

0

1.5

46t.

North Dakota State

1

0

1.5

48t.

Buffalo

1

0

1

48t.

Chattanooga

1

0

1

48t.

Drexel

1

0

1

48t.

Ohio

1

0

1

 

 

 

 

 


WIN Magazine’s Feb. 15, 2021 Team Dual Rankings

Rk.

School

W-L

Previous

Upcoming Action

1.

Iowa

5-0

1st

vs. Northwestern (2/19); at Wisconsin (2/21)

2.

Penn State

4-0

2nd

at Ohio State (2/19); Maryland (2/22)

3.

Michigan

4-1

3rd

at Michigan State (2/19)

4.

Oklahoma State

9-0

4th

vs Oklahoma (2/21)

5.

Missouri

10-0

5th

off until Feb. 26-27 MAC Tournament

6.

Nebraska

6-1

6th

at Illinois (2/21)

7.

Virginia Tech

9-0

7th

off until Feb. 28 ACC Tournament

8.

NC State

6-1

8th

off until Feb. 28 ACC Tournament

9.

Arizona State

6-0

9th

off until Feb. 28 Pac-12 Tournament

10

Minnesota

6-2

10th

vs Northwestern (2/21)

11.

Illinois

5-2

11th

vs. Nebraska (2/21)

12.

Ohio State

5-3

12th

vs. Penn State (2/19)

13.

Iowa State

9-3

13th

at West Virginia (2/19)

14.

North Carolina

5-2

14th`

off until Feb. 28 ACC Tournament

15.

Navy

5-1

15th

off until Feb. 26 EIWA Tournament

16.

Pitt

3-4

16th

off until Feb. 28 ACC Tournament

17.

Wisconsin

1-6

17th

vs. Iowa (2/21)

18.

Purdue

3-5

18th

vs. Indiana (2/22)

19.

Northern Iowa

4-4

19th

off until March 6-7 Big Ten Tournament

20.

Oklahoma

5-4

20th

at Oklahoma State (2/21)

21.

Rutgers

0-4

21st

at Maryland (2/19)

22.

Northwestern

2-5

22nd

at Iowa (2/19); at Minnesota (2/21)

23.

Virginia

3-3

23rd

off until Feb. 28 ACC Tournament

24.

Michigan State

2-4

24th

vs. Michigan (2/19)

25.

Binghamton

3-1

25th

off until Feb. 26 EIWA Tournament


WIN Magazine’s Feb. 15, 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

3rd

4.

Liam Cronin

Nebraska

Senior

5th

5.

Sam Latona

Virginia Tech

RS Freshman

6th

6.

Jakob Camacho

NC State

Sophomore

7th

7.

Michael DeAugustino

Northwestern

Sophomore

4th

8

Brody Teske

Northern Iowa

RS Freshman

9th

9.

Dylan Ragusin

Michigan

Freshman

8th

10.

Malik Heinselman

Ohio State

Junior

12th

11.

Rayvon Foley

Michigan State

Junior

13th

12.

Patrick McKee

Minnesota

Sophomore

10th

13.

Justin Cardani

Illinois

Sophomore

14th

14.

Devin Schroder

Purdue

Senior

11th

15.

Jaret Lane

Lehigh

Junior

17th

16.

Brock Hudkins

Indiana

Senior

18th

17.

Taylor Lamont

Utah Valley

Junior

15th

18.

Connor Brown

Missouri

Junior

19th

19.

Cage Curry

American U.

Senior

20th

20.

Trevor Mastrogiovanni

Oklahoma State

Freshman

16th


133 pounds

Wt

Name

School

Year

Previous

1.

Daton Fix

Oklahoma State

Sophomore

1st

2.

Roman Bravo-Young

Penn State

Junior

3rd

3.

Austin DeSanto

Iowa

Senior

4th

4.

Mickey Phillippi

Pittsburgh

Junior

5th

5.

Michael McGee

Arizona State

Junior

6th

6.

Sammy Alvarez

Rutgers

Sophomore

7th

7.

Korbin Myers

Virginia Tech

Senior

8th

8.

Matt Schmitt

Missouri

Grad.

9th

9.

Zach Price

South Dakota State

Sophomore

10th

10.

Chris Cannon

Northwestern

Freshman

11th

11.

Jamie Hernandez

North Carolina

Junior

13th

12.

Lucas Byrd

Illinois

RS Freshman

14th

13.

Zach Redding

Iowa State

Freshman

NR

14.

Kyle Biscoglia

Northern Iowa

Sophomore

12th

15.

Louie Hayes

Virginia

Senior

15th

16.

Mosha Schwartz

Northern Colorado

Sophomore

16th

17.

Darren Miller

Bucknell

Sophomore

17th

18.

Jarrett Trombley

NC State

Sophomore

18th

19.

Mario Guillen

Ohio

Senior

19th

20.

Ryan Sullivan

West Virginia

RS Freshman

20th


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

5th

6.

Ian Parker

Iowa State

Senior

6th

7.

Dom Demas

Oklahoma

Junior

7th

8.

Tariq Wilson

NC State

Senior

8th

9.

Zachary Sherman

North Carolina

Junior

9th

10.

Dylan Duncan

Illinois

Senior

10th

11.

Cody Trybus

Navy

Senior

11th

12.

D.J. Loren

Fresno State

Senior

12th

13.

Grant Willits

Oregon State

Junior

13th

14.

Brian Courtney

Virginia

Junior

14th

15.

Cole Matthews

Pittsburgh

Sophomore

15th

16.

Dresden Simon

Central Michigan

Senior

16th

17.

Pete Lipari

Arizona State

Senior

17th

18.

Derek Spann

Buffalo

Senior

18th

19.

Zach Trampe

Binghamton

Senior

19th

20.

Clay Carlson

South Dakota State

Sophomore

20th


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.

Andrew Alirez

Northern Colorado

Sophomore

6th

6.

Max Murin

Iowa

Junior

7th

7.

Jarrett Degen

Iowa State

Senior

5th

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.

Tanner Smith

Chattanooga

Junior

20th

20.

P.J. Ogunsanya

Army

Junior

NR


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

9th

10.

Jarrett Jacques

Missouri

Junior

13th

11.

Brady Berge

Penn State

Junior

14th

12.

Will Lewan

Michigan

Sophomore

11th

13.

Jacori Teemer

Arizona State

Sophomore

12th

14.

Jared Franek

North Dakota State

Sophomore

15th

15.

Jacob Wright

Wyoming

Junior

20th

16.

Wyatt Sheets

Oklahoma State

Junior

10th

17.

Hunter Willits

Oregon State

Junior

16th

18.

Requir Van der Merwe

Stanford

Senior

17th

19.

Markus Hartman

Army West Point

Junior

18th

20.

Justin McCoy

Virginia

Sophomore

19th


165 pounds

Wt.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1.

Alex Marinelli

Iowa

Senior

2nd

2.

Shane Griffith

Stanford

Sophomore

3rd

3.

Mekhi Lewis

Virginia Tech

Sophomore

1st

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

10th

11.

Jake Wentzel

Pittsburgh

Senior

11th

12.

Andrew Sparks

Minnesota

Freshman

13th

13.

Jake Keating

Virginia

Senior

14th

14.

Kennedy Monday

North Carolina

Senior

12th

15.

Thomas Bullard

NC State

Senior

15th

16.

Tanner Cook

South Dakota State

Sophomore

16th

17.

Peyton Robb

Nebraska

Sophomore

17th

18.

Cameron Amine

Michigan

RS Freshman

19th

19.

Joe Lee

Penn State

RS Freshman

18th

20.

William Formato

Appalachian State

Sophomore

20th


174 pounds

Wt.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1.

Michael Kemerer

Iowa

Grad.

1st

2.

Mikey Labriola

Nebraska

Junior

3rd

3.

Kaleb Romero

Ohio State

Junior

4th

4.

Logan Massa

Michigan

Senior

2nd

5.

Demetrius Romero

Utah Valley

Senior

5th

6.

Carter Starocci

Penn State

RS Freshman

7th

7.

Matt Finesilver

Duke

Junior

6th

8.

Daniel Bullard

NC State

Senior

8th

9.

Hayden Hastings

Wyoming

Junior

13th

10.

Devin Kane

North Carolina

Senior

10th

11.

Dustin Plott

Oklahoma State

Freshman

12th

12.

Trey Munoz

Arizona State

RS Freshmen

14th

13.

Donnell Washington

Indiana

Freshman

16th

14.

Bernie Truax

Cal Poly

Sophomore

18th

15.

Andrew McNally

Kent State

Senior

11th

16.

Thomas Flitz

Appalachian State

Senior

20th

17.

Mason Kaufmann

Northern Illinois

Junior

NR

18.

Clay Lautt

North Carolina

Junior

NR

19.

Austin Murphy

Campbell

Junior

NR

20.

Michael O`Malley

Drexel

Sophomore

19th


184 pounds

Wt.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1.

Hunter Bolen

Virginia Tech

Junior

2nd

2.

Aaron Brooks

Penn State

Sophomore

3rd

3.

Trent Hidlay

NC State

Sophomore

4th

4.

Lou Deprez

Binghamton

Junior

5th

5.

Parker Keckeisen

Northern Iowa

RS Freshman

7th

6

Chris Weiler

Wisconsin

Senior

6th

7.

Brit Wilson

Northern Illinois

Junior

9th

8.

Zach Braunagel

Illinois

Sophomore

10th

9.

Dakota Geer

Oklahoma State

Senior

8th

10.

Nelson Brands

Iowa

Sophomore

11th

11.

Taylor Venz

Nebraska

Senior

12th

12.

Jeremiah Kent

Missouri

Sophomore

13th

13.

Tate Samuelson

Wyoming

Junior

17th

14.

Tanner Harvey

American

Senior

14th

15.

Owen Webster

Minnesota

Grad

15th

16.

Max Lyon

Purdue

Senior

18th

17.

Sam Colbray

Iowa State

Senior

16th

18.

John Poznanski

Rutgers

Freshman

19th

19.

Rocky Jordan

Ohio State

Sophomore

20th

20.

Michael Battista

Virginia

Junior

NR


197 pounds

Wt.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1.

Eric Schultz

Nebraska

Senior

1st

2.

Jacob Warner

Iowa

Junior

3rd

3.

Tanner Sloan

South Dakota State

Sophomore

4th

4.

Myles Amine

Michigan

Grad

1st/184

5.

Nino Bonaccorsi

Pittsburgh

Junior

5th

6.

Kordell Norfleet

Arizona State

Junior

10th

7.

Stephen Buchanan

Wyoming

Sophomore

12th

8.

Noah Adams

West Virginia

Junior

2nd

9.

Jay Aiello

Virginia

Senior

6th

10.

Greg Bulsak

Clarion

Senior

7th

11.

Cameron Caffey

Michigan State

Junior

8th

12.

A.J. Ferrari

Oklahoma State

Freshman

9th

13.

Lucas Davison

Northwestern

Sophomore

11th

14.

Jake Woodley

Oklahoma

Junior

13th

15.

Rocky Elam

Missouri

Freshman

14th

16.

Michael Beard

Penn State

RS Freshman

16th

17.

Jake Jakobsen

Lehigh

Senior

17th

18.

JT Brown

Army West Point

Junior

18th

19.

Isaac Trumble

NC State

Freshmen

15th

20.

Yonger Bastida

Iowa State

Freshman

19th


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.

Cohlton Schultz

Arizona State

RS Freshman

13th

6

Gannon Gremmel

Iowa State

Senior

5th

7.

Carter Isley

Northern Iowa

Senior

6th

8.

Jordan Wood

Lehigh

Senior

7th

9.

Trent Hillger

Wisconsin

Junior

10th

10.

Zach Elam

Missouri

Sophomore

9th

11.

Luke Luffman

Illinois

Sophomore

11th

12.

Seth Nevills

Penn State

Sophomore

12th

13.

Tate Orndorff

Ohio State

Junior

8th

14

Brian Andrews

Wyoming

Senior

14th

15.

Ethan Laird

Rider

Senior

15th

16.

Christian Lance

Nebraska

Senior

16th

17.

Deonte Wilson

NC State

Junior

17th

18.

Josh Heindselman

Oklahoma

RS Freshman

18th

19.

John Borst

Virginia Tech

Junior

19th

20.

Quinn Miller

Virginia

Junior

NR

 


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