Photo: Penn State’s Aaron Brooks (top) defeated Arizona State’s Josh Nummer at 184 pounds in December to help the Nittany Lions win all three duals at the Journeymen Collegiate Duals. After holiday tournaments, the Nittany Lions have taken over the top spot in WIN’s Tournament Rankings (TPI). (Photo by Bob Mayeri)

NEWTON, Iowa — It’s a new calendar year and Penn State has taken over the top spot in WIN Magazine’s Jan. 4 Tournament Power Index and Rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

The Nittany Lions, which are 6-0 on the season after winning all three matchups at the Journeymen Collegiate Duals Dec. 20-21, continues to feature four defending national champs, who also are all ranked No. 1: Roman Bravo-Young (133), Nick Lee (141), Carter Starocci (174) and Aaron Brooks (184). With a total of seven ranked wrestlers, including six in the Top 8 of their weight class, Penn State tallied 107.5 TPI Points.

WIN’s Tournament Power Index 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 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 following rankings were impacted on events that happened after WIN’s last rankings on Dec. 14. In addition to the Collegiate Duals, a couple of the highest-profile events were the Illinois Matmen Open, held in place of the cancelled Midlands, Dec. 29-30, in Hoffman Estates, Ill., and the Southern Scuffle, Jan. 1-2, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Defending NCAA champ Iowa, which was ranked No. 1, dropped down one spot to No. 2 after the Hawkeyes (82.5 TPI) announced that three-time NCAA champion and two-time Hodge Trophy winner Spencer Lee had season-ending knee surgery. Overall, the Hawkeyes feature nine ranked wrestlers, including true freshman Drake Ayala, who finished third at the Southern Scuffle and is rated No. 14 and is considered a replacement for Lee at 125 pounds. The Hawkeyes (8-0), who also won all three duals at the Journeymen event, continue to be ranked ahead of Penn State in WIN’s Dual Team Rankings.

The next three teams are separated by four points, led by No. 3 Michigan (69), which welcomed the return of All-Americans and 2020 Olympians Stevan Micic (141) and Myles Amine (184). Coach Sean Bormet’s squad also was strengthened with the transfer of former Rutgers national champion Nick Suriano (125). The Wolverines are followed by Oklahoma State (66.5), featuring top-ranked A.J. Ferrari (197), and Arizona State (65).

The most notable changes in the individual weight classes took place at 125 where Cornell’s Vito Arujau, who was ranked at 133 thus far this season, is the new top-rated wrestler at 125 pounds. Suriano is ranked No. 2 at 125 and expected to start wrestling this month for the Wolverines.

The remaining No. 1 wrestlers held their top spots over the holiday period. They include Cornell’s Yianni Diakomihalis (149), Iowa State’s David Carr (157), Cal Poly’s Evan Wick (165), and Minnesota’s Gable Steveson (Hwt.).

Overall, there are 11 rated wrestlers who are new to WIN’s rankings. That includes a pair of Southern Scuffle champions in Stanford’s Real Woods (fourth at 141) and Maryland’s Kyle Cochran (eighth at 184). Another notable newcomer to a Top-8 ranking was Wisconsin freshman Dean Hamiti, who moved from No. 17 to No. 7 at 165 after winning the Illinois Matmen Open.

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 4 Tournament Power Index

Rk.	School	Total Rank	Top 8	TPI Points
1.	Penn State	7	6	107.5
2.	Iowa	9	6	82.5
3.	Michigan	9	5	69
4.	Oklahoma State	8	5	66.5
5.	Arizona State	8	6	65
6.	Cornell	6	3	50.5
7.	NC State	9	3	46
8.	Northwestern	5	3	44.5
9.	Missouri	9	2	42.5
10.	Ohio State	8	3	41
11.	Minnesota	4	3	38
12t.	Iowa State	6	2	35
12t.	Nebraska	7	3	35
12t.	Stanford	3	3	35
15.	Virginia Tech	7	3	34
16.	Cal Poly	3	2	31
17.	Rutgers	5	2	29
18.	Princeton	4	2	28.5
19.	Wisconsin	4	3	22
20.	Wyoming	6	1	20
21.	Northern Iowa	3	1	15
22.	North Carolina	3	2	14
23.	Pitt	3	1	13.5
24.	West Virginia	2	1	12
25.	Lehigh	4	1	11
26t.	Appalachian State	2	1	10
26t.	Oklahoma	4	1	10
28.	Oregon State	5	0	9.5
29t.	Campbell	2	1	8
29t.	Central Michigan	3	1	8
29t.	North Dakota State	3	1	8
32t.	Illinois	3	1	7.5
32t.	Northern Colorado	2	1	7.5
34t.	Maryland	1	1	5.5
34t.	Purdue	3	0	5.5
36.	Army-West Point	2	0	4
37t.	Duke	2	0	3.5
37t.	South Dakota State	2	0	3.5
39t.	Harvard	2	0	3
39t.	Michigan State	2	0	3
39t.	Penn	2	0	3
39t.	Utah Valley	2	0	3
43t.	Columbia	2	0	2.5
43t.	Indiana	2	0	2.5
43t.	Northern Illinois	2	0	2.5
43t.	Virginia	2	0	2.5
47.	Air Force	1	0	2
48.	Binghamton	1	0	1.5
49t.	Bucknell	1	0	1
49t.	Chattanooga	1	0	1
49t.	CSU Bakersfield	1	0	1
49t.	Drexel	1	0	1
49t.	Edinboro	1	0	1
49t.	Navy	1	0	1

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 4, 2022 Dual Ranking

Rk	School	W-L	Previous	Upcoming Action
1.	Iowa	6-0	1^st	vs. Minnesota (1/7), vs. Purdue (1/9)
2.	Penn State	8-0	2^nd	at Maryland (1/7), vs. Indiana (1/9)
3.	Oklahoma State	7-0	3^rd	at Little Rock (1/8)
4.	NC State	5-1	4^th	at Rider (1/8), at Princeton (1/9)
5.	Michigan	3-0	5^th	off until 1/14 (at Ohio State)
6.	Nebraska	3-0	6^th	vs Purdue (1/7)
7.	Missouri	6-2	7^th	off until 1/16 (at SIUE)
8.	Arizona State	3-1	8^th	vs. Iowa State (1/9)
9.	Ohio State	4-0	9^th	at Michigan State (1/8)
10.	Cornell	3-1	12^th	at Lehigh (1/8)
11.	Minnesota	1-1	11^th	at Iowa (1/7), vs. Northwestern (1/9)
12.	Virginia Tech	4-3	10^th	vs. Binghamton & West Virginia (1/9)
13.	Rutgers	10-0	13^th	vs. Indiana (1/7), at Wisconsin (1/9)
14.	Wyoming	0-1	14^th	at South Dakota State with Northern Iowa (1/9)
15.	Wisconsin	4-0	15^th	vs. Northwestern (1/7), vs. Rutgers (1/9)
16.	Illinois	2-0	16^th	off until 1/14 (at Rutgers)
17.	Iowa State	3-1	18^th	vs. NW Kansas Tech (1/6), at Arizona State (1/9)
18.	Purdue	6-1	17^th	at Nebraska (1/7), at Iowa (1/9)
19.	Northwestern	2-0	19^th	at Wisconsin (1/7), at Minnesota (1/9)
20.	Lehigh	4-4	20^th	vs. Binghamton (1/7), vs. Cornell (1/8)
21.	Pittsburgh	3-2	21^st	vs. Penn (1/7)
22.	South Dakota State	4-1	22^nd	vs. Wyoming & Northern Iowa (1/9)
23.	Northern Iowa	1-4	23^rd	at South Dakota State with Wyoming (1/9)
24.	North Carolina	4-4	24^th	at F&M Open, Lancaster, Pa.
25.	Oklahoma	2-2	25^th	off until 1/14 (Virginia Duals)

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 4 Individual Rankings

125 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Vito Arujau	Cornell	So.	4^th/133
2.	Nick Suriano	Michigan	Sr.	NR
3.	Pat Glory	Princeton	Jr.	2nd
4.	Brandon Courtney	Arizona State	Jr.	3rd
5.	Killian Cardinale	West Virginia	Sr.	6^th
6.	Trevor Mastrogiovani	Oklahoma State	So.	8th
7.	Patrick McKee	Minnesota	Sr.	9th
8.	Eric Barnett	Wisconsin	Jr.	7th
9.	Jakob Camacho	NC State	So.	5th
10.	Devin Schroeder	Purdue	Sr.	10th
11.	Brandon Kaylor	Oregon State	So.	12th
12.	Taylor Lamont	Utah Valley	Jr.	4th
13.	Brody Teske	Northern Iowa	So.	11th
14.	Drake Ayala	Iowa	Fr.	NR
15.	Michael DeAugustino	Northwestern	Jr.	13th
16.	Noah Surtin	Missouri	So.	17th
17.	Malik Heinselman	Ohio State	Sr.	16th
18.	Jaret Lane	Lehigh	Sr.	14th
19.	Sam Latona	Virginia Tech	RSFr.	18th
20.	Kysen Terukina	Iowa State	So.	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.	Chris Cannon	Northwestern	So.	7th
5.	Michael McGee	Arizona State	Sr.	12th
6.	Korbin Myers	Virginia Tech	Gr.	5th
7.	Dylan Ragusin	Michigan	So.	6th
8.	Lucas Byrd	Illinois	RSFr.	9th
9.	Rayvon Foley	Michigan State	Jr.	15th
10.	Michael Colaiocco	Penn	So.	8th
11.	Jamie Hernandez	North Carolina	Jr.	11th
12.	Malyke Hines	Lehigh	Fr.	13th
13.	Micky Phillippi	Pitt	Jr.	14th
14.	Sammy Alvarez	Rutgers	So.	10th
15.	Tony Madrigal	Oklahoma	Sr.	18th
16.	Devin Turner	Oregon State	Sr.	NR
17.	Haiden Drury	Utah Valley	Fr.	16th
18.	Brayden Palmer	Chattanooga	So.	NR
19.	Kai Orine	NC State	Fr.	19th
20.	Chance Rich	CSU Bakersfield	So.	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.	Real Woods	Stanford	Jr.	NR
5.	Stevan Micic	Michigan	Gr.	4th
6.	Ian Parker	Iowa State	Sr.	5th
7.	Andrew Alirez	Northern Colorado	RSFr.	7th
8.	Kizhan Clark	North Carolina	Gr.	8th
9.	Chad Red	Nebraska	Sr.	9th
10.	Allan Hart	Missouri	Jr.	10th
11.	Clay Carlson	South Dakota State	So.	6th
12.	Grant Willits	Oregon State	Jr.	12th
13.	Dresden Simon	Central Michigan	Sr.	11th
14.	Jesse Vasquez	Arizona State	Fr.	14th
15.	Dylan D’Emilio	Ohio State	So.	13th
16.	Jake Bergeland	Minnesota	Sr.	17th
17.	Ryan Jack	NC State	Fr.	18th
18.	Matt Kasimir	Columbia	Jr.	19th
19.	Carter Young	Oklahoma State	Fr.	NR
20.	Cayden Rooks	Indiana	So.	20th

149 pounds

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

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.	Quincy Monday	Princeton	Jr.	4th
5.	Brayton Lee	Minnesota	Jr.	5th
6.	Peyton Robb	Nebraska	So.	6th
7.	Austin O’Connor	North Carolina	Jr.	7th
8.	Jared Franek	North Dakota State	Jr.	8th
9.	Wyatt Sheets	Oklahoma State	Sr.	12th
10.	Jacob Wright	Wyoming	Sr.	10th
11.	Kendall Coleman	Purdue	Jr.	11th
12.	Will Lewan	Michigan	So.	13th
13.	Josh Humphreys	Lehigh	Jr.	18th
14.	Ed Scott	NC State	Fr.	NR
15.	Kaleb Young	Iowa	Sr.	9th
16.	Jarrett Jacques	Missouri	Jr.	15th
17.	Connor Brady	Virginia Tech	Fr.	14th
18.	Justin Thomas	Oklahoma	Gr.	16th
19.	Johnny Lovett	Central Michigan	RSFr.	17th
20.	Andrew Cerniglia	Navy	So.	20th

165 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Evan Wick	Cal Poly	Sr.	1st
2.	Keegan O’Toole	Missouri	RSFr.	3rd
3.	Alex Marinelli	Iowa	Sr.	2nd
4.	Shane Griffith	Stanford	Jr.	4th
5.	Travis Wittlake	Oklahoma State	Jr.	5th
6.	Carson Kharchla	Ohio State	RSFr.	6th
7.	Dean Hamiti	Wisconsin	Fr.	17th
8.	Anthony Valencia	Arizona State	Gr.	8th
9.	Julian Ramirez	Cornell	Fr.	9th
10.	Cameron Amine	Michigan	RSFr.	10th
11.	Jake Wentzel	Pitt	Sr.	7th
12.	Peyton Hall	West Virginia	So.	16th
13.	Phillip Conigliaro	Harvard	Jr.	13th
14.	Luke Weber	North Dakota State	Sr.	12th
15.	Josh Ogunsanya	Columbia	So.	15th
16.	Izzak Olejnik	Northern Illinois	So.	19th
17.	Cole Moody	Wyoming	So.	18th
18.	Zach Hartman	Bucknell	Sr.	14th
19.	Justin McCoy	Virginia	So.	20^th
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.	Mikey Labriola	Nebraska	Sr.	4th
5.	Hayden Hidlay	NC State	Sr.	5th
6.	Ethan Smith	Ohio State	Sr.	6th
7.	Austin Murphy	Campbell	Jr.	7th
8	Chris Foca	Cornell	So.	8th
9.	Dustin Plott	Oklahoma State	So.	9th
10.	Jackson Turley	Rutgers	So.	10th
11.	Adam Kemp	Cal Poly	So.	11th
12.	Ben Pasiuk	Army	So.	12th
13.	Cade Devos	South Dakota State	So.	15th
14.	Peyton Mocco	Missouri	So.	20th
15.	Matt Finesilver	Duke	Sr.	13th
16.	Hayden Hastings	Wyoming	Sr.	16th
17.	Michael O’Malley	Drexel	Jr.	17th
18.	Jackson Hemauer	Northern Colorado	Jr.	18th
19.	Jacob Oliver	Edinboro	Jr.	19^th
20.	Thomas Flitz	Appalachian State	Sr.	NR

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.	Kyle Cochran	Maryland	Sr.	NR
9.	Trey Munoz	Oregon State	RSFr.	NR
10.	Jonathan Loew	Cornell	Jr.	16th
11.	Hunter Bolen	Virginia Tech	Jr.	9th
12.	Kaleb Romero	Ohio State	Sr.	11th
13.	Donnell Washington	Indiana	Jr.	13th
14.	Tate Samuelson	Wyoming	Sr.	14th
15.	Jeremiah Kent	Missouri	So.	10th
16.	Marcus Coleman	Iowa State	Jr.	12th
17.	Taylor Venz	Nebraska	Sr.	15th
18.	Zac Braunagel	Illinois	So.	18th
19.	Brit Wilson	Northern Illinois	Jr.	8^th
20.	Travis Stefanik	Princeton	Jr.	17th

197 pounds

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

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.	Jordan Wood	Lehigh	Sr.	7th
8.	Matt Stencel	Central Michigan	Sr.	8th
9.	Wyatt Hendrickson	Air Force	So.	9th
10.	Nathan Traxler	Virginia Tech	Sr.	10th
11.	Gary Traub	Oregon State	Gr.	11th
12.	Christian Lance	Nebraska	Sr.	12th
13.	Yaraslau Slavikouski	Harvard	Jr.	13th
14.	Tate Orndorff	Ohio State	Sr.	14th
15.	Zach Elam	Missouri	So.	15th
16.	Brian Andrews	Wyoming	Sr.	16th
17.	Lucas Davison	Northwestern	So.	17th
18.	Carter Isley	Northern Iowa	Sr.	18th
19.	Luke Luffman	Illinois	So.	19th
20.	Lewis Fernandes	Cornell	So.	20th

Penn State is the new No. 1 in WIN’s Jan. 4 TPI and Rankings

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