NEWTON, Iowa — The two-month regular season has come to an end and Iowa, Penn State and Nebraska are considered the top three NCAA Division I teams, according to WIN Magazine’s Feb. 23 national rankings … as the 2021 postseason begins this weekend with five of seven NCAA-qualifying tournaments taking place.

The following are the seven scheduled conference tournaments that will be held the next two weekends. 330 wrestlers will qualify for the 2021 NCAA Championships, which will be held March 18-20 in St. Louis, Mo.:

Feb. 26	EIWA	Manheim, Pa.
Feb. 26-27	MAC	Lawrenceville, N.J.
Feb. 28	ACC	Raleigh, N.C.
Feb. 28	Pac-12	Corvallis, Ore.
Feb. 28	SoCon	Boone, N.C.
March 6-7	Big Ten	State College, Pa.
March 6-7	Big 12	Tulsa, Okla.

Heading into the postseason, Iowa — which has not wrestled since Feb. 7 because of COVID protocol conflicts — ended the regular season as the top-ranked team with a 5-0 record and a 144 Tournament Power Index points. The Hawkeyes feature a ranked wrestler at all 10 weights, including four No. 1-ranked wrestlers: Spencer Lee (125), Jaydin Eierman (141), Alex Marinelli (165) and Michael Kemerer (174).

WIN’s TPI predicts approximately how many NCAA points a team will score in St. Louis, excluding bonus points, based on numbers associated with individual placements/rankings at this point in the season prior to seeds coming out: 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.

Penn State (6-0) has moved into second place in WIN’s TPI with 77.5 points and nine ranked wrestlers. Four Nittany Lions are ranked No. 2 at their weight classes — Roman Bravo-Young (133), Nick Lee (141) and Aaron Brooks (184) — while Carter Starocci is rated No. 3 at 174 pounds. There is a question mark as to what Nittany Lions will compete heavyweight during the post-season, where both Greg Kerkvliet and Seth Nevills have wrestled this winter and have been nationally ranked.

Nebraska (7-1) is rated No. 3 in WIN’s TPI (6.5) and will send seven ranked wrestlers to the postseason, including Eric Schultz, the top-ranked wrestler at 197 pounds.

The next four schools — Arizona State, Oklahoma State, NC State and Virginia Tech — are separated by four TPI points. The Cowboys and Hokies also feature a No. 1-ranked wrestler in Daton Fix (133) and Hunter Bolen (184), respectively.

The other top-ranked individual wrestlers are North Carolina’s Austin O’Connor (149), Northwestern’s Ryan Deakin (157) and Minnesota’s Gable Steveson (Hwt.).

WIN’s Feb. 23, 2021 and final Team Dual Rankings

Rk.	School	W-L	Previous
1.	Iowa	5-0	1st
2.	Penn State	6-0	2nd
3.	Michigan	5-1	3rd
4.	Oklahoma State	10-0	4th
5.	Missouri	10-0	5th
6.	Nebraska	7-1	6th
7.	Virginia Tech	9-0	7th
8.	NC State	6-1	8th
9.	Arizona State	6-0	9th
10	Minnesota	7-2	10th
11.	Illinois	5-3	11th
12.	Ohio State	5-4	12th
13.	Iowa State	9-3	13th
14.	North Carolina	5-2	14th
15.	Navy	5-1	15th
16.	Pitt	3-4	16th
17.	Wisconsin	1-6	17th
18.	Purdue	4-5	18th
19.	Northern Iowa	4-4	19th
20.	Oklahoma	5-5	20th
21.	Rutgers	0-4	21st
22.	Northwestern	2-6	22nd
23.	Virginia	3-3	23rd
24.	Michigan State	2-5	24th
25.	Binghamton	3-1	25th

WIN’s Feb. 23, 2021 Tournament Power Index

Rk	School	Total Rank	Top 8	TPI Pts
1.	Iowa	10	9	144
2.	Penn State	9	5	77.5
3.	Nebraska	7	4	65.5
4.	Arizona State	8	5	57
5.	Oklahoma State	8	4	56
6.	NC State	9	5	55
7.	Virginia Tech	6	4	53
8.	Michigan	6	3	46
9.	Missouri	9	3	39.5
10.	Iowa State	7	4	39
11t.	Minnesota	6	2	36
11t.	Ohio State	6	3	36
13.	Central Michigan	3	2	30
14.	North Carolina	6	1	28.5
15.	Northwestern	5	1	26.5
16.	Pitt	4	2	25
17t.	Northern Iowa	4	3	23.5
17t.	Rutgers	3	2	23.5
19.	Illinois	7	2	21
20.	Stanford	3	1	18.5
21.	South Dakota State	4	1	18
22.	Wyoming	5	2	16.5
23.	Rider	2	1	14
24.	Binghamton	2	1	13.5
25.	Oklahoma	5	1	12
26t.	Northern Colorado	2	1	11.5
26t.	Purdue	4	1	11.5
28t.	Navy	2	1	11
28t.	Wisconsin	2	1	11
30.	Utah Valley	2	1	10.5
31.	Lehigh	4	1	10
32.	Virginia	7	0	9.5
33.	Northern Illinois	2	1	8
34.	Bucknell	2	1	7.5
35.	West Virginia	2	1	6.5
36.	Appalachian State	4	0	5.5
37.	Indiana	3	0	5
38.	Michigan State	2	0	4
39t.	Army West Point	3	0	3
39t.	Oregon State	2	0	3
41.	American U	2	0	2.5
42t.	Cal Poly	1	0	2
42t.	Campbell	2	0	2
42t.	Clarion	1	0	2
42t.	Fresno State	1	0	2
46t.	Kent State	1	0	1.5
46t.	North Dakota State	1	0	1.5
48t.	Buffalo	1	0	1
48t.	Drexel	1	0	1
48t.	Edinboro	1	0	1
48t.	Ohio	1	0	1

WIN’s Feb. 23, 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	4th
5.	Sam Latona	Virginia Tech	RS Freshman	5th
6.	Jakob Camacho	NC State	Sophomore	6th
7.	Brody Teske	Northern Iowa	RS Freshman	8th
8.	Malik Heinselman	Ohio State	Junior	10th
9.	Patrick McKee	Minnesota	Sophomore	12th
10.	Rayvon Foley	Michigan State	Junior	11th
11.	Michael DeAugustino	Northwestern	Sophomore	7th
12.	Justin Cardani	Illinois	Sophomore	13th
13.	Devin Schroder	Purdue	Senior	14th
14.	Jaret Lane	Lehigh	Junior	15th
15.	Brock Hudkins	Indiana	Senior	16th
16.	Taylor Lamont	Utah Valley	Junior	17th
17.	Connor Brown	Missouri	Junior	18th
18.	Cage Curry	American U.	Senior	19th
19.	Trevor Mastrogiovanni	Oklahoma State	Freshman	20th
20.	Cody Russell	Appalachian State	Senior	NR

133 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Daton Fix	Oklahoma State	Sophomore	1st
2.	Roman Bravo-Young	Penn State	Junior	2nd
3.	Austin DeSanto	Iowa	Senior	3rd
4.	Mickey Phillippi	Pittsburgh	Junior	4th
5.	Michael McGee	Arizona State	Junior	5th
6.	Sammy Alvarez	Rutgers	Sophomore	6th
7.	Korbin Myers	Virginia Tech	Senior	7th
8.	Matt Schmitt	Missouri	Grad.	8th
9.	Zach Price	South Dakota State	Sophomore	9th
10.	Chris Cannon	Northwestern	Freshman	10th
11.	Jamie Hernandez	North Carolina	Junior	11th
12.	Lucas Byrd	Illinois	RS Freshman	12th
13.	Zach Redding	Iowa State	Freshman	13th
14.	Kyle Biscoglia	Northern Iowa	Sophomore	14th
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	5th
6.	Max Murin	Iowa	Junior	6th
7.	Jarrett Degen	Iowa State	Senior	7th
8.	Mike Carr	Illinois	Junior	9th
9.	Bryce Andonian	Virginia Tech	Sophomore	12th
10.	Jonathan Millner	Appalachian State	Junior	11th
11.	Griffin Parriott	Purdue	Senior	10th
12.	Kanen Storr	Michigan	Senior	8th
13.	Graham Rooks	Indiana	Sophomore	14th
14.	Jaden Abas	Stanford	RS Freshman	15th
15.	Beau Bartlett	Penn State	Freshman	NR
16.	Michael Blockhus	Minnesota	Sophomore	NR
17.	Yahya Thomas	Northwestern	Junior	13th
18.	Joshua Heil	Campbell	Senior	17th
19.	Mitch Moore	Oklahoma	Junior	18th
20.	P.J. Ogunsanya	Army	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	9th
10.	Jarrett Jacques	Missouri	Junior	10th
11.	Brady Berge	Penn State	Junior	11th
12.	Will Lewan	Michigan	Sophomore	12th
13.	Jacori Teemer	Arizona State	Sophomore	13th
14.	Jared Franek	North Dakota State	Sophomore	14th
15.	Jacob Wright	Wyoming	Junior	15th
16.	Hunter Willits	Oregon State	Junior	17th
17.	Requir Van der Merwe	Stanford	Senior	18th
18.	Markus Hartman	Army West Point	Junior	19th
19.	Justin McCoy	Virginia	Sophomore	20th
20.	Wyatt Sheets	Oklahoma State	Junior	16th

165 pounds

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Alex Marinelli	Iowa	Senior	1st
2.	Shane Griffith	Stanford	Sophomore	2nd
3.	Mekhi Lewis	Virginia Tech	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	10th
11.	Jake Wentzel	Pittsburgh	Senior	11th
12.	Andrew Sparks	Minnesota	Freshman	12th
13.	Jake Keating	Virginia	Senior	13th
14.	Kennedy Monday	North Carolina	Senior	14th
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	18th
19.	Joe Lee	Penn State	RS Freshman	19th
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	2nd
3.	Carter Starocci	Penn State	RS Freshman	6th
4.	Logan Massa	Michigan	Senior	4th
5.	Kaleb Romero	Ohio State	Junior	3rd
6.	Demetrius Romero	Utah Valley	Senior	5th
7.	Daniel Bullard	NC State	Senior	8th
8.	Hayden Hastings	Wyoming	Junior	9th
9.	Devin Kane	North Carolina	Senior	10th
10.	Trey Munoz	Arizona State	RS Freshmen	12th
11.	Donnell Washington	Indiana	Freshman	13th
12.	Bernie Truax	Cal Poly	Sophomore	14th
13.	Dustin Plott	Oklahoma State	Freshman	11th
14.	Andrew McNally	Kent State	Senior	15th
15.	Thomas Flitz	Appalachian State	Senior	16th
16.	Mason Kaufmann	Northern Illinois	Junior	17th
17.	Clay Lautt	North Carolina	Junior	18th
18.	Austin Murphy	Campbell	Junior	19th
19.	Michael O`Malley	Drexel	Sophomore	20th
20.	Jacob Oliver	Edinboro	Junior	NR

184 pounds

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Hunter Bolen	Virginia Tech	Junior	1st
2.	Aaron Brooks	Penn State	Sophomore	2nd
3.	Trent Hidlay	NC State	Sophomore	3rd
4.	Lou Deprez	Binghamton	Junior	4th
5.	Parker Keckeisen	Northern Iowa	RS Freshman	5th
6	Chris Weiler	Wisconsin	Senior	6th
7.	Brit Wilson	Northern Illinois	Junior	7th
8.	Dakota Geer	Oklahoma State	Senior	9th
9.	Taylor Venz	Nebraska	Senior	11th
10.	Zach Braunagel	Illinois	Sophomore	8th
11.	Nelson Brands	Iowa	Sophomore	10th
12.	Jeremiah Kent	Missouri	Sophomore	12th
13.	Tate Samuelson	Wyoming	Junior	13th
14.	Tanner Harvey	American	Senior	14th
15.	Owen Webster	Minnesota	Grad	15th
16.	Max Lyon	Purdue	Senior	16th
17.	Sam Colbray	Iowa State	Senior	17th
18.	John Poznanski	Rutgers	Freshman	18th
19.	Rocky Jordan	Ohio State	Sophomore	19th
20.	Michael Battista	Virginia	Junior	20th

197 pounds

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Eric Schultz	Nebraska	Senior	1st
2.	Jacob Warner	Iowa	Junior	2nd
3.	Tanner Sloan	South Dakota State	Sophomore	3rd
4.	Myles Amine	Michigan	Grad	4th
5.	Kordell Norfleet	Arizona State	Junior	6th
6.	Nino Bonaccorsi	Pittsburgh	Junior	5th
7.	Stephen Buchanan	Wyoming	Sophomore	7th
8.	Noah Adams	West Virginia	Junior	8th
9.	Jay Aiello	Virginia	Senior	9th
10.	Greg Bulsak	Clarion	Senior	10th
11.	Cameron Caffey	Michigan State	Junior	11th
12.	A.J. Ferrari	Oklahoma State	Freshman	12th
13.	Lucas Davison	Northwestern	Sophomore	13th
14.	Jake Woodley	Oklahoma	Junior	14th
15.	Rocky Elam	Missouri	Freshman	15th
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	19th
20.	Marcus Coleman	Iowa State	Junior	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
4.	Greg Kerkvliet	Penn State	Freshman	NR
6.	Cohlton Schultz	Arizona State	RS Freshman	5th
7	Gannon Gremmel	Iowa State	Senior	6th
8.	Carter Isley	Northern Iowa	Senior	7th
9.	Jordan Wood	Lehigh	Senior	8th
10.	Trent Hillger	Wisconsin	Junior	9th
11.	Zach Elam	Missouri	Sophomore	10th
12.	Luke Luffman	Illinois	Sophomore	11th
13.	Tate Orndorff	Ohio State	Junior	13th
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	20th

Iowa is No. 1, Penn State No. 2, Nebraska No. 3 in WIN Magazine TPI going into Div. I postseason

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