Cox and Sako among 25 newcomers in WIN’s Nov 25 Rankings
November 25, 2013
NEWTON, Iowa — Missouri’s J’den Cox and Virginia’s Gus Sako highlight a group of 25 NCAA Division I wrestlers who today made their first appearance in WIN’s Nov. 25, 2013 individual rankings. WIN’s rankings are presented by FlipsWrestling.
Cox, a true freshman, moved into the No. 8 spot at 197 pounds after winning the Lindenwood Open last weekend. Sako, a junior, grabbed the No. 10 position at 149 pounds after defeating Virginia Tech’s Zach Neibert, who was ranked fifth before last weekend’s dual meet between the ACC schools.
In the Tournament Power Index, Iowa remained No. 1 with 98 TPI points, followed closely by Minnesota (91) and Penn State (90).
The TPI is compiled by awarding points to each team with ranked wrestlers by WIN. Teams are awarded points based on how many potential NCAA All-Americans they could have next March and get advancement points for wrestlers ranked No. 9-20.
The order of teams in the TPI vary greatly from our dual-meet rankings — which will come out in December — 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.
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.
WIN seeks to subjectively combine both current results with past performance and proven records of consistency to predict those who will most likely place high or win the national tournament. WIN does not rank freshmen until they actually compete in varsity action for their school. Also some weight classes are subject to change.
WIN’s Nov. 25, 2013 Tournament Power Index (TPI)
Rank College Top 8 TPI Pts
1 Iowa 7 98
2 Minnesota 7 91
3 Penn State 6 90.5
4 Oklahoma State 6 80.5
5 Oklahoma 5 73.5
6 Illinois 3 43.5
7t Edinboro 3 38
7t Nebraska 3 38
9 Cornell 2 35
10 Northwestern 2 34.5
11t Iowa State 3 32.5
11t Ohio State 2 32.5
13 Missouri 3 31.5
14 Oregon State 2 29.5
15 Wisconsin 2 27
16 Northern Iowa 2 24
17 Virginia 1 22
18 Lehigh 2 21
19t Boise State 2 19
19t Stanford 2 19
21 Maryland 1 18.5
22 Virginia Tech 1 17.5
23 Bloomsburg 1 15.5
24 North Carolina 1 15
25 Ohio U. 2 14.5
26t Citadel 1 14
26t Pittsburgh 1 14
28 North Carolina St 1 13.5
29 Wyoming 1 11
30 Michigan 0 9
31 Air Force 1 8.5
32 Kent State 1 8
33t Hofstra 1 6.5
33t F&M 1 6.5
35 North Dakota St 1 5.5
36 Indiana 0 5
37 Central Michigan 0 4.5
38t Navy 0 4
38t Rider 0 4
40t American U. 0 3.5
40t Arizona State 0 3.5
42t Lock Haven 0 2.5
42t Utah Valley 0 2.5
44t Appalachian State 0 2
44t Brown 0 2
44t Chattanooga 0 2
44t Michigan State 0 2
44t Purdue 0 2
49t Cal Poly 0 1.5
49t Boston U. 0 1.5
49t Bucknell 0 1.5
49t Old Dominion 0 1.5
49t Penn 0 1.5
54t Army 0 1
54t Duke 0 1
54t Campbell 0 1
54t Rutgers 0 1
54t Princeton 0 1
WIN’S Nov. 25, 2013 Individual Rankings
Rk. Name Previous Yr. School
1 Jesse Delgado (1st) Jr. Illinois
2 Nahshon Garrett (2nd) So. Cornell
3 Nico Megaludis (3rd) Jr. Penn State
4 Jarrod Patterson (4th) Sr. Oklahoma
5 Tyler Cox (5th) Jr. Wyoming
6 Cory Clark (7th) Fr. Iowa
7 Josh Martinez (9th) So. Air Force
8 Evan Silver (10th) Jr. Stanford
9 Nathan Kraisser (12th) So. North Carolina
10 Anthony Zanetta (6th) Sr. Pittsburgh
11 Ed Klimara (8th) Jr. Oklahoma State
12 Dominic Parisi (11th) So. Appalachian State
13 David Terao (20th) So. American U.
14 Jade Rauser (14th) So. Utah Valley
15 Dylan Peters (NR) Fr. Northern Iowa
16 Conor Youtsey (NR) Fr. Michigan
17 Joey Dance (19th) Fr. Virginia Tech
18 Robert Deutsch (NR) So. Rider
19 Camden Eppert (17th) Sr. Purdue
20 Eric Montoya (18th) So. Campbell
133 Pounds
Rk. Name Previous Yr. School
1 Tony Ramos (1st) Sr. Iowa
2 Tyler Graff (2nd) Sr. Wisconsin
3 Ryan Mango (3rd) Sr. Stanford
4 Jon Morrison (4th) Sr. Oklahoma State
5 Cody Brewer (5th) So. Oklahoma
6 Mason Beckman (6th) So. Lehigh
7 A.J. Schopp (7th) Jr. Edinboro
8 Joe Colon (8th) Jr. Northern Iowa
9 George DiCamillo (9th) So. Virginia
10 David Thorn (10th) Sr. Minnesota
11 Mark Grey (11th) Fr. Cornell
12 Jordan Conaway (15th) So. Penn State
13 Zane Richards (14th) Fr. Illinois
14 Geoffrey Alexander (12th) Jr. Maryland
15 Shelton Mack (19th) Jr. Pittsburgh
16 Johnni DiJulius (18th) So. Ohio State
17 Joseph Ward (16th) So. North Carolina
18 Rossi Bruno (20th) So. Michigan
19 Dominick Malone (NR) So. Northwestern
20 Nick Wilcox (13th) Sr. Bloomsburg
141 Pounds
Rk. Name Previous Yr. School
1 Logan Stieber (1st) Jr. Ohio State
2 Mitchell Port (2nd) Jr. Edinboro
3 Devin Carter (3rd) Jr. Virginia Tech
4 “Ugi” Khishignnyam (4th) So. Citadel
5 Mike Nevinger (5th) Sr. Cornell
6 Chris Dardanes (6th) Jr. Minnesota
7 Richard Durso (7th) Jr. F&M
8 Luke Vaith (8th) Sr. Hofstra
9 Evan Henderson (9th) Jr. North Carolina
10 Joey Lazor (10th) Sr. Northern Iowa
11 Zain Retherford (13th) Fr. Penn State
12 Joseph Spisak (12th) Jr. Virginia
13 Chris Mecate (15th) So. Old Dominion
14 Zach Horan (16th) So. Central Michigan
15 Tyler Small (17th) Jr. Kent State
16 Dan Neff (14th) Jr. Lock Haven
17 Adam Krop (20th) Jr. Princeton
18 Nick Lester (18th) Sr. Oklahoma
19 Josh Dziewa (NR) Jr. Iowa
20 Steve Dutton (NR) Jr. Michigan
149 Pounds
Rk. Name Previous Yr. School
1 Kendric Maple (1st) Sr. Oklahoma
2 Drake Houdashelt (2nd) Jr. Missouri
3 David Habat (3rd) Jr. Edinboro
4 Jason Tsirtsis (11th) Fr. Northwestern
5 Jake Sueflohn (6th) So. Nebraska
6 Nick Dardanes (7th) Jr. Minnesota
7 Scott Sakaguchi (4th) Sr. Oregon State
8 Josh Kindig (8th) Jr. Oklahoma State
9 Andrew Alton (9th) Jr. Penn State
10 Gus Sako (NR) Jr. Virginia
11 Zach Neibert (5th) Sr. Virginia Tech
12 Eric Grajales (10th) Sr. Michigan
13 Chris Villalonga (12th) Sr, Cornell
14 Ray Borja (13th) Sr. Navy
15 Bryce Busler (14th) Sr. Bloomsburg
16 Caleb Ervin (15th) So. Illinois
17 Michael Kelly (16th) Jr. Iowa
18 Brandon Richardson (18th) Jr. Wyoming
19 Ronnie Garbinsky (19th) So. Pittsburgh
20 Mitch Minotti (NR) So. Lehigh
157 Pounds
Rk. Name Previous Yr. School
1 Derek St. John (1st) Sr. Iowa
2 Alex Dieringer (2nd) So. Oklahoma State
3 Dylan Ness (3rd) Jr. Minnesota
4 James Green (5th) Jr. Nebraska
5 Joey Napoli (6th) Sr. Lehigh
6 Dylan Alton (7th) Jr. Penn State
7 Kyle Bradley (8th) Sr. Missouri
8 Ian Miller (10th) So. Kent State
9 Roger Pena (4th) Sr. Oregon State
10 Taylor Walsh (11th) Jr. Indiana
11 Josh Kreimer (12th) Sr. Air Force
12 Isaac Jordan (NR) Fr. Wisconsin
13 Blaise Butler (13th) So. Virginia
14 Zac Brunson (14th) Fr. Illinois
15 Nestor Talfur (9th) Sr. Boston U.
16 Brian Realbuto (NR) Fr. Cornell
17 Bobby Barnhisel (15th) Sr. Navy
18 Chase Cuthbertson (17th) So. Utah Valley
19 Spartak Chino (18th) So. Ohio U.
20 Luke Smith (19th) So. Central Michigan
165 Pounds
Rk. Name Previous Yr. School
1 David Taylor (1st) Sr. Penn State
2 Tyler Caldwell (2nd) Sr. Oklahoma State
3 Mike Moreno (3rd) Jr. Iowa State
4 Nick Sulzer (4th) Jr. Virginia
5 John Staudenmayer (5th) Jr. North Carolina
6 Josh Veltre (6th) Sr. Bloomsburg
7 Nick Moore (7th) Jr. Iowa
8 Steven Monk (8th) Sr. North Dakota St
9 Zach Toal (9th) Sr. Missouri
10 Jackson Morse (10th) Jr. Illinois
11 Corey Mock (11th) Jr. Chattanooga
12 Ramon Santiago (12th) Sr. Rider
13 Dan Zilverberg (13th) Jr. Minnesota
14 Cooper Moore (NR) Fr. Northern Iowa
15 Austin Wilson (14th) So. Nebraska
16 Pierce Harger (15th) Jr. Northwestern
17 Paul Hancock (16th) Sr. Army
18 Chris Moon (17th) Jr. Virginia Tech
19 Nigel Jones (18th) Sr. North Carolina St
20 Joe Booth (19th) Sr. Hofstra
174 Pounds
Rk. Name Previous Yr. School
1 Chris Perry (1st) Sr. Oklahoma State
2 Andrew Howe (2nd) Sr. Oklahoma
3 Matt Brown (3rd) Jr. Penn State
4 Robert Kokesh (4th) Jr. Nebraska
5 Logan Storley (5th) Jr. Minnesota
6 Michael Evans (6th) Jr. Iowa
7 Cody Walters (7th) So. Ohio U.
8 Tony Dallago (9th) Sr. Illinois
9 Tyler Wilps (17th) Jr. Pittsburgh
10 Mike Ottinger (12th) Jr. Central Michigan
11 Lee Munster (11th) Jr. Northwestern
12 Stephen Doty (14th) Sr. Virginia
13 Dominic Kastl (13th) Jr. Cal Poly
14 Matt Miller (15th) So. Navy
15 Turtogtokh Luvsandorj (16th) Sr. The Citadel
16 Kevin Radford (18th) Jr. Arizona State
17 Dan Yates (8th) Sr. Michigan
18 Jim Resnick (NR) Sr. Rider
19 Mike Dessino (NR) Sr. Bloomsburg
20 Cody Caldwell (NR) So. Northern Iowa
184 Pounds
Rk. Name Previous Yr. School
1 Ed Ruth (1st) Sr. Penn State
2 Ethen Lofthouse (2nd) Sr. Iowa
3 Jimmy Sheptock (3rd) Sr. Maryland
4 Ryan Loder (4th) Sr. Northern Iowa
5 Kevin Steinhaus (5th) Sr. Minnesota
6 Jake Swartz (6th) Sr. Boise State
7 Max Thomusseit (7th) Jr. Pittsburgh
8 Boaz Beard (8th) Sr. Iowa State
9 Kenny Courts (9th) So. Ohio State
10 Vic Avery (10th) Jr. Edinboro
11 Gabe Dean (NR) Fr. Cornell
12 Ophir Bernstein (15th) Jr. Brown
13 Lorenzo Thomas (20th/174) Jr. Penn
14 Nikko Reyes (NR) Fr. Illinois
15 Luke Sheridan (12th) Jr. Indiana
16 Johnny Eblen (17th) Jr. Missouri
17 Sam Wheeler (18th) So. Kent State
18 Nathaniel Brown (NR) Jr. Lehigh
19 Max Huntley (20th) Jr. Michigan
20 Fred Garcia (NR) Jr. Lock Haven
197 Pounds
Rk. Name Previous Yr. School
1 Taylor Meeks (1st) Jr. Oregon State
2 Scott Schiller (2nd) Jr. Minnesota
3 Kyven Gadson (3rd) Jr. Iowa State
4 Travis Rutt (4th) Sr. Oklahoma
5 Mario Gonzales (6th) Sr. Illinois
6 Nick Heflin (7th) Sr. Ohio State
7 Morgan McIntosh (8th) So. Penn State
8 J’den Cox (NR) Fr. Missouri
9 Blake Rosholt (5th) Sr. Oklahoma State
10 Nathan Burak (10th) So. Iowa
11 Richard Perry (11th) Sr. Bloomsburg
12 Jace Bennett (13th) Jr. Cornell
13 Christian Boley (9th) Sr. Maryland
14 Phil Wellington (19th) So. Ohio U.
15 Alex Polizzi (15th) Jr. Northwestern
16 Caleb Kolb (16th) Sr. Nebraska
17 Nick Bonaccorsi (17th) So. Pittsburgh
18 Dan Mitchell (NR) Sr. American U.
19 Braden Atwood (20th) Jr. Purdue
20 Conner Hartman (NR) So. Duke
HWT
Rk. Name Previous Yr. School
1 Anthony Nelson (1st) Sr. Minnesota
2 Michael McMullan (2nd) Jr. Northwestern
3 Bobby Telford (3rd) Jr. Iowa
4 Nick Gwiazdowski (4th) So. North Carolina St
5 J.T. Felix (5th) Sr. Boise State
6 Connor Medberry (7th) So. Wisconsin
7 Austin Marsden (8th) Jr. Oklahoma State
8 Jeremy Johnson (9th) Sr. Ohio U.
9 Mike McClure (10th) Sr. Michigan State
10 Jimmy Lawson (11th) Jr. Penn State
11 Spencer Myers (12th) Sr. Maryland
12 Kyle Colling (NR) Jr. Arizona State
13 Adam Coon (NR) Fr. Michigan
14 Adam Chalfant (6th) Jr. Indiana
15 Ross Larson (13th) So. Oklahoma
16 Joe Stolfi (14th) Jr. Bucknell
17 Justin Grant (16th) Sr. Bloomsburg
18 Billy Smith (17th) So. Rutgers
19 Amarveer Dhesi (NR) Fr. Oregon State
20 Blake Herrin (20th) Sr. American U.
