NCAA Seeds vs FloRanking

NCAA Seeds vs FloRanking

2017 NCAA pre-seeds compared to their FloRanking.

Mar 8, 2017 by Ryan Holmes
NCAA Seeds vs FloRanking
The 2017 NCAA National Championship brackets have been released. We took a look at this year's seeds and compared them to each wrestlers FloRanking. For the most part the seeds and the rankings are fairly close with the exception of a few wrestlers. 

Check out the list below of each wrestlers seed along with their FloRanking.

125

Wrestler
School
Seed
FloRanking
Thomas Gilman Iowa 1 1
Joey Dance Virginia Tech 2 4
Nick Suriano Penn State 3 2
Darian Cruz Lehigh 4 3
Tim Lambert Nebraska 5 5
Ethan Lizak Minnesota 6 6
Sean Russell Edinboro 7 7
Nick Piccininni Oklahoma State 8 8
Josh Rodriguez NDSU 9 9
Jack Mueller Virginia 10 11
Josh Terao American 11 12
Sean Fauz NC State 12 10
Shakur Laney Ohio U 13 17
Freddie Rodriguez SIUE 14 18
Drew Templeman Wyoming 15 13
Nathan Kraisser Campbell 16 19

133

Wrestler
School
Seed
FloRanking
Nathan Tomasello Ohio State 1 1
Seth Gross SDSU 2 2
Kaid Brock Oklahoma State 3 3
Cory Clark Iowa 4 4
Stevan Micic Michigan 5 5
Dom Forys Pitt 6 8
Eric Montoya Nebraska 7 6
Zane Richards Illinios 8 7
Scotty Parker Lehigh 9 9
John Erneste Missouri 10 10
Bryan Lantry Buffalo 11 12
Josh Alber UNI 12 13
Earl Hall Iowa State 13 14
Mitch McKee Minnesota 14 15
Jamal Morris NC State 15 17
Kevin Devoy Drexel 16 11

141

Wrestler
School
Seed
FloRanking
Dean Heil Oklahoma State 1 1
Kevin Jack NC State 2 2
Joey McKenna Stanford 3 3
Matt Kolodzik Princeton 4 4
Anthony Ashnault Rutgers 5 5
George DiCamillo Virginia 6 6
Joey Ward UNC 7 7
Jaydin Eierman Missouri 8 10
Colton McCrystal Nebraska 9 9
Bryce Meredith Wyoming 10 8
Randy Cruz Lehigh 11 13
Luke Pletcher Ohio State 12 12
Javier Gasca Michigan State 13 15
Tommy Thorn Minnesota 14 16
Tyler Smith Bucknell 15 14
Jared Prince Navy 16 11

149

Wrestler
School
Seed
FloRanking
Zain Retherford Penn State 1 1
Anthony Collica Oklahoma State 2 2
Lavion Mayes Missouri 3 4
Micah Jordan Ohio State 4 3
Brandon Sorensen Iowa 5 5
Solomon Chishko Virginia Tech 6 7
Max Thomsen UNI 7 8
Pat Lugo Edinboro 8 6
Justin Oliver CMU 9 9
Laike Gardner Lehigh 10 12
Davion Jeffries Oklahoma 11 11
Sam Speno NC State 12 18
Alfred Bannister Maryland 13 UR
Steve Bleise NIU 14 10
Kenny Theobald Rutgers 15 UR
Jordan Laster Princeton 16 15

157

Wrestler
School
Seed
FloRanking
Jason Nolf Penn State 1 1
Michael Kemerer Iowa 2 2
Joey Lavallee Missouri 3 3
Tyler Berger Nebraska 4 4
Joseph Smith Oklahoma State 5 6
Clayton Ream NDSU 6 11
Dylan Palacio Cornell 7 5
Jake Short Minnesota 8 9
Josh Shields Arizona State 9 12
Colin Heffernan
CMU
10 10
Russ Parsons
Army
11 8
Clark Glass
Oklahoma
12 15
John Van Brill
Rutgers
13 14
Sal Mastriani
Virginia Tech
14 18
Archie Colgan
Wyoming
15 UR
Victor Lopez Bucknell 16 UR

165

Wrestler
School
Seed
FloRanking
Isaiah Martinez Illinois 1 1
Logan Massa Michigan 2 2
Vincenzo Joseph Penn State 3 3
Isaac Jordan Wisconsin 4 4
Chad Walsh Rider 5 6
Daniel Lewis Missouri 6 5
Anthony Valencia Arizona State 7 9
Dylan Cotrell West Virginia 8 8
Chandler Rogers Oklahoma State 9 11
Te'Shan Campbell Pitt 10 13
Bryce Steiert UNI 11 7
Austin Matthews Edinboro 12 10
Brandon Womack Cornell 13 16
Branson Ashworth Wyoming 14 20
Nick Wanzek Minnesota 15 12
Drew Hughes Michigan State 16 15

174

Wrestler
School
Seed
FloRanking
Zahid Valencia Arizona State 1 1
Brian Realbuto Cornell 2 2
Bo Jordan Ohio State 3 3
Zach Epperly Virginia Tech 4 5
Mark Hall Penn State 5 4
Ryan Preisch Lehigh 6 6
Kyle Crutchmer Oklahoma State 7 7
Ethan Ramos UNC 8 11
Myles Amine Michigan 9 8
Zach Brunson Illinois 10 9
Alex Meyer Iowa 11 10
Casey Kent Penn 12 12
Taylor Lujan UNI 13 13
Lelund Weatherspoon Iowa State 14 15
Trace Engelkes NIU 15 17
Christian Brucki CMU 16 18

184

Wrestler
School
Seed
FloRanking
Gabe Dean Cornell 1 1
Bo Nickal Penn State 2 2
Sammy Brooks Iowa 3 3
Nolan Boyd Oklahoma State 4 6
Zach Zavatsky Virginia Tech 5 9
Myles Martin Ohio State 6 4
TJ Dudley Nebraska 7 5
Jack Dechow ODU 8 8
Nate Jackson Indiana 9 7
Michael Macchiavello NC State 10 11
Emory Parker Illinios 11 10
Drew Foster UNI 12 12
Bryce Carr Chattanooga 13 15
Dakota Geer Edinboro 14 14
Steven Schneider Binghamton 15 UR
Jordan Ellingwood CMU 16 13

197

Wrestler
School
Seed
FloRanking
J'Den Cox Missouri 1 1
Brett Pfarr Minnesota 2 2
Kollin Moore Ohio State 3 3
Jared Haught Virginia Tech 4 4
Matt McCutcheon Penn State 5 5
Preston Weigel Oklahoma State 6 7
Aaron Studebaker
Nebraska
7 6
Ryan Wolfe
Rider
8 10
Nate Rotert
SDSU
9 9
Kevin Beazley
ODU
10 13
Shawn Scott
NIU
11 14
Frank Mattiace
Penn
12 11
Tom Sleigh
Bucknell
13 12
Corey Griego
Oregon State
14 16
Ricky Robertson
Wisconsin
15 18
Austin Severn CMU 16 19

285

Wrestler
School
Seed
FloRanking
Kyle Snyder Ohio State 1 1
Connor Medbery Wisconsin 2 2
Ty Walz Virginia Tech 3 3
Jacob Kasper Duke 4 5
Nick Nevills Penn State 5 4
Austin Schafer Oklahoma State 6 6
Tanner Hall Arizona State 7 7
Michael Kroells Minnesota 8 8
Denzel Dejournette App State 9 9
Nathan Butler Stanford 10 17
Jared Johnson Chattanooga 11 13
Billy Miller Edinboro 12 10
Collin Jensen Nebraska 13 12
Thomas Haines Lock Haven 14 11
Ryan Solomon Pitt 15 19
Garrett Ryan Columbia 16 14