Assuming no upsets in the conference tournaments...
If you're a ranked wrestler: Even. Neither conference would leave ranked guys at home.
If you're an unranked wrestler: Big Televen, but only slightly, for this season. 11% of their qualifiers (8) will be unranked, compared to the Big 12's 5% (2).
Big 12 - 5 teams, 38 qualifiers (top 3 at each weight, plus 8 wild cards)
Big Televen - 11 teams, 72 qualifiers (top 7 at each weight, plus 2 wild cards)
Using InterMat's latest rankings (Feb. 26):
Big 12
125 - #4 Donahoe (NU), #14 Clark (
ISU), #15 Fio (OU);
WC-#16 Shinn (OSU)
133 - #1 Scott (OSU), #7 Fanthorpe (
ISU), #10 Jordan (NU);
WC-#20 McCormick (MU)
141 - #3 Morgan (OSU), #12 Gallick (
ISU), #16 Bailey (OSU)
149 - #7 Burroughs (NU), #14 Wagner (MU), #17 Rowe (OU)
157 - #12 Chandler (MU), #13 Sanderson (
ISU), #17 Terry (OU);
WC-#20 McSpadden (OSU)
165 - #2 Marable (MU), #5 Dieffenbach (OSU), #7 Dwyer (NU);
WC-#8 Reader (ISU)
174 - #5 Browne (NU), #8 Mason (OSU),
NR wrestler
184 - #1 Varner (
ISU), #5 Jordan (MU), #6 Weitzel (OU);
WC-#13 Jones (NU)
197 - #7 Askren (MU), #8 Brester (NU), #9 Flaggert (OU);
WC-#16 Bertolino (ISU)
HWT - #5 Zabriskie (
ISU), #7 Rosholt (OSU), #11 Ellis (MU);
WC-#14 May (NU) TOTAL: 29/30 auto bids; 7/8 wild cards; 36/38 (95%) total spots to ranked wrestlers; 0 ranked wrestlers left out Big Televen
125 - #1 Ness (MN), #2 Falck (IA), #3 Escobedo (IN), #5 Precin (NW), #8 Flores (IL), #9 McKnight (PS), #20 Cudd (WI)
133 - #3 Kennedy (IL), #4 Slaton (IA), #5 Gomez (MS), #8 Tanelli (WI), #9 Reiter (MN), #12 Hernandez (IN), #13 Humphrey (OS)
141 - #4 Russell (MI), #5 Ruschell (WI), #6 LeClere (IA), #7 Jaggers (OS), #8 Rivera (MN), #10 Scott (PS), #14 Sulzer (NW);
WC-#15 Prater (IL)
149 - #1 Metcalf (IA), #3 Schlatter (MN), #4 Churella (MI), #5 Jenkins (PS), #6 Palmer (OS), #10 Patacsil (PU), #11 Lang (NW)
157 - #2 Poeta (IL), #3 Vallimont (PS), #4 Becker (IN), #5 Henning (WI), #6 Schlatter (MN), #15 Marsh (MI), #16 Morningstar (IA)
165 - #1 Perry (IA), #3 Tannenbaum (MI), #11 Safratowich (MN), #12 Sponseller (OS), #15 Coughlin (IN),
NR wrestler,
NR wrestler
174 - #2 Luke (MI), #3 Borschel (IA), #11 Dretsch (MN), #12 Hayes (NW), #15 Dergo (IL), #16 Erwin (PS), #17 Corpe (PU)
184 - #2 Pucillo (OS), #3 Todd (MI), #7 Keddy (IA), #9 Kish (MN), #14 Bomberger (PS),
NR wrestler,
NR wrestler
197 - #2 Tamillow (NW), #3 Davis (PS), #6 Herbst (WI), #11 Bond (IL), #15 Williams (MS), #19 Biondo (MI),
NR wrestler
HWT - #1 Bergman (OS), #2 Massey (WI), #3 Fox (NW), #6 Fields (IA), #13 Wise (IL),
NR wrestler,
NR wrestler TOTAL: 63/70 auto bids; 1/2 wild cards; 64/72 (89%) total spots to ranked wrestlers; 0 ranked wrestlers left out
