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WIN's Jan. 24 rankings preview battle between No. 1 Penn State and No. 2 Iowa this weekend

by Mike Finn, WIN Magazine

NEWTON, Iowa — The highly-expected meeting between Penn State and Iowa will finally happen this Friday in Iowa City. The Big Ten Conference dual meet between the No. 1 Nittany Lions and No. 2 Hawkeyes will feature 19 ranked wrestlers from WIN Magazine’s Jan. 24 rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

 

Penn State is rated No. 1 in WIN’s Dual Rankings with a 13-0 record and Tournament Power Index with 115.5 points, while Iowa (12-0) is ranked second with 84.5 points. The Nittany Lions, which won eight NCAA titles over a nine-year period (2011-19), finished second to Iowa at the 2021 NCAA Championships last March. Rankings are through Jan. 23, 2022 results.

 

WIN’s Tournament Power Index predicts 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 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.

 

This year’s dual should feature five head-to-head meetings between wrestlers ranked in the Top 5 in respective weights in WIN’s rankings. The following are projected matchups of ranked wrestlers:

 

Weight

#1 Penn State

#2 Iowa

125

#8 - Drew Hildebrandt, Sr.

#14 - Drake Ayala, Fr.

133

#1 - Roman Bravo-Young, Jr.

#3 – Austin DeSanto, Sr.

141

#1 – Nick Lee, Sr.

#2 – Jaydin Eierman, Sr.

149

#17 – Beau Bartlett, RSFr.

#10 – Max Murin, Sr.

165

#11 – Brady Berge, Sr.

#5 – Alex Marinelli, Sr.

174

#1 – Carter Starocci, RSFr.

#2 – Michael Kemerer, Gr.

184

#1 – Aaron Brooks, So.

#15 – Abe Assad, So.

197

#3 – Max Dean, Jr.

#4 – Jacob Warner, Sr.

Hwt

#3 – Greg Kerkvliet, RSFr.

#5 – Tony Cassioppi, Jr.

 

Meanwhile, the top-ranked wrestlers at each weight remain the same, including at heavyweight, where Minnesota’s No. 1 Gable Steveson is expected to meet Michigan’s No. 4 Mason Parris this Friday. This would be a rematch of the 2021 NCAA final which the Gopher won.

 

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 24 Tournament Power Index

Rk

School

Total Rank

Top 8

TPI Points

1.

Penn State

9

7

115.5

2.

Iowa

10

6

84.5

3.

Oklahoma State

9

6

74

4.

Michigan

9

6

71

5.

Arizona State

7

6

70.5

6.

NC State

9

4

54.5

7.

Nebraska

7

5

49

8t.

Cornell

6

2

47

8t.

Ohio State

8

4

47

10.

Northwestern

5

3

36.5

11.

Stanford

3

3

36

12.

Virginia Tech

7

3

35.5

13.

Iowa State

5

2

35

14.

Minnesota

5

2

34.5

15.

Missouri

8

2

33.5

16.

Cal Poly

3

2

32

17.

North Carolina

4

2

22.5

18.

Princeton

3

2

20

19.

Rutgers

4

1

18.5

20.

Lehigh

4

1

14

21t.

Northern Iowa

2

1

13.5

21t.

Oregon State

6

1

13.5

23.

Wyoming

6

1

13

24.

Appalachian State

1

1

12.5

25.

Wisconsin

4

1

12

26.

West Virginia

2

1

10.5

27.

Central Michigan

3

1

9.5

28.

Northern Colorado

1

1

9

29.

Illinois

3

1

8.5

30.

Purdue

4

0

6

31.

Air Force

1

1

5.5

32.

Oklahoma

4

0

5

33.

South Dakota State

3

0

4.5

34t.

Michigan State

2

0

4

34t.

North Dakota State

3

0

4

34t.

Penn

3

0

4

37t.

Army-West Point

2

0

3.5

37t.

Campbell

2

0

3.5

39t.

Duke

2

0

3

39t.

Harvard

2

0

3

39t.

Indiana

2

0

3

42t.

Columbia

2

0

2.5

42t.

Northern Illinois

2

0

2.5

42t.

Utah Valley

2

0

2.5

45t.

Maryland

1

0

2

45t.

Virginia

1

0

2

47t.

Binghamton

1

0

1.5

47t.

Drexel

1

0

1.5

49t.

Bucknell

1

0

1

49t.

Chattanooga

1

0

1

49t.

CSU Bakersfield

1

0

1

 

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 24 Dual Rankings

Rk

School

W-L

Prev.

Upcoming Action This Week

1.

Penn State

13-0

1st

at Iowa (1/28)

2.

Iowa

11-0

2nd

vs. Penn State (1/28)

3.

Oklahoma State

10-0

3rd

vs. Northern Iowa (1/29), vs. Iowa State (1/30)

4.

NC State

7-1

4th

at Duke (1/28)

5.

Michigan

6-1

5th

vs. Minnesota (1/28), at Maryland (1/30)

6.

Missouri

7-3

6th

at Utah Valley with Wyoming (1/29)

7.

Ohio State

6-2

8th

off until Feb. 4 (at Penn State)

8.

Iowa State

9-1

13th

at Oklahoma (1/28), at Oklahoma State (1/30)

9.

Virginia Tech

5-4

9th

at Pitt (1/28)

10.

Minnesota

3-3

10th

at Michigan (1/28)

11.

Nebraska

5-2

11th

off until Feb. 4 (Michigan)

12.

Cornell

6-2

12th

vs. Columbia & Navy (2/29)

13.

Wisconsin

8-1

7th

at Maryland (1/28)

14.

Arizona State

4-3

14th

at Cal Poly (1/24), vs. Oregon State (1/30)

15.

Michigan State

8-2

20th

off until Feb. 4 (at Maryland)

16.

South Dakota State

9-2

21st

vs. West Virginia (1/28)

17.

Lehigh

8-5

16th

off until Feb. 4 (Penn)

18.

Princeton

2-2

17th

at Harvard (1/28), at Brown (1/29)

19.

Pittsburgh

6-3

19th

vs. Virginia Tech (1/28)

20.

Purdue

8-4

18th

at Indiana (1/29)

21.

Rutgers

12-4

15th

off until Feb. 3 (Rider)

22.

Northwestern

2-4

22nd

at Illinois (1/29)

23.

Northern Iowa

3-5

23rd

at Oklahoma State (1/29), at Oklahoma (1/30)

24.

Oklahoma

6-3

24th

vs. Iowa State (1/28), vs. Northern Iowa (1/30)

25.

Illinois

2-3

25th

vs. Northwestern (1/29)

 

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 24 Individual Rankings

 

125 pounds

Rk.

Name

School

Year

Previous

1.

Vito Arujau

Cornell

So.

1st

2.

Nick Suriano

Michigan

Sr.

2nd

3.

Pat Glory

Princeton

Jr.

3rd

4.

Brandon Courtney

Arizona State

Jr.

4th

5.

Trevor Mastrogiovani

Oklahoma State

So.

6th

6.

Killian Cardinale

West Virginia

Sr.

5th

7.

Michael DeAugustino

Northwestern

Jr.

7th

8.

Drew Hildebrandt

Penn State

Sr.

8th

9.

Eric Barnett

Wisconsin

Jr.

9th

10.

Patrick McKee

Minnesota

Sr.

10th

11.

Brandon Kaylor

Oregon State

So.

11th

12.

Jakob Camacho

NC State

So.

13th

13.

Taylor Lamont

Utah Valley

Jr.

14th

14.

Drake Ayala

Iowa

Fr.

12th

15.

Malik Heinselman

Ohio State

Sr.

18th

16.

Devin Schroeder

Purdue

Sr.

15th

17.

Noah Surtin

Missouri

So.

16th

18.

Brody Teske

Northern Iowa

So.

17th

19.

Sam Latona

Virginia Tech

RSFr.

20th

20.

Jaret Lane

Lehigh

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.

Michael McGee

Arizona State

Sr.

5th

5.

Chris Cannon

Northwestern

So.

4th

6.

Korbin Myers

Virginia Tech

Gr.

6th

7.

Lucas Byrd

Illinois

RSFr.

8th

8.

Dylan Ragusin

Michigan

So.

7th

9.

Michael Colaiocco

Penn

So.

10th

10.

Rayvon Foley

Michigan State

Jr.

9th

11.

Jamie Hernandez

North Carolina

Jr.

11th

12.

Malyke Hines

Lehigh

Fr.

12th

13.

Micky Phillippi

Pitt

Jr.

13th

14.

Brock Hudkins

Indiana

Gr.

NR

15.

Tony Madrigal

Oklahoma

Sr.

15th

16.

Devin Turner

Oregon State

Sr.

16th

17.

Haiden Drury

Utah Valley

Fr.

17th

18.

Kai Orine

NC State

Fr.

18th

19.

Chance Rich

CSU Bakersfield

So.

19th

20.

Brayden Palmer

Chattanooga

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.

4th

5.

Ian Parker

Iowa State

Sr.

5th

6.

Andrew Alirez

Northern Colorado

RSFr.

6th

7.

Kizhan Clark

North Carolina

Gr.

7th

8.

Chad Red

Nebraska

Sr.

8th

9.

Allan Hart

Missouri

Jr.

9th

10.

Stevan Micic

Michigan

Gr.

10th

11.

Dresden Simon

Central Michigan

Sr.

13th

12.

Clay Carlson

South Dakota State

So.

11th

13.

Grant Willits

Oregon State

Jr.

12th

14.

Dylan D’Emilio

Ohio State

So.

14th

15.

Cole Matthews

Pitt

Jr.

15th

16.

Jake Bergeland

Minnesota

Sr.

16th

17.

Matt Kasimir

Columbia

Jr.

18th

18.

C.J. Composto

Penn

So.

19th

19.

Carter Young

Oklahoma State

Fr.

20th

20.

Ryan Jack

NC State

Fr.

17th

 

                                                                                                                               

149 pounds

Rk.

Name

School

Yr.

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.

Jaden Abas

Stanford

So.

5th

6.

Kyle Parco

Arizona State

So.

6th

7.

Bryce Andonian

Virginia Tech

So.

7th

8.

Ridge Lovett

Nebraska

So.

8th

9.

Austin Gomez

Wisconsin

Jr.

16th

10.

Max Murin

Iowa

Sr.

12th

11.

Yahya Thomas

Northwestern

Gr.

9th

12.

Josh Finesilver

Duke

Jr.

10th

13.

P.J. Ogunsanya

Army-West Point

Sr.

13th

14.

Jarrett Degen

Iowa State

Sr.

14th

15.

Josh Heil

Campbell

Sr.

15th

16.

Kaden Gfeller

Oklahoma State

Sr.

18th

17.

Beau Bartlett

Penn State

RSFr.

17th

18.

Mike VanBrill

Rutgers

Sr.

NR

19.

Dom Demas

Oklahoma

Sr.

NR

20.

Anthony Artalona

Penn

Jr.

19th

 

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.

Austin O’Connor

North Carolina

Jr.

4th

5.

Brayton Lee

Minnesota

Jr.

5th

6.

Peyton Robb

Nebraska

So.

6th

7.

Ed Scott

NC State

Fr.

7th

8.

Quincy Monday

Princeton

Jr.

8th

9.

Josh Humphreys

Lehigh

Jr.

13th

10.

Jared Franek

North Dakota State

Jr.

10th

11.

Wyatt Sheets

Oklahoma State

Sr.

9th

12.

Kendall Coleman

Purdue

Jr.

12th

13.

Jacob Wright

Wyoming

Sr.

11th

14.

Will Lewan

Michigan

So.

14th

15.

Kaleb Young

Iowa

Sr.

15th

16.

Connor Brady

Virginia Tech

Fr.

17th

17.

Justin Thomas

Oklahoma

Gr.

18th

18.

Jarrett Jacques

Missouri

Jr.

16th

19.

Johnny Lovett

Central Michigan

RSFr.

19th

20.

Hunter Willits

Oregon State

Jr.

NR

 

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.

4th

4.

Carson Kharchla

Ohio State

RSFr.

6th

5.

Alex Marinelli

Iowa

Sr.

3rd

6.

Travis Wittlake

Oklahoma State

Jr.

5th

7.

Dean Hamiti

Wisconsin

Fr.

7th

8.

Anthony Valencia

Arizona State

Gr.

8th

9.

Julian Ramirez

Cornell

Fr.

9th

10.

Jake Wentzel

Pitt

Sr.

11th

11.

Brady Berge

Penn State

Sr.

NR

12.

Cameron Amine

Michigan

RSFr.

10th

13.

Peyton Hall

West Virginia

So

13th

14.

Phillip Conigliaro

Harvard

Jr.

12th

15.

Josh Ogunsanya

Columbia

So.

15th

16.

Izzak Olejnik

Northern Illinois

So.

16th

17.

Zach Hartman

Bucknell

Sr.

17th

18.

Luke Weber

North Dakota State

Sr.

14th

19.

Thomas Bullard

NC State

Gr.

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.

Hayden Hidlay

NC State

Sr.

4th

5.

Mikey Labriola

Nebraska

Sr.

6th

6.

Logan Massa

Michigan

Gr.

5th

7.

Ethan Smith

Ohio State

Sr.

7th

8.

Dustin Plott

Oklahoma State

So.

8th

9.

Austin Murphy

Campbell

Jr.

9th

10.

Adam Kemp

Cal Poly

So.

10th

11.

Chris Foca

Cornell

So.

11th

12.

Ben Pasiuk

Army

So.

12th

13.

Hayden Hastings

Wyoming

Sr.

16th

14.

Peyton Mocco

Missouri

So.

14th

15.

Clay Lautt

North Carolina

Gr.

20th

16.

Michael O’Malley

Drexel

Jr.

17th

17.

Matt Finesilver

Duke

Sr.

15th

18.

Gerrit Nijenhuis

Purdue

So.

18th

19.

Bailey O’Reilly

Minnesota

Sr.

19th

20.

Cade Devos

South Dakota State

So.

13th

 

                       

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.

Dakota Geer

Oklahoma State

Sr.

7th

7.

Kaleb Romero

Ohio State

Sr.

11th

8.

Trey Munoz

Oregon State

RSFr.

9th

9.

Kyle Cochran

Maryland

Sr.

8th

10.

Hunter Bolen

Virginia Tech

Jr.

10th

11.

John Poznanski

Rutgers

RSFr.

6th

12.

Jonathan Loew

Cornell

Jr.

12th

13.

Marcus Coleman

Iowa State

Jr.

14th

14.

Donnell Washington

Indiana

Jr.

13th

15.

Abe Assad

Iowa

So.

16th

16.

Tate Samuelson

Wyoming

Sr.

17th

17.

Taylor Venz

Nebraska

Sr.

18th

18.

Zac Braunagel

Illinois

So.

19th

19.

Brit Wilson

Northern Illinois

Jr.

20th

20.

Jeremiah Kent

Missouri

So.

15th

 

 

197 pounds

Rk.

Name

School

Yr.

Previous

1.

A.J. Ferrari

Oklahoma State

RSFr.

1st

2.

Eric Schultz

Nebraska

Sr.

5th

3.

Max Dean

Penn State

Jr.

3rd

4.

Jacob Warner

Iowa

Sr.

4th

5.

Rocky Elam

Missouri

RSFr.

2nd

6.

Patrick Brucki

Michigan

Sr.

6th

7.

Stephan Buchanan

Wyoming

Jr.

7th

8.

Nino Bonaccorsi

Pitt

Jr.

9th

9.

Yonger Bastida

Iowa State

So.

10th

10.

Cameron Caffey

Michigan State

Sr.

14th

11.

Greg Bulsak

Rutgers

Sr.

8th

12.

Jay Aiello

Virginia

Sr.

11th

13.

Lou Deprez

Binghamton

Jr.

13th

14.

Kordell Norfleet

Arizona State

Gr.

12th

15.

Jake Woodley

Oklahoma

Sr.

15th

16.

Thomas Penola

Purdue

Jr.

16th

17.

Luke Stout

Princeton

Fr.

17th

18.

Owen Pentz

North Dakota State

So.

18th

19.

Gavin Hoffman

Ohio State

So.

19th

20.

Isaac Trumble

NC State

RSFr.

20th

 

Heavyweight

Rk.

Name

School

Yr.

Previous

1.

Gable Steveson

Minnesota

Jr.

1st

2.

Cohlton Schultz

Arizona State

RSFr.

3rd

3.

Greg Kerkvliet

Penn State

RSFr.

4th

4.

Mason Parris

Michigan

Jr.

2nd

5.

Tony Cassioppi

Iowa

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.

13th

10.

Nathan Traxler

Virginia Tech

Sr.

10th

11.

Gary Traub

Oregon State

Gr.

11th

12.

Christian Lance

Nebraska

Sr.

12th

13.

Trent Hillger

Wisconsin

Sr.

9th

14.

Yaraslau Slavikouski

Harvard

Jr.

14th

15.

Tate Orndorff

Ohio State

Sr.

15th

16.

A.J. Nevills

South Dakota State

So.

NR

17.

Brian Andrews

Wyoming

Sr.

17th

18.

Zach Elam

Missouri

So.

16th

19.

Luke Luffman

Illinois

So.

19th

20.

Lewis Fernandes

Cornell

So.

20th


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