WIN’s First Weekly NCAA Div. I Rankings and TPI
NEWTON, Iowa — Three freshmen — Ohio State’s Jesse Mendez and a pair of Iowa State wrestlers, Casey Swiderski and Paniro Johnson — are among 14 newcomers to WIN Magazine’s first weekly rankings and Tournament Power Index of 2022-23, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.
Mendez, the 2021 Junior Hodge Trophy winner from Crown Point, Ind., won the Michigan State Open last weekend at 133 pounds to earn the No. 11 individual ranking at that weight for the Buckeyes. Swiderski, a native of Dundee, Mich., and Johnson from Erie, Pa., each captured big wins last weekend when the Cyclones defeated Wisconsin in the Battle of the River City event in Jacksonville, Fla. Swiderski is ranked 11th at 141 and Johnson is ranked 14th at 149.
Penn State, with four wrestlers ranked No. 1 at their weight classes — Roman Bravo-Young (133), Carter Starocci (174), Aaron Brooks (184) and Max Dean (197) — remains No. 1 in WIN’s Tournament Power Index and will open its season this Friday in a home dual against Lock Haven.
Iowa and Cornell, each led by a three-time NCAA champ in Spencer Lee (125) and Yianni Diakomihalis (149), respectively, are ranked No. 2 (73.5) and 3 (57) in WIN’s TPI. Both the Hawkeyes and Big Red, which have eight ranked wrestlers and five rated in the Top 8 of their weight class, will also open their regular season this weekend.
WIN’s TPI is a total of NCAA points associated with a wrestler’s individual rank.
The following is a point breakdown of the TPI, based on a wrestler’s ranking: 20 for 1st, 16 for 2nd, 13.5 for 3rd, 12.5 for 4th, 10 for 5th, 9 for 6th, 6.5 for 7th and 5.5 for 8th. Wrestlers ranked 9-12 earn two points each, followed by 1.5 points for wrestlers ranked 13-16 and 1 point for those ranked 17-20.
The other top-ranked wrestlers in WIN rankings include Pitt’s Cole Matthews (141), Princeton’s Quincy Monday (157), Missouri’s Keegan O’Toole (165) and Arizona State’s Cohlton Schultz (Hwt).
WIN will announce its first dual-team rankings on Nov. 21.
WIN’s Nov. 7 Tournament Power Index (TPI)
| Rank | School | Total Rank | Top 8 | TPI Pts |
| 1. | Penn State | 6 | 5 | 97.5 |
| 2. | Iowa | 8 | 5 | 73.5 |
| 3. | Cornell | 8 | 5 | 57 |
| 4t. | Arizona State | 7 | 4 | 56.5 |
| 4t. | Missouri | 9 | 5 | 56.5 |
| 6t. | Michigan | 7 | 4 | 47 |
| 6t. | Minnesota | 7 | 3 | 47 |
| 8t. | Nebraska | 5 | 3 | 44.5 |
| 8t. | Ohio State | 8 | 3 | 44.5 |
| 10. | Iowa State | 8 | 3 | 41 |
| 11. | Oklahoma State | 7 | 2 | 39 |
| 12. | Princeton | 3 | 2 | 37.5 |
| 13. | Northwestern | 5 | 3 | 37 |
| 14. | Virginia Tech | 5 | 3 | 33.5 |
| 15. | Pitt | 4 | 3 | 32.5 |
| 16. | Wisconsin | 7 | 3 | 32 |
| 17. | NC State | 6 | 3 | 29.5 |
| 18. | North Carolina | 5 | 2 | 25.5 |
| 19. | Northern Iowa | 6 | 1 | 23.5 |
| 20. | Penn | 8 | 1 | 23 |
| 21. | Stanford | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| 22t. | Oregon State | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| 22t. | Wyoming | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| 24. | Lehigh | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 25. | Cal Poly | 3 | 1 | 15.5 |
| 26t. | Appalachian State | 2 | 1 | 13.5 |
| 26t. | South Dakota State | 4 | 1 | 13.5 |
| 28. | West Virginia | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 29. | Rutgers | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 30t. | Illinois | 4 | 1 | 10.5 |
| 30t. | Utah Valley | 2 | 1 | 10.5 |
| 32. | Northern Colorado | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 33. | Air Force | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 34. | Purdue | 4 | 0 | 7.5 |
| 35t. | Drexel | 1 | 1 | 5.5 |
| 35t. | Michigan State | 4 | 0 | 5.5 |
| 37t. | North Dakota State | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 37t. | Oklahoma | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 37t. | Virginia | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 40. | Campbell | 3 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 41. | Rider | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 42. | Columbia | 2 | 0 | 2.5 |
| 43t. | Binghamton | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 43t. | Harvard | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 43t. | Lock Haven | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 43t. | Northern Illinois | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 47t. | Army | 1 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 47t. | CSU-Bakersfield | 1 | 0 | 1.5 |
| 49t. | Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 49t. | Cleveland State | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 49t. | Navy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
WIN’s Nov. 7, 2022 Individual Rankings
125 pounds
| Wt | Name | School | Year | Previous |
| 125-1 | Spencer Lee | Iowa | Sr | 1st |
| 125-2 | Pat Glory | Princeton | Sr. | 2nd |
| 125-3 | Michael DeAugustino | Northwestern | Sr. | 3rd |
| 125-4 | Pat McKee | Minnesota | Sr. | 4th |
| 125-5 | Brandon Courtney | Arizona State | Gr. | 5th |
| 125-6 | Brandon Kaylor | Oregon State | Jr. | 7th |
| 125-7 | Killian Cardinale | West Virginia | Sr. | 8th |
| 125-8 | Eric Barnett | Wisconsin | Sr. | 6th |
| 125-9 | Noah Surtin | Missouri | So. | 9th |
| 125-10 | Trevor Mastrogiovanni | Oklahoma State | Jr. | 10th |
| 125-11 | Matt Ramos | Purdue | So. | 11th |
| 125-12 | Malik Heinselman | Ohio State | Sr. | 13th |
| 125-13 | Joey Prata | Oklahoma | Gr. | 12th |
| 125-14 | Kysen Terukina | Iowa State | Jr. | 19th |
| 125-15 | Dylan Shawver | Rutgers | So. | 14th |
| 125-16 | Jakob Camacho | NC State | Jr. | 15th |
| 125-17 | Jaret Lane | Lehigh | Sr. | 16th |
| 125-18 | Anthony Noto | Lock Haven | So. | 17th |
| 125-19 | Ryan Miller | Penn | So. | NR |
| 125-20 | Jack Medley | Michigan | Gr. | 18th |
133 pounds
| Wt | Name | School | Year | Previous |
| 133-1 | Roman Bravo-Young | Penn State | Gr. | 1st |
| 133-2 | Daton Fix | Oklahoma State | Sr. | 2nd |
| 133-3 | Vito Arujau | Cornell | Jr. | 3rd |
| 133-4 | Michael McGee | Arizona State | Sr. | 4th |
| 133-5 | Chris Cannon | Northwestern | Jr. | 6th |
| 133-6 | Dylan Ragusin | Michigan | So. | 7th |
| 133-7 | Lucas Byrd | Illinois | So. | 5th |
| 133-8 | Micky Phillippi | Pitt | Sr. | 8th |
| 133-9 | RayVon Foley | Michigan State | Gr. | 9th |
| 133-10 | Michael Colaiocco | Penn | Jr. | 10th |
| 133-11 | Jesse Mendez | Ohio State | Fr. | NR |
| 133-12 | Kyle Biscoglia | Northern Iowa | Jr. | 11th |
| 133-12 | Kai Orine | NC State | So. | 12th |
| 133-13 | Chance Rich | CS-Bakersfield | Jr. | 13th |
| 133-14 | Haiden Drury | Utah Valley | So. | 14th |
| 133-15 | Zach Redding | Iowa State | Jr. | NR |
| 133-16 | Richie Koehler | Rider | Sr. | 15th |
| 133-17 | Sam Latona | Virginia Tech | So. | NR |
| 133-18 | Jamie Hernandez | North Carolina | Gr. | 17th |
| 133-19 | Cullan Schriever | Iowa | So. | 18th |
| 133-20 | Sammy Alvarez | Rutgers | Jr. | 20th |
141 pounds
| Wt | Name | School | Year | Previous |
| 141-1 | Cole Matthews | Pitt | Sr. | 1st |
| 141-2 | Real Woods | Iowa | Sr. | 2nd |
| 141-3 | Jakob Bergeland | Minnesota | Gr. | 3rd |
| 141-4 | CJ Composto | Penn | Jr. | 4th |
| 141-5 | Andrew Alirez | Northern Colorado | Jr. | 5th |
| 141-6 | Clay Carlson | South Dakota State | Sr. | 6th |
| 141-7 | Allan Hart | Missouri | Sr. | 7th |
| 141-8 | Ryan Jack | NC State | So. | 8th |
| 141-9 | Carter Young | Oklahoma State | So. | 9th |
| 141-10 | Dylan Droegemueller | North Dakota State | Sr. | 10th |
| 141-11 | Casey Swiderski | Iowa State | Fr. | NR |
| 141-12 | Joseph Zargo | Wisconsin | So. | 12th |
| 141-13 | Frankie Tal Shahar | Northwestern | Jr. | 13th |
| 141-14 | Quinn Kinner | Rider | Jr. | 15th |
| 141-15 | Parker Filius | Purdue | Gr. | 16th |
| 141-16 | Beau Bartlett | Penn State | Jr. | 17th |
| 141-17 | Cole Mattin | Michigan | Jr. | 18th |
| 141-18 | Matt Kazmir | Columbia | Sr. | 11th |
| 141-19 | Shannon Hanna | Campbell | Sr. | 19th |
| 141-20 | Jesse Vasquez | Arizona State | So. | 20th |
149 pounds
| Wt | Name | School | Year | Previous |
| 149-1 | Yianni Diakomihalis | Cornell | Sr. | 1st |
| 149-2 | Ridge Lovett | Nebraska | Jr. | 2nd |
| 149-3 | Sammy Sasso | Ohio State | Sr. | 4th |
| 149-4 | Jon Millner | Appalachian State | Sr. | 5th |
| 149-5 | Austin Gomez | Wisconsin | Sr. | 3rd |
| 149-6 | Kyle Parco | Arizona State | So. | 6th |
| 149-7 | Brock Mauler | Missouri | Jr. | 7th |
| 149-8 | Max Murin | Iowa | Sr. | 8th |
| 149-9 | Anthony Artalona | Penn | Sr. | 9th |
| 149-10 | Yahya Thomas | Northwestern | Gr. | 10th |
| 149-11 | Mitch Moore | Oklahoma | Gr. | NR |
| 149-12 | Jaden Abas | Stanford | Jr. | 12th |
| 149-13 | Michael Blockhus | Minnesota | Sr. | 13th |
| 149-14 | Paniro Johnson | Iowa State | Fr. | NR |
| 149-15 | Dom Demas | Cal Poly | Sr. | 15th |
| 149-16 | Jarod Verkleeren | Virginia | Gr. | 16th |
| 149-17 | Colin Realbuto | Northern Iowa | Jr. | 17th |
| 149-18 | Johnny Lovett | Central Michigan | Jr. | 18th/157 |
| 149-19 | Zach Sherman | North Carolina | Gr. | 14th |
| 149-20 | Marcus Robinson | Cleveland State | So. | 19th |
157 pounds
| Wt | Name | School | Year | Previous |
| 157-1 | Quincy Monday | Princeton | Sr. | 1st |
| 157-2 | Brayton Lee | Minnesota | Sr. | 2nd |
| 157-3 | Peyton Robb | Nebraska | Jr. | 4th |
| 157-4 | Austin O’Connor | North Carolina | Gr. | 5th |
| 157-5 | Bryan Andonian | Virginia Tech | Sr. | 6th |
| 157-6 | Will Lewan | Michigan | Sr. | 7th |
| 157-7 | Josh Humphreys | Lehigh | Sr. | 8th |
| 157-8 | Ed Scott | NC State | So. | 9th |
| 157-9 | Jared Franek | North Dakota State | Sr. | 10th |
| 157-10 | Kendell Coleman | Purdue | Sr. | 11th |
| 157-11 | Jarrett Jacques | Missouri | Sr. | 12th |
| 157-12 | Wyatt Sheets | Oklahoma State | Gr. | 13th |
| 157-13 | Jake Keating | Virginia | Sr. | 14th |
| 157-14 | Jacob Wright | Wyoming | Gr. | 15th |
| 157-15 | Dazjon Casto | Pitt | Sr. | 16th |
| 157-17 | Doug Zapf | Penn | Sr. | 17th |
| 157-16 | Andrew Cerniglia | Navy | Jr. | 19th |
| 157-18 | Chase Saldate | Michigan State | Jr. | 20th |
| 157-19 | Garrett Model | Wisconsin | Gr. | NR |
| 157-20 | Derek Holschlag | Northern Iowa | Sr. | NR |
165 pounds
| Wt | Name | School | Year | Previous |
| 165-1 | Keegan O’Toole | Missouri | So. | 1st |
| 165-2 | Shane Griffith | Stanford | Sr. | 2nd |
| 165-3 | David Carr | Iowa State | Sr. | 3rd |
| 165-4 | Cameron Amine | Michigan | Jr. | 4th |
| 165-5 | Dean Hamiti | Wisconsin | So. | 5th |
| 165-6 | Carson Kharchla | Ohio State | Jr. | 6th |
| 165-7 | Peyton Hall | West Virginia | Jr. | 7th |
| 165-8 | Julian Ramirez | Cornell | So. | 8th |
| 165-9 | Justin McCoy | Virginia | Sr. | 9th |
| 165-10 | Izzak Olenjnik | Northern Illinois | Sr. | 10th |
| 165-11 | Austin Yant | Northern Iowa | Sr. | 11th |
| 165-12 | Brevin Cassella | Binghamton | Jr. | 12th |
| 165-13 | Josh Ogunsanya | Columbia | Jr. | 13th |
| 165-14 | Bubba Wilson | Nebraska | So. | 14th |
| 165-15 | Matt Olguin | Oregon State | So. | 15th |
| 165-15 | Lucas Revano | Penn | Jr. | 16th |
| 165-16 | William Formato | Appalachian State | Jr. | 17th |
| 165-17 | Patrick Kennedy | Iowa | So. | 18th |
| 165-19 | Cael Carlson | Minnesota | Jr. | 19th |
| 165-20 | Dan Braunagel | Illinois | Jr. | NR |
174 pounds
| Wt | Name | School | Year | Previous |
| 174-1 | Carter Starocci | Penn State | Jr. | 1st |
| 174-2 | Mekhi Lewis | Virginia Tech | Sr. | 2nd |
| 174-3 | Dustin Plott | Oklahoma State | Jr. | 3rd |
| 174-4 | Mickey Labriola | Nebraska | Sr. | 4th |
| 174-5 | Clay Lautt | North Carolina | Gr. | 5th |
| 174-6 | Demetrius Romero | Utah Valley | Sr. | 6th |
| 174-7 | Jackson Turley | Rutgers | Jr. | 7th |
| 174-8 | Michael O’Malley | Drexel | Sr. | 8th |
| 174-9 | Ethan Smith | Ohio State | Sr. | 10th |
| 174-10 | Peyton Mocco | Missouri | Jr. | 9th |
| 174-11 | Hayden Hastings | Wyoming | Gr. | 11th |
| 174-12 | Philip Conigliaro | Harvard | Jr. | 12th |
| 174-13 | Lance Runyon | Northern Iowa | So. | 13th |
| 174-14 | Ben Pasiuk | Army | Jr. | 14th |
| 174-15 | Adam Kemp | Cal Poly | Jr. | 15th |
| 174-16 | Chris Foca | Cornell | Jr. | 16th |
| 174-17 | Nick Incontrera | Penn | So. | 17th |
| 174-18 | Cade DeVos | South Dakota State | Jr. | 18th |
| 174-19 | Tyler Eischens | Stanford | Sr. | 19th |
| 174-20 | Chris Foca | Cornell | Jr. | NR |
184 pounds
| Wt | Name | School | Year | Previous |
| 184-1 | Aaron Brooks | Penn State | Sr. | 1st |
| 184-2 | Parker Keckeisen | Northern Iowa | So. | 2nd |
| 184-3 | Trent Hidlay | NC State | Jr. | 3rd |
| 184-4 | Kaleb Romero | Ohio State | Sr. | 4th |
| 184-5 | Marcus Coleman | Iowa State | Sr. | 5th |
| 184-6 | Jonathan Loew | Cornell | Sr. | 6th |
| 184-7 | Trey Munoz | Oregon State | So. | 7th |
| 184-8 | Hunter Bolen | Virginia Tech | Sr. | 8th |
| 184-9 | Travis Wittlake | Oklahoma State | Sr. | 9th |
| 184-10 | Tate Samuelson | Lehigh | Sr. | 10th |
| 184-11 | John Poznanski | Rutgers | So. | 12th |
| 184-12 | Anthony Montalvo | Arizona State | Jr. | 13th |
| 184-13 | Abe Assad | Iowa | Jr. | 14th |
| 184-14 | Isaiah Salazar | Minnesota | Jr. | 15th |
| 184-15 | Travis Stefanik | Princeton | Sr. | 16th |
| 184-16 | Caleb Hopkins | Campbell | Sr. | 17th |
| 184-17 | Matt Finesilver | Michigan | Gr. | 18th |
| 184-18 | Layne Malczewski | Michigan State | Sr. | 19th |
| 184-19 | Sean Harmon | Missouri | So. | NR |
| 184-20 | Gavin Kane | North Carolina | So. | 20th |
197 pounds
| Wt | Name | School | Year | Previous |
| 197-1 | Max Dean | Penn State | Sr. | 1st |
| 197-2 | Jacob Warner | Iowa | Sr. | 2nd |
| 197-3 | Stephen Buchanan | Wyoming | Sr. | 3rd |
| 197-4 | Bernie Truax | Cal Poly | Jr. | 4th |
| 197-5 | Rocky Elam | Missouri | So. | 5th |
| 197-6 | Yonger Bastida | Iowa State | Jr. | 6th |
| 197-7 | Michael Beard | Lehigh | So. | 7th |
| 197-8 | Nino Bonaccorsi | Pitt | Sr. | 8th |
| 197-9 | Kordell Norfleet | Arizona State | Sr. | 10th |
| 197-10 | Thomas Penola | Purdue | Sr. | 11th |
| 197-11 | Isaac Trumble | NC State | Jr. | 12th |
| 197-12 | Tanner Sloan | South Dakota State | Sr. | 13th |
| 197-13 | Gavin Hoffman | Ohio State | Sr. | 9th |
| 197-14 | Braxton Amos | Wisconsin | So. | 14th |
| 197-15 | Luke Surber | Oklahoma State | Jr. | 15th |
| 197-16 | Cameron Caffey | Michigan State | Gr. | 16th |
| 197-17 | Zac Braunagel | Illinois | Jr. | 18th |
| 197-18 | Jacob Cardenas | Cornell | Jr. | 17th |
| 197-19 | Michael Foy | Minnesota | Gr. | 20th |
| 197-20 | Silas Allred | Nebraska | So. | NR |
Heavyweight
| Wt | Name | School | Year | Previous |
| Hwt-1 | Cohlton Schultz | Arizona State | So. | 1st |
| Hwt-2 | Greg Kerkvliet | Penn State | Jr. | 2nd |
| Hwt-3 | Mason Parris | Michigan | Sr. | 3rd |
| Hwt-4 | Tony Cassioppi | Iowa | Sr. | 4th |
| Hwt-5 | Lucas Davison | Northwestern | Sr. | 5th |
| Hwt-6 | Wyatt Hendrickson | Air Force | Jr. | 6th |
| Hwt-7 | Zach Elam | Missouri | Jr. | 7th |
| Hwt-8 | Lewis Fernandes | Cornell | Jr. | 8th |
| Hwt-9 | Tate Orndorff | Ohio State | Sr. | 9th |
| Hwt-10 | Sam Schuyler | Iowa State | Sr. | 11th |
| Hwt-11 | Trent Hillger | Wisconsin | Gr. | 10th |
| Hwt-12 | Luke Luffman | Illinois | Jr. | 12th |
| Hwt-13 | Tyrie Houghton | NC State | Sr. | 13th |
| Hwt-14 | AJ Nevills | South Dakota State | Gr. | 14th |
| Hwt-15 | Josh Heindselman | Oklahoma | Jr. | 15th |
| Hwt-16 | Ben Goldin | Penn | Sr. | 16th |
| Hwt-17 | Isaac Reid | Lock Haven | Jr. | 17th |
| Hwt-18 | Taye Ghadali | Campbell | Jr. | 18th |
| Hwt-19 | Brandon Metz | North Dakota State | Sr. | 19th |
| Hwt-20 | Hunter Catka | Virginia Tech | So. | NR |
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