Photo: Purdue’s Matt Ramos, who finished second in the year’s NCAA Championships, has returned to the No. 1 spot in WIN’s Jan. 15 rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athleic.
NEWTON, Iowa — In what has been a revolving door this season at 125 pounds, where three different wrestlers have been ranked No. 1, Purdue’s Matt Ramos has returned as that weight’s top-ranked wrestler in WIN Magazine’s Jan. 15 rankings, presented by Cliff Keen Athletic.
The Boilermaker junior, last year’s national runner-up and preseason No. 1 wrestler at 125, moved back into the top spot after Lock Haven’s Anthony Noto lost to Havard’s Diego Sotelo last weekend and fell to No. 3. Iowa’s Drake Ayala, who has won eight straight matches, is now rated No. 2 at 125 before his Jan. 15 meeting with Minnesota’s No. 7 Pat McKee and a Jan. 19 dual with Ramos.
Penn State remains the top-ranked team in both the dual rankings (4-0) and Tournament Power Index (129) as the Nittany Lions feature nine ranked wrestlers, including four No. 1-rated wrestlers: Levi Haines (157), Carter Starocci (174), Aaron Brooks (197) and Greg Kerkvliet (Hwt). Penn State also had an additional wrestler join the rankings this week in 149-pound Tyler Kasak (13th).
There are 10 wrestlers who are new to this week’s rankings, including Iowa’s Zach Glazier, who upset Nebraska’s Big Ten champ Silas Allred last Friday, and is ranked No. 10. This addition to the individual ranking also moved Iowa from No. 6 to No. 3 in WIN’s TPI with 64.5 points; just four points behind No. 2 Missouri. There are then three schools separated by less than two points in the TPI: 4. Nebraska (63); 5. NC State (62) and 6. Oklahoma State (61.5).
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 at 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., in March, if that event was held now.
WIN Magazine’s Jan. 15 Dual-Team Rankings
Rk.
School (Record)
Prev.
Upcoming Weekend’s Schedules
1.
Penn State (4-0)
1st
Jan. 19 at Michigan; Jan. 21 at Michigan State
2.
Missouri (7-0)
2nd
Jan. 20 at UNI Open
3.
Iowa (6-0)
3rd
Jan. 15 vs. Minnesota; Jan. 19 vs. Purdue
4.
Iowa State (9-1)
4th
off until Jan. 26 at Oklahoma
5.
Oklahoma State (7-0)
5th
Jan. 21 vs. Oregon State
6.
Ohio State (9-1)
6th
Jan. 19 vs. Maryland; Jan. 21 at Wisconsin
7.
Nebraska (5-1)
7th
Jan. 19 at Minnesota; Jan. 21 vs Purdue
8.
NC State (10-2)
9th
off until Jan. 26 at Pitt
9.
Cornell (4-3)
8th
off until Jan. 27 vs. Harvard & Brown
10.
Virginia Tech (4–3)
10th
off until Jan. 26 vs. North Carolina
11.
Michigan (4-1)
11th
Jan. 19 vs. Penn State; Jan. 21 vs. Rutgers
12.
Minnesota (5-0)
12th
Jan. 15 at Iowa; Jan. 19 vs. Nebraska
13.
Rutgers (9-1)
13th
Jan. 19 at Michigan State; Jan. 21 at Michigan
14.
South Dakota State (6-2)
14th
Jan. 19 vs. No. Colorado; Jan. 21 vs. Cal Poy
15.
Oregon State (4-2)
15th
Jan. 19 vs. Cal Poly; Jan. 21 at Okla. State
16.
Stanford (5-2)
16th
Jan. 21 at Penn & at Drexel
17.
Pitt (7-4)
17th
Jan. 21 vs. Arizona State
18.
Navy (6-2)
18th
Jan. 20 at Lehigh; Jan. 21 at Binghamton
19.
Northern Iowa (3-4)
19th
Jan. 20 home for UNI Open
20.
Lehigh (2-3)
21st
Jan. 19 vs. Penn; Jan. 20 vs. Navy
21.
Wisconsin (6-1)
NR
Jan. 21 vs. Ohio State
22.
West Virginia (8-2)
22nd
off until Jan. 26 vs. Missouri
23.
Oklahoma (4-3)
20th
off until Jan. 26 vs. Iowa State; Jan. 27 vs UNI
24.
Little Rock (9-4)
NR
Jan. 19 vs. Arizona State
25.
Penn (1-2)
NR
Jan. 19 at Lehigh; Jan. 21 vs. Stanford
WIN Magazine’s Jan. 15 Tournament Power Index (TPI)
Rk.
School
Total Rank
Top 8
TPI Pts
1.
Penn State
9
8
129
2.
Missouri
9
5
68.5
3.
Iowa
8
4
64.5
4.
Nebraska
8
4
63
5.
NC State
8
5
62
6.
Oklahoma State
8
4
61.5
7.
Cornell
8
4
57
8.
Michigan
8
4
49
9.
Virginia Tech
9
3
45.5
10.
Iowa State
8
3
45
11.
Ohio State
7
3
38
12.
Arizona State
3
3
37.5
13.
Northern Iowa
6
2
32
14.
Oregon State
5
2
26
15.
South Dakota State
6
2
25
16.
Air Force
3
2
23.5
17.
Lehigh
4
2
23
18t.
Purdue
1
1
20
18t.
Rutgers
7
2
20
20.
Minnesota
6
2
17
21t.
Lock Haven
1
1
13.5
21t.
Wisconsin
4
1
13.5
23.
Wyoming
1
1
12.5
24t.
Little Rock
2
2
12
24t.
Northern Colorado
3
1
12
26t.
North Carolina
2
1
11.5
26t.
Oklahoma
2
1
11.5
28.
Pitt
6
0
10
29.
Stanford
3
1
9.5
30.
West Virginia
3
1
9
31t
Cal Poly
3
1
8.5
31t.
Penn
3
1
8.5
33.
Maryland
4
0
7
34.
Campbell
1
1
6.5
35.
Indiana
4
0
6
36.
Michigan State
3
0
4
37.
Navy
3
0
3.5
38t.
Central Michigan
2
0
3
38t.
Columbia
2
0
3
38t.
Ohio
2
0
3
41.
Bucknell
2
0
2.5
42t.
Harvard
1
0
2
42t.
North Dakota State
2
0
2
44t.
Binghamton
1
0
1.5
44t.
Princeton
1
0
1.5
44t.
Virginia
1
0
1.5
47t.
Chattanooga
1
0
1
47t.
Franklin & Marshall
1
0
1
47t.
Northwestern
1
0
1
47t.
Utah Valley
1
0
1
WIN Magazine’s Jan. 15 Individual Rankings
125 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Matt Ramos
Purdue
Jr.
2nd
2.
Drake Ayala
Iowa
So.
3rd
3.
Anthony Noto
Lock Haven
Jr.
1st
4.
Jore Volk
Wyoming
So.
4th
5.
Caleb Smith
Nebraska
Gr.
5th
6.
Brandon Kaylor
Oregon State
Sr.
7th
7.
Patrick McKee
Minnesota
Sr.
8th
8.
Cooper Flynn
Virginia Tech
Fr.
9th
9.
Noah Surtin
Missouri
Jr.
12th
10.
Stevo Poulin
Northern Colorado
So.
6th
11.
Nico Provo
Stanford
So.
10th
12.
Dean Peterson
Rutgers
So.
11th
13.
Eric Barnett
Wisconsin
Sr.
14th
14.
Tanner Jordan
South Dakota State
Sr.
15th
15.
Troy Spratley
Oklahoma State
RSFr.
16th
16.
Brett Ungar
Cornell
So.
13th
17.
Jakob Camacho
NC State
Jr.
17th
18.
Brayden Palmer
Chattanooga
Sr.
18th
19.
Michael DeAugustino
Michigan
Sr.
19th
20.
Kysen Terukina
Iowa State
Jr.
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.
4th
5.
Kai Orine
NC State
Jr.
5th
6.
Dylan Ragusin
Michigan
Jr.
NR
7.
Nasir Bailey
Little Rock
Fr.
6th
8.
Dylan Shawver
Rutgers
So.
7th
9.
Evan Frost
Iowa State
RSFr.
8th
10.
Michael Colaiocco
Penn
Sr.
9th
11.
Nic Bouzakis
Ohio State
RSFr.
10th
12.
Julian Farber
Northern Iowa
Jr.
11th
13.
Sam Latona
Virginia Tech
Jr.
13th
14.
Kurt Phipps
Bucknell
Sr.
14th
15.
Braxton Brown
Maryland
So.
15th
16.
Zeth Romney
Cal Poly
RSFr.
16th
17.
Jacob Van Dee
Nebraska
RSFr.
NR
18.
Dominic Serrano
Northern Colorado
So.
18th
19.
Brody Teske
Iowa
Sr.
12th
20.
Derrick Cardinal
South Dakota State
So.
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
RSFr.
6th
7.
Anthony Echemendia
Iowa State
Jr.
7th
8.
Cael Happel
Northern Iowa
Jr.
8th
9.
Brock Hardy
Nebraska
So.
9th
10.
Vince Cornella
Cornell
So.
10th
11.
Mitch Moore
Rutgers
Gr.
11th
12.
Kal Miller
Maryland
So.
12th
13.
Tom Crook
Virginia Tech
So.
13th
14.
Vance VomBaur
Minnesota
So.
14th
15.
Josh Koderhandt
Navy
Jr.
15th
16.
Jordan Titus
West Virginia
So.
16th
17.
Josh Edmond
Missouri
So.
17th
18.
Malyke Hines
Lehigh
Jr.
18th
19.
C.J. Composto
Penn
So.
19th
20.
Cole Matthews
Pitt
Sr.
20th
149 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Ridge Lovett
Nebraska
Jr.
1st
2.
Caleb Henson
Virginia Tech
So.
2nd
3.
Jackson Arrington
NC State
So.
3rd
4.
Kyle Parco
Arizona State
Jr.
4th
5.
Austin Gomez
Michigan
Gr.
6th
6.
Kannon Webster
Illinois
Fr.
8th
7.
Dylan D’Emilio
Ohio State
Sr.
5th
8.
Chance Lamer
Cal Poly
So.
7th
9.
Casey Swiderski
Iowa State
So.
9th
10.
Ty Watters
West Virginia
Fr.
12th
11.
Logan Gioffre
Missouri
Jr.
NR
12.
Corbyn Munson
Central Michigan
Sr.
13th
13.
Tyler Kasak
Penn State
Fr.
NR
14.
Ethen Miller
Maryland
So.
14th
15.
Graham Rooks
Indiana
Sr.
11th
16.
Drew Roberts
Minnesota
So.
15th
17.
Kellyn March
North Dakota State
Sr.
16th
18.
Nash Singleton
Oregon State
RSFr.
17th
19.
Caleb Rathjen
Iowa
So.
18th
20.
Joe Zargo
Wisconsin
Jr.
19th
157 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Levi Haines
Penn State
So.
1st
2.
Jared Franek
Iowa
Gr.
2nd
3.
Peyton Robb
Nebraska
Sr.
3rd
4.
Jacori Teemer
Arizona State
Sr.
4th
5.
Brock Mauller
Missouri
Sr.
5th
6.
Vinny Zerban
Northern Colorado
So.
6th
7.
Daniel Cardenas
Stanford
So.
7th
8.
Ed Scott
NC State
Jr.
8th
9.
Ryder Downey
Northern Iowa
RSFr.
9th
10.
Meyer Shapiro
Cornell
Fr.
10th
11.
Cody Chittum
Iowa State
Fr.
NR
12.
Will Lewan
Michigan
Sr.
11th
13.
Bryce Andonian
Virginia Tech
Sr.
12th
14.
Peyten Kellar
Ohio
So.
13th
15.
Paddy Gallagher
Ohio State
So.
14th
16.
Teague Travis
Oklahoma State
So.
17th
17.
Michael Blockhus
Minnesota
Sr.
15th
18.
Trevor Chumbley
Northwestern
Sr.
16th
19.
Chase Saldate
Michigan State
Sr.
18th
20.
Johnny Lovett
Central Michigan
Sr.
20th
165 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Keegan O’Toole
Missouri
Jr.
1st
2.
David Carr
Iowa State
Sr.
3rd
3.
Izzak Olejnik
Oklahoma State
Sr.
2nd
4.
Julien Ramirez
Cornell
Jr.
4th
5.
Dean Hamiti
Wisconsin
Jr.
6th
6.
Mitchell Mesenbrink
Penn State
RSFr.
7th
7.
Michael Caliendo
Iowa
So.
8th
8.
Peyton Hall
West Virginia
Jr.
9th
9.
Cam Amine
Michigan
Sr.
5th
10.
Holden Heller
Pitt
Sr.
10th
11.
Caleb Fish
Michigan State
Sr.
11th
12.
Matt Olguin
Oregon State
Sr.
12th
13.
Derek Gilcher
Indiana
Sr.
13th
14.
Garrett Thompson
Ohio
Fr.
14th
15.
Joshua Ogunsanya
Columbia
Sr.
15th
16.
Connor Brady
Virginia Tech
Jr.
16th
17.
Noah Mulvaney
Bucknell
Fr.
17th
18.
Andrew Cerniglia
Navy
Sr.
NR
19.
Giano Petrucelli
Air Force
Sr.
20th
20.
Tanner Cook
South Dakota State
Sr.
19th
174 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Carter Starocci
Penn State
Sr.
1st
2.
Mekhi Lewis
Virginia Tech
Sr.
2nd
3.
Shane Griffith
Michigan
Sr.
3rd
4.
Carson Kharchla
Ohio State
Sr.
4th
5.
Peyton Mocco
Missouri
Sr.
5th
6.
Edmond Ruth
Illinois
Jr.
6th
7.
Cade DeVos
South Dakota State
Jr.
7th
8.
Nick Incontrera
Penn
Jr.
8th
9.
Phillip Conigliaro
Harvard
Sr.
12th
10.
Luca Augustine
Pitt
So.
13th
11.
Patrick Kennedy
Iowa
So.
14th
12.
Donnell Washington
Indiana
Sr.
10th
13.
Lennox Wolak
Columbia
Sr.
15th
14.
Jackson Turley
Rutgers
Sr.
19th
15.
Adam Kemp
Cal Poly
Gr.
16th
16.
Justin McCoy
Virginia
Gr.
11th
17.
Max Maylor
Wisconsin
Gr.
NR
18.
Gaven Sax
North Dakota State
Jr.
20th
19.
Bubba Wilson
Nebraska
Jr.
18th/165
20.
Andrew Sparks
Minnesota
Jr.
NR
184 pounds
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Parker Keckeisen
Northern Iowa
Jr.
1st
2.
Dustin Plott
Oklahoma State
Sr.
2nd
3.
Lenny Pinto
Nebraska
So.
3rd
4.
Trey Munoz
Oregon State
Jr.
4th
5.
Bernie Truax
Penn State
Sr.
5th
6.
Chris Foca
Cornell
Sr.
6th
7.
Sam Wolf
Air Force
Sr.
7th
8.
Isaiah Salazar
Minnesota
Sr.
8th
9.
Will Feldkamp
Iowa State
Sr.
9th
10.
Clayton Whiting
Missouri
Fr.
10th
11.
Dylan Fishback
NC State
RSFr.
11th
12.
Brian Soldano
Rutgers
So.
12th
13.
Reece Heller
Pitt
Sr.
14th
14.
Jaden Bullock
Michigan
Jr.
18th
15.
Jacob Nolan
Binghamton
Sr.
15th
16.
Bennett Berge
South Dakota State
RSFr.
16th
17.
Layne Malczewski
Michigan State
Gr.
13th
18.
James Conway
Franklin & Marshall
Jr.
17th
19.
Gavin Hoffman
Ohio State
Sr.
19th
20.
Sam Fisher
Virginia Tech
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.
Zach Glazier
Iowa
Sr.
NR
11.
Luke Surber
Oklahoma State
Sr.
10th
12.
Silas Allred
Nebraska
So.
11th
13.
Luke Stout
Princeton
Jr.
13th
14.
John Poznanski
Rutgers
Jr.
12th
15.
Mac Stout
Pitt
RSFr.
16th
16.
Max Shaw
North Carolina
Jr.
15th
17.
Andy Smith
Virginia Tech
Jr.
17th
18.
Nick Stemmet
Stanford
Sr.
18th
19.
Evan Bockman
Utah Valley
Sr.
19th
20.
Wyatt Voelker
Northern Iowa
RSFr.
20th
Heavyweight
Wt
Name
School
Yr.
Previous
1.
Greg Kerkvliet
Penn State
Sr.
1st
2.
Wyatt Hendrickson
Air Force
Sr.
2nd
3.
Yonger Bastida
Iowa State
Sr.
3rd
4.
Cohlton Schultz
Arizona State
Jr.
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.
Nathan Taylor
Lehigh
So.
11th
11.
Konner Doucet
Oklahoma State
Jr.
12th
12.
Dayton Pitzer
Pitt
RSFr.
10th
13.
Boone McDermott
Oregon State
Sr.
13th
14.
Owen Trephan
NC State
Jr.
14th
15.
Tyrell Gordon
Northern Iowa
Sr.
15th
16.
Josh Heindselman
Oklahoma
Sr.
16th
17.
Nick Feldman
Ohio State
RSFr.
17th
18.
Grady Griess
Navy
Sr.
18th
19.
Lewis Fernandes
Cornell
Sr.
19th
20.
Jacob Bullock
Indiana
Sr.
20th
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