UNI jumps into Top 10 of WIN Magazine’s TPI and Dual Team rankings as 2025 kicks off

NEWTON, Iowa — College wrestling has moved into 2025 and Northern Iowa, fresh off a big dual victory over Nebraska, has moved into the Top 10 of both WIN Magazine’s Jan. 6 Dual-Team and Tournament Power Index, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.

The Panthers (4-0) are ranked No. 9 in the dual rankings and are tied with the Cornhuskers for sixth place in WIN’s TPI, which projects where teams are expected to place in this season’s NCAA Championships in March, based on individual rankings at this point in the season. Northern Iowa is also among four schools that have all 10 wrestlers ranked; joining top-ranked Penn State, No. 2 Oklahoma State and No. 8 Virginia Tech.

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.

Penn State features three top-ranked wrestlers — Tyler Kasak (157), Mitchell Mesenbrink (165) and Carter Starocci (184) — while the other No. 1-rated wrestlers are Purdue’s Matt Ramos (125), Lehigh’s Ryan Crookham (133), Ohio State’s Jesse Mendez (141), Virginia Tech’s Caleb Henson (149), Missouri’s Keegan O’Toole (174), Iowa’s Stephen Buchanan (197) and Minnesota’s Gable Steveson (Hwt).

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 6 Top-20 Dual Teams

Rk./School/W-L/Previous/Upcoming Action

1. Penn State 6-0 1st Jan. 10 vs. Michigan State

2. Iowa 6-0 2nd Jan. 12 at Wisconsin

3. Oklahoma State 7-0 3rd Jan. 12 vs. NC State

4. Ohio State 8-0 5th Jan. 10 at Illinois; Jan. 12 vs Rutgers

5. Nebraska 5-1 4th Jan. 11 vs. Minnesota

6. Minnesota 4-0 8th Jan. 11 at Nebraska

7. NC State 6-0 6th Jan. 10 vs. Duke

8. Virginia Tech 3-1 7th Jan. 10 at North Carolina

9. Northern Iowa 4-0 12th Jan. 10-11 at NWCA National Duals

10. Cornell 2-1 9th Jan. 12 vs. Lehigh

11. Iowa State 4-3 10th Jan. 8 at West Virginia; Jan. 11 at Va. Duals

12. Michigan 3-0 11th Jan. 10 vs. Maryland

13. Illinois 6-0 13th Jan. 10 vs. Ohio State; Jan. 12 vs. Northwestern

14. Stanford 4-1 14th Jan. 10 at Pitt; Jan. 12 at Missouri

15. South Dakota State 5-2 15th Jan. 10-11 at NWCA National Duals

16. Rutgers 8-2 16th Jan. 10 at Indiana; Jan. 12 at Ohio State

17. Little Rock 7-1 17th Jan. 10-11 at NWCA National Duals

18. Lehigh 1-2 18th Jan. 11 at Binghamton; Jan. 12 at Cornell

19. Missouri 2-6 19th Jan. 12 vs. Stanford

20. Oklahoma 6-1 20th off until Jan. 17 vs. West Virginia

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 6 Tournament Power Index

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

1. Penn State 10 10 146

2. Oklahoma State 10 7 85.5

3. Iowa 7 5 75.5

4. Minnesota 8 6 60.5

5. Ohio State 9 5 56

6t. Nebraska 8 5 50

6t. Northern Iowa 10 3 50

8. Virginia Tech 10 2 45

9. Cornell 5 3 37.5

10. Lehigh 4 2 33

11. Illinois 8 2 31

12. Iowa State 6 3 30

13t. Missouri 3 2 27.5

13t. Stanford 4 3 27.5

15. NC State 6 2 25

16. South Dakota State 5 2 23.5

17. Michigan 5 1 23

18. Purdue 2 0 22

19. Northern Colorado 4 1 20.5

20. Cal Poly 2 2 19

21. Little Rock 5 1 16

22. Wyoming 3 1 15.5

23. Utah Valley 2 1 14.5

24t. CSU Bakersfield 1 1 13.5

24t. Penn 3 1 13.5

24t. West Virginia 1 1 13.5

27t. Maryland 4 1 13

27t. North Carolina 4 1 13

29. Campbell 1 1 12.5

30. Ohio 2 1 12

31. Arizona State 3 1 10

32. Rutgers 6 0 9.5

33. Appalachian State 1 1 9

34. Navy 2 1 8.5

35. Pitt 5 0 8

36. Northwestern 4 0 6

37. Oregon State 3 0 5

38t. Binghamton 3 0 3.5

38t. Princeton 2 0 3.5

40. Rider 3 0 3

41t. Army West Point 2 0 2.5

41t. Chattanooga 2 0 2.5

41t. Indiana 2 0 2.5

44. SIU-Edwardsville 1 0 1.5

45t. Bucknell 1 0 1

45t. Central Michigan 1 0 1

45t. Drexel 1 0 1

45t. Harvard 1 0 1

45t. North Dakota State 1 0 1

45t. Northern Illinois 1 0 1

45t. Virginia 1 0 1

WIN Magazine’s Jan. 6 Individual Rankings

Wt/Name/School/Yr./Previous

125 Pounds

1. Matt Ramos Purdue Sr. 1st

2. Troy Spratley Oklahoma State So. 2nd

3. Eddie Ventresca Virginia Tech Jr. 3rd

4. Jore Volk Wyoming Jr. 7th

5. Cooper Flynn Minnesota Jr. 8th

6. Vincent Robinson NC State RS Fr. 5th

7. Luke Lilledahl Penn State Fr. 6th

8. Caleb Smith Nebraska Grad. 4th

9. Stevo Poulin Northern Colorado Jr. 11th

10. Sheldon Seymour Lehigh Jr. 10th

11. Dean Peterson Rutgers Sr. 12th

12. Maximo Renteria Oregon State Sr. 14th

13. Brendan McCrone Ohio State So. 9th

14. Kysen Terukina Iowa State Sr. 15th

15. Tanner Jordan South Dakota State RS Sr. 16th

16. Nick Babin Pitt RS Sr. 17th

17. Spencer Moore North Carolina Jr. 18th

18. Diego Sotelo Harvard Sr. NR

19. Trever Anderson Northern Iowa So. NR

20. Blake West Northern Illinois Jr. NR

133 Pounds

1. Ryan Crookham Lehigh So. 1st

2. Lucas Byrd Illinois Sr. 2nd

3. Drake Ayala Iowa Jr. 3rd

4. Zeth Romney Cal Poly So. 4th

5. Evan Frost Iowa State So. 5th

6. Nic Bouzakis Ohio State So. 6th

7. Tyler Knox Stanford RS Fr. 7th

8. Braeden Davis Penn State So. 8th

9. Nasir Bailey Little Rock So. 9th

10. Tyler Wells Minnesota So. 10th

11. Reece Witcraft Oklahoma State Sr. 11th

12. Jacob Van Dee Nebraska So. 12th

13. Dominick Serrano Northern Colorado Jr. 13th

14. Kai Orine NC State RSSr. 14th

15. Cory Land Northern Iowa So. 15th

16. Dylan Shawver Rutgers Sr. 16th

17. Connor McGonagle Virginia Tech Grad. 17th

18. Braxton Brown Maryland Jr. 18th

19. Ethan Oakley North Carolina Jr. 20th

20. Kyle Burwick North Dakota State Sr. NR

141 Pounds

1. Jesse Mendez Ohio State Jr. 1st

2. Andrew Alirez Northern Colorado Grad. 2nd

3. Beau Bartlett Penn State Sr. 3rd

4. Tagen Jamison Oklahoma State So. 5th

5. Cael Happel Northern Iowa Sr. 7th

6. Brock Hardy Nebraska Jr. 6th

7. Josh Koderhandt Navy Sr. 8th

8. Vance VomBaur Minnesota Jr. 4th

9. Sergio Lemley Michigan So. 9th

10. CJ Composto Penn Sr. 11th

11. Sam Latona Virginia Tech Grad. 12th

12. Haiden Drury Utah Valley Sr. 13th

13. Chris Cannon Northwestern Sr. 16th

14. Jacob Frost Iowa State So. 17th

15. Joey Olivieri Rutgers Jr. 19th

16. Josh Saunders Cornell Sr. NR

17. Josh Edmond Missouri Jr. 14th

18. Danny Pucino Illinois Sr. 18th

19. Dylan Chappell Bucknell Jr. 15th

20. Isaiah Powe Chattanooga So. 20th

149 Pounds

1. Caleb Henson Virginia Tech Jr. 1st

2. Shayne Van Ness Penn State Jr. 2nd

3. Kyle Parco Iowa Sr. 4th

4. Ridge Lovett Nebraska Sr. 5th

5. Lachlan McNeil North Carolina Jr. 7th

6. Paniro Johnson Iowa State So. NR

7. Chance Lamer Cal Poly Jr. 8th

8. Dylan D’Emilio Ohio State Sr. 9th

9. Kannon Webster Illinois RS Fr. 10th

10. Ty Whalen Princeton Jr. 11th

11. Jaden Abas Stanford Sr. 12th

12. Jordan Williams Little Rock So. 14th

13. Colin Realbuto Northern Iowa RSSr. NR

14. Willie McDougald Oklahoma Jr. 15th

15. Jesse Vasquez Arizona State Sr. 16th

16. Caleb Tyus SIU-Edwardsville Sr. 17th

17. Carter Young Oklahoma State Jr. 18th

18. Sammy Alvarez Rider Sr. 19th

19. Gabe Willochell Wyoming Jr. NR

20. Ethan Fernandez Cornell Jr. NR

157 Pounds

1. Tyler Kasak Penn State So. 1st

2. Meyer Shapiro Cornell So. 2nd

3. Ryder Downey Northern Iowa So. 5th

4. Antrell Taylor Nebraska So. 3rd

5. Peyten Kellar Ohio Jr. 4th

6. Ethen Miller Maryland Jr. 7th

7. Cody Chittum Iowa State So. 8th

8. Tommy Askey Minnesota Sr. 6th

9. Paddy Gallagher Ohio State Jr. 9th

10. Ed Scott NC State Sr. 10th

11. Joey Blaze Purdue So. 11th

12. Trevor Chumbley Northwestern RS Sr. 13th

13. Rafael Hipolito Virginia Tech RS Fr. 14th

14. Caleb Fish Oklahoma State Sr. 15th

15. Chase Saldate Michigan Grad. 16th

16. Jude Swisher Penn So. 12th

17. Ethan Stiles Oregon State Fr. 17th

18. Vince Zerban Northern Colorado Jr. 18th

19. Matt Bianchi Little Rock Jr. 19th

20. Johnny Lovett Central Michigan Sr. 20th

165 Pounds

1. Mitchell Mesenbrink Penn State So. 1st

2. Michael Caliendo Iowa Jr. 2nd

3. Peyton Hall West Virginia RS Sr. 3rd

4. Terrell Barraclough Utah Valley Sr. 4th

5. Julian Ramirez Cornell Sr. 6th

6. Will Miller Appalachian State Sr. 7th

7. Hunter Garvin Stanford So. 5th

8. Cam Amine Oklahoma State RS Sr. 8th

9. Andrew Sparks Minnesota Sr. 9th

10. Drake Rhodes South Dakota State So. 10th

11. Braeden Scoles Illinois Fr. 11th

12. Nico Ruiz Arizona State Fr. 12th

13. Tyler Lillard Indiana So. 18th

14. Maxx Mayfield Northwestern Sr. 13th

15. Brock Mantanona Michigan Fr. 15th

16. Gunner Filipowicz Army West Point So. 16th

17. Bubba Wilson Nebraska Sr. 14th

18. Jack Thomsen Northern Iowa Sr. 17th

19. Nick Hamilton Virginia So. 19th

20. Mac Church Virginia Tech Fr. 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. Nick Incontrera Penn Sr. 5th

6. Patrick Kennedy Iowa Jr. NR

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

8. Carson Kharchla Ohio State Sr. 10th

9. Garrett Thompson Ohio Jr. 12th

10. Danny Wask Navy So. 14th

11. Lenny Pinto Nebraska Jr. 17th

12. Jared Simma Northern Iowa Jr. 11th

13. Luca Augustine Pitt Jr. 13th

14. Sergio Desiante Chattanooga So. NR

15. Gaven Sax Oklahoma Sr. 9th

16. Matt Singleton NC State So. 16th

17. Lennox Wolak Virginia Tech Grad. 6th

18. Danny Braunagel Illinois RS Sr. 18th

19. Brevin Cassella Binghamton Sr. 15th

20. Josh Ogunsanya North Carolina Sr. NR

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. Bennett Berge South Dakota State So. 4th

5. Max McEnelly Minnesota Fr. 5th

6. Chris Foca Cornell Sr. 7th

7. Colton Hawks Missouri Jr. 6th

8. Silas Allred Nebraska Jr. 9th

9. Gabe Arnold Iowa RS Fr. 8th

10. Dylan Fishback NC State So. 10th

11. Edmond Ruth Illinois Sr. 12th

12. Reece Heller Pitt Grad. 13th

13. Evan Bockman Iowa State Sr. 14th

14. Will Ebert Binghamton So. NR

15. Jaxon Smith Maryland Jr. 11th

16. Ryder Rogotzke Ohio State So. 16th

17. Isaac Dean Rider Jr. 18th

18. T.J. Stewart Virginia Tech So. 15th

19. Brock Delsignore Little Rock Sr. 20th

20. Brian Soldano Rutgers Jr. NR

197 Pounds

1. Stephen Buchanan Iowa Sr. 1st

2. Jacob Cardenas Michigan Grad. 2nd

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

4. Josh Barr Penn State Fr. 5th

5. Stephen Little Little Rock So. 6th

6. Michael Beard Lehigh Sr. 7th

7. Luke Surber Oklahoma State Sr. 8th

8. Isaiah Salazar Minnesota Sr. 4th

9. Andy Smith Virginia Tech RS Sr. 9th

10. Trey Munoz Oregon State RS Sr. 10th

11. Wyatt Voelker Northern Iowa So. 12th

12. Joseph Novak Wyoming So. 13th

13. Zac Braunagel Illinois Sr. 14th

14. John Poznanski Rutgers Sr. 11th

15. Luke Stout Princeton Sr. 15th

16. Mac Stout Pitt So. 16th

17. Luke Geog Ohio State So. 17th

18. Michael O’Malley Drexel Sr. NR

19. Zach Glazier South Dakota State Sr. 19th

20. Evan Bates Northwestern Jr. 18th

Heavyweight

1. Gable Steveson Minnesota Grad. 1st

2. Greg Kerkvliet Penn State RS Sr. 2nd

3. Wyatt Hendrickson Oklahoma State Sr. 3rd

4. Taye Ghadiali Campbell Grad. 5th

5. Nick Feldman Ohio State So. 6th

6. Isaac Trumble NC State Jr. 7th

7. Cohlton Schultz Arizona State RS Sr. 8th

8. Luke Luffman Illinois Sr. 10th

9. Owen Trephan Lehigh Jr. 11th

10. Yaraslau Slavikouski Rutgers Grad. 9th

11. Jimmy Mullen Virginia Tech Fr. 12th

12. Josh Heindselman Michigan Grad. 13th

13. Seth Nevills Maryland Grad. 14th

14. Lance Runyon Northern Iowa Sr. 15th

15. Dayton Pitzer Pitt So. 16th

16. Ben Kueter Iowa RS Fr. 17th

17. Cory Day Binghamton Grad. 18th

18. Jacob Bullock Indiana RSSr. NR

19. Lucas Stoddard Army West Point So. 19th

20. David Szuba Rider Sr. 20th