Fresno State Athletics
Five Bulldogs in third NCAA rankings
2/27/2020 1:15:00 PM | Wrestling
Leading the way for the 'Dogs for a third-straight ranking is senior heavyweight Josh Hokit who checks in No. 11 in the coaches' panel rankings and No. 9 in the RPI. Redshirt junior DJ Lloren sits No. 21 at 141 pounds in the coaches' panel and No. 23 in the RPI.
Redshirt sophomore Jacob Wright checks in No. 27 at 157 pounds in the coaches' panel and No. 20 in the RPI. Redshirt freshman Adam Kemp is No. 26 in the RPI at 165 pounds and redshirt sophomore Jackson Hemauer appears at No. 15 in the RPI at 174 pounds.
Hokit is the second-highest ranked heavyweight in the coaches' panel rankings from the Big 12 while Lloren and Wright are each the fifth-highest ranked wrestler from the Big 12 at their respective weights in the coaches' panel rankings.
Kemp checks in as the fifth-highest Big 12 165-pounder in the RPI while Hemauer is the fourth-highest 174-pounder in the conference in the RPI.
Also on Thursday, the NCAA revealed its allocations for automatic qualifiers that each conference will get in each weight class. The Big Ten leads the way with 79 followed by the Big 12 (54), EIWA (44), MAC (41), ACC (35), Pac-12 (16) and Southern Conference (14).
In total, 283 automatic qualifiers will be earned at next weekend's seven conference tournaments across the country while 47 at-large qualifiers will be announced on March 10.
2020 Big 12 automatic qualifiers by weight class
125: 4
133: 8
141: 5
149: 5
157: 5
165: 4
174: 5
184: 5
197: 6
Hwt: 7
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 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.
The RPI is a calculation that considers a wrestler's 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.
The first two rankings (Jan. 24/Feb. 13) were used primarily for educational purposes to promote the selection criteria to coaches, student-athletes, media and fans. The third ranking (Feb. 27) is the ranking that will be used by the NCAA Wrestling Committee to assist in determining the advance allocations to each qualifying tournament. The final ranking following conference tournaments will be used to provide the most accurate and up-to-date rankings to the committee as an important element of the selection criteria during the in-person selection meeting.
Wrestlers in each weight class will be measured by winning percentage, rating percentage index (RPI) and coaches' rankings to earn allocation spots for their qualifying tournaments for the championships.Â
The above criteria, in addition to head-to-head competition, quality wins, results against common opponents and qualifying tournament placement are all part of the evaluation process for selection and seeding the committee uses for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
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