2024 EIWA Championship

By The Numbers: 3rd Coaches Poll

By The Numbers: 3rd Coaches Poll

A deep dive into the most recent rankings courtesy of the NCAA coaches.

Feb 29, 2024 by Andrew Spey
By The Numbers: 3rd Coaches Poll

The third NCAA Coaches Poll and second RPI rankings are out (as are the NCAA Tournament allocations). This means we can dig into the coaches' poll rankings and create some cool tables and charts based on those rankings! 

The following table is how the 2024 NCAA Tournament will go based on projections from the Second Coaches Poll, using the same methodology as our Team Tournament Rankings, where a ranking equals a placement, which is then used to calculate advancement and placement points at the NCAAs. As such, no bonus points are factored in.

Projected PlaceTeamPorjected Points
1Penn State133
2Iowa65
3NC State58.5
4Nebraska56
5Iowa State55
6Lehigh54.5
7Michigan54
8Cornell52.5
9Oklahoma State51.5
10Virginia Tech46.5
11Missouri43.5
12Arizona State40
13South Dakota State34
14Ohio State30.5
15Northern Iowa30
16Wisconsin29.5
17Minnesota27
18Purdue20.5
19Northern Colorado19.5
19Air Force19.5
21West Virginia14
21Oregon State14
23Maryland12.5
23Little Rock12.5
25Rutgers11.5
25Oklahoma11.5
27North Carolina11
27Binghamton11
29Stanford10.5
29Harvard10.5
31Pennsylvania9.5
32Pittsburgh7.5
33Cal Poly6.5
34Illinois5.5
35Indiana4
35Campbell4
37Ohio3.5
37Navy3.5
39Michigan State3
39Army West Point3
41Princeton2.5
42Wyoming2
42Lock Haven2
42Columbia2
42Central Michigan2
42Bucknell2
47Virginia1.5
47Utah Valley1.5
47Appalachian State1.5
50SIU Edwardsville0.5
50Northwestern0.5
50North Dakota State0.5
50Hofstra0.5
50George Mason0.5
50Franklin & Marshall0.5
50Cleveland State0.5
57Rider0
57Northern Illinois0
57Gardner-Webb0
57Drexel0
57Clarion0
57Chattanooga0
57California Baptist0
57Buffalo0
57American0


For a visualization of just how impressive that score is for Penn State, check out this pie chart of each school's share of the total points earned at the NCAAs.


For reference, 10 champs would be 200 points, or about 18% of the total available points. Penn State is projected to earn 12% of the total possible points.

We can also count how many All-Americans the coaches are projecting for each school by adding up all the wrestlers ranked in the top eight by team.  

If that chart is hard to read here are the same numbers in a (hopefully) easier-to-read table.


TeamAAsTeamAAsTeamAAs
Penn State8Missouri3Oregon State1
Iowa6Arizona State3Oklahoma1
Iowa State5Wisconsin2Northern Colorado1
Cornell5West Virginia2North Carolina1
Oklahoma State4Ohio State2Maryland1
Nebraska4Northern Iowa2Little Rock1
NC State4Minnesota2Illinois1
Michigan4Stanford1Harvard1
Lehigh4Rutgers1Binghamton1
Virginia Tech3Purdue1Air Force1
South Dakota State3Pennsylvania1 


We can also look at projected All-Americans by conference. 

Finally, we can do a projected points scored at NCAA matrix using teams and weight classes.