NEWTON, Iowa — Following a one-year interruption, the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational is returning this weekend and the Nov. 29 WIN national rankings and Tournament Power Index are serving as a preview for the 39^th annual event that will feature six teams from WIN’s top-15 teams according to the WIN’s recent TPI rankings.

Among the teams wrestling Dec. 3-4 at the Las Vegas Convention Center — according to WIN’s latest TPI — are No. 5 Michigan, No. 8 Ohio State, No. 9 Northwestern, No. 10 Cornell, No. 11 Minnesota, and No. 13 Nebraska.

There are two weight classes where the top two wrestlers could meet in this year’s event: No. 1 Yianni Diakomihalis of Cornell and No. 2 Sammy Sasso of Ohio State at 149 pounds; and at heavyweight where No. 1 Gable Steveson of Minnesota and No. 2 Mason Parris of Michigan could meet in a rematch of their 2021 NCAA final. The Wolverine has not competed for Michigan yet this semester.

There are three other weights where Top-5 wrestlers could meet in Las Vegas:

125 – Princeton’s No. 2 Pat Glory and Utah Valley’s No. 4 Taylor Lamont

157 – Northwestern’s No. 2 Ryan Deakin, Minnesota’s No. 4 Brayton Lee and Nebraska’s No. 5 Peyton Robb

165 – Cal Poly’s No. 2 Evan Wick and Stanford’s No. 4 Shane Griffith.

Meanwhile, WIN also announced its first Dual Rankings of the season. The first five schools are Iowa, Penn State, Oklahoma State, Missouri and NC State. The Hawkeyes travel to instate rival Iowa State on Dec. 5; the Nittany Lions travel to Penn on Friday and host Lehigh on Sunday; the Cowboys are off until Dec. 12 when they face Bedlam-rival Oklahoma; the Tigers host both Northern Iowa and Virginia Tech on Saturday, Dec. 4; and the Wolfpack hosts Gardner-Webb on Thursday, Dec. 2.

The following is WIN’s Tournament Power Index, which predicts approximately how many NCAA points a team could score in Detroit in March at the Division I Championships based on where their individuals are ranked at this point in the season. Excluding bonus points, the TPI is based on numbers associated with individual placements/rankings based on our current rankings below: 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 Nov. 29 Tournament Power Index (TPI)

Rk.	School	Total Rank	Top 8	TPI Pts
1.	Iowa	10	7	114.5
2.	Penn State	7	6	103.5
3.	Oklahoma State	8	4	59.5
4.	Arizona State	8	4	58
5.	Michigan	9	4	53
6.	Missouri	9	3	50
7.	NC State	8	4	49
8.	Ohio State	7	5	46
9.	Northwestern	5	3	40.5
10.	Cornell	6	2	39
11.	Minnesota	4	2	35.5
12.	Iowa State	5	2	33.5
13.	Nebraska	7	2	31
14.	Virginia Tech	6	2	30.5
15.	Rutgers	5	2	29
16.	Pitt	4	2	28
17t.	Cal Poly	2	2	25
17t.	Princeton	2	2	25
19.	Oklahoma	5	2	20
20.	Stanford	2	2	19
21.	Wisconsin	4	2	17.5
22t.	North Carolina	5	2	16.5
22t.	Wyoming	7	1	16.5
24.	Northern Iowa	3	1	15.5
25t.	Northern Colorado	3	1	14.5
25t.	Utah Valley	2	1	14.5
27.	West Virginia	2	1	10.5
28.	Lehigh	4	1	10
29.	North Dakota State	4	1	9.5
30.	Purdue	5	0	8.5
31.	Campbell	3	1	8
32t	Illinois	3	1	7.5
32t	Penn	2	1	7.5
34t	Indiana	1	1	6.5
34t	Northern Illinois	2	1	6.5
36t	Appalachian State	1	1	5.5
36t	Bucknell	1	1	5.5
36t	Central Michigan	3	0	5.5
39t	Army-West Point	3	0	4.5
39t	South Dakota State	3	0	4.5
41t	Harvard	2	0	3.5
41t	Michigan State	3	0	3.5
43t	CSU Bakersfield	2	0	2.5
43t	Oregon State	2	0	2.5
45t	Air Force	1	0	2
45t	Chattanooga	2	0	2
45t	Columbia	2	0	2
48t	Binghamton	1	0	1.5
48t	Drexel	1	0	1.5
48t	Virginia	1	0	1.5
51t	Duke	1	0	1
51t	Edinboro	1	0	1
51t	Navy	1	0	1

WIN’s Nov. 29 Dual Rankings

Rk	School	W-L
1.	Iowa	2-0
2.	Penn State	3-0
3.	Oklahoma State	3-0
4.	Missouri	3-0
5.	NC State	1-0
6.	Michigan	3-0
7.	Arizona State	1-0
8.	Nebraska	3-0
9.	Ohio State	3-0
10.	Virginia Tech	1-1
11.	Minnesota	1-1
12.	Cornell	1-0
13.	Rutgers	8-0
14.	Oklahoma	2-1
15.	Wyoming	0-0
16.	Wisconsin	2-0
17.	Illinois	0-0
18.	Purdue	6-0
19.	Northwestern	0-0
20.	Lehigh	2-1
21.	Pittsburgh	3-1
22.	South Dakota State	1-1
23.	North Carolina	3-4
24.	Northern Iowa	0-0
25.	Oregon State	1-2

WIN’s Nov. 29 Individual Rankings

125 pounds

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

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.	Vito Arujau	Cornell	So.	2nd
5.	Korbin Myers	Virginia Tech	Gr.	4th
6.	Chris Cannon	Northwestern	So.	5th
7.	Michael Colaiocco	Penn	So.	7th
8.	Lucas Byrd	Illinois	RSFr.	8th
9.	Jamie Hernandez	North Carolina	Jr.	9th
10.	Sammy Alvarez	Rutgers	So.	10th
11.	Michael McGee	Arizona State	Sr.	6th
12.	Malyke Hines	Lehigh	Fr.	11th
13.	Micky Phillippi	Pitt	Jr.	12th
14.	Rayvon Foley	Michigan State	Jr.	13th
15.	Chance Rich	CSU Bakersfield	So.	14th
16.	Dylan Ragusin	Michigan	So.	15th
17.	Mosha Schwartz	Northern Colorado	So.	16th
18.	Tony Madrigal	Oklahoma	Sr.	17th
19.	Kai Orine	NC State	Fr.	18th
20.	Job Greenwood	Wyoming	Jr.	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.	5th
6.	Ian Parker	Iowa State	Sr.	6th
7.	Dom Demas	Oklahoma	Sr.	7th
8.	Kizhan Clark	North Carolina	Gr.	8th
9.	Chad Red	Nebraska	Sr.	9th
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.	13th
14.	Cole Matthews	Pitt	So.	14th
15.	Jesse Vasquez	Arizona State	Fr.	15th
16.	Parker Filius	Purdue	Sr.	16th
17.	Ryan Jack	NC State	Fr.	17th
18.	Mike Carr	Illinois	Sr.	18th
19.	Matt Kasimir	Columbia	Jr.	19th
20.	Angelo Martinoni	CSU Bakersfield	So.	20th

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.	Mitch Moore	Oklahoma	Sr.	12th
12.	P.J. Ogunsanya	Army-West Point	Sr.	17th
13.	Jarrett Degen	Iowa State	Sr.	11th
14.	Kanen Storr	Michigan	Sr.	13th
15.	Josh Heil	Campbell	Sr.	14th
16.	Ridge Lovett	Nebraska	So.	15th
17.	Beau Bartlett	Penn State	RSFr.	16th
18.	Josh Finesilver	Duke	Jr.	20th
19.	Anthony Artalona	Penn	Jr.	18th
20.	Austin Gomez	Wisconsin	Jr.	NR

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.	5th
6.	Quincy Monday	Princeton	Jr.	6th
7.	Austin O’Connor	North Carolina	Jr.	7th
8.	Jared Franek	North Dakota State	Jr.	8th
9.	Kaleb Young	Iowa	Sr.	9th
10.	Jarrett Jacques	Missouri	Jr.	10th
11.	Jacob Wright	Wyoming	Sr.	11th
12.	Wyatt Sheets	Oklahoma State	Sr.	12th
13.	Kendall Coleman	Purdue	Jr.	13th
14.	Will Lewan	Michigan	So.	14th
15.	Justin Thomas	Oklahoma	Gr.	15th
16.	Johnny Lovett	Central Michigan	RSFr.	16th
17.	Josh Humphreys	Lehigh	Jr.	17th
18.	Hunter Willits	Oregon State	Jr.	18th
19.	Andrew Cerniglia	Navy	So.	19th
20.	Chase Saldate	Michigan State	Fr.	20th

165 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Alex Marinelli	Iowa	Sr.	1st
2.	Evan Wick	Cal Poly	Sr.	2nd
3.	Keegan O’Toole	Missouri	RSFr.	3rd
4.	Shane Griffith	Stanford	Jr.	4th
5.	Travis Wittlake	Oklahoma State	Jr.	5th
6.	Jake Wentzel	Pitt	Sr.	6th
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.	13th
14.	Luke Weber	North Dakota State	Sr.	14th
15.	Tanner Cook	South Dakota State	So.	15th
16.	Peyton Hall	West Virginia	So.	16th
17.	Thomas Bullard	NC State	Sr.	17th
18.	Izzak Olejnik	Northern Illinois	So.	18th
19.	Andrew Nicholson	Chattanooga	Jr.	19th
20.	Cole Moody	Wyoming	So.	20th

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	Chris Foca	Cornell	So.	10th
10.	Dustin Plott	Oklahoma State	So.	11th
11.	Hayden Hastings	Wyoming	Sr.	9th
12.	Jackson Turley	Rutgers	So.	12th
13.	Ben Pasiuk	Army	So.	14th
14.	Michael O’Malley	Drexel	Jr.	15th
15.	Peyton Mocco	Missouri	So.	16th
16.	Clay Lautt	North Carolina	Gr.	14^th/184
17.	Cade Devos	South Dakota State	So.	19th
18.	Andrew McNally	Wisconsin	Sr.	13th
19.	Jackson Hemauer	Northern Colorado	Jr.	17th
20.	Jacob Oliver	Edinboro	Jr.	18th

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.	10th
11.	Tate Samuelson	Wyoming	Sr.	11th
12.	Marcus Coleman	Iowa State	Jr.	13th
13.	Taylor Venz	Nebraska	Sr.	14th
14.	Rocky Jordan	Ohio State	Jr.	16th
15.	Max Lyon	Purdue	Sr	17th
16.	Abe Assad	Iowa	So.	18th
17.	Zac Braunagel	Illinois	So.	19th
18.	Isaiah Salazar	Minnesota	So.	NR
19.	Gavin Kane	North Carolina	RSFr.	NR
20.	Caleb Hopkins	Campbell	So.	20^th

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.	Greg Bulsak	Rutgers	Sr.	14th
14.	Jay Aiello	Virginia	Sr.	15th
15.	Owen Pentz	North Dakota State	So.	16th
16.	Lou Deprez	Binghamton	Jr.	20th
17.	Gavin Hoffman	Ohio State	So.	19th
18.	Isaac Trumble	NC State	RSFr.	18^th
19.	J.T. Brown	Army-West Point	Sr.	NR
20.	Cameron Caffey	Michigan State	Sr.	NR

Heavyweight

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Gable Steveson	Minnesota	Jr.	1st
2.	Mason Parris	Michigan	Jr.	2nd
3.	Cohlton Schultz	Arizona State	RSFr.	3rd
4.	Greg Kerkvliet	Penn State	RSFr.	4th
5.	Tony Cassioppi	Iowa	Jr.	5th
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.	18th
19.	Lewis Fernandez	Cornell	So.	19^th
20.	Brandon Metz	North Dakota State	Sr.	NR

WIN announces first dual rankings, Iowa No. 1 in TPI, Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational preview

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