WIN’s Dec. 3 TPI, Team Dual and Individual Rankings
Dec. 3, 2012
NEWTON, Iowa — Wrestling Insider Newsmagazine has released its weekly NCAA Division I college ratings and includes the magazine’s Tournament Power Index (TPI), Team Dual rankings and individual ratings per each of the ten college weight classes. These weekly rankings include action through Dec. 2, 2012. The WIN TPI does not rank teams according to dual meet performances. Instead, WIN also ranks teams in a separate Dual Team Rankings.
In this week’s individual ratings, all ten top-ranked wrestlers have retained their No. 1 positions at their weight classes, including Ohio State’s Logan Stieber (133), Cornell’s Kyle Dake (165) and Kent State’s Dustin Kilgore (197) who all won championships at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational last weekend. Stieber recorded four pins and a major decision at 133 pounds, while also being named O.W.
Among the newcomers to these rankings are Virginia senior Jedd Moore, who finished second at 157 pounds at the CKLV, as well as Cal Poly’s 133-pound Devon Lotito and Arizona State’s 174-pound Blake Stauffner and Boise State heavyweight J.T. Felix, who each claimed third place at the 31st annual event in Las Vegas.
In WIN’s Dual Team rankings, most of the Top 20 teams remained the same, including near the top where No. 2 Oklahoma State defeated No. 3 Minnesota this past weekend. One of the bigger movements came from Pittsburgh, which defeated Virginia Tech and moved from No. 17 to No. 14. The Hokies dropped from No. 12 to 15.
Minnesota also dropped two spots to No. 4 in WIN’s Tournament Power Index. Iowa and Oklahoma State each moved up one spot to No. 2 and 3, respectively.
In working to compile the most accurate rankings possible during the season, WIN seeks to subjectively combine both the most recent week’s and season’s results with past performance and proven records of consistency. Those 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 ten weight classes. In a sense, it suggests how many points these teams could score at this year’s NCAA tournament, March 21-23, in Des Moines, Iowa. 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.
WIN’s Dec 3, 2012 Tournament Power Index (TPI)
Rank School Top 8 Points
1 Penn State 7 95.5
2 Iowa 6 79.5
3 Oklahoma State 5 79
4 Minnesota 6 72
5 Illinois 5 67.5
6 Ohio State 3 57.5
7 Cornell 2 43
8 Missouri 3 40.5
9 Oklahoma 4 40
10 Central Michigan 3 38
11 Virginia Tech 3 35.5
12 Oregon State 3 34
13 Pittsburgh 2 30
14 Nebraska 3 26.5
15 Edinboro 2 24
16t Northwestern 2 23.5
16t Lehigh 2 23.5
18 Binghamton 2 23
19 Kent State 1 21.5
20 Maryland 2 20.5
21 Boise State 1 19.5
22 North Dakota State 2 19
23 Wyoming 1 16.5
24 Clarion 1 16
25 Air Force 1 13
26 Penn 1 12
27t North Carolina 1 11.5
27t Virginia 1 11.5
29 Wisconsin 1 11
30t Michigan State 1 8.5
30t Citadel 1 8.5
30t Hofstra 1 8.5
33 Purdue 0 7
34t Chattanooga 1 6.5
34t Michigan 0 6.5
36 Bloomsburg 0 5.5
37t Rutgers 0 5
37t Old Dominion 0 5
39t Columbia 0 4.5
39t Arizona State 0 4.5
41 Iowa State 0 3.5
42t Drexel 0 3
42t Northern Iowa 0 3
42t Indiana 0 3
45 Navy 0 2.5
46t Ohio 0 2
46t Bucknell 0 2
46t Army 0 2
47t Utah Valley 0 1.5
47t Boston U 0 1.5
47t Rider 0 1.5
47t Cal Poly 0 1.5
47t Northern Illinois 0 1.5
47t Harvard 0 1.5
47t Buffalo 0 1.5
56t CSU Bakersfield 0 1
56t Eastern Michigan 0 1
56t West Virginia 0 1
WIN’s Dec 3, 2012 Team Dual Rankings
Rk School (Previous) Record
1. Penn State (1st) 2-0
2. Oklahoma State (2nd) 2-0
3. Minnesota (3rd) 6-1
4. Iowa (4th) 7-0
5. Illinois (5th) 3-0
6. Ohio State (6th) 3-0
7. Missouri (8th) 5-0
8. Cornell (9th) 4-0
9. Nebraska (7th) 3-1
10. Oklahoma (10th) 3-1
11. Central Michigan (11th) 3-2
12. Maryland (13th) 4-1
13. Michigan (15th) 2-1
14. Pittsburgh (17th) 1-2
15. Virginia Tech (12th) 4-2
16. Kent State (14th) 0-0
17. Northwestern (NR) 2-0
18. Virginia (18th) 3-2
19. Wyoming (19th) 1-0
20. Oregon State (20th) 1-1
WIN’s Dec. 3, 2012 Individual Rankings
125 pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Matt McDonough (1st) Sr. Iowa
2. Jesse Delgado (3rd) So. Illinois
3. Nico Megaludis (2nd) So. Penn State
4 Alan Waters (4th) Jr. Missouri
5. Jarrod Garnett (5th) Sr. Virginia Tech
6. Trent Sprenkle (6th) Sr. North Dakota State
7. Nick Soto (7th) So. Chattanooga
8. David Thorn (8th) Fr. Minnesota
9. Matt Snyder (9th) Sr. Virginia
10. Nahshon Garrett (13th) Fr. Cornell
11. Joe Roth (10th) Jr. Central Michigan
12. Mark Rappo (11th) Sr. Penn
13. Shane Gentry (12th) Jr. Maryland
14. Josh Martinez (NR) Fr. Air Force
15. Camden Eppert (14th) Jr. Purdue
16. Nikko Triggas (20th) Sr. Ohio State
17. Jared Germaine (16th) Jr. Eastern Michigan
18. Jerome Robinson (17th) So. Old Dominion
19. Steve Bonano (18th) Sr. Hofstra
20. Nathan Kraisser (NR) Fr. North Carolina
133 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Logan Stieber (1st) So. Ohio State
2. Tony Ramos (2nd) Jr. Iowa
3. Scott Sentes (3rd) Sr. Central Michigan
4. A. J. Schopp (5th) So. Edinboro
5. Chris Dardanes (6th) So. Minnesota
6. Shelton Mack (7th) Jr. Pittsburgh
7. Nathan McCormick (8th) Sr. Missouri
8. Jon Morrison (9th) So. Oklahoma State
9. Zach Zehner (10th) So. Wyoming
10. Daryl Thomas (11th) Sr. Illinois
11. Cashe Quiroga (14th) Jr. Purdue
12. Nick Arujau (15th) Jr. Cornell
13. Cody Brewer (16th) Fr. Oklahoma
14. Devon Lotito (NR) Fr. Cal Poly
15. Levi Mele (18th) Sr. Northwestern
16. Scott Festejo (17th) Jr. Old Dominion
17. Joey Ward (NR) Fr. North Carolina
18. Ian Nickell (NR) Fr. CSU Bakersfield
19. Geoff Alexander (12th) So. Maryland
20. Levi Wolfensperger (NR) So. Northern Iowa
141 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Kendric Maple (1st) Jr. Oklahoma
2. Hunter Stieber (2nd) So. Ohio State
3. B.J. Futrell (3rd) Jr. Illinois
4. Mike Mangrum (5th) Sr. Oregon State
5. Tyler Graff (4th) Sr. Wisconsin
6. Mitchell Port (6th) So. Edinboro
7. Evan Henderson (8th) So. North Carolina
8. Undrakhbayar Khishignyam (9th) Fr. The Citadel
9. Luke Vaith (10th) Jr. Hofstra
10. Zach Neibert (11th) Jr. Virginia Tech
11. Mike Nevinger (16th) Jr. Cornell
12. Nick Dardanes (7th) So. Minnesota
13. Steve Keith (12th) Sr. Harvard
14. Joe Bonaldi (15th) So. Binghamton
15. Mark Ballweg (17th) Sr. Iowa
16. Kevin Fanta (18th) Jr. Northern Illinois
17. Charles Cobb (NR) Fr. Penn
18. Nathan Pennesi (NR) Jr. West Virginia
19. Justin LaValle (19th) Jr. Old Dominion
20. Frank Cimato (NR) Sr. Drexel
149 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Jordan Oliver (1st) Sr. Oklahoma State
2. Donald Vinson (2nd) Sr. Binghamton
3. Jason Chamberlain (4th) Sr. Boise State
4. Andrew Alton (8th) So. Penn State
5. Cole VonOhlen (9th) Sr. Air Force
6. Scott Sakaguchi (3rd) Jr. Oregon State
7. Nick Lester (7th) Jr. Oklahoma
8. Justin Accordino (6th) Sr. Hofstra
9. Nick Brascetta (11th) So. Virginia Tech
10. Steve Santos (10th) Sr. Columbia
11. Jake Sueflohn (20th) So. Nebraska
12. Cam Tessari (13th) So. Ohio State
13. Ivan Lopouchanski (15th) Sr. Purdue
14. Josh Wilson (16th) Sr. Utah Valley
15. David Habat (18th) So. Edinboro
16. Drake Houdashelt (17th) Sr. Missouri
17. Daniel Young (19th) So. Army
18. Eric Grajales (14th) Jr. Michigan
19. Derek Valenti (12th) Sr. Virginia
20. Dan Osterman (NR) Jr. Michigan State
157 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Derek St. John (1st) Jr. Iowa
2. James Fleming (2nd) Sr. Clarion
3. Dylan Alton (3rd) So. Penn State
4. Jason Welch (4th) Sr. Northwestern
5. Joey Napoli (7th) Jr. Lehigh
6. Jesse Dong (6th) Sr. Virginia Tech
7. James Green (5th) So. Nebraska
8. Matt Lester (10th) Jr. Oklahoma
9. Frank Hickman (8th) Sr. Bloomsburg
10. Alex Dieringer (9th) Fr. Oklahoma State
11. Roger Pena (15th) Jr. Oregon State
12. Jedd Moore (NR) Sr. Virginia
13. Josh Kreimer (13th) Jr. Air Force
14. Scott Winston (12th) Sr. Rutgers
15. Corey Mock (16th) Jr. North Carolina
16. Jake O’Hara (17th) Sr. Columbia
17. Tommy Churchard (18th) Sr. Purdue
18. Andy McCulley (NR) So. Wyoming
19. Bobby Barnhisel (NR) Sr. Navy
20. George Ivanov (19th) Sr. Boise State
165 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Kyle Dake (1st) Sr. Cornell
2. David Taylor (2nd) Jr. Penn State
3. Tyler Caldwell (3rd) Jr. Oklahoma State
4. Peter Yates (4th) Sr. Virginia Tech
5. Conrad Polz (5th) Jr. Illinois
6. Steve Monk (9th) Jr. North Dakota State
7. Patrick Graham (8th) Sr. Oklahoma
8. Nick Sulzer (7th) So. Virginia
9. Joe Booth (10th) Sr. Drexel
10. Cody Yohn (11th) Sr. Minnesota
11. Pierce Harger (12th) So. Northwestern
12. Corey Lear (14th) Sr. Bucknell
13. Mark Lewandowski (15th) Sr. Buffalo
14. Tyler Wilps (17th) So. Pittsburgh
15. Tristan Warner (16th) Jr. Old Dominion
16. Zach Toal (NR) So. Missouri
17. Taylor Massa (18th) Fr. Michigan
18. David Cheza (19th) Sr. Michigan State
19. John Greisheimer (20th) Jr. Edinboro
20. Ryan LeBlanc (16th at 174) Jr. Indiana
174 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Chris Perry (1st) Jr. Oklahoma State
2. Nick Heflin (2nd) Jr. Ohio State
3. Logan Storley (3rd) So. Minnesota
4. Jordan Blanton (4th) Jr. Illinois
5. Josh Asper (5th) Sr. Maryland
6. Robert Kokesh (6th) So. Nebraska
7. Matt Brown (7th) So. Penn State
8. Mike Evans (6th at 165) So. Iowa
9. Lee Munster (10th) So. Northwestern
10. Dan Yates (11th) Jr. Michigan
11. Greg Zannetti (12th) Sr. Rutgers
12. Mike Dessino (13th) Sr. Bloomsburg
13. Turtogtokh Luvsandorj (14th) Sr. Citadel
14. Jim Resnick (18th) Sr. Rider
15. Blake Stauffer (NR) Fr. Arizona State
16. William Miller (NR) Fr. Navy
17. Todd Porter (15th) Sr. Missouri
18. Jon Fausey (8th) Jr. Virginia
19. Coleman Gracey (19th) So. Army
20. Steve West (20th) Sr. Columbia
184 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Ed Ruth (1st) Jr. Penn State
2. Steve Bosak (2nd) Sr. Cornell
3. Robert Hamlin (3rd) Sr. Lehigh
4. Kevin Steinhaus (4th) Jr. Minnesota
5. Ben Bennett (5th) Sr. Central Michigan
6. Josh Ihnen (6th) Sr. Nebraska
7. Jimmy Sheptock (8th) Jr. Maryland
8. Ethen Lofthouse (9th) Jr. Iowa
9. Mike Larson (10th) Sr. Missouri
10. Ryan Loder (7th) Jr. Northern Iowa
11. Tony Dallago (11th) So. Illinois
12. Jacob Swartz (12th) Jr. Boise State
13. Casey Newburg (13th) Sr. Kent State
14. Max Thomusseit (14th) So. Pittsburgh
15. Boaz Beard (15th) Jr. Iowa State
16. Dan Rinaldi (16th) Sr. Rutgers
17. Chris Chionuma (19th) Sr. Oklahoma State
18. MacKain Stoll (17th) Sr. North Dakota State
19. Alex Utley (20th) So. North Carolina
20. Kevin Radford (NR) So. Arizona State
197 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Dustin Kilgore (1st) Sr. Kent State
2. Matt Wilps (2nd) Sr. Pittsburgh
3. Alfonzo Hernandez (3rd) Sr. Wyoming
4. Quentin Wright (4th) Sr. Penn State
5. Mario Gonzalez (5th) So. Illinois
6. Micah Burak (7th) Sr. Penn
7. Scott Schiller (8th) So. Minnesota
8. Nathan Schiedel (10th) Sr. Binghamton
9. Brent Haynes (6th) Sr. Missouri
10. Blake Rosholt (9th) Jr. Oklahoma State
11. Jake Meredith (17th) Sr. Arizona State
12. Andrew Campolattano (NR) So. Ohio State
13. Taylor Meeks (11th) So. Oregon State
14. Richard Perry (12th) Jr. Bloomsburg
15. Christian Boley (14th) Jr. Maryland
16. Max Huntley (15th) So. Michigan
17. Brandon Atwood (16th) So. Purdue
18. Kyven Gadson (19th) So. Iowa State
19. Brent Chriswell (NR) Sr. Boise State
20. Nathan Burak (NR) Fr. Iowa
Heavyweight
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Anthony Nelson (1st) Jr. Minnesota
2. Alan Gelogaev (2nd) Sr. Oklahoma State
3. Dom Bradley (3rd) Sr. Missouri
4. Jarod Trice (4th) Sr. Central Michigan
5. Bobby Telford (5th) So. Iowa
6. Chad Hanke (6th) Sr. Oregon State
7. Michael McClure (7th) So. Michigan State
8. Michael McMullan (8th) So. Northwestern
9. Jeremy Johnson (9th) Jr. Ohio
10. Zac Thomusseit (11th) Sr. Pittsburgh
11. Adam Chalfant (13th) Jr. Indiana
12. J.T. Felix (NR) Jr. Boise State
13. Odie Delaney (14th) Sr. Citadel
14. Kevin Innis (15th) Jr. Boston University
15. Pat Walker (16th) Sr. Illinois
16. Peter Capone (NR) Jr. Ohio State
17. Connor Medbury (19th) Fr. Wisconsin
18. Matt Gibson (18th) Sr. Iowa State
19. Stryker Lane (NR) Sr. Cornell
20. James Lawson (NR) So. Penn State
