NCAA Announces Final Wrestling Rankings and Championship Allocations
2/26/2026 10:27:00 AM | Wrestling
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Big 12 earned 61 pre-allocations for the 2026 NCAA Division I Championship, the committee announced Thursday, Feb. 26. 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 42 at-large qualifiers, which will be announced on March 10, while brackets and seeding will be announced on NCAA.com at 8 p.m. on March 11. All weight classes will consist of 33 wrestlers.
Last season, Tiger Style qualified six of 10 wrestlers at the Big 12 Championship, with three earning an at-large bid. Brackets and seeds for the 2026 conference tournament will be announced Monday, March 2. Allocations by weight class and Mizzou rankings are listed below.
Additionally, Missouri has nine of its 10 wrestlers ranked in the third and final NCAA coaches' rankings, with three in the top 15 of their respective weight classes.
The Tigers head to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to compete in the Big 12 Championship beginning on Friday, March 6.
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Big 12 Pre-Allocation by Weight Class
125 | 5
133 | 8
141 | 7
149 | 5
157 | 5
165 | 4
174 | 7
184 | 8
197 | 8
285 | 6
Third NCAA Coaches Rankings
125 | No. 27 Mack Mauger
133 | No. 28 Gage Walker
149 | No. 20 Josh Edmond
157 | No. 29 Teague Travis
165 | No. 26 Max Mayfield
174 | No. 10 Cam Steed
184 | No. 2 Aeoden Sinclair
197 | No. 11 Evan Bates
285 | No. 24 Jarrett Stoner
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