NEWTON, Iowa — Penn State, Iowa and Arizona State have been tabbed as the top three programs in WIN Magazine’s 2023 Pre-season Tournament Power Index and Individual Rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

WIN’s Tournament Power Index is a tally of potential NCAA placement points based on where wrestlers are ranked in the pre-season. This year’s NCAA Championships will take place, March 16-18, in Tulsa, Okla. The following is a point breakdown of the TPI, based on a wrestler’s ranking: 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 Nittany Lions — the 2022 defending champs — feature six ranked wrestlers in WIN’s ratings. That includes four defending national champions: Roman Bravo-Young (133 pounds), Carter Starocci (174), Aaron Brooks (184) and Max Dean (197). Along with Beau Bartlett (17th at 141) and Greg Kerkvliet (3rd at heavyweight), Penn State earned 97 TPI points.

Iowa edged Arizona State by a 2.5-point margin (74.5-72) for second and third place in the pre-season TPI. The Hawkeyes and Sun Devils finished third and fourth, respectively, in the 2022 NCAAs.

The Hawkeyes have eight ranked wrestlers, including five rated in the Top 8 of their weights, which would earn them All-American honors at the NCAAs. That included three-time NCAA champion Spencer Lee (ranked No. 1 at 125), who missed last season because of injury, as well as 2022 NCAA finalist Jacob Warner (2nd at 197), All-American Anthony Cassioppi (4th at Hwt), Stanford-transfer Real Woods (2nd at 141) and Max Murin (7th at 149).

The Sun Devils also have eight ranked wrestlers, five in the Top 8. That includes heavyweight Cohlton Schultz, who finished second in the 2022 NCAAs and is the top-ranked heavyweight in the pre-season rankings with 2022 Hodge winner Gable Steveson of Minnesota opting out at this point of his last year of eligibility to wrestle professionally. Other returning All-Americans include Brandon Courtney (ranked sixth at 125), Michael McGee (3rd at 133), Kyle Parco (6th at 149) and Jacori Teemer (2nd at 157).

Eight former champions are ranked in WIN’s pre-season rankings, including Cornell Yianni Diakomihalis (149), who is also shooting for a fourth all-time NCAA title. Meanwhile, 165 pounds features three former national champions: Missouri’s defending champ Keegan O’Toole, Stanford’s Shane Griffith (who won in 2021 and finished second in 2022) and Iowa State’s David Carr (the 157-pound champ in 2021 who has moved up a weight).

Weight classes are subject to change and WIN will update its pre-season rankings on Nov. 1.

WIN’s 2022-23 NCAA Div. I Preseason Tournament Power Index (TPI)

Rk.	School	Total Rank	Top 8	TPI Pts
1.	Penn State	6	5	97
2.	Iowa	8	5	74.5
3.	Arizona State	8	5	72
4.	Missouri	7	5	53.5
5.	Cornell	7	4	52.5
6.	Minnesota	7	3	49
7.	Michigan	7	4	47
8.	Nebraska	4	3	43.5
9.	Ohio State	8	3	43
10.	Oklahoma State	7	2	39
11.	Iowa State	6	3	36.5
12.	Northwestern	5	3	36
13.	Wisconsin	6	5	35.5
14.	Pitt	4	3	33.5
15.	Virginia Tech	3	3	31.5
16.	NC State	7	2	28
17.	North Carolina	5	2	26.5
18.	Penn	7	2	25
19t.	Northern Iowa	6	1	24
19t.	Princeton	4	2	24
21.	Stanford	3	1	19
22.	Lehigh	6	2	17.5
23.	Wyoming	3	1	17
24t.	Cal Poly	3	1	15.5
24t.	Illinois	3	1	15.5
26.	Oregon State	3	2	13.5
27.	South Dakota Sate	4	1	13
28t.	Appalachian State	2	1	11
28t.	Rutgers	4	1	11
30.	Utah Valley	2	1	10.5
31.	Northern Colorado	1	1	10
32.	West Virginia	3	1	9.5
33t.	Air Force	1	1	9
33t.	Michigan State	4	1	9
35.	Oklahoma	5	0	8
36	Purdue`	4	0	7.5
37.	North Dakota State	4	0	6
38.	Drexel	1	1	5.5
39.	Columbia	2	0	3.5
40t.	Campbell	3	0	3
40t.	Rider	2	0	3
40t.	Virginia	3	0	3
43t.	Central Michigan	2	0	2
43t.	CS Bakersfield	1	0	2
43t	Harvard	1	0	2
43t	Lock Haven	2	0	2
43t	Navy	2	0	2
48t.	Army	1	0	1.5
48t.	Binghamton	1	0	1.5
50.	Cleveland State	1	0	1

WIN’s 2022-23 Preseason Individual Rankings

125 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	2022 NCAA
1	Spencer Lee	Iowa	Sr	Injured/3-time champ
2	Pat Glory	Princeton	Sr.	2nd
3	Vitali Arujau	Cornell	Jr.	3rd
4	Michael DeAugustino	Northwestern	Sr.	4th
5	Pat McKee	Minnesota	Sr.	5th
6	Brandon Courtney	Arizona State	Gr.	6th
7	Eric Barnett	Wisconsin	Sr.	7th
8	Brandon Kaylor	Oregon State	Jr.	8th
9	Killian Cardinale	West Virginia	Sr.	R12
10	Noah Surtin	Missouri	So.	R12
11	Trevor Mastrogiovanni	Oklahoma State	Jr.	R24
12	Matt Ramos	Purdue	So.	R12/133
13	Joey Prata	Oklahoma	Gr.	R12
14	Malik Heinselman	Ohio State	Sr.	R24
15	Dylan Shawver	Rutgers	So.	R16
16	Jakob Camacho	NC State	Jr.	R16
17	Jaret Lane	Lehigh	Sr.	Injured
18	Anthony Noto	Lock Haven	So.	R24
19	Jack Medley	Michigan	Gr.	NQ in 2021
20	Kysen Terukina	Iowa State	Jr.	R32

133 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	2022 NCAA
1	Roman Bravo-Young	Penn State	Gr.	1st
2	Daton Fix	Oklahoma State	Sr.	2nd
3	Michael McGee	Arizona State	Sr.	4th
4	Lucas Byrd	Illinois	So.	5th
5	Chris Cannon	Northwestern	Jr.	7th
6	Dylan Ragusin	Michigan	So.	R12
7	Micky Phillippi	Pitt	Sr.	R12
8	RayVon Foley	Michigan State	Gr.	R24
9	Michael Colaiocco	Penn	Jr.	R24
10	Kyle Biscoglia	Northern Iowa	Jr.	R24
11	Kai Orine	NC State	So.	R16
12	Chance Rich	CS-Bakersfield	Jr.	R16
13	Haiden Drury	Utah Valley	So.	R24
14	Richie Koehler	Rider	Sr.	R16
15	Malyke Hines	Lehigh	So.	R32
16	Jamie Hernandez	North Carolina	Gr.	Reserve
17	Cullan Schriever	Iowa	So.	Reserve
18	Josh Konderhandt	Navy	So.	R24
19	Sammy Alvarez	Rutgers	Jr.	NQ in 2020
20	Anthony Madrigal	Oklahoma	Gr.	R32

141 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	2022 NCAA
1	Cole Matthews	Pitt	Sr.	5th
2	Real Woods	Iowa	Sr.	6th (Stanford)
3	Jakob Bergeland	Minnesota	Gr.	7th
4	CJ Composto	Penn	Jr.	8th
5	Andrew Alirez	Northern Colorado	Jr.	R12
6	Clay Carlson	South Dakota State	Sr.	R12
7	Allan Hart	Missouri	Sr.	R24
8	Ryan Jack	NC State	So.	R16
9	Carter Young	Oklahoma State	So.	R32
10	Dylan Droegemueller	North Dakota State	Sr.	R16
11	Matt Kazmir	Columbia	Sr.	R24
12	Joseph Zargo	Wisconsin	So.	R24
13	Frankie Tal Shahar	Northwestern	Jr.	R24
14	Dylan D’Emilio	Ohio State	Jr.	R24
15	Quinn Kinner	Rider	Jr.	R24
16	Parker Filius	Purdue	Gr.	R24
17	Beau Bartlett	Penn State	Jr.	R24/149
18	Cole Mattin	Michigan	Jr.	Reserve
19	Shannon Hanna	Campbell	Sr.	R32
20	Jesse Vasquez	Arizona State	So.	Injured

149 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	2022 NCAA
1	Yianni Diakomihalis	Cornell	Sr.	1st
2	Ridge Lovett	Nebraska	Jr.	2nd
3	Austin Gomez	Wisconsin	Sr.	4th
4	Sammy Sasso	Ohio State	Sr.	5th
5	Jon Millner	Appalachian State	Sr.	6th
6	Kyle Parco	Arizona State	So.	8th
7	Max Murin	Iowa	Sr.	R12
8	Anthony Artalona	Penn	Sr.	R12
9	Yahya Thomas	Northwestern	Gr.	R12/3rd in 2021
10	Willie McDougald	Oklahoma	So.	R16
11	Jaden Abas	Stanford	Jr.	R24
12	Michael Blockhus	Minnesota	Sr.	R24
13	Zach Sherman	North Carolina	Gr.	R24
14	Dom Demas	Cal Poly	Sr.	Transfer/Oklahoma
15	Jarod Verkleeren	Virginia	Gr.	Transfer/Penn State
16	Colin Realbuto	Northern Iowa	Jr.	R16
17	Corbyn Munson	Central Michigan	Sr.	R32
18	Marcus Robinson	Cleveland State	So.	R24
19	Manzona Bryant	Lehigh	Jr.	Reserve
20	Marshall Keller	Princeton	Sr.	R32

157 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	2022 NCAA
1	Brayton Lee	Minnesota	Sr.	Injured
2	Jacori Teemer	Arizona State	Jr.	6th
3	Peyton Robb	Nebraska	Jr.	4th
4	Austin O’Connor	North Carolina	Gr.	8th
5	Bryan Andonian	Virginia Tech	Sr.	3rd/149
6	Will Lewan	Michigan	Sr.	5th
7	Brock Mauler	Missouri	Jr.	RS/AA in 2021/149
8	Josh Humphreys	Lehigh	Sr.	R12
9	Ed Scott	NC State	So.	R12
10	Jared Franek	North Dakota State	Sr.	R12
11	Kendell Coleman	Purdue	Sr.	R32
12	Wyatt Sheets	Oklahoma State	Gr.	R24
13	Jake Keating	Virginia	Sr.	R16
14	Jacob Wright	Wyoming	Gr.	R24
15	Dazjon Casto	Pitt	Sr.	R12/Citadel
16	Doug Zapf	Penn	Sr.	R24
17	Johnny Lovett	Central Michigan	Jr.	R16
18	Andrew Cerniglia	Navy	Jr.	R32
19	Chase Saldate	Michigan State	Jr.	R32
20	Derek Holschlag	Northern Iowa	Sr.	R32

165 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	2022 NCAA
1	Keegan O’Toole	Missouri	So.	1st
2	Shane Griffith	Stanford	Sr.	2nd
3	David Carr	Iowa State	Sr.	3rd/157
4	Cameron Amine	Michigan	Jr.	4th
5	Dean Hamiti	Wisconsin	So.	6th
6	Carson Kharchla	Ohio State	Jr.	7th
7	Peyton Hall	West Virginia	Jr.	8th
8	Quincy Monday	Princeton	Sr.	2nd/157
9	Julian Ramirez	Cornell	So.	R12
0	Justin McCoy	Virginia	Sr.	R12
11	Izzak Olenjnik	Northern Illinois	Sr.	R16
12	Austin Yant	Northern Iowa	Sr.	R16
13	Brevin Cassella	Binghamton	Jr.	R24
14	Josh Ogunsanya	Columbia	Jr.	R24
15	Bubba Wilson	Nebraska	So.	R24
16	Matt Olguin	Oregon State	So.	R24
17	Lucas Revano	Penn	Jr.	R24
18	William Formato	Appalachian State	Jr.	R24
19	Patrick Kennedy	Iowa	So.	Reserve
20	Cael Carlson	Minnesota	Jr.	R32

174 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	2022 NCAA
1	Carter Starocci	Penn State	Jr.	1st
2	Mekhi Lewis	Virginia Tech	Sr.	2nd
3	Dustin Plott	Oklahoma State	Jr.	6th
4	Mickey Labriola	Nebraska	Sr.	7th
5	Clay Lautt	North Carolina	Gr.	8th
6	Demetrius Romero	Utah Valley	Sr.	Inj/6th in 2021
7	Jackson Turley	Rutgers	Jr.	Inj/AA in 2021
8	Michael O’Malley	Drexel	Sr.	R12
9	Peyton Mocco	Missouri	Jr.	R12
10	Ethan Smith	Ohio State	Sr.	R12
11	Hayden Hastings	Wyoming	Gr.	R12
12	Philip Conigliaro	Harvard	Jr.	R12/165
13	Lance Runyon	Northern Iowa	So.	R16
14	Ben Pasiuk	Army	Jr.	R24
15	Adam Kemp	Cal Poly	Jr.	R24
16	Chris Foca	Cornell	Jr.	R24
17	Nick Incontrera	Penn	So.	R24
18	Cade DeVos	South Dakota State	Jr.	R24
19	Tyler Eischens	Stanford	Sr.	R24
20	Joel Devine	Iowa State	Sr.	R32

184 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	2022 NCAA
1	Aaron Brooks	Penn State	Sr.	1st
2	Parker Keckeisen	Northern Iowa	So.	3rd
3	Trent Hidlay	NC State	Jr.	5th
4	Kaleb Romero	Ohio State	Sr.	6th
5	Marcus Coleman	Iowa State	Sr.	7th
6	Jonathan Loew	Cornell	Sr.	8th
7	Trey Munoz	Oregon State	So.	R12
8	Hunter Bolen	Virginia Tech	Sr.	R12/7th in 2021
9	Travis Wittlake	Oklahoma State	Sr.	AA in 2020 and ’21/165
10	Tate Samuelson	Lehigh (Wyoming)	Sr.	R16
11	Keegan Moore	Oklahoma	Sr.	R16
12	John Poznanski	Rutgers	So.	R16
13	Anthony Montalvo	Arizona State	Jr.	Transfer/Oklahoma St.
14	Abe Assad	Iowa	Jr.	R24
15	Isaiah Salazar	Minnesota	Jr.	R24
16	Travis Stefanik	Princeton	Sr.	R24
17	Caleb Hopkins	Campbell	Sr.	R24
18	Matt Finesilver	Michigan (Duke)	Gr.	R16/174
19	Layne Malczewski	Michigan State	Sr.	R32
20	Gavin Kane	North Carolina	So.	R32

197 pounds

Wt	Name	School	Year	2022 NCAA
1	Max Dean	Penn State	Sr.	1st
2	Jacob Warner	Iowa	Sr.	2nd
3	Stephen Buchanan	Wyoming	Sr.	3rd
4	Bernie Truax	Cal Poly	Jr.	4th/184
5	Rocky Elam	Missouri	So.	4th
6	Yonger Bastida	Iowa State	Jr.	5th
7	Michael Beard	Lehigh	So.	AA (7th) in 2021 (Penn State)
8	Nino Bonaccorsi	Pitt	Sr.	R12/2nd in 2021
9	Gavin Hoffman	Ohio State	Sr.	6th
10	Kordell Norfleet	Arizona State	Sr.	R16
11	Thomas Penola	Purdue	Sr.	R16
12	Isaac Trumble	NC State	Jr.	R24
13	Tanner Sloan	South Dakota State	Sr.	R24
14	Braxton Amos	Wisconsin	So.	R24
15	Luke Surber	Oklahoma State	Jr.	R24/Hwt
16	Cameron Caffey	Michigan State	Gr.	R16
17	Jacob Cardenas	Cornell	Jr.	R24
18	Zac Braunagel	Illinois	Jr.	R12/184
19	Owen Pentz	North Dakota State	Jr.	R24
20	Michael Foy	Minnesota	Gr.	R32

Heavyweight

Wt	Name	School	Year	2022 NCAA
1	Cohlton Schultz	Arizona State	So.	2nd
2	Greg Kerkvliet	Penn State	Jr.	4th
3	Mason Parris	Michigan	Sr.	5th
4	Tony Cassioppi	Iowa	Sr.	7th
5	Lucas Davison	Northwestern	Sr.	6th
6	Wyatt Hendrickson	Air Force	Jr.	R16
7	Zach Elam	Missouri	Jr.	R12
8	Lewis Fernandes	Cornell	Jr.	R12
9	Tate Orndorff	Ohio State	Sr.	R12
10	Trent Hillger	Wisconsin	Gr.	R24
11	Sam Schuyler	Iowa State	Sr.	R32
12	Luke Luffman	Illinois	Jr.	R24
13	Tyrie Houghton	NC State	Sr.	R24
14	AJ Nevills	South Dakota State	Gr.	R24
15	Josh Heindselman	Oklahoma	Jr.	R32
16	Ben Goldin	Penn	Sr.	R24
17	Isaac Reid	Lock Haven	Jr.	R24
18	Taye Ghadali	Campbell	Jr.	R24
19	Brandon Metz	North Dakota State	Sr.	R32
20	Michael Wolfgram	West Virginia	Jr.	R32

Penn State, Iowa and Arizona State tabbed as Top 3 Teams in WIN’s 2023 Pre-season TPI and Rankings

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