IRVING, Texas – Taylor Lujan and Bryce Steiert received No. 1 seeds and four other Panthers were ranked in the top four of their brackets in the Pre-Big 12 Championship seeds released Wednesday by the league. The Panthers' two top seeds were second among league teams. Three Oklahoma State wrestlers are seeded first and Iowa State, Oklahoma, Utah Valley, West Virginia and Wyoming had one each.
The pre-seeds were voted into their positions by the league's 12 head coaches and are subject to change. Final seeds will be confirmed at Friday's pre-championship coaches meeting.