NCAA Wrestling - Allocations

[theshadow]

CONF	125	133	141	149	157	165	174	184	197	285	Total
Atlantic Coast Conference	5	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	39
Big 12 Conference	5	8	7	5	5	4	7	8	8	6	63
Big Ten Conference	9	8	7	9	8	9	10	8	10	9	87
Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association	2	2	3	1	2	4	3	3	2	4	26
Ivy League	2	2	3	3	4	3	2	1	1	2	23
Mid-American Conference	2	4	2	4	4	2	2	3	2	2	27
Pacific-12 Conference	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	13
Southern Conference	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
Pre-Allocations	28	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	29	29	288
At-Large	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	42

NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee releases qualifying tournament allocations for 2026 championships

The NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee has announced the pre- allocation spots for the 2026 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships as listed in the chart below.

www.ncaa.com

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[theshadow]

Final RPI and CR were not included with the original allocation release, but I assume they'll be coming out at some point.

 

[buf87]

Southern and Pac 12 need to join. 23 total allocations and I bet over half are guaranteed because of the champion gets a freebie

 

[theshadow]

Coaches Rankings (PDF)

RPI (PDF)

Quick scan shows 8 ISU guys earned from CR and RPI.

The other 2 (E. Frost, Elam) likely did from CR and Win%.

 

[OKClones]

My biggest concerns for automatic qualifiers is Jacob Frost and Euton.
5 at 149 and 4 at 165. Neither guys have looked good recently.

 

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Coaches Rankings (PDF)

RPI (PDF)

Quick scan shows 8 ISU guys earned from CR and RPI.

The other 2 (E. Frost, Elam) likely did from CR and Win%.

Evan had 90% win and Elam had 100%, so yes both earned silver from CR and Win %age

 

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(Coaches, RPI, Win %age)
Poulin got Silver (11,11, 64%)
Evan got Silver (5, NA, 90%)
Ech got Gold (3, 6, 89%)
Jacob got Gold (9, 21, 75%)
Vinny got Gold (7, 6, 87%)
Euton got Silver (13, 22, 68%)
MJ probably got Silver (12, 14, 69%) Just missing 70%
Dean got Gold (12 ,10, 74%)
Elam got Silver (2, NA, 100%)
Yonger got Gold (1, 4, 100%)

These are based off Wrestlestat
In Bold is what they missed. Using an allocation line of 26-27 for RPI and Coaches and 70% win

 

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Former Cyclones
125 - Kysen Terukina (North Carolina) - Gold allocation (18, 13, 73%)
133 - Zach Redding (NC State) - Silver allocation (21,23, 56%)
149 - Casey Swiderski (Ok State) - Silver Allocation (7, 8, 67%)
285 - Christain Carroll (Wyoming) - Gold Allocation (7,7, 79%)
285 - Nate Schon (Drexel) - Gold Allocation (22, 19, 76%)

 

[jkbuff98]

 

[buf87]

125 - Petersen
133 - Drake
149 - Block
165 - Caliendo
174 - Kennedy
285 - Keuter

141 - Is Bailey still wrestling? last on 1/30 against Minnesota
157 - VV, no Williams
184 - Ferrari, last wrestled 1/16. Not sure he is eligible for an allocation
197 - Arnold??? - no one will earn an allocation at 197 for Iowa

 

[TheJackWePack5]

My biggest concerns for automatic qualifiers is Jacob Frost and Euton.
5 at 149 and 4 at 165. Neither guys have looked good recently.

Even though Jacob hasn’t looked great, he should still absolutely place top 5 at 149. It’s just not a great weight.

Euton however, wasn’t competitive with Ruiz or Lockett last go round. Should be competitive with Downey and Mayfield but I could definitely see him not placing top 4.

 

[jkbuff98]

125 - Petersen
133 - Drake
149 - Block
165 - Caliendo
174 - Kennedy
285 - Keuter

141 - Is Bailey still wrestling? last on 1/30 against Minnesota
157 - VV, no Williams
184 - Ferrari, last wrestled 1/16. Not sure he is eligible for an allocation
197 - Arnold??? - no one will earn an allocation at 197 for Iowa

Justin Basch saying Petersen did not earn an allocation at 125 - so 5

 

[buf87]

Brands does some crazy things when it comes to allocations. The Teske deal a few years ago was a head scratcher also

 

[JM4CY]

I ask this every year I know. Explain to me like I’m an idiot what the difference between a gold and silver one is

 

[buf87]

I ask this every year I know. Explain to me like I’m an idiot what the difference between a gold and silver one is

Gold is meeting Coaches Ranking, RPI & Win #age(~70%)

Silver is meeting 2 of 3

Need to have at least silver to earn an allocation

Whether it is a silver or gold allocation has no affect on seeding

 

[iastatefan1]

Gold is meeting Coaches Ranking, RPI & Win #age(~70%)

Silver is meeting 2 of 3

Need to have at least silver to earn an allocation

Whether it is a silver or gold allocation has no affect on seeding

So it doesn't seem to effect anything at all other than calling it gold or silver? Or if you earned a gold one and you dont earn a spot does it make you automatically preferred for an at large?

 

[CoachHines3]

I ask this every year I know. Explain to me like I’m an idiot what the difference between a gold and silver one is

well u r a idiot soo

 

[buf87]

So it doesn't seem to effect anything at all other than calling it gold or silver? Or if you earned a gold one and you dont earn a spot does it make you automatically preferred for an at large?

Only gives the conference a spot in the NCAA tournament. The wrestler still has to place among the amount of allocations that were earned.

If you don’t place high enough to get one of the allocations, you do have a higher chance to get one of the at large berths