Jax #1 Seed

[BaldAt23]

Shocker there 

[Mason]

Very interesting that he can get the #1 with only 13 matches, he is my prediction to win but still surprised

[CoachDoss11]

anyone have a link for brackets?

[cangemi]

Surprised there.  Davino deserved JMHO

[Kov88]

Seeding committee had one job, don’t put Davino/blaze and Jax/seidel on the same side

[Simpleman424]

15 minutes ago, CoachDoss11 said:

anyone have a link for brackets?

https://www.ncaa.com/_flysystem/public-s3/files/2026 NCAA DI Brackets.pdf

[boconnell]

6 minutes ago, Kov88 said:

Seeding committee had one job, don’t put Davino/blaze and Jax/seidel on the same side

As a fan I rooted for that.  But the seeding committee shouldn't even consider things like that.  Each seed has to be entirely independent of the other seeds.  They aren't in there to doctor brackets for fan entertainment.

[1032004]

How could the matrix spit out Jax at 1?  I thought it was pretty much a done deal for Davino?

[Kov88]

13 minutes ago, boconnell said:

As a fan I rooted for that.  But the seeding committee shouldn't even consider things like that.  Each seed has to be entirely independent of the other seeds.  They aren't in there to doctor brackets for fan entertainment.

I get it but we’ve seen Davino/Blaze twice and Jax/seidel already….. I don’t think ppl would have much complaining for Davino 1, Jax 2, and blaze 3

[boconnell]

1 minute ago, Kov88 said:

I get it but we’ve seen Davino/Blaze twice and Jax/seidel already….. I don’t think ppl would have much complaining for Davino 1, Jax 2, and blaze 3

I assumed Jax would be 2 or 3.  I can't imagine there would have been any complaining from anyone if that happened.  

[Pinnacle]

20 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

How could the matrix spit out Jax at 1?  I thought it was pretty much a done deal for Davino?

Jax beat Ayala, Seidel and Larkin.

[lu_alum]

42 minutes ago, Kov88 said:

Seeding committee had one job, don’t put Davino/blaze and Jax/seidel on the same side

and they put nearly the whole B1G on the same side:

#2 Davino v (#7 Byrd / #26 Shawver / #23 Brown) winner in QF

#3 Blaze v #6 Ayala in QF

 

[Pinnacle]

2 minutes ago, lu_alum said:

and they put nearly the whole B1G on the same side:

#2 Davino v (#7 Byrd / #26 Shawver / #23 Brown) winner in QF

#3 Blaze v #6 Ayala in QF

 

Someone on Flo predicted Ayala over Blaze. 

[MPhillips]

15 minutes ago, Pinnacle said:

Someone on Flo predicted Ayala over Blaze. 

Tyler

[PortaJohn]

Jax Forrest just proved to all of you & myself that the regular season doesn't matter

Edited March 12 by PortaJohn

[Kov88]

25 minutes ago, lu_alum said:

and they put nearly the whole B1G on the same side:

#2 Davino v (#7 Byrd / #26 Shawver / #23 Brown) winner in QF

#3 Blaze v #6 Ayala in QF

 

Yeah I’d like them to spread out the conferences a bit, get that sometimes you can’t control that

[Eagle26]

Jax is undefeated and beat some quality guys. Why wouldn’t he be the #1 seed? Blaze and Davino are both freshmen too, so what would put them above Jax?

[Kov88]

Just now, Eagle26 said:

Jax is undefeated and beat some quality guys. Why wouldn’t he be the #1 seed? Blaze and Davino are both freshmen too, so what would put them above Jax?

Much more matches

[ionel]

4 minutes ago, Kov88 said:

Yeah I’d like them to spread out the conferences a bit, get that sometimes you can’t control that

We used to do that.  They stopped it really wasn't fair with the large numbers of qualifiers from the b10.  

[Eagle26]

6 minutes ago, Kov88 said:

Much more matches

I don’t think that’s a seeding criteria, is it?

[ionel]

13 minutes ago, Kov88 said:

Much more matches

Who did Davino & Blaze beat? 

[MPhillips]

11 minutes ago, Eagle26 said:

I don’t think that’s a seeding criteria, is it?

The Division I Men’s Wrestling Committee 

https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/championships/sports/wrestling/d1/men/2025-26D1MWR_PreChampsManual.pdf

● Head-to-head competition — 25%.
● Quality wins — 20%.
● Qualifying event placement — 15%.
● Results against common opponents — 10%.
● RPI — 10%.
● Coaches rankings — 10%.
● Win percentage — 10%.
NOTE: Coaches’ Ranking — A wrestler must have wrestled eight matches at the championships weight class to be eligible
to be ranked in that weight class. He also must have wrestled at least one match in the 30 days preceding each ranking
period in the respective weight class. If a wrestler does not meet each of these two criteria, he will be removed from the
ranking list for that ranking period.
SUBJECTIVE CRITERIA
The committee may also consider the following subjective measures to supplement established selection and seeding
criteria:
● Bad Losses.
● Outside the top 30 CR and/or 30 RPI.
● Conference Champion.
● Performance in last five matches.
● Number of Injury default or medical forfeits wins/losses.
● Best quality win.
● Recency of win.
● Wrestler availability (injured or medically unable to compete).

Edited March 12 by MPhillips

[Kov88]

8 minutes ago, Eagle26 said:

I don’t think that’s a seeding criteria, is it?

Don’t you need 15 matches to get a RPI? Jax only had 13….. not saying he didn’t deserve it with his wins, but you asked what would put Davino or Blaze above Jax

[Pinnacle]

24 minutes ago, PortaJohn said:

Jax Forrest just proved to all of you & myself that the regular season doesn't matter

We need Fred right now to claim Jax didn't wrestle NDI so he had some mythical advantage.

[1032004]

23 minutes ago, Eagle26 said:

Jax is undefeated and beat some quality guys. Why wouldn’t he be the #1 seed? Blaze and Davino are both freshmen too, so what would put them above Jax?

it’s gotta mean the coaches ranking put Jax at #1.  Which would be interesting since both Flo and Intermat did not

Edited March 12 by 1032004