Photo: Penn State captured a second straight NCAA title and tenth all-time under head coach Cael Sanderson last March in Tulsa, Okla. The Nittany Lions return two champs and six other All-Americans from last season. (Photo by Tony Rotundo)
NEWTON, Iowa — With two defending champions and eight All-Americans on its roster, Penn State has been tabbed the No. 1 team in WIN Magazine’s 2023-24 Preseason TPI (Tournament Power Index) and individual rankings.
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WIN’s TPI is based on a point total associated with individual placement and advancement points that could be scored at the 2024 NCAAs next March if wrestlers finish where they are ranked in the preseason poll. 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.
The Nittany Lions feature defending champs Carter Starocci (174) and Aaron Brooks as well as second-place finishers in Levi Haines (157) and Greg Kerkvliet (Hwt) and returning All-Americans in Beau Bartlett (141) and Shayne Van Ness (149). Others All-Americans from this past March transferring to Penn State are 2023 All-Americans in Aaron Nagao (133/Minnesota) and Bernie Truax (184/Cal Poly).
Penn State with 149 TPI points, has all 10 wrestlers ranked, and will be shooting to win a third-straight team title and their 11th since 2011.
Missouri (70.5 points) is ranked No. 2 and features two-time defending national champ Keegan O’Toole (165) and four other All-Americans in Brock Mauller (149), Peyton Mocco (174), Rocky Elam (197) and Zach Elam (Hwt).
Coming in third place in WIN’s TPI is Virginia Tech (64.5), with returning All-Americans Eddie Ventresca (125), Sam Latona (133), Caleb Henson (149), Bryce Andonian (157) and Mekhi Lewis (174).
Rounding out the top-10 in the Tournament Power Index are NC State, Nebraska, Arizona State, Michigan, Cornell and Iowa (tied for eight) and Oklahoma State.
One other returning champion is Cornell’s Vito Arujau (133), who recently won a World championship in freestyle.
These rankings are subject to change as schools finalize what weight classes their guys will be at this winter. WIN Magazine, which will update its rankings on Nov. 1, will announce it dual-meet rankings in December.
WIN’s 2023-24 Preseason Tournament Power Index (TPI)
Rk.
School
Total
Top 8
TPI
Ranked
Ranked
Points
1.
Penn State
10
9
149
2.
Missouri
8
6
70.5
3.
Virginia Tech
7
5
64.5
4.
NC State
7
7
60.5
5.
Nebraska
8
4
58
6.
Arizona State
5
4
56
7.
Michigan
6
5
54.4
8t.
Cornell
6
4
53.5
8t.
Iowa
6
4
53.5
10.
Oklahoma State
6
3
42
11.
Iowa State
6
4
38.5
12.
Ohio State
6
3
33
13.
South Dakota State
6
3
32
14.
Northern Iowa
5
1
27
15.
North Carolina
3
3
24.5
16.
Wisconsin
2
2
21.5
17t.
Oklahoma
8
1
20
17t.
Purdue
1
1
20
19.
Oregon State
5
1
19.5
20t.
Illinois
4
2
19
20t.
Minnesota
2
2
19
22.
Air Force
2
1
17.5
23.
Lock Haven
2
1
17
24.
Rutgers
7
1
14.5
25
Pitt
5
1
13
26.
Lehigh
4
1
11
27.
Stanford
4
1
10
28t.
Cal Poly
1
1
6.5
28t.
Maryland
4
0
6.5
30.
Michigan State
3
0
6
31.
Penn
4
0
5.5
32t.
Indiana
4
0
5
32t.
Northwestern
3
0
5
34.
Navy
3
0
4.5
35t.
Campbell
3
0
4
35t.
Northern Colorado
2
0
4
37t.
Central Michigan
3
0
3.5
37t.
Columbia
3
0
3.5
37t.
West Virginia
2
0
3.5
40t.
Army West Point
2
0
3
40t.
Binghamton
2
0
3
40t.
Utah Valley
2
0
3
43t.
Appalachian State
2
0
2.5
43t.
Ohio
2
0
2.5
43t.
Virginia
2
0
2.5
46t.
Chattanooga
1
0
2
46t.
Drexel
1
0
2
48t.
North Dakota State
1
0
1.5
48t.
Princeton
1
0
1.5
48t.
Rider
1
0
1.5
48t.
Wyoming
1
0
1.5
52t.
Bucknell
1
0
1
52t.
Gardner-Webb
1
0
1
52t.
George Mason
1
0
1
52t.
Little Rock
1
0
1
52t.
SIU-Edwardsville
1
0
1
WIN’s 2023-24 Preseason Individual Rankings
125 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
2023 NCAA/Other
1.
Matt Ramos
Purdue
Jr.
2nd
2.
Anthony Noto
Lock Haven
Jr.
4th
3.
Eddie Ventresca
Virginia Tech
So.
7th
4.
Richard Figueroa
Arizona State
Jr.
Reserve
5.
Patrick McKee
Minnesota
6th Sr.
R16
6.
Eric Barnett
Wisconsin
Sr.
R12
7.
Drake Ayala
Iowa
So.
Reserve/2022 NQ
8.
Jakob Camacho
NC State
Sr.
Injured/3-time NQ
9.
Brandon Kaylor
Oregon State
Sr.
R24
10.
Michael DeAugustino
Michigan
Sr.
R24/Northwestern transfer
11.
Stevo Poulin
Northern Colorado
So.
R12
12.
Dean Peterson
Rutgers
So.
R12
13.
Noah Surtin
Missouri
Jr.
R24
14.
Caleb Smith
Nebraska
Gr.
R32/Appalachian St. transfer
15.
Braxton Brown
Maryland
So.
R24
16.
Jore Volk
Wyoming
So.
R24
17.
Troy Spratley
Oklahoma State
RSFr.
Redshirted
18.
Robert Howard
Penn State
Jr.
Injured/2022 NQ
19.
Nico Provo
Stanford
So.
R32
20.
Ryan Miller
Penn
Jr.
R24
133 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
2023 NCAA/Other
1.
Vito Arujau
Cornell
Sr.
1st
2.
Daton Fix
Oklahoma State
Sr.
4th
3.
Aaron Nagao
Penn State
So.
5th/Minnesota transfer
4.
Sam Latona
Virginia Tech
Jr.
7th
5.
Kai Orine
NC State
Jr.
8th
6.
Lucas Byrd
Illinois
Jr.
R12
7.
Chris Cannon
Michigan
Sr.
R24/Northwestern transfer
8.
Zach Redding
Iowa State
Sr.
R12
9.
Michael Colaiocco
Penn
Sr.
R16
10.
Connor McGonagle
Lehigh
Jr.
Injured/2-time NQ
11.
Nic Bouzakis
Ohio State
RSFr.
Redshirted
12.
Brayden Palmer
Chattanooga
Sr.
R16
13.
Brody Teske
Iowa
Sr.
R24
14.
Haiden Drury
Utah Valley
Jr.
Injured/2022 NQ
15.
Julian Chlebove
Arizona State
Jr.
Reserve
16.
Dylan Shawver
Rutgers
So.
Injured/2022 NQ
17.
Ethan Oakley
Appalachian State
So.
R32
18.
Domenic Zaccone
Campbell
Sr.
R24
19.
Angelo Rini
Columbia
Sr.
R24
20.
Brendan Ferretti
Navy
So.
R32
141 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
2023 NCAA/Other
1.
Real Woods
Iowa
Sr.
2nd
2.
Beau Bartlett
Penn State
Sr.
3rd
3.
Lachlan McNeil
North Carolina
So.
4th
4.
Brock Hardy
Nebraska
So.
6th
5.
Jesse Mendez
Ohio State
So.
6th/133
6.
Clay Carlson
South Dakota State
Sr.
5th
7
Cole Matthews
Pitt
Sr.
R12
8.
Ryan Jack
NC State
Jr.
R24
9.
Casey Swiderski
Iowa State
So.
R12
10.
Vince Cornella
Cornell
So.
R24
11.
Mosha Schwartz
Oklahoma
Sr.
R24
12.
Cael Happel
Northern Iowa
Jr.
R16
13.
Frankie Tal Shahar
Northwestern
Jr.
R16
14.
Mitch Moore
Rutgers
Gr.
R24/149/Oklahoma transfer
15.
C.J. Composto
Penn
So.
Injured/2022 AA (8th)
16.
Malyke Hines
Lehigh
Jr.
R12
17.
Josh Edmond
Missouri
So.
Redshirted/2022 NQ
18.
Kal Miller
Maryland
So.
R24
19.
Dylan Chappell
Bucknell
So.
R32/149
20.
Wyatt Henson
Lock Haven
So.
R24/133/Oklahoma transfer
149 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
2023 NCAA/Other
1.
Ridge Lovett
Nebraska
Jr.
Redshirted/2022 AA (2nd)
2.
Shayne Van Ness
Penn State
So.
3rd
3.
Kyle Parco
Arizona State
Jr.
4th
4.
Caleb Henson
Virginia Tech
So.
5th
5.
Brock Mauller
Missouri
Sr.
7th
6.
Dylan D’Emilio
Ohio State
Sr.
8th/141
7.
Chance Lamer
Cal Poly
So.
R12/Michigan transfer
8.
Jackson Arrington
NC State
So.
R12
9.
Colin Realbuto
Northern Iowa
Sr.
R24
10.
Ethen Miller
Maryland
So.
R24
11.
Jaden Abas
Stanford
Sr.
R24
12.
Victor Voinovich
Iowa
So.
R16/Oklahoma State transfer
13.
Corbyn Munson
Central Michigan
Sr.
R32/157
14.
Kellyn March
North Dakota State
Sr.
R24
15.
Willie McDougald
Oklahoma
So.
Redshirted/2022 NQ
16.
Quinn Kinner
Rider
Sr.
R32
17.
Michael Gioffre
Virginia
RSFr.
Redshirted
18.
Caleb Tyus
SIU-Edwardsville
Jr.
R24
19.
Nate Higley
George Mason
So.
R32
20.
Trae McDaniel
Army West Point
So.
DNQ
157 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
2023 NCAA/Other
1.
Levi Haines
Penn State
So.
2nd
2.
Jacori Teemer
Arizona State
Sr.
Injured/2-time AA
3.
Jared Franek
Iowa
Gr.
4th/North Dakota State transfer
4.
Peyton Robb
Nebraska
Sr.
6th
5.
Bryce Andonian
Virginia Tech
Sr.
7th
6.
Ed Scott
NC State
Jr.
5th
7.
Will Lewan
Michigan
Sr.
8th
8.
Daniel Cardenas
Stanford
So.
R12
9.
Chase Saldate
Michigan State
Sr.
R12
10.
Trevor Chumbley
Northwestern
Sr.
R16
11.
Vinny Zerban
Northern Colorado
So.
R12
12.
Jason Kraisser
Iowa State
Sr.
R16
13.
Paddy Gallagher
Ohio State
So.
R16
14.
Cael Swensen
South Dakota State
So.
R12
15.
Tommy Askey
Appalachian State
Jr.
R32
16.
Peyten Kellar
Ohio
So.
R32
17.
Johnny Lovett
Central Michigan
Sr.
R24/149
18.
Andrew Clark
Rutgers
Jr.
R32
19.
Brayton Lee
Indiana
6th Sr.
DNQ/Minnesota transfer/AA
20.
Jared Hill
Oklahoma
Jr.
R32
165 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
2023 NCAA/Other
1.
Keegan O’Toole
Missouri
Jr.
1st
2.
David Carr
Iowa State
Sr.
2nd
3.
Cam Amine
Michigan
Sr.
4th
4.
Dean Hamiti
Wisconsin
Jr.
6th
5.
Michael Caliendo
Iowa
So.
7th/North Dakota State transfer
6.
Izzak Olejnik
Oklahoma State
Sr.
8th/Northern Illinois transfer
7.
Mitchell Mesenbrink
Penn State
RSFr.
Redshirted
8.
Julien Ramirez
Cornell
Jr.
R12
9.
Caleb Fish
Michigan State
Sr.
R12
10.
Bubba Wilson
Nebraska
Jr.
R16
11.
Peyton Hall
West Virginia
Jr.
R24
12.
Holden Heller
Pitt
Sr.
R16
13.
Matt Olguin
Oregon State
Sr.
R24
14.
Tanner Cook
South Dakota State
Sr.
R24
15.
Dan Braunagel
Illinois
Sr.
R24
16.
Connor Brady
Virginia Tech
Jr.
R24
17.
Derek Gilcher
Indiana
Sr.
R24/157
18.
Joshua Ogunsanya
Columbia
Sr.
R24
19.
Gerrit Nijenhuis
Oklahoma
Jr.
R32
20.
Brevin Cassella
Binghamton
Jr.
R32
174 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
2023 NCAA/Other
1.
Carter Starocci
Penn State
Sr.
1st
2.
Chris Foca
Cornell
Sr.
3rd
3.
Mekhi Lewis
Virginia Tech
Sr.
4th
4
Shane Griffith
Michigan
Sr.
5th/165/Stanford transfer
5.
Peyton Mocco
Missouri
Sr.
8th
6.
Carson Kharchla
Ohio State
Sr.
R12/165
7.
Edmond Ruth
Illinois
Jr.
R12
8.
Cade DeVos
South Dakota State
Jr.
R12
9.
Donnell Washington
Indiana
Sr.
R16
10.
Tate Picklo
Oklahoma
Jr.
R24
11.
Mickey O’Malley
Drexel
Gr.
R24
12.
Ben Pasiuk
Army
Sr.
R24
13.
Sam Wolf
Air Force
Sr.
R32
14.
Lennox Wolak
Columbia
Sr.
R24
15.
Travis Wittlake
Oregon State
Sr.
R24/184/Oklahoma State transfer
16.
Justin McCoy
Virginia
Gr.
R16
17.
Nick Incontrera
Penn
Jr.
R32
18.
Luca Augustine
Pitt
So.
R32
19.
Sal Perrine
Ohio
Jr.
R32
20.
Alex Cramer
Central Michigan
Sr.
R24
184 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
2023 NCAA/Other
1.
Parker Keckeisen
Northern Iowa
Jr.
2nd
2.
Bernie Truax
Penn State
Sr.
4th/197/Cal Poly transfer
3.
Trey Munoz
Oregon State
Jr.
6th
4.
Dustin Plott
Oklahoma State
Sr.
6th/174
5.
Gavin Kane
North Carolina
Jr.
8th
6.
Isaiah Salazar
Minnesota
Sr.
R12
7.
Will Feldkamp
Iowa State
Sr.
7th/197
8.
Colton Hawks
Missouri
So.
R16
9.
Jacob Nolan
Binghamton
Sr.
R16
10.
Brian Soldano
Rutgers
So.
R16
11.
Layne Malczewski
Michigan State
Gr.
R24
12.
Lenny Pinto
Nebraska
So.
R24
13.
Troy Fisher
Northwestern
Sr.
R16/184
14.
Reece Heller
Pitt
Sr.
R24
15.
Caleb Hopkins
Campbell
Gr.
R32
16.
David Key
Navy
Sr.
R24
17.
Cade King
South Dakota State
Sr.
F32
18.
Jonathan Loew
Cornell
Sr.
Injured/2022 AA (8th)
19
Giuseppe Hoose
Oklahoma
Sr.
R24/Buffalo transfer
20.
Jha’Quan Anderson
Gardner Webb
Sr.
R32
197 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
2023 NCAA/Other
1.
Aaron Brooks
Penn State
Sr.
1st/184
2.
Trent Hidlay
NC State
Sr.
4th/184
3.
Tanner Sloan
South Dakota State
Sr.
2nd
4.
Rocky Elam
Missouri
Jr.
3rd
5.
Stephan Buchanan
Oklahoma
Jr.
Redshirted/2022 AA/Wyoming transfer
6.
Jacob Cardenas
Cornell
Sr.
8th
7.
Michael Beard
Lehigh
Jr.
R12
8.
Silas Allred
Nebraska
So.
R12
9.
Jaxon Smith
Maryland
So.
R12
10.
Luke Surber
Oklahoma State
Sr.
R16
11.
Zac Braunagel
Illinois
Sr.
R12
12.
Owen Pentz
Nebraska
Jr.
R24/North Dakota State transfer
13.
Evan Bockman
Utah Valley
Sr.
R24
14.
Gavin Hoffman
Ohio State
Sr.
R24
15.
Nick Stemmet
Stanford
Sr.
R24
16.
Luke Stout
Princeton
Jr.
R32
17.
Wyatt Voelker
Northern Iowa
RSFr.
Redshirted
18.
John Poznanski
Rutgers
Jr.
Injured/2021 AA
19.
Max Shaw
North Carolina
Jr.
R24
20.
Stephen Little
Little Rock
RSFr.
Redshirted
Heavyweight
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
2023 NCAA/Other
1.
Greg Kerkvliet
Penn State
Sr.
2nd
2.
Wyatt Hendrickson
Air Force
Sr.
3rd
3.
Lucas Davison
Michigan
Gr.
5th/Northwestern transfer
4.
Cohlton Schultz
Arizona State
Jr.
7th
5.
Zach Elam
Missouri
Sr.
6th
6.
Owen Trephan
NC State
Jr.
R16
7.
Yonger Bastida
Iowa State
Sr.
R16/197
8.
Yaraslau Slavikouski
Rutgers
Gr.
R12/Harvard transfer
9.
Dayton Pitzer
Pitt
RSFr.
Redshirted
10.
Tyrell Gordon
Northern Iowa
Sr.
R16
11.
Grady Griess
Navy
Sr.
R24
12.
Taye Ghadiali
Campbell
Sr.
R24
13.
Konner Doucet
Oklahoma State
Jr.
R32
14.
Josh Heindselman
Oklahoma
Sr.
R16
15.
Michael Wolfgram
West Virginia
Sr.
F24
16.
Boone McDermott
Oregon State
Sr.
R32
17.
Jacob Bullock
Indiana
Sr.`
R24
18.
Hunter Catka
Virginia Tech
Jr.
R32
19.
Nathan Taylor
Lehigh
So.
R24
20.
Cory Day
Binghamton
Sr.
R32
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