NEWTON, Iowa — Underclassmen flexed their strength last week in some notable matches, particularly in two upset match-ups against 2021 NCAA champs. Stanford’s defending national champion Shane Griffith was defeated 3-2 by Cornell’s freshman Julian Ramirez in a rowdy home dual for Cornell on Saturday, Nov. 20, as the Big Red faced former coach Rob Koll and his new team in the Friedman Center.

Nebraska sophomore Peyton Robb also got a statement win last week on Thursday, Nov. 18. The Husker knocked off North Carolina’s Austin O’Connor — the 149-pound defending champ who moved up to 157 — 5-2 in home dual for Mark Manning’s squad.

Because of the upset of Griffith at 165, Iowa’s Alex Marinelli has taken over the top spot at that weight in WIN Magazine’s updated Nov. 22 Individual Rankings and Tournament Power Index, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic. Marinelli is one of two top-ranked Hawkeyes, who remain No. 1 in WIN’s Tournament Power Index. The other is three-time defending champ Spencer Lee. Overall, Iowa features a ranked wrestler at all ten weight classes, including seven who are rated in the Top 8 of their weight classes.

Penn State remains No. 2 in WIN’s TPI as seven Nittany Lions are ranked. That includes four wrestlers who are ranked No. 1 in their weight classes: Roman Bravo-Young (133), Nick Lee (141), Carter Starocci (174) and Aaron Brooks (184). All four won titles for Coach Cael Sanderson and company in 2021.

The other four top-ranked wrestlers are Cornell’s Yianni Diakomihalis (149), Iowa State’s David Carr (157), Oklahoma State’s A.J. Ferrari and Minnesota’s Olympic champion Gable Steveson (Hwt). Steveson and Lee were co-winners of the WIN/Culture House Dan Hodge Trophy in 2021.

The TPI predicts approximately how many NCAA points a team will score in Detroit in March at the Division I Championships. Excluding bonus points, the TPI is based on numbers associated with individual placements/rankings based on our current rankings: 20 for 1^st, 16 for 2^nd, 13.5 for 3^rd, 12.5 for 4^th, 10 for 5^th, 9 for 6^th, 6.5 for 7^th and 5.5 for 8^th. 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 dual rankings will be begin in next week’s rankings on Nov. 29.

WIN Magazine’s Nov. 22 Tournament Power Index

Rk.	School	Total Rank	Top 8 Rank	TPI Pts
1.	Iowa	10	7	114
2.	Penn State	7	6	104
3.	Arizona State	8	5	64
4.	Oklahoma State	8	4	59.5
5.	Michigan	9	4	52.5
6.	Missouri	9	3	50
7.	NC State	8	4	48
8.	Minnesota	3	2	34.5
9.	Iowa State	5	2	33.5
10.	Nebraska	7	1	31
11t.	Cornell	6	2	42.5
11t.	Ohio State	7	4	42.5
13.	Northwestern	5	3	41.5
14.	Virginia Tech	6	2	33
15.	Rutgers	5	2	29
16.	Pitt	4	2	28.5
17.	Cal Poly	2	2	25
18.	Princeton	2	2	22.5
19.	Oklahoma	5	2	20
20t.	Stanford	2	2	19
20t.	Wisconsin	5	2	19
22.	North Carolina	5	2	16.5
23.	Northern Iowa	4	1	16
24.	Wyoming	6	1	15.5
25.	Northern Colorado	3	1	15
26.	Utah Valley	2	1	12
27.	Lehigh	4	1	10
28.	North Dakota State	3	1	8.5
29t.	Campbell	3	1	8
29t.	Purdue	5	0	8
29t.	West Virginia	2	1	8
32t.	Illinois	3	1	7.5
32t.	Indiana	2	1	7.5
32t.	Penn	2	1	7.5
35.	Northern Illinois	2	1	6.5
36.	South Dakota State	4	0	6
37t.	Appalachian State	1	1	5.5
37t.	Bucknell	1	1	5.5
37t.	Central Michigan	3	0	5.5
40t.	Harvard	2	0	3.5
40t.	Virginia	3	0	3.5
42t.	Army-West Point	2	0	2.5
42t.	CSU Bakersfield	2	0	2.5
42t.	Michigan State	2	0	2.5
42t.	Oregon State	2	0	2.5
46t.	Air Force	1	0	2
46t.	Chattanooga	2	0	2
48.	Drexel	1	0	1.5
49t.	Binghamton	1	0	1
49t.	Columbia	1	0	1
49t.	Duke	1	0	1
49t.	Edinboro	1	0	1
49t.	Navy	1	0	1

WIN Magazine’s Nov. 22 Individual Rankings

125 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Spencer Lee	Iowa	Sr.	1st
2.	Vito Arujau	Cornell	So.	2nd
3.	Pat Glory	Princeton	Jr.	3rd
4.	Brandon Courtney	Arizona State	Jr.	4th
5.	Taylor Lamont	Utah Valley	Jr.	6th
6.	Jakob Camacho	NC State	So.	8th
7.	Killian Cardinale	West Virginia	Sr.	9th
8.	Eric Barnett	Wisconsin	Jr.	11th
9.	Malik Heinselman	Ohio State	Sr.	14th
10.	Trevor Mastrogiovani	Oklahoma State	So.	17th
11.	Patrick McKee	Minnesota	Sr.	5th
12.	Devin Schroeder	Purdue	Sr.	12th
13.	Brody Teske	Northern Iowa	So.	7th
14.	Michael DeAugustino	Northwestern	Jr.	16th
15.	Sam Latona	Virginia Tech	RSFr.	10th
16.	Jaret Lane	Lehigh	Sr.	15th
17.	Jack Medley	Michigan	Jr.	NR
18.	Noah Surtin	Missouri	So.	19th
19.	Kysen Terukina	Iowa State	So.	NR
20.	Fabian Gutierrez	Chattanooga	Sr.	20th

133 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Roman Bravo-Young	Penn State	Jr.	1st
2.	Daton Fix	Oklahoma State	Jr.	2nd
3.	Austin DeSanto	Iowa	Sr.	3rd
4.	Korbin Myers	Virginia Tech	Gr.	4th
5.	Chris Cannon	Northwestern	So.	5th
6.	Michael McGee	Arizona State	Sr.	6th
7.	Michael Colaiocco	Penn	So.	9th
8.	Lucas Byrd	Illinois	RSFr.	11th
9.	Jamie Hernandez	North Carolina	Jr.	NR
10.	Sammy Alvarez	Rutgers	So.	12th
11.	Malyke Hines	Lehigh	Fr.	NR
12.	Micky Phillippi	Pitt	Jr.	7th
13.	Rayvon Foley	Michigan State	Jr.	16th
14.	Chance Rich	CSU Bakersfield	So.	14th
15.	Dylan Ragusin	Michigan	So.	19th
16.	Mosha Schwartz	Northern Colorado	So.	18th
17.	Tony Madrigal	Oklahoma	Sr.	10th
18.	Kai Orine	NC State	Fr.	NR
19.	Brian Courtney	Virginia	Gr.	17th
20.	Brock Hudkins	Indiana	Sr.	NR

141 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Nick Lee	Penn State	Sr.	1st
2.	Jaydin Eierman	Iowa	Sr.	2nd
3.	Sebastian Rivera	Rutgers	Gr.	3rd
4.	Andrew Alirez	Northern Colorado	RSFr.	4th
5.	Stevan Micic	Michigan	Gr.	6th
6.	Ian Parker	Iowa State	Sr.	8th
7.	Dom Demas	Oklahoma	Sr.	9th
8.	Kizhan Clark	North Carolina	Gr.	13th
9.	Chad Red	Nebraska	Sr.	5th
10.	Clay Carlson	South Dakota State	So.	10th
11.	Allan Hart	Missouri	Jr.	11th
12.	Dresden Simon	Central Michigan	Sr.	12th
13.	Grant Willits	Oregon State	Jr.	14th
14.	Cole Matthews	Pitt	So.	16th
15.	Jesse Vasquez	Arizona State	Fr.	NR
16.	Parker Filius	Purdue	Sr.	17th
17.	Ryan Jack	NC State	Fr.	19th
18.	Mike Carr	Illinois	Sr.	20th
19.	Matt Kasimir	Columbia	Jr.	NR
20.	Angelo Martinoni	CSU Bakersfield	So.	NR

149 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Yianni Diakomihalis	Cornell	Jr.	1st
2.	Sammy Sasso	Ohio State	Jr.	2nd
3.	Brock Mauller	Missouri	Jr.	3rd
4.	Yahya Thomas	Northwestern	Gr.	4th
5.	Kyle Parco	Arizona State	So.	5th
6.	Tariq Wilson	NC State	Sr.	6th
7.	Jaden Abas	Stanford	So.	7th
8.	Jon Millner	Appalachian State	Sr.	8th
9.	Bryce Andonian	Virginia Tech	So.	9th
10.	Max Murin	Iowa	Sr.	10th
11.	Jarrett Degen	Iowa State	Sr.	11th
12.	Mitch Moore	Oklahoma	Sr.	12th
13.	Kanen Storr	Michigan	Sr.	13th
14.	Josh Heil	Campbell	Sr.	15th
15.	Ridge Lovett	Nebraska	So.	19th
16.	Beau Bartlett	Penn State	RSFr.	NR
17.	P.J. Ogunsanya	Army-West Point	Sr.	14th
18.	Anthony Artalona	Penn	Jr.	16th
19.	Zach Sherman	North Carolina	Sr.	17th
20.	Josh Finesilver	Duke	Jr.	18th

157 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	David Carr	Iowa State	So.	1st
2.	Ryan Deakin	Northwestern	Gr.	2nd
3.	Jacori Teemer	Arizona State	Jr.	3rd
4.	Brayton Lee	Minnesota	Jr.	4th
5.	Peyton Robb	Nebraska	So.	NR
6.	Quincy Monday	Princeton	Jr.	7th
7.	Austin O’Connor	North Carolina	Jr.	5th
8.	Jared Franek	North Dakota State	Jr.	8th
9.	Kaleb Young	Iowa	Sr.	6th
10.	Jarrett Jacques	Missouri	Jr.	10th
11.	Jacob Wright	Wyoming	Sr.	11th
12.	Wyatt Sheets	Oklahoma State	Sr.	9th
13.	Kendall Coleman	Purdue	Jr.	13th
14.	Will Lewan	Michigan	So.	14th
15.	Justin Thomas	Oklahoma	Gr.	12th
16.	Johnny Lovett	Central Michigan	RSFr.	17th
17.	Josh Humphreys	Lehigh	Jr.	18th
18.	Hunter Willits	Oregon State	Jr.	19th
19.	Andrew Cerniglia	Navy	So.	NR
20.	Chase Saldate	Michigan State	Fr.	15th

165 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Alex Marinelli	Iowa	Sr.	2nd
2.	Evan Wick	Cal Poly	Sr.	3rd
3.	Keegan O’Toole	Missouri	RSFr.	5th
4.	Shane Griffith	Stanford	Jr.	1st
5.	Travis Wittlake	Oklahoma State	Jr.	6th
6.	Jake Wentzel	Pitt	Sr.	4th
7.	Carson Kharchla	Ohio State	RSFr.	7th
8.	Zach Hartman	Bucknell	Sr.	8th
9.	Anthony Valencia	Arizona State	Gr.	9th
10.	Cameron Amine	Michigan	RSFr.	10th
11.	Demetrius Romero	Utah Valley	Sr.	11th
12.	Phillip Conigliaro	Harvard	Jr.	12th
13.	Julian Ramirez	Cornell	Fr.	NR
14.	Luke Weber	North Dakota State	Sr.	14th
15.	Tanner Cook	South Dakota State	So.	13th
16.	Peyton Hall	West Virginia	So.	16th
17.	Thomas Bullard	NC State	Sr.	15th
18.	Izzak Olejnik	Northern Illinois	So.	17th
19.	Andrew Nicholson	Chattanooga	Jr.	18th
20.	Cole Moody	Wyoming	So.	19th

174 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Carter Starocci	Penn State	RSFr.	1st
2.	Michael Kemerer	Iowa	Gr.	2nd
3.	Mekhi Lewis	Virginia Tech	So.	3rd
4.	Mikey Labriola	Nebraska	Sr.	4th
5.	Hayden Hidlay	NC State	Sr.	5th
6.	Ethan Smith	Ohio State	Sr.	6th
7.	Donnell Washington	Indiana	Jr.	7th
8.	Austin Murphy	Campbell	Jr.	8th
9.	Hayden Hastings	Wyoming	Sr.	9th
10	Chris Foca	Cornell	So.	10th
11.	Dustin Plott	Oklahoma State	So.	11th
12.	Jackson Turley	Rutgers	So.	12th
13.	Andrew McNally	Wisconsin	Sr.	13th
14.	Ben Pasiuk	Army	So.	14th
15.	Michael O’Malley	Drexel	Jr.	15th
16.	Peyton Mocco	Missouri	So.	16th
17.	Jackson Hemauer	Northern Colorado	Jr.	17th
18.	Jacob Oliver	Edinboro	Jr.	18th
19.	Cade Devos	South Dakota State	So.	19th
20.	Lance Runyon	Northern Iowa	RSFr.	20th

184 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Aaron Brooks	Penn State	So.	1st
2.	Trent Hidlay	NC State	So.	2nd
3.	Myles Amine	Michigan	Gr.	3rd
4.	Parker Keckeisen	Northern Iowa	RSFr.	4th
5.	John Poznanski	Rutgers	RSFr.	5th
6.	Bernie Truax	Cal Poly	So.	6th
7.	Dakota Geer	Oklahoma State	Sr.	7th
8.	Brit Wilson	Northern Illinois	Jr.	8th
9.	Hunter Bolen	Virginia Tech	Jr.	9th
10.	Jeremiah Kent	Missouri	So.	12th
11.	Tate Samuelson	Wyoming	Sr.	13th
12.	Chris Weiler	Wisconsin	Gr.	15th
13.	Marcus Coleman	Iowa State	Jr.	20th
14.	Taylor Venz	Nebraska	Sr.	11th
15.	Clay Lautt	North Carolina	Gr.	17th
16.	Rocky Jordan	Ohio State	Jr.	16th
17.	Max Lyon	Purdue	Sr	19th
18.	Abe Assad	Iowa	So.	NR
19.	Zac Braunagel	Illinois	So.	NR
20.	Caleb Hopkins	Campbell	So.	NR

197 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	A.J. Ferrari	Oklahoma State	RSFr.	1st
2.	Nino Bonaccorsi	Pitt	Jr.	2nd
3.	Jacob Warner	Iowa	Sr.	3rd
4.	Rocky Elam	Missouri	RSFr.	4th
5.	Max Dean	Penn State	Jr.	5th
6.	Jake Woodley	Oklahoma	Sr.	6th
7.	Stephan Buchanan	Wyoming	Jr.	7th
8.	Patrick Brucki	Michigan	Sr.	8th
9.	Ben Darmstadt	Cornell	Sr.	9th
10.	Kordell Norfleet	Arizona State	Gr.	10th
11.	Eric Schultz	Nebraska	Sr.	11th
12.	Thomas Penola	Purdue	Jr.	12th
13.	Tanner Sloan	South Dakota State	Sr.	13th
14.	Greg Bulsak	Rutgers	Sr.	14th
15.	Jay Aiello	Virginia	Sr.	15th
16.	Owen Pentz	North Dakota State	So.	16th
17.	Braxton Amos	Wisconsin	Fr.	17th
18.	Isaac Trumble	NC State	RSFr.	18th
19.	Gavin Hoffman	Ohio State	So.	19th
20.	Lou Deprez	Binghamton	Jr.	10^th/184

Heavyweight

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Gable Steveson	Minnesota	Jr.	1st
2.	Mason Parris	Michigan	Jr.	2nd
3.	Cohlton Schultz	Arizona State	RSFr.	4th
4.	Greg Kerkvliet	Penn State	RSFr.	5th
5.	Tony Cassioppi	Iowa	Jr.	3rd
6.	Trent Hillger	Wisconsin	Sr.	6th
7.	Tate Orndorff	Ohio State	Sr.	7th
8.	Jordan Wood	Lehigh	Sr.	8th
9.	Matt Stencel	Central Michigan	Sr.	9th
10.	Wyatt Hendrickson	Air Force	So.	10th
11.	Zach Elam	Missouri	So.	11th
12.	Brian Andrews	Wyoming	Sr.	12th
13.	Lucas Davison	Northwestern	So.	13th
14.	Nathan Traxler	Virginia Tech	Sr.	14th
15.	Yaraslau Slavikouski	Harvard	Jr.	15th
16.	Christian Lance	Nebraska	Sr.	16th
17.	Luke Surber	Oklahoma State	So.	17th
18.	Carter Isley	Northern Iowa	Sr.	20th
19.	Lewis Fernandez	Cornell	So.	19th
20.	Quinn Miller	Virginia	Jr.	18th

Iowa stays at No. 1 in WIN's TPI Rankings, Underclassmen upsets shake up individual rankings

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