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WIN Pre-Season Rankings Are In!!

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Yup! It’s that time of year again. WIN has put together their rankings. Take a look below. Be sure to click on read more to see the individual rankings as well. The team rankings are determined by who is wrestling for the team and how they rank; the more ranked wrestlers a team has, the more points it will recieve and the higher it will be ranked.

A couple surprises? I know Cornel finished well last year, but number one is a surprise until you take a look at who they have on their team. Check out the rankings and let us know what you think. WIN will put out more rankings again in October once the coaches announce what weights everyone will be wrestling at officially.

Date Ranked:09/22/2010
Ranked By W.I.N. Magazine

WIN’S 2010-11 PRESEASON NCAA DIVISION I
TOURNAMENT POWER INDEX (TPI)
(September 22, 2010)
Rank School Top 8 TPI
1 Cornell 6 82
2 Boise State 5 73
3 Oklahoma State 6 71.5
4 Minnesota 5 55.5
5 Wisconsin 3 50.5
6 Penn State 5 40
7 Oklahoma 3 39
8 Central Michigan 3 36
9 Illinois 2 33.5
10 Ohio State 3 32
11 Iowa 1 28
12 Missouri 2 26.5
13t Michigan 2 25.5
13t Purdue 2 25.5
15 Edinboro 2 25
16t Arizona State 2 24.5
16t Northwestern 2 24.5
16t Pittsburgh 2 24.5
19 Lehigh 1 22
20 Virginia 1 21.5
21t Binghamton 1 20
21t NC State 1 20
21t Wyoming 1 20
24 Nebraska 1 19.5
25 Kent State 1 18.5
26 Virginia Tech 2 17
27 Penn 1 16.5
28t Iowa State 2 16
28t Cal Poly 1 16
30 Indiana 1 15.5
31 Oregon State 1 15
32 American 1 14.5
33 Maryland 1 14
34 Ohio 1 13.5
35 Stanford 1 12
36 Rutgers 1 11.5
37 West Virginia 1 11
38t Bucknell 1 10
38t No. Colorado 1 10
40 Buffalo 1 9.5
41 Hofstra 0 6.5
42 Utah Valley 0 4.5
43t Cal St. Bakersfield 0 3.5
43t UNC-Greensboro 0 3.5
45 Michigan State 0 3
46 Chattanooga 0 2.5
47t Appalachian State 0 2
47t Navy 0 2
47t North Carolina 0 2
47t Old Dominion 0 2
47t Rider 0 2
52t Boston U. 0 1.5
52t Columbia 0 1.5
52t CS Fullerton 0 1.5
52t Drexel 0 1.5
52t Harvard 0 1.5
52t Lock Haven 0 1.5
52t No. Iowa 0 1.5
59t Citadel 0 1
59t Clarion 0 1
59t Eastern Michigan 0 1
59t George Mason 0 1
59t Liberty 0 1

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What Are The Odds…

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What are the chances of getting a full ride scholarship if you wrestle? Check out the following image that compares the different sports and what the chances are of getting a full ride scholarship.  (Click on the image to get the big picture.)

So the chances of getting a full ride scholarship if you wrestle are pretty slim. The first thing I thought when I saw that was “Why?” Answer? Money. We all know that football brings in the most money for a college or university, so they are going to want willing be able to pour more money into that sport than others. Wrestling is at the bottom of the list for the same reason. Unless you are in wrestling state, wrestling just isn’t that big of a sport.

So what are some things that everyone can do to change that? Jim Brown has a blog that is awesome. If you haven’t checked it out, you have no reason not to. He has a ton of posts about what we can do as fans to build the sport. Some that I remember reading off the top of my head are to actually going to the meets. Get butts into the seats and stands. Bring a friend. When you’re there, make noise. And lots of it. Explain to the friend that you brought the techiniques that are being used and why different points are being scored.

Some may complain that there isn’t enough coverage of the sport. While this may be true, there are plenty of places to go to check it out. Again, Jim comes to the rescue with this awesome post about getting more college wrestling coverage. If you don’t listen to the podcasts that are out there, start now. Wrestling411.tv and TakeDownRadio.com both have AWESOME podcasts and they provide amazing coverage of the sport.

Support the print magazines that talk solely about wrestling. Three of the biggest ones are WIN magazine, Amateur Wrestling News and Wrestling USA. Get one or get all three! Help support those that are covering the sport. More importantly though, make it to as many meets as possible to support the actual wrestlers.

Thanks to Mat Siltala for letting me know about this image and steelathlete.com for the actual image.

College Wrestling Network

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I was reading in WIN magazine – literally 5 seconds ago – and found a very interesting link on their site to the new CollegeWrestlingNetwork site. This looks like it’s going to be big news! They have authors and writers coming from Buckeye Wrestling.com; InterMat, Michigan Grappler.com, RevWrestling.com, Takedown Radio, Tech-Fall, TheMat.com, The Wrestling Mall, WIN Magazine and Wrestling411, with more coming. Seriously it’s going to be sick. It’s basically a lot of links from a bunch of different websites, giving you the up to date things across the nation in News, Features, Results, Rankings, Photos, and Audio/Video, all with links pointing back to the original sites.

They will be covering live matches it sounds like it early December. They will have the Iowa vs Iowa State match, as well as the Oklahoma vs Oklahoma St. match. They will start the live coverage, though, with the the Las Vegas invitational. Should be interesting to see how they cover such a large event live!

I checked out the site at CollegeWrestlingNetwork, which is up and running. However, it seems pretty basic at the moment. They are planning, however, to make a widget so that other designers and web sites, like WrestleFattie, will be able to have that content show up easily on their pages and in their content. So keep tuned and you will soon see that widget here on our pages! Or, you might just see WrestleFattie on their pages!

WIN Magazine’s new rankings have got a couple surprises!

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Dallas Herbst, Sr. Wisconsin (3rd)

Dallas Herbst, Sr. Wisconsin (3rd)

Be sure to check out WIN Magazine’s new rankings. They’ve surprised a few people. First off, the not big news stuff. All three DIV I teams from Northern Iowa are in the top 25. IOU is number one and Iowa State is number 2. Northern Iowa is at No. 23.

The surpises are as follows…

At 197 lbs, the top three are 1. Craig Brester, Jr. Nebraska (2nd) 2. Dallas Herbst, Sr. Wisconsin (3rd) 3. Jake Varner, Jr. Iowa State (1st). (The second number is the place they are coming from). The Last time that Varner wasn’t placed at number one was back in Feb of 2007. Dallas Herbst beat Varner in the Midlands championships, which caused the dance around. Be sure to keep your eye on these three in the coming year!

Phil Keddy, Jr. Iowa

Jake Varner, Jr. Iowa State (1st)

If you are interested in the WIN magazine at all, go ahead and get it. It’s an amazing magazine with articles written by people who not only know the sport, they eat, breath, sleep and dream about it. You can check it out the website here or you can simply order here. Take your pick!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NCAA Rankings (Ranked on Nov. 25 by WIN Magazine)

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Date Ranked:11/25/2008
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WRESTLING INSIDER NEWSMAGAZINE (WIN)
2008-09 NCAA DIV. I DUAL TEAM RANKINGS
(Previous Rankings from Nov. 18, 2008)

Rk. Team (Previous)
1. Iowa (1st)
2. Ohio State (2nd)
3. Iowa State (3rd)
4. Cornell (4th)
5. Missouri (5th)
6. Oklahoma State (6th)
7. Nebraska (8th)
8. Illinois (7th)
9. Minnesota (10th)
10. Boise State (13th)
11. Central Michigan (14th)
12. Lehigh (19th)
13. Michigan (9th)
14. Penn State (11th)
15. Wisconsin (15th)
16. Indiana (16th)
17. Hofstra (17th)
18. Edinboro (18th)
19. Northwestern (12th)
20. Oklahoma (21st)
21. Kent State (24th)
22. West Virginia (20th)
23. Penn (22nd)
24. Old Dominion (23rd)
25. Navy (25th)

Individual Rankings

125 pounds
1. Angel Escobedo, Jr. Indiana (1st)
2. Charlie Falck, Sr. Iowa (2nd)
3. Troy Nickerson, Jr. Cornell (3rd)
4. Brandon Precin, Jr. Northwestern (5th)
5. James Nicholson, So. Old Dominion (6th)
6. Obe Blanc, Sr. Oklahoma State (9th)
7. Anthony Robles, So. Arizona State (7th)
8. Scott Sentes, Fr. Central Michigan (10th)
9. Rollie Peterkin, Jr. Penn (8th)
10. Marcos Orozco, Jr. UC Davis (12th)
11. Zach Sanders Fr. Minnesota (18th)
12. Tyler Clark, So. Iowa State (15th)
13. Brian Owen, Fr. Boise State (NR)
14. Brandon Zoetewey, Sr. Cal State Bakersfield (14th)
15. Steve Mytych, Sr. Drexel (NR)
16. Ian Moser, So. Bloomsburg (16th)
17. Nikko Triggas, So. Ohio State (17th)
18. Joey Fio, So. Oklahoma (20th)
19. Nic Bedelyon, So. Kent State (11th)
20. Tony Mustari, Jr. Northern Colorado (13th)

133 pounds
1. Joey Slaton, Jr. Iowa (1st)
2. Franklin Gomez, Jr. Michigan State (2nd)
3. Jimmy Kennedy, Jr. Illinois (3rd)
4. Jayson Ness, Jr. Minnesota (4th)
5. Nick Fanthorpe, Jr. Iowa State (5th)
6. Joe Baker, Sr. Navy (6th)
7. Lou Ruggirello, Jr. Hofstra (7th)
8. Reece Humphrey, Jr. Ohio State (8th)
9. Andrew Hochstrasser, So. Boise State (9th)
10. Steve Bell, Jr. Maryland (11th)
11. Dave Marble, Jr. Buckell (14th)
12. Matt Fisk, Jr. Lehigh (15th)
13. Tyler Shinn, Jr. Oklahoma State (13th)
14. Kyle Hutter, Jr. Old Dominion (12th)
15. Dan Mitcheff, Jr. Kent State (17th)
16. T.J. Dillashaw, Jr. Cal State Fullerton (19th)
17. Boris Novachkov. Jr. Cal Poly (18th)
18. Tim Haas, Sr. Penn State (NR)
19. Rick Deubel, Sr. Edinboro (16th)
20. Conor Beebe, Jr. Central Michigan (NR)

141 pounds
1. Nick Gallick, Jr. Iowa State (2nd)
2. J Jaggers, Sr. Ohio State (1st)
3. Zach Tanelli, Sr. Wisconsin (9th)
4. Brandon Rader, Sr. West Virginia (5th)
5. Alex Tsirtsis, Sr. Iowa (6th)
6. Kellen Russell, So. Michigan (4th)
7. Chris Drouin, So. Arizona State (7th)
8. Keith Sulzer, So. Northwestern (8th)
9. Mike Grey, So. Cornell (3rd)
10. Ryan Williams, Sr. Old Dominion (18th)
11. Zach Bailey, Jr. Oklahoma (10th)
12. Mike Thorn, So. Minnesota (NR)
13. Andrae Hernandez, Sr. Indiana (13th)
14. Drew Lashaway, Sr. Kent State (NR)
15. Jamal Parks, Fr. Oklahoma State (15th)
16. Joe Caramanica, Sr. NC State (14th)
17. Alex Krom, Jr. Maryland (17th)
18. Eric Kruger, Jr. Central Michigan (16th)
19. Cory Fish, Sr. Boise State (12th)
20. Cory Jantzen, So. Harvard (19th)

149 pounds
1. Brent Metcalf, Jr. Iowa (1st)
2. Bubba Jenkins, Jr. Penn State (2nd)
3. Darrion Caldwell, Jr. NC State (4th)
4. Lance Palmer, Jr. Ohio State (5th)
5. Kyle Ruschell, Jr. Wisconsin (6th)
6. Steve Brown, Jr. Central Michigan (7th)
7. Mitch Mueller, Jr. Iowa State (8th)
8. Jake Patacsil, Sr. Purdue (10th)
9. David Jauregui, Sr. West Virginia (11th)
10. Bryce Saddoris, So. Navy (12th)
11. Cesar Grajales, Jr. Penn (13th)
12. Matt Kyler, Jr. Army (9th)
13. Torsten Gillespie, So. Edinboro (14th)
14. Trevor Chinn, Sr. Lehigh (15th)
15. Jason Chamberlain, Fr. Boise State (NR)
16. Heinrich Barnes, Sr. Oregon State (16th)
17. Eric Medina, So. Maryland (17th)
18. Mike Roberts, Sr. Boston (18th)
19. Matt Cathell, So. Delaware State (19th)
20. Luke Silver, Fr. Oklahoma State (NR)

157 pounds
1. Mike Poeta, Sr. Illinois (1st)
2. Jordan Leen, Sr. Cornell (2nd)
3. J.P. O’Connor, Jr. Harvard (4th)
4. Gregor Gillespie, Sr. Edinboro (5th)
5. Jordan Burroughs, Jr. Nebraska (3rd@149)
6. Cyler Sanderson, Jr. Iowa State (6th)
7. Dan Vallimont, Jr. Penn State (3rd)
8. Michael Chandler, Sr. Missouri (7th)
9. Adam Hall, So. Boise State (9th)
10. Matt Moley, Jr. Bloomsburg (8th)
11. Newly McSpadden, Sr. Oklahoma State (10th)
12. Matt Coughlin, Jr. Indiana (11th)
13. Jason Johnstone, Sr. Ohio State (12th)
14. Shane Vernon, Jr. Oklahoma (13th)
15.Tyler Safratowich, Sr. Minnesota (14th)
16. Chase Pami, Jr. Cal Poly (16th)
17. Jason Welch, Fr. Northwestern (17th)
18. Kody Hamrah, Sr. NC State (18th)
19. Matt Dragon, Sr. Penn (19th)
20. Hadley Harrison, Jr. Clarion (NR)

165 pounds
1. Nick Marable, Jr. Missouri (2nd)
2. Mack Lewnes, So. Cornell (1st)
3. Moza Fay, Sr. Northern Iowa (3rd)
4. Jonathan Reader, So. Iowa State (4th)
5. Stephen Dwyer, Jr. Nebraska (5th)
6. Luke Manuel, So. Purdue (6th)
7. Jarrod King, Sr. Edinboro (7th)
8. Trevor Stewart, Sr. Central Michigan (8th)
9. Brandon Mason, Sr. Oklahoma State (9th)
10. Colt Sponseller, So. Ohio State (10th)
11. Zach Shanaman, Sr. Penn (12th)
12. Roger Smith-Bergsrud, Sr. Illinois (13th)
13. Chris Brown, Jr. Old Dominion (11th)
14. Andrew Flanagan, Sr. Harvard (15th)
15. Anthony Rendos, Jr. Bucknell (16th)
16. Tyler Sherfey, Sr. Boise State (14th)
17. Ryan Morningstar, Jr. Iowa (17th)
18. Keegan Mueller, Sr. North Carolina (18th)
19. Rex Kendle, Sr. Michigan State (NR)
20. Rick Schmelyn, Jr. Bloomsburg (NR)

174 pounds
1. Steve Luke, Sr. Michigan (1st)
2. Jay Borschel, Jr. Iowa (2nd)
3. Brandon Browne, Jr. Nebraska (3rd)
4. Steve Anceravage, Sr. Cornell (4th)
5. Raymond Jordan, Sr. Missouri (5th)
6. Mike Cannon, Jr. American (6th)
7. Alton Lucas, Sr. Hofstra (7th)
8. Mike Letts, Jr. Maryland (8th)
9. Chris Henrich, So. Virginia (9th)
10. Duke Burke, Jr. Iowa State (10th)
11. Mike Miller, So. Central Michigan (11th)
12. Nate Lee, Jr. Boise State (12th)
13. John Dergo, Jr. Illinois (13th)
14. Luke Feist, Sr. Stanford (14th)
15. Jeff James, So. Oklahoma (15th)
16. Quentin Wright, Fr. Penn State (16th)
17. Alex Caruso, So. Lehigh (17th)
18. Tyler Bernacchi, Sr. UC Davis (NR)
19. Phil Moricone, Sr. Edinboro (18th)
20. Austin Trotman, So. Appalachian St (NR)

184 pounds
1. Mike Pucillo, Jr. Ohio State (1st)
2. Jake Herbert, Sr. Northwestern (2nd)
3. Phil Keddy, Jr. Iowa (3rd)
4. Kirk Smith, So. Boise State (4th)
5. Louis Caputo, Jr. Harvard (5th)
6. Vince Jones, Sr. Nebraska (6th)
7. Doug Umbehauer, Sr. Rider (7th)
8. Rocco Caponi, Sr. Virginia (8th)
9. Dustin Kilgore, Fr. Kent State (9th)
10. Zack Geisen, Jr. Stanford (10th)
11. David Craig, Jr. Lehigh (12th)
12. Justin Kerber, So. Cornell (NR)
13. Chris Honeycutt, So. Edinboro (13th)
14. Kyle Bressler, Oregon State (14th)
15. A.J. Kissel, So. Purdue (16th)
16. Josh Patterson, Jr. Binghamton (17th)
17. John Barone, Jr. Duke (NR)
18. Anthony Biondo, So. Michigan (19th)
19. Phil Bomberger, Sr. Penn State (12th)
20. Jordan Blanton, Fr. Illinois (NR)

197 pounds
1. Jake Varner, Jr. Iowa State (1st)
2. Hudson Taylor, Jr. Maryland (2nd)
3. Craig Brester, Jr. Nebraska (3rd)
4. Dallas Herbst, Sr. Wisconsin (4th)
5. Max Askren, Jr. Missouri (5th)
6. Tyrel Todd, Sr. Michigan (6th)
7. Josh Arnone, Jr. Cornell (7th)
8. Eric Lapotsky, So. Oklahoma (8th)
9. Andrew Anderson, Sr. Northern Iowa (9th)
10. Cayle Byers, So. George Mason (10th)
11. Brent Chriswell, So. Boise State (11th)
12. Clayton Foster, So. Oklahoma State (12th)
13. Logan Brown, So. Purdue (13th)
14. Brent Jones, Sr. Virginia (14th)
15. Joe Fagiano, So. Hofstra (17th)
16. Cody Gardner, Fr. Ohio State (15th)
17. Chad Beatty, Jr. Iowa (19th)
18. Patrick Bond, Jr. Illinois (18th)
19. Jon Oplinger, Sr. Drexel (NR)
20. Richard Starks, Jr. Army (16th)

HWT
1. Jared Rosholt, Jr. Oklahoma State (1st)
2. Dave Zabriskie, Jr. Iowa State (2nd)
3. Kyle Massey, Sr. Wisconsin (3rd)
4. Mark Ellis, Sr. Missouri (5th)
5. Jermail Porter, Sr. Kent State (6th)
6. John Wise, Sr. Illinois (7th)
7. Zach Sheaffer, Sr. Pittsburgh (8th)
8. Scott Steele, Sr. Navy (4th)
9. Zach Hammond, Sr. Cornell (9th)
10. Joe Fendone, Sr. Edinboro (10th)
11. Rashard Goff, Sr. Cleveland State (11th)
12. Dustin Rogers, Sr. West Virginia (12th)
13. Nathan Everhart, Jr. Indiana (13th)
14. Dan Erekson, Jr. Iowa (15th)
15. Corey Morrison, Sr. Ohio State (16th)
16. Justin Dobies, Sr. North Carolina (18th)
17. Tucker Lane, Fr. Nebraska (NR)
18. Konrad Dudziak, Jr. Duke (NR)
19. Ben Berhow, So. Minnesota (19th)
20. Ryan Flores, So. Columbia (NR)

WIN TOURNAMENT POWER INDEX (TPI)

The Tournament Power Index (T.P.I.) is compiled by awarding potential NCAA tournament points to each team for the ranked wrestlers they have 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 T.P.I. can vary greatly from our 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

Fans or coaches who have questions or input on our current rankings process can e-mail W.I.N. editor Mike Finn at MikeF@WIN-magazine.com. If you wish to be included on weekly ranking release list, e-mail W.I.N. at Info@WIN-magazine.com.

Rk. School Top 8 PTS
1. Iowa 6 99
2. Iowa State 7 97.5
3. Cornell 5 70.5
4. Ohio State 4 61.5
5. Missouri 5 58
6. Nebraska 5 57
7. Wisconsin 3 49.5
8. Illinois 3 48
9. Michigan 3 40
10. Oklahoma State 2 39
11. Northwestern 3 35
12(tie). Edinboro 2 26
12(tie). Harvard 2 26
14. Maryland 2 25.5
15(tie). Boise State 1 25
15(tie). Penn State 2 25
15(tie). Indiana 1 25
18. Central Michigan 3 24
19. Purdue 2 17.5
20(tie) Michigan State 1 17
20(tie) Minnesota 1 17
22(tie). Navy 2 16.5
22(tie). West Virginia 1 16.5
24(tie). Kent State 1 16
24(tie) NC State 1 16
26. Northern Iowa 1 15.5
27. Old Dominion 1 15
28. Hofstra 2 14.5
29. Arizona State 2 13
30. Oklahoma 1 11.5
31(tie) American 1 9
31(tie) Virginia 1 9
33. Penn 0 7
34(tie) Lehigh 0 6.5
34(tie) Pitt 1 6.5
34(tie) Rider 1 6.5
37. Bloomsburg 1 4.5
38. Stanford 0 3.5
39(tie) UC Davis 0 3
39(tie) Army 0 3
39(tie) Oregon State 0 3
42(tie) Cal Poly 0 2.5
42(tie) North Carolina 0 2.5
44(tie) Cleveland State 0 2
44(tie) George Mason 0 2
46(tie) Binghamton 0 1.5
46(tie) Bucknell 0 1.5
46(tie) Cal State Bakersfield 0 1.5
46(tie) Cal State Fullerton 0 1.5
50(tie) Appalachian State 0 1
50(tie) Boston U. 0 1
50(tie) Delaware State 0 1
50(tie) Northern Colorado 0 1