How would the NCAA Tournament team race go if every match went according to seed? That's a good question, and luckily for us, we can answer it, as the NCAA seeding committee has, for the first time in tournament history, seeded all 33 entries per weight class. 

Applying the same method we use to calculate the FloWrestling Team Tournament Top 20, we can reveal what the team scores would be if every bracket went 100% chalk and there were no bonus points or penalty deductions. Those scores are in the table below.

With seven wrestlers seeded in the top three, it's no surprise to see Penn State up top. They are the favored to run away with their fourth straight team title, and head coach Cael Sanderson's eighth overall, a double four-peat. 

Oklahoma State, despite netting zero points in our projection from #33 seed Joe Smith at 165 and #26 seed Dakota Geer at 184, is favored to battle it out with Ohio State for the runner-up trophy. The final fourth-place team trophy should come down to either Michigan or Iowa. 

We can also see how many All-Americans each team would have if everyone wrestled to seed. That table is below.

But, as explained, that's if literally everything goes according to chalk and there are no bonus points or penalty deductions, and the chances of that happening are precisely nil. 

So what will happen in Pittsburgh? That's what we all get to find out together over the next week. How delightful for us all.