2025 NCAA Conference Allocations Takeaways

We’ve had a day to look at and consume the NCAA DI allocations that were released on Thursday afternoon. Allocations are the first piece of the puzzle that is the collegiate postseason. Now we know what wrestlers will need to place in a specific weight class to qualify for a trip to Philly. 

As we looked at the allocations, the wrestlers who earned them, and the wrestlers who didn’t, we came away with four takeaways. 

1. 157 lbs is going to be bonkers

157 lbs is the only weight that has six at-large berths and it also is the weight with the most ranked wrestler seeking allocations (nine). Right there, that makes three ranked wrestlers who will miss out on a trip to Philly, at a minimum. 

2024 NCAA finalist Jacori Teemer did not earn an allocation and, provided he’s healthy and he looked good last Sunday, you assume he cruises into the top eight in the Big Ten and earns a bid. Should he do that he would bump either Ethen Miller, Chase Saldate, Tommy Askey, Antrell Taylor, Trevor Chumbley, Brandon Cannon, Tyler Kasak, or Joey Blaze out of the top eight. One of them would need an at-large berth. Saldate is the lowest ranked of the bunch (#16) so anyone missing out on automatic qualifying would probably be at the front of the line for at-large berths. 

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