What if: The allocations were awarded today, solely based on coaches’ rankings

125 pounds:
ACC: 2 (Fausz, Hayes)
Big 12: 6 (LaMont, Piccininni, Moisey, Moody, Schwarm, Brown)
Big Ten: 9 (Suriano, Lizak, Lee, Rivera, Welch, Mattin, Piotrowski, Foley, Oliver)
EIWA: 1 (Cruz)
EWL: 3 (Russell, Gromacki, Wert)
MAC: 3 (Hudkins, McGee, McGhee)
Pac-12: 4 (Bresser, Millhof, Townsell, Mendez)
SoCon: 1 (Meink)

133 pounds:
ACC: 5 (Mueller, Forys, Gustafson, Sherman, Wilson)
Big 12: 6 (Gross, Brock, Bridges, Parker, Montoya, Sykora)
Big Ten: 8 (Pletcher, Micic, McKee, Delvecchio, Thornton, Keener, Valdivez, Duncan)
EIWA: 3 (DeSanto, Parker, Terao)
EWL: 1 (Myers)
MAC: 3 (Erneste, Kelly, Lantry)
Pac-12: 2 (Naser, Nickell)
SoCon: 1 (Boston)

141 pounds:
ACC: 3 (Jack, Zanetta, Headlee)
Big 12: 5 (Meredith, Heil, Alber, Storr, Longo)
Big Ten: 10 (Lee, McKenna, Thorn, Red, Weaver, Limmex, Gasca, Stickley, Profaci, Carr)
EIWA: 4 (Diakomihalis, Smith, Karam, Gil)
EWL: 2 (Zacherl, Shoop)
MAC: 3 (Eierman, Smith, Madrigal)
Pac-12: 1 (Rohlfing)
SoCon: 1 (Free Space)

149 pounds:
ACC: 4 (Heilmann, Donahue, Krivus, Blees)
Big 12: 7 (Thomsen, Lewallen, Degen, Olivas, Turner, Jeffries, Gliva)
Big Ten: 8 (Retherford, Sorensen, Deakin, Hayes, McCrystal, Deluca, Bleise, Bannister)
EIWA: 5 (Kolodzik, Sprague, Schuyler, Prince, Elfvin)
EWL: 1 (Perry)
MAC: 2 (Oliver, Leeth)
Pac-12: 1 (Tsirtsis)
SoCon: 1 (Buckiso)

157 pounds:
ACC: 4 (Hidlay, Finesilver, Monday, Rahmani)
Big 12: 3 (Ream, Colgan, Zilverberg)
Big Ten: 8 (Nolf, Kemerer, Pantaleo, Jordan, Berger, Van Brill, Short, Crone)
EIWA: 6 (D’Angelo, Scheidel, Hammond, Brown, Staudenmayer, Davis)
EWL: 2 (Clagon, Shomers)
MAC: 2 (Lavallee, Early)
Pac-12: 3 (Shields, Hammond, Fox)
SoCon: 1 (Marinelli)

165 pounds:
ACC: 2 (McFadden, Hamann)
Big 12: 6 (Rogers, Ashworth, Romero, Fogarty, Torres, Barnes)
Big Ten: 10 (Joseph, Martinez, Massa, Wick, Marinelli, Wanzek, Lewis, White, Campbell, Morrissey)
EIWA: 6 (Wolf, Daniels, Schleifer, Chavez, Bethea, Deprez)
EWL: 2 (Walsh, Marsteller)
MAC: 1 (Flynn)
Pac-12: 1 (Valencia)
SoCon: 1 (Perez)

174 pounds:
ACC: 3 (Bullard, Schany, Finesilver)
Big 12: 4 (Lujan, Kocer, Mejias, Smith)
Big Ten: 9 (Hall, Jordan, Amine, Lydy, Sebastian, Skatzka, Gunther, Christensen, Pfarr)
EIWA: 5 (Kutler, Bernstein, Womack, Johnson, Harvey)
EWL: 1 (Schoffstall)
MAC: 3 (Lewis, Brucki, Wright)
Pac-12: 2 (Valencia, Subjeck)
SoCon: 2 (Przybysz, Morgan)

184 pounds:
ACC: 3 (Renda, Zavatsky, Ness)
Big 12: 4 (Foster, Gabel, Mueller, Moore)
Big Ten: 10 (Nickal, Martin, Abounader, Parker, Venz, Robertson, Gravina, Bowman, Webster, Sliga)
EIWA: 6 (Schneider, Dean, Coleman, LaFragola, Heyob, Stewart)
EWL: 1 (Free Space)
MAC: 2 (Ellingwood, Marriott)
Pac-12: 1 (Free Space)
SoCon: 2 (Carr, Clothier)

197 pounds:
ACC: 3 (Haught, Macchiavello, Chaid)
Big 12: 4 (Rotert, Holschlag, Smith, Seely)
Big Ten: 7 (Moore, Wilcke, Cassar, Beazley, Brunner, Schultz, Ritter)
EIWA: 7 (Darmstadt, Mattiace, Kasunic, Loiseau, Brucki, Jakobsen, Caywood)
EWL: 1 (Free Space)
MAC: 2 (Miklus, Conel)
Pac-12: 4 (Williams, Griego, Traxler, Lane)
SoCon: 1 (Boykin)

Heavyweight:
ACC: 5 (Kasper, Solomon, Dunn, Gilliland-Daniel, Boykin)
Big 12: 3 (White, Dennison, Nevills)
Big Ten: 7 (Snyder, Coon, Stoll, Hemida, Nevills, Streck, Jennings)
EIWA: 5 (Hughes, Wood, Ryan, Sweany, Dempsey)
EWL: 2 (Haines, Miller)
MAC: 3 (Stencel, Hutchison, Gunning)
Pac-12: 3 (Hall, Butler, Dhesi)
SoCon: 1 (Free Space)

Totals:
Big Ten: 86
Big 12: 48
EIWA: 48
ACC: 34
MAC: 23
Pac-12: 22
EWL: 17
SoCon: 12

Note: This exercise was solely based on the coaches’ ranking, and did not factor in RPI or winning percentage, the other two factors that are included in determining how many qualifiers go to each conference. The full link to the coaches’ rankings can be found at http://www.ncaa.com/news/wrestling/article/2018-01-18/college-wrestling-ncaa-releases-division-i-wrestling-coaches-panel.

Leave a comment