IRVING, Texas — The Big 12 garnered 57 pre-allocations for the 2024 Division I Wrestling Championship the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee announced. The Big 12 received the second-most out of the Division I conferences and received a minimum of five pre-allocations in every weight class, with the highest being six in the 125, 133, 149, 157,165, 174 and 197-pound weight classes.

Each qualifying tournament was awarded pre-allocations to the national tournament based on regular season performance by conference wrestlers through Feb. 26. The pre-allocations are determined using a sliding scale of a .700 winning percentage, top 30 coaches’ rank and top 30 ratings percentage index (RPI) with a maximum of 29 pre-allocations per weight class.

For each wrestler that reached the threshold in at least two of the three categories, his conference tournament was awarded a qualifying spot in that weight class. Each conference was awarded a minimum of one automatic bid per weight class, which will go to the tournament champion, even if they did not have any wrestlers reach at least two of the three thresholds. NCAA championship spots for each qualifying event will be awarded at conference tournaments based solely on place-finish.

After all the conference tournaments have concluded, the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee will meet in-person to select the remaining 47 at-large qualifiers, which will be announced March 12, while brackets and seeding will be announced on NCAA.com March 13. All weight classes will consist of 33 wrestlers.

Big 12 Pre-allocations by weight class:
125: 6
133: 6
141: 5
149: 6
157: 6
165: 6
174: 6
184: 5
197: 6
HWT (285): 5
Total: 57