Photo: Cornell’s Yianni Diakomihalis (right), who has not competed in an NCAA Division I Championships since 2019 when he captured a second national title, is picked to win a third championship at 149 pounds next week in Detroit, Mich. Photo courtesy of WIN Magazine

NEWTON, Iowa — The qualifying tournaments are complete and it’s time to predict which team and individuals will perform the best at the 2022 NCAA Division I Championships that will be held March 17-19 in Detroit, Mich.

With that in mind, WIN Magazine is predicting that Penn State will win its first team championship since 2019 with the Nittany Lions followed by Michigan, Iowa, Arizona State and NC State, based on WIN’s Tournament Power Index.

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.

Unlike the regular-season rankings, this final rating predicts which wrestlers will win an individual championship and who will place among the Top 8 in their weight class to earn All-American honors.

Among the ten individual weight classes, WIN is predicting that two of Penn State’s defending national champs — Roman Bravo-Young (133) and Carter Starocci (174) — as well as Iowa State’s David Carr (157) and Minnesota’s Gable Steveson (Hwt) will repeat in this year’s tournament that will be held in Little Caesars Arena.

Meanwhile, WIN is predicting that Cornell’s Yianni Diakomihalis, who missed the last two national tournaments, will capture his third national championship at 149 pounds and will be joined on the individual championship stand by teammate and fellow EIWA champion Vito Arujau at 125 pounds.

The remaining four champions are expected to be Rutgers’ Sebastian Rivera (141), Cal Poly’s Evan Wick (165), Michigan’s Myles Amine (184) and Wyoming’s Stephan Buchanan. (197).

WIN Magazine’s 2022 NCAA Div. I Tournament Power Index (TPI) and Prediction

Rk.	School	Total Rank	Top 8	TPI Pts
1.	Penn State	9	6	105.5
2.	Michigan	9	7	73
3.	Iowa	9	6	72.5
4.	Arizona State	7	5	67.5
5.	NC State	9	4	56.5
6t.	Cornell	6	2	46
6t.	Ohio State	8	4	46
8.	Virginia Tech	6	4	42.5
9.	Iowa State	7	3	40
10.	Nebraska	7	4	39.5
11.	Missouri	8	3	33
12t.	Cal Poly	4	2	32
12t.	Minnesota	4	2	32
14.	Stanford	3	2	30.5
15.	Oklahoma State	7	2	28.5
16.	Princeton	4	2	28
17.	Northwestern	5	2	27.5
18.	Wisconsin	4	3	25
19.	Wyoming	4	1	23.5
20.	Rutgers	3	1	23
21.	Northern Iowa	5	1	19.5
22.	West Virginia	2	2	16.5
23.	Pitt	4	1	16
24.	Appalachian State	3	1	14.5
25.	South Dakota State	4	1	14
26.	Illinois	3	1	12.5
27.	Northern Colorado	1	1	10
28t.	Air Force	1	1	9
28t.	North Carolina	4	1	10.5

30t.	Central Michigan	3	1	8.5
30t.	Michigan State	3	1	8.5
30t.	Oregon State	5	0	8.5
30t.	Oklahoma	5	0	8.5
34t.	Penn	3	0	4.5
34t.	Purdue	3	0	4.5
36.	Virginia	3	0	4
37t.	Columbia	2	0	3
37t.	Duke	2	0	3
37t.	Northern Illinois	2	0	3
37t.	Utah Valley	2	0	3
40.	Army-West Point	2	0	2.5
41t.	Harvard	1	0	2
41t.	Bucknell	1	0	2
41t.	Campbell	1	0	2
41t.	Drexel	1	0	2
41t.	Maryland	1	0	2
46t.	Binghamton	1	0	1.5
46t.	CSU Bakersfield	1	0	1.5
48t.	Chattanooga	1	0	1
48t.	Indiana	1	0	1
48t.	Navy	1	0	1

WIN Magazine’s 2022 Pre-NCAA Individual Predictions

125 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Year	Previous
1.	Vito Arujau	Cornell	So.	3rd
2.	Nick Suriano	Michigan	Sr.	1st
3.	Pat Glory	Princeton	Jr.	2nd
4.	Brandon Courtney	Arizona State	Jr.	4th
5.	Killian Cardinale	West Virginia	Sr.	6th
6.	Patrick McKee	Minnesota	Sr.	13th
7.	Eric Barnett	Wisconsin	Jr.	8th
8.	Michael DeAugustino	Northwestern	Jr.	9th
9.	Brandon Kaylor	Oregon State	So.	10th
10.	Jakob Camacho	NC State	So.	12th
11.	Malik Heinselman	Ohio State	Sr.	11th
12.	Trevor Mastrogiovani	Oklahoma State	So.	16th
13.	Drew Hildebrandt	Penn State	Sr.	5th
14.	Devin Schroder	Purdue	Sr.	7th
15.	Taylor Lamont	Utah Valley	Jr.	15th
16.	Brody Teske	Northern Iowa	So.	19th
17.	Drake Ayala	Iowa	Fr.	14th
18.	Noah Surtin	Missouri	So.	17th
19.	Sam Latona	Virginia Tech	RSFr.	20th
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.	Michael McGee	Arizona State	Sr.	4th
5.	Lucas Byrd	Illinois	RSFr.	6th
6.	Korbin Myers	Virginia Tech	Gr.	5th
7.	Dylan Ragusin	Michigan	So.	10th
8.	Rayvon Foley	Michigan State	Jr.	7th
9.	Micky Phillippi	Pitt	Jr.	11th
10.	Chris Cannon	Northwestern	So.	8th
11.	Michael Colaiocco	Penn	So.	9th
12.	Kyle Biscoglia	Northern Iowa	So.	16th
13.	Ramazan Attasauov	Iowa State	So.	17th
14.	Haiden Drury	Utah Valley	Fr.	13th
15.	Devin Turner	Oregon State	Sr.	14th
16.	Chance Rich	CSU Bakersfield	So.	NR
17.	Codi Russell	Appalachian State	Sr.	NR
18.	Kai Orine	NC State	RSFr.	NR
19.	Brayden Palmer	Chattanooga	So.	19th
20.	Brock Hudkins	Indiana	Gr.	12th

141 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Sebastian Rivera	Rutgers	Gr.	3rd
2.	Nick Lee	Penn State	Sr.	1st
3.	Real Woods	Stanford	Jr.	6th
4.	Jaydin Eierman	Iowa	Sr.	2nd
5.	Andrew Alirez	Northern Colorado	RSFr.	10th
6.	Clay Carlson	South Dakota St.	So.	9th
7.	Allan Hart	Missouri	Jr.	12th
8.	Chad Red	Nebraska	Sr.	4th
9.	Dresden Simon	Central Michigan	Sr.	5th
10.	Cole Matthews	Pitt	Jr.	13th
11.	Grant Willits	Oregon State	Jr.	11th
12.	Jake Bergeland	Minnesota	Sr.	15th
13.	Kizhan Clark	North Carolina	Gr.	8th
14.	Ryan Jack	NC State	Fr.	20th
15.	Matt Kasimir	Columbia	Jr.	17th
16.	C.J. Composto	Penn	So.	18th
17.	Ian Parker	Iowa State	Sr.	7th
18.	Stevan Micic	Michigan	Gr.	16th
19.	Dylan D’Emilio	Ohio State	So.	14th
20.	Carter Young	Oklahoma State	Fr.	19th

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.	Austin Gomez	Wisconsin	Jr.	9th
8.	Ridge Lovett	Nebraska	So.	7th
9.	Max Murin	Iowa	Sr.	10th
10.	Josh Heil	Campbell	Sr.	14th
11.	Yahya Thomas	Northwestern	Gr.	11th
12.	Mike VanBrill	Rutgers	Sr.	15th
13.	Kaden Gfeller	Oklahoma State	Sr.	16th
14.	Beau Bartlett	Penn State	RSFr.	17th
15.	P.J. Ogunsanya	Army-West Point	Sr.	13th
16.	Josh Finesilver	Duke	Jr.	12th
17.	Willie McDougald	Oklahoma	RSFr.	18th
18.	Jaden Abas	Stanford	So.	8th
19.	Anthony Artalona	Penn	Jr.	20th
20.	Legend Lamer	Cal Poly	RSFr.	NR

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

165 pounds

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

174 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Carter Starocci	Penn State	RSFr	1st
2.	Mekhi Lewis	Virginia Tech	So.	3rd
3.	Hayden Hidlay	NC State	Sr.	4th
4.	Logan Massa	Michigan	Gr.	5th
5.	Mikey Labriola	Nebraska	Sr.	6th
6.	Michael Kemerer	Iowa	Gr.	2nd
7.	Ethan Smith	Ohio State	Sr.	7th
8.	Dustin Plott	Oklahoma State	So.	10th
9.	Clay Lautt	North Carolina	Gr.	11th
10.	Peyton Mocco	Missouri	So.	15th
11.	Michael O’Malley	Drexel	Jr.	16th
12.	Cade Devos	South Dakota State	So.	NR
13.	Anthony Mantanona	Oklahoma	Jr.	19th
14.	Matt Finesilver	Duke	Sr.	17th
15.	Lance Runyon	Northern Iowa	RSFr.	20th
16.	Chris Foca	Cornell	So.	14th
17.	Bailey O’Reilly	Minnesota	Sr.	18th
18.	Adam Kemp	Cal Poly	So.	13th
19.	Hayden Hastings	Wyoming	Sr.	12th
20.	Ben Pasiuk	Army	So.	9th

184 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Myles Amine	Michigan	Gr.	3rd
2.	Aaron Brooks	Penn State	So.	1st
3.	Trent Hidlay	NC State	So.	2nd
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.	Hunter Bolen	Virginia Tech	Jr.	12th
9.	Trey Munoz	Oregon State	RSFr.	9th
10.	Jonathan Loew	Cornell	Jr.	10th
11.	Kyle Cochran	Maryland	Sr.	15th
12.	Keegan Moore	Oklahoma	Sr.	14th
13.	Dakota Geer	Oklahoma State	Sr.	8th
14.	Jeremiah Kent	Missouri	So.	NR
15.	Brit Wilson	Northern Illinois	Jr.	19th
16.	Gavin Kane	North Carolina	RSFr.	NR
17.	Zac Braunagel	Illinois	So.	NR
18.	Tate Samuelson	Wyoming	Sr.	17th
19.	Taylor Venz	Nebraska	Sr.	16th
20.	Travis Stefanik	Princeton	Jr.	NR

197 pounds

Rk.	Name	School	Yr.	Previous
1.	Stephan Buchanan	Wyoming	Jr.	3rd
2.	Max Dean	Penn State	Jr.	2nd
3.	Eric Schultz	Nebraska	Sr.	1st
4.	Patrick Brucki	Michigan	Sr.	7th
5.	Nino Bonaccorsi	Pitt	Jr.	9th
6.	Yonger Bastida	Iowa State	So.	6th
7.	Jacob Warner	Iowa	Sr.	4th
8.	Rocky Elam	Missouri	RSFr.	8th
9.	Tanner Sloan	South Dakota State	Jr.	10th
10.	Cameron Caffey	Michigan State	Sr.	5th
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.	Kordell Norfleet	Arizona State	Gr.	16th
16.	Thomas Penola	Purdue	Jr.	17th
17.	Greg Bulsak	Rutgers	Sr.	15th
18.	Owen Pentz	North Dakota State	So.	18th
19.	Gavin Hoffman	Ohio State	Jr.	NR
20.	Luke Stout	Princeton	Fr.	NR

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.	Wyatt Hendrickson	Air Force	So.	8th
7.	Jordan Wood	Lehigh	Sr.	6th
8.	Matt Stencel	Central Michigan	Sr.	7th
9.	Lucas Davison	Northwestern	So.	9th
10.	Nathan Traxler	Virginia Tech	Sr.	13th
11.	Trent Hillger	Wisconsin	Sr.	10th
12.	Christian Lance	Nebraska	Sr.	12th
13.	Tate Orndorff	Ohio State	Sr.	14th
14.	Luke Luffman	Illinois	So.	18th
15.	Zach Elam	Missouri	So.	15th
16.	Lewis Fernandes	Cornell	So.	16th
17.	Sam Schuyler	Iowa State	Sr.	17th
18.	Luke Surber	Oklahoma State	So.	NR
19.	A.J. Nevills	South Dakota State	Sr.	NR
20.	Quinn Miller	Virginia	Gr.	NR

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