NCAA Releases Final Wrestling Coaches' Rankings and Championship Allocations
2/27/2025 3:09:00 PM | Wrestling
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Big 12 garnered 61 pre-allocations for the 2025 NCAA Division I Championship, the committee announced Thursday, Feb. 27. The conference received the second-most allocations for any Division I league behind the Big 10 earning 87.
The pre-allocations were determined by using a sliding scale of the three standards, win percentage, coaches' rank, and RPI ranking: while never going below the base of .700 winning percentage, top 30 coaches' ranking and top 30 RPI ranking until reaching the maximum of 29 wrestlers per weight class.
For each wrestler that reached the threshold in at least two of the three categories, his conference tournament was awarded a qualifying spot in that weight class. Each conference is awarded a minimum of one automatic qualification per weight class, which will go to the tournament champion, even if they did not have any wrestlers reach at least two of the three thresholds. NCAA championship spots for each qualifying event will be awarded at conference tournaments based solely on place-finish.
After all the conference tournaments have concluded, the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee will meet in-person to select the remaining 43 at-large qualifiers, which will be announced on March 11, while brackets and seeding will be announced on NCAA.com at 7 p.m. on March 12. All weight classes will consist of 33 wrestlers.
Last season, Tiger Style qualified nine of 10 wrestlers at the Big 12 Tournament, with one earning an at-large bid. Brackets and seeds for the 2025 conference tournament will be announced Monday, March 4.
Additionally, Missouri has seven of its 10 wrestlers ranked in the third and final NCAA coaches' rankings with four in the top 15 of their respective weight classes.
The Tigers head to Tulsa, Oklahoma to compete in the Big 12 Championship beginning on Saturday, March 8.
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Big 12 Pre-Allocation by Weight Class
125 | 7
133 | 6
141 | 7
149 | 6
157 | 7
165 | 7
174 | 6
184 | 7
197 | 4
285 | 4
Third NCAA Coaches Rankings
125 | No. 33 Gage Walker
141 | No. 15 Josh Edmond
157 | No. 26 James Conway
165 | No. 14 Cam Steed
174 | No. 5 Keegan O'Toole
184 | No. 11 Colton Hawks
285 | No. 29 Seth Nitzel
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