INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee has announced the pre- allocation spots for the 2025 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships as listed in the chart below.

The Mid-American Conference (MAC) earned 26 NCAA allocations, including four from George Mason wrestlers. The Patriots were one of only four teams with four or more allocations with Lock Haven leading the way with six, followed by Central Michigan, Rider, and George Mason with four each.

Each qualifying tournament was awarded pre-allocations to the national tournament based on regular season performance by conference wrestlers through February 23.  The pre-allocations were determined by using a sliding scale of the three standards, win percentage, coaches' rank, and RPI ranking; while never going below the base of .700 winning percentage, top 30 coaches' ranking and top 30 RPI ranking until reaching the maximum of 29 wrestlers 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 is awarded a minimum of one automatic qualification 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 43 at-large qualifiers, which will be announced on March 11, while brackets and seeding will be announced on NCAA.com at 8 p.m. on March 12.  All weight classes will consist of 33 wrestlers.  

Second RPI Rankings/Third NWCA Rankings
George Mason had four wrestlers earn spots in the most recent RPI/NWCA ranking; #26/#26 Kaden Cassidy at 149, #27/#22 DJ McGee at 157, #21/#23 Evan Maag at 165, and #31/#23 Malachi DuVall at 184.

The coaches' rankings are determined by a vote of 16 coaches in each weight class with two head coaches from each of the eight conferences. For ranking purposes, coaches may only consider a wrestler that has been designated as a starter at a respective weight class. Wrestlers must have eight Division I matches in the weight class to be considered with at least one within the last 30 days.

The RPI is a calculation that consists of three factors: winning percentage, opponent winning percentage (strength of schedule) and opponent's opponent winning percentage (opponent's strength of schedule). Only matches against Division I opponents at the designated weight class count towards the RPI and a wrestler needs to have wrestled 15 matches to be ranked.

Weight             Wrestler                      RPI             Coaches
149                  Kaden Cassidy             26                    26
157                  DJ McGee                    27                    22
165                  Evan Maag                  21                    23
184                  Malachi DuVall            31                    23

MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 2025 MAC Wrestling Championship will be held on March 7-8 hosted by Rider University at the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton, NJ, where all 13 MAC wrestling programs will compete. The 2025 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships will be held at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA on March 20- 22.