Photo: Nasir Bailey, a freshman from the University of Little Rock, went from unranked to No. 8 at 133 pounds after he upset Iowa State’s Evan Frost during the Journeyman Collegiate Duals, which were held Monday and Tuesday in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Sam Janicki)
NEWTON, Iowa – Nebraska and Little Rock made the most noticeable of jumps among the NCAA Division I schools in WIN Magazine’s Dec. 20 national rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.
The Huskers moved up seven spots to No. 2 in WIN’s Tournament Power Index with seven ranked wrestlers, including a No. 1-ranked wrestler in Ridge Lovett and a pair of wrestlers at No. 2: Caleb Smith (125) and Peyton Robb (157). Nebraska earned 74 points in this week’s TPI.
Meanwhile, Little Rock, which did not have a college wrestling program until 2019-20, features three ranked wrestlers, including two ranked in the Top 8 of their weight class: 133-pound freshman Nasir Bailey and 197-pound Stephen Little. The Arkansas school is now ranked No. 26 in WIN’s TPI with 12 points.
WIN’s TPI predicts how high a team would finish in this year’s NCAA Division I Championships based on a point total associated with individual placement and advancement points that could be scored in the 2024 NCAAs.
The following is a breakdown of those points: 20 for 1st place, 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.
Also, it should be noted that WIN’s individual rankings are not necessarily simply an update of recent wins and losses, but more of a prediction at this point in the season of where wrestlers would be seeded at the 2024 NCAAs, which will be held in Kansas City, Mo., next March, if that event was held now.
Penn State, the defending champs with eight guys in the top eight, remains No. 1 in both WIN’s TPI and dual rankings with a 131 TPI points and a 2-0 record.
The Nittany Lions are followed by Missouri (4-0), Iowa (5-0), NC State (9-1) and Cornell (3-1) in the dual rankings, while Missouri, NC State and Cornell follow Penn State and Nebraska in the TPI.
Most NCAA Division I programs will now take a holiday break. WIN’s next rankings will be announced on Jan. 3, following tournaments like the Midlands in Evanston, Ill., and Soldier Salute in Coralville, Iowa (which both take place Dec. 29-30) and the Jan. 1-2 Southern Scuffle in Chattanooga, Tenn.
WIN Magazine’s Dec. 20 Dual Rankings
Rk.
School (Record)
Prev.
Upcoming Action
1.
Penn State (2-0)
1st
off until Jan. 5 at Oregon State
2.
Missouri (4-0)
3rd
vs. Illinois, Dec. 21, in St. Louis
3.
Iowa (5-0)
4th
off until Dec. 29 at Soldier Salute
4.
NC State (9-1)
2nd
off until Jan. 5 vs. Oklahoma State
5.
Cornell (3-1)
5th
off until Jan. 5 at Ohio State
6.
Michigan (2-0)
6th
off until Jan. 4 vs. South Dakota State
7.
Iowa State (6-1)
7th
off until Jan. 5 vs. Arizona State
8.
Oklahoma State (4-0)
8th
off until Jan. 5 at NC State
9.
Nebraska (3-0)
9th
off until Jan. 5 vs. Wyoming
10.
Ohio State (7-1)
10th
off until Jan. 5 vs. Cornell
11.
Virginia Tech (3-1)
11th
off until Jan. 2 at Missouri
12.
Minnesota (5-0)
12th
off until Dec 29 at Soldier Salute
13.
Rutgers (5-1)
13th
off until Jan. 6 at Penn
14.
South Dakota State (3-2)
14th
off until Dec. 29 at Soldier Salute
15.
Oregon State (4-1)
15th
off until Jan. 5 at Penn State
16.
Stanford (5-1)
16th
off until Jan. 1 at Southern Scuffle
17.
Pitt (7-3)
17th
off until Jan. 5 at Franklin & Marshall Open
18.
Navy (5-0)
18th
at American U. Dec. 21
19.
Northern Iowa (1-3)
19th
off until Dec. 29 at Soldier Salute
20.
Oklahoma (4-2)
20th
off until Jan. 1 at Southern Scuffle
21.
Lehigh (0-3)
21st
off until Dec. 22
22.
West Virginia (7-1)
22nd
off until Dec. 29 at Midlands
23.
Arizona State (1-2)
23rd
off until Dec. 29 at Midlands
24.
North Carolina (6-3)
24th
off until Dec. 29 at Soldier Salute
25.
Maryland (2-1)
25th
off until Jan. 5 at Franklin & Marshall Open
WIN Magazine’s Dec. 20 Tournament Power Index
Rk.
School
Total Rank
Top 8
TPI Pts
1.
Penn State
8
8
131
2.
Nebraska
7
5
74
3.
Missouri
8
5
66
4.
NC State
8
5
65
5.
Cornell
7
5
63.5
6.
Oklahoma State
7
4
59.5
7.
Virginia Tech
8
4
51.5
8.
Iowa
7
4
49
9.
Iowa State
7
4
43
10t.
Michigan
7
5
42
10t.
Ohio State
7
3
42
12.
Arizona State
3
3
40.5
13.
South Dakota State
6
2
32
14.
Stanford
5
3
27
15.
Northern Iowa
5
1
26.5
16.
Oregon State
5
2
24.5
17.
Lehigh
4
2
23.5
18.
Air Force
2
2
22.5
19.
Lock Haven
1
1
20
20.
Rutgers
8
1
17
21t.
Oklahoma
4
1
13.5
21t.
Purdue
1
1
13.5
23t.
Illinois
3
1
13
23t.
North Carolina
3
1
13
23t.
Wisconsin
3
1
13
26.
Little Rock
3
2
12
27.
Minnesota
5
1
11.5
28.
Cal Poly
2
1
11
29.
Pitt
6
0
9
30.
Indiana
3
1
8.5
31.
Maryland
4
0
7.5
32.
Campbell
1
1
6.5
33.
Penn
4
0
6
34.
Michigan State
3
0
5.5
35.
Navy
4
0
5
36t.
Columbia
3
0
4
36t.
West Virginia
3
0
4
38t.
Northern Colorado
2
0
3.5
38t.
Ohio
2
0
3.5
40t.
Central Michigan
3
0
3
40t.
Wyoming
2
0
3
42t.
Appalachian State
2
0
2.5
42t.
North Dakota State
2
0
2.5
44t.
Northwestern
2
0
2
44t.
Rider
1
0
2
44t.
Virginia
1
0
2
47t.
Chattanooga
1
0
1.5
47t.
Harvard
1
0
1.5
47t.
Princeton
1
0
1.5
50t.
Army West Point
1
0
1
50t.
Binghamton
1
0
1
50t.
Drexel
1
0
1
50t.
Franklin & Marshall
1
0
1
50t.
Utah Valley
1
0
1
WIN Magazine’s Dec. 20 Individual Rankings
125 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Anthony Noto
Lock Haven
Jr.
4th
2.
Caleb Smith
Nebraska
Gr.
5th
3.
Matt Ramos
Purdue
Jr.
8th
4.
Nico Provo
Stanford
So.
2nd
5.
Brett Ungar
Cornell
So.
3rd
6.
Brandon Kaylor
Oregon State
Sr.
7th
7.
Drake Ayala
Iowa
So.
10th
8.
Michael DeAugustino
Michigan
Sr.
6th
9.
Patrick McKee
Minnesota
Sr.
9th
10.
Jakob Camacho
NC State
Jr.
1st
11.
Dean Peterson
Rutgers
So.
11th
12.
Eric Barnett
Wisconsin
Sr.
12th
13.
Noah Surtin
Missouri
Jr.
13th
14.
Brayden Palmer
Chattanooga
Sr.
14th
15.
Stevo Poulin
Northern Colorado
So.
15th
16.
Jore Volk
Wyoming
So.
16th
17.
Tanner Jordan
South Dakota State
Sr.
17th
18.
Troy Spratley
Oklahoma State
RSFr.
18th
19.
Cooper Flynn
Virginia Tech
Fr
NR
20.
Max Gallagher
Penn
Fr.
20th
133 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Vito Arujau
Cornell
Sr.
1st
2.
Daton Fix
Oklahoma State
Sr.
2nd
3.
Ryan Crookham
Lehigh
Fr.
3rd
4.
Aaron Nagao
Penn State
So.
5th
5.
Kai Orine
NC State
Jr.
4th
6.
Sam Latona
Virginia Tech
Jr.
6th
7.
Chris Cannon
Michigan
Sr.
7th
8.
Nasir Bailey
Little Rock
Fr.
NR
9.
Michael Colaiocco
Penn
Sr.
9th
10.
Dylan Shawver
Rutgers
So.
10th
11.
Evan Frost
Iowa State
RSFr.
8th
12.
Nic Bouzakis
Ohio State
RSFr.
11th
13.
Braxton Brown
Maryland
So.
13th
14.
Tyler Knox
Stanford
Fr.
14th
15.
Julian Farber
Northern Iowa
Jr.
NR
16
Brody Teske
Iowa
Sr.
15th
17.
Ethan Oakley
Appalachian State
So.
17th
18.
Derrick Cardinal
South Dakota State
So.
16th
19.
Brendan Ferretti
Navy
So.
19th
20.
Angelo Rini
Columbia
Sr.
20th
141 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Real Woods
Iowa
Sr.
1st
2.
Beau Bartlett
Penn State
Sr.
2nd
3.
Jesse Mendez
Ohio State
So.
3rd
4.
Ryan Jack
NC State
Jr.
4th
5.
Lachlan McNeil
North Carolina
So.
5th
6.
Tagen Jamison
Oklahoma State
RSFs.
6th
7.
Brock Hardy
Nebraska
So.
7th
8.
Anthony Echemendia
Iowa State
Jr.
8th
9.
Cael Happel
Northern Iowa
Jr.
9th
10.
Clay Carlson
South Dakota State
Sr.
10th
11.
Kal Miller
Maryland
So.
11th
12.
Vince Cornella
Cornell
So.
13th
13.
Mitch Moore
Rutgers
Gr.
14th
14.
Josh Koderhandt
Navy
Jr.
16th
15.
Mosha Schwartz
Oklahoma
Sr.
15th
16.
Malyke Hines
Lehigh
Jr.
17th
17.
Frankie Tal Shahar
Northwestern
Jr.
18th
18.
Josh Edmond
Missouri
So.
19th
19.
C.J. Composto
Penn
So.
20th
20.
Cole Matthews
Pitt
Sr.
12th
149 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Ridge Lovett
Nebraska
Jr.
1st
2.
Caleb Henson
Virginia Tech
So.
2nd
3.
Kyle Parco
Arizona State
Jr.
3rd
4.
Jackson Arrington
NC State
So.
6th
5.
Dylan D’Emilio
Ohio State
Sr.
4th
6.
Chance Lamer
Cal Poly
So.
5th
7.
Casey Swiderski
Iowa State
So.
7th
8.
Jaden Abas
Stanford
Sr.
8th
9.
Kannon Webster
Illinois
Fr.
9th
10.
Ethen Miller
Maryland
So.
11th
11.
Joe Zargo
Wisconsin
Jr.
12th
12.
Quinn Kinner
Rider
Sr.
13th
13.
Graham Rooks
Indiana
Sr.
15th
14.
Drew Roberts
Minnesota
So.
14th
15.
Kellyn March
North Dakota State
Sr.
10th
16.
Victor Voinovich
Iowa
So.
16th
17.
Trae McDaniel
Army West Point
So.
17th
18.
Corbyn Munson
Central Michigan
Sr.
18th
19.
Willie McDougald
Oklahoma
So.
19th
20.
Ty Watters
West Virginia
Fr.
20th
157 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Levi Haines
Penn State
So.
1st
2.
Peyton Robb
Nebraska
Sr.
2nd
3.
Jacori Teemer
Arizona State
Sr.
3rd
4.
Jared Franek
Iowa
Gr.
4th
5.
Brock Mauller
Missouri
Sr.
5th
6.
Ed Scott
NC State
Jr.
6th
7.
Daniel Cardenas
Stanford
So.
8th
8.
Bryce Andonian
Virginia Tech
Sr.
7th
9.
Will Lewan
Michigan
Sr.
9th
10.
Chase Saldate
Michigan State
Sr.
10th
11.
Paddy Gallagher
Ohio State
So.
11th
12.
Vinny Zerban
Northern Colorado
So.
12th
13.
Peyten Kellar
Ohio
So.
13th
14.
Michael Blockhus
Minnesota
Sr.
14th
15.
Ryder Downey
Northern Iowa
RSFr.
15th
16.
Tommy Askey
Appalachian State
Jr.
16th
17.
Trevor Chumbley
Northwestern
Sr.
17th
18.
Cody Chittum
Iowa State
Fr.
18th
19.
Johnny Lovett
Central Michigan
Sr.
19th
20.
Andrew Clark
Rutgers
Jr.
20th
165 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Keegan O’Toole
Missouri
Jr.
1st
2.
Izzak Olejnik
Oklahoma State
Sr.
2nd
3.
David Carr
Iowa State
Sr.
3rd
4.
Julien Ramirez
Cornell
Jr.
4th
5.
Cam Amine
Michigan
Sr.
5th
6.
Dean Hamiti
Wisconsin
Jr.
6th
7.
Mitchell Mesenbrink
Penn State
RSFr.
7th
8.
Michael Caliendo
Iowa
So.
8th
9.
Peyton Hall
West Virginia
Jr.
10th
10.
Holden Heller
Pitt
Sr.
9th
11.
Garrett Thompson
Ohio
Fr.
11th
12.
Matt Olguin
Oregon State
Sr.
12th
13.
Derek Gilcher
Indiana
Sr.
13th
14.
Caleb Fish
Michigan State
Sr.
16th
15.
Joshua Ogunsanya
Columbia
Sr.
18th
16.
Connor Brady
Virginia Tech
xx
NR
17.
Tanner Cook
South Dakota State
Sr.
14th
18.
Bubba Wilson
Nebraska
Jr.
NR
19.
Andrew Cerniglia
Navy
Sr.
19th
20.
Blaine Brenner
Minnesota
So.
20th
174 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Carter Starocci
Penn State
Sr.
1st
2.
Mekhi Lewis
Virginia Tech
Sr.
2nd
3.
Cade DeVos
South Dakota State
Jr.
3rd
4.
Carson Kharchla
Ohio State
Sr.
4th
5.
Peyton Mocco
Missouri
Sr.
5th
6.
Edmond Ruth
Illinois
Jr.
6th
7.
Shane Griffith
Michigan
Sr.
7th
8.
Donnell Washington
Indiana
Sr.
8th
9.
Nick Incontrera
Penn
Jr.
9th
10.
Travis Wittlake
Oregon State
Sr.
10th
11.
Justin McCoy
Virginia
Gr.
11th
12.
Adam Kemp
Cal Poly
Gr.
12th
13.
Luca Augustine
Pitt
So.
13th
14.
Patrick Kennedy
Iowa
So.
14th
15.
Lennox Wolak
Columbia
Sr.
15th
16.
Phillip Conigliaro
Harvard
Sr.
16th
17.
Alex Cramer
Central Michigan
Sr.
18th
18
Mickey O’Malley
Drexel
Gr.
19th
19.
Jackson Turley
Rutgers
Sr.
20th
20.
Gaven Sax
North Dakota State
Jr.
NR
184 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Parker Keckeisen
Northern Iowa
Jr.
1st
2.
Bernie Truax
Penn State
Sr.
2nd
3.
Dustin Plott
Oklahoma State
Sr.
3rd
4.
Lenny Pinto
Nebraska
So.
4th
5.
Trey Munoz
Oregon State
Jr.
5th
6.
Chris Foca
Cornell
Sr.
7th
7.
Sam Wolf
Air Force
Sr.
8th
8.
Isaiah Salazar
Minnesota
Sr.
10th
9.
Will Feldkamp
Iowa State
Sr.
6th
10.
Layne Malczewski
Michigan State
Gr.
11th
11.
Brian Soldano
Rutgers
So.
12th
12.
Clayton Whiting
Missouri
Fr.
NR
13.
Dylan Fishback
NC State
RSFr.
15th
14.
Jaden Bullock
Michigan
Jr.
13th
15.
Gavin Kane
North Carolina
Jr.
16th
16.
Reece Heller
Pitt
Sr.
14th
17.
James Conway
Franklin & Marshall
Jr.
17th
18.
Jacob Nolan
Binghamton
Sr.
18th
19.
Gavin Hoffman
Ohio State
Sr.
19th
20.
Triston Wills
Little Rock
Jr.
NR
197 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Aaron Brooks
Penn State
Sr.
1st
2.
Trent Hidlay
NC State
Sr.
2nd
3.
Tanner Sloan
South Dakota State
Sr.
3rd
4.
Rocky Elam
Missouri
Jr.
4th
5.
Stephan Buchanan
Oklahoma
Jr.
5th
6.
Jacob Cardenas
Cornell
Sr.
6th
7.
Michael Beard
Lehigh
Jr.
7th
8.
Stephen Little
Little Rock
RSFr.
8th
9.
Jaxon Smith
Maryland
So.
9th
10.
Luke Surber
Oklahoma State
Sr.
10th
11.
Silas Allred
Nebraska
So.
11th
12.
John Poznanski
Rutgers
Jr.
12th
13.
Luke Stout
Princeton
Jr.
13th
14.
Sonny Sasso
Virginia Tech
Fr.
NR
15.
Joey Novak
Wyoming
Fr.
15th
16.
Max Shaw
North Carolina
Jr.
16th
17.
Nick Stemmet
Stanford
Sr.
14th
18.
Andy Smith
Virginia Tech
Jr.
18th
19.
Mac Stout
Pitt
RSFr.
19th
20.
Evan Bockman
Utah Valley
Sr.
20th
Heavyweight
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Greg Kerkvliet
Penn State
Sr.
1st
2.
Wyatt Hendrickson
Air Force
Sr.
2nd
3.
Cohlton Schultz
Arizona State
Jr.
3rd
4.
Yonger Bastida
Iowa State
Sr.
4th
5.
Lucas Davison
Michigan
Gr.
5th
6.
Zach Elam
Missouri
Sr.
6th
7.
Taye Ghadiali
Campbell
Sr.
7th
8.
Yaraslau Slavikouski
Rutgers
Gr.
8th
9.
Luke Luffman
Illinois
Jr.
9th
10.
Dayton Pitzer
Pitt
RSFr.
10th
11.
Nathan Taylor
Lehigh
So.
12th
12.
Konner Doucet
Oklahoma State
Jr.
13th
13.
Boone McDermott
Oregon State
Sr.
14th
14.
Owen Trephan
NC State
Jr.
15th
15.
Tyrell Gordon
Northern Iowa
Sr.
11th
16.
Grady Griess
Navy
Sr.
16th
17.
Josh Heindselman
Oklahoma
Sr.
17th
18.
Nick Feldman
Ohio State
RSFr.
18th
19.
Lewis Fernandes
Cornell
Sr.
19th
20.
Michael Wolfgram
West Virginia
Sr.
20th
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