Similar to the NCAA BCS experiment, the NWCA has instituted a BSC-esque scenario for the latest edition of the NWCA Division I National Championship Dual Meet Series. The pairings were announced Monday morning and were based largely on the USA Today/NWCA Coaches Poll dual meet rankings. With the Big Ten as the best conference in collegiate wrestling, ten Big Ten Schools were selected as the host schools for the series (take that, college bowl games in the deep South or West).
The Big Ten teams were pitted against six conference champions and a pair of wild card teams.