WIN’s March 4, 2013 TPI and Individual Rankings
March 4, 2013
NEWTON, Iowa — With the majority of the NCAA Division I national qualifying tournaments taking place this weekend, two-time defending national champion Penn State remains the school to beat according to WIN’s Tournament Power Index, which was released today.
This week’s individual rankings also include results from the Pac-12 championships where Oregon State won the team championship last Saturday. The rest of the qualifying tournaments will this weekend from Friday through Sunday.
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.
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.
At this point in the season, WIN also starts to look ahead to probable seeds at the conference and NCAA tournaments. Current rankings reflect WIN’s predictions of NCAA finishes based on that variable as well.
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 March 4, 2013 Tournament Power Index (TPI)
Rank College Top 8 TPI
1 Penn State 6 86.5
2 Minnesota 6 81
3 Oklahoma State 6 80.5
4 Iowa 5 73
5 Missouri 3 52.5
6 Ohio State 3 49.5
7 Cornell 3 44.5
8 Oregon State 4 42
9t Oklahoma 2 34.5
9t Central Michigan 4 34.5
11 Northwestern 2 33
12t Virginia Tech 2 30.5
12t Illinois 3 30.5
14 Nebraska 3 30
15 Lehigh 2 29.5
16 Pittsburgh 2 28.5
17 Edinboro 2 27
18 Binghamton 2 23.5
19 Boise State 1 23
20 Kent State 1 21.5
21 Maryland 2 20.5
22 Northern Iowa 2 19
23 Wisconsin 1 16.5
24 Michigan 2 16
25 Virginia 2 15.5
26t Air Force 1 15
26t Wyoming 1 15
28 Clarion 1 12.5
29t North Dakota State 1 12
29t Iowa State 1 12
31 North Carolina 1 11.5
32 Columbia 1 11
33 Citadel 1 10
34 Arizona State 1 9.5
35 Bloomsburg 0 7
36 Purdue 0 6.5
37 Penn 0 5.5
38 Indiana 0 4.5
39 Harvard 0 4
40t Michigan State 0 3
40t Ohio 0 3
40t Rutgers 0 3
43t Old Dominion 0 2.5
43t Hofstra 0 2.5
45t Navy 0 2
45t Buffalo 0 2
45t Bucknell 0 2
48t West Virginia 0 1.5
48t Utah Valley 0 1.5
50t Lock Haven 0 1
50t Franklin & Marshall 0 1
50t Rider 0 1
50t Chattanooga 0 1
50t Drexel 0 1
50t CSU Bakersfield 0 1
WIN’s March 4, 2013 Individual Rankings
125 pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Alan Waters (1st) Jr. Missouri
2. Matt McDonough (2nd) Sr. Iowa
3. Nico Megaludis (3rd) So. Penn State
4. Jesse Delgado (4th) So. Illinois
5. Jarrod Garnett (5th) Sr. Virginia Tech
6. Nahshon Garrett (6th) Fr. Cornell
7. Christian Cullinan (7th) Fr. Central Michigan
8. Nathan Kraisser (8th) Fr. North Carolina
9. Matt Snyder (9th) Sr. Virginia
10. Trent Sprenkle (10th) Sr. North Dakota State
11. David Thorn (11th) Fr. Minnesota
12. Mark Rappo (12th) Sr. Penn
13. Tyler Cox (13th) So. Wyoming
14. Josh Martinez (14th) Fr. Air Force
15. Nikko Triggas (15th) Sr. Ohio State
16. Shane Gentry (16th) Jr. Maryland
17. Steve Bonano (17th) Sr. Hofstra
18. Nick Soto (18th) So. Chattanooga
19. Camden Eppert (19th) Jr. Purdue
20. Jerome Robinson (20th) So. Old Dominion
133 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Logan Stieber (1st) So. Ohio State
2. Tony Ramos (2nd) Jr. Iowa
3. Tyler Graff (3rd) Sr. Wisconsin
4. A. J. Schopp (4th) So. Edinboro
5. Chris Dardanes (5th) So. Minnesota
6. Jon Morrison (6th) So. Oklahoma State
7. Nathan McCormick (7th) Sr. Missouri
8. Scott Sentes (8th) Sr. Central Michigan
9. Cody Brewer (9th) Fr. Oklahoma
10. Daryl Thomas (10th) Sr. Illinois
11. Cashe Quiroga (11th) Jr. Purdue
12. Levi Wolfensperger (12th) So. Northern Iowa
13. Geoff Alexander (13th) So. Maryland
14. Jordan Conway (14th) Fr. Penn State
15. George DiCamillo (16th) Fr. Virginia
16. Shelton Mack (17th) So. Pittsburgh
17. Eric Spjut (18th) So. Virginia Tech
18. Brian Owen (19th) Sr. Boise State
19. Nick Wilcox (20th) Jr. Bloomsburg
20. Devon Lotito (NR) Fr. Cal Poly
141 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Kendric Maple (1st) Jr. Oklahoma
2. Hunter Stieber (2nd) So. Ohio State
3. Mike Mangrum (3rd) Sr. Oregon State
4. Mitchell Port (4th) So. Edinboro
5. Evan Henderson (5th) So. North Carolina
6. Undrakhbayar Khishignyam (6th) Fr. Citadel
7. Nick Dardanes (7th) So. Minnesota
8. Joey Lazor (8th) Jr. Northern Iowa
9. Mike Nevinger (9th) Jr. Cornell
10. Steve Keith (10th) Sr. Harvard
11. Mark Ballweg (11th) Sr. Iowa
12. Zach Neibert (12th) Jr. Virginia Tech
13. Charles Cobb (13th) Fr. Penn
14. Luke Vaith (14th) Jr. Hofstra
15. Nathan Pennesi (15th) Jr. West Virginia
16. Chris Mecate (16th) Fr. Old Dominion
17. Frank Cimato (17th) Sr. Drexel
18. Richard Durso (18th) So. Franklin & Marshall
19. Dan Neff (19th) Fr. Lock Haven
20. Luke Goettl (20th) So. Iowa State
149 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Jordan Oliver (1st) Sr. Oklahoma State
2. Jason Chamberlain (2nd) Sr. Boise State
3. Donald Vinson (3rd) Sr. Binghamton
4. Cole VonOhlen (4th) Sr. Air Force
5. Steve Santos (5th) Sr. Columbia
6. Dylan Ness (6th) So. Minnesota
7. Eric Grajales (7th) Jr. Michigan
8. Scott Sakaguchi (8th) Jr. Oregon State
9. Nick Brascetta (9th) So. Virginia Tech
10. Ivan Lopouchanski (10th) Sr. Purdue
11. Jake Sueflohn (11th) So. Nebraska
12. Cam Tessari (12th) So. Ohio State
13. Andrew Alton (13th) So. Penn State
14. Drake Houdashelt (14th) So. Missouri
15. Josh Wilson (15th) Sr. Utah Valley
16. Nick Lester (16th) Jr. Oklahoma
17. Shane Welsh (17th) Sr. Lehigh
18. David Habat (18th) So. Edinboro
19. Caleb Ervin (19th) Fr. Illinois
20. Donnie Corby (20th) Sr. Central Michigan
157 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Derek St. John (1st) Jr. Iowa
2. Jason Welch (2nd) Sr. Northwestern
3. Joey Napoli (3rd) Jr. Lehigh
4. James Fleming (4th) Sr. Clarion
5. Dylan Alton (5th) So. Penn State
6. James Green (6th) So. Nebraska
7. Alex Dieringer (7th) Fr. Oklahoma State
8. Jedd Moore (9th) Sr. Virginia
9. Jesse Dong (10th) Sr. Virginia Tech
10. George Ivanov (15th) Sr. Boise State
11. Walter Peppelman (11th) Sr. Harvard
12. Taylor Walsh (12th) So. Indiana
13. Roger Pena (8th) Jr. Oregon State
14. Frank Hickman (13th) Sr. Bloomsburg
15. Kyle Bradley (14th) So. Missouri
16. David Bonin (16th) Jr. Northern Iowa
17. Josh Demas (17th) So. Ohio State
18. Josh Kreimer (18th) Jr. Air Force
19. Matt Lester (19th) Jr. Oklahoma
20. Andy McCulley (20th) So. Wyoming
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. Patrick Graham (5th) Sr. Oklahoma
6. Steve Monk (6th) Jr. North Dakota State
7. Conrad Polz (7th) Jr. Illinois
8. Nick Sulzer (8th) So. Virginia
9. Taylor Massa (9th) Fr. Michigan
10. Pierce Harger (10th) So. Northwestern
11. Mark Lewandowski (11th) Sr. Buffalo
12. Corey Lear (12th) Sr. Bucknell
13. Nick Moore (13th) So. Iowa
14. Tyler Wilps (14th) So. Pittsburgh
15. Cody Yohn (15th) Sr. Minnesota
16. Zach Toal (16th) So. Missouri
17. Ryan LeBlanc (17th) Jr. Indiana
18. Michael Moreno (18th) So. Iowa State
19. Josh Veltre (19th) Jr. Bloomsburg
20. Ramon Santiago (20th) Jr. Rider
174 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Logan Storley (1st) So. Minnesota
2. Chris Perry (2nd) Jr. Oklahoma State
3. Mike Evans (3rd) So. Iowa
4. Robert Kokesh (4th) So. Nebraska
5. Josh Asper (5th) Sr. Maryland
6. Nick Heflin (6th) Jr. Ohio State
7. Matt Brown (7th) So. Penn State
8. Jordan Blanton (8th) Jr. Illinois
9. Todd Porter (9th) Sr. Missouri
10. Lee Munster (10th) So. Northwestern
11. Dan Yates (11th) Jr. Michigan
12. Matthew Miller (13th) Fr. Navy
13. Nathan Brown (14th) So. Lehigh
14. Greg Zannetti (15th) Sr. Rutgers
15. Tanner Weatherman (16th) Jr. Iowa State
16. Blake Stauffer (12th) Fr. Arizona State
17. Cody Walters (17th) Fr. Ohio U.
18. Jon Fausey (18th) Jr. Virginia
19. Bryce Hammond (20th) Fr. CSU Bakersfield
20. Cody Caldwell (19th) Fr. Northern Iowa
184 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Ed Ruth (1st) Jr. Penn State
2. Ben Bennett (2nd) Sr. Central Michigan
3. Robert Hamlin (3rd) Sr. Lehigh
4. Steve Bosak (4th) Sr. Cornell
5. Kevin Steinhaus (5th) Jr. Minnesota
6. Ryan Loder (6th) Jr. Northern Iowa
7. Josh Ihnen (7th) Sr. Nebraska
8. Jimmy Sheptock (8th) Jr. Maryland
9. Jacob Swartz (9th) Jr. Boise State
10. Chris Chionuma (10th) Sr. Oklahoma State
11. Mike Larson (11th) Sr. Missouri
12. Max Thomusseit (12th) So. Pittsburgh
13. Ethen Lofthouse (13th) Jr. Iowa
14. Dan Rinaldi (14th) Sr. Rutgers
15. Casey Newburg (15th) Sr. Kent State
16. Tony Dallago (16th) So. Illinois
17. Boaz Beard (17th) Jr. Iowa State
18. MacKain Stoll (18th) Sr. North Dakota State
19. Kevin Radford (19th) So. Arizona State
20. John Rizqallah (20th) So. Michigan State
197 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Dustin Kilgore (1st) Sr. Kent State
2. Quentin Wright (2nd) Sr. Penn State
3. Matt Wilps (3rd) Sr. Pittsburgh
4. Alfonzo Hernandez (4th) Sr. Wyoming
5. Nathan Schiedel (5th) Sr. Binghamton
6. Taylor Meeks (6th) So. Oregon State
7. Kyven Gadson (7th) So. Iowa State
8. Jake Meredith (8th) Sr. Arizona State
9. Scott Schiller (9th) So. Minnesota
10. Micah Burak (10th) Sr. Penn
11. Blake Rosholt (11th) Jr. Oklahoma State
12. Christian Boley (12th) Jr. Maryland
13. Mario Gonzalez (13th) So. Illinois
14. Richard Perry (14th) Jr. Bloomsburg
15. Brandon Atwood (15th) So. Purdue
16. Brent Haynes (16th) Sr. Missouri
17. Derrick Borlie (17th) Jr. Virginia Tech
18. Andrew Campolattano (18th) So. Ohio State
19. Jace Bennett (19th) So. Cornell
20. Jackson Hein (20th) Jr. Wisconsin
Heavyweight
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Anthony Nelson (1st) Jr. Minnesota
2. Dom Bradley (2nd) Sr. Missouri
3. Alan Gelogaev (3rd) Sr. Oklahoma State
4. Chad Hanke (4th) Sr. Oregon State
5. Zac Thomusseit (5th) Sr. Pittsburgh
6. Michael McMullan (6th) So. Northwestern
7. Bobby Telford (7th) So. Iowa
8. Jarod Trice (8th) Sr. Central Michigan
9. Connor Medbury (9th) Fr. Wisconsin
10. Michael McClure (10th) So. Michigan State
11. Jeremy Johnson (11th) Jr. Ohio
12. J.T. Felix (13th) Jr. Boise State
13. Levi Cooper (12th) Sr. Arizona State
14. Peter Capone (14th) Jr. Ohio State
15. Adam Chalfant (15th) Jr. Indiana
16. Jimmy Lawson (16th) So. Penn State
17. Odie Delaney (17th) Sr. Citadel
18. Matt Gibson (18th) Sr. Iowa State
19. Justin Grant (19th) Jr. Bloomsburg
20. Ernest James (20th), Jr. Edinboro
