The final weekend of the season is upon us, which means it's about time to wrap up our seed projections. Coming to the upperweights, the 184 pound seeds appear pretty clear, but there is a ton of possibility for volatility in the conference tournaments.

There are two NCAA champs (Bo Nickal and Myles Martin), and a former third placer (Pete Renda). Beyond that, if Drew Foster can't repeat his performance from last year, there will be at least five new guys on the podium in Cleveland.

Below are our projections for the "All American" seeds at 184, with the Big Ten heavily represented in the Top-8. Remember that, while conference tournament predictions are used to determine these projected seeds, I do not include those in ranked opponents remaining.

Projected Seeds: 125 | 133 | 141 | 149 | 157 | 165 | 174

1) Bo Nickal, Penn State

Right now, this is a relatively easy weight to seed. After Nickal finished off the major against Myles Martin in the dual meet, it became hard to imagine a repeat of last year, when Martin beat Nickal in the Big Ten semis.

2) Myles Martin, Ohio State

Well, we’re going to figure out the two and three seeds this weekend when Martin and Pete Renda meet in Raleigh. I’m tentatively going with Martin, despite Renda having the homefield advantage and knowing that he beat Martin 9-2 last year at Midlands. However, Martin won a more recent head-to-head in freestyle by a 4-2 score in the University Nationals finals.

Ranked Opponents Remaining

Sun. Feb. 18th: #3 Pete Renda, NC State

3) Pete Renda, NC State

This is a huge weekend for Renda, and could help cement himself as the two seed for NCAAs. Besides Martin, he also wrestles Zack Zavatsky, who he is 1-2 against from the 2016 season, so this projected three seed could very quickly be turned on its head.

Ranked Opponents Remaining

Fri. Feb. 16th: #8 Zack Zavatsky, Virginia Tech

Sun. Feb. 18th: #2 Myles Martin, Ohio State

4) Ryan Preisch, Lehigh

Preisch not wrestling for two months doesn’t leave us with a whole lot of data on him. He first has to get by Max Dean (or Michael Coleman or Steven Schneider) at EIWAs, and then also hope Dom Abounader finishes third or higher at Big Tens. The injury default loss to Joe Heyob could be negated if Aboundaer does well and let’s Preisch’s dual win from November hold up till now.

5) Dom Abounader, Michigan

Getting to Abounader makes you realize just how precarious the rankings are right now. His wins over Taylor Venz and Zack Zavatsky seem immensely valuable now, but he has yet to wrestle Emery Parker. Historically at Big Tens though, Abounader has performed very well, with career finishes of third, first and third.

Ranked Opponents Remaining

Sun. Feb. 18th: #16 Jordan Ellingwood, Central Michigan

6) Emery Parker, Illinois

I cannot emphasize how much Emery Parker could turn these seeds completely upside down. He’s never wrestled Abounader, and beat Martin last year at NCAAs. He may not get a chance at Martin since he’ll probably be the four seed, but if Abounader drops below fourth, Preisch drops right with him.

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7) Nick Gravina, Rutgers

The way I’m projecting the Big Ten seeds, Gravina could be the five seed thanks to his 9-3 win over Taylor Venz. If he can repeat that (and beat Ricky Robertson on Friday night), combined with Venz’s win over Zack Zavatsky, Gravina could be given a Top-8 seed. The issue is the Chip Ness loss, which could send him in a free fall seeding wise if Big Tens doesn’t go well.

Ranked Opponents Remaining

Fri. Feb. 16th: #9 Ricky Robertson, Wisconsin

8) Taylor Venz, Nebraska

The thought here is that something has to give, with a guy potentially placing sixth in the Big Ten getting an All American seed above finalists from other conferences. But Venz has wins over Zavatsky, Jordan Ellingwood, Drew Foster and Chip Ness.