WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee released the pre-allocation spots for the 2025 NCAA Championships on Thursday.
The Big Ten Conference — the premier league for collegiate wrestling — earned 87 of 287 automatic qualifying bids, the most of any conference.
The allocations are split among the 10 weight classes and represent how many Big Ten placewinners at each weight will automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships, hosted in Philadelphia this year from March 20-22.
Below are the Big Ten's numbers of automatic qualifiers at each weight.
Wrestlers who finish outside of the above spots at the Big Ten Championships next week (March 8-9) in Evanston, Illinois, will still have an opportunity to qualify for the national tournament with at-large bids.
Each qualifying tournament was awarded pre-allocations to the national tournament based on regular season performance by conference wrestlers through February 23.
Below is the full breakdown of conference allocations for this season.
The pre-allocations were determined by using a sliding scale of the three standards, win percentage, coaches' rank and RPI ranking; while never going below the base of .700 winning percentage, top 30 coaches' ranking and top 30 RPI ranking until reaching the maximum of 29 wrestlers per weight class.
For each wrestler that reached the threshold in at least two of the three categories, his conference tournament was awarded a qualifying spot in that weight class. Each conference is awarded a minimum of one automatic qualification per weight class, which will go to the tournament champion, even if they did not have any wrestlers reach at least two of the three thresholds. NCAA championship spots for each qualifying event will be awarded at conference tournaments based solely on place-finish.
After all the conference tournaments have concluded, the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee will meet in person to select the remaining 43 at-large qualifiers, which will be announced on March 11, while brackets and seeding will be announced on NCAA.com at 8 p.m. on March 12. All weight classes will consist of 33 wrestlers. COACHES' AND RPI RANKINGS Additionally, the third edition of the mid-season coaches' rankings and the second RPI rankings were released in conjunction with the allocations. Seven Boilermakers made the final lists, the program's most since 2022.
The Big Ten Conference — the premier league for collegiate wrestling — earned 87 of 287 automatic qualifying bids, the most of any conference.
The allocations are split among the 10 weight classes and represent how many Big Ten placewinners at each weight will automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships, hosted in Philadelphia this year from March 20-22.
Below are the Big Ten's numbers of automatic qualifiers at each weight.
| Weight | No. of Auto-Bids |
| 125 lbs | 9 |
| 133 lbs | 10 |
| 141 lbs | 7 |
| 149 lbs | 8 |
| 157 lbs | 8 |
| 165 lbs | 9 |
| 174 lbs | 8 |
| 184 lbs | 8 |
| 197 lbs | 10 |
| 285 lbs | 10 |
Wrestlers who finish outside of the above spots at the Big Ten Championships next week (March 8-9) in Evanston, Illinois, will still have an opportunity to qualify for the national tournament with at-large bids.
Each qualifying tournament was awarded pre-allocations to the national tournament based on regular season performance by conference wrestlers through February 23.
Below is the full breakdown of conference allocations for this season.
| Conference | 125 | 133 | 141 | 149 | 157 | 165 | 174 | 184 | 197 | 285 | Total |
| ACC | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 38 |
| Big 12 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 61 |
| Big Ten | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 87 |
| EIWC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
| MAC | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 23 |
| Pac-12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| SoCon | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Pre-Allocations | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 287 |
| At-Large | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 43 |
The pre-allocations were determined by using a sliding scale of the three standards, win percentage, coaches' rank and RPI ranking; while never going below the base of .700 winning percentage, top 30 coaches' ranking and top 30 RPI ranking until reaching the maximum of 29 wrestlers per weight class.
For each wrestler that reached the threshold in at least two of the three categories, his conference tournament was awarded a qualifying spot in that weight class. Each conference is awarded a minimum of one automatic qualification per weight class, which will go to the tournament champion, even if they did not have any wrestlers reach at least two of the three thresholds. NCAA championship spots for each qualifying event will be awarded at conference tournaments based solely on place-finish.
After all the conference tournaments have concluded, the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee will meet in person to select the remaining 43 at-large qualifiers, which will be announced on March 11, while brackets and seeding will be announced on NCAA.com at 8 p.m. on March 12. All weight classes will consist of 33 wrestlers. COACHES' AND RPI RANKINGS Additionally, the third edition of the mid-season coaches' rankings and the second RPI rankings were released in conjunction with the allocations. Seven Boilermakers made the final lists, the program's most since 2022.
| Wt. | Wrestler | Record | NCAA Coaches | RPI |
| 125 | Matt Ramos (R-Sr.) | 23-0 | 1 | 2 |
| 133 | Dustin Norris (R-Jr.) | 8-10 | NR | 33 |
| 141 | Greyson Clark (So.) | 11-9 | 32 | 24 |
| 157 | Joey Blaze (So.) | 15-4 | 6 | 8 |
| 174 | Brody Baumann (R-So.) | 16-8 | 21 | 25 |
| 197 | Ben Vanadia (R-Jr.) | 16-9 | 33 | 27 |
| 285 | Hayden Filipovich (R-Jr.) | 11-13 | NR | 30 |