1-12-16 Intermat Rankings

[Judoka]

Weekly Intermat Rankings are out. Some changes for ISU. Hall moves back into the top 10, checking in at #9 at 133 after his win over McGuire on Saturday. Moreno drops from #16 to #18, Weatherman stays steady at #11. However, as far as I'm concerned they are really ranking him #10 because Intermat continues to rank Cooper Moore at #8 even though Moore has barely wrestled this year due to injury and Tanner pinned him in Vegas. This late in the season guys should be ranked on what they've done, not pre-season expectations. And Weatherspoon falls out of the rankings.

#1s, Big XII, and state of Iowa ranked guys/teams below. Also Arizona State since we wrestle them on Friday.

125:
1. Nathan Tomasello - Ohio State
2. Thomas Gilman - Iowa
5. Eddie Klimara - Oklahoma State
7. Dylan Peters - Northern Iowa
12. Zeke Moisey - West Virginia
14. Ryan Millhof - Oklahoma
15. Drew Templeman - Wyoming
16. Josh Rodriguez - North Dakota State
18. Chasen Tolbert - Utah Valley

133:
1. Nahshon Garrett - Cornell
3. Cory Clark - Iowa
4. Cody Brewer - Oklahoma
9. Earl Hall - Iowa State
17. Josh Alber - Northern Iowa
19. Josh Martinez - Air Force

141:
1. Dean Heil - Oklahoma State
14. Bryce Meredith - Wyoming
19. Jake Koethe - Northern Iowa

149:
1 Zain Retherford - Penn State
2. Brandon Sorensen - Iowa
15. Matt Kraus - Arizona State
16. Anthony Collica - Oklahoma State
18. Gabe Moreno - Iowa State

157:
1. Isaiah Martinez - Illinois
7. Joe Smith - Oklahoma State
8. Cody Pack - South Dakota State
13. Dylan Cottrell - West Virginia
16. Edwin Cooper - Iowa

165:
1. Alex Dieringer - Oklahoma State
8. Cooper Moore - Northern Iowa
9. Clark Glass - Oklahoma
11. Tanner Weatherman - Iowa State

174:
1. Bo Nickal - Penn State
3. Kyle Crutchmer - Oklahoma State
12. Alex Meyer - Iowa
20. Matt Reed - Oklahoma

184:
1.Gabe Dean - Cornell
7. Hayden Zillmer - North Dakota State
8. Sammy Brooks - Iowa
9. Blake Stauffer - Arizona State
19. Nolan Boyd - Oklahoma State

197:
1.Morgan McIntosh - Penn State
3. Nathan Burak - Iowa
7. Jake Smith - West Virginia
13. Nathan Rotert - South Dakota State
18. Derek Thomas - Utah Valley
20. Trent Noon - Northern Colorado

285:
1.Nick Gwiazdowski - NC State
5. Austin Marsden - Oklahoma State
8. Sam Stoll - Iowa
9. Tanner Hall - Arizona State
14. Ross Larson - Oklahoma
15. Blaize Cabell - Northern Iowa
18. Tanner Harms - Wyoming

Team Tournament
1. Penn State (117)
2. Oklahoma State (99)
4. Iowa (86.5)
18. Oklahoma (24)
21. Northern Iowa (20.5)

Team Dual
1. Penn State
2. Iowa
5. Oklahoma State
11. Iowa State
13. Oklahoma
23. West Virginia

 

[Judoka]

Remaining ranked wrestlers on the regular season schedule by weight

125:
5. Eddie Klimara - Oklahoma State
7. Dylan Peters - Northern Iowa
12. Zeke Moisey - West Virginia
14. Ryan Millhof - Oklahoma
17. Brent Fleetwood - Central Michigan

133:
4. Cody Brewer - Oklahoma
17. Josh Alber - Northern Iowa

141:
1. Dean Heil - Oklahoma State
12. Tommy Thorn - Minnesota
16. Zach Horan - Central Michigan
19. Jake Koethe - Northern Iowa

149:
9. Jake Short - Minnesota
10. Colin Heffernan - Central Michigan
15. Matt Kraus - Arizona State
16. Anthony Collica - Oklahoma State

157:
7. Joe Smith - Oklahoma State
11. Lucas Smith - Central Michigan
13. Dylan Cottrell - West Virginia

165:
1. Alex Dieringer - Oklahoma State
8. Cooper Moore - Northern Iowa
9. Clark Glass - Oklahoma

174:
3. Kyle Crutchmer - Oklahoma State
10. Mike Ottinger - Central Michigan
20. Matt Reed - Oklahoma

184:
9. Blake Stauffer - Arizona State
19. Nolan Boyd - Oklahoma State

197:
4. Brett Pfarr - Minnesota
7. Jake Smith - West Virginia

285:
5. Austin Marsden - Oklahoma State
7. Micheal Kroells - Minnesota
9. Tanner Hall - Arizona State
14. Ross Larson - Oklahoma
15. Blaize Cabell - Northern Iowa

 

[Judoka]

And by team
Arizona State
149: Matt Kraus - 15
184: Blake Stauffer - 9
HWT: Tanner Hall - 9

Oklahoma
125: Ryan Milhoff - 14
133: Cody Brewer - 4
165: Clark Glass - 9
174: Matt Reed - 20
285: Ross Larson - 14

Oklahoma State
125: Eddie Klimara - 5
141: Dean Heil - 1
149: Anthony Collica - 16
157: Joe Smith - 7
165: Alex Dieringer - 1
174: Kyle Crutchmer - 3
184: Nolan Boyd - 19
285: Austin Marsden - 5

Central Michigan
125: Blent Fleetwood - 17
141: Zach Horan - 16
149: Colin Heffernan - 10
157: Lucas Smith - 11
174: Mike Ottinger - 10

UNI
125: Dylan Peters - 7
133: Josh Alber - 17
141: Jake Koethe - 19
165: Cooper Moore - 8
285: Blaize Cabell - 15

West Virginia
125: Zeke Moisey - 12
157: Dylan Cottrell - 13
J197: Jake Smith - 7

Minnesota
141: Tommy Thorn - 12
149: Jake Short - 9
197: Brett Pfarr - 4
285: Micheal Kroells - 7

 

[Freebird]

Thanks for the breakdown as usual!

 

[Judoka]

The Central Michigan dual is gonna be super important. They've got guys ranked just a little bit higher than us at multiple weights.

 

[Judoka]

FloWrestling has Hall 9th at 133, Moreno unranked at 149, Weatherman 11th at 165, and Weatherman 20th at 174.

 

[Judoka]

Iowa State up to 14th in the USA Today Coaches Poll (Dual strength). Arizona State receiving votes.

 

[buf87]

We have guys very capable of being ranked a lot higher, but need to get more consistent. Gabe and Lelund are top 20 guys, no doubt in my mind

 

[Land Grant]

I want to agree with you, but at a certain point they are what they're records say they are. Concentration and consistency are part of the equation in athletics excellence. The program is not delivering on that front, imo.

We have guys very capable of being ranked a lot higher, but need to get more consistent. Gabe and Lelund are top 20 guys, no doubt in my mind

 

[Judoka]

I want to agree with you, but at a certain point they are what they're records say they are. Concentration and consistency are part of the equation in athletics excellence. The program is not delivering on that front, imo.

Consistency is definitely something that's been lacking this year. I think it's fair to say that Moreno and Weatherspoon are both guys that are capable of beating anybody outside the very top tier, but also capable of losing to barely ranked or unranked wrestlers. It is going to be super important for them to peak at NCAAs. If they do they can score us some points. If they don't it'll be a short trip to New York.

 

[HGoat]

Still time for some of those guys to prove themselves, but they're running out of time. I'm also hopeful that with the new big12 tournament we will be able to sneak a couple of guys in.

 

[ISU22CY]

We have guys very capable of being ranked a lot higher, but need to get more consistent. Gabe and Lelund are top 20 guys, no doubt in my mind

Agree seem like a very bipolar group. Starting to wonder if it is a requirement for every single athletic program at our university to be this way. Football has shown it over and over, Basketball well it is starting to appear them wheels are coming off and showing, wrestling we have kids that can do such amazing things but just whiff the next time out.

 

[Judoka]

In regards to consistency, I took a quick look at our good wins and bad losses.

Larson: No real good wins, but 5 of his 8 losses are to guys ranked in the top 14 and a 6th is to a returning NCAA qualifier. The other two are to an unranked guy from Boise State.

Hall: Best win in over #10 Mack McGuire last weekend. Also has multiple wins over #17 Alber from UNI. All five of his losses are to ranked opponents. #3 Clark, #4 Brewer, #6 DiCamollo, #12 Montoya, and #18 Giraldo

Meeks/Rodriguez: Both Dante and John have their share of bad losses and both have a decision win over #19 Koethe from UNI. Meeks has wrestled Koethe twice and split with him, Dante has only wrestled him once and has the win.

Moreno: Best win is over now unranked Depalma of Kent State. His six losses are to #2 Sorenson, #4Tsirtsis, #9 Short, UR Kemerer (who is only unranked because he's a redshirt, that loss is only bad because of the score), UR Mastriani (who should be ranked soon, only unranked because he's been out with injury for a while), and UR Theobald (who is a 2x NCAA qualifier). None of his losses are really bad, but he isn't back to the level he was before his injury. He'll get a couple shots the rest of the season against guys ranked 10-20 that'll allow expectations to be set.

Breitenbach/Rodriguez-Spencer: Lots of unranked losses, no currently ranked wins.

Weatherman: Best win is a pin over #8 Moore, only other ranked wins is twice over #19 McFadden (who he's also lost to once). He has two unranked losses. 3-7 to Gobbo of Harvard and by fall to White of Columbia.

Weatherspoon: Has a decision win over #16 Mahomes but has three unranked losses in addition to losses to #8 Hammond, #9 Walters, and #12 Meyer.

Pestano: No ranked wins but his only unranked loss to a D-1 non-redshirt is getting pinned by Gabel of Northern Colorado in Vegas.

Harrington: No ranked wins, 2 of his three losses are to top 10 guys. The Conel loss isn't terrible and the Gabel win was good, but both those guys are outside the rankings. Regretabbly there aren't any teens ranked guys on the schedule, just two more top 10 guys.

Smith: All of his losses are to ranked wrestlers but he doesn't have any ranked wins.

 

[buf87]

I feel we have a lot of guys in the 20 - 35 ranked area. Really curious to see a coaches poll. They rank top 33, correct?

 

[Clark]

Looks like Penn St is going to run away with the title this year.

 

[Judoka]

I feel we have a lot of guys in the 20 - 35 ranked area. Really curious to see a coaches poll. They rank top 33, correct?

Yep, 33. Hall, Moreno, Weatherman, Spoon, and Pestano will for sure be in it the top 33. Dante and Smith probably would be. Larson and Breitenbach/Nardo would be less likely but could slip in to the last few spots. Harrington I think totally depends on how the coaches feel about the Kent State guy who beat him.

 

[Judoka]

Looks like Penn St is going to run away with the title this year.

Kind of looking that way. I think the drama is going to end up being who among Ohio State/Iowa/Oklahoma State will get left out of the top three.

 

[buf87]

Penn State looks tough with Mega, Zain, Nolf, Bo Nickel, McIntosh, and Conaway

 

[buf87]

Ok State appears to take a big hit losing Kaid Brock.

Ohio State- curious to see how Snyder does at Hwt against Gwiz, Coon, etc

Iowa - needs to keep Clark healthy.