Penn State & Kyle Snyder take over top spots in WIN’s Jan. 4 rankings

Updated: January 4, 2016

Jan. 4, 2016

NEWTON, Iowa — World freestyle champion Kyle Snyder and the Penn State wrestling team made quite a bit of news over the holiday period and each have taken over top spots in WIN’s Jan. 4 team and individual rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

Ohio State announced that Snyder, who captured a United World Wrestling championship in September at 213 pounds, was taking off his Olympic redshirt to compete at heavyweight for Ohio State, beginning in February. With that news, the Buckeye sophomore has earned WIN’s No. 1 ranking at that weight class.

Meanwhile, Penn State turned in an impressive performance on Jan. 1-2 in Chattanooga, Tenn., where the Nittany Lions crowned five individual championships to earn their sixth straight Southern Scuffle title … and are not ranked No. 1 in WIN’s Tournament Power Index. Making the biggest move in WIN’s individual ranks for Penn State was redshirt freshman Bo Nickal, who is rated No. 1 at 174 pounds after earning O.W. honors at the Scuffle.

WIN’s TPI points are based on where the teams’ individuals are projected — based on WIN’s individual rankings — to finish in this season’s NCAA Championships, March 17-19, in New York City, with Top-8 finishers earning All-American points. At this point in the season, Penn State and Southern Scuffle runner-up Oklahoma State are projected to have six wrestlers finish among the top eight places in their weight classes. Iowa, which won the recent Midlands championship in Evanston, Ill., has five wrestlers ranked among the top eight and is ranked No. 3 in WIN’s latest TPI.

WIN’s TPI point totals are broken down as follows: 1st – 20 (16 AA points + 4 advancement points); 2nd – 16 (12+4); 3rd – 13.5 (10+3.5); 4th – 12.5 (9+3.5); 5th – 10 (7+3); 6th – 9 (6+3); 7th – 6.5 (4+2.5); 8th – 5.5 (3+2.5). Additional points for other rankings include: 9th/12th – 2; 13th/16th – 1.5; 17th-20th – 1. TPI points will be lower than the final actual NCAA tournament points because it does not include bonus points.

The Nittany Lions (6-0) remain No. 1 in WIN’s Dual Team Rankings, followed by Iowa (8-0), Virginia Tech (4-1), NC State (11-0), Missouri (5-0) and Oklahoma State (4-2).

WIN’s Jan. 4, 2016 Tournament Power Index (TPI)

Rank	College	Top 8	TPI Pts
1	Penn State	6	95
2	Oklahoma State	6	81
3	Iowa	5	80
4	Ohio State	4	69.5
5	Missouri	6	69
6	Virginia Tech	6	62.5
7	Illinois	4	61
8	Cornell	3	47.5
9	NC State	3	44
10	Nebraska	4	43.5
11	Michigan	3	35
12	Wisconsin	2	24.5
13t	Minnesota	2	24
13t	Lehigh	2	24
14t	Rutgers	2	22.5
14t	Old Dominion	2	22.5
17	Stanford	1	22
18	Kent State	1	19
19t	Oklahoma	1	16
19t	Duke	1	16
19t	Edinboro	1	16
22	Northwestern	1	13.5
23	Iowa State	1	12.5
24	Arizona State	1	12
25	South Dakota State	1	11.5
26	Purdue	1	11
27t	North Carolina	1	10.5
27t	American	1	10.5
29t	Ohio U.	1	9.5
29t	Oregon State	1	9.5
31t	Central Michigan	1	9
31t	Appalachian State	1	9
33	Virginia	1	8.5
34	Northern Iowa	0	8
35	Pitt	1	7.5
36	North Dakota State	1	7
37t	Princeton	0	5.5
37t	CSU Bakersfield	1	5.5
39	West Virginia	0	5
40t	Navy	0	4.5
40t	Rider	0	4.5
42	Penn	0	4
43t	Maryland	0	3.5
43t	Wyoming	0	3.5
45t	Bucknell	0	3
45t	Harvard	0	3
47	Eastern Michigan	0	2.5
48t	Indiana	0	2
48t	The Citadel	0	2
48t	Drexel	0	2
48t	Northern Illinois	0	2
48t	Northern Colorado	0	2
53t	Hofstra	0	1.5
53t	Utah Valley	0	1.5
53t	Cleveland State	0	1.5
53t	Chattanooga		1.5
53t	F&M	0	1.5
53t	George Mason	0	1.5
53t	Boise State	0	1.5
60	Air Force	0	1

WIN’s Jan. 4, 2016 Dual Team Rankings

Rk.	Team	Record	Previous
1.	Penn State	6-0	1st
2.	Iowa	8-0	2nd
3.	Virginia Tech	4-1	3rd
4.	North Carolina State	11-0	4th
5.	Missouri	5-0	5th
6.	Oklahoma State	4-2	6th
7.	Nebraska	7-1	7th
8.	Ohio State	4-1	8th
9.	Lehigh	7-1	9th
10.	Illinois	8-1	10th
11.	Rutgers	10-2	11th
12.	Oklahoma	5-2	12th
13.	Michigan	4-1	13th
14.	Cornell	1-2	14th
15.	North Carolina	6-1	15th
16.	Pittsburgh	5-1	16th
17.	Wisconsin	1-2	17th
18.	Iowa State	3-2	18th
19.	Ohio U.	4-1	19th
20.	Purdue	5-1	20th
21.	Virginia	4-2	21st
22.	Old Dominion	3-3	22nd
23.	Navy	5-0	23rd
24.	Oregon State	2-3	24th
25.	Northern Iowa	1-3	25th

WIN’s Jan. 4, 2016 Individual Rankings

125 pounds

Rank	Name	School	Year	Prev
1.	Nathan Tomasello	Ohio State	So.	1st
2.	Thomas Gilman	Iowa	Jr.	2nd
3.	Joey Dance	Virginia Tech	Jr.	3rd
4.	Nico Megaludis	Penn State	Sr.	4th
5.	Eddie Klimara	Oklahoma State	Sr.	5th
6.	Barlow McGhee	Missouri	So.	6th
7.	Ronnie Bresser	Oregon State	So.	8th
8.	Tim Lambert	Nebraska	Jr.	7th
9.	Paul Petrov	Bucknell	Sr.	9th
10.	David Terao	American U.	Sr.	10th
11.	Dylan Peters	Northern Iowa	Jr.	11th
12.	Zeke Moisey	West Virginia	So.	15th
13.	Darian Cruz	Lehigh	So.	12th
14.	Ryan Millhof	Oklahoma	So.	14th
15.	Josh Rodriguez	North Dakota St.	Jr.	16th
16.	Chasen Tolbert	Utah Valley	Sr.	17th
17.	Drew Templeman	Wyoming	Jr.	13th
18.	Trey Andrews	No. Colorado	Jr.	18th
19.	Brandon Jeske	Old Dominion	Jr.	NR
20.	Connor Schram	Stanford	So.	20th

133 pounds

Rank	Name	School	Year	Prev
1.	Cory Clark	Iowa	Jr.	1st
2.	Nahshon Garrett	Cornell	Sr.	2nd
3.	Zane Richards	Illinois	Jr.	3rd
4.	Cody Brewer	Oklahoma	Sr.	4th
5.	Ryan Taylor	Wisconsin	Jr.	5th
6.	Jordan Conaway	Penn State	Sr.	8th
7.	George DiCamillo	Virginia	Jr.	6th
8.	Kaid Brock	Oklahoma State	Fr.	9th
9.	Eric Montoya	Nebraska	Jr.	12th
10.	Geoffrey Alexander	Maryland	Sr.	11th
11.	Earl Hall	Iowa State	Sr.	7th
12.	Rossi Bruno	Michigan	Sr.	13th
13.	Emilio Saavedra	Old Dominion	RSFr.	NR
14.	Johnni DiJulius	Ohio State	Sr.	15th
15.	Mack McGuire	Kent State	Jr.	16th
16.	Josh Alber	Northern Iowa	Fr.	17th
17.	Anthony Giraldo	Rutgers	RSFr.	NR
18.	Dom Forys	Pittsburgh	So.	18th
19.	Brance Simms	South Dakota State	Sr.	19th
20.	Mason Beckman	Lehigh	Jr.	10th

141 pounds

Rank	Name	School	Year	Prev
1.	Dean Heil	Oklahoma State	So.	1st
2.	Joey McKenna	Stanford	Fr.	5th
3.	Kevin Jack	NC State	So.	3rd
4.	Anthony Ashnault	Rutgers	So.	4th
5.	Micah Jordan	Ohio State	Fr.	7th
6.	Chris Mecate	Old Dominion	Sr.	2nd
7.	Solomon Chishko	Virginia Tech	RSFr.	8th
8.	Mike Racciato	Pittsburgh	Jr.	10th
9.	Todd Preston	Harvard	Sr.	11th
10.	Joey Ward	North Carolina	Jr.	14^th/133
11.	Tommy Thorn	Minnesota	RSFr.	12th
12.	Steve Bleise	Northern Illinois	RSFr.	NR
13.	Matt Manley	Missouri	Jr.	15th
14.	Bryce Meredith	Wyoming	So.	14th
15.	Jamel Hudson	Hofstra	Jr.	16th
16.	Richard Durso	Franklin & Marshall	Sr.	18th
17.	Danny Sabatello	Purdue	Sr.	NR
18.	Tyler Smith	Bucknell	So.	19th
19.	Jameson Oster	Northwestern	Sr.	20th
20.	Jimmy Gulibon	Penn State	Jr.	13th

149 pounds

Rank	Name	School	Year	Prev
1.	Brandon Sorensen	Iowa	So.	1st
2.	Zain Retherford	Penn State	So.	2nd
3.	Lavion Mayes	Missouri	Jr.	3rd
4.	Jason Tsirtsis	Northwestern	Jr.	4th
5.	Jake Sueflohn	Nebraska	Sr.	7th
6.	Alex Richardson	Old Dominion	Sr.	5th
7.	Evan Henderson	North Carolina	Sr.	6^th/141
8.	Collin Heffernan	Central Michigan	So.	10th
9.	Matt Cimato	Drexel	Jr.	9th
10.	Anthony Collica	Oklahoma State	Jr.	8th
11.	Jake Short	Minnesota	So.	11th
12.	Alex Pantaleo	Michigan	So.	13th
13.	B.J. Clagon	Rider	So.	16th
14.	Michael DePalma	Kent State	Sr.	14th
15.	Geo Martinez	Boise State	So.	15th
16.	Mitch Finesilver	Duke	So.	NR
17.	C.J. Cobb	Penn	Sr.	6th
18.	Chris Perez	Princeton	Sr.	18th
19.	Paul Fox	Stanford	RSFr.	NR
20.	Matt Frisch	The Citadel	Sr.	NR

157 pounds

Rank	Name	School	Year	Prev
1.	Isaiah Martinez	Illinois	So.	1st
2.	Ian Miller	Kent State	Sr.	2nd
3.	Jason Nolf	Penn State	RSFr.	3rd
4.	Nick Brascetta	Virginia Tech	Sr.	4th
5.	Thomas Gantt	NC State	Sr.	5th
6.	Cody Pack	So. Dakota State	Sr.	6th
7.	John Boyle	American U.	Sr.	9th
8.	Brian Murphy	Michigan	So.	7th
9.	Chad Walsh	Rider	So.	11th
10.	Mitch Minotti	Lehigh	Sr.	12th
11.	Richie Lewis	Rutgers	Jr.	19th
12.	Tyler Berger	Nebraska	RSFr.	20th
13.	Luke Smith	Central Michigan	Sr.	8th
14.	Dylan Cottrell	West Virginia	Jr.	10th
15.	Greg Flournoy	George Mason	Sr.	NR
16.	Lou Mascola	Maryland	Sr.	15th
17.	Bryce Steiert	Northern Iowa	Fr.	14th
18.	Spartak Chino	Ohio U.	Sr.	NR
19.	Edwin Cooper	Iowa	Sr.	NR
20.	Aaron Walker	The Citadel	Jr.	16th

165 pounds

Rank	Name	School	Year	Prev
1.	Alex Dieringer	Oklahoma State	Sr.	1st
2.	Bo Jordan	Ohio State	So.	2nd
3.	Isaac Jordan	Wisconsin	Jr.	3rd
4.	Stephen Rodriguez	Illinois	Sr.	6th
5.	Chad Welch	Purdue	Sr.	10th
6.	Tanner Weatherman	Iowa State	Sr.	12th
7.	Daniel Lewis	Missouri	RSFr.	11th
8.	Anthony Perrotti	Rutgers	Sr.	5th
9.	Max Rohskopf	NC State	Jr.	9th
10.	Jim Wilson	Stanford	Jr.	7th
11.	Mitch Wightman	American U.	Sr.	NR
12.	Cooper Moore	Northern Iowa	Jr.	13th
13.	Austin Wilson	Nebraska	Sr.	8th
14.	Ryan Preisch	Lehigh	Fr.	NR
15.	Duke Pickett	Cornell	Sr.	14th
16.	Geno Morrelli	Penn State	Jr.	NR
17.	Devon Gobbo	Harvard	Sr.	15th
18.	Connor Brennan	Rider	Sr.	NR
19.	Seth Thomas	Oregon State	Sr.	18th
20.	Jake Faust	Duke	So.	19th

174 pounds

Rank	Name	School	Year	Prev
1.	Bo Nickal	Penn State	RSFr.	6th
2.	Blaise Butler	Missouri	Sr.	3rd
3.	Zac Brunson	Illinois	Jr.	4th
4.	Kyle Crutchmer	Oklahoma State	Jr.	1st
5.	Brian Realbuto	Cornell	Jr.	2nd
6.	Alex Meyer	Iowa	Jr.	5th
7.	Zach Epperly	Virginia Tech	So.	7th
8.	Cody Walters	Ohio U.	Sr.	8th
9.	Ethan Ramos	North Carolina	So.	4^th/165
10.	Jadaen Bernstein	Navy	So.	10th
11.	Nate Jackson	Indiana	Jr.	11th
12.	Mike Ottinger	Central Michigan	Sr.	12th
13.	Jon Schleifer	Princeton	So.	NR
14.	Casey Kent	Penn	Sr.	NR
15.	Micah Barnes	Nebraska	Jr.	13th
16.	Lelund Weatherspoon	Iowa State	Jr.	15th
17.	Keaton Subjeck	Stanford	So.	16th
18.	Brian Dorsey	Duke	Jr.	NR
19.	Davonte Mahomes	Michigan	RSFr.	19th
20.	Ricky Robertson	Wisconsin	So.	20th

184 pounds

Rank	Name	School	Year	Prev
1.	Gabe Dean	Cornell	Jr.	1st
2.	Victor Avery	Edinboro	Sr.	2nd
3.	Timothy Dudley	Nebraska	Jr.	3rd
4.	Nathaniel Brown	Lehigh	Sr.	4th
5.	Blake Stauffer	Arizona State	Sr.	5th
6.	Zack Zavatsky	Virginia Tech	So.	7th
7.	Willie Miklus	Missouri	So.	8th
8.	Hayden Zillmer	North Dakota St.	Sr.	13th
9.	Sammy Brooks	Iowa	Jr.	6th
10.	Jack Dechow	Old Dominion	Jr.	9th
11.	Domenic Abounader	Michigan	Jr.	10th
12.	Kenny Courts	Ohio State	Sr.	11th
13.	Matt Miller	Navy	Sr.	12th
14.	Lorenzo Thomas	Penn	Sr.	14th
15.	Matt McCutcheon	Penn State	So.	15th
16.	Jeff Koepke	Illinois	Jr.	16th
17.	Pete Renda	NC State	Jr.	18th
18.	Abram Ayala	Princeton	Sr.	17th
19.	Nolan Boyd	Oklahoma State	Jr.	NR
20.	Andrew Romanchik	Ohio U.	Sr.	20th

197 pounds

Rank	Name	School	Year	Prev
1.	Morgan McIntosh	Penn State	Sr.	1st
2.	J’den Cox	Missouri	Jr.	3rd
3.	Brett Pfarr	Minnesota	Jr.	5th
4.	Conner Hartmann	Duke	Sr.	2nd
5.	Nathan Burak	Iowa	Sr.	4th
6.	Max Huntley	Michigan	Sr.	6th
7.	Aaron Studebaker	Nebraska	Jr.	8th
8.	Reuben Franklin	CSU Bakersfield	Sr.	9th
9.	Phillip Wellington	Ohio U.	Sr.	7th
10.	Jared Haught	Virginia Tech	So.	10th
11.	Zach Nye	Virginia	Sr.	11th
12.	Brett Harner	Princeton	Jr.	16th
13.	Jake Smith	West Virginia	Jr.	19th
14.	Nate Rotert	So. Dakota State	So.	12th
15.	Mike Boykin	NC State	So.	14th
16.	Anthony Abro	Eastern Michigan	Sr.	15th
17.	Michael Woulfe	Navy	Sr.	NR
18.	Trent Noon	Northern Colorado	Sr.	18th
19.	Parker Hines	Air Force	Jr.	NR
20.	Nick Bonaccorsi	Pittsburgh	Sr.	20th

Heavyweight

Rank	Name	School	Year	Prev
1.	Kyle Snyder	Ohio State	So.	NR
2.	Nick Gwiazdowski	NC State	Sr.	1st
3.	Adam Coon	Michigan	Jr.	2nd
4.	Ty Walz	Virginia Tech	Jr.	3rd
5.	Austin Marsden	Oklahoma State	Sr.	5th
6.	Denzel Dejournette	Appalachian St.	Sr.	8th
7.	Michael Kroells	Minnesota	Jr.	6th
8.	Max Wessell	Lehigh	Sr.	9th
9.	Tanner Hall	Arizona State	Fr.	14th
10.	Sam Stoll	Iowa	Fr.	20th
11.	Ross Larson	Oklahoma	Jr.	10th
12.	Amarveer Dhesi	Oregon State	So.	4th
13.	Billy Smith	Rutgers	Sr.	7th
14.	Riley Shaw	Cleveland State	Sr.	11th
15.	Blaize Cabell	Northern Iowa	Sr.	15th
16.	Jared Johnson	Chattanooga	Jr.	NR
17.	Colin Jensen	Nebraska	Jr.	12th
18.	Nathan Butler	Stanford	So.	17th
19.	Ray Harms	Wyoming	Sr.	16th
20.	Gabe Hutchison	Eastern Michigan	So.	NR