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Six Cowboys Reach Top-10 in Final Coaches Ranking
February 29, 2024 | Cowboy Wrestling
STILLWATER – All 10 Cowboy starters landed in the top-20 of the third and final coaches ranking for the 2024 NCAA Championships, the NCAA announced on Thursday.
Six Cowboys cracked the top-10 at their weight, highlighted by No. 2 placements from both Daton Fix and Dustin Plott. In addition, Troy Spratley, Teague Travis, Brayden Thompson and Luke Surber all secured higher placements in Thursday's poll than they did in the original ranking back on January 22.
The coaches ranking is determined by a vote of 14 coaches in each weight class with two head coaches from each of the seven conferences. For ranking purposes, coaches may only consider a wrestler that has been designated as a starter at a respective weight class. Wrestlers must have eight Division I matches in the weight class to be considered with at least one within the last 30 days.
This poll is one of several criteria that will be evaluated by the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee during at-large selection and seeding process along with head-to-head competition, quality wins, Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), conference tournament placement, results versus common opponents and win percentage.
On Thursday, the NCAA also announced the pre-allocation spots for each conference tournament to automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships. The Big 12 was awarded 57 total automatic qualifying spots throughout the 10 weight classes, second-most in the country. The Big Ten led all conferences with 85 total pre-allocation spots.
After all the conference tournaments have concluded, the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee will meet in-person to select the 47 at-large qualifiers, which will be announced on March 12, while brackets and seeding will be announced the following day.
The Cowboys are set to open postseason competition at the Big 12 Championships in Tulsa, Okla., on March 9 and 10. Two weeks later, OSU will conclude its season at the NCAA Championships in Kansas City, Mo.
Cowboys in Final Coaches Ranking
125: No. 10 Troy Spratley
133: No. 2 Daton Fix
141: No. 8 Tagen Jamison
149: No. 18 Jordan Williams
157: No. 10 Teague Travis
165: No. 7 Izzak Olejnik
174: No. 20 Brayden Thompson
184: No. 2 Dustin Plott
197: No. 20 Luke Surber
HWT: No. 11 Konner Doucet
Big 12 Pre-Allocations Per Weight
125: 6
133: 6
141: 5
149: 6
157: 6
165: 6
174: 6
184: 5
197: 6
HWT: 5
Six Cowboys cracked the top-10 at their weight, highlighted by No. 2 placements from both Daton Fix and Dustin Plott. In addition, Troy Spratley, Teague Travis, Brayden Thompson and Luke Surber all secured higher placements in Thursday's poll than they did in the original ranking back on January 22.
The coaches ranking is determined by a vote of 14 coaches in each weight class with two head coaches from each of the seven conferences. For ranking purposes, coaches may only consider a wrestler that has been designated as a starter at a respective weight class. Wrestlers must have eight Division I matches in the weight class to be considered with at least one within the last 30 days.
This poll is one of several criteria that will be evaluated by the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee during at-large selection and seeding process along with head-to-head competition, quality wins, Ratings Percentage Index (RPI), conference tournament placement, results versus common opponents and win percentage.
On Thursday, the NCAA also announced the pre-allocation spots for each conference tournament to automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships. The Big 12 was awarded 57 total automatic qualifying spots throughout the 10 weight classes, second-most in the country. The Big Ten led all conferences with 85 total pre-allocation spots.
After all the conference tournaments have concluded, the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee will meet in-person to select the 47 at-large qualifiers, which will be announced on March 12, while brackets and seeding will be announced the following day.
The Cowboys are set to open postseason competition at the Big 12 Championships in Tulsa, Okla., on March 9 and 10. Two weeks later, OSU will conclude its season at the NCAA Championships in Kansas City, Mo.
Cowboys in Final Coaches Ranking
125: No. 10 Troy Spratley
133: No. 2 Daton Fix
141: No. 8 Tagen Jamison
149: No. 18 Jordan Williams
157: No. 10 Teague Travis
165: No. 7 Izzak Olejnik
174: No. 20 Brayden Thompson
184: No. 2 Dustin Plott
197: No. 20 Luke Surber
HWT: No. 11 Konner Doucet
Big 12 Pre-Allocations Per Weight
125: 6
133: 6
141: 5
149: 6
157: 6
165: 6
174: 6
184: 5
197: 6
HWT: 5
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