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College Wrestling Dual Rankings: 2/18/14

BSD ranks the teams following NWCA National Duals.

Andrew Carpenean-US PRESSWIRE

If Dylan Ness is going to pin every ranked wrestler he faces, then Minnesota is not losing the top spot. In the NWCA National Duals final, with Cornell barely breathing, Ness decked Big Red's #10 Realbuto off a first period scramble - and that was the ballgame. An 11-3 Minnesota lead thru 4 weights ballooned to an insurmountable 17-3 advantage at the half, with J Robinson having top-5 ammo in his back pocket from 174 - 285.

J Rob didn't need it. A #14 Palacio overtime fall of Danny Zilberberg, and a #3 Gabe Dean OT2 win over #8 Steinhouse provided some second half entertainment. But J Rob kept 2x defending NCAA champ Tony Nelson off the mat, and the Gophers stomped the life out of Cornell, 24-15. The top 3 teams - Minnesota, Penn State, and Iowa - are simply a cut above everyone else.

BSD Rank Last Week Team Wins Losses Top 20 W's Top 20 L's Last Result
1 1 Minnesota 12 1 9 1 W, 25-10 at Ohio State; W, 24-15 vs. Cornell
2 2 Penn State 14 1 9 1 W, 23-12 vs. Okie State
3 3 Iowa 14 2 7 2 W, 26-6 at Lehigh
4 4 Northern Iowa 12 0 4 0 W, 21-12 vs Purdue
5 9 Oklahoma State 9 5 3 5 L, 12-23 at Penn State
6 6 Cornell 12 1 2 1 W, 23-20 vs. Oklahoma; L, 15-24 vs Minn
7 7 Michigan 11 4 7 3 W, 18-13 at Pitt
8 8 Nebraska 11 2 5 2 IDLE
9 10 Missouri 9 2 2 2 W, 21-9 vs. Old Dominion
10 14 Ohio State 12 5 3 5 L, 10-25 vs. Minnesota; W 23-16 vs OU
11 5 Pitt 12 3 4 3 L, 16-17 vs. Edinboro; L, 13-18 vs. Michigan
12 12 Oklahoma 11 5 3 4 L, 20-23 vs. Cornell, L, 16-23 at Ohio State
13 11 Wisconsin 12 4 6 2 IDLE
14 13 UVA 18 3 3 3 W, 34-3 vs. George Mason
15 15 Edinboro 9 3 2 3 W, 17-16 at Pitt
16 18 Virginia Tech 17 4 4 4 L, 0-34 vs. Cornell; W, 22-17 vs. Chatt, W, 22-15 vs. CMU
17 UR Oregon State 11 7 3 5 W, 18-17 vs Illinois
18 UR Central Michigan 10 10 1 7 W, 19-13 vs. Illinois; W, 19-18 vs. IaSt; L, 15-22 vs. VaTech
19 16 NDSU 10 6 2 6 W, 28-10 vs. Chatt; L, 14-23 vs. Oregon St
20 17 Chattanooga 14 7 1 6 L, 10-28 vs. NDSU; L, 17-22 vs. VaTech

Northern Iowa is now the lone unbeaten. But how does #5 Oklahoma State lose to #2 Penn State by a 12-23 score, and climb 4 spots in the BSD rankings? Because they're better than everyone below them, despite two holes at 184 and 197. Cornell proved that with its narrow win over OU, and by getting boat-raced by Goldy. Credit former #5 Pitt with an assist, after dropping a pair of duals to Edinboro (on 3rd or 4th criteria) and Michigan this weekend, as well.

Welcome #17 Oregon State back into the land of the ranked, after they finished 4th/5th at National Duals. And give a hearty hello to new #18 Central Michigan, who beat Illinois and Iowa State to finish 7th/8th. The Chippewas wrestled well.

Dropped From The Rankings

Last Week Team Wins Losses Top 20 W's Top 20 L's Last Result
19 Iowa State 9 8 1 5 L, 16-19 vs. Kent St; L, 18-19 vs. CMU
20 Stanford 15 5 1 3 L, 19-20 at Northwestern

Stanford spent a single week among the living. Then they traveled to Evanston, received a forfeit at 174, and still lost to the Cats. Iowa State's weekend wasn't much better. The National Duals 5-seed lost to unranked Kent State and Central Michigan, and did not place, despite 8 out of 14 teams claiming a place. Not good times in Ames.

Others Receiving Votes

Last Week Team Wins Losses Top 20 W's Top 20 L's Last Result
NR Northwestern 7 7 1 6 W, 20-19 vs. Stanford
NR Illinois 8 8 0 7 L, 17-18 Oregon St; L, 13-19 Cent. Michigan
NR Kent State 11 11 2 8 W, 19-16 vs Iowa State; L, 4-32 at Ohio St
NR Lehigh 8 6 1 4 L, 6-26 vs. Iowa
NR Old Dominion 8 9 2 5 L, 9-29 at Missouri

I should have mentioned ODU last week. The Monarchs had a disappointing loss to Mizzou, but Steve Martin's fellas have had a great season. Their 2 wins over top 20 squads equals Cornell.

Illinois' freshmen-laded squad oozes talent, but bleeds for lack of consistency.

The Week In Upsets

Wt Upset
125 Youtsey (Mich) dec. #20 Zanetta (Pitt), 5-3SV
133 Bruno (Mich) dec. #19 Mack (Pitt), 6-1
133 Gustafson (VaTech) maj. #13 Soto (UTC), 14-5
133 #8 Thorn (MN) dec. #5 DiJulius (OSU), 8-5
141 Dutton (Mich) dec. #19 Bright (Pitt), 6-1
141 Sabatello (Purdue) dec. #16 Lazor (UNI), 14-10
141 Gardner (Lehigh) dec. #9 Dziewa (Iowa), 5-3
149 #17 Neibert (VaTech) dec. #10 Sakaguchi (ORSt), 10-6
149 Patten (UNI) dec. #20 Nelsen (Purdue), 2-0
149 #6 Villalonga (Cornell) dec. #2 Maple (OU), 3-1SV
157 Mastriani (VaTech) WBF #20 Smith (CMU)
157 LaValle (Mizzou) dec. #17 Warner (ODU), 7-2
165 Morelli (Pitt) dec. #6 Yates (Mich), 3-1
174 England (Mizzou) dec. #15 Curling (ODU), 10-3
174 Kissel (Purdue) dec. #20 Caldwell (UNI), 4-2
174 Marsh (Kent St) dec. #8 Weatherman (ISU), 8-7
174 #9 Ottinger (CMU) dec. #8 Weatherman (ISU), 4-3
197 Bennett (Cornell) WBF #20 Penny (VaTech)
197 #7 Heflin (OSU) dec. #5 Rutt (OU), 6-3
197 #7 Heflin (OSU) dec. #3 Schiller (MN), 8-4
285 Peck (UTC) WBF Walz (VaTech), 2:10
285 Shaw (Cleveland St) dec. Velasco (Rider), 8-3

Tip of the BSD ballcap to Nick Heflin, who beat a pair of top-5 guys on Monday, back-to-back. And credit to Kevin Dresser and Virginia Tech. They shook off the injuries and an opening round 34-0 beating from Cornell, to come back strong at National Duals, finishing 4th/5th, in no small part to some solid upsets from their first 6 weights.