Honestly would rather see the 5th placers. Not because I don't think these guys are necessarily competitive with the D2/D3 gents, but because I think that using the 5th placers would create a bigger buzz around the meet.
Hell, I would love for D2, D3, NJCAA, and NAIA all to have a chance at making it. Remove the 33rd qualifer and allow the NC from each of them to go. Seed them 1-4 and thave them at 33, 34, 35, and 36.
Imagine last year:
1 - (33) Joziah Fry, D2, Johnson & Wales, SO, 43W - 0L
2 - (34) Brendon Garcia, D3, Adams State, SO, 22W - 3L (beat Lander's James Joplin 8-4 where Orum lost to him 3-1)
3 - (35) Brandon Orum, NAIA, NAIA, Life, SR, 14W - 3L (see above)
4 - (36) Jett Strickenberger, NJCAA, NW Kansas Tech, SO, 32W - 0L
I am kind of giving the benefit of the doubt to NAIA, D3, and D2 over NJCAA there with Jett, but for argument's sake lets leave it.
Here are your preliminary bouts:
Fry VS Tanner Jordan, SDSU - winner faces Spencer Lee, Iowa
Garcia VS Witcraft, OSU - winner faces Patrick Glory, Princeton
Orum VS Antonio Lorenzo, Cal Poly - winner faces Liam Cronin
Strickenberger VS Nico Provo, Stanford - winner faces Matt Ramos
Those are fun matches, I think. Although I admittedly do not know anything about Strickenberger.
Well, I guess that isn't true.
He is now at West Virginia and is their starter:
https://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/74382/strickenberger-jett/profile