Projected 2022 NCAA All-Americans Based On Seeds
Projected 2022 NCAA All-Americans Based On Seeds
How many All-Americans will each NCAA school and conference get based on the tournament seeds? We crunch the numbers and tell you!
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Based on How many All-Americans will each NCAA school and conference get based on the tournament seeds? We crunch the numbers and tell you!
Below is the breakdown of all the conferences and the schools therein that have tournament entrants that received top 8 seeds.
| Big Ten | Top 8 Seeds |
| Michigan | 8 |
| Iowa | 7 |
| Penn State | 6 |
| Ohio State | 4 |
| Wisconsin | 3 |
| Minnesota | 2 |
| Rutgers | 1 |
| Northwestern | 1 |
| Nebraska | 1 |
| Michigan State | 1 |
| Illinois | 1 |
| Total | 35 |
Unsurprisingly, the conference with the most projected All-Americans is the Big Ten, with over 43% of the total All-Americans projected to come from the most dominant wrestling conference in the NCAA.
| Big 12 | Top 8 Seeds |
| Oklahoma State | 3 |
| Missouri | 2 |
| Iowa State | 2 |
| Wyoming | 1 |
| West Virginia | 1 |
| Northern Iowa | 1 |
| South Dakota State | 1 |
| North Dakota State | 1 |
| Northern Colorado | 1 |
| Air Force | 1 |
| Total | 14 |
The second-largest conference projects to earn the second most number of All-Americans.
| Pac-12 | Top 8 Seeds |
| Arizona State | 5 |
| Stanford | 2 |
| Oregon State | 2 |
| Cal Poly | 2 |
| Total | 11 |
Arizona State leads the pack in the strongest Pac-12 season in recent memory. The Pac-12 projects to earn over 1.8 AAs per team, the highest ratio in the NCAA next to Big Ten, which has a ratio of 2.5.
| EIWA | Top 8 Seeds |
| Princeton | 2 |
| Lehigh | 2 |
| Cornell | 2 |
| Harvard | 1 |
| Drexel | 1 |
| Binghamton | 1 |
| Total | 9 |
Penn will have nine wrestlers in the brackets as well. While none of them are seeded in the top 8, with the more opportunities you have the greater the odds one will fight their way onto the podium.
| ACC | Top 8 Seeds |
| North Carolina State | 4 |
| Virginia Tech | 2 |
| Pittsburgh | 2 |
| Total | 8 |
The ACC could also see All-American contributions from North Carolina, Virginia, and Duke, who will all be sending representatives to Detroit.
| SoCon | Top 8 Seeds |
| Campbell | 1 |
| App State | 1 |
| Total | 2 |
The Southern Conference is hoping to double the number of AAs they earned last season, both potentially at 149-pounds.
| MAC | Top 8 Seeds |
| Central Michigan | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
With 20 qualifiers, there's a good chance Matt Stencel, the only MAC wrestlers with a top 8 seed, is not the only MAC competitor to make the podium.