Myles Amine of Michigan competing at the Big Ten Championships. Photo by Sam Janicki.

NEWTON, Iowa — Michigan’s Myles Amine has taken over the top spot at 197 pounds and Big Ten champion Iowa has solidified its role as the team-to-beat for the upcoming NCAA Division I Championships according to WIN Magazine’s March 9, 2021 national rankings.

The Wolverine senior, who has earned three All-American honors in the past at 174 pounds, is coming off a Big Ten championship victory over Nebraska’s Eric Schultz, who was ranked No. 1 in WIN’s March 1 rankings.

Meanwhile, Iowa, which will be looking for their first team championship since 2010, is expected to send 10 ranked wrestlers to the 2021 Nationals that will take place March 18-20 in St. Louis, Mo. Among those ranked wrestlers are four top-ranked wrestlers who all won conference titles last Sunday: Spencer Lee (125), Jaydin Eierman (141), Alex Marinelli (165) and Michael Kemerer (174). Overall, the Hawkeyes earned 138 points in WIN’s Tournament Power Index.

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, which has won eight of the previous nine national tournaments, prior to the 2020 Nationals that were cancelled because of COVID-19, ranks second in WIN’s TPI with 81.5 points. The Nittany Lions feature eight ranked wrestlers, including Aaron Brooks, who is ranked No. 1 at 184 pounds.

Pac-12 champion Arizona State moved up to No. 3 in WIN’s TPI with 68 points, followed by the ACC’s top two teams in Virginia Tech and NC State.

The remaining top-ranked individuals include Oklahoma State’s Daton Fix (133), North Carolina’s Austin O’Connor (149), Northwestern’s Ryan Deakin (157) and Minnesota’s Gable Steveson (Hwt).

WIN’s rankings, following the seven national-qualifying tournaments, are a blend of both NCAA predictions and “normal” rankings based on what guys have earned throughout the shortened season and conference tournaments.

Fans will see quite a bit more movement in the rankings than normal because WIN has positioned wrestlers closer to where the rankings committee predicts these rated wrestlers will finish at the NCAAs. However, this set of rankings will vary quite a bit more from where we predict guys will get seeded this year in comparison to other years because of the shorter season, which resulted in less head-to-head match-ups of ranked individuals, meaning seeds likely will be more subjective than usual.

WIN Magazine’s March 9, 2021 Tournament Power Index

Rk	School	Total Rank	Top 8	TPI Pts
1.	Iowa	10	9	138
2.	Penn State	8	5	81.5
3.	Arizona State	7	6	68
4.	Virginia Tech	6	5	59.5
5.	NC State	8	5	59
6.	Oklahoma State	6	4	58
7.	Michigan	7	3	55
8.	Nebraska	8	4	54.5
9.	Missouri	9	4	45.5
10.	Minnesota	6	2	35
11.	Ohio State	5	3	34.5
12.	Iowa State	6	3	33
13.	Pittsburgh	4	3	30.5
14.	Central Michigan	3	2	29.5
15t.	North Carolina	6	1	27
15t.	Northwestern	5	1	27
17.	Stanford	4	2	22
18.	Northern Iowa	3	2	20.5
19.	Wyoming	5	2	19.5
20.	Rider	3	2	19
21.	Oklahoma	6	1	18
22.	Rutgers	3	1	17.5
23.	Purdue	4	2	14
24.	Utah Valley	3	1	13
25t.	Binghamton	1	1	12.5
25t.	Illinois	6	1	12.5
27.	Michigan State	4	1	11
28.	Appalachian State	5	1	10.5
29.	Virginia	5	0	8.5
30.	Northern Illinois	2	1	7.5
31.	Indiana	2	1	7
32.	West Virginia	2	1	6.5
33.	Lehigh	4	0	6
34t.	Navy	3	0	5.5
34t.	Oregon State	3	0	5.5
36t.	Northern Colorado	3	0	4.5
36t.	South Dakota State	4	0	4.5
38t.	Cal Poly	2	0	3.5
38t.	Wisconsin	2	0	3.5
40.	Army West Point	3	0	3
41.	North Dakota State	2	0	2.5
42t.	Bucknell	1	0	2
42t.	Campbell	2	0	2
42t.	Fresno State	1	0	2
42t.	Kent State	1	0	2
46t.	Clarion	1	0	1.5
46t.	Drexel	1	0	1.5
46t.	Ohio	1	0	1.5
49t.	Air Force	1	0	1
49t.	American U.	1	0	1
49t.	CSU Bakersfield	1	0	1
49t.	SIU Edwardsville	1	0	1

WIN Magazine’s March 9, 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.	Sam Latona	Virginia Tech	RS Freshman	5th
5.	Jakob Camacho	NC State	Sophomore	6th
6.	Brody Teske	Northern Iowa	RS Freshman	7th
7.	Rayvon Foley	Michigan State	Junior	10th
8.	Devin Schroder	Purdue	Senior	14th
9.	Malik Heinselman	Ohio State	Junior	8th
10.	Taylor Lamont	Utah Valley	Junior	16th
11.	Michael DeAugustino	Northwestern	Sophomore	11th
12.	Liam Cronin	Nebraska	Senior	4th
13.	Jaret Lane	Lehigh	Junior	12th
14.	Dylan Ragusin	Michigan	Freshman	NR
15.	Patrick McKee	Minnesota	Sophomore	9th
16.	Logan Treaster	Navy	Senior	17th
17.	Cody Russell	Appalachian State	Senior	19th
18.	Cage Curry	American U.	Senior	20th
19.	Killian Cardinale	West Virginia	Junior	NR
20.	Justin Cardani	Illinois	Sophomore	13th

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.	Korbin Myers	Virginia Tech	Senior	5th
5.	Mickey Phillippi	Pittsburgh	Junior	6th
6.	Matt Schmitt	Missouri	Grad.	7th
7.	Michael McGee	Arizona State	Junior	8th
8.	Lucas Byrd	Illinois	RS Freshman	11th
9.	Chris Cannon	Northwestern	Freshman	10th
10.	Louie Hayes	Virginia	Senior	14th
11.	Zach Redding	Iowa State	Freshman	12th
12.	Mosha Schwartz	Northern Colorado	Sophomore	15th
13.	Devan Turner	Oregon State	Senior	16th
14.	Jarrett Trombley	NC State	Sophomore	NR
15.	Malyke Hines	Lehigh	RS Freshman	18th
16.	Mario Guillen	Ohio	Senior	17th
17.	Tony Madrigal	Oklahoma	Junior	NR
18.	Zach Price	South Dakota State	Sophomore	9th
19.	Chance Rich	CSU Bakersfield	Sophomore	20^th
20.	Ty Smith	Utah Valley	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.	Dom Demas	Oklahoma	Junior	6th
6.	Ian Parker	Iowa State	Senior	5th
7.	Tariq Wilson	NC State	Senior	7th
8.	Allen Hart	Missouri	Junior	8th
9.	Zachary Sherman	North Carolina	Junior	9th
10.	Cody Trybus	Navy	Senior	11th
11.	D.J. Loren	Fresno State	Senior	12^th
12.	Grant Willits	Oregon State	Junior	13th
13.	Real Woods	Stanford	Sophomore	NR
14.	Cole Matthews	Pittsburgh	Sophomore	14th
15.	Dylan Duncan	Illinois	Senior	10^th
16.	Brian Courtney	Virginia	Junior	15th
17.	Dresden Simon	Central Michigan	Senior	16th
18.	Clay Carlson	South Dakota State	Sophomore	17th
19.	Saul Ervin	SIU-Edwardsville	Sophomore	18th
20.	McKenzie Bell	Rider	Freshman	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.	Bryce Andonian	Virginia Tech	Sophomore	9th
6.	Max Murin	Iowa	Junior	6th
7.	Jonathan Millner	Appalachian State	Junior	10th
8.	Jaden Abas	Stanford	RS Freshman	14th
9.	Ridge Lovett	Nebraska	Sophomore	NR
10.	Mitch Moore	Oklahoma	Junior	19th
11.	Mike Van Brill	Rutgers	Senior	NR
12.	Michael Blockhus	Minnesota	Sophomore	16th
13.	Kanen Storr	Michigan	Senior	12th
14.	Legend Lamar	Cal Poly	Freshman	NR
15.	Graham Rooks	Indiana	Sophomore	13th
16.	Griffin Parriott	Purdue	Senior	11th
17.	Andrew Alirez	Northern Colorado	Sophomore	5th
18.	Yahya Thomas	Northwestern	Junior	17th
19.	Joshua Heil	Campbell	Senior	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.	Jacori Teemer	Arizona State	Sophomore	9th
8.	Kendall Coleman	Purdue	Sophomore	7th
9.	Justin Thomas	Oklahoma	Senior	8th
10.	Jarrett Jacques	Missouri	Junior	10th
11.	Brady Berge	Penn State	Junior	11th
12.	Hunter Willits	Oregon State	Junior	15th
13.	Will Lewan	Michigan	Sophomore	12th
14.	Chase Saldate	Michigan State	Freshman	NR
15.	Jared Franek	North Dakota State	Sophomore	13th
16.	Requir Van der Merwe	Stanford	Senior	16th
17.	Markus Hartman	Army West Point	Junior	17th
18.	Justin McCoy	Virginia	Sophomore	18th
19.	Cade DeVos	South Dakota State	RS Freshman	19th
20.	Jacob Wright	Wyoming	Junior	14th

165 pounds

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Alex Marinelli	Iowa	Senior	1st
2.	Anthony Valencia	Arizona State	Senior	3rd
3.	Shane Griffith	Stanford	Sophomore	4th
4.	Jake Wentzel	Pittsburgh	Senior	6th
5.	Mekhi Lewis	Virginia Tech	Sophomore	5th
6.	Keegan O’Toole	Missouri	Freshman	10th
7.	Travis Wittlake	Oklahoma State	Sophomore	2nd
8.	Ethan Smith	Ohio State	Junior	11th
9.	Zach Hartman	Bucknell	Junior	7th
10.	Tanner Skidgel	Navy	Senior	8th
11.	Jake Keating	Virginia	Senior	13th
12.	Cameron Amine	Michigan	RS Freshman	18th
13.	Peyton Robb	Nebraska	Sophomore	17th
14.	Thomas Bullard	NC State	Senior	14th
15.	Kennedy Monday	North Carolina	Senior	15th
16	Dan Braunagel	Illinois	Sophomore	9th
17.	Joe Lee	Penn State	RS Freshman	19th
18.	Andrew Sparks	Minnesota	Freshman	12^th
19.	Luke Weber	North Dakota State	Senior	NR
20.	Will Formato	Appalachian State	Sophomore	NR

174 pounds

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Michael Kemerer	Iowa	Grad.	1st
2.	Carter Starocci	Penn State	RS Freshman	3rd
3.	Mikey Labriola	Nebraska	Junior	2nd
4.	Logan Massa	Michigan	Senior	4th
5.	Demetrius Romero	Utah Valley	Senior	6th
6.	Kaleb Romero	Ohio State	Junior	5th
7.	Daniel Bullard	NC State	Senior	7th
8.	Donnell Washington	Indiana	RS Freshman	9th
9.	Bernie Truax	Cal Poly	Sophomore	10th
10.	Trey Munoz	Arizona State	RS Freshmen	11th
11.	Hayden Hastings	Wyoming	Junior	8th
12.	Andrew McNally	Kent State	Senior	13th
13.	Clay Lautt	North Carolina	Junior	14th
14.	Michael O`Malley	Drexel	Sophomore	15th
15.	Peyton Mocco	Missouri	Sophomore	16th
16.	Jackson Hemauer	Northern Colorado	Junior	NR
17.	Dustin Plott	Oklahoma State	Freshman	12th
18.	Austin Murphy	Campbell	Junior	17th
19.	Mason Kaufmann	Northern Illinois	Junior	18th
20.	Thomas Flitz	Appalachian State	Senior	20th

184 pounds

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

197 pounds

Wt.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Myles Amine	Michigan	Grad	4th
2.	A.J. Ferrari	Oklahoma State	Freshman	10th
3.	Kordell Norfleet	Arizona State	Junior	5th
4.	Eric Schultz	Nebraska	Senior	1st
5.	Jacob Warner	Iowa	Junior	2nd
6.	Stephen Buchanan	Wyoming	Sophomore	7th
7.	Nino Bonaccorsi	Pittsburgh	Junior	6th
8.	Noah Adams	West Virginia	Junior	8th
9.	Jay Aiello	Virginia	Senior	9th
10.	Cameron Caffey	Michigan State	Junior	11th
11.	Lucas Davison	Northwestern	Sophomore	12th
12.	Jake Woodley	Oklahoma	Junior	13th
13.	Tanner Sloan	South Dakota State	Sophomore	3rd
14.	Rocky Elam	Missouri	Freshman	14th
15.	Michael Beard	Penn State	RS Freshman	16th
16.	Greg Bulsak	Clarion	Senior	15th
17.	Jake Jakobsen	Lehigh	Senior	17th
18.	Marcus Coleman	Iowa State	Junior	19th
19.	JT Brown	Army West Point	Junior	18th
20.	Max Shaw	North Carolina	RS Freshmen	20th

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	6th
6.	Greg Kerkvliet	Penn State	Freshman	5th
7	Gannon Gremmel	Iowa State	Senior	7th
8.	Ethan Laird	Rider	Senior	11th
9.	Trent Hillger	Wisconsin	Junior	10th
10.	Jordan Wood	Lehigh	Senior	9th
11.	Tate Orndorff	Ohio State	Junior	13th
12	Brian Andrews	Wyoming	Senior	14th
13.	Zach Elam	Missouri	Sophomore	15th
14.	Christian Lance	Nebraska	Senior	16th
15.	Carter Isley	Northern Iowa	Senior	8th
16.	Luke Luffman	Illinois	Sophomore	12th
17.	Deonte Wilson	NC State	Junior	17th
18.	Wyatt Hendrickson	Air Force	Freshman	NR
19.	Josh Heindselman	Oklahoma	RS Freshman	18th
20.	Hunter Catka	Virginia Tech	Freshman	19th

Amine new No. 1 at 197 in WIN rankings; Iowa has four No. 1 wrestlers and also top spot in TPI

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