Selection Criteria Grid
Area
Current Rule
Winning percentage.
Win % is defined as Division
I wins divided by total
Division I matches contested
at the designated weight
class on the NCAA entry
form.
Additional Comments
Matches against non-DI
opponents do not count
toward winning
percentage. Matches at
a lower or higher
weight are also
excluded from the
calculation.
Minimum number of
Division I matches
for winning
percentage.
Must have a minimum of
eight Division I matches at
the designated weight class
on the NCAA entry form to
have a calculated winning
percentage.
Wrestler could still be
eligible for an at-large
selection with less than
eight matches as long
as they have two of the
other bronze criteria.
The wrestler however,
will not have a
calculated winning
percentage for at-large
selection criteria.
RPI
Must have 17 Division I
matches at the designated
weight class on the NCAA
entry form to have a
calculated RPI.
Forfeits and medical
forfeits wins and losses
are excluded from the
17 match count.
Coaches ranking.
Five Division I matches by
first coaches ranking (and one
match in last 30 days); five
Division I matches by second
coaches ranking (and one
match in last 30 days); five
Division I matches by third
coaches ranking (and one
match in last 30 days).
A wrestler must have
wrestled in one match
in the 30 days
preceding the ranking
period. A forfeit and
medical forfeit win
count towards win total
and match in 30 days.
Medical forfeit loss is
excluded.
Earning an allocated
spot for the
conference.
Minimum number of
matches needed to
earn an allocation for
conference.
A wrestler must earn either a
gold or silver standard to earn
an allocated spot for the
conference at the designated
weight class on the NCAA
entry form page.
A gold standard
wrestler means a
wrestler met the
threshold level in
winning percentage,
RPI and coaches
ranking. A silver
standard wrestler
means the wrestler met
the threshold level in
two of the three criteria
of winning percentage,
RPI and coaches
ranking.
Eight Division I matches at
the designated weight class on
the NCAA entry form.
A wrestler needs eight
matches due to the
minimum needed for
winning percentage. A
wrestler with less than
eight would not be
eligible for the winning
percentage and RPI
which means they
could not meet two of
the three standards. A
wrestler DOES NOT
need 17 matches to
earn an allocation spot,
because the wrestler
could earn a spot by
meeting the threshold
in winning percentage
and coaches ranking.
Allocation of
automatic qualifiers.
The committee will allocate
the number of eligible
automatic qualifiers of the 330
championships field using the
primary formula.
Secondary criteria
(bronze criteria).
Wrestlers that meet two or
more of the 'bronze' criteria
will be labeled bronze
standard and eligible for atlarge selection. Standards
include: .700 overall winning
percentage, top 33 RPI (taken
after the qualifying
tournaments), top 33 coaches
ranking; one win against a
wrestler receiving AQ via an
earned position (preallocated); qualifying event
placement one below AQ.
Each weight class could
have a different
formula applied to
reach up to 30 wrestlers
per weight class.
Threshold levels may
slide up or down in
concert to achieve a
total number of
automatic qualifiers,
using the winning
percentage as the fixed
guide.
A win against a
wrestler receiving
automatic qualification
must be against an
opponent in a
qualifying tournament
that had an earned
automatic qualification
through a gold or silver
standard.
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