Oklahoma State takes over No. 1 spot in Team Dual Rankings; Penn State still tops TPI
Feb. 4, 2013
NEWTON, Iowa — Oklahoma State, thanks to Iowa’s Feb. 1 home victory over last week’s top-ranked team, Penn State, has taken over the top spot in WIN’s Dual Team rankings to highlight this week’s team and individual rankings.
The Cowboys, which defeated Iowa earlier this year, won a pair of road dual meets last week over Missouri and Iowa State to move up one spot in the WIN’s Team Dual rankings. The Hawkeyes used the 22-16 victory over the Nittany Lions to earn the No. 2 ranking, one spot ahead of the Nittany Lions.
Penn State, the two-time defending NCAA team champion, still maintained its No. 1 ranking in WIN’s Tournament Power Index, which tabulates a team’s strength looking ahead to this year’s NCAA tournament in March. Iowa and Oklahoma State are rated No. 2 and 3, respectively, in the TPI.
Among the changes to WIN’s individual rankings, Minnesota’s Logan Storley has taken over the top spot at 174 pounds after Oklahoma State’s Chris Perry, rated No. 1 all season, lost for the first time this winter to Missouri’s Todd Porter last weekend.
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.
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 Feb. 4, 2013 Tournament Power Index (TPI)
Rank College Top 8 TPI
1 Penn State 7 92.5
2 Iowa 6 84.5
3 Oklahoma State 6 79.5
4 Minnesota 4 60.5
5 Missouri 3 52.5
6 Ohio State 3 47
7 Cornell 3 43
8t Oklahoma 3 40.5
8t Virginia Tech 4 40.5
10 Central Michigan 4 40
11 Oregon State 3 39
12 Nebraska 3 31
13 Illinois 3 30.5
14t Pittsburgh 2 29.5
14t Lehigh 2 29.5
16 Edinboro 2 28
17 Northwestern 2 26.5
18 Binghamton 2 23.5
19 Kent State 1 21.5
20 Boise State 1 21
21 Maryland 2 20
22 Northern Iowa 2 19
23 Wisconsin 1 15.5
24 Wyoming 1 15
25 Air Force 1 14.5
26t Michigan 1 13
26t Virginia 1 13
28 Clarion 1 12.5
29t North Carolina 1 12
29t North Dakota St 1 12
31 Citadel 1 11.5
32 Iowa State 1 11
33t Columbia 1 10
33t Arizona State 1 10
35 Purdue 0 6.5
36 Bloomsburg 0 6
37 Penn 0 5.5
38 Indiana 0 4.5
39 Rutgers 0 4
40 Harvard 0 3.5
41t Michigan St 0 3
41t Hofstra 0 3
41t Ohio 0 3
44 CSU Bakersfield 0 2.5
45t Bucknell 0 2
45t Buffalo 0 2
45t Old Dominion 0 2
48t Utah Valley 0 1.5
48t Northern Illinois 0 1.5
48t West Virginia 0 1.5
48t Navy 0 1.5
52t Franklin & Marshall 0 1
52t Rider 0 1
52t Drexel 0 1
52t Air Force 0 1
52t Chattanooga 0 1
WIN’s Feb. 4, 2013 Team Dual Rankings
Rk School (Previous) Record
1. Oklahoma State (2nd) 13-0
2. Iowa (3rd) 16-1
3. Penn State (1st) 9-1
4. Minnesota (4th) 12-2
5. Ohio State (5th) 10-2
6. Missouri (7th) 11-2
7. Virginia Tech (9th) 13-2
8. Illinois (6th) 6-4
9. Oregon State (13th) 8-3
10. Cornell (8th) 11-3
11. Nebraska (10th) 10-4
12. Central Michigan (11th) 10-4
13. Virginia (12th) 12-3
14. Wisconsin (14th) 7-4
15. Boise State (15th) 8-5
16. Oklahoma (17th) 5-7
17. Northern Iowa (18th) 8-3
18. Bloomsburg (19th) 13-2
19. Edinboro (20th) 8-4
20. Purdue (NR) 13-5
WIN’s Feb. 4, 2013 Individual Rankings
125 pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Matt McDonough (1st) Sr. Iowa
2. Nico Megaludis (2nd) So. Penn State
3. Jesse Delgado (3rd) So. Illinois
4. Alan Waters (4th) Jr. Missouri
5. Jarrod Garnett (5th) Sr. Virginia Tech
6. Nahshon Garrett (6th) Fr. Cornell
7. Christian Cullinan (8th) Fr. Central Michigan
8. Nathan Kraisser (9th) Fr. North Carolina
9. Josh Martinez (10th) Fr. Air Force
10. Matt Snyder (7th) Sr. Virginia
11. Trent Sprenkle (11th) Sr. North Dakota State
12. Nikko Triggas (12th) Sr. Ohio State
13. David Thorn (13th) Fr. Minnesota
14. Mark Rappo (14th) Sr. Penn
15. Shane Gentry (20th) Jr. Maryland
16. Sean Boyle (16th) Jr. Michigan
17. Steve Bonano (17th) Sr. Hofstra
18. Nick Soto (18th) So. Chattanooga
19. Camden Eppert (15th) Jr. Purdue
20. Jerome Robinson (19th) So. Old Dominion
133 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Logan Stieber (1st) So. Ohio State
2. Tony Ramos (2nd) Jr. Iowa
3. A. J. Schopp (3rd) So. Edinboro
4. Tyler Graff (4th) Sr. Wisconsin
5. Nathan McCormick (6th) Sr. Missouri
6. Jon Morrison (5th) So. Oklahoma State
7. Scott Sentes (8th) Sr. Central Michigan
8. Cody Brewer (9th) Fr. Oklahoma
9. Chris Dardanes (10th) So. Minnesota
10. Daryl Thomas (7th) Sr. Illinois
11. Cashe Quiroga (11th) Jr. Purdue
12. Levi Wolfensperger (12th) So. Northern Iowa
13. Geoff Alexander (13th) So. Maryland
14. George DiCamillo (14th) Fr. Virginia
15. Ian Nickell (15th) Fr. CSU Bakersfield
16. Jordan Conway (NR) Fr. Penn State
17. Shelton Mack (17th) So. Pittsburgh
18. Eric Spjut (16th) So. Virginia Tech
19. Joey Ward (19th) Fr. North Carolina
20. Nick Wilcox (20th) Jr. Bloomsburg
141 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Kendric Maple (1st) Jr. Oklahoma
2. Hunter Stieber (2nd) So. Ohio State
3. Mike Mangrum (4th) Sr. Oregon State
4. Mitchell Port (5th) So. Edinboro
5. Undrakhbayar Khishignyam (6th) Fr. Citadel
6. Evan Henderson (7th) So. North Carolina
7. Mark Ballweg (8th) Sr. Iowa
8. Joey Lazor (9th) Jr. Northern Iowa
9. Charles Cobb (10th) Fr. Penn
10. Nick Dardanes (12th) So. Minnesota
11. Zach Neibert (13th) Jr. Virginia Tech
12. Luke Vaith (18th) Jr. Hofstra
13. Mike Nevinger (11th) Jr. Cornell
14. Steve Keith (14th) Sr. Harvard
15. Nathan Pennesi (15th) Jr. West Virginia
16. Kevin Fanta (16th) Jr. Northern Illinois
17. Chris Mecate (17th) Fr. Old Dominion
18. Trevor Melde (20th) Sr. Rutgers
19. Richard Durso (NR) So. Franklin & Marshall
20. Frank Cimato (NR) Sr. Drexel
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. Nick Brascetta (5th) So. Virginia Tech
6. Steve Santos (6th) Sr. Columbia
7. Andrew Alton (7th) So. Penn State
8. Dylan Ness (8th) So. Minnesota
9. Scott Sakaguchi (10th) Jr. Oregon State
10. Eric Grajales (12th) Jr. Michigan
11. Ivan Lopouchanski (9th) Sr. Purdue
12. Jake Sueflohn (11th) So. Nebraska
13. Josh Wilson (13th) Sr. Utah Valley
14. Drake Houdashelt (16th) So. Missouri
15. Cam Tessari (15th) So. Ohio State
16. Nick Lester (14th) Jr. Oklahoma
17. Shane Welsh (17th) Sr. Lehigh
18. Donnie Corby (18th) Sr. Central Michigan
19. David Habat (19th) So. Edinboro
20. Derek Valenti (20th) Sr. Virginia
157 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Derek St. John (1st) Jr. Iowa
2. Jason Welch (2nd) Sr. Northwestern
3. Joey Napoli (3rd) Jr. Lehigh
4. James Fleming (4th) Sr. Clarion
5. Dylan Alton (5th) So. Penn State
6. James Green (6th) So. Nebraska
7. Jesse Dong (7th) Sr. Virginia Tech
8. Alex Dieringer (8th) Fr. Oklahoma State
9. Roger Pena (9th) Jr. Oregon State
10. Jedd Moore (10th) Sr. Virginia
11. Walter Peppelman (11th) Sr. Harvard
12. Taylor Walsh (12th) So. Indiana
13. Andy McCulley (13th) So. Wyoming
14. Frank Hickman (14th) Sr. Bloomsburg
15. George Ivanov (16th) Sr. Boise State
16. David Bonin (18th) Jr. Northern Iowa
17. Josh Demas (19th) So. Ohio State
18. Kyle Bradley (20th) Jr. Missouri
19. Matt Lester (15th) Jr. Oklahoma
20. Josh Kreimer (17th) Jr. Air Force
165 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Kyle Dake (1st) Sr. Cornell
2. David Taylor (2nd) Jr. Penn State
3. Tyler Caldwell (3rd) Jr. Oklahoma State
4. Patrick Graham (4th) Sr. Oklahoma
5. Peter Yates (5th) Sr. Virginia Tech
6. Steve Monk (6th) Jr. North Dakota State
7. Conrad Polz (7th) Jr. Illinois
8. Nick Sulzer (8th) So. Virginia
9. Taylor Massa (9th) Fr. Michigan
10. Pierce Harger (10th) So. Northwestern
11. Mark Lewandowski (11th) Sr. Buffalo
12. Corey Lear (12th) Sr. Bucknell
13. Nick Moore (13th) So. Iowa
14. Tyler Wilps (14th) So. Pittsburgh
15. Cody Yohn (15th) Sr. Minnesota
16. Zach Toal (16th) So. Missouri
17. Ryan LeBlanc (17th) Jr. Indiana
18. Michael Moreno (18th) So. Iowa State
19. Josh Veltre (19th) Jr. Bloomsburg
20. Ramon Santiago (20th) Jr. Rider
174 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Logan Storley (2nd) So. Minnesota
2. Chris Perry (1st) Jr. Oklahoma State
3. Robert Kokesh (3rd) So. Nebraska
4. Mike Evans (6th) So. Iowa
5. Josh Asper (5th) Sr. Maryland
6. Matt Brown (4th) So. Penn State
7. Nick Heflin (7th) Jr. Ohio State
8. Jordan Blanton (8th) Jr. Illinois
9. Lee Munster (9th) So. Northwestern
10. Dan Yates (10th) Jr. Michigan
11. Todd Porter (14th) Sr. Missouri
12. Blake Stauffer (11th) Fr. Arizona State
13. Matthew Miller (12th) Fr. Navy
14. Nathan Brown (13th) So. Lehigh
15. Greg Zannetti (15th) Sr. Rutgers
16. Tanner Weatherman (17th) Jr. Iowa State
17. Cody Walters (18th) Fr. Ohio U.
18. Jon Fausey (19th) Jr. Virginia
19. Cody Caldwell (16th) Fr. Northern Iowa
20. Bryce Hammond (NR) Fr. CSU Bakersfield
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. Josh Ihnen (7th) Sr. Nebraska
8. Jimmy Sheptock (8th) Jr. Maryland
9. Jacob Swartz (11th) Jr. Boise State
10. Chris Chionuma (10th) Sr. Oklahoma State
11. Mike Larson (9th) Sr. Missouri
12. Max Thomusseit (12th) So. Pittsburgh
13. Ethen Lofthouse (13th) Jr. Iowa
14. Dan Rinaldi (14th) Sr. Rutgers
15. Casey Newburg (15th) Sr. Kent State
16. Tony Dallago (16th) So. Illinois
17. Boaz Beard (19th) Jr. Iowa State
18. MacKain Stoll (18th) Sr. North Dakota State
19. Kevin Radford (17th) So. Arizona State
20. John Rizqallah (20th) So. Michigan State
197 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Dustin Kilgore (1st) Sr. Kent State
2. Matt Wilps (2nd) Sr. Pittsburgh
3. Alfonzo Hernandez (3rd) Sr. Wyoming
4. Quentin Wright (4th) Sr. Penn State
5. Nathan Schiedel (5th) Sr. Binghamton
6. Taylor Meeks (6th) So. Oregon State
7. Kyven Gadson (7th) So. Iowa State
8. Jake Meredith (8th) Sr. Arizona State
9. Scott Schiller (9th) So. Minnesota
10. Micah Burak (11th) Sr. Penn
11. Blake Rosholt (13th) Jr. Oklahoma State
12. Brent Haynes (12th) Sr. Missouri
13. Christian Boley (14th) Jr. Maryland
14. Mario Gonzalez (10th) So. Illinois
15. Richard Perry (15th) Jr. Bloomsburg
16. Brandon Atwood (16th) So. Purdue
17. Derrick Borlie (17th) Jr. Virginia Tech
18. Andrew Campolattano (18th) So. Ohio State
19. Nathan Burak (19th) Fr. Iowa
20. Jackson Hein (20th) Jr. Wisconsin
Heavyweight
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Dom Bradley (1st) Sr. Missouri
2. Anthony Nelson (2nd) Jr. Minnesota
3. Alan Gelogaev (3rd) Sr. Oklahoma State
4. Chad Hanke (4th) Sr. Oregon State
5. Jarod Trice (5th) Sr. Central Michigan
6. Zac Thomusseit (6th) Sr. Pittsburgh
7. Michael McMullan (7th) So. Northwestern
8. Bobby Telford (8th) So. Iowa
9. Connor Medbury (9th) Fr. Wisconsin
10. Michael McClure (10th) So. Michigan State
11. Jeremy Johnson (11th) Jr. Ohio
12. Peter Capone (12th) Jr. Ohio State
13. Levi Cooper (13th) Sr. Arizona State
14. J.T. Felix (14th) Jr. Boise State
15. Adam Chalfant (15th) Jr. Indiana
16. Odie Delaney (16th) Sr. Citadel
17. Jon Gingrich (17th) So. Penn State
18. Matt Gibson (18th) Sr. Iowa State
19. Justin Grant (19th) Jr. Bloomsburg
20. Ernest James (20th) Jr. Edinboro
