WIN’s Dec. 10, 2012 TPI, Team Dual and Individual Rankings
Dec. 10, 2012
NEWTON, Iowa — The University of Pittsburgh and Oklahoma State University made noticeable moves in WIN’s current rankings that were released today.
Pittsburgh moved into the Top 10 of WIN’s Dual Team Rankings as the Panthers have now won their last two duals, including most recently beating Maryland, 23-12, on Dec. 7.
Pitt’s movement is among the highlights of WIN’s most recent rankings, which includes its updated Tournament Power Index (TPI) and Individual Rankings. The WIN TPI does not rank teams according to dual meet performances. Instead, WIN also ranks teams in a separate Dual Team Rankings.
But Oklahoma State, hot off a pair of wins against Wyoming and Bedlam rival Oklahoma, moved up one spot to No. 2 in WIN’s TPI, trailing No. 1 Penn State by a 98.5-83 margin. Iowa dropped to No. 3 with 79.5 points while Minnesota remained No. 4.
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 10, 2012 Tournament Power Index (TPI)
Rank College Top 8 TPI
1 Penn State 7 98.5
2 Oklahoma State 6 83
3 Iowa 6 79.5
4 Minnesota 5 67.5
5 Illinois 6 65
6 Ohio State 3 57
7 Cornell 2 43
8 Missouri 3 42
9 Virginia Tech 4 39
10 Central Michigan 3 38
11t Oregon State 3 34.5
11t Oklahoma 2 34.5
13 Nebraska 3 26.5
14 Northwestern 2 24.5
15 Edinboro 2 24
16 Lehigh 2 23.5
17t Binghamton 2 23
17t Pittsburgh 1 23
19 Kent State 1 21.5
20 Maryland 2 21
21 North Dakota State 2 20
22 Boise State 1 19.5
23 Clarion 1 16
24 Wyoming 1 14.5
25 Air Force 1 13.5
26 Virginia 1 12.5
27t Penn 1 12
27t Wisconsin 1 12
29 North Carolina 1 11.5
30 Hofstra 1 9.5
31 Arizona State 1 9
32 Citadel 1 8.5
33 Michigan 0 7.5
34 Chattanooga 1 6.5
35t Northern Iowa 0 6
35t Purdue 0 6
36t Ohio 1 5.5
36t Bloomsburg 0 5.5
36t Rutgers 0 5.5
40t Old Dominion 0 4.5
40t Iowa State 0 4.5
40t Columbia 0 4.5
43 Michigan State 0 3
44t Harvard 0 2.5
44t Indiana 0 2.5
44t Navy 0 2.5
47t CSU Bakersfield 0 2
47t Bucknell 0 2
47t Drexel 0 2
50t Buffalo 0 1.5
50t Cal Poly 0 1.5
50t Utah Valley 0 1.5
50t Northern Illinois 0 1.5
50t Rider 0 1.5
55t Army 0 1
55t West Virginia 0 1
WIN’s Dec 10, 2012 Team Dual Rankings
Rk School (Previous) Record
1. Penn State (1st) 3-0
2. Oklahoma State (2nd) 4-0
3. Minnesota (3rd) 8-1
4. Iowa (4th) 8-0
5. Illinois (5th) 3-0
6. Ohio State (6th) 3-0
7. Missouri (7th) 5-0
8. Cornell (8th) 4-0
9. Central Michigan (11th) 4-2
10. Pittsburgh (14th) 2-2
11. Virginia Tech (15th) 4-2
12. Michigan (13th) 6-1
13. Oklahoma (10th) 4-3
14. Maryland (12th) 5-2
15. Oregon State (20th) 2-2
16. Nebraska (9th) 5-2
17. Wyoming (19th) 2-2
18. Kent State (16th) 0-0
19. Northwestern (17th) 3-1
20. Virginia (18th) 6-2
WIN’s Dec 10, 2012 Individual Rankings
125 pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Matt McDonough (1st) Sr. Iowa
2. Nico Megaludis (3rd) So. Penn State
3. Jesse Delgado (2nd) So. Illinois
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 (10th Fr. Cornell
11. Joe Roth (11th) Jr. Central Michigan
12. Mark Rappo (12th) Sr. Penn
13. Shane Gentry (13th) Jr. Maryland
14. Josh Martinez (14th) Fr. Air Force
15. Camden Eppert (15th Jr. Purdue
16. Nikko Triggas (16th) Sr. Ohio State
17. Jerome Robinson (18th) So. Old Dominion
18. Steve Bonano (19th) Sr. Hofstra
19. Nathan Kraisser (20th) Fr. North Carolina
20. Sean Boyle (NR) Jr. Michigan
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 (4th) So. Edinboro
5. Chris Dardanes (5th) So. Minnesota
6. Nathan McCormick (7th) Sr. Missouri
7. Jon Morrison (8th) So. Oklahoma State
8. Daryl Thomas (10th) Sr. Illinois’
9. Shelton Mack (6th) Jr. Pittsburgh
10. Cashe Quiroga (11th) Jr. Purdue
11. Nick Arujau (12th) Jr. Cornell
12. Cody Brewer (13th) Fr. Oklahoma
13. Devon Lotito (14th) Fr. Cal Poly
14. Geoff Alexander (19th) So. Maryland
15. Levi Wolfensperger (20th) So. Northern Iowa
16. Levi Mele (15th) Sr. Northwestern
17. Scott Festejo (16th) Jr. Old Dominion
18. Joey Ward (17th) Fr. North Carolina
19. Ian Nickell (18th) Fr. CSU Bakersfield
20. George DiCamillo (NR) Fr. Virginia
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 (4th) Sr. Oregon State
5. Tyler Graff (5th) Sr. Wisconsin
6. Mitchell Port (6th) So. Edinboro
7. Evan Henderson (7th) So. North Carolina
8. Undrakhbayar Khishignyam (8th) Fr. The Citadel
9. Luke Vaith (9th) Jr. Hofstra
10. Zach Neibert (10th) Jr. Virginia Tech
11. Mike Nevinger (11th) Jr. Cornell
12. Nick Dardanes (12th) So. Minnesota
13. Steve Keith (13th) Sr. Harvard
14. Joe Bonaldi (14th) So. Binghamton
15. Mark Ballweg (15th) Sr. Iowa
16. Kevin Fanta (16th) Jr. Northern Illinois
17. Charles Cobb (17th) Fr. Penn
18. Nathan Pennesi (18th) Jr. West Virginia
19. Justin LaValle (19th) Jr. Old Dominion
20. Trevor Melde (NR) Sr. Rutgers
149 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Jordan Oliver (1st) Sr. Oklahoma State
2. Donald Vinson (2nd) Sr. Binghamton
3. Jason Chamberlain (3rd) Sr. Boise State
4 Andrew Alton (4th) So. Penn State
5. Cole VonOhlen (5th Sr. Air Force
6. Scott Sakaguchi (6th) Jr. Oregon State
7. Justin Accordino (8th) Sr. Hofstra
8. Nick Brascetta (9th) So. Virginia Tech
9. Steve Santos (10th) Sr. Columbia
10. Jake Sueflohn (11th) So. Nebraska
11. Cam Tessari (12th) So Ohio State
12. Nick Lester (7th) Jr. Oklahoma
13. Ivan Lopouchanski (13th) Sr Purdue
14. Josh Wilson (14th) Sr Utah Valley
15. David Habat (15th) So. Edinboro
16. Drake Houdashelt (16th) Sr. Missouri
17. Daniel Young (17th) So. Army
18. Eric Grajales (18th) Jr. Michigan
19. Derek Valenti (19th) Sr Virginia
20. Dan Osterman (20th) 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 (5th) Jr. Lehigh
6. Jesse Dong (6th) Sr. Virginia Tech
7. James Green (7th) So. Nebraska
8. Alex Dieringer (10th) Fr. Oklahoma State
9. Frank Hickman (9th) Sr. Bloomsburg
10. Roger Pena (11th) Jr. Oregon State
11. Jedd Moore (12th) Sr. Virginia
12. Josh Kreimer (13th) Jr. Air Force
13 Corey Mock (15th) Jr. North Carolina
14. Jake O’Hara (16th) Sr Columbia
15. Matt Lester (8th) Jr. Oklahoma
16. David Bonin (NR) Jr. Northern Iowa
17. Andy McCulley (18th) So. Wyoming
18. George Ivanov (20th) Sr. Boise State
19. Bobby Barnhisel (19th) Sr. Navy
20. Scott Winston (14th) Sr. Rutgers
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. Steve Monk (6th) Jr. North Dakota State
6. Patrick Graham (7th) Sr. Oklahoma
7. Conrad Polz (5th) Jr. Illinois
8. Nick Sulzer (8th) So. Virginia
9. Joe Booth (9th) Sr. Drexel
10. Cody Yohn (10th) Sr. Minnesota
11. Pierce Harger (11th) So. Northwestern
12 Corey Lear (12th) Sr. Bucknell
13 Tyler Wilps (14th) So. Pittsburgh
14 Tristan Warner (15th) Jr. Old Dominion
15. Zach Toal (16th) So. Missouri
16. Mark Lewandowski (13th) Sr. Buffalo
17. Taylor Massa (17th) Fr. Michigan
18. Nick Moore (NR) So. Iowa
19. Michael Moreno (NR) So. Iowa State
20. Ryan LeBlanc (20th) 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
6. Mike Evans (8th) So. Iowa
9. Lee Munster (9th So. Northwestern
10. Dan Yates (10th Jr. Michigan
11. Greg Zannetti (11th) Sr. Rutgers
12. Mike Dessino (12th) Sr. Bloomsburg
13. Turtogtokh Luvsandorj (13th) Sr. Citadel
14. Jim Resnick (14th) Sr. Rider
15. Blake Stauffer (15th) Fr. Arizona State
16. Matthew Miller (16th) Fr. Navy
17. Bryce Hammond (NR) Fr. CSU Bakersfield
18. Cody Caldwell (NR) Fr. Northern Iowa
19. Jon Fausey (18th) Jr. Virginia
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 (7th) Jr. Maryland
8. Ethen Lofthouse (8th) Jr Iowa
9. Mike Larson (9th) Sr Missouri
10. Ryan Loder (10th 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 (17th) Sr. Oklahoma State
18. MacKain Stoll (18th) Sr. North Dakota State
19. Alex Utley (19th) So North Carolina
20. Kevin Radford (20th) 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 (6th) Sr. Penn
7. Jake Meredith (11th) Sr. Arizona State
8. Nathan Schiedel (8th) Sr. Binghamton
9. Taylor Meeks (13th) So. Oregon State
10. Brent Haynes (9th Sr. Missouri
11. Scott Schiller (7th) So. Minnesota
12. Andrew Campolattano (12th) So. Ohio State
13. Blake Rosholt (10th) Jr. Oklahoma State
14. Richard Perry (14th) Jr. Bloomsburg
15. Christian Boley (15th Jr. Maryland
16. Max Huntley (16th) So. Michigan
17. Brandon Atwood (17th) So. Purdue
18. Kyven Gadson (18th) So. Iowa State
19. Brent Chriswell (19th) Sr. Boise State
20. James Fox (NR) So. Harvard
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 McMullan (8th) So Northwestern
8. Jeremy Johnson (9th) Jr Ohio
9. Michael McClure (7th) So Michigan State
10. Zac Thomusseit (10th Sr Pittsburgh
11. J.T. Felix (12th) Jr. Boise State
12. Connor Medbury (17th) Fr. Wisconsin
13. Adam Chalfant (11th) Jr Indiana
14. Pat Walker (15th) Sr. Illinois
15. Jon Gingrich (NR) So. Penn State
16. Odie Delaney (13th Sr Citadel
17. Peter Capone (16th) Jr. Ohio State
18. Matt Gibson (18th) Sr. Iowa State
19. Stryker Lane (19th) Sr. Cornell
20. Ernest James (NR) Jr. Edinboro
