INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA has announced the pre-allocations and first coaches ranking for the 2021 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
The weight class conference champion in each qualifying tournament will earn an automatic qualifier to the national championships. Each conference was awarded additional pre-allocations based on the five-year average (2016-20) of pre-allocations earned by the conference in each weight class.
In recent years, pre-allocations have been determined by a formula measuring Division I winning percentage, ratings percentage index and coaches’ ranking. A decrease in overall matches, and in particular non-conference matches, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, led the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee to transition to using the five-year historical average to determine pre-allocations for 2021. For any adjustments in conference alignment over the last five years, historical pre-allocations stayed with the conference where they were earned. The competition status of schools for 2021 also did not impact the calculation of pre-allocations.
Former California wrestlers
NCAA Division I Wrestling Coaches Rank (Top 33 as of Feb. 7):
| Wt | Wrestler (Yr) |
Team (Conference) |
Rank |
| 125 | Liam Cronin (Sr) Servite (S, 2016) |
Nebraska (Big 10) | #7 |
| 125 | Nic Aguilar (So) Gilroy (CC, 2018) |
Rutgers (Big 10) | #29 |
| 133 | Devan Turner (Sr) Dixon (SJ, 2016) |
Oregon St. (PAC 12) | #22 |
| 133 | Jason Miranda (Fr) Poway (SD, 2020) |
Stanford (PAC 12) | #24 |
| 141 | DJ Lloren (Sr) Buchanan (C, 2016) |
Fresno St. (Big 12) | #12 |
| 141 | Marco Polanco (Fr) Bishop Amat (S, 2019) |
Minnesota (Big 10) |
#20 |
| 141 | Lawrence Saenz (So) Vacaville (SJ, 2018) |
Cal Poly (PAC 12) | #27 |
| 141 | Angelo Martinoni (So) Folsom (SJ, 2018) |
CS Bakersfield (PAC 12) | #29 |
| 141 | Chase Zollman (So) Poway (SD, 2018) |
Wyoming (Big 12) | #30 |
| 149 | Jaden Abas (Fr) Rancho Bernardo (SD, 2019) |
Stanford (PAC 12) | #16 |
| 149 | Greg Gaxiola (Sr) Buchanan (C, 2016) |
Hofstra (EIWA) | #30 |
| 157 | Justin Thomas (Sr) Calvary Chapel (S, 2016) |
Oklahoma (Big 12) | #10 |
| 157 | Jacob Wright (Jr) Dinuba (C, 2017) |
Wyoming (Big 12) | #19 |
| 157 | Chase Saldate (Fr) Gilroy (CC, 2020) |
Michigan St. (Big 10) | #22 |
| 165 | Anthony Valencia (Sr) St. John Bosco (S, 2015) |
Arizona St. (PAC 12) | #5 |
| 165 | Andrew Sparks (Fr) Calvary Chapel (S, 2020) |
Minnesota (Big 10) | #15 |
| 165 | Izzak Olejnik (So) Bakersfield (C, 2018) |
No. Illinois (MAC) | #20 |
| 174 | Bernie Truax (So) Rancho BV (SD, 2018) |
Cal Poly (PAC 12) | #17 |
| 174 | Anthony Mantanona (Jr) Palm Desert (S, 2017) |
Oklahoma (Big 12) | #27 |
| 184 | Dominic DuCharme (Sr) Windsor (NC, 2016) |
CS Bakersfield (PAC 12) | #26 |
| 184 | Ryan Reyes (So) Gilroy (CC, 2019) |
Oregon St. (PAC 12) | #29 |
| 184 | Cade Belshay (Jr) Buchanan (C, 2017) |
Arizona St. (PAC 12) | #31 |
| 285 | Seth Nevills (So) Clovis (C, 2018) |
Penn St. (Big 10) | #16 |