Conference finish. They rewarded Adam Kemp, who had 3 losses, for winning 2 matches to win the Pac 12, and Wolak, who had 4 losses, for winning the EIWA. And also put Welsh ahead of Starocci for taking 3rd at B10’s despite 4 losses including a H2H loss to Starocci.
Edit: But even Nomad who is supposedly an expert on the seeding matrix called Starocci’s one of the 2 most surprising seeds in the whole field