NCAA releases Div. I Qualifier Allocations

The conferences and regionals in NCAA Division I now know how many automatic national tournamentqualifiers they'll receive at each weight.

Division I winning percentage; rating percentage index (RPI); and coaches ranking.  A threshold of a 0.725 winning percentage, top 28 in the RPI and top 28 in the coaches ranking was established to allocate 284 of the 330 championships field positions.

For each wrestler that reached the threshold in at least two of the three categories, his qualifying tournament was awarded a qualifying spot in that weight class.  Each qualifying tournament was awarded a minimum of one wrestler 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 tournament spots for each qualifying event will be awarded at the tournament based solely on place-finish.

Following qualifying tournaments, a committee will then select 46 at-large qualifiers to round out the 33-man bracket for the NCAA Championships set for March 18-20 at Omaha, Neb.

Conference

Conference

Atlantic Coast Conference

3

3

1

1

3

3

2

2

4

4

2

2

1

1

2

2

3

3

3

3

24

24

Big 12 Conference

3

3

2

2

4

4

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

4

4

5

5

5

5

37

37

Big Ten Conference

6

6

5

5

5

5

8

8

4

4

5

5

6

6

5

5

7

7

5

5

56

56

Colonial Athletic Association

2

2

1

1

1

1

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

18

18

East Regional

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

10

10

Eastern Intercollegiate WrestlingAssociation

Association

4

4

5

5

3

3

4

4

4

4

6

6

4

4

4

4

4

4

3

3

41

41

Eastern Wrestling League

2

2

2

2

1

1

2

2

2

2

3

3

1

1

2

2

1

1

3

3

19

19

Mid-American Conference

1

1

4

4

1

1

3

3

1

1

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

3

2

2

22

22

Pacific-10 Conference

4

4

5

5

5

5

3

3

3

3

1

1

3

3

2

2

2

2

5

5

33

33

Southern Conference

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

10

10

West Regional

2

2

1

1

3

3

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

14

14

TOTAL QUALIFIERS

29

29

28

28

28

28

30

30

27

27

28

28

28

28

27

27

29

29

30

30

284

284