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NCAA releases midseason coaches’ rank and RPI for 2023 Division I Wrestling Championships
INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has announced the second coaches ranking and first Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) for the 2023 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
The coaches’ rankings are 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.
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The RPI is a calculation that consists of three factors: winning percentage, opponent winning percentage (strength of schedule) and opponent’s opponent winning percentage (opponent’s strength of schedule). Only matches against Division I opponents at the designated weight class count towards the RPI and a wrestler needs to have wrestled 15 matches to be ranked.
In the coaches rank, of the 10 weight classes four are led by former national champions in Iowa’s Spencer Lee at 125 pounds, Missouri’s Keegan O’Toole at 165 pounds, Penn State’s Carter Starocci at 174 pounds and Penn State’s Aaron Brooks at 184 pounds. The quartet has a combined eight national titles led by Lee with three.
Oklahoma State’s Daton Fix at 133 pounds and Nebraska’s Peyton Robb at 157 pounds are the only wrestlers to sit atop both the coaches rank and RPI in their respective weight class.
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With many wrestlers still looking to reach the 15-match threshold to earn an RPI, the top of those rankings looks a little different than the coaches’ rank.
At 149 pounds Yahya Thomas of Northwestern sits first followed by Sammy Sasso of Ohio State, … rest of story at NCAA.com/news/wrestling/article/2023-02-09/ncaa-releases-midseason-coaches-rank-and-rpi-2023-division-i-wrestling-championships
NCAA debuts most dominant wrestler standings in latest award update for the 2023 season
INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has released updated standings for the 2023 NCAA Wrestling Awards that will be awarded in March at the respective Division I, II and III Wrestling Championships.
The inaugural NCAA Wrestling Awards were presented at the 2012 wrestling championships. The three awards, given in each division, honor the Most Dominant Wrestler as well as the student-athletes that have accumulated the most falls and the most technical falls throughout the course of the regular and postseasons.
For results to be counted for the awards they must come against opponents in the same division (i.e. Division II vs. Division II). Ties in the falls and tech falls categories are broken based on the aggregate time.
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This week features the unveiling of standings for the Most Dominant Wrestler award, which features a 15-match minimum to qualify for the standings.
The Most Dominant Wrestler standings are calculated by adding the total number of team points awarded through match results and dividing that number by the total number of matches wrestled. Points per match are awarded as follows. … rest of story and ratings at NCAA.com/news/wrestling/article/2023-02-08/ncaa-debuts-most-dominant-wrestler-standings-latest-award-update-2023-season
The Open Mat NCAA Division I Wrestling Rankings
February 7, 2023
The Open Mat has released NCAA Division I wrestling rankings for February 7, 2023.
Team Rankings
Tournament:
- Penn State 128.5
- Missouri 82.5
- Iowa 81
- Nebraska 73.5
- Virginia Tech 64.5
- Cornell 62.5
- Pittsburgh 55
- Iowa State 54.5
- North Carolina State 53.5
- Arizona State 51
- Ohio State 49
- Michigan 48.5
- Northwestern 42.5
- Lehigh 41
- Oklahoma State 38 … rest of story and rankings at Guillotine.com/2023/02/the-open-mat-ncaa-division-i-wrestling-rankings-10
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