Penn State picked to ‘four-peat’ at NCAAs by WIN Rankings
NEWTON, Iowa — On Sunday, March 9, Penn State successfully captured a fourth-straight Big Ten championship. In less than two weeks, those Nittany Lions are now favored to “four-peat” at this year’s NCAA Division I Championships, according to WIN’s latest rankings, presented by Flips Wrestling.
Penn State will enter this year’s Nationals, March 20-22 in Oklahoma City, leading WIN’s Tournament Power Index (TPI) with 95 points and are predicted to see six Nittany Lions earn All-American honors. Just behind Penn State are three schools whose TPI totals are separated by one point: Minnesota (84), Oklahoma State (83.5) and Iowa (83). The Gophers are expected to produce eight All-Americans, compared to five by OSU and six by Iowa.
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.
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.
The order of teams in the TPI may vary greatly from our dual-meet rankings as some teams have a number of highly-ranked individuals but may have holes in their dual meet line-up.
Not all losses affect individual rankings. WIN’s individual rankings project where wrestlers will finish at the 2014 NCAA tournament. The committee seeks to subjectively combine both current results with past performances throughout the year.
WIN’s March 10 Tournament Power Index (TPI)
Rank College Top 8 TPI
1 Penn State 6 95
2 Minnesota 8 84
3 Oklahoma State 5 83.5
4 Iowa 6 83
5 Cornell 3 55.5
6 Oklahoma 4 50
7t Northern Iowa 3 41.5
7t Nebraska 3 41.5
9 Missouri 2 40.5
10 Ohio State 2 39
11 Edinboro 2 36.5
12 Wisconsin 4 34.5
13 Iowa State 2 29.5
14 Northwestern 2 26.5
15 Illinois 1 25
16 Pittsburgh 2 22
17t Indiana 2 20
17t Maryland 1 20
19 Virginia 1 19.5
20 North Carolina St 1 17
21t Michigan 1 16
21t Virginia Tech 1 16
23t North Dakota St 1 14.5
23t Lehigh 1 14.5
25 Old Dominion 1 13.5
26t Ohio U. 2 13
26t Boise State 2 13
28t Central Michigan 1 12
28t Bloomsburg 1 12
30 Kent State 1 11
31 Chattanooga 1 10.5
32t Michigan State 1 9
32t Wyoming 1 9
34 Purdue 1 8.5
35t The Citadel 1 7.5
35t Oregon State 0 7.5
37t Penn 1 6.5
37t Air Force 1 6.5
37t Boston U. 1 6.5
37t Stanford 0 6.5
41 Hofstra 0 4.5
42 American U. 0 3.5
43 North Carolina 0 3
44t Brown 0 2
44t Utah Valley 0 2
46t Bucknell 0 1.5
46t Cal Poly 0 1.5
46t F&M 0 1.5
46t Oregon State 0 1.5
46t South Dakota St 0 1.5
46t Navy 0 1.5
46t CSU Bakersfield 0 1.5
46t Rider 0 1.5
46t Appalachian State 0 1.5
55t Duke 0 1
55t Drexel 0 1
55t Columbia 0 1
55t Rutgers 0 1
WIN’s March 10 Individual Rankings
125 pounds
Rk. Name Previous Yr. School
1 Nahshon Garrett (1st) So. Cornell
2 Jesse Delgado (3rd) Jr. Illinois
3 Nico Megaludis (2nd) Jr. Penn State
4 Dylan Peters (5th) Fr. Northern Iowa
5 Jarrod Patterson (6th) Sr. Oklahoma
6 Tyler Cox (8th) Jr. Wyoming
7 Josh Martinez (4th) So. Air Force
8 Ryan Taylor (10th) Fr Wisconsin
9 Cory Clark (9th) Fr. Iowa
10 David Terao (7th) So. American U.
11 Evan Silver (11th) Jr. Stanford
12 Ed Klimara (12th) Jr. Oklahoma State
13 Tim Lambert (14th) Fr. Nebraska
14 Rob Deutsch (NR) So. Rider
15 Korey Mines (13th) Jr. Edinboro
16 Anthony Zanetta (NR) Sr. Pittsburgh
17 Nick Roberts (20th) Fr. Ohio State
18 Conor Youtsey (15th) Fr. Michigan
19 Jade Rauser (18th) So. Utah Valley
20 Nathan Kraisser (NR) So. North Carolina
133 Pounds
Rk. Name Previous Yr. School
1 Joe Colon (1st) Jr. Northern Iowa
2 Tony Ramos (2nd) Sr. Iowa
3 A.J. Schopp (3rd) Jr. Edinboro
4 Jon Morrison (4th) Sr. Oklahoma State
5 Tyler Graff (5th) Sr. Wisconsin
6 Mason Beckman (6th) So. Lehigh
7 Cashe Quiroga (8th) Sr. Purdue
8 David Thorn (7th) Sr. Minnesota
9 Ryan Mango (10th) Sr. Stanford
10 Cody Brewer (11th) So. Oklahoma
11 Joe Roth (12th) Sr. Central Michigan
12 Zane Richards (13th) Fr. Illinois
13 Johnni DiJulius (9th) So. Ohio State
14 Mark Grey (14th) Fr. Cornell
15 Devon Lotito (15th) So. Cal Poly
16 Nick Soto (16th) Jr. Chattanooga
17 Jimmy Gulibon (17th) Fr. Penn State
18 Joey Palmer (18th) So. Oregon State
19 Shelton Mack (NR) Sr. Pittsburgh
20 Jamel Hudson (NR) Fr. Hofstra
141 Pounds
Rk. Name Previous Yr. School
1 Logan Stieber (1st) Jr. Ohio State
2 Mitchell Port (2nd) Jr. Edinboro
3 Zain Retherford (3rd) Fr. Penn State
4 Devin Carter (NR) Sr. Virginia Tech
5 Chris Dardanes (4th) Jr. Minnesota
6 Chris Mecate (5th) So. Old Dominion
7 Zach Horan (6th) So. Central Michigan
8 Ugi Khishignyam (7th) So. The Citadel
9 Evan Henderson (9th) Jr. North Carolina
10 Steve Dutton (12th) Jr. Michigan
11 Edgar Bright (14th) Fr. Pittsburgh
12 Anthony Collica (15th) Fr. Oklahoma State
13 Joey Lazor (NR) Sr. Northern Iowa
14 Luke Vaith (10th) Sr. Hofstra
15 Richard Durso (13th) Jr. Franklin & Marshall
16 Lavion Mayes (18th) Fr. Missouri
17 Mike Nevinger (8th) Sr. Cornell
18 Josh Dziewa (19th) Jr. Iowa
19 Jessie Thielke (NR) Fr. Wisconsin
20 Steven Rodrigues (16th) So. Illinois
149 Pounds
Rk. Name Previous Yr. School
1 Drake Houdashelt (1st) Jr. Missouri
2 Chris Villalonga (4th) Sr. Cornell
3 Kendric Maple (5th) Sr. Oklahoma
4 Jason Tsirtsis (6th) Fr. Northwestern
5 Nick Dardanes (3rd) Jr. Minnesota
6 Jake Sueflohn (2nd) So. Nebraska
7 Josh Kindig (8th) Jr. Oklahoma State
8 Eric Grajales (10th) Sr. Michigan
9 David Habat (11th) Jr. Edinboro
10 Mitch Minotti (12th) Fr. Lehigh
11 Zach Neibert (13th) Sr. Virginia Tech
12 Scott Sakaguchi (14th) Sr. Oregon State
13 Gus Sako (7th) Jr. Virginia
14 Dylan Cottrell (17th) Fr. Appalachian State
15 James English (NR) Sr. Penn State
16 Ian Paddock (16th) Sr. Ohio State
17 Alex Richardson (18th) So. Old Dominion
18 Brody Grothus (9th) So. Iowa
19 Michael Delpalma (NR) So. Kent State
20 Cody Ruggirello (NR) Jr. Hofstra
157 Pounds
Rk. Name Previous Yr. School
1 Alex Dieringer (1st) So. Oklahoma State
2 James Green (2nd) Jr. Nebraska
3 Derek St. John (4th) Sr. Iowa
4 Isaac Jordan (3rd) Fr. Wisconsin
5 Ian Miller (11th) So. Kent State
6 Dylan Ness (5th) Jr. Minnesota
7 Nestor Taffur (6th) Sr. Boston U.
8 Taylor Walsh (9th) Jr. Indiana
9 Roger Pena (10th) Sr. Oregon State
10 Brian Realbuto (8th) Fr. Cornell
11 Brian Murphy (13th) Fr. Michigan
12 Joey Napoli (12th) Sr. Lehigh
13 Blaise Butler (15th) So. Virginia
14 Lucas Smith (16th) So. Central Michigan
15 Dylan Alton (7th) Jr. Penn State
16 Cody Pack (17th) Jr. South Dakota State
17 Zac Brunson (18th) Fr. Illinois
18 Joseph LaVallee (NR) Fr. Missouri
19 Justin DeAngelis (20th) Jr. Oklahoma
20 Tristan Warner (19th) Jr. Old Dominion
165 Pounds
Rk. Name Previous Yr. School
1 David Taylor (1st) Sr. Penn State
2 Tyler Caldwell (2nd) Sr. Oklahoma State
3 Nick Sulzer (3rd) Jr. Virginia
4 Steven Monk (4th) Sr. North Dakota State
5 Nick Moore (5th) Jr. Iowa
6 Corey Mock (7th) Jr. Chattanooga
7 Mike Moreno (13th) Jr. Iowa State
8 Cooper Moore (9th) Fr. Northern Iowa
9 Pierce Harger (6th) Jr. Northwestern
10 Jackson Morse (10th) Jr. Illinois
11 Zach Toal (11th) Sr. Missouri
12 Turtogtokh Luvsandorj (12th) Sr. The Citadel
13 Dan Zilverberg (15th) Jr. Minnesota
14 Dylan Palacio (16th) Fr. Cornell
15 Josh Veltre (14th) Sr. Bloomsburg
16 Dan Yates (8th) Sr. Michigan
17 Joe Booth (17th) Sr. Hofstra
18 Jim Wilson (18th) Fr. Stanford
19 Ryan LeBlanc (19th) Sr. Indiana
20 Casey Kent (20th) So. Penn
174 Pounds
Rk. Name Previous Yr. School
1 Chris Perry (2nd) Sr. Oklahoma State
2 Andrew Howe (1st) Sr. Oklahoma
3 Robert Kokesh (3rd) Jr. Nebraska
4 Michael Evans (6th) Jr. Iowa
5 Matt Brown (5th) Jr. Penn State
6 Logan Storley (4th) Jr. Minnesota
7 Tyler Wilps (7th) Jr. Pittsburgh
8 Cody Walters (9th) So. Ohio U.
9 Hayden Zillmer (12th) So. North Dakota State
10 Mike Ottinger (8th) Jr. Central Michigan
11 Stephen Doty (11th) Sr. Virginia
12 Tanner Weatherman (13th) So. Iowa State
13 Bryce Hammond (14th) So. CSU Bakersfield
14 Elliot Riddick (15th) Fr. Lehigh
15 Matthew Miller (18th) So. Navy
16 Joe Latham (17th) Jr. Oregon State
17 Billy Curling (19th) Sr. Old Dominion
18 Pete Renda (20th) Fr. NC State
19 Shane Hughes (10th) Jr. Columbia
20 Tony Dallago (NR) Sr. Illinois
184 Pounds
Rk. Name Previous Yr. School
1 Ed Ruth (1st) Sr. Penn State
2 Jimmy Sheptock (2nd) Sr. Maryland
3 Gabe Dean (3rd) Fr. Cornell
4 Ethen Lofthouse (5th) Sr. Iowa
5 Max Thomusseit (7th) Jr. Pittsburgh
6 Kevin Steinhaus (4th) Sr. Minnesota
7 Jake Swartz (8th) Sr. Boise State
8 Lorenzo Thomas (9th) Jr. Penn
9 Ryan Loder (6th) Sr. Northern Iowa
10 Ophir Bernstein (11th) Jr. Brown
11 Vic Avery (13th) Jr. Edinboro
12 Dominic Abounader (NR) Fr. Michigan
13 Jack Dechow (17th) Fr. Old Dominion
14 Nick Vetterlein (19th) Sr. Virginia Tech
15 Kenny Courts (14th) So. Ohio State
16 T.J. Dudley (12th) Fr. Nebraska
17 Jon Fausey (15th) Sr. Virginia
18 Nolan Boyd (18th) Fr. Oklahoma State
19 Nikko Reyes (NR) Fr. Illinois
20 Lelund Weatherspoon (NR) Fr. Iowa State
197 Pounds
Rk. Name Previous Yr. School
1 Kyven Gadson (1st) Jr. Iowa State
2 J’den Cox (2nd) Fr. Missouri
3 Nick Heflin (3rd) Sr. Ohio State
4 Morgan McIntosh (4th) So. Penn State
5 Scott Schiller (5th) Jr. Minnesota
6 Richard Perry (6th) Sr. Bloomsburg
7 Travis Rutt (7th) Sr. Oklahoma
8 Phil Wellington (8th) So. Ohio U.
9 Christian Boley (9th) Sr. Maryland
10 Nathan Burak (10th) So. Iowa
11 Braden Atwood (12th) Jr. Purdue
12 Alex Polizzi (19th) Jr. Northwestern
13 Dan Mitchell (13th) Sr. American U.
14 Dan Scherer (15th) Sr. Stanford
15 Taylor Meeks (16th) Jr. Oregon State
16 Blake Rosholt (14th) Sr. Oklahoma State
17 Conner Hartmann (18th) So. Duke
18 Mario Gonzales (11th) Sr. Illinois
19 Nick Bonaccorsi (17th) So. Pittsburgh
20 Brandon Palik (20th) Jr. Drexel
Heavyweight
Rk. Name Previous Yr. School
1 Anthony Nelson (7th) Sr. Minnesota
2 Nick Gwiazdowski (2nd) So. NC State
3 Adam Chalfant (4th) Jr. Indiana
4 Bobby Telford (5th) Jr. Iowa
5 Michael McMullan (3rd) Jr. Northwestern
6 Mike McClure (6th) Sr. Michigan State
7 J.T. Felix (10th) Sr. Boise State
8 Connor Medberry (8th) So. Wisconsin
9 Jeremy Johnson (9th) Sr. Ohio U.
10 Adam Coon (1st) Fr. Michigan
11 Spencer Myers (11th) Sr. Maryland
12 Austin Marsden (14th) Jr. Oklahoma State
13 Ernest James (18th) Sr. Edinboro
14 Justin Grant (13th) Sr. Bloomsburg
15 Jon Gingrich (NR) xx Penn State
16 Joe Stolfi (16th) Jr. Bucknell
17 Billy Smith (17th) So. Rutgers
18 Adam Fager (12th) Jr. Utah Valley
19 Amarveer Dhesi (19th) Fr. Oregon State
20 Ross Larson (20th) Fr. Oklahoma
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