WIN’s 2009-10 Preseason Division I Tournament Power Index (TPI) and individual weight-by-weight rankings

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10/06/2009


NEWTON, Iowa - Wrestling Insider Newsmagazine is releasing its preseason Division I Tournament Power Index (TPI) and individual rankings for the 2009-10 season.

The Tournament Power Index (TPI) is compiled by awarding points to each team for the ranked wrestlers listed in WIN's current individual rankings. Teams are awarded points based on how many potential All-Americans they could have and get advancement points for wrestlers ranked No. 9-20. The order of teams in the TPI vary greatly from dual meet rankings, as some teams have a number of highly-ranked individuals but may have holes in their dual meet line-up.

Point totals associated with individual rankings are as followed: 1st - 20 (16 AA points + 4 advancement points); 2nd - 16 (12+4); 3rd - 13.5 (10+3.5); 4th - 12. 5 (9+3.5); 5th - 10 (7+3); 6th - 9 (6+3); 7th - 6.5 (4+2.5); 8th - 5.5 (3+2.5); 9th/12th - 2; 13th/16th - 1.5; 17th-20th - 1. TPI points do not match the final NCAA tournament points because it does not include bonus points for pins, technical falls, major decisions and forfeits/defaults.

WIN will announce its first "Dual Team" rankings on Nov. 30, 2009 once the regular-season has begun. Our next TPI and individual rankings will be released Nov. 24, 2009.

Any media members or coaches who would like to be added to our weekly releases should contact WIN at info@win-magazine.com or by calling our office (888-305-0606).

WIN's Preseason Division I Tournament Power Index (TPI)
The following ranks each school by total TPI point and includes the number of top 8-ranked wrestlers (possible All-Americans) per school. 

Rank/School/Top 8/Total Points
1	Iowa	7	90
2	Iowa State	5	70
3	Cornell	4	53
4	Ohio State	4	52
5	Minnesota	3	50
6	Maryland	3	44
7	Central Michigan	3	41
8	Nebraska	2	40
9	Boise State	4	38.5
10	Missouri	3	36.5
11T	Arizona State	2	29.5
11T	Wisconsin	2	29.5
13	Penn State	3	28.5
14	Indiana	2	26
15T	Edinboro	1	24.5
15T	Harvard	2	24.5
17T	Oklahoma State	1	24
17T	Oklahoma	3	24
17T	Virginia	2	24
20	American	2	23.5
21	Kent State	3	23
22	Michigan State	1	21
23	Virginia Tech	2	20
24T	Bloomsburg	1	17.5
24T	Duke	1	17.5
24T	Wyoming 	1	17.5
27	Lehigh	1	17
28	Michigan	1	16
29T	Cal Poly	1	15.5
29T	Illinois	1	15.5
31	Bucknell	1	14.5
32	Navy	1	13.5
33T	Binghamton	1	12.5
33T	Hofstra	1	12.5
35T	Geo Mason	1	12
35T	Old Dominion	1	12
37T	Cal State Bakersfield	1	10
37T	Penn	1	10
39	Rutgers	1	7
40	Purdue	0	6.5
41	North Carolina	0	5.5
42	Pittsburgh	0	5
43	Army	0	4
44	UT Chattanooga	0	3.5
45T	Buffalo	0	3
45T	Northern Iowa	0	3
47	Rider	0	2.5
48T	Columbia	0	2
48T	No. Illinois	0	2
48T	S. Dakota St.	0	2
48T	West Virginia	0	2
52T	Gardner-Webb	0	1.5
52T	Oregon State	0	1.5
52T	Utah Valley	0	1.5
55T	Boston U	0	1
55T	Cal Davis	0	1
55T	Duquesne	0	1
55T	No. Colorado	0	1
55T	Northwestern	0	1
55T	Stanford	0	1
55T	VMI	0	1

WIN's Division I Preseason Individual Rankings

125 POUNDS
Rk.	Name	School	Year		
1. 	Troy Nickerson	Cornell	Sr.	
2.	Anthony Robles	Arizona State	Jr.	
3.	Angel Escobedo	Indiana	Sr.	
4. 	Zach Sanders	Minnesota	So.	
5.	Scott Sentes	Central Michigan	So.	
6.	Nic Bedelyon	Kent State	Jr.	
7.	Rollie Peterkin	Penn	Jr.		
8.	James Nicholson	Old Dominion	Jr.		
9.	Brad Pataky	Penn State	Jr.		
10.	Jarrod Garnett	Virginia Tech	So.		
11.	Steve Bonnano	Hofstra	So.		
12.	Brendan Byrne	Maryland	Sr.		
13.	Michael Martinez 	Wyoming	So.		
14.	Ben Kjar	Utah Valley State	Jr.		
15. 	Nikko Triggas 	Ohio State	Jr.		
16.	B.J. Futrell	Illinois	So.		
17.	Anthony Mustari	No. Colorado	Sr.		
18.	William Chamberlain	Duquesne	Sr.		
19.	Eric Olanowski	Michigan State	So.		
20.	Eric Morrill	Edinboro	Jr.		

133 POUNDS
Rk.	Name	School	Year	
1.	Franklin Gomez	Michigan State	Sr.		
2.	Jayson Ness	Minnesota	Sr.		
3.	Andrew Hochstrasser	Boise State	Jr.		
4.	Steve Bell	Maryland	Sr.		
5.	Daniel Dennis	Iowa	Sr.	
6.	Mike Grey 	Cornell	Jr.		
7.	Dan Mitcheff	Kent State	Sr.		
8.	Nick Fanthorpe	Iowa State	Sr.		
9.	Matt Fisk	Lehigh	Sr.		
10.	Filip Novachkov	Cal Poly	Jr.		
11.	Jordan Oliver	Oklahoma State	Fr.		
12.	Dave Marble	Bucknell	Sr.		
13. 	Conor Beebe	Central Michigan	Sr.		
14.	Kelly Kubec	Oregon State	So.		
15.	Jim Conroy	Pittsburgh	Sr.		
16.	Kyle Hutter 	Old Dominion	Sr.		
17.	Tristen DeShazer 	Northern Illinois	Jr.		
18.	Todd Schavrien	Missouri	Jr.		
19.	Brandon Low	Cal Davis	Jr.		
20.	Mike Rappo	North Carolina	Jr.	
	
141 POUNDS
Rk.	Name	School	Year	
1.	Nick Gallick	Iowa State	Sr.	
2.	Alex Krom	Maryland	Sr.		
3.	Chris Drouin	Arizona State	Jr.		
4.	Kellen Russell	Michigan	Jr.	
5.	Reece Humphrey	Ohio State	Sr.		
6.	James Kennedy	Illinois	Sr.		
7.	Frank Molinaro	Penn State	So.		
8.	Chris Diaz	Virginia Tech	Jr.		
9.	Corey Jantzen	Harvard	Jr.		
10.	Cody Cleveland	UT-Chattanooga	Sr.	
11.	Mike Thorn	Minnesota	Jr.		
12.	Tyler Nauman	Pittsburgh	So.		
13. 	Nick Nelson 	Virginia	Jr.		
14.	Anthony D'Alie	Central Michigan	Sr.		
15.	Jamal Parks	Oklahoma State	So.		
16.	Seth Ciasulli	Lehigh	Sr.		
17.	Keith Sulzer	Northwestern	Sr.		
18.	Joe Slaton	Iowa	Sr		
19.	Trenton Washington	Northern Iowa	So.	
20.	Cory VomBaur	Wyoming	Sr.	

149 POUNDS
Rk.	Name	School	Year	
1.	Brent Metcalf	Iowa	Sr.		
2.	Kyle Ruschell	Wisconsin	Sr.	
3.	Lance Palmer	Ohio State	Sr.	
4.	Bryce Saddoris	Navy	Jr.	
5.	Kyle Borshoff	American	Jr.	
6.	Bubba Jenkins	Penn State	Sr.		
7.	Kyle Terry 	Oklahoma	Sr.		
8.	Steve Brown 	Central Michigan	Sr.		
9.	Mitch Mueller	Iowa State	Sr.		
10.	Matt Kyler	Army	Sr.		
11.	Jason Chamberlain	Boise State	So.		
12.	Matt Cathell 	Kent State 	Jr.		
13.	Cesar Grajales	Penn	Jr.		
14.	Nick Stabile 	North Carolina	Jr.		
15.	Peter Yates 	Virginia Tech	So.		
16.	Desmond Green	Buffalo	So.		
17.	Justin Accordino	Hofstra	So.		
18.	Kevin LeValley	Bucknell	So.		
19.	Mario Mason	Minnesota	Fr.	
20.	Albert White	Oklahoma State	So.	

157 POUNDS
Rk.	Name	School	Year	
1.	Jordan Burroughs	Nebraska	Sr.	
2.	Matt Moley	Bloomsburg	Sr.	
3.	Chase Pami	Cal Poly	Sr.		
4.	J.P. O'Connor	Harvard	Sr.		
5.	Adam Hall	Boise State	Jr.		
6.	Cyler Sanderson	Penn State	Sr.	
7.	Jon Bonilla-Bowman	Hofstra	Sr.		
8.	Scott Winston	Rutgers	So.		
9.	Robert Erisman 	Oklahoma State	Jr.		
10.	Chad Terry 	Oklahoma	Sr.		
11.	Jesse Dong 	Virginia Tech	So.		
12.	Aaron Hynes 	Michigan	Jr.		
13.	Kurt Kinser	Indiana	Jr.		
14.	Colton Salazar	Purdue	Jr.	
15.	Joey Knox	UT Chattanooga	Sr.	
16.	Mike Kessler	Rider	Sr.	
17.	Matt Dragon	Penn	Sr.		
18.	Bryan Deutsch	Northern Illinois	Jr.		
19.	Thomas Scotton	North Carolina	Jr.		
20.	Jake Deitchler	Minnesota	Fr.	

165 POUNDS
Rk.	Name	School	Year	
1.	Jarrod King	Edinboro	Sr.	
2.	Dustin Schlatter	Minnesota	Sr.	
3.	Andrew Howe	Wisconsin	So.		
4.	Ryan Morningstar	Iowa	Sr.	
5.	Jonathan Reader	Iowa State	Jr.	
6.	Andrew Rendos	Bucknell	Sr.	
7.	Nick Marable	Missouri	Sr.	
8.	Colt Sponseller	Ohio State	Jr.		
9.	Dan Vallimont 	Penn State	Jr.		
10.	Chris Brown	Old Dominion	Sr.		
11.	Mike Galante 	Lehigh	Sr.	
12.	Donnie Jones 	West Virginia	Sr.		
13.	Ethan Headlee 	Pittsburgh	Jr.		
14.	Justin Kerber 	Cornell	Jr.	
15.	Shane Onufer 	Wyoming	So.	
16.	Rick Schmelyun	Bloomsburg	Sr.		
17.	Nick Amuchastegui	Stanford	So.		
18.	Paul Young	Indiana	Jr.		
19. 	Matt Epperly	Virginia Tech	Jr.	
20	P.J. Gillespie	Hofstra	Jr.	
	
174 POUNDS
Rk.	Name	School	Year	
1.	Mike Miller	Central Michigan	Jr.		
2.	Chris Henrich	Virginia	Jr.	
3.	Mike Cannon	American U.	Sr.	
4.	Jay Borschel	Iowa	Sr.		
5.	Mack Lewnes	Cornell	Jr.		
6.	Trevor Perry	Indiana	Sr.		
7.	Nathan Lee	Boise State	Sr.		
8.	Jeff James 	Oklahoma	Jr.		
9.	Ryan Patrovich	Hofstra	Jr.	
10.	Stephen Dwyer	Nebraska	Sr.		
11.	Bagna Tovuujav	George Mason	So.		
12.	Alex Caruso	Lehigh	Jr.		
13.	Dave Rella	Ohio State	Sr.		
14.	Luke Manuel 	Purdue	Jr.		
15.	Jordan Blanton 	Illinois	So.	
16.	Shane Riccio	Bucknell	Sr.		
17.	Luke Rebertus	Navy	So.	
18.	Eric Decker	Old Dominion	Sr.		
19.	Chris McNeil	Oklahoma State	So.		
20.	Duke Burk	Iowa State	Sr.	
	
184 POUNDS
Rk.	Name	School	Year	
1.	Mike Pucillo	Ohio State	Sr.		
2.	Phil Keddy 	Iowa	Sr.	
3.	Joe LeBlanc	Wyoming	So.	
4.	Josh Patterson	Binghamton	Sr.	
5.	Louis Caputo	Harvard	Sr.	
6.	Max Askren	Missouri	Sr.	
7.	Kirk Smith	Boise State	Jr.		
8.	Dustin Kilgore	Kent State	So.		
9.	A.J. Kissel	Purdue	Jr.		
10.	Clayton Foster 	Oklahoma State	Jr.		
11.	David Craig	Lehigh	Sr.		
12.	John Dergo	Illinois	Sr.	
13.	Jerome Ward 	Iowa State	So.		
14.	Anthony Biondo	Michigan	Jr.		
15.	John Barone	Duke	Sr.		
16.	Pat Bradshaw 	Edinboro	Sr.	
17.	Thomas Spellman	Virginia Tech	Jr.		
18.	David Thompson	Bucknell	Jr.		
19.	Thomas Shovlin	Penn	Sr 		
20.	Ben Bennett	Central Michigan	Fr	

197 POUNDS
Rk.	Name	School	Year	
1.	Jake Varner	Iowa State	Sr.	
2.	Craig Brester	Nebraska	Sr.		
3.	Hudson Taylor	Maryland	Sr.	
4.	Cam Simaz	Cornell	So.	
5.	Cayle Byers	George Mason	Jr.		
6.	Eric Lapotsky	Oklahoma	Sr.		
7.	Brent Jones	Virginia	Sr.		
8.	Chad Beatty	Iowa	Sr.		
9.	Richard Starks 	Army	Sr.	 
10.	Jesse Strawn 	Old Dominion	Sr.		
11.	Tyler Sorenson	S. Dakota State	Sr.		
12.	Dennis Drury	North Carolina	Sr.		
13.	Logan Brown	Purdue	Jr.		
14.	James Hamel	Buffalo	So.		
15.	Patrick Bond	Illinois	Sr.		
16.	Daniel Bruce	Virginia Tech	Jr.		
17.	John Hall	Boston U.	Jr.		
18.	Alan Gelogaev	Oklahoma State	So.	
19. 	Riley Orozco	CS Bakersfield	Jr.	
20.	Joe Kennedy	Lehigh	So.		

HEAVYWEIGHT
Rk.	Name	School	Year	
1.	Mark Ellis	Missouri	Sr.	
2.	Konrad Dudziak	Duke	Sr.		
3.	Jared Rosholt	Oklahoma State	Sr.	
4.	Dan Erekson	Iowa	Sr.	
5.	David Zabriskie	Iowa State	Sr.		
6.	Mitch Montiero	CS Bakersfield	Sr.		
7.	Zach Rey	Lehigh	So.	
8.	David Marone	Virginia Tech	Jr.		
9.	Chris Birchler	Edinboro	Sr.		
10.	Chris Brantley	Northern Iowa	So.		
11.	Ryan Flores	Columbia	So.		
12.	Tucker Lane	Nebraska	So.		
13.	Ben Berhow	Minnesota	Jr.		
14.	Dustin Porter	Gardner-Webb 	Sr.		
15.	Jarod Trice 	Central Michigan	So.		
16.	Dominick Russo	Rutgers	Jr.		
17.	Ed Bordas	Rider	Sr.		
18.	Nathan Fernandez	Oklahoma	Jr.		
19.	Nate Everhart	Indiana	Sr.		
20.	Josh Wine 	VMI	Jr.