COLUMBIA, Mo. – No. 24 Mizzou Wrestling has eight of its 10 wrestlers ranked in the initial NCAA Coaches Rankings, released Friday (Jan. 24). The Tigers are ranked at every weight class with the exception of 125 and heavyweight, highlighted by 149-pounder Brock Mauller, who ranks fifth at 149 pounds.
The rankings are the first of four coaches' panel rankings for the 2019-20 wrestling season today. The final rankings will be one of the criteria used as part of the selection process to determine qualifiers and seeding for the 2020 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on March 19-21 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
The rankings are determined by a vote of 14 coaches in each weight class with two head coaches from each of the seven conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, EIWA, MAC, Pac-12 and SoCon), which is double the amount of voters that had previously been used for the coaches' panel rankings. For ranking purposes, coaches may only consider a wrestler that has been designated as a starter at a respective weight class. Wrestlers must have participated in at least five matches against Division I opponents in the weight class and have wrestled within the last 30 days to be ranked.
Below are Mizzou's wrestlers who are ranked:
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