2024 Abacus Award Top Five, and Past Winners

Abacus Award top 5:

1. Greg Kerkvliet, Penn State
2. Keegan O’Toole, Missouri
3. Aaron Brooks, Penn State
4. Jesse Mendez, Ohio State
5. David Carr, Iowa State

Past Abacus Award Winners:

2024: Greg Kerkvliet, Penn State
2023: Aaron Brooks, Penn State
2022: Gable Steveson, Minnesota
2021: not awarded
2020: Mark Hall, Penn State
2019: Jason Nolf, Penn State
2018: Spencer Lee, Iowa
2017: Zain Retherford, Penn State
2016: Zain Retherford, Penn State
2015: Logan Stieber, Ohio State
2014: David Taylor, Penn State
2013: Logan Stieber, Ohio State
2012: Ed Ruth, Penn State
2011: Jordan Oliver, Oklahoma State
2010: Jake Varner, Iowa State
2009: Jake Herbert, Northwestern

Post-Conference WrestlingByPirate Dual Impact Index

Post-Conference WrestlingByPirate Dual Impact Index (link)

Here’s how the numbers are calculated:

Individual rankings: Basically, all wrestlers set to 100 at the start of the calculation, and the opponents’ rankings having 30, 40, 50, or 60, depending on the type of victory (to correspond with dual scoring), either added or subtracted from it in each cycle. When the numbers stabilize to three digits (the one-thousandths place), the rankings are finalized for the week.

Listings are as follows:

White: NCAA Qualifiers
Yellow: Wrestlers who attempted to qualify, but did not make the NCAA Championships
Red: Other wrestlers with at least five D-1 matches at the weight class

Dual-Results (Final):

Based on the results of duals themselves. Figured the same way as the individual rankings, with each team being given +/- 30 points for a win or a loss, plus or minus one point for each match the dual is won or lost by. Criteria points are not included in this figure.

Tournament-Strength:

Done based on NCAA Championships brackets. Bonus points are included

Dual-Component (not calculated this week):

Teams are matched up in mock duals based on how the individual wrestlers are rated. Bonus points are given at a margin of 35, 45, and 55 points, to simulate major decisions, technical falls, and falls, respectively. The number listed is the number of mock duals won.

Roster-Component (not calculated this week):

Similar to the Dual-Component ranking, but includes wrestlers listed in red. Basically, what things might look like if every single coach in the country had available and used their optimal lineup.

Columns:

WL: Based on only wins and losses (Dual-Results only)

MOV: Based on only margin of victory/scoring of bonus points (Dual-Results only)

SOS: Strength of Schedule, the average ratings of your opponents minus 100

Total: Win/Loss plus MOV (Dual-Results only)

Forf Wts: Number of weights forfeited in duals due to lack of eligible wrestlers, will be zero for most schools by end of season (component rankings only, is now zero for all teams)

Police Blotter: Conference Championships Edition (Final)

125:

Thieves: Richard Figueroa, Arizona State; Mike Joyce, Brown; Brayden Palmer, Chattanooga; Kysen Terukina, Iowa State; Tristan Lujan, Michigan State; Max Gallagher, Penn
Victims: Jack Maida, American; Anthony Molton, Campbell; Diego Sotelo, Harvard; Stevo Poulin, Northern Colorado; Brendan McCrone, Ohio State; Brandon Kaylor, Oregon State

133:

Thieves: Maximilian Leete, American; Braden Basile, Army West Point; Hunter Leake, California Baptist; Cayden Rooks, Indiana; Brody Teske, Iowa; Jace Koelzer, Oklahoma; Marlon Yarbrough, Virginia; Dyson Dunham, VMI
Victims: Blake Boarman, Chattanooga; Mason Leiphart, Franklin & Marshall; Tyler Wells, Minnesota; Kade Moore, Missouri; Julian Farber, Northern Iowa; Nic Bouzakis, Ohio State; Michael Colaiocco, Penn; Vincent Santaniello, Pittsburgh

141:

Thieves: Dylan Chappell, Bucknell; Vance Vombaur, Minnesota; Josh Edmond, Missouri; Cole Matthews, Pittsburgh
Victims: Vince Cornella, Cornell; Kal Miller, Maryland; Jack Gioffre, Virginia; Jordan Titus, West Virginia

149:

Thieves: Jack Crook, Harvard; Logan Gioffre, Missouri; Jeffrey Boyd, The Citadel
Victims: Noah Castillo, Chattanooga; Jude Swisher, Penn; Alek Martin, South Dakota State

157:

Thieves: Nick Stampolous, Buffalo; Legend Lamer, Cal Poly; Sonny Santiago, North Carolina; Isaac Wilcox, Ohio State; Jared Hill, Oklahoma
Victims: Alejandro Herrera-Rondon, Clarion; Matty Bianchi, Little Rock; Michael Blockhus, Minnesota; Vinny Zerban, Northern Colorado; Bryce Andonian, Virginia Tech

165:

Thieves: Evan Maag, George Mason; Chris Moore, Illinois; Jake Logan, Lehigh; Blaine Brenner, Minnesota; Jack Thomsen, Northern Iowa; Nick Hamilton, Virginia
Victims: Noah Mulvaney, Bucknell; Caleb Fish, Michigan State; Derek Fields, NC State; Garrett Thompson, Ohio; Bryce Hepner, Ohio State; Cael Carlson, Oklahoma

174:

Thieves: Cael Valencia, Arizona State; Myles Takats, Bucknell; Benny Baker, Cornell; Andrew Sparks, Minnesota; Alex Faison, NC State; Brody Baumann, Purdue; Michael Wilson, Rider
Victims: Noah Fox, Franklin & Marshall; Donnell Washington, Indiana; Tyler Brennan, Little Rock; Danny Wask, Navy; Sal Perrine, Ohio; Carter Starocci, Penn State; Luca Augustine, Pittsburgh

184:

Thieves: Tomas Brooker, Appalachian State; Malachi DuVall, George Mason; Anthony D’Alesio, LIU; Colton Hawks, Missouri; David Key, Navy
Victims: Mikey Bartush, Bucknell; Jha’Quan Anderson, Gardner-Webb; Will Feldkamp, Iowa State; Matt Zuber, Northern Illinois; Maximus Hale, Penn

197:

Thieves: Jack Wehmeyer, Columbia; Luke Surber, Oklahoma State; Krystian Kinsey, Virginia
Victims: John Crawford, Franklin & Marshall; Evan Bockman, Utah Valley; Andy Smith, Virginia Tech

285:

Thieves: Nick Willham, Indiana; Josiah Hill, Little Rock; Nash Hutmacher, Nebraska; Jordan Greer, Ohio
Victims: Trevor Tinker, Cal Poly; Seth Nevills, Maryland; Bennett Tabor, Minnesota; Jacobi Jackson, Northern Illinois