Final WIN Rankings released — Penn State to be challenged by Oklahoma State and Iowa
March 11, 2013
NEWTON, Iowa — All the NCAA qualifying tournaments are finished and two-time NCAA champion Penn State is expected be strongly challenged by both Oklahoma State and Iowa, according to WIN’s current Tournament Power Index.
Based on WIN’s TPI, the Nittany Lions are predicted to score 86.5 points, followed closely by Oklahoma State’s 86 and Iowa’s 81.5 points. All three schools, plus No. 4 Minnesota, are also predicted to each claim six All-Americans.
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 NCAA tournament. Current rankings reflect WIN’s predictions of NCAA finishes based on that variable as well.
With that in mind, the following wrestlers are predicted to win individual championships at this year’s national tournament: Alan Waters (125, Missouri), Logan Stieber (133, Ohio State), Kendric Maple (141, Oklahoma), Jordan Oliver (149, Oklahoma State), Jason Welch (157, Northwestern), Kyle Dake (165, Cornell), Chris Perry (174, Oklahoma State), Ed Ruth (184, Penn State), Dustin Kilgore (197, Kent State) and Anthony Nelson (Hwt, Minnesota).
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 11, 2013 Tournament Power Index (TPI)
Rank College Top 8 TPI
1 Penn State 6 86.5
2 Oklahoma State 6 86
3 Iowa 6 81.5
4 Minnesota 6 68.5
5 Missouri 3 51.5
6t Oregon State 4 44.5
6t Cornell 3 44.5
8 Ohio State 3 44
9 Virginia Tech 4 40
10 Oklahoma 3 38
11 Illinois 3 34.5
12 Lehigh 2 32.5
13 Nebraska 2 28.5
14 Pittsburgh 2 28
15 Edinboro 2 27.5
16 Boise State 2 26.5
17t Central Michigan 2 25.5
17t Northwestern 2 25.5
19 Kent State 1 22.5
20 Maryland 2 20.5
21 Northern Iowa 2 18
22 Wisconsin 1 16.5
23 Virginia 2 16
24t Air Force 1 15.5
24t Binghamton 1 15.5
24t Iowa State 1 15.5
24t Wyoming 1 15.5
28 Michigan 1 14.5
29 North Dakota State 1 12
30 North Carolina 1 11.5
31t Citadel 1 10.5
31t Columbia 1 10.5
33t Clarion 1 10
33t Arizona State 1 10
35 Bloomsburg 0 7
36 Penn 0 6
37 Purdue 0 4.5
38 Ohio 0 4
39t Harvard 0 3.5
39t Indiana 0 3.5
41 Michigan State 0 3
42t Hofstra 0 2.5
42t Old Dominion 0 2.5
42t Utah Valley 0 2.5
42t Rutgers 0 2.5
46 Navy 0 2
47t Franklin & Marshall 0 1.5
47t Buffalo 0 1.5
47t Drexel 0 1.5
47t Chattanooga 0 1.5
51t Lock Haven 0 1
51t Rider 0 1
51t Bucknell 0 1
51t West Virginia 0 1
51t CSU Bakersfield 0 1
WIN’s March 11, 2013 Individual Rankings
125 pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Alan Waters (1st) Jr. Missouri
2. Jesse Delgado (4th) So. Illinois
3. Matt McDonough (2nd) Sr. Iowa
4. Nico Megaludis (3rd) So. Penn State
5. Jarrod Garnett (5th) Sr. Virginia Tech
6. Nahshon Garrett (6th) Fr. Cornell
7. Nathan Kraisser (8th) Fr. North Carolina
8. Matt Snyder (9th) Sr. Virginia
9. Trent Sprenkle (10th) Sr. North Dakota State
10. Josh Martinez (14th) Fr. Air Force
11. Tyler Cox (13th) So. Wyoming
12. Mark Rappo (12th) Sr. Penn
13. Sean Boyle (NR) Jr. Michigan
14. Nikko Triggas (15th) Sr. Ohio State
15. Steve Bonano (17th) Sr. Hofstra
16. Nick Soto (18th) So. Chattanooga
17. Christian Cullinan (7th) Fr. Central Michigan
18. Rob Deutsch (NR) Fr. Old Dominion
19. Jade Rauser (NR) Fr. Utah Valley
20. Shane Gentry (16th) Jr. Maryland
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. Cody Brewer (9th) Fr. Oklahoma
9. Levi Wolfensperger (12th) So. Northern Iowa
10. Jordan Conway (14th) Fr. Penn State
11. Scott Sentes (8th) Sr. Central Michigan
12. Daryl Thomas (10th) Sr. Illinois
13. George DiCamillo (15th) Fr. Virginia
14. Shelton Mack (16th) So. Pittsburgh
15. Eric Spjut (17th) So. Virginia Tech
16. Nick Wilcox (19th) Jr. Bloomsburg
17. Devon Lotito (20th) Fr. Cal Poly
18. Brian Owen (18th) Sr. Boise State
19. Geoff Alexander (13th) So. Maryland
20. Cashe Quiroga (11th) Jr. Purdue
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. Mark Ballweg (11th) Sr. Iowa
8. Joey Lazor (8th) Jr. Northern Iowa
9. Nick Dardanes (7th) So. Minnesota
10. Charles Cobb (13th) Fr. Penn
11. Mike Nevinger (9th) Jr. Cornell
12. Zach Neibert (12th) Jr. Virginia Tech
13. Steve Keith (10th) Sr. Harvard
14. Chris Mecate (16th) Fr. Old Dominion
15. Richard Durso (18th) So. Franklin & Marshall
16. Frank Cimato (17th) Sr. Drexel
17. Luke Vaith (14th) Jr. Hofstra
18. Nathan Pennesi (15th) Jr. West Virginia
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. Dylan Ness (6th) So. Minnesota
6. Steve Santos (5th) Sr. Columbia
7. Scott Sakaguchi (8th) Jr. Oregon State
8. Nick Brascetta (9th) So. Virginia Tech
9. Jake Sueflohn (11th) So. Nebraska
10. Ivan Lopouchanski (10th) Sr. Purdue
11. Drake Houdashelt (14th) So. Missouri
12. Andrew Alton (13th) So. Penn State
13. Eric Grajales (7th) Jr. Michigan
14. Josh Wilson (15th) Sr. Utah Valley
15. David Habat (18th) So. Edinboro
16. Nick Lester (16th) Jr. Oklahoma
17. Shane Welsh (17th) Sr. Lehigh
18. Caleb Ervin (19th) Fr. Illinois
19. Donnie Corby (20th) Sr. Central Michigan
20. Dan Osterman (NR) Sr. Michigan State
157 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Jason Welch (2nd) Sr. Northwestern
2. Joey Napoli (3rd) Jr. Lehigh
3. Derek St. John (1st) Jr. Iowa
4. James Green (6th) So. Nebraska
5. James Fleming (4th) Sr. Clarion
6. Alex Dieringer (7th) Fr. Oklahoma State
7. Jesse Dong (9th) Sr. Virginia Tech
8. Dylan Alton (5th) So. Penn State
9. Jedd Moore (8th) Sr. Virginia
10. George Ivanov (10th) Sr. Boise State
11. Walter Peppelman (11th) Sr. Harvard
12. Roger Pena (13th) Jr. Oregon State
13. Frank Hickman (14th) Sr. Bloomsburg
14. David Bonin (16th) Jr. Northern Iowa
15. Josh Demas (17th) So. Ohio State
16. Kyle Bradley (15th) So. Missouri
17. Josh Kreimer (18th) Jr. Air Force
18. Taylor Walsh (12th) So. Indiana
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. Peter Yates (4th) Sr. Virginia Tech
4. Tyler Caldwell (3rd) Jr. Oklahoma State
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. Josh Veltre (19th) Jr. Bloomsburg
10. Cody Yohn (15th) Sr. Minnesota
11. Nick Moore (13th) So. Iowa
12. Taylor Massa (9th) Fr. Michigan
13. Tyler Wilps (14th) So. Pittsburgh
14. Michael Moreno (18th) So. Iowa State
15. Mark Lewandowski (11th) Sr. Buffalo
16. Pierce Harger (10th) So. Northwestern
17. Ryan LeBlanc (17th) Jr. Indiana
18. Zach Toal (16th) So. Missouri
19. Ramon Santiago (20th) Jr. Rider
20. Corey Lear (12th) Sr. Bucknell
174 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Chris Perry (2nd) Jr. Oklahoma State
2. Matt Brown (7th) So. Penn State
3. Mike Evans (3rd) So. Iowa
4. Robert Kokesh (4th) So. Nebraska
5. Josh Asper (5th) Sr. Maryland
6. Logan Storley (1st) So. Minnesota
7. Jordan Blanton (8th) Jr. Illinois
8. Nick Heflin (6th) Jr. Ohio State
9. Dan Yates (11th) Jr. Michigan
10. Nathan Brown (13th) So. Lehigh
11. Matthew Miller (12th) Fr. Navy
12. Cody Walters (17th) Fr. Ohio U.
13. Todd Porter (9th) Sr. Missouri
14. Tanner Weatherman (15th) Jr. Iowa State
15. Lee Munster (10th) So. Northwestern
16. Jon Fausey (18th) Jr. Virginia
17. Bryce Hammond (19th) Fr. CSU Bakersfield
18. Blake Stauffer (16th) Fr. Arizona State
19. Sam Wheeler (NR) Fr. Kent State
20. Greg Zannetti (14th) Sr. Rutgers
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. Jimmy Sheptock (8th) Jr. Maryland
8. Jacob Swartz (9th) Jr. Boise State
9. Chris Chionuma (10th) Sr. Oklahoma State
10. Mike Larson (11th) Sr. Missouri
11. Ethen Lofthouse (13th) Jr. Iowa
12. Josh Ihnen (7th) Sr. Nebraska
13. Max Thomusseit (12th) So. Pittsburgh
14. Casey Newburg (15th) Sr. Kent State
15. Dan Rinaldi (14th) Sr. Rutgers
16. Boaz Beard (17th) Jr. Iowa State
17. C.J. Magrum (NR) Sr. Ohio State
18. Tony Dallago (16th) So. Illinois
19. Kevin Radford (19th) So. Arizona State
20. MacKain Stoll (18th) Sr. North Dakota 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. Taylor Meeks (6th) So. Oregon State
6. Kyven Gadson (7th) So. Iowa State
7. Jake Meredith (8th) Sr. Arizona State
8. Scott Schiller (9th) So. Minnesota
9. Nathan Schiedel (5th) Sr. Binghamton
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. Andrew Campolattano (18th) So. Ohio State
16. Nathan Burak (NR) Fr. Iowa
17. Brent Haynes (16th) Sr. Missouri
18. Derrick Borlie (17th) Jr. Virginia Tech
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. J.T. Felix (12th) Jr. Boise State
12. Jeremy Johnson (11th) Jr. Ohio
13. Levi Cooper (13th) Sr. Arizona State
14. Adam Chalfant (15th) Jr. Indiana
15. Jimmy Lawson (16th) So. Penn State
16. Odie Delaney (17th) Sr. Citadel
17. Matt Gibson (18th) Sr. Iowa State
18. Justin Grant (19th) Jr. Bloomsburg
19. Ben Apland (NR) Sr. Michigan
20. Ernest James (20th) Jr. Edinboro
