Ohio State 2024/25 By The Numbers

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Time to turn an eye to the Buckeyes.

Says Who?

Wrestlestat says. The algorithm seems to prefer the Buckeyes to the indivdual. Wrestlestat has OSU ranked higher in six of ten weights with Kharchla's 174 ranking being the most significant difference of opinion. I have been trained to trust the machine's. I was a fan of that plucky young go getter Cyberdyne Systems Model 101 in the 1984 underdog classic, The Terminator. So let's go with Wrestlestat the rest of the way.

 

All-Americans

If Wrestlestat knows what they are talking about, the Buckeyes look to have somewhere between 3 and 4 All-Americans this year. The obvious one is Jesse Mendez. As the top dog at 141 he has a slightly better than 98% chance of All-Americaning. I know, I know. Dude has a title. Come on, of course he will AA. Not so fast my friend. Returning finalist from 2014-2024 only AA 89% of the time.

Nick Feldman as a four seed has about three chances in four to become an AA.

Putting it all together gets us 3.5 expected AA's from 10 weights.

 

Ohio State is Clearly Better Than PSU

I pointed this out on the Illinois thread, too. PSU currently has only 9 wrestlers in the top 33. Ohio State has 10.

As I type, Ohio State has a better shot at matching Minnesota's all-time feat of 10 AA's than PSU.

So, there is that.