12-8-15 Intermat Rankings

[Judoka]

Weekly Intermat rankings are up. Big shakeups overall after Vegas, including a new #1 at 133. Still four Iowa State guys ranked. At 133, Earl Hall stays steady at #7. At 149, Gabe Moreno falls to #17 from his #16 spot last week. Jake Short from Minnesota, the guy who beat him, went from unranked to #10 (Short beat a couple ranked guys last weekend). At 165 Tanner Weatherman goes from #12 to #14. He pinned #10 Moore and beat #18 McFadden but also lost to #20 Gobbo and unranked White. Lelund Weatherspoon takes a big fall from #11 to #17 after losing to #8 Hammond and unranked Barrick but beating #20 Mahomes over the weekend.

#1s, State of Iowa, and Big XII ranked guys below. We wrestle Wyoming on Saturday so they are in italics.

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

133:
1. Nahshon Garrett - Cornell
2. Cody Brewer - Oklahoma
3. Cory Clark - Iowa
7. Earl Hall - Iowa State
15. Josh Alber - Northern Iowa
16. Josh Martinez - Air Force

141:
1. Dean Heil - Oklahoma State
15. Bryce Meredith - Wyoming

149:
1. Zain Retherford - Penn State
2. Brandon Sorensen - Iowa
11. Anthony Collica - Oklahoma State
16. Davion Jeffries - Oklahoma
17. Gabe Moreno - Iowa State

157:
1. Isaiah Martinez - Illinois
6. Cody Pack - South Dakota State
13. Dylan Cottrell - West Virginia

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

174:
1. Brain Realbuto - Cornell
2. Kyle Crutchmer - Oklahoma State
3. Alex Meyer - Iowa
13. Ben Stroh - Wyoming
17. Lelund Weatherspoon - Iowa State
18. Matt Reed - Oklahoma

184:
1. Gabe Dean - Cornell
8. Sammy Brooks - Iowa
12. Hayden Zillmer - North Dakota State
15. Nolan Boyd - Oklahoma State

197:
1. Morgan McIntosh - Penn State
4. Nathan Burak - Iowa
8. Jake Smith - West Virginia
14. Nathan Rotert - South Dakota State
20. Derek Thomas - Utah Valley

HWT:
1. Nick Gwiazdowski - NC State
4. Austin Marsden - Oklahoma State
7. Ross Larson - Oklahoma
10. Blaize Cabell - Northern Iowa
20. Tanner Harms - Wyoming

Team Tournament:
1. Penn State (110.5)
2. Oklahoma State (100.5)
3. Iowa (88.5)
13. Oklahoma (36)
24. UNI (20)

Team Dual:
1. Penn State
2. Iowa
6. Oklahoma State
9. Oklahoma
16. Iowa State
24. West Virginia

 

[Judoka]

Flowrestling has Hall 7th, Moreno unranked, Weatherman 13th, and Weatherspoon 12th.

 

[Judoka]

Did a quick look at NCAA qualification progress since we've had four duals and one big tournament, giving a large enough sample size for it to be worth checking uot. 17 D-1 matches are required to be eligible for an RPI and a wrestler has to meet 2 out of 3 of a top 29(ish) RPI, a top 29(ish) Coaches Panel ranking, and a .700 D-1 win percentage. Remembering that the Big XII Championship is a qualifying event again so earning a bid just gives an allocation to the conference, so guys that are outside have the ability to steal a spot from another wrestler in Kansas City.

125:
Larson is 11-5 (.688) overall but only has a 1-4 (.200) record against D-1 competition. He might show up on the fringe of the coaches poll but I wouldn't count on it. His RPI will definitely be up there though. He's unlikely to earn a bid if he continues like this throughout the season. But there will be a lot of NCAA spots to go around at the Big XII tournament.

133:
Hall is 11-3 (.786) overall with a 7-3 (.700) record against D-1 competition. He's in the rankings for sure and probably also the RPI. Barring a total dropoff he's a lock for an NCAA bid.

141:
Dante is 10-3 (.769) with a 9-2 (.818) record against D-1 competition. He'd likely show up in the mid 20s in the coaches panel. Not sure about RPI but the first two would get him a spot. He's on track to earn a bid at 141.

149:
Moreno is 4-2 (.667) overall with a 3-2 (.600) record against D-1 competition. He'd be in the coaches panel for sure but needs matches to be eligible for an RPI. I'm not worried he won't recover, but right now he's behind the ball on earning an NCAA bid. We have 8 regular duals plus Midlands plus the Virginia Duals left, so he can't miss too many more events and still get to 17 D-1 matches.

157:
Breitenbach is 5-5 (.500) overall with a 3-4 (.429) record against D-1 competition. Rodriguez-Spencer is 9-4 (.692) overall with a 4-3 (.571) record against D-1 competition. Not sure if either would show up in the Coaches Panel or RPI right now. I'd say that we're out at 157 at the moment, but not irrecoverably so. Another decent win or two for Breitenbach would put him into the Coaches Panel.

165:
Weatherman is 12-4 (.750) overall with a 9-3 (.750) record against D-1 competition. He'd be in the Coaches Panel for sure so doesn't need to worry about RPI. Barring a total dropoff he's a lock for an NCAA bid.

174:
Weatherspoon is 9-4 (.692) overall with a 6-4 (.600) record against D-1 competition. He'd be in the coaches panel for sure but I'm not certain about RPI. I think he's still on track for a bid but can't afford many more bad losses.

184:
Pestano is 12-5 (.706) overall with an 8-4 (.667) record against D-1 competition. He might show up in the fringes of the coaches panel or RPI but I'm not certain. If he stays the guy at 184 the rest of the season he's slightly behind the ball on getting an NCAA bid but in a better spot than 157.

197:
Apparently this is a weight class that some teams have people at.

HWT:
Smith is 9-3 (.750) overall with a 4-2 (.667) record against D-1 competition. He might show up in the fringes of the coaches panel or RPI but I'm not certain. Like at 184, I'd say he's slightly behind the ball on getting an NCAA bid right now.

 

[HGoat]

Thanks for the analysis Judoka. We've got our work cut out for us.