Iowa State’s David Carr is the defending national champion and currently ranked No. 1 at 157 pounds by WIN Magazine. The Cyclones, coached by Kevin Dresser (left) won their final 13 regular-season duals to go 15-1 on the year and won the Big 12 Dual championship. (Iowa State photo)

NEWTON, Iowa — The NCAA Division I regular season has ended and Iowa State — fresh off a win over Missouri for a 13th-straight victory on the season — ranks as one of the hotter teams heading into the postseason as shown in WIN Magazine’s Feb. 21 Rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

The Cyclones (15-1 and Big 12 Dual Team champions) moved up to No. 5 in WIN’s Dual rankings and feature eight ranked wrestlers in WIN’s rankings. Iowa State will now prepare for the upcoming Big 12 Championships, one of seven NCAA qualifying tournaments that will be held in two weeks.

The following is a schedule of those seven conference championships:

Conference	Date	Location
ACC	March 6	Charlottesville, Va.
Big 10	March 5-6	Lincoln, Neb.
Big 12	March 5-6	Tulsa, Okla.
EIWA	March 5-6	Ithaca, N.Y.
MAC	March 4-5	Athens, Ohio
Pac-12	March 6	Tempe, Ariz.
SoCon	March 5	Boone, N.C.

Penn State, which ended the season with a 17-0 record, remained No. 1 in both WIN’s Dual Rankings and WIN’s Tournament Power Index, which predicts how teams will finish in the upcoming 2022 NCAA Division I Championships that will be held in Detroit, Mich., March 17-19. Excluding bonus points, the TPI is compiled from numbers associated with individual placements/rankings based on our current rankings below: 20 points 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 Nittany Lions feature nine ranked wrestlers — including four No. 1-ranked wrestlers in Roman Bravo-Young (133), Nick Lee (141), Carter Starocci (174) and Aaron Brooks (184) — and earned 121.5 TPI points. The remaining Top-5 teams in the TPI including Iowa (88 points), Arizona State (71.5), Michigan (68) and Nebraska (53.5).

The other top-ranked individuals include Michigan’s Nick Suriano (125), Cornell’s Yianni Diakomihalis (149), Iowa State’s David Carr (157), Cal Poly’s Evan Wick (165), Nebraska’s Eric Schultz (197) and Minnesota’s Gable Steveson (Hwt).

WIN’s next rankings will be announced on March 7, following the conference tournaments.

WIN Magazine’s Feb. 21 Tournament Power Index

Rk.	School	Total Rank	Top 8	TPI Pts
1.	Penn State	9	7	121.5
2.	Iowa	10	6	88
3.	Arizona State	7	6	71.5
4.	Michigan	9	5	67
5.	Nebraska	7	4	53.5
6.	NC State	7	4	53
7.	Ohio State	7	4	49
8.	Iowa State	8	4	46
9.	Cornell	7	2	41
10.	Virginia Tech	6	3	37
11.	Oklahoma State	8	3	35.5
12.	Cal Poly	3	2	31.5
13.	Minnesota	7	2	29.5
14.	Missouri	7	2	29
14.	Northwestern	6	2	28.5
15.	Stanford	3	3	28
16.	Princeton	2	2	26
17.	North Carolina	4	2	21
18t.	Lehigh	3	2	19.5
18t.	Rutgers	5	1	19.5
20.	Wisconsin	4	2	18.5
21.	Wyoming	5	1	18
22t.	Central Michigan	3	2	17.5
22t.	Michigan State	3	2	17.5
22t.	Northern Iowa	5	1	17.5
25.	Appalachian State	2	1	13.5
26.	West Virginia	2	1	11
27t.	Oregon State	6	0	10.5
27t.	Purdue	4	1	10.5
29.	Illinois	2	1	10
30.	North Dakota State	3	1	9.5
31.	Pitt	4	0	7.5
32.	Campbell	2	1	7
33.	Oklahoma	5	0	6.5
34.	Air Force	1	1	5.5
35t.	Penn	3	0	4
35t.	South Dakota State	2	0	4
37t.	Army-West Point	2	0	3.5
37t.	Indiana	2	0	3.5
39t.	Duke	2	0	3
39t.	Utah Valley	2	0	3
41.	Binghamton	2	0	2.5
42t.	Columbia	2	0	2
42t.	Northern Colorado	1	0	2
42t.	Virginia	1	0	2
45t.	Drexel	1	0	1.5
45t.	Harvard	1	0	1.5
45t.	Maryland	1	0	1.5
45t.	Bucknell	1	0	1.5
49t.	Chattanooga	1	0	1
49t.	Hofstra	1	0	1

WIN Magazine’s Feb. 21 Team Dual Rankings

Rk.	School	W-L	Prv.	Upcoming Matches
1.	Penn State	17-0	1st	off until Big Tens
2.	Iowa	14-1	2nd	off until Big Tens
3.	NC State	13-1	3rd	off until ACCs
4.	Michigan	12-1	4th	off until Big Tens
5.	Iowa State	15-1	6th	off until Big 12s
6.	Missouri	11-4	5th	off until Big 12s
7.	Ohio State	9-3	7th	off until Big Tens
8.	Oklahoma State	13-4	8th	off until Big 12s
9.	Virginia Tech	9-4	9th	off until ACCs
10.	Nebraska	6-5	10th	off until Big Tens
11.	Arizona State	9-4	12th	off until Pac-12s
12.	Wisconsin	12-2	14th	off until Big Tens
13.	Minnesota	4-6	13th	off until Big Tens
14.	Cornell	12-3	11th	off until EIWAs
15.	Northern Iowa	7-7	15th	off until Big 12s
16.	Purdue	10-5	16th	off until Big Tens
17.	Rutgers	16-5	17th	off until Big Tens
18.	Northwestern	7-4	18th	off until Big Tens
19.	Michigan State	10-4	19th	off until Big Tens
20.	Penn	8-2	20th	off until EIWAs
21.	Princeton	6-5	21st	off until EIWAs
22.	South Dakota State	13-4	22nd	off until Big 12s
23.	Pittsburgh	8-6	23rd	off until ACCs
24.	Central Michigan	12-4	24th	off until MACs
25.	North Carolina	8-6	25th	off until ACCs

WIN Magazine’s Feb. 21 Individual Rankings

125 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Nick Suriano	Michigan	Sr.	1st
2.	Pat Glory	Princeton	Jr.	2nd
3.	Vito Arujau	Cornell	So.	3rd
4.	Brandon Courtney	Arizona State	Jr.	4th
5.	Drew Hildebrandt	Penn State	Sr.	6th
6.	Killian Cardinale	West Virginia	Sr.	7th
7.	Devin Schroder	Purdue	Sr.	10th
8.	Eric Barnett	Wisconsin	Jr.	9th
9.	Michael DeAugustino	Northwestern	Jr.	5th
10.	Brandon Kaylor	Oregon State	So.	11th
11.	Malik Heinselman	Ohio State	Sr.	12th
12.	Jakob Camacho	NC State	So.	13th
13.	Patrick McKee	Minnesota	Sr.	14th
14.	Drake Ayala	Iowa	Fr.	NR
15.	Taylor Lamont	Utah Valley	Jr.	15th
16.	Trevor Mastrogiovani	Oklahoma State	So.	8th
17.	Noah Surtin	Missouri	So.	17th
18.	Brody Teske	Northern Iowa	So.	16th
19.	Kysen Terukina	Iowa State	So.	18th
20.	Sam Latona	Virginia Tech	RSFr.	19th

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.	Michael McGee	Arizona State	Sr.	4th
5.	Korbin Myers	Virginia Tech	Gr.	5th
6.	Lucas Byrd	Illinois	RSFr.	6th
7.	Rayvon Foley	Michigan State	Jr.	7th
8.	Chris Cannon	Northwestern	So.	8th
9.	Michael Colaiocco	Penn	So.	9th
10.	Dylan Ragusin	Michigan	So.	10th
11.	Micky Phillippi	Pitt	Jr.	11th
12.	Brock Hudkins	Indiana	Gr.	12th
13.	Haiden Drury	Utah Valley	Fr.	13th
14.	Devin Turner	Oregon State	Sr.	14th
15.	Malyke Hines	Lehigh	Fr.	15th
16.	Kyle Biscoglia	Northern Iowa	So.	16th
17.	Ramazan Attasauov	Iowa State	So.	17th
18.	Joe Heilmann	North Carolina	Jr.	18th
19.	Brayden Palmer	Chattanooga	So.	19th
20.	Joe Olivieri	Rutgers	Fr.	20th

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.	Chad Red	Nebraska	Sr.	6th
5.	Dresden Simon	Central Michigan	Sr.	7th
6.	Real Woods	Stanford	Jr.	4th
7.	Ian Parker	Iowa State	Sr.	5th
8.	Kizhan Clark	North Carolina	Gr.	8th
9.	Clay Carlson	South Dakota St.	So.	9th
10.	Andrew Alirez	Northern Colorado	RSFr.	10th
11.	Grant Willits	Oregon State	Jr.	13th
12.	Allan Hart	Missouri	Jr.	11th
13.	Cole Matthews	Pitt	Jr.	12th
14.	Dylan D’Emilio	Ohio State	So.	14th
15.	Jake Bergeland	Minnesota	Sr.	15th
16.	Stevan Micic	Michigan	Gr.	16th
17.	Matt Kasimir	Columbia	Jr.	17th
18.	C.J. Composto	Penn	So.	18th
19.	Carter Young	Oklahoma State	Fr.	19th
20.	Ryan Jack	NC State	Fr.	20th

149 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Yianni Diakomihalis	Cornell	Jr.	1st
2.	Sammy Sasso	Ohio State	Jr.	2nd
3.	Tariq Wilson	NC State	Sr.	3rd
4.	Jon Millner	Appalachian State	Sr.	4th
5.	Kyle Parco	Arizona State	So.	5th
6.	Bryce Andonian	Virginia Tech	So.	6th
7.	Ridge Lovett	Nebraska	So.	7th
8.	Jaden Abas	Stanford	So.	8th
9.	Austin Gomez	Wisconsin	Jr.	9th
10.	Max Murin	Iowa	Sr.	10th
11.	Yahya Thomas	Northwestern	Gr.	11th
12.	Josh Finesilver	Duke	Jr.	12th
13.	P.J. Ogunsanya	Army-West Point	Sr.	13th
14.	Josh Heil	Campbell	Sr.	14th
15.	Mike VanBrill	Rutgers	Sr.	15th
16.	Kaden Gfeller	Oklahoma State	Sr.	16th
17.	Beau Bartlett	Penn State	RSFr.	17th
18.	Willie McDougald	Oklahoma	RSFr.	18th
19.	Jarrett Degen	Iowa State	Sr.	19th
20.	Anthony Artalona	Penn	Jr.	20th

157 pounds

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

165 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Evan Wick	Cal Poly	Sr.	1st
2.	Keegan O’Toole	Missouri	RSFr.	2nd
3.	Shane Griffith	Stanford	Jr.	3rd
4.	Carson Kharchla	Ohio State	RSFr.	4th
5.	Alex Marinelli	Iowa	Sr.	5th
6.	Dean Hamiti	Wisconsin	Fr.	6th
7.	Travis Wittlake	Oklahoma State	Jr.	7th
8.	Anthony Valencia	Arizona State	Gr.	8th
9.	Cameron Amine	Michigan	RSFr.	10th
10.	Peyton Hall	West Virginia	So	12th
11.	Luke Weber	North Dakota State	Sr.	9th
12.	Jake Wentzel	Pitt	Sr.	13th
13.	Phillip Conigliaro	Harvard	Jr.	14th
14.	Austin Yant	Northern Iowa	Jr.	15th
15.	Julian Ramirez	Cornell	Fr.	16th
16.	Zach Hartman	Bucknell	Sr.	19th
17.	Josh Ogunsanya	Columbia	So.	17th
18.	Izzak Olejnik	Northern Illinois	So.	18th
19.	Will Formato	Appalachian State	Jr.	20th
20.	Thomas Bullard	NC State	Gr.	NR

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.	Hayden Hidlay	NC State	Sr.	4th
5.	Logan Massa	Michigan	Gr.	5th
6.	Mikey Labriola	Nebraska	Sr.	6th
7.	Ethan Smith	Ohio State	Sr.	7th
8.	Austin Murphy	Campbell	Jr.	8th
9.	Ben Pasiuk	Army	So.	9th
10.	Dustin Plott	Oklahoma State	So.	10th
11.	Clay Lautt	North Carolina	Gr.	11th
12.	Hayden Hastings	Wyoming	Sr.	12th
13.	Adam Kemp	Cal Poly	So.	13th
14.	Chris Foca	Cornell	So.	14th
15.	Peyton Mocco	Missouri	So.	NR
16.	Michael O’Malley	Drexel	Jr.	16th
17.	Matt Finesilver	Duke	Sr.	17th
18.	Bailey O’Reilly	Minnesota	Sr.	18th
19.	Anthony Mantanona	Oklahoma	Jr.	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.	Bernie Truax	Cal Poly	So.	5th
6.	Kaleb Romero	Ohio State	Sr.	6th
7.	Marcus Coleman	Iowa State	Jr.	7th
8.	Dakota Geer	Oklahoma State	Sr.	8th
9.	Trey Munoz	Oregon State	RSFr.	9th
10.	Jonathan Loew	Cornell	Jr.	10th
11.	John Poznanski	Rutgers	RSFr.	11th
12.	Hunter Bolen	Virginia Tech	Jr.	12th
13.	Donnell Washington	Indiana	Jr.	13th
14.	Keegan Moore	Oklahoma	Sr.	NR
15.	Kyle Cochran	Maryland	Sr.	14th
16.	Taylor Venz	Nebraska	Sr.	15th
17.	Tate Samuelson	Wyoming	Sr.	17th
18.	Abe Assad	Iowa	So.	16th
19.	Brit Wilson	Northern Illinois	Jr.	18th
20.	Max Lyon	Purdue	Sr.	19th

197 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Eric Schultz	Nebraska	Sr.	1st
2.	Max Dean	Penn State	Jr.	2nd
3.	Stephan Buchanan	Wyoming	Jr.	3rd
4.	Jacob Warner	Iowa	Sr.	4th
5.	Cameron Caffey	Michigan State	Sr.	6th
6.	Yonger Bastida	Iowa State	So.	9th
7.	Patrick Brucki	Michigan	Sr.	7th
8.	Rocky Elam	Missouri	RSFr.	5th
9.	Nino Bonaccorsi	Pitt	Jr.	8th
10.	Tanner Sloan	South Dakota State	Jr.	10th
11.	Jay Aiello	Virginia	Sr.	11th
12.	Jake Woodley	Oklahoma	Sr.	12th
13.	Lou Deprez	Binghamton	Jr.	13th
14.	Isaac Trumble	NC State	RSFr.	14th
15.	Greg Bulsak	Rutgers	Sr.	15th
16.	Kordell Norfleet	Arizona State	Gr.	16th
17.	Thomas Penola	Purdue	Jr.	17th
18.	Owen Pentz	North Dakota State	So.	18th
19.	Jacob Cardenas	Cornell	So.	19th
20.	Andrew Davison	Northwestern	Gr.	20th

Heavyweight

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Gable Steveson	Minnesota	Jr.	1st
2.	Cohlton Schultz	Arizona State	RSFr.	2nd
3.	Tony Cassioppi	Iowa	Jr.	3rd
4.	Greg Kerkvliet	Penn State	RSFr.	4th
5.	Mason Parris	Michigan	Jr.	5th
6.	Jordan Wood	Lehigh	Sr.	6th
7.	Matt Stencel	Central Michigan	Sr.	7th
8.	Wyatt Hendrickson	Air Force	So.	8th
9.	Lucas Davison	Northwestern	So.	9th
10.	Trent Hillger	Wisconsin	Sr.	13th
11.	Gary Traub	Oregon State	Gr.	11th
12.	Christian Lance	Nebraska	Sr.	12th
13.	Nathan Traxler	Virginia Tech	Sr.	10th
14.	Tate Orndorff	Ohio State	Sr.	15th
15.	Zach Elam	Missouri	So.	17th
16.	Lewis Fernandes	Cornell	So.	18th
17.	Sam Schuyler	Iowa State	Sr.	19th
18.	Luke Luffman	Illinois	So.	20th
19.	Zachary Knighton-Ward	Hofstra	Sr.	NR
20.	Joe Doyle	Binghamton	Sr.	NR

WIN’s final regular-season rankings; Iowa State enters postseason as one of hottest teams

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