INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has announced the pre-allocations and first coaches ranking for the 2021 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.

The weight class conference champion in each qualifying tournament will earn an automatic qualifier to the national championships. Each conference was awarded additional pre-allocations based on the five-year average (2016-20) of pre-allocations earned by the conference in each weight class.

In recent years, pre-allocations have been determined by a formula measuring Division I winning percentage, ratings percentage index and coaches’ ranking. A decrease in overall matches, and in particular non-conference matches, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, led the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee to transition to using the five-year historical average to determine pre-allocations for 2021. For any adjustments in conference alignment over the last five years, historical pre-allocations stayed with the conference where they were earned. The competition status of schools for 2021 also did not impact the calculation of pre-allocations.

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“The committee knew that there wasn’t going to be enough regular-season competition to utilize the existing process where wrestlers earned pre-allocations for their conference based on regular season performance,” said Karen Langston, senior associate athletics director at California State University, Bakersfield and chair of the wrestling committee. “The option to utilize the five-year historical average was an equitable alternative, and the way it worked out has opened more at-large spots this year for deserving wrestlers who don’t qualify through their conference tournament.”

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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIER BREAKDOWN
Conference	125	133	141	149	157	165	174	184	197	285	PA	AQ	Total
ACC	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	23	10	33
Big 12	4	4	3	4	2	4	3	3	4	4	35	10	45
Big Ten	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	5	6	66	10	76
EIWA	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	3	35	10	45
MAC	3	4	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	25	10	35
Pac-12	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	9	10	19
Southern	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	10	13

Pre-Allocation	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	19	20	196
Automatic Qualifier	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7		70
At-Large	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	6			64
Total	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33			330

Note: The number under each weight class is the number of pre-allocations. Add the automatic qualifier for the conference tournament champion to account for the total qualifying spots available at each weight for each conference tournament (i.e ACC 125 has 2 pre-allocations plus 1 AQ to account for 3 total NCAA spots available at that weight

After the conference tournaments have concluded, the Division I Wrestling Committee will meet in-person to select the remaining at-large qualifiers to fill out the 33-man bracket in each weight class, which will be announced March 9, while brackets and seeding will be announced on ncaa.com at 6 p.m. March 10.

The coaches’ rankings are determined by a vote of 14 coaches in each weight class with two head coaches from each conference. For ranking purposes, coaches may only consider a wrestler that has been designated as a starter at a respective weight class. For the first ranking, wrestlers must have two Division I matches in the weight class to be considered with at least one within the last 30 days.

Seven different schools are represented by the 10 wrestlers ranked at the top of their weight class in this opening ranking of the season covering matches through Sunday, February 7. Spencer Lee at 125 pounds, Jaydin Eierman at 141 and Michael Kemerer at 174 give Iowa three wrestlers ranked at the top of their weight class. Virginia Tech is the only other school with multiple top-ranked wrestlers with former NCAA champion Mekhi Lewis at 165 pounds and Hunter Bolen at 184.

The additional top-ranked wrestlers include Roman Bravo-Young of Penn State at 133 pounds, Sammy Sasso of Ohio State at 149, Hayden Hidlay of NC State at 157, Eric Schultz of Nebraska at 197 and Gable Steveson of Minnesota at heavyweight.

A full description of the entire selection process for the 2021 Division I Wrestling Championships is available at ncaa.org.

NCAA Division I Wrestling Coaches Rank - Through Matches of Feb. 7

125 POUNDS
RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE
1	Spencer Lee	Iowa	Big Ten
2	Drew Hildebrandt	Central Michigan	MAC
3	Brandon Courtney	Arizona St.	Pac 12
4	Sam Latona	Virginia Tech	ACC
5	Jakob Camacho	NC State	ACC
6	Taylor LaMont	Utah Valley	Big 12
7	Liam Cronin	Nebraska	Big Ten
8	Michael DeAugustino	Northwestern	Big Ten
9	Brody Teske	Northern Iowa	Big 12
10	Patrick Mckee	Minnesota	Big Ten
11	Devin Schroder	Purdue	Big Ten
12	Dylan Ragusin	Michigan	Big Ten
13	Malik Heinselman	Ohio St.	Big Ten
14	RayVon Foley	Michigan St.	Big Ten
15	Trevor Mastrogiovanni	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
16	Justin Cardani	Illinois	Big Ten
17	Codi Russell	Appalachian St.	SoCon
18	Connor Brown	Missouri	MAC
19	Eric Barnett	Wisconsin	Big Ten
20	Brock Hudkins	Indiana	Big Ten
21	Fabian Gutierrez	Chattanooga	SoCon
22	Jaret Lane	Lehigh	EIWA
23	Jake Ferri	Kent St.	MAC
24	Killian Cardinale	West Virginia	Big 12
25	Logan Treaster	Navy	EIWA
26	Daniel Vega	South Dakota St.	Big 12
27	Cody Phippen	Air Force	Big 12
28	Brandon Kaylor	Oregon St.	Pac 12
29	Nic Aguilar	Rutgers	Big Ten
30	Jackson DiSario	Stanford	Pac 12
31	Dylan Ryder	Hofstra	EIWA
32	Micah Roes	Binghamton	EIWA
33	Jonathon Tropea	Rider	MAC

133 POUNDS
RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE
1	Roman Bravo-Young	Penn St.	Big Ten
2	Austin DeSanto	Iowa	Big Ten
3	Micky Phillippi	Pittsburgh	ACC
4	Sammy Alvarez	Rutgers	Big Ten
5	Korbin Myers	Virginia Tech	ACC
6	Michael McGee	Arizona St.	Pac 12
7	Louie Hayes	Virginia	ACC
8	Jaime Hernandez	North Carolina	ACC
9	Matt Schmitt	Missouri	MAC
10	Jarrett Trombley	NC State	ACC
11	Kyle Biscoglia	Northern Iowa	Big 12
12	Mosha Schwartz	Northern Colorado	Big 12
13	Lucas Byrd	Illinois	Big Ten
14	Chris Cannon	Northwestern	Big Ten
15	Zach Price	South Dakota St.	Big 12
16	Jared Van Vleet	Air Force	Big 12
17	Job Greenwood	Wyoming	Big 12
18	Brandon Ty Smith	Utah Valley	Big 12
19	Ryan Sullivan	West Virginia	Big 12
20	Jordan Decatur	Ohio St.	Big Ten
21	Boo Dryden	Minnesota	Big Ten
22	Devan Turner	Oregon St.	Pac 12
23	Darren Miller	Bucknell	EIWA
24	Jason Miranda	Stanford	Pac 12
25	Andrew Marten	Central Michigan	MAC
26	Paul Bianchi	Little Rock	Pac 12
27	Kellyn March	North Dakota St.	Big 12
28	Bryce West	Northern Illinois	MAC
28	Mario Guillen	Ohio	MAC
30	Anthony Madrigal	Oklahoma	Big 12
31	Haiden Drury	Fresno St.	Big 12
32	Malyke Hines	Lehigh	EIWA
33	Zach Redding	Iowa St.	Big 12

141 POUNDS
RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE
1	Jaydin Eierman	Iowa	Big Ten
2	Nick Lee	Penn St.	Big Ten
3	Sebastian Rivera	Rutgers	Big Ten
4	Allan Hart	Missouri	MAC
5	Chad Red	Nebraska	Big Ten
6	Ian Parker	Iowa St.	Big 12
7	Dom Demas	Oklahoma	Big 12
8	Tariq Wilson	NC State	ACC
9	Zachary Sherman	North Carolina	ACC
10	Cody Trybus	Navy	EIWA
11	Dresden Simon	Central Michigan	MAC
12	DJ Lloren	Fresno St.	Big 12
13	Dylan Duncan	Illinois	Big Ten
14	Brian Courtney	Virginia	ACC
15	Grant Willits	Oregon St.	Pac 12
16	Clay Carlson	South Dakota St.	Big 12
17	Cole Matthews	Pittsburgh	ACC
18	Saul Ervin	SIU Edwardsville	MAC
19	Drew Mattin	Michigan	Big Ten
20	Marcos Polanco	Minnesota	Big Ten
21	Derek Spann	Buffalo	MAC
22	Lenny Petersen	Air Force	Big 12
23	Sam Hillegas	Virginia Tech	ACC
24	Dusty Hone	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
25	Zack Trampe	Binghamton	EIWA
26	Peter LiPari	Arizona St.	Pac 12
27	Lawrence Saenz	Cal Poly	Pac 12
28	Parker Filius	Purdue	Big Ten
29	Angelo Martinoni	CSU Bakersfield	Pac 12
30	Chase Zollmann	Wyoming	Big 12
31	Lane Peters	Army West Point	EIWA
32	Christopher Sandoval	Northern Colorado	Big 12
33	Franco Valdes	Chattanooga	SoCon

149 POUNDS
RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE
1	Sammy Sasso	Ohio St.	Big Ten
2	Austin O`Connor	North Carolina	ACC
3	Brock Mauller	Missouri	MAC
4	Boo Lewallen	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
5	Max Murin	Iowa	Big Ten
6	Jarrett Degen	Iowa St.	Big 12
7	Kanen Storr	Michigan	Big Ten
8	Michael Carr	Illinois	Big Ten
9	Griffin Parriott	Purdue	Big Ten
10	Bryce Andonian	Virginia Tech	ACC
11	Yahya Thomas	Northwestern	Big Ten
12	Legend Lamer	Cal Poly	Pac 12
13	Joshua Heil	Campbell	SoCon
14	Jonathan Millner	Appalachian St.	SoCon
15	Mitch Moore	Oklahoma	Big 12
16	Jaden Abas	Stanford	Pac 12
17	Graham Rooks	Indiana	Big Ten
18	Casey Cobb	Navy	EIWA
19	PJ Ogunsanya	Army West Point	EIWA
20	Brock Hardy	Nebraska	Big Ten
21	Mike Van Brill	Rutgers	Big Ten
22	Josh Finesilver	Duke	ACC
23	Luke Gardner	Penn St.	Big Ten
24	Drew Scharenbrock	Wisconsin	Big Ten
25	Jimmy Hoffman	Lehigh	EIWA
26	Michael Blockhus	Minnesota	Big Ten
27	Cameron Hunsaker	Utah Valley	Big 12
28	Luke Kemerer	Pittsburgh	ACC
29	Selwyn Porter	The Citadel	SoCon
30	Greg gaxiola	Hofstra	EIWA
31	Ed Scott	NC State	ACC
32	Cory Crooks	Arizona St.	Pac 12
33	Dylan Martinez	Air Force	Big 12

157 POUNDS
RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE
1	Hayden Hidlay	NC State	ACC
2	David Carr	Iowa St.	Big 12
3	Jesse Dellavecchia	Rider	MAC
4	Kaleb Young	Iowa	Big Ten
5	Brayton Lee	Minnesota	Big Ten
6	Kendall Coleman	Purdue	Big Ten
7	Will Lewan	Michigan	Big Ten
8	Jarrett Jacques	Missouri	MAC
9	Brady Berge	Penn St.	Big Ten
10	Justin Thomas	Oklahoma	Big 12
11	Requir Van der Merwe	Stanford	Pac 12
12	Jared Franek	North Dakota St.	Big 12
13	Wyatt Sheets	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
14	Markus Hartman	Army West Point	EIWA
15	Hunter Willits	Oregon St.	Pac 12
16	Justin Ruffin	SIU Edwardsville	MAC
17	Justin McCoy	Virginia	ACC
18	Cade DeVos	South Dakota St.	Big 12
19	Jacob Wright	Wyoming	Big 12
20	Holden Heller	Hofstra	EIWA
21	Parker Kropman	Drexel	EIWA
22	Chase Saldate	Michigan St.	Big Ten
23	Garrett Model	Wisconsin	Big Ten
24	Benjamin Barton	Campbell	SoCon
25	Joshua McClure	North Carolina	ACC
26	Andrew Cerniglia	Navy	EIWA
27	Robert Kannaird	Rutgers	Big Ten
28	Elijah Cleary	Ohio St.	Big Ten
29	Connor Brady	Virginia Tech	ACC
30	Cody Bond	Appalachian St.	SoCon
31	Jordan Slivka	Ohio	MAC
32	Alex Carida	Bloomsburg	MAC
33	Johnny Lovett	Central Michigan	MAC

165 POUNDS
RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE
1	Mekhi Lewis	Virginia Tech	ACC
2	Alex Marinelli	Iowa	Big Ten
3	Shane Griffith	Stanford	Pac 12
4	Travis Wittlake	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
5	Anthony Valencia	Arizona St.	Pac 12
6	Dan Braunagel	Illinois	Big Ten
7	Zach Hartman	Bucknell	EIWA
8	Ethan Smith	Ohio St.	Big Ten
9	Jake Wentzel	Pittsburgh	ACC
10	Kennedy Monday	North Carolina	ACC
11	Jake Keating	Virginia	ACC
12	Joe Lee	Penn St.	Big Ten
13	Keegan O`toole	Missouri	MAC
14	Tanner Skidgel	Navy	EIWA
15	Andrew Sparks	Minnesota	Big Ten
16	William Formato	Appalachian St.	SoCon
17	Thomas Bullard	NC State	ACC
18	Peyton Robb	Nebraska	Big Ten
19	Cameron Amine	Michigan	Big Ten
20	Izzak Olejnik	Northern Illinois	MAC
21	Peyton Hall	West Virginia	Big 12
22	Jake Tucker	Michigan St.	Big Ten
23	Rodrick Mosley	Gardner-Webb	SoCon
24	Ricky Stamm	Hofstra	EIWA
25	Nick South	Indiana	Big Ten
26	Evan Barczak	Drexel	EIWA
27	Cole Moody	Wyoming	Big 12
28	Andrew Nicholson	Chattanooga	SoCon
29	Pat Schoenfelder	Northern Iowa	Big 12
30	Colt Yinger	Ohio	MAC
31	Luke Weber	North Dakota St.	Big 12
32	Brevin Cassella	Binghamton	EIWA
33	Gerrit Nijenhuis	Purdue	Big Ten

174 POUNDS
RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE
1	Michael Kemerer	Iowa	Big Ten
2	Logan Massa	Michigan	Big Ten
3	Mikey Labriola	Nebraska	Big Ten
4	Kaleb Romero	Ohio St.	Big Ten
5	Demetrius Romero	Utah Valley	Big 12
6	Carter Starocci	Penn St.	Big Ten
7	Daniel Bullard	NC State	ACC
8	Donnell Washington	Indiana	Big Ten
9	Peyton Mocco	Missouri	MAC
10	Hayden Hastings	Wyoming	Big 12
11	Dustin Plott	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
12	Andrew McNally	Kent St.	MAC
13	Thomas Flitz	Appalachian St.	SoCon
14	Austin Murphy	Campbell	SoCon
15	Michael O`Malley	Drexel	EIWA
16	Clay Lautt	North Carolina	ACC
17	Bernie Truax	Cal Poly	Pac 12
18	Jacob Oliver	Edinboro	MAC
19	Jackson Turley	Rutgers	Big Ten
20	Lance Runyon	Northern Iowa	Big 12
21	Mason Kauffman	Northern Illinois	MAC
22	Jackson Hemauer	Northern Colorado	Big 12
23	Julien Broderson	Iowa St.	Big 12
24	Jake Allar	Minnesota	Big Ten
25	Cody Surratt	Air Force	Big 12
26	Drew Hughes	Michigan St.	Big Ten
27	Anthony Mantanona	Oklahoma	Big 12
28	Victor Marcelli	Virginia	ACC
29	Jared Krattiger	Wisconsin	Big Ten
30	Ross McFarland	Hofstra	EIWA
31	Cade King	South Dakota St.	Big 12
32	DJ Shannon	Illinois	Big Ten
33	Angel Garcia	Rider	MAC

184 POUNDS
RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE
1	Hunter Bolen	Virginia Tech	ACC
2	Aaron Brooks	Penn St.	Big Ten
3	Trent Hidlay	NC State	ACC
4	Lou Deprez	Binghamton	EIWA
5	Parker Keckeisen	Northern Iowa	Big 12
6	Dakota Geer	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
7	Christopher Weiler	Wisconsin	Big Ten
8	Layne Malczewski	Michigan St.	Big Ten
9	Owen Webster	Minnesota	Big Ten
10	Jeremiah Kent	Missouri	MAC
11	Taylor Venz	Nebraska	Big Ten
12	Zach Braunagel	Illinois	Big Ten
13	Nelson Brands	Iowa	Big Ten
14	Brit Wilson	Northern Illinois	MAC
15	John Poznanski	Rutgers	Big Ten
16	Max Lyon	Purdue	Big Ten
17	Rocky Jordan	Ohio St.	Big Ten
18	David Key	Navy	EIWA
19	Tate Samuelson	Wyoming	Big 12
20	Alan Clothier	Northern Colorado	Big 12
21	Michael Battista	Virginia	ACC
22	Devin Kane	North Carolina	ACC
23	Caleb Hopkins	Campbell	SoCon
24	Gregg Harvey	Pittsburgh	ACC
25	Matthew Waddell	Chattanooga	SoCon
26	Dominic Ducharme	CSU Bakersfield	Pac 12
27	George Walton	Rider	MAC
28	Darrien Roberts	Oklahoma	Big 12
29	Ryan Reyes	Oregon St.	Pac 12
30	Hunter Cruz	Fresno St.	Big 12
31	Cade Belshay	Arizona St.	Pac 12
32	Taylor Brown	Army West Point	EIWA
33	DeAndre Nassar	Cleveland St.	MAC

197 POUNDS
RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE
1	Eric Schultz	Nebraska	Big Ten
2	Jacob Warner	Iowa	Big Ten
3	Kordell Norfleet	Arizona St.	Pac 12
4	Noah Adams	West Virginia	Big 12
5	Tanner Sloan	South Dakota St.	Big 12
6	Cameron Caffey	Michigan St.	Big Ten
7	Nino Bonaccorsi	Pittsburgh	ACC
8	Greg Bulsak	Clarion	MAC
9	Isaac Trumble	NC State	ACC
10	Jay Aiello	Virginia	ACC
11	Lucas Davison	Northwestern	Big Ten
12	Stephen Buchanan	Wyoming	Big 12
13	AJ Ferrari	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
14	Rocky Elam	Missouri	MAC
15	Jake Woodley	Oklahoma	Big 12
16	Jacob Koser	Navy	EIWA
17	Thomas Penola	Purdue	Big Ten
18	Max Shaw	North Carolina	ACC
19	Jake Jakobsen	Lehigh	EIWA
20	JT Brown	Army West Point	EIWA
21	Bryan McLaughlin	Drexel	EIWA
22	Matt Wroblewski	Illinois	Big Ten
23	Gavin Hoffman	Ohio St.	Big Ten
24	Jacob Seely	Northern Colorado	Big 12
25	Billy Janzer	Rutgers	Big Ten
26	Landon Pelham	Central Michigan	MAC
27	Chris Kober	Campbell	SoCon
28	Gage Braun	Northern Illinois	MAC
29	Stanley Smeltzer	Virginia Tech	ACC
30	Keegan Moore	Northern Iowa	Big 12
31	J.J Dixon	Oregon St.	Pac 12
32	Yonger Bastida Pomares	Iowa St.	Big 12
33	Tyler Mousaw	VMI	SoCon

285 POUNDS
RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE
1	Gable Steveson	Minnesota	Big Ten
2	Mason Parris	Michigan	Big Ten
3	Tony Cassioppi	Iowa	Big Ten
4	Matt Stencel	Central Michigan	MAC
5	Gannon Gremmel	Iowa St.	Big 12
6	Carter Isley	Northern Iowa	Big 12
7	Jordan Wood	Lehigh	EIWA
8	Luke Luffman	Illinois	Big Ten
9	Ethan Laird	Rider	MAC
10	Christian Lance	Nebraska	Big Ten
11	Trent Hillger	Wisconsin	Big Ten
12	Zach Elam	Missouri	MAC
13	Cohlton Schultz	Arizona St.	Pac 12
14	Brian Andrews	Wyoming	Big 12
15	Tate Orndorff	Ohio St.	Big Ten
16	Seth Nevills	Penn St.	Big Ten
17	Deonte Wilson	NC State	ACC
18	Brandon Metz	North Dakota St.	Big 12
19	John Borst	Virginia Tech	ACC
20	Quinn Miller	Virginia	ACC
21	Josh Heindselman	Oklahoma	Big 12
22	Nathan Traxler	Stanford	Pac 12
23	Sam Schuyler	Buffalo	MAC
24	Johnathan Birchmeier	Navy	EIWA
25	Austin Harris	Oklahoma St.	Big 12
26	Jon Spaulding	Edinboro	MAC
27	Andrew Gunning	North Carolina	ACC
28	Wyatt Hendrickson	Air Force	Big 12
29	Robert Heald	Army West Point	EIWA
30	Colton McKiernan	SIU Edwardsville	MAC
31	Michael McAleavey	The Citadel	SoCon
32	Max Ihry	Northern Illinois	MAC
33	Zachary Knighton-Ward	Hofstra	EIWA

125 POUNDS

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157 POUNDS

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NCAA Division I conference qualifying spots and first wrestling coaches ranking released

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