No change in top three teams in WIN Div. I rankings; three top 10 showdowns ahead this week

NEWTON, Iowa — Three Top-10 showdowns await college wrestling fans for one of the season’s final weekends of dual-meet action, as No. 1 Penn State will square off with No. 7 Ohio State in Columbus, No. 2 Iowa will take on No. 6 Minnesota in Minneapolis and No. 4 Northern Iowa will clash with No. 10 Iowa State in Ames.

Penn State remains the No. 1 team in both the dual-team rankings and in WIN’s Tournament Power Index, which projects where teams could finish in this March’s NCAA Division I Championships … based on individual rankings. Iowa remains No. 2 in both polls, while the Oklahoma State Cowboys, already dubbed the third-best dual team, climbed into sole possession of third place in WIN’s TPI this week.

The following is a breakdown of those individual TPI points per 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 one and a half points for wrestlers ranked 13-16 and one point for those ranked 17-20.

Around the rest of the nation, other Top-20 dual-meet matchups include No. 1 Penn State at No. 12 Illinois, No. 8 NC State vs. No. 16 Stanford, No. 10 Iowa State at No. 14 South Dakota State, and No. 11 Virginia Tech vs. No. 17 Pitt.

Penn State features three top-ranked wrestlers in WIN’s TPI: Tyler Kasak (157), Mitchell Mesenbrink (165) and Carter Starocci (184). Iowa features two No. 1-rated wrestlers: Drake Ayala (133) and Stephen Buchanan (197).

The remaining top-ranked wrestlers at their weights are Purdue’s Matt Ramos (125), Ohio State’s Jesse Mendez (141), Virginia Tech’s Caleb Henson (149), Missouri’s Keegan O’Toole (174) and Minnesota’s Gable Steveson (Hwt).

WIN Magazine’s Feb. 10 Top-20 Dual Teams

Rank/School/W-L Prev./Upcoming Action

1. Penn State 12-0 1st Feb. 14 at Ohio State; Feb. 16 at Illinois

2. Iowa 10-1 2nd Feb. 14 at Minnesota; Feb. 16 vs. Northwestern

3. Oklahoma State 13-0 3rd Off until Feb. 23 at Iowa

4. Northern Iowa 12-1 5th Feb. 16 vs. Iowa State

5. Nebraska 9-3 6th Feb. 16 vs. Indiana

6. Minnesota 10-1 7th Feb. 14 vs. Iowa

7. Ohio State 13-2 4th Feb. 14 vs. Penn State

8. NC State 10-1 8th Feb. 14 vs. Stanford

9. Cornell 9-1 9th Feb. 15 at Arizona State

10. Iowa State 10-4 10th Feb. 14 at South Dakota State; Feb. 16 at UNI

11. Virginia Tech 8-2 11th Feb. 14 vs. Pitt

12. Illinois 9-3 12th Feb. 16 vs. Penn State

13. Rutgers 12-5 13th Feb. 14 vs. Michigan State

14. South Dakota State 13-3 16th Feb. 14 vs. Iowa State

15. Little Rock 14-3 19th Feb. 14 at Cal Poly; Feb. 16 at CSUB/NDSU

16. Stanford 8-3 18th Feb. 13 at Princeton; Feb. 14 at NC St.; Feb. 16 at Duke

17. Pitt 9-5 14th Feb. 14 at Virginia Tech

18. North Carolina 7-5 NR Feb. 14 vs. Virginia

19. Michigan 5-5 15th Feb. 16 at Michigan State

20. Oklahoma 7-4 20th Feb. 16 at Arizona State

WIN Magazine’s Feb. 10 Tournament Power Index

Rank/School/Total Rank/Top 8/TPI Points

1. Penn State 10 10 148

2. Iowa 8 5 89

3. Oklahoma State 10 6 70.5

4. Nebraska 8 6 69.5

5. Minnesota 9 4 53.5

6. Northern Iowa 9 3 45.5

7. Ohio State 9 3 44.5

8. Cornell 5 3 35.5

9. Iowa State 7 3 33.5

10. Virginia Tech 8 1 32.5

11. NC State 6 2 32

12 Stanford 4 3 29.5

13. Missouri 4 2 29

14. Northern Colorado 4 2 28.5

15t. Arizona State 4 2 28

15t. Illinois 7 2 28

17. Purdue 2 1 22

18. South Dakota State 7 2 21.5

19. Little Rock 5 2 21

20. Michigan 5 1 19.5

21t. Lehigh 4 2 18.5

21t. Rutgers 7 1 18.5

23t. Cal Poly 2 1 18

23t. Maryland 4 2 18

23t. West Virginia 2 2 18

26. CSU Bakersfield 1 1 16

27. North Carolina 5 1 15.5

28t. Ohio 2 2 14.5

28t. Utah Valley 2 1 14.5

30. Oregon State 3 2 12.5

31. Navy 2 1 11

32. Appalachian State 1 1 9

33. Pitt 5 0 7

34. Penn 3 0 5

35. Oklahoma 3 0 4.5

36t. Northwestern 3 0 4

36t. Rider 3 0 4

36t. Wyoming 3 0 4

39t. Indiana 3 0 3

39t. Princeton 2 0 3

41. Binghamton 2 0 2.5

42. Army West Point 2 0 2

43t. Central Michigan 1 0 1

43t. Harvard 1 0 1

43t. North Dakota State 1 0 1

43t. Wisconsin 1 0 1

WIN Magazine’s Feb. 10 Individual Rankings

Wt/Name/School/Yr/Previous

125 Pounds

1. Matt Ramos Purdue Sr. 1st

2. Richard Figueroa Arizona State Jr. 2nd

3. Vincent Robinson NC State RS Fr. 3rd

4. Caleb Smith Nebraska Grad. 4th

5. Stevo Poulin Northern Colorado Jr. 5th

6. Troy Spratley Oklahoma State So. 7th

7. Luke Lilledahl Penn State Fr. 8th

8. Jett Strickenberger West Virginia Sr. 9th

9. Eddie Ventresca Virginia Tech Jr. 10th

10. Dean Peterson Rutgers Sr. 11th

11. Sheldon Seymour Lehigh Jr. 12th

12. Kysen Terukina Iowa State Sr. 14th

13. Cooper Flynn Minnesota Jr. 6th

14. Spencer Moore North Carolina Jr. 15th

15. Maximo Renteria Oregon State Sr. 13th

16. Brendan McCrone Ohio State RSo. NR

17. Max Gallagher Penn So. 17th

18. Tanner Jordan South Dakota State RS Sr. 18th

19. Nick Babin Pitt RS Sr. 16th

20. Diego Sotelo Harvard Sr. 19th

133 Pounds

1. Drake Ayala Iowa Jr. 1st

2. Zeth Romney Cal Poly So. 2nd

3. Lucas Byrd Illinois Sr. 3rd

4. Evan Frost Iowa State So. 4th

5. Nasir Bailey Little Rock So. 6th

6. Tyler Knox Stanford RS Fr. 5th

7. Braeden Davis Penn State So. 8th

8. Braxton Brown Maryland Jr. 14th

9. Julian Farber Northern Iowa Jr. 10th

10. Dylan Shawver Rutgers Sr. 9th

11. Tyler Wells Minnesota So. 11th

12. Jacob Van Dee Nebraska So. 12th

13. Dominick Serrano Northern Colorado Jr. 13th

14. Connor McGonagle Virginia Tech Grad. 15th

15. Nic Bouzakis Ohio State So. 7th

16. Ethan Oakley North Carolina Jr. 16th

17. Kai Orine NC State RSSr. 17th

18. Reece Witcraft Oklahoma State Sr. 18th

19. Zan Fugitt Wisconsin RFr. 19th

20. Kyle Burwick North Dakota State Sr. 20th

141 Pounds

1. Jesse Mendez Ohio State Jr. 1st

2. Andrew Alirez Northern Colorado Grad. 2nd

3. Beau Bartlett Penn State Sr. 3rd

4. Brock Hardy Nebraska Jr. 4th

5. Cael Happel Northern Iowa Sr. 5th

6. Josh Koderhandt Navy Sr. 6th

7. Vance VomBaur Minnesota Jr. 7th

8. Jacob Frost Iowa State So. 8th

9. Tagen Jamison Oklahoma State So. 9th

10. Sergio Lemley Michigan So. 10th

11. Sam Latona Virginia Tech Grad. 11th

12. CJ Composto Penn Sr. 12th

13. Mosha Schwartz Oklahoma Sr. 13th

14. Joey Olivieri Rutgers Jr. 14th

15. Julian Tagg South Dakota State Jr. 15th

16. Josh Edmond Missouri Jr. 16th

17. Danny Pucino Illinois Sr. 17th

18. Cole Brooks Wyoming So. 18th

19. Haiden Drury Utah Valley Sr. 19th

20. Josh Saunders Cornell Sr. 20th

149 Pounds

1. Caleb Henson Virginia Tech Jr. 1st

2. Shayne Van Ness Penn State Jr. 3rd

3. Kyle Parco Iowa Sr. 4th

4. Ridge Lovett Nebraska Sr. 2nd

5. Lachlan McNeil North Carolina Jr. 5th

6. Paniro Johnson Iowa State So. 6th

7. Dylan D’Emilio Ohio State Sr. 8th

8. Ethan Stiles Oregon State Fr. 11th

9. Kannon Webster Illinois RS Fr. 10th

10. Chance Lamer Cal Poly Jr. 7th

11. Colin Realbuto Northern Iowa RSSr. 9th

12. Jordan Williams Little Rock So. 12th

13. Ty Whalen Princeton Jr. 13th

14. Willie McDougald Oklahoma Jr. 14th

15. Jaden Abas Stanford Sr. 15th

16. Sammy Alvarez Rider Sr. 16th

17. Jesse Vasquez Arizona State Sr. 17th

18. Carter Young Oklahoma State Jr. 18th

19. Gabe Willochell Wyoming Jr. 19th

20. Malyke Hines Lehigh Sr. 20th

157 Pounds

1. Tyler Kasak Penn State So. 1st

2. Meyer Shapiro Cornell So. 2nd

3. Jacori Teemer Iowa RS Sr. 3rd

4. Antrell Taylor Nebraska So. 4th

5. Ryder Downey Northern Iowa So. 5th

6. Ethen Miller Maryland Jr. 6th

7. Tommy Askey Minnesota Sr. 7th

8. Peyten Kellar Ohio Jr. 8th

9. Cody Chittum Iowa State So. 9th

10. Joey Blaze Purdue So. 11th

11. Ed Scott NC State Sr. 12th

12. Rafael Hipolito Virginia Tech RS Fr. 14th

13. Caleb Fish Oklahoma State Sr. 10th

14. Matt Bianchi Little Rock Jr. 17th

15. Trevor Chumbley Northwestern RS Sr. 13th

16. Chase Saldate Michigan Grad. 15th

17. Cobe Siebrecht South Dakota State Gr. 20th

18. Vince Zerban Northern Colorado Jr. 16th

19. Johnny Lovett Central Michigan Sr. 18th

20. Conner Harer Rutgers Fr. 19th

165 Pounds

1. Mitchell Mesenbrink Penn State So. 1st

2. Michael Caliendo Iowa Jr. 2nd

3. Terrell Barraclough Utah Valley Sr. 4th

4. Peyton Hall West Virginia Sr. 3rd

5. Julian Ramirez Cornell Sr. 5th

6. Will Miller Appalachian State Sr. 6th

7. Hunter Garvin Stanford So. 7th

8. Cam Amine Oklahoma State Gr. 8th

9. Nicco Ruiz Arizona State Fr. 9th

10. Braeden Scoles Illinois Fr. 10th

11. Christopher Minto Nebraska Fr. 11th

12. Cam Steed Missouri So. 12th

13. Drake Rhodes South Dakota State So. 13th

14. Brock Mantanona Michigan Fr. 14th

15. Andrew Sparks Minnesota Sr. 15th

16. Maxx Mayfield Northwestern Sr. 16th

17. Tyler Lillard Indiana So. 17th

18. Jack Thomsen Northern Iowa Sr. 18th

19. Paddy Gallagher Ohio State Jr. 19th

20. Gunner Filipowicz Army So. 20th

174 Pounds

1. Keegan O’Toole Missouri Sr. 1st

2. Levi Haines Penn State Jr. 2nd

3. Dean Hamiti Oklahoma State Sr. 3rd

4. Lorenzo Norman Stanford RS Fr. 4th

5. Carson Kharchla Ohio State Sr. 5th

6. Garrett Thompson Ohio Jr. 7th

7. Lenny Pinto Nebraska Jr. 11th

8. Cade Devos South Dakota State RS Sr. 8th

9. Patrick Kennedy Iowa Jr. 6th

10. Simon Ruiz Cornell Fr. 12th

11. Danny Wask Navy So. 10th

12. Nick Incontrera Penn Sr. 9th

13. Gaven Sax Oklahoma Sr. 13th

14. Luca Augustine Pitt Jr. 14th

15. Josh Ogunsanya North Carolina Sr. 15th

16. Matt Singleton NC State So. 16th

17. Jared Simma Northern Iowa Jr. 17th

18. MJ Gaitan Iowa State So. 20th

19. Clayton Whiting Minnesota RSSo. 18th

20. Brevin Cassella Binghamton Sr. 19th

184 Pounds

1. Carter Starocci Penn State RS Sr. 1st

2. Parker Keckeisen Northern Iowa Sr. 2nd

3. Dustin Plott Oklahoma State Sr. 3rd

4. Max McEnelly Minnesota Fr. 4th

5. Bennett Berge South Dakota State So. 5th

6. Silas Allred Nebraska Jr. 8th

7. Chris Foca Cornell Sr. 6th

8. Colton Hawks Missouri Jr. 7th

9. Gabe Arnold Iowa RS Fr. 9th

10. Jaxon Smith Maryland Jr. 10th

11. Reece Heller Pitt Grad. 11th

12. Edmond Ruth Illinois Sr. 12th

13. Dylan Fishback NC State So. 13th

14. Evan Bockman Iowa State Sr. 14th

15. Isaac Dean Rider Jr. 15th

16. Brian Soldano Rutgers Jr. 16th

17. Ryder Rogotzke Ohio State So. 17th

18. TJ Stewart Virginia Tech So. 18th

19. Brock Delsignore Little Rock Sr. 19th

20. Gavin Kane North Carolina Sr. 20th

197 Pounds

1. Stephen Buchanan Iowa Sr. 1st

2. A.J. Ferrari CSU Bakersfield Jr. 3rd

3. Josh Barr Penn State Fr. 4th

4. Jacob Cardenas Michigan Grad. 2nd

5. Luke Surber Oklahoma State Sr. 7th

6. Michael Beard Lehigh Sr. 6th

7. Stephen Little Little Rock So. 5th

8. Trey Munoz Oregon State RS Sr. 10th

9. Isaiah Salazar Minnesota Sr. 8th

10. Wyatt Voelker Northern Iowa So. 11th

11. Andy Smith Virginia Tech RS Sr. 9th

12. Joseph Novak Wyoming So. 12th

13. Luke Stout Princeton Sr. 13th

14. Mac Stout Pitt So. 14th

15. Zac Braunagel Illinois Sr. 15th

16. John Poznanski Rutgers Sr. 16th

17. Zach Glazier South Dakota State Sr. 19th

18. Gabe Sollars Indiana RSo. NR

19. Evan Bates Northwestern Jr. 20th

20. Seth Shumate Ohio State So. 17th

Heavyweight

1. Gable Steveson Minnesota Grad. 1st

2. Greg Kerkvliet Penn State RS Sr. 2nd

3. Wyatt Hendrickson Oklahoma State Sr. 3rd

4. Isaac Trumble NC State Jr. 4th

5. Cohlton Schultz Arizona State RS Sr. 5th

6. Yaraslau Slavikouski Rutgers Grad. 6th

7. Owen Trephan Lehigh Jr. 7th

8. Luke Luffman Illinois Sr. 8th

9. Josh Heindselman Michigan Grad. 9th

10. Jimmy Mullen Virginia Tech Fr. 10th

11. Nich Feldman Ohio State So. 11th

12. Ben Kueter Iowa RS Fr. 12th

13. Seth Nevills Maryland Grad. 13th

14. Lance Runyon Northern Iowa Sr. 14th

15. Cory Day Binghamton Grad. 16th

16. Gavin Hoffman Lock Haven Sr. 20th

17. Dayton Pitzer Pitt So. 15th

18. Jacob Bullock Indiana RSSr. 17th

19. David Szuba Rider Sr. 19th

20. Lucas Stoddard Army West Point So. 18th