2/25 Wrestling Rankings

**Judoka** · 02-26-2013, 12:05 PM

Not a lot of change this week. A lot of teams were idle last weekend and not a whole lot of big upsets happened. Iowa dropped a fair bit from their performance at the National Duals, but that was the only significant change.

From Intermat:

125:
2. Matt McDonough - Iowa

133:
2. Tony Ramos - Iowa
7. Jon Morrison - Oklahoma State
9. Cody Brewer - Oklahoma
11. Levi Wolfensperger - UNI

141:
1. Kendrick Maple - Oklahoma
10. Mark Ballweg - Iowa
14. Nathan Pennesi - West Virginia
15. Joey Lazor - UNI
19. Luke Goettl - Iowa State

149:
1. Jordan Oliver - Oklahoma State
16. Nick Lester - Oklahoma

157:
2. Derek St. John - Iowa
8. Alex Dieringer - Oklahoma State
18. Matt Lester - Oklahoma

165:
3. Tyler Caldwell - OKlahoma State
5. Bubby Graham - Oklahoma
13. Nick Moore - Iowa
19. Micheal Moreno - Iowa State

174:
2. Chris Perry - Oklahoma State
3. Mike Evans - Iowa
20. Tanner Weatherman - Iowa State

184:
6. Ryan Loder - UNI
11. Chris Chionuma - Oklahoma State
14. Ethan Lofthouse - Iowa
15. Boaz Beard - Iowa State

197:
7. Kyven Gadson - Iowa State
11. Blake Rosholt - Oklahoma State

HWT:
2. Alan Gelogaev - Oklahoma State
5. Bobby Telford - Iowa
20. Matt Gibson - Iowa State

Team:
2. Oklahoma State (92)
4. Iowa (84.5)
10. Oklahoma (38.5)
28. UNI (15.5)
30. Iowa State (14)
46. West Virginia (2.5)

**Judoka** · 02-26-2013, 12:06 PM

SetonHallPirate's Dual Impact Index from over on TheMat. As I said last week, he uses an algorithm so gets better as the season goes on. He ranks every wrestler based on their actual results for the season to date. Origional posted here: The Mat Forums • View topic - 2/25/13 Takedown Wrestling Media Dual Impact Index . Consider this like a BCS computer ranking for Wrestling.

125:
2. Matt McDonough - Iowa
17. Shane Young - West Virginia
22. Ryak Finch - Iowa State
26. Edward Klimara - Oklahoma State
37. Kyle Garcia - Oklahoma
54. Ryan Jauch - UNI

133:
2. Tony Ramos - Iowa
4. Cody Brewer - Oklahoma
6. John Morrison - Oklahoma State
9. Levi Wolfensperger - UNI
30. John Meeks - Iowa State
48. Colin Johnston - West Virginia

141:
1. Kendrick Maple - Oklahoma
8. Mark Ballweg - Iowa
15. Nathan Pennesi - West Virginia
18. Joey Lazor - UNI
28. Luke Goettl - Iowa State
41. Julian Feikert - Oklahoma State

149.
1. Jordan Oliver - Oklahoma State
14. Nick Lester - Oklahoma
28. Mike Kelly - Iowa
33. Bart Reiter - UNI
52. Max Mayfield - Iowa State
64. George Scheffel - West Virginia

157:
1. Alex Dieringer - Oklahoma State
4. Derek St. John - Iowa
17. Matt Lester - Oklahoma
25. David Bonin - UNI
38. Logan Molina - Iowa State
64. Jason Luster - West Virginia

165:
4. Tyler Caldwell - Oklahoma State
7. Bubba Graham - Oklahoma
9. Nick Moore - Iowa
14. Micheal Moreno - Iowa State
45. Jarrett Jensen - UNI
58. Cominic Prezzia - West Virginia

174:
2. Micheal Evans - Iowa
4. Chris Perry - Oklahoma State
11. Tanner Weatherman - Iowa State
20. Jakob Scheffel - West Virginia
24. Cody Caldwell - UNI
46. Matt Reed - Oklahoma

184:
5. Ryan Loder - UNI
10. Chris Chionuma - Oklahoma State
14. Ethen Lofthouse - Iowa
16. Boaz Beard - Iowa State
34. Lance Bryson - West Virginia
48. Greg Wilson - Oklahoma

197.
3. Kyven Gadson - Iowa State
18. Blake Rosholt - Oklahoma State
29. Nathan Burak - Iowa
54. Blaize Cabell - UNI
56. Brad Johnson - Oklahoma
57. Anthony Vizcarrondo - West Virginia

HWT:
2. Alan Gelogaev - Oklahoma State
8. Bobby Telford - Iowa
20. Matt Gibson - Iowa State
32. Blayne Beale - UNI
34. Keldrick Hall - Oklahoma
55. Phillip Mandzik - West Virginia

Team (Tournament Scoring)
2. Oklahoma State (100)
4. Iowa (83)
11. Oklahoma (45.5)
17. Iowa State (24.5)
28. UNI (17)
2. West Virginia (4.5)

**Judoka** · 02-26-2013, 12:07 PM

ISU remains at 20th in the USA Today poll.

**howellc33** · 02-26-2013, 09:37 PM

It seems like TheMat favors our ranked guys more than Intermat does..Does the NCAA use Intermat's rankings?

**buf87** · 02-27-2013, 08:26 AM

They techinically don't use any polls, but the coaches poll and RPI.

**mj4cy** · 02-27-2013, 08:28 AM

Good to see us ranked again. Hadn't we fallen out of the top 25 for awhile?

**Judoka** · 02-27-2013, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by howellc33

It seems like TheMat favors our ranked guys more than Intermat does..Does the NCAA use Intermat's rankings?

The NCAA uses a three part system to determine qualifiers. 29 spots are pre-allocated based on
-Being in the 29 of the coaches poll
-Being in the top 29 of RPI
-.700 Win percentage against D-1 competition

Wrestlers who meet two of those three criteria are "pre-qualifiers" and earn an allocation at their weight for their conference tournament. With the caveat that the NCAA can adjust any of those numbers up or down in order to reach exactly 29 qualifiers for each weight. So to feel comfortable a wrestler really needs to be in the top 25/26 or so of the coaches poll and RPI.

The coaches poll is separate from Intermat. I post Intermat here because it is usually the first poll to be updated weekly. But there are also weekly polls from amateur Wrestling News, D1CollegeWrestling.net, Flowrestling, and others.

A link to the last coaches poll/RPI is below. A new one should come out today or tomorrow. That will be the one used to determine conference NCAA qualifier allocations. It's worth noting that for RPI there were a lot of wrestlers (including half our team) that were not eligible for the last RPI due to not having enough matches. Most of these wrestlers now have the minimum number of matches for RPI, so while the new Coaches Poll probably won't change a whole lot the RPI will look significantly different.

NCAA releases second coaches' rankings and first RPI of season - NCAA.com

If it helps to make more sense, here is a link to last year's conference allocations: Qualifier allocations announced - NCAA.com .

**buf87** · 02-27-2013, 08:57 AM

Many of the Big 10 wrestler from Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Penn State, etc that weren't in the RPI before and qualified now will probably be in the top 33. The Big 10 schedule is tough, but if they lost, they good be dropping in the coaches poll also.

**Judoka** · 02-27-2013, 09:24 AM

Here's how Flowrestling has us ranked this week:

125: NR
133: NR
141: NR
149: NR
157: NR
165: 17
174: NR
184: 16
197: 5
HWT: 19
Team: NR

The Team ranking is tournament strength, not dual strength.

**Judoka** · 02-27-2013, 09:26 AM

Here's D1CollegeWrestling's rankings

125: NR
133: NR
141: NR
149: NR
157: NR
165: 20
174: 20
184: 16
197: 7
HWT: 17
Team: 20

The Team ranking is dual strength.

**Judoka** · 02-27-2013, 09:29 AM

Here's Wrestling Insider Magazine's rankings:

125: NR
133: NR
141: 20
149: NR
157: NR
165: 18
174: 16
184: 17
197: 7
HWT: 18
Team (Tournament): 28
Team (Dual) : 20

**Judoka** · 02-27-2013, 09:31 AM

Here's Amateur Wrestling News:

125: NR
133: NR
141: NR
149: NR
157: NR
165: 18
174: 20
184: 15
197: 7
HWT: NR

**Freebird** · 02-27-2013, 09:32 AM

Thanks for the info. I don't follow wrestling too closely but always like to look at the rankings to see how we are doing.

**buf87** · 02-27-2013, 09:32 AM

I still think that if I was an opponent, I would not want to Mike Moreno and Tanner Weatherman right now. They could pull an upset against about anybody. I personally think both are better than their ranking.

**Judoka** · 02-27-2013, 09:32 AM

Here's Wrestling Report. They rank to 33 instead of to 20 link the other services.

125: 31
133: NR
141: 24
149: NR
157: NR
165: 18
174: 20
184: 18
197: 6
HWT: 21
Team (Tournament): 27