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VTDante OP
Mar 02, 2026 at 01:53 PM ET
Big Ten pre-seeds out (link). Surprises because of injury and unbalanced
schedule. 133: Blaze gets the #1 seed over Byrd. Likely Byrd-Davino semifinal 141: Braeden Davis #7 seed. Possible rematch of the contentious dual with #2 Hardy in the quarters 157: Brandon Cannon falls to #7 because of injury. Would likely face PJ Duke in the quarters. Cannon was #1 nationally at 157 earlier in the season. 174: Minto gets the #1 over Levi Haines! Lenny Pinto falls to #10. Not sure what happened to him, but Pinto was fun to watch last March 184: Angelo Ferrari #8! Possible matchup with Welsh in the quarters. 285: Cat gets the #8 seed Note: Coaches can challenge seeding by Friday if their wrestler is within 15 points of the wrestler being challenged. Penn State is the heavy favorite but they have some challenging possible quarterfinal matchups. 125: LL vs #8 Dean Peterson 141: Davis vs #2 Brock Hardy 157: PJ Duke vs #7 Brandon Cannon 165: Mesenbrink vs #8 Paddy Gallagher 184: Welsh vs #8 Angelo Ferrari HWT: Mirasola vs #5 Braxton Amos ** Edited by VTDante at 3/2/2026, 3:24:33 PM

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HokieToph HokieToph
5mo
How is Haines not the #1? Undefeated in BigTen and win over Minto
I'll bet that gets corrected.
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VTwinsdad
5mo
Yep, coaches seeding meeting will fix the obvious algorithm issues.
I'm not sure how many spots one can move up or down with the new system but the big obvious mistakes will be corrected I would think.
HokieToph HokieToph
5mo
There are a number of crazy seeds in that release. hopefully there will be
some human input to correct some of these blatantly bad things. As sit stands now, there would/could be some significant impacts to overall team scores. Welch and Ferrari matching up in the QFs? That's awful. That could very well be a finals match so one of those guys is going to lose a bunch of points with that match being 2 rounds too early.
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TartanHokie
5mo
It’s just an algorithm.
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Hokiemacho
5mo
Davis has a bad record because of competition and took over the spot late.