WIN’s 2012-13 Updated Preseason TPI and Rankings

Oct. 30, 2012

NEWTON, Iowa — As the 2012-13 college wrestling season was beginning to start, WIN updated its preseason NCAA Division I rankings, which included any change of weight classes by individual wrestlers.

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.

The WIN TPI does not rank teams according to dual meet performances. Instead, WIN also ranks teams in a separate Dual Team 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 10 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.

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.

Rank            College              Top 8     TPI

1        Penn State        6        96.5

2        Iowa        6        81

3        Minnesota        5        74.5

4        Oklahoma State        5        72.5

5        Illinois        6        65.5

6        Ohio State        4        61.5

7        Cornell        3        43.5

8        Missouri        3        39

9        Central Michigan        3        38

10        Northwestern        3        33

11        Kent State        2        32

12        Virginia Tech        3        31

13        Oklahoma        2        30.5

14        Oregon State        2        28.5

15        Boise State        1        26.5

16t        Hofstra        2        24.5

16t        Maryland        2        24.5

18        Nebraska        2        24

19        Pittsburgh        1        21

20        Northern Iowa        2        18.5

21t        Virginia        2        16.5

21t        Harvard        2        16.5

23        Wisconsin        1        16

24t        Binghamton        1        15.5

24t        Wyoming        1        15.5

24t        Lehigh        1        15.5

27        Edinboro        2        14.5

28        Clarion        1        12.5

29        Penn        1        11.5

30        Bloomsburg        1        10

31        Purdue        1        8.5

32        Ohio        1        7.5

33t        Michigan        0        6

33t        Iowa State        0        6

35t        Navy        1        5.5

35t        NC State        1        5.5

35t        Rutgers        0        5.5

38        Old Dominion        0        5

39        North Dakota St        0        4.5

40t        Citadel        0        4

40t        West Virginia        0        4

40t        Indiana        0        4

43t        Arizona State        0        3.5

43t        Air Force        0        3.5

45t        North Carolina        0        2.5

45t        Drexel        0        2.5

45t        Eastern Michigan        0        2.5

45t        Columbia        0        2.5

49        Bucknell        0        2

50t        Michigan St        0        1.5

50t        Chattanooga        0        1.5

50t        American        0        1.5

50t        Princeton        0        1.5

54t        Duke        0        1

54t        George Mason        0        1

54t        Northern Illinois        0        1

54t        Cal Poly        0        1

54t        Utah Valley        0        1

54t        Army        0        1

54t        Buffalo        0        1

54t        Rider        0        1

54t        Boston U        0        1

54t        Duke        0        1

WIN’S 2012-13 TOP 20 DUAL TEAMS

Rk            School             2011-12 Rec.

1.            Penn State            13-1

2.            Oklahoma State            17-1

3.            Minnesota            14-3

4.            Iowa            14-4

5.            Illinois            16-4

6.            Ohio State            13-4

7.            Nebraska            15-4

8.            Pittsburgh            14-2

9.            Missouri            14-5

10.            Cornell            11-1

11.            Oklahoma            13-5

12.            Central Michigan            14-9

13.            Maryland            15-1

14.            Kent State            14-5

15.            Michigan            6-6

16.            Lehigh            12-5

17.            Virginia            11-1

18.            Oregon State            10-3

19.            Hofstra            12-3

20.            Boise State            4-9

WIN’S 2012-13 Individual Rankings as of Oct. 30, 2012

Rankings                                                       Record

125 Pounds                    10-3-2012                                          2011-2012

1        Matt McDonough        (1st)        Sr.          Iowa        36-1

2        Nico Megaludis        (2nd)        So.        Penn State        28-8

3        Jesse Delgado        (3rd)        So.        Illinois        34-8

4        Steve Bonano        (4th)        Sr.        Hofstra        32-9

5        Alan Waters        (5th)        Jr.        Missouri        29-4

6        Jarrod Garnett        (6th)        Sr.        Virginia Tech        Redshirted

7        Levi Mele        (7th)        Sr.        Northwestern        31-8

8        Matt Snyder        (8th)        Sr.        Virginia        24-5

9        Anthony Zanetta        (9th)        Sr.        Pittsburgh        29-6

10        Trent Sprenkle        (10th)        Sr.        North Dakota St        33-12

11        Joe Roth        (11th)        Jr.        Central Michigan        35-9

12        Ryak Finch        (12th)        So.        Iowa State        15-10

13        Camden Eppert        (13th)        Jr.        Purdue        14-10

14        Mark Rappo        (14th)        Sr.        Penn        Injuried

15        Garrett Frey        (15th)        Sr.        Princeton        27-11

16        Jared Germaine        (16th)        Jr.        Eastern Michigan        24-11

17        Johnni DiJulius        (17th)        So.        Ohio State        19-15

18        Shane Young        (18th)        Sr.        West Virginia        24-8

19        Shane Gentry        (19th)        Jr.        Maryland        14-10

20        Vince Rodriquez        (20th)        So.        George Mason        18-11

133 Pounds

1        Logan Stieber        (1st)        So.        Ohio State        33-2

2        Tyler Graff        (2nd)        Sr.        Wisconsin        Redshirted

3        Tony Ramos        (3rd)        Jr.        Iowa        33-4

4        Scott Sentes        (4th)        Sr.        Central Michigan        Redshirted

5        Chris Dardanes        (5th)        So.        Minnesota        28-12

6        Joe Colon        (6th)        Jr.        Northern Iowa        27-4

7        A J Schopp        (7th)        So.        Edinboro        39-6

8        Cashe Quiroga        (9th)        Jr.        Purdue        22-8

9        Shelton Mack        (10th)        Jr.        Pittsburgh        23-10

10        Mason Beckman        (11th)        So.        Lehigh        31-13

11        Nathan McCormick        (13th)        Sr.        Missouri        16-7

12        Zach Zehner        (14th)        So.        Wyoming        29-13

13        Nick Soto        (15th)        So.        Chattanooga        26-8

14        Brian Owen        (16th)        Sr.        Boise State        9-3

15        Nick Arujau        (17th)        Jr.        Cornell        6-7

16        Nathan Pennesi        (18th)        Jr.        West Virginia        29-10

17        Jordan Thome        (19th)        Sr.        Army        28-13

18        Jamie Franco        (20th)        Jr.        Hofstra        21-13

19        Scott Festejo        NR        Jr.        Old Dominion

20        Geoff Alexander        NR        So.        Maryland        22-14

141 Pounds

1        Kendric Maple        (2nd)        Jr.        Oklahoma        32-3

2        Mike Mangrum        (3rd)        Sr.        Oregon State        38-5

3        Hunter Stieber        (4th)        So.        Ohio State        28-7

4        B.J. Futrell        (5th)        Jr.        Illinois        30-9@ 133

5        Mike Nevinger        (6th)        Jr.        Cornell        33-12

6        Tyler Small        (7th)        Jr.        Kent State        32-11

7        Steven Keith        (8th)        Sr.        Harvard                          34-11@133

8        Mitchell Port        (8th)        So.        Edinboro        30-10

9        Nick Dardanes        (9th)        So.        Minnesota        21-10

10        Zach Neibert        (10th)        Jr.        Virginia Tech        22-12

11        Luke Vaith        (11th)        Jr.        Hofstra        24-10

12        Justin LaValle        (12th)        Jr.        Old Dominion        27-16

13        Evan Henderson        (14th)        So.        North Carolina        28-13

14        Matt Nelson        (15th)        Jr.        Virginia        19-7

15        Josh Kindig        (15th)        Jr.        Oklahoma State             16-10@141

16        Nathan Hoffer        (16th)        Jr.        Arizona State        20-11

17        Luke Goettl        (17th)        So.        Iowa State        12-13

18        Nick Hucke        (18th)        Sr.        Missouri        16-14

19        Kevin Fanta        (19th)        Jr.        Northern Illinois        15-7

20        Tanner Hough        (20th)        So.        Duke        22-14

149 Pounds

1        Jason Chamberlain        (1st)        Sr.        Boise State        Redshirted

2        Jordan Oliver        (1st)        Sr.        Oklahoma State              28-2@133

3        Dylan Ness        (2nd)        So.        Minnesota        24-9

4        Donald Vinson        (3rd)        Sr.        Binghamton        40-5

5        Cam Tessari        (4th)        So.        Ohio State        28-11

6        Justin Accordino        (5th)        Sr.        Hofstra        26-14

7        Scott Sakaguchi        (6th)        Jr.        Oregon State        38-7

8        Nick Lester        (7th)        Jr.        Oklahoma        23-13

9        Andrew Alton        (8th)        So.        Penn State                       Redshirted

10        Cole VonOhlen        (9th)        Sr.        Air Force        37-4

11        Derek Valenti        (10th)        Sr.        Virginia        Redshirted

12        Eric Grajales        (11th)        Jr.                  Michigan        20-8

13        Ian Miller        (12th)        So.        Kent State        29-5

14        David Habat        (13th)        So.        Edinboro        36-8

15        Jake Sueflohn        (14th)        So.        Nebraska                        25-11@141

16        Steve Santos        (16th)        Sr.        Columbia        26-11

17        Taylor Walsh        (17th)        So.        Indiana        29-12

18        Nick Brascetta        (18th)        So.        Virginia Tech        22-6

19        Josh Wilson        (19th)        Sr.        Utah Valley        20-11

20        Mario Mason        (20th)        Sr.        Rutgers        19-4

157 Pounds

1        Derek St. John        (1st)        Jr.        Iowa        21-3

2        Dylan Alton        (2nd)        So.        Penn State        30-6

3        Jason Welch        (3rd)        Sr.        Northwestern        27-34

4        James Fleming        (4th)        Sr.        Clarion        33-4

5        James Green        (5th)        So.        Nebraska        34-9

6        Walter Peppelman        (6th)        Sr.        Harvard        30-7

7        Frank Hickman        (7th)        Sr.          Bloomsburg        31-7

8        Jesse Dong        (8th)        Sr.        Virginia Tech        Redshirted

9        Roger Pena        (9th)        Jr.        Oregon State        30-9

10        David Bonin        (10th)        Sr.        Northern Iowa        30-9

11        Matt Lester        (11th)        Jr.        Oklahoma        21-11

12        Drake Houdashelt        (12th)        So.        Missouri        28-7

13        Scott Winston        (13th)        Sr.        Rutgers        19-8@ 165

14        Josh Kreimer        (14th)        Jr.        Air Force        26-16

15        Josh Demas        (15th)        So.        Ohio State        22-15

16        George Ivanov        (16th)        Sr.        Boise State        22-8

17        Corey Mock        (17th)        Jr.        North Carolina        27-12

18        John Nicholson        (18th)        Jr.        Old Dominion        27-8

19        Aaron Sulzer        (19th)        Sr.        Eastern Michigan        20-11

20        Jake O’Hara        (20th)        Sr.        Columbia        28-15

165 Pounds

1        David Taylor        (1st)        Jr.        Penn State        32-0

2        Kyle Dake        (2nd)        Sr.        Cornell                      35-1(1st@157)

3        Tyler Caldwell        (3rd)        Jr.        Oklahoma State        Redshirted

4        Peter Yates        (4th)        Sr.        Virginia Tech        28-7

5        Josh Asper        (5th)        Sr.        Maryland        32-7

6        Conrad Polz        (6th)        Jr.        Illinois        24-8

7        Mike Evans        (7th)        So.        Iowa        26-8

8        Nick Sulzer        (8th)        So.        Virginia        27-9

9        Patrick Graham        (9th)        Sr.        Oklahoma        19-14

10        Corey Lear        (10th)        Sr.        Bucknell        18-11

11        Cody Yohn        (11th)        Sr.        Minnesota        19-11

12        Zach Toal        (12th)        Jr.        Missouri        21-11

13        Joe Booth        (13th)        Sr.        Drexel        24-7

14        Steven Monk        (14th)        Jr.        North Dakota St        35-9@ 157

15        Tyler Koehn         (15th)        Sr.        Nebraska        19-4@174

16        Pierce Harger        (16th)        So.        Northwestern        22-14

17        Patrick Martinez        (17th)        Jr.        Wyoming        35-1@ 174

18        Mark Lewandowski        (18th)        Sr.        Buffalo        29-8

19        Tristan Warner        (19th)        Jr.        Old Dominion        27-16

20        Mike Ottinger        (20th)        So.        Central Michigan        23-11

174 Pounds

1        Chris Perry        (1st)        Jr.        Oklahoma State        31-1

2        Jordan Blanton        (2nd)        Jr.        Illinois        30-9

3        Nick Heflin        (3rd)        Jr.        Ohio State        28-10

4        Logan Storley        (4th)        So.        Minnesota        26-9

5        Ethen Lofthouse        (5th)        Jr.        Iowa        29-9

6        Jimmy Sheptock        (6th)        Jr.        Maryland        30-8

7        Matt Brown        (7th)        So.        Penn State        19-2

8        Peter Huntley        (8th)        Sr.        Navy        24-12

9        Turtogtokh Luvsandorj(9th)        Sr.        Citadel        32-11

10        Robert Kokesh        (10th)        So.        Nebraska        30-7

11        Jon Fausey        (11th)        Jr.        Virginia        24-5

12        Ryan LeBlanc        (12th)        Jr.        Indiana        31-16

13        Mike Dessino        (13th)        Sr.        Bloomsburg        30-11

14        Lance Bryson        (14th)        Jr.          West Virginia        25-16

15        Greg Zanetti        (15th)        Sr.        Rutgers        31-6

16        Lee Munster        (16th)        So.        Northwestern        24-12

17        Dominic Kastl        (17th)        So.        Cal Poly        14-5 @165

18        Dan Yates        (18th)        Jr.        Michigan        24-0@165

19        Jim Resnick        (19th)        Sr.        Rider        19-6

20        Chris Moon        (20th)        Jr.        Virginia Tech        19-15

184 Pounds

1        Ed Ruth        (1st)        Jr.        Penn State        31-0@174

2        Steve Bosak        (2nd)        Sr.        Cornell        33-4

3        Robert Hamlin        (3rd)        Sr.        Lehigh        33-3

4        Kevin Steinhaus        (4th)        Jr.        Minnesota        32-6

5        Ben Bennett        (5th)        Sr.        Central Michigan        34-6

6        Josh Ihnen        (6th)        Sr.        Nebraska        26-7

7        Ryan Loder        (7th)        Jr.        Northern Iowa        35-6

8        Tony Dallago        (8th)        So.        Illinois        25-13

9        Mike Larson        (9th)        Sr.        Missouri        24-6

10        Grant Gambrall        (10th)        Sr.        Iowa        12-12

11        Jacob Swartz        (11th)        Jr.        Boise State        21-6

12        Nathan Schiedel        (12th)        Sr.        Binghamton        30-10

13        Casey Newburg        (14th)        Sr.        Kent State        30-13

14        Max Thomusseit        (15th)        So.        Pittsburgh        Redshirted

15        Boaz Beard        (16th)        Jr.        Iowa State        10-7

16        Dan Rinaldi        (17th)        Sr.        Rutgers        26-8@ 197

17        Victor Avery        (18th)        So.        Edinboro        24-15

18        MacKain Stoll        (19th)        Sr.        North Dakota St        24-14

19        Ryan Garringer        (20th)        Jr.        Ohio        18-15

20        Ty Vinsion        NR        Sr.          Oregon State        20-17

197 Pounds

1        Dustin Kilgore        (1st)        Sr.        Kent State        Redshirted

2        Quentin Wright        (2nd)        Sr.        Penn State        30-4@ 184

3        Matt Wilps        (3rd)        Sr.        Pittsburgh        34-5

4        Alfonzo Hernandez        (4th)        Sr.        Wyoming        40-8

5        Micah Burak        (5th)        Sr.        Penn        24-6

6        Mario Gonzalez        (6th)        So.        Illinois        26-9 7

7        Brent Haynes        (7th)        Sr.        Missouri        25-8

8        Blake Rosholt        (8th)        Jr.        Oklahoma State        19-3

9        Andrew Campolattano(9th)        So.        Ohio State        23-14

10        Christian Boley        (10th)        Jr.        Maryland        32-5

11        Scott Schiller        (11th)        So.        Minnesota        26-4

12        Richard Perry        (12th)        Jr.        Bloomsburg        33-12

13        Brent Chriswell        (13th)        Sr.        Boise State        14-4

14        Taylor Meeks        (14th)        So.        Oregon State        20-8

15        Dan Mitchell        (15th)        Sr.        American        21-13

16        Brandon Atwood        (13th)        So.        Purdue                           22-15@184

17        Max Huntley        (16th)        So.        Michigan        15-14

18        Cody Reed        (17th)        Sr.        Binghamton        25-18

19        James Fox        (18th)        So.        Harvard        21-13

20        Brandon Palik        (19th)        Jr.        Drexel        25-15

Heavyweight

1        Anthony Nelson        (1st)        Jr.        Minnesota        32-2

2        Alan Gelogaev        (2nd)        Sr.        Oklahoma State        24-1

3        Dom Bradley        (3rd)        Sr.        Missouri        Redshirted

4        Jarod Trice        (4th)        Sr.        Central Michigan        Redshirted

5        Michael McMullan        (5th)        So.        Northwestern        29-11

6        Bobby Telford        (6th)        So.        Iowa        30-9

7        Jeremy Johnson        (7th)        Jr.        Ohio        35-7

8        Nick Gwiazdowski        (8th)        So.        NC State        30-9

9        Levi Cooper        (9th)        Sr.        Arizona State        28-12

10    Odie Delaney        (10th)        Sr.        Citadel        29-4

11        Ben Apland        (11th)        Sr.        Michigan        23-11

12        Zac Thomusseit        (12th)        Sr.        Pittsburgh        Redshirted

13        Spencer Myers        (13th)        Jr.        Maryland        22-9

14        Michael McClure        (14th)        So.        Michigan St        Redshirted

15        Matt Gibson        (15th)        Sr.        Iowa State        27-10

16        Chad Hanke         (16th)        Sr.        Oregon State        Redshirted

17        Peter Innis        (17th)        Jr.        Boston U        22-7

18        Keldrick Hall        (18th)        Jr.        Oklahoma                      22-12@197

19        Blayne Beale        (19th)        Sr.        Northern Iowa        28-13

20        Adam Chalfant        (20th)        Jr.        Indiana        24-13