NCAA DI Individual Wrestler Power Ranking for 2009-2010
The top 25 NCAA Division I wrestlers eligible to compete in the 2009-2010 season have been ranked across weight classes. A power ranking formula was created to compare performance. No subjective information was used to rank the wrestlers except for arriving at the power point system which was applied the same for each wrestler.
The formula weighs the following factors for each wrestler:
- Points are awarded for performance placing in the top 8 of the NCAA Championships.
- 2009′s championship performance is more heavily weighted than performance in previous years.
- A formula is used to weigh the strength of each weight class. Weight class strength varies from year to year.
Note, assumptions were made to identify strength of weight classes in years 2008, 2007, 2006, and 2005 as the wrestler’s year of eligibility is not identified in brackets for those years. If anyone has a source for that information, please send me an email.
| Rank | Wrestler | School | Weight | Eligibility | Power Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake Varner | Iowa St | 197 | Sr | 30.91 |
| 2 | Mike Pucillo | Ohio St | 184 | RSSR | 24.75 |
| 3 | Frank Gomez | Mich St | 133 | RSSR | 24.18 |
| 4 | Jordan Burroughs | Nebraska | 157 | Sr | 21.63 |
| 5 | Brent Metcalf | Iowa | 149 | RSSR | 21.53 |
| 6 | Craig Brester | Nebraska | 197 | RSSR | 20.97 |
| 7 | Jayson Ness | Minn | 133 | RSSR | 20.37 |
| 8 | Hudson Taylor | Maryland | 197 | RSSR | 19.41 |
| 9 | Troy Nickerson | Cornell | 125 | RSSR | 18.85 |
| 10 | Jared Rosholt | Okla St | 285 | RSSR | 18.15 |
| 11 | Darrion Caldwell | N. Carolina St | 149 | Jr | 17.97 |
| 12 | Mark Ellis | Missouri | 285 | Sr | 17.12 |
| 13 | Angel Escobedo | Indiana | 125 | RSSR | 15.47 |
| 14 | Nick Gallick | Iowa St | 141 | Sr | 15.03 |
| 15 | Konrad Dudziak | Duke | 285 | RSJR | 14.55 |
| 16 | Andrew Howe | Wisconsin | 165 | So | 14.48 |
| 17 | Reece Humphrey | Ohio St | 133 | RSSR | 14.48 |
| 18 | Mike Miller | Central Mich | 174 | RSJR | 13.17 |
| 19 | Lance Palmer | Ohio St | 149 | Sr | 12.92 |
| 20 | James Kennedy | Illinois | 133 | Sr | 12.09 |
| 21 | Phillip Keddy | Iowa | 184 | RSSR | 11.98 |
| 22 | Ryan Morningstar | Iowa | 165 | RSSR | 11.92 |
| 23 | Jonathan Reader | Iowa St | 165 | Jr | 11.24 |
| 24 | Kyle Ruschell | Wisconsin | 149 | RSSR | 10.39 |
| 25 | Daniel Erekson | Iowa | 285 | Sr | 10.27 |
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It is difficult to see how Rosholt is ahead of both Ellis and Dudziak who were an overtime close in last year’s NCAA finals. Dudziak beat Rosholt (again overtime) and should be ranked ahead.
Same for Caldwell over Metcalf with 2 wins to one over him. Of course, it is difficult to have a formula that makes everyone happy. Appreciate your efforts
Thanks for the feedback.
There are 2 areas of the formula that are problematic, and I don’t know how to deal with it. The first one is if a wrestler redshirts in the year before the current year, they take a big hit for that because they get zero points for 2008. Points in 2008 are weighed more heavily than points in 2007. On the other hand, should a wrestler who performed that year not have an advantage in the formula? I don’t know.
The other problem is i didn’t have information in years 2008, ’07, ’06, and ’05 for each of the weight classes, so I made an assumption that may not hold true for those years. The one input i’m missing for those years is the year of eligibilty for each of the wrestlers in each bracket. If I could get that, I would rework the ranking with the new information.