Top Three Schools remain the same in WIN’s first regular-season poll
Nov. 13, 2017
NEWTON, Iowa — The 2017-18 NCAA Division I season officially began last weekend and many of the top-ranked teams and individuals remain the same in WIN’s Nov. 13, 2017 Tournament Power Index and Individual Rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.
Penn State, which has won six of the last seven NCAA championships, remained No. 1 with 116.5 TPI points. WIN ranks eight Nittany Lions in this first regular-season ranking, including four No. 1-ranked wrestlers — Zain Retherford (149 pounds), Jason Nolf (157), Vincenzo Joseph (165) and Bo Nickal (184).
Big Ten Conference rivals Ohio State and Michigan are rated second and third in this week’s TPI. The Buckeyes feature a wrestler at all ten weights and two wrestlers — Nathan Tomasello (125) and heavyweight Kyle Snyder — rated No. 1.
Michigan, which saw all seven ranked wrestlers rated in the Top 8 of their weight class, claims third place with 89.5 points; just eight points ahead of Oklahoma State (81.5) that features six Top-8-ranked wrestlers, including defending champ Dean Heil.
WIN’s Tournament Power Index (TPI) predicts how many points each team will score and how many All-American each school will produce — based on current individual rankings — in the 2018 NCAA Championships this March.
WIN’s TPI point totals are broken down by the following individual rankings: 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). Additional points for other rankings include: 9th/12th – 2; 13th/16th – 1.5; 17th-20th – 1. TPI points will be lower than the final actual NCAA tournament points because it does not include bonus points.
The only changes among top-ranked wrestlers, compared to WIN’s preseason rankings that we announced in September, came at 125 and 174 pounds after defending national champs — Lehigh’s Darian Cruz at 125 and Penn State’s Mark Hall at 174 — lost bouts at the Nov. 5 NWCA All-Star Classic.
WIN will announce its first dual team rankings on Dec. 4.
WIN’s Nov. 13, 2017 Tournament Power Index
| Rk. | School | Total | Top 8 | TPI Pts |
| 1. | Penn State | 8 | 7 | 116.5 |
| 2. | Ohio State | 10 | 7 | 110 |
| 3. | Michigan | 7 | 7 | 89.5 |
| 4. | Oklahoma State | 8 | 6 | 81.5 |
| 5. | Missouri | 7 | 4 | 53 |
| 6. | Arizona State | 6 | 4 | 51.5 |
| 7. | NC State | 7 | 4 | 43.5 |
| 8. | Rutgers | 7 | 3 | 42 |
| 9t. | Lehigh | 6 | 3 | 39 |
| 9t. | Virginia Tech | 4 | 4 | 39 |
| 11. | Iowa | 5 | 3 | 38.5 |
| 12. | Minnesota | 6 | 4 | 36 |
| 13. | Northern Iowa | 4 | 3 | 31 |
| 14. | Illinois | 5 | 2 | 27 |
| 15. | South Dakota State | 4 | 1 | 24 |
| 16. | Nebraska | 4 | 2 | 19.5 |
| 17. | Oregon State | 4 | 1 | 17.5 |
| 18t. | Central Michigan | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 18t. | Wyoming | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| 20. | Rider | 3 | 1 | 15.5 |
| 21. | Princeton | 2 | 1 | 14.5 |
| 22. | Cornell | 3 | 1 | 12.5 |
| 23. | Buffalo | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 24t. | Maryland | 4 | 1 | 11.5 |
| 24t. | Stanford | 4 | 1 | 11.5 |
| 26. | Navy | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 27. | Duke | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 28. | Pitt | 3 | 1 | 9.5 |
| 29. | West Virginia | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 30t. | Virginia | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 30t. | Wisconsin | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 31. | Lock Haven | 3 | 1 | 7.5 |
| 32. | Michigan State | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 33. | Northwestern | 4 | 0 | 6.5 |
| 34t. | Edinboro | 3 | 0 | 5.5 |
| 34t. | North Carolina | 3 | 0 | 5.5 |
| 36. | Penn | 3 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 37. | Bucknell | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 38t. | Campbell | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 38t. | CSU Bakersfield | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 38t. | North Dakota State | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 38t. | Purdue | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 42t. | Oklahoma | 2 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 42t. | Utah Valley | 2 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 44t. | Appalachian State | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 44t. | American U. | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 44t. | Binghamton | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 44t. | Hofstra | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 44t. | Iowa State | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 44t. | Ohio U. | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 50t. | Chattanooga | 1 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 50t. | Clarion | 1 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 50t. | Cleveland State | 1 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 50t. | Fresno State | 1 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 50t. | Northern Illinois | 1 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 55t. | Columbia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 55t. | Drexel | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 55t. | Eastern Michigan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 55t. | Kent State | 1 | 0 | 1 |
WIN’s Nov. 13, 2017 Individual Rankings
125 pounds
| Rank | Name | School | Year | Prev. |
| 1. | Nathan Tomasello | Ohio State | Senior | 1st |
| 2. | Nick Suriano | Rutgers | Sophomore | 2nd |
| 3. | Nick Piccininni | Oklahoma State | Sophomore | 3rd |
| 4. | Darian Cruz | Lehigh | Senior | 4th |
| 5. | Ethan Lizak | Minnesota | Junior | 5th |
| 6. | Ryan Millhof | Arizona State | Junior | 7th |
| 7. | Connor Schram | Stanford | Senior | 8th |
| 8. | Sean Fausz | NC State | Junior | 9th |
| 9. | Sean Russell | Edinboro | Junior | 6th |
| 10. | Kyle Akins | Buffalo | Junior | 11th |
| 11. | Shakur Laney | Ohio U. | Junior | 12th |
| 12. | Sebastian Rivera | Northwestern | RSFreshman | 13th |
| 13. | Ronnie Bresser | Oregon State | Junior | 15th |
| 14. | Luke Welch | Purdue | Senior | NR |
| 15. | Brock Hudkins | Northern Illinois | Sophomore | 14th |
| 16. | Johnny Jimenez | Wisconsin | Senior | 17th |
| 17. | Travis Piotrowski | Illinois | Sophomore | 16th |
| 18. | Barlow McGhee | Missouri | Senior | 19th |
| 19. | Taylor Lamont | Utah Valley | RSFreshman | 20th |
| 20. | Noah Gonser | Eastern Michigan | Sophomore | 18th |
133 pounds
| Rank | Name | School | Year | Prev. |
| 1. | Seth Gross | South Dakota State | Junior | 1st |
| 2. | Stevan Micic | Michigan | Sophomore | 2nd |
| 3. | Scott Parker | Lehigh | Junior | 4th |
| 4. | Kaid Brock | Oklahoma State | Sophomore | 3rd |
| 5. | Bryan Lantry | Buffalo | Junior | 5th |
| 6. | Mitch McKee | Minnesota | Sophomore | 6th |
| 7. | Dom Forys | Pitt | Senior | 7th |
| 8. | Jack Mueller | Virginia | Sophomore | 8th |
| 9. | John Erneste | Missouri | Junior | 9th |
| 10. | Scott Delvecchio | Rutgers | Senior | 10th |
| 11. | Luke Pletcher | Ohio State | Sophomore | 11th |
| 12. | Tyler Goodwin | Maryland | Senior | 12th |
| 13. | Nathan Boston | Campbell | Junior | 13th |
| 14. | Emilio Saavedra | Fresno State | Junior | 14th |
| 15. | Corey Keener | Penn State | Senior | 15th |
| 16. | Dylan Duncan | Illinois | Freshman | NR |
| 17. | Anthony Tutolo | Kent State | Junior | 17th |
| 18. | Josh Terao | American U. | Junior | 10th |
| 19. | Tariq Wilson | NC State | RS Freshman | 18th |
| 20. | Ian Parker | Iowa State | Freshman | 20th |
141 pounds
| Rank | Name | School | Year | Prev. |
| 1. | Dean Heil | Oklahoma State | Senior | 1st |
| 2. | Kevin Jack | NC State | Senior | 2nd |
| 3. | Bryce Meredith | Wyoming | Senior | 3rd |
| 4. | Jaydin Eierman | Missouri | Sophomore | 4th |
| 5. | Anthony Ashnault | Rutgers | Senior | 5th |
| 6. | Joey McKenna | Ohio State | Junior | 7th |
| 7. | Tommy Thorn | Minnesota | Junior | 6th |
| 8. | Javier Gasca III | Michigan State | Senior | 8th |
| 9. | Tyler Smith | Bucknell | Senior | 9th |
| 10. | Yianni Diakomihalis | Cornell | Freshman | NR |
| 11. | Jared Prince | Navy | Sophomore | 10th |
| 12. | Josh Alber | Northern Iowa | Junior | 11th |
| 13. | Brock Zacherl | Clarion | Junior | 12th |
| 14. | Chad Red | Nebraska | RS Freshman | NR |
| 15. | Kanen Storr | Iowa State | RS Freshman | 18th |
| 16. | Ryan Diehl | Maryland | Junior | NR |
| 17. | Jack Hathaway | Oregon State | Senior | 13th |
| 18. | Cole Martin | Wisconsin | Sophomore | 14th |
| 19. | Mitch Bengston | North Dakota State | Senior | 15th |
| 20. | Tyson Dippery | Rider | Senior | 16th |
149 pounds
| Rank | Name | School | Year | Prev. |
| 1. | Zain Retherford | Penn State | Senior | 1st |
| 2. | Brandon Sorensen | Iowa | Senior | 2nd |
| 3. | Max Thomsen | Northern Iowa | Sophomore | 3rd |
| 4. | Matthew Kolodzik | Princeton | Sophomore | 5th |
| 5. | Justin Oliver | Central Michigan | Junior | 6th |
| 6. | Geo Martinez | Oklahoma State | Senior | 7th |
| 7. | Solomon Chishko | Virginia Tech | Junior | 4th |
| 8. | Colton McCrystal | Nebraska | Senior | 11th |
| 9. | Ryan Deakin | Northwestern | RS Freshman | 9th |
| 10. | Steve Bleise | Minnesota | Junior | 8th |
| 11. | Ke-Shawn Hayes | Ohio State | Sophomore | 13th |
| 12. | Troy Heilmann | North Carolina | Senior | 15th |
| 13. | Josh Maruca | Arizona State | Sophomore | 10th |
| 14. | Alfred Bannister | Maryland | Junior | 14th |
| 15. | Grant Leeth | Missouri | Junior | NR |
| 16. | Matt Zovistoski | Appalachian State | Junior | 12th |
| 17. | Eleazar Deluca | Rutgers | Senior | NR |
| 18. | Davion Jeffries | Oklahoma | Junior | 16th |
| 19. | Ronnie Perry | Lock Haven | Senior | 19th |
| 20. | Jamal Morris | NC State | Junior | 18th |
157 pounds
| Rank | Name | School | Year | Prev. |
| 1. | Jason Nolf | Penn State | Junior | 1st |
| 2. | Joey Lavallee | Missouri | Senior | 2nd |
| 3. | Michael Kemerer | Iowa | Sophomore | 3rd |
| 4. | Tyler Berger | Nebraska | Junior | 4th |
| 5. | Richie Lewis | Rutgers | Senior | 5th |
| 6. | Josh Shields | Arizona State | Sophomore | 8th |
| 7. | Alex Pantaleo | Michigan | Junior | 7th |
| 8. | Micah Jordan | Ohio State | Junior | 6th |
| 9. | Colin Heffernan | Central Michigan | Senior | 10th |
| 10. | Jake Short | Minnesota | Senior | 9th |
| 11. | Clayton Ream | North Dakota State | Senior | 11th |
| 12. | B.J. Clagon | Rider | Senior | 12th |
| 13. | Paul Fox | Stanford | Junior | 13th |
| 14. | Archie Colgan | Wyoming | Senior | 15th |
| 15. | May Bethea | Penn | Senior | 16th |
| 16. | Andrew Atkinson | Virginia | Senior | 18th |
| 17. | Mitch Finesilver | Duke | Junior | 19th |
| 18. | Luke Zilverberg | South Dakota State | Senior | NR |
| 19. | Kyle Langenderfer | Illinois | Senior | 17th |
| 20. | Taleb Rahmani | Pitt | Senior | NR |
165 pounds
| Rank | Name | School | Year | Prev. |
| 1. | Vincenzo Joseph | Penn State | Sophomore | 1st |
| 2. | Isaiah Martinez | Illinois | Senior | 2nd |
| 3. | Logan Massa | Michigan | Sophomore | 3rd |
| 4. | Chad Walsh | Rider | Senior | 5th |
| 5. | David McFadden | Virginia Tech | Sophomore | 7th |
| 6. | Chandler Rogers | Oklahoma State | Junior | 4th |
| 7. | Nick Wanzek | Minnesota | Senior | 9th |
| 8. | Chance Marsteller | Lock Haven | Junior | 11th |
| 9. | Te-Shan Campbell | Ohio State | Junior | 10th |
| 10. | Anthony Valencia | Arizona State | Sophomore | 6th |
| 11. | Branson Ashworth | Wyoming | Junior | 12th |
| 12. | Austin Matthews | Edinboro | Senior | 13th |
| 13. | Alex Marinelli | Iowa | RS Freshman | 14th |
| 14. | Isaiah White | Nebraska | Sophomore | 17th |
| 15. | Jonathan Schleifer | Princeton | Senior | 15th |
| 16. | Kellan Torres | Northern Colorado | Senior | 16th |
| 17. | Cole Walter | Lehigh | Sophomore | 18th |
| 18. | Lorenzo DeLaRiva | CSU Bakersfield | Sophomore | 19th |
| 19. | Brian Hamann | NC State | Senior | NR |
| 20. | Evan Wick | Wisconsin | Freshman | NR |
174 pounds
| Rank | Name | School | Year | Prev. |
| 1. | Zahid Valencia | Arizona State | Sophomore | 1st |
| 2. | Mark Hall | Penn State | Sophomore | 2nd |
| 3. | Bo Jordan | Ohio State | Senior | 3rd |
| 4. | Myles Amine | Michigan | Sophomore | 4th |
| 5. | Daniel Lewis | Missouri | Junior | 5th |
| 6. | Brandon Womack | Cornell | Junior | 7th |
| 7. | Jadaen Bernstein | Navy | Senior | 6th |
| 8. | Taylor Lujan | Northern Iowa | Sophomore | 8th |
| 9. | Jordan Kutler | Lehigh | Sophomore | 10th |
| 10. | Ethan Ramos | North Carolina | Senior | 9th |
| 11. | C.J. Brucki | Central Michigan | Senior | 12th |
| 12. | Jacobe Smith | Oklahoma State | Senior | 13th |
| 13. | Keaton Subjeck | Stanford | Senior | 14th |
| 14. | Ryan Christensen | Wisconsin | Junior | 15th |
| 15. | Yoanse Mejias | Oklahoma | Senior | 20th |
| 16. | Drew Hughes | Michigan State | Sophomore | 11th |
| 17. | Forrest Przybysz | Appalachian State | Senior | 17th |
| 18. | Jordan Pagano | Rutgers | Junior | 16th |
| 19. | Will Schany | Virginia | Junior | NR |
| 20. | David Kocer | South Dakota State | Senior | 20th |
184 pounds
| Rank | Name | School | Year | Prev. |
| 1. | Bo Nickal | Penn State | Junior | 1st |
| 2. | Myles Martin | Ohio State | Junior | 2nd |
| 3. | Pete Renda | NC State | Senior | 3rd |
| 4. | Dominic Abounader | Michigan | Senior | 4th |
| 5. | Drew Foster | Northern Iowa | Junior | 5th |
| 6. | Ryan Preisch | Lehigh | Junior | 6th |
| 7. | Zack Zavatsky | Virginia Tech | Junior | 7th |
| 8. | Emery Parker | Illinois | Junior | 8th |
| 9. | Jordan Ellingwood | Central Michigan | Senior | 9th |
| 10. | Nick Gravina | Rutgers | Senior | 10th |
| 11. | Ricky Robertson | Wisconsin | Senior | 11th |
| 12. | Steven Schneider | Binghamton | Senior | 12th |
| 13. | Bryce Carr | Chattanooga | Senior | 13th |
| 14. | Dylan Gabel | Northern Colorado | Junior | 15th |
| 15. | Michael Coleman | Navy | Senior | NR |
| 16. | Nick Corba | Cleveland State | Senior | 16th |
| 17. | Mitch Sliga | Northwestern | Senior | 17th |
| 18. | Garrett Hoffman | Bucknell | Sophomore | 18th |
| 19. | Joe Heyob | Penn | Senior | 19th |
| 20. | Alexander DeCiantis | Drexel | Senior | 20th |
197 pounds
| Rank | Name | School | Year | Prev. |
| 1. | Kollin Moore | Ohio State | Sophomore | 1st |
| 2. | Jared Haught | Virginia Tech | Senior | 2nd |
| 3. | Preston Weigel | Oklahoma State | Junior | 3rd |
| 4. | Kevin Beazley | Michigan | Graduate | 4th |
| 5. | Willie Miklus | Missouri | Senior | 5th |
| 6. | Jake Smith | West Virginia | Senior | 6th |
| 7. | Matt McCutcheon | Penn State | Senior | 7th |
| 8. | Mike Macchiavello | NC State | Senior | 8th |
| 9. | Nate Rotert | South Dakota State | Senior | 9th |
| 10. | Frank Mattiace | Penn | Senior | 11th |
| 11. | Matt Williams | CSU Bakersfield | Senior | 12th |
| 12. | Cash Wilcke | Iowa | Sophomore | 13th |
| 13. | Christian Brunner | Purdue | Sophomore | 16th |
| 14. | Corey Griego | Oregon State | Junior | 14th |
| 15. | Ben Honis | Cornell | Junior | 15th |
| 16. | Daniel Chaid | North Carolina | Senior | 10th |
| 17. | Tom Sleigh | Bucknell | Senior | 17th |
| 18. | Steban Cervantes | Navy | Senior | 18th |
| 19. | Jeric Kasunic | American U. | Senior | 19th |
| 20. | Hunter Ritter | Wisconsin | Sophomore | 20th |
Heavyweight
| Rank | Name | School | Year | Prev. | ||||||
| 1. | Kyle Snyder | Ohio State | Senior | 1st | ||||||
| 2. | Adam Coon | Michigan | Graduate | 2nd | ||||||
| 3. | Amarveer Dhesi | Oregon State | Senior | 3rd | ||||||
| 4. | Nick Nevills | Penn State | Junior | 5th | ||||||
| 5. | Tanner Hall | Arizona State | Junior | 4th | ||||||
| 6. | Jacob Kasper | Duke | Senior | 6th | ||||||
| 7. | Youssif Hemida | Maryland | Junior | 7th | ||||||
| 8. | Sam Stoll | Iowa | Junior | 8th | ||||||
| 9. | Ryan Solomon | Pitt | Senior | 9th | ||||||
| 10. | Nathan Butler | Stanford | Senior | 10th | ||||||
| 11. | Mike Hughes | Hofstra | Senior | NR | ||||||
| 12. | Derek White | Oklahoma State | Junior | NR | ||||||
| 13. | Jere Heino | Campbell | Junior | 13th | ||||||
| 14. | Conan Jennings | Northwestern | Junior | 11th | ||||||
| 15. | Dustin Dennison | Utah Valley | Senior | 15th | ||||||
| 16. | Billy Miller | Edinboro | Junior | 16th | ||||||
| 17. | Garrett Ryan | Columbia | Senior | 17th | ||||||
| 18. | Thomas Haines | Lock Haven | Junior | 18th | ||||||
| 19. | Jordan Wood | Lehigh | RS Freshman | 14th | ||||||
| 20. | Newton Smerchek | Central Michigan | Senior | 19th | ||||||
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