Phat Mat Stats is a periodic column that uses individual wrestler rankings, plots the top teams’ lineups, averages the rankings across four top ranking services, uses the averages to project team scores at the National Championships, and leverages the entire exercise to have some fun and talk a little college wrestling.
The Charts
The root of the projections are the summation of two of the three types of tournament scoring: Placement Points and Advancement Points, as laid out in this chart:
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Placement Points are awarded to the top eight finishers as shown in the third column above.