Five Questions for This Week's New Set of Rankings (11/18/24)

It seems like every week of the college wrestling season, we start some sort of recap article talking about the crazy upsets that the previous weekend provided. This is the rare Monday where that isn’t really the case. Sure, there were some. But not as many as the last two weeks. 

As has been the case for each Monday this season, we’ll pose and answer five questions that are related to the upcoming set of rankings. Since there are fewer questions related to updates, there are more that focus on the actual rankings process. 

1) What are the rules regarding injury defaults again?

A few weeks ago, I mentioned my “system” for the rankings boils down to making sense and fairness. With that in mind, making a blanket rule where injury defaults never count seems like you’re painting yourself into a corner. Each one should be viewed separately. Of course, we’re not watching every single injury default that occurs each week, but we do investigate the ones that have an impact on wrestlers in the rankings. 

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