WIN’S Jan. 3, 2012 TPI and rankings
Jan. 3, 2012
NEWTON, Iowa — The following are WIN’s current Tournament Power Index (TPI), Team Dual and individual rankings. The previous rankings were Dec. 19, 2011. WIN will continue to release its TPI and individual rankings every week through the NCAA qualifying tournaments in early March.
In working to compile the most accurate rankings possible, WIN Magazine seeks to subjectively combine both the most recent week’s and season’s results with past performance and proven records of consistency. The current results, in regards to who’s wrestling well, are balanced against who have proven they can win the big matches towards the end of the year and those who will most likely place high or win the national tournament in March.
The WIN TPI is compiled by awarding points to each team for the ranked wrestlers they have in WIN’s current individual rankings that can be found below in all 10 weight classes. In a sense, it suggests how many points these teams could score at this year’s NCAA tournament, March 15-17, in St. Louis, Mo. TPI points will not match the final NCAA tournament points because it does not include bonus points for pins, technical falls, major decisions and forfeits/defaults.
Teams are awarded points based on how many potential All-Americans (Top 8 wrestlers) they could have and get advancement points for wrestlers ranked No. 9-20. The order of teams in the TPI vary greatly from dual meet rankings, as some teams have a number of highly-ranked individuals but may have holes in their dual meet line-up.
Point totals associated with individual rankings are as followed: 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); 9th/12th – 2; 13th/16th – 1.5; 17th-20th – 1.
The rankings are subject to change if wrestlers decide to change weights or take an Olympic redshirt. The WIN TPI does not rank teams according to dual meet performances.
WIN’s Jan. 3, 2012 Tournament Power Index
Rank School Top 8 TPI
1 Penn State 6 88.5
2 Iowa 6 81.5
3 Oklahoma State 6 79.5
4 Minnesota 6 66
5 Cornell 4 59
6 Lehigh 3 44.5
7 Ohio State 3 41
8 Michigan 2 39
9 American University 2 36.5
10 Oklahoma 3 36
11 Wyoming 2 34.5
12 Illinois 3 33
13 Edinboro 3 29
14 Cal Poly 2 28.5
15 Maryland 2 26.5
16 Missouri 1 25.5
17 Nebraska 2 25
18 Kent State 2 23
19 Oregon State 2 22.5
20 Northwestern 2 21
21 Penn 2 20
22t Virginia Tech 1 18
22t Stanford 1 18
24 Rutgers 1 17
25 Clarion 2 16.5
26 Iowa State 1 15.5
27t Pittsburgh 1 13
27t Central Michigan 1 13
29 Hofstra 1 12
30 Purdue 1 11
31 Binghamton 1 10.5
32t Air Force 1 10
32t Northern Iowa 1 10
32t Bloomsburg 1 10
32t Indiana 1 10
36 Ohio 1 6.5
37 West Virginia 0 5.5
38 Virginia 0 5
39 Michigan State 0 4.5
40 Boston U. 0 4
41t North Dakota St 0 3.5
41t Appalachian State 0 3.5
41t Harvard 0 3.5
44 Boise State 0 3
45t North Carolina St 0 2
45t Navy 0 2
45t Northern Colorado 0 2
45t Princeton 0 2
45t Rider 0 2
45t North Carolina 0 2
45t Wisconsin 0 2
52t Lock Haven 0 1.5
52t Eastern Michigan 0 1.5
52t Arizona State 0 1.5
52t Buffalo 0 1.5
52t The Citadel 0 1.5
57t Chattanooga 0 1
57t Utah Valley 0 1
57t Northern Illinois 0 1
57t Drexel 0 1
WIN’s Jan. 3, 2012 Individual NCAA Division I rankings
125 pounds
Rk. Name (Prev) Year School
1. Matt McDonough (1st) Jr. Iowa
2. Zach Sanders (2nd) Sr. Minnesota
3. Alan Waters (5th) So. Missouri
4. Jesse Delgado (4th) Fr. Illinois
5. Nic Bedelyon (6th) Sr. Kent State
6. Jarrod Patterson (3rd) Jr. Oklahoma
7. Frank Perrelli (7th) Sr. Cornell
8. Jon Morrison (9th) So. Oklahoma State
9. Nico Megaludis (10th) Fr. Penn State
10. Steve Bonanno (11th) Jr. Hofstra
11. Mark Rappo (12th) Jr. Penn
12. Levi Mele (13th) Jr. Northwestern
13. Anthony Zanetta (16th) Jr. Pittsburgh
14. Trent Sprenkle (14th) Jr. No. Dakota State
15. Matt Snyder (8th) Jr. Virginia
16. Joe Germaine (NR) So. Eastern Michigan
17. Ryak Finch (17th) Fr. Iowa State
18. Johnni DiJulius (18th) Fr. Ohio State
19. Joe Roth (19th) So. Central Michigan
20. Michael Martinez (20th) Sr. Wyoming
133 pounds
Rk. Name (Prev) Year School
1. Jordan Oliver (1st) Jr. Oklahoma State
2. Logan Stieber (3rd) Fr. Ohio State
3. Devin Carter (4th) So. Virginia Tech
4. Tony Ramos (2nd) Jr. Iowa
5. B.J. Futrell (6th) Jr. Illinois
6. David Thorn (5th) So. Minnesota
7. A.J. Schopp (7th) Fr. Edinboro
8. Cashe Quiroga (8th) So. Purdue
9. Ryan Mango (10th) Jr. Stanford
10. Nate McCormick (9th) Jr. Missouri
11. Colin Johnston (11th) Jr. West Virginia
12. Jordan Keller (12th) Sr. Oklahoma
13. Steven Keith (13th) Jr. Harvard
14. Zach Zehner (14th) Fr. Wyoming
15. Zac Stevens (15th) Sr. Michigan
16. Fred Santaite (16th) Sr. Boston U.
17. Joe Colon (NR) Jr. Northern Iowa
18. Ridge Kiley (18th) Jr. Nebraska
19. Nick Soto (NR) Fr. Chattanooga
20. Aaron Kalil (19th) Sr. Navy
141 pounds
Rk. Name (Prev) Year School
1. Kellen Russell (2nd) Sr. Michigan
2. Boris Novachkov (3rd) Sr. Cal Poly
3. Kendric Maple (6th) So. Oklahoma
4. Montell Marion (1st) Sr. Iowa
5. Mike Mangrum (4th) So Oregon State
6. Hunter Stieber (8th) Fr. Ohio State
7. Josh Kindig (10th) So. Oklahoma State
8. Zack Kemmerer (5th) Sr. Penn
9. Evan Henderson (9th) Fr. North Carolina
10. Steve Dutton (11th) So. Lehigh
11. Matt Mariacher (7th) Sr. American
12. Darrius Little (NR) Sr. NC State
13. Zach Neibert (13th) Fr. Virginia Tech
14. Matt Bonson (14th) Sr. Lock Haven
15. Kevin Smith (15th) Sr. Buffalo
16. Nick Nelson (16th) Sr. Virginia
17. Jake Sueflohn (17th) Fr. Nebraska
18. Adam Krop (NR) So. Princeton
19. Nathan Pennesi (19th) So. West Virginia
20. Tyler Small (20th) Fr. Kent State
149 pounds
Rk. Name (Prev) Year School
1. Frank Molinaro (1st) Sr. Penn State
2. Jamal Parks (2nd) Sr. Oklahoma State
3. Mario Mason (3rd) Jr. Rutgers
4. Eric Grajales (4th) So. Michigan
5. Cole Van Ohlen (5th) Jr. Air Force
6. Ian Miller (8th) Fr. Kent State
7. David Habat (13th) Fr. Edinboro
8. Nick Lester (10th) So. Oklahoma
9. Ivan Lopouchanski (7th) So. Purdue
10. Donnie Vinson (9th) Jr. Binghamton
11. Dylan Ness (14th) Fr. Minnesota
12. Kyle Bradley (11th) So. Missouri
13. Eric Terrazas (6th) Sr. Illinois
14. Scott Sakaguchi (NR) So. Oregon State
15. Tyler Nauman (16th) Sr. Pittsburgh
16. Cam Tessari (15th) Fr. Ohio State
17. Mike Kelly (NR) Fr. Iowa
18. Josh Wilson (18th) Fr. Utah Valley
19. Dan Osterman (17th) Jr. Michigan State
20. Nick Brascetta (20th) Fr. Virginia Tech
157 pounds
Rk. Name (Prev) Year School
1. Kyle Dake (1st) Jr. Cornell
2. Derek St. John (2nd) So. Iowa
3. Jason Welch (3rd) Jr. Northwestern
4. Ganbayar Sanjaa (4th) Sr. American
5. Frank Hickman (5th) Jr. Bloomsburg
6. James Fleming (6th) So. Clarion
7. Justin Lister (7th) Jr. Binghamton
8. Dylan Alton (11th) Fr. Penn State
9. Walter Peppelman (9th) Jr. Harvard
10. James Green (12th) Fr. Nebraska
11. Steven Monk (13th) So. N. Dakota State
12. Kyle John (14th) Jr. Maryland
13. Matt Lester (8th) So. Oklahoma
14. Drake Houdashelt (18th) Fr. Missouri
15. Albert White (16th) Sr. Oklahoma State
16. Jackson Morse (10th) So. Illinois
17. Mallie Schuster (17th) Jr. Kent State
18. Anthony Jones (20th) Sr. Michigan State
19. R.J. Pena (19th) So. Oregon State
20. Dan Kolodzik (NR) Sr. Princeton
165 pounds
Rk. Name (Prev) Year School
1. David Taylor (1st) So. Penn State
2. Josh Asper (2nd) Jr. Maryland
3. Shane Onufer (3rd) Sr. Wyoming
4. Robert Kokesh (8th) Fr. Nebraska
5. Andrew Sorenson (5th) Sr. Iowa State
6. Paul Gillespie (4th) Sr. Hofstra
7. Bekzod Abdurakmanov (7th) Sr. Clarion
8. Cody Yohn (9th) Jr. Minnesota
9. Peter Yates (13th) Jr. Virginia Tech
10. Ben Jordan (16th) Sr. Wisconsin
11. Scott Winston (6th) Jr. Rutgers
12. Gabe Burak (14th) Sr. Northern Colorado
13. Kyle Blevins (NR) Sr. Appalachian State
14. Mike Evans (15th) Fr. Iowa
15. Bubby Graham (NR) Jr. Oklahoma
16. Zach Toal (11th) Jr. Missouri
17. Dallas Bailey (17th) So. Oklahoma State
18. Joe Booth (12th) Jr. Drexel
19. Matt Kaylor (19th) Sr. Binghamton
20. Dan Yates (NR) So. Michigan
174 pounds
Rk. Name (Prev) Year School
1. Ed Ruth (2nd) So. Penn State
2. Nick Amuchastegui (1st) Sr Stanford
3. Chris Perry (2nd/184) So. Oklahoma State
4. Ryan DesRoches (3rd) Sr. Cal Poly
5. Nick Heflin (4th) So. Ohio State
6. Ethen Lofthouse (8th) So. Iowa
7. Jordan Blanton (7th) Jr. Illinois
8. Lee Munster (15th) Fr. Northwestern
9. Chris Spangler (5th) Jr. Iowa State
10. Justin Zeerip (10th) Sr. Michigan
11. Jim Resnick (11th) Jr. Rider
12. Logan Storley (NR) Fr. Minnesota
13. Jim Sheptock (12th) So. Maryland
14. Dorian Henderson (6th) Sr. Missouri
15. Turt. Luvsandorj (13th) Jr. The Citadel
16. Greg Zannetti (9th) Jr. Rutgers
17. Nick Purdue (14th) Sr. Ohio
18. Hunter Meys (17th) Jr. Boston U.
19. Lance Bryson (18th) Jr. West Virginia
20. Pat Martinez (20th) So. Wyoming
184 pounds
Rk. Name (Prev) Year School
1. Robert Hamlin (1st) Jr. Lehigh
2. Joe LeBlanc (3rd) Sr. Wyoming
3. Quentin Wright (6th) Jr. Penn State
4. Steve Bosak (4th) Jr. Cornell
5. Ben Bennett (7th) Sr. Central Michigan
6. Ryan Loder (5th) So. Northern Iowa
7. Josh Ihnen (9th) Sr. Nebraska
8. Kevin Steinhaus (8th) So. Minnesota
9. Austin Trotman (10th) Sr. Appalachian State
10. Cody Mangrum (13th) So. Ohio State
11. Jake Swartz (11th) So. Boise State
12. Jon Fausey (12th) So. Virginia
13. Boaz Beard (14th) So. Iowa State
14. Braden Atwood (NR) Fr. Purdue
15. Erich Schmidtke (15th) Jr. Oklahoma
16. Mike Larson (16th) Jr. Missouri
17. Ben Clymer (NR) Sr. Hofstra
18. Luke Rebertus (17th) Sr. Navy
19. Matt Ryan (19th) So. West Virginia
20. Brad Dieckhaus (20th) Sr. Northern Illinois
197 pounds
Rk. Name (Prev) Year School
1. Cam Simaz (1st) Sr. Cornell
2. Chris Honeycutt (2nd) Sr. Edinboro
3. Sonny Yohn (3rd) Sr. Minnesota
4. Micah Burak (8th) Jr. Penn
5. Matt Powless (4th) Sr. Indiana
6. Matt Wilps (5th) Jr. Pittsburgh
7. Joe Kennedy (6th) Sr. Lehigh
8. Christian Boley (10th) So. Maryland
9. Dan Mitchell (NR) Jr. American U.
10. Blake Rosholt (NR) So. Oklahoma State
11. A.J. Kissel (11th) Sr. Purdue
12. Brent Haynes (18th) Jr. Missouri
13. Alfonso Hernandez (17th) Jr. Wyoming
14. Taylor Meeks (14th) Fr. Oregon State
15. John Hall (15th) Sr. Boston U.
16. Keldrick Hall (12th) Jr. Oklahoma
17. Morgan McIntosh (13th) Fr. Penn State
18. Mario Gonzales (9th) So. Illinois
19. Alex Thomas (19th) Jr. Clarion
20. Tyler Dickenson (20th) Sr. Michigan State
Heavyweight
Rk. Name (Prev) Year School
1. Ryan Flores (1st) Sr. American
2. Zach Rey (2nd) Sr. Lehigh
3. Alan Gelogaev (4th) Sr. Oklahoma State
4. Tony Nelson (6th) Jr. Minnesota
5. Clayton Jack (3rd) Sr. Oregon State
6. Bobby Telford (7th) Fr. Iowa
7. Cameron Wade (5th) Jr. Penn State
8 Jeremy Johnson (8th) So. Ohio
9. Tucker Lane (9th) Jr. Nebraska
10. Ben Apland (11th) Jr. Michigan
11. Brendan Barlow (12th) Sr. Kent State
12. Peter Sturgeon (10th) Sr. Central Michigan
13. Peter Capone (13th) So. Ohio State
14. Mike McClure (14th) So. Michigan State
15. Levi Cooper (15th) Jr, Arizona State
16. Spenser Myers (16th) So. Maryland
17. Zac Thomusseit (17th) Sr. Pittsburgh
18. Matt Gibson (NR) Jr. Iowa State
19. J.T. Felix (19th) So. Boise State
20. Nick Gwiadowski (20th) Fr. Binghamton
WIN’s 2011-12 Dual Team Rankings
Rk School (Previous) W-L
1 Iowa (1st) 6-0
2. Oklahoma State (2nd) 3-0
3. Penn State (5th) 4-1
4. Minnesota (4th) 4-2
5. Cornell (3rd) 1-0
6. Illinois (6th) 7-1
7. Ohio State (7th) 7-0
8. Oklahoma (8th) 3-1
9. Missouri (11th) 5-1
10. Maryland (10th) 8-0
11. Pittsburgh (9th) 4-1
12. Michigan (12th) 1-1
13. Lehigh (13th) 5-3
14. Virginia Tech (14th) 2-1
15. Central Michigan (15th) 7-2
16. Rutgers (16th) 5-1
17. Oregon State (17th) 4-1
18. Northwestern (18th) 3-0
19. Nebraska (19th) 7-0
20. Virginia (20th) 3-1
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