WIN’s Feb. 11 TPI, Team Dual and Individual Rankings
Feb. 11, 2013
NEWTON, Iowa — Penn State’s Nico Megaludis has taken over the top spot at 125 pounds in WIN’s updated national rankings, which are released today. The Nittany Lion, who was ranked No. 2 behind Iowa’s two-time national champion Matt McDonough this season, moved up after the Hawkeye lost his first match of the season to Illinois’ Jesse Delgado last Friday night in Champaign.
All three wrestlers at that weight class have swapped victories. In the last two weeks, McDonough beat Megaludis, who beat Delgado.
In WIN’s Tournament Power Index, two-time NCAA champion Penn State remained No. 1, while Oklahoma State — the only undefeated Division I team (13-0) — remained the top dual team in WIN’s rankings.
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. 11, 2013 Tournament Power Index (TPI)
Rank College Top 8 TPI
1 Penn State 7 92.5
2 Iowa 6 81.5
3 Oklahoma State 6 79.5
4 Minnesota 4 62
5 Missouri 3 52.5
6 Ohio State 3 49.5
7 Cornell 3 43
8 Oregon State 4 42.5
9t Virginia Tech 4 40.5
9t Oklahoma 3 40.5
11 Central Michigan 4 40
12 Illinois 3 31.5
13 Nebraska 3 30
14 Lehigh 2 29.5
15 Edinboro 2 28
16 Pittsburgh 2 27
17 Northwestern 2 26.5
18 Binghamton 2 23.5
19 Boise State 1 22
20 Kent State 1 21.5
21 Maryland 2 20
22 Northern Iowa 2 19
23 Wisconsin 1 15.5
24 Air Force 1 14.5
25 Wyoming 1 14
26 Michigan 1 13
27 Clarion 1 12.5
28t Iowa State 1 12
28t North Dakota State 1 12
28t Virginia 1 12
31 North Carolina 1 11.5
32 Citadel 1 11
33 Arizona State 1 10.5
34 Columbia 1 10
35 Purdue 0 6.5
36t Bloomsburg 0 5
36t Penn 0 5
38 Indiana 0 4.5
39t Rutgers 0 4
39t Harvard 0 4
41t Michigan State 0 3
41t Ohio 0 3
41t Hofstra 0 3
44t CSU Bakersfield 0 2.5
44t Old Dominion 0 2.5
46t Bucknell 0 2
46t Buffalo 0 2
48t Utah Valley 0 1.5
48t West Virginia 0 1.5
48t Navy 0 1.5
51t Franklin & Marshall 0 1
51t Rider 0 1
51t Air Force 0 1
51t Chattanooga 0 1
51t Northern Illinois 0 1
WIN’s Feb. 11, 2013 Team Dual Rankings
Rk School (Previous) Record
1. Oklahoma State (1st) 13-0
2. Iowa (2nd) 18-1
3. Penn State (3rd) 11-1
4. Minnesota (4th) 13-2
5. Ohio State (5th) 11-3
6. Missouri (6th) 11-2
7. Virginia Tech (7th) 14-2
8. Oregon State (9th) 10-3
9. Cornell (10th) 12-3
10. Illinois (8th) 7-5
11. Nebraska (11th) 10-5
12. Central Michigan (12th) 13-3
13. Virginia (13th) 15-3
14. Wisconsin (14th) 7-6
15. Boise State (15th) 9-5
16. Oklahoma (16th) 4-6
17. Bloomsburg (18th) 15-3
18. Edinboro (19th) 9-4
19. Purdue (20th) 13-5
20. Iowa State (NR) 7-4
WIN’s Feb. 11, 2013 Individual Rankings
125 pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Nico Megaludis (2nd) So. Penn State
2. Matt McDonough (1st) Sr. Iowa
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 (7th) Fr. Central Michigan
8. Nathan Kraisser (8th) Fr. North Carolina
9. Josh Martinez (9th) Fr. Air Force
10. Matt Snyder (10th) Sr. Virginia
11. Trent Sprenkle (11th) Sr. North Dakota State
12. David Thorn (13th) Fr. Minnesota
13. Mark Rappo (14th) Sr. Penn
14. Shane Gentry (15th) Jr. Maryland
15. Nikko Triggas (12th) Sr. Ohio State
16. Sean Boyle (16th) Jr. Michigan
17. Steve Bonano (17th) Sr. Hofstra
18. Nick Soto (18th) So. Chattanooga
19. Camden Eppert (19th) Jr. Purdue
20. Jerome Robinson (20th) 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 (5th) Sr. Missouri
6. Jon Morrison (6th) So. Oklahoma State
7. Scott Sentes (7th) Sr. Central Michigan
8. Cody Brewer (8th) Fr. Oklahoma
9. Chris Dardanes (9th) So. Minnesota
10. Daryl Thomas (10th) 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 (16th) Fr. Penn State
17. Shelton Mack (17th) So. Pittsburgh
18. Eric Spjut (18th) So. Virginia Tech
19. Joey Ward (19th) Fr. North Carolina
20. Brian Owen (NR) Sr. Boise State
141 Pounds
Rk. Name (Previous) Year School
1. Kendric Maple (1st) Jr. Oklahoma
2. Hunter Stieber (2nd) So. Ohio State
3. Mike Mangrum (3rd) Sr. Oregon State
4. Mitchell Port (4th) So. Edinboro
5. Undrakhbayar Khishignyam (5th) Fr. Citadel
6. Evan Henderson (6th) So. North Carolina
7. Mark Ballweg (7th) Sr. Iowa
8. Joey Lazor (8th) Jr. Northern Iowa
9. Nick Dardanes (10th) So. Minnesota
10. Zach Neibert (11th) Jr. Virginia Tech
11. Luke Vaith (12th) Jr. Hofstra
12. Steve Keith (14th) Sr. Harvard
13. Charles Cobb (9th) Fr. Penn
14. Mike Nevinger (13th) Jr. Cornell
15. Nathan Pennesi (15th) Jr. West Virginia
16. Chris Mecate (17th) Fr. Old Dominion
17. Trevor Melde (18th) Sr. Rutgers
18. Richard Durso (19th) So. Franklin & Marshall
19. Kevin Fanta (16th) Jr. Northern Illinois
20. Luke Goettl (NR) So. Iowa State
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. Dylan Ness (8th) So. Minnesota
8. Scott Sakaguchi (9th) Jr. Oregon State
9. Eric Grajales (10th) Jr. Michigan
10. Ivan Lopouchanski (11th) Sr. Purdue
11. Jake Sueflohn (12th) So. Nebraska
12. Cam Tessari (15th) So. Ohio State
13. Andrew Alton (7th) So. Penn State
14. Josh Wilson (13th) Sr. Utah Valley
15. Drake Houdashelt (14th) So. Missouri
16. Nick Lester (16th) Jr. Oklahoma
17. Shane Welsh (17th) Sr. Lehigh
18. Donnie Corby (18th) Sr. Central Michigan
19. David Habat (19th) So. Edinboro
20. Caleb Ervin (NR) Fr. Illinois
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 (15th) Sr. Boise State
16. David Bonin (16th) Jr. Northern Iowa
17. Josh Demas (17th) So. Ohio State
18. Kyle Bradley (18th) Jr. Missouri
19. Matt Lester (19th) Jr. Oklahoma
20. Josh Kreimer (20th) 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 (1st) So. Minnesota
2. Chris Perry (2nd) Jr. Oklahoma State
3. Mike Evans (4th) So. Iowa
4. Robert Kokesh (3rd) So. Nebraska
5. Josh Asper (5th) Sr. Maryland
6. Nick Heflin (7th) Jr. Ohio State
7. Matt Brown (6th) So. Penn State
8. Jordan Blanton (8th) Jr. Illinois
9. Lee Munster (9th) So. Northwestern
10. Dan Yates (10th) Jr. Michigan
11. Todd Porter (11th) Sr. Missouri
12. Blake Stauffer (12th) Fr. Arizona State
13. Matthew Miller (13th) Fr. Navy
14. Nathan Brown (14th) So. Lehigh
15. Greg Zannetti (15th) Sr. Rutgers
16. Tanner Weatherman (16th) Jr. Iowa State
17. Cody Walters (17th) Fr. Ohio U.
18. Jon Fausey (18th) Jr. Virginia
19. Cody Caldwell (19th) Fr. Northern Iowa
20. Bryce Hammond (20th) 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 (9th) Jr. Boise State
10. Chris Chionuma (10th) Sr. Oklahoma State
11. Mike Larson (11th) 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 (17th) Jr. Iowa State
18. MacKain Stoll (18th) Sr. North Dakota State
19. Kevin Radford (19th) 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. Quentin Wright (4th) Sr. Penn State
3. Matt Wilps (2nd) Sr. Pittsburgh
4. Alfonzo Hernandez (3rd) Sr. Wyoming
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 (10th) Sr. Penn
11. Blake Rosholt (11th) Jr. Oklahoma State
12. Brent Haynes (12th) Sr. Missouri
13. Christian Boley (13th) Jr. Maryland
14. Mario Gonzalez (14th) So. Illinois
15. Richard Perry (15th) Jr. Bloomsburg
16. Brandon Atwood (16th) So. Purdue
17. Derrick Borlie (17th) Jr. Virginia Tech
18. Kenny Courts (NR) Fr. 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. Levi Cooper (13th) Sr. Arizona State
13. J.T. Felix (14th) Jr. Boise State
14. Peter Capone (12th) Jr. Ohio State
15. Adam Chalfant (15th) Jr. Indiana
16. Jimmy Lawson (NR) So. Penn State
17. Odie Delaney (16th) Sr. Citadel
18. Matt Gibson (18th) Sr. Iowa State
19. Justin Grant (19th) Jr. Bloomsburg
20. Ernest James (20th) Jr. Edinboro
