The Big Ten Wrestling Championships will take place this Saturday and Sunday in Iowa City, with 140 wrestlers competing for a total of 71 allocated berths in the NCAA Championships in two weeks.
The Big Ten leads all conferences with allocations, with the closest conference, the EIWA, earning 51 allocated spots. Allocations are earned in each weight class based upon wrestlers’ performances throughout the season and their RPI rankings at the end of the regular season.
Each conference champion in their respective weight class will earn a trip to the NCAA tournament. In addition to the automatic bids, each weight class has either four or five at-large bids that are awarded to wrestlers that did not meet the automatic qualifier criteria, but whose efforts throughout the season merit a trip to the tournament.