One of the biggest days in Division I college wrestling was today and not a match was wrestled.  The NCAA released it’s list of automatic bids to the NCAA Championships and the Big 12 came away with forty-five across the ten weight classes.  Wrestlers wanting to automatically qualify out of the Big 12 will need place to within their weight classes allotted number of conference qualifiers (listed below).  At 125, the Big 12 boasts an astounding seven Automatic qualifiers, so NDSU 125 Paul Bianchi will need to finish within the top seven places to automatically qualify.  Should Bianchi or any Bison’s place at the Big 12 tournament fall outside of their weight’s allotted number of qualifiers, the wrestler could still qualify with a wild card.

Big 12 Qualifiers By Weight Class:

125:  7

133:  5

141:  3

149:  6

157:  4

165:  6

174:  5

184:  3

197:  3

285:  3