Preseason Conference Rankings

[bracketbuster]

I was updating my conference interactive brackets with the team changes and figured I would post these here as a "preseason" conference rankings. These are the team's starters/rankings according to wrestlestat and so freshman who are projected to start are beginning at the back of the field since they don't have matches but figured it would be an interesting thing to see how teams progress as the season goes along. You can click on the conference name to see the interactive brackets which are empty.

ACC
1. NC State - 82.5
2. Virginia Tech - 78
3. Stanford - 57.5
4. Pittsburgh - 36
5. North Carolina - 35
6. Virginia - 24.5
7. Duke - 0.5

Big Ten
1. Penn State - 127
2. Iowa - 115.5
3. Ohio State - 98
4. Michigan - 86
5. Nebraska - 83
6. Illinois - 77.5
7. Minnesota - 70
8. Rutgers - 66.5
9. Purdue - 37
10. Northwestern - 26.5
11. Maryland - 26
12. Indiana - 22.5
13. Wisconsin - 18
14. Michigan State - 6.5

Big 12
1. Oklahoma State - 113
2. Northern Iowa - 112
3. Missouri - 98.5
4. Iowa State - 89
5. South Dakota State - 78.5
6. Oklahoma - 74
7. West Virginia - 73.5
8. Arizona State - 62
9. Northern Colorado - 62
10. Wyoming - 49
11. Cal Baptist - 17
12. Utah Valley - 17
13. North Dakota State - 4.5
14. Air Force - 0

EIWA
1. Lehigh - 151.5
2. Army - 127
3. Navy - 104.5
4. Bucknell - 95
5. Drexel - 85.5
6. Binghamton - 69
7. American - 64.5
8. LIU - 58.5
9. Hofstra - 54.5
10. Sacred Heart - 16
11. Morgan State - 12.5
12. Franklin & Marshall - 11.5

Ivy
1. Cornell - 93
2. Penn - 56.5
3. Columbia - 56
4. Princeton - 42.5
5. Brown - 32.5
6. Harvard - 19.5

MAC
1. Central Michigan - 111.5
2. Ohio - 109
3. Lock Haven - 104.5
4. Rider - 90.5
5. George Mason - 86
6. Northern Illinois - 77
7. SIU Edwardsville - 70
8. Clarion - 61.5
9. Cleveland State - 48
10. Edinboro - 42.5
11. Kent State - 33.5
12. Buffalo - 31
13. Bloomsburg - 10

PAC 12
1. Little Rock - 92
2. Cal Poly - 65
3. Oregon State - 58
4. CSU Bakersfield - 35

SoCon
1. Campbell - 83
2. Appalachian State - 70.5
3. Chattanooga - 54.5
4. The Citadel - 41
5. Bellarmine - 25
6. Gardner-Webb - 21.5
7. Davidson - 15.5
8. Presbyterian - 7
9. VMI - 7

Edited September 24 by bracketbuster

[bracketbuster]

Obviously these are subject to change but some other stats I found interesting about team's starting lineups.

Oldest teams in terms of experience (I gave 4 years for seniors, 3 for jrs., 2 for so., 1 for fr.)
1. Brown (37 years) - 7 srs, 3 jrs.
2. LIU (35 years) - 7 sr, 2 jr., 1 fr.
2. Sacred Heart (35 years) - 5 sr, 5 jr
4. Illinois (34 years) - 8 sr., 2 fr.
4. Rutgers (34 years) - 4 sr., 6 jr.
4. Central Michigan (4 sr., 6 jr.)

Youngest teams
1. Franklin & Marshall (18 years) - 4 fr., 4 so, 2 jr.
2. SIU Edwardsville (20 years) - 2 fr., 6 so., 2 jr.
3. Presbyterian (21 years) - 2 fr., 6 so., 1 sr.
4. Morgan State (22 years) - 1 fr., 7 so., 1 jr., 1 sr.

Most projected starting freshman
1. Franklin & Marshall - 4
2. American, Buffalo, Davidson, Rider, Stanford, Wisconsin - all have 3

Most Projected starting seniors
8 - Illinois
7 - Brown, LIU
6 - CSU Bakersfield, Northern Iowa, Oklahoma State

No projected starting seniors
Franklin & Marshall, Northern Illinois, SIU Edwardsville

Starters by Classes (all teams)
253 seniors, 222 juniors, 221 sophomores, 94 freshman

Most projected NCAA qualifiers (top 33 in wrestlestat)
10 - Northern Iowa, NC State, Minnesota, Ohio State
9 - Penn State, Michigan, VIrginia Tech, Illinois, West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Nebraska

Projected NCAA qualifiers by class
143 seniors, 101 juniors, 72 sophomores, 14 freshman

Most projected All-Americans (top 8 in wrestlestat)
7 - Penn State
6 - Iowa, NC State
5 - Nebraska
4 - Michigan, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, Cornell

Projected All-Americans by class
41 seniors, 21 juniors, 15 sophomores, 2 freshman (Gabe Arnold, Beau Mantanona)

[Wrestleknownothing]

29 minutes ago, bracketbuster said:

 

Most projected NCAA qualifiers (top 33 in wrestlestat)
10 - Northern Iowa, NC State, Minnesota, Ohio State
9 - Penn State, Michigan, VIrginia Tech, Illinois, West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Nebraska

 

Looks like PSU will struggle to make the podium

[ionel]

9 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Looks like PSU will struggle to make the podium

You can bet on it!

[Idaho]

Nice work... that's going to change a lot. Will be fun to see. 

[Voice of the Quakers]

Thanks for compiling this info. Much appreciated.

My only quibble as a Penn fan is that Cross Wasilewski will place no worse than 2nd in the Ivy at 149. But, he's a (gray shirt) freshman so I understand the lack of data in the system. (Same with McGowan for Princeton at 125.)

Thanks again.