WIN’s Final 2011-12 Division I TPI and Individual Rankings
March 5, 2012
NEWTON, Iowa — The following are WIN’s final Tournament Power Index (TPI) and individual rankings after last weekend’s NCAA national qualifying tournaments. The previous rankings were Feb. 28, 2012.
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 WIN TPI does not rank teams according to dual meet performances.
WIN’s March 5, 2012 Tournament Power Index
Rk College Top 8 TPI
1 Penn State 6 85.5
2 Iowa 7 79.5
3 Minnesota 7 75
4 Oklahoma State 4 69
5 Cornell 4 59.5
6 Wyoming 2 42
7 Lehigh 2 38.5
8 Illinois 3 38
9 Maryland 4 37
10 American 2 32
11t Oregon State 2 30.5
11t Oklahoma 2 30.5
11t Ohio State 2 30.5
14 Missouri 2 29.5
15 Michigan 1 28
16t Pittsburgh 2 25.5
16t Edinboro 2 25.5
16t Cal Poly 2 23.5
16t Kent State 2 23.5
20 Northwestern 1 22
21t Virginia Tech 2 19
21t Clarion 2 19
23t Nebraska 2 18.5
24 Iowa State 1 17.5
25 Northern Iowa 2 17
26t Central Michigan 1 16.5
26t Harvard 1 16.5
28t Stanford 1 16
28t Binghamton 1 16
30 Air Force 1 13.5
31 Penn 1 13
32 Virginia 1 12.5
33 Ohio 1 11
34 Purdue 1 9.5
35 Indiana 1 8
36 Northern Illinois 1 7.5
37 Bloomsburg 1 6.5
38 Boise State 0 6
39t Hofstra 0 5.5
39t Rutgers 0 5.5
41t Appalachian State 0 3.5
41t Michigan State 0 3.5
43 North Dakota St 0 3
44t Navy 0 2.5
44t West Virginia 0 2.5
46t Chattanooga 0 2
46t Princeton 0 2
46t North Carolina St 0 2
46t Arizona State 0 2
46t Northern Colorado 0 2
46t Old Dominion 0 2
52 The Citadel 0 1.5
53t Utah Valley 0 1
53t Rider 0 1
WIN’s March 5, 2012 Individual Rankings
125 Pounds
Rk Name (Prev.) Yr. School
1 Matt McDonough (1st) Jr. Iowa
2 Zach Sanders (2nd) Sr. Minnesota
3 Alan Waters (3rd) So. Missouri
4 Jesse Delgado (5th) Fr. Illinois
5 Nic Bedelyon (4th) Sr. Kent State
6 Frank Perrelli (6th) Sr. Cornell
7 Jarrod Patterson (7th) Jr. Oklahoma
8 Ryan Mango (8th) Jr. Stanford
9 Levi Mele (10th) Jr. Northwestern
10 Nico Megaludis (9th) Fr. Penn State
11 Steve Bonanno (11th) Jr. Hofstra
12 Anthony Zanetta (12th) Jr. Pittsburgh
13 Matt Snyder (14th) Jr. Virginia
14 Jon Morrison (15th) So. Oklahoma State
15 Joe Roth (16th) So. Central Michigan
16 Ryak Finch (13th) Fr. Iowa State
17 Trent Sprenkle (18th) Jr. North Dakota State
18 Michael Martinez (17th) Sr. Wyoming
19 Nick Smith (20th) So. Northern Illinois
20 Cam Eppert (NR) So. Purdue
133 Pounds
Rk Name (Prev.) Yr. School
1 Jordan Oliver (1st) Jr. Oklahoma State
2 Logan Stieber (2nd) Fr. Ohio State
3 Tony Ramos (3rd) So. Iowa
4 B.J. Futrell (4th) Jr. Illinois
5 Joe Colon (6th) Jr. Northern Iowa
6 Devin Carter (5th) So. Virginia Tech
7 Cashe Quiroga (9th) So. Purdue
8 Chris Dardanes (7th) Fr Minnesota
9 Zac Stevens (10th) Sr. Michigan
10 A.J. Schopp (8th) Fr. Edinboro
11 Nathan McCormick (11th) Jr. Missouri
12 Jordan Keller (12th) Sr. Oklahoma
13 Zach Zehner (13th) Fr. Wyoming
14 Brian Owen (14th) Jr. Boise State
15 Bryan Ortenzio (NR) Sr. Penn
16 Aaron Kalil (18th) Sr. Navy
17 Steven Keith (17th) Jr. Harvard
18 Nick Soto (20th) Fr. Chattanooga
19 Mason Beckman (15th) Fr. Lehigh
29 Shelton Mack (NR) So. Pittsburgh
141 Pounds
Rk Name (Prev.) Yr. School
1 Kellen Russell (1st) Sr. Michigan
2 Kendric Maple (2nd) So. Oklahoma
3 Mike Mangrum (4th) So. Oregon State
4 Boris Novachkov (5th) Sr. Cal Poly
5 Montell Marion (3rd) Sr. Iowa
6 Hunter Stieber (6th) Fr. Ohio State
7 Nick Nelson (9th) Sr. Virginia
8 Nick Dardanes (12th) So. Minnesota
9 Jake Sueflohn (8th) Fr. Nebraska
10 Darrius Little (7th) Sr. North Carolina St
11 Matt Mariacher (11th) Sr. American
12 Josh Kindig (13th) So. Oklahoma State
13 Tyler Small (16th) Fr. Kent State
14 Mike Nevinger (NR) So Cornell
15 Zack Kemmerer (10th) Sr. Penn
16 Steve Dutton (14th) So. Lehigh
17 Luke Vaith (19th) Sr. Hofstra
18 Zach Neibert (20th) So. Virginia Tech
19 Adam Krop (17th) So. Princeton
20 Mike Morales (NR) So. West Virginia
149 Pounds
Rk Name (Prev.) Yr. School
1 Frank Molinaro (1st) Jr. Penn State
2 Jamal Parks (2nd) Sr. Oklahoma State
3 Cole Van Ohlen (3rd) Jr. Air Force
4 Donnie Vinson (5th) Jr. Binghamton
5 Ian Miller (4th) Fr. Kent State
6 Tyler Nauman (12th) Sr. Pittsburgh
7 David Habat (7th) Fr. Edinboro
8 Dylan Ness (10th) Fr. Minnesota
9 Eric Grajales (8th) So. Michigan
10 Corey Jantzen (9th) Sr. Harvard
11 Scott Sakaguchi (11th) So. Oregon State
12 Mario Mason (6th) Jr. Rutgers
13 Kyle Bradley (13th) So. Missouri
14 Nick Lester (14th) So. Oklahoma
15 Cam Tessari (18th) Fr. Ohio State
16 Taylor Walsh (16th) Fr. Indiana
17 Ivan Lopouchanski (15th) So. Purdue
18. Josh Wilson (20th) Jr. Utah Valley
19 Gus Sako (19th) So. Virginia
20 Eric Terrazas (17th) Sr. Illinois
157 Pounds
Rk Name (Prev.) Yr. School
1 Kyle Dake (1st) Jr. Cornell
2 Jason Welch (2nd) Jr. Northwestern
3 Walter Peppelman (9th) Jr. Harvard
4 Derek St. John (11th) So. Iowa
5 Ganbayar Sanjaa (3rd) Sr. American
6 James Fleming (4th) So. Clarion
7 Dylan Alton (5th) Fr. Penn State
8 Frank Hickman (12th) Jr. Bloomsburg
9 Anthony Jones (7th) Sr. Michigan State
10 Steven Monk (8th) So. North Dakota State
11 Justin Lister (13th) Jr. Binghamton
12 James Green (6th) Fr. Nebraska
13 Drake Houdashelt (10th) Fr. Missouri
14 Matt Lester (14th) So. Oklahoma
15 David Bonin (15th) Jr. Northern Iowa
16 Albert White (16th) Sr. Oklahoma State
17 R.J. Pena (17th) So. Oregon State
18 Dan Kolodzik (18th) Sr. Princeton
19 George Ivanov (19th) So. Boise State
20 Josh Demas (20th) Fr. Ohio State
165 Pounds
Rk Name (Prev.) Yr. School
1 David Taylor (1st) So. Penn State
2 Shane Onufer (3rd) Sr. Wyoming
3 Josh Asper (2nd) Jr. Maryland
4 Andrew Sorenson (4th) Sr. Iowa State
5 Bekzud Abdurakmanov (5th) Sr. Clarion
6 Peter Yates (11th) Jr. Virginia Tech
7 Mike Evans (8th) Fr. Iowa
8 Robert Kokesh (6th) Fr. Nebraska
9 Brandon Hatchett (NR) Sr. Lehigh
10 Conrad Polz (9th) So. Illinois
11 Gabe Burak (7th) Sr. Northern Colorado
12 Cody Yohn (12th) Jr. Minnesota
13 Pat “Bubby” Graham (13th) Jr. Oklahoma
14 Scott Winston (18th) Jr. Rutgers
15 Kyle Blevins (15th) Sr. Appalachian State
16 Nick Sulzer (16th) Fr. Virginia
17 Zach Toal (NR) So. Missouri
18 Paul Gillespie (10th) Sr. Hofstra
19 Dallas Bailey (19th) So. Oklahoma State
20 Brandon Wright (NR) Sr. Chattanooga
174 Pounds
Rk Name (Prev.) Yr. School
1 Ed Ruth (2nd) So. Penn State
2 Nick Amuchastegui (1st) Sr. Stanford
3 Chris Perry (3rd) So. Oklahoma State
4 Logan Storley (6th) Fr. Minnesota
5 Ryan DesRoches (4th) Sr. Cal Poly
6 Ethen Lofthouse (5th) So. Iowa
7 Jordan Blanton (11th) Jr. Illinois
8 Jimmy Sheptock (12th) So. Maryland
9 Justin Zeerip (7th) Sr. Michigan
10 Lee Munster (14th) Fr. Northwestern
11 Nick Heflin (9th) So. Ohio State
12 Te Edwards (17th) Sr. Old Dominion
13 Curran Jacobs (13th) Sr. Michigan State
14 Turtogtokh Luvsandorj (15th) Jr. The Citadel
15 Dorian Henderson (16th) Sr. Missouri
16 Pat Martinez (19th) So. Wyoming
17 Jim Resnick (10th) Jr. Rider
18 Greg Zannetti (18th) Jr. Rutgers
19 Nick Purdue (NR) Sr. Ohio
20 Mike Dessino (NR) Jr. Bloomsburg
184 Pounds
Rk Name (Prev.) Yr. School
1 Joe LeBlanc (1st) Sr. Wyoming
2 Robert Hamlin (2nd) Jr. Lehigh
3 Ben Bennett (4th) Sr. Central Michigan
4 Kevin Steinhaus (6th) So. Minnesota
5 Quentin Wright (3rd) Jr. Penn State
6 Steve Bosak (5th) Jr. Cornell
7 Josh Ihnen (7th) Sr. Nebraska
8 Ryan Loder (8th) So. Northern Iowa
9 Austin Trotman (9th) Sr. Appalachian State
10 Jon Fausey (12th) So. Virginia
11 Jake Swartz (11th) So. Boise State
12 Mike Larson (14th) Jr. Missouri
13 Ben Clymer (16th) Sr. Hofstra
14 Tony Dallago (NR) So. Illinois
15 Grant Gambrall (18th) Jr. Iowa
16 Boaz Beard (15th) So. Iowa State
17 Cody Mangrum (10th) So. Ohio State
18 Braden Atwood (13th) Fr. Purdue
19 Luke Rebertus (17th) Sr. Navy
20 Brad Dieckhaus (19th) Sr. Northern Illinois
197 Pounds
Rk Name (Prev.) Yr. School
1 Cam Simaz (1st) Sr. Cornell
2 Chris Honeycutt (2nd) Sr. Edinboro
3 Matt Wilps (5th) Jr. Pittsburgh
4 Cayle Byers (7th) Jr. Oklahoma State
5 Micah Burak (3rd) Jr. Penn
6 Christian Boley (10th) So. Maryland
7 Brent Haynes (8th) Jr. Missouri
8 Matt Powless (4th) Sr. Indiana
9 Joe Kennedy (6th) Sr. Lehigh
10 Alfonso Hernandez (11th) Jr. Wyoming
11 Mario Gonzales (15th) So. Illinois
12 Sonny Yohn (9th) Sr. Minnesota
13 Brent Chriswell (17th) Jr. Boise State
14 Keldrick Hall (14th) Jr. Oklahoma
15 Morgan McIntosh (16th) Fr. Penn State
16 Taylor Meeks (18th) Fr. Oregon State
17 Ryan Smith (NR) Sr. Cal Poly
18 Dan Rinaldi (NR) Jr. Rutgers
19 James Nakashima (NR) Sr. Nebraska
20 Max Huntley (20th) So. Michigan
Heavyweight
Rk Name (Prev.) Yr. School
1 Ryan Flores (1st) Sr. American
2 Zach Rey (2nd) Sr. Lehigh
3 Anthony Nelson (3rd) Jr. Minnesota
4 Clayton Jack (4th) Sr. Oregon State
5 Jeremy Johnson (6th) So. Ohio
6 Spencer Myers (13th) So. Maryland
7 Bobby Telford (8th) Fr. Iowa
8 Cameron Wade (5th) Jr. Penn State
9 Levi Cooper (12th) Jr. Arizona State
10 Brendan Barlow (10th) Sr. Kent State
11 Mike McMullan (15th) Fr. Northwestern
12 Matt Gibson (14th) Jr. Iowa State
13 Peter Sturgeon (11th) Sr. Central Michigan
14 Nick Gwiadowski (16th) Fr. Binghamton
15 Brandon Williamson (18th) Sr. West Virginia
16 Tucker Lane (7th) Jr. Nebraska
17 Ben Apland (9th) Jr. Michigan
18 Austin Marsden (17th) Fr. Oklahoma State
19 Adam Chalfant (NR) So. Indiana
20 Ernest James (19th) So. Edinboro