SUGGESTED SEEDING PROCEDURES
The number of contestants who are seeded may vary from one weight class to the next, but every effort should be made to treat like situations in a uniform manner.
Tournament directors should establish the criteria for seeding prior to commencing the actual seeding meeting.

• Drawings to place competitors on the tournament bracket should be made immediately after the verification of entries.
• If there are two outstanding wrestlers in a weight class, one should be placed in the upper half of the bracket and one in the lower half of the bracket.
• If there are several wrestlers of nearly equal ability, they should be assigned positions based on their seeds.
• A seeded contestant shall have the same opportunity to draw for the byes as other contestants in his bracket.

The following criteria order is not mandated nor is it intended to be an all-inclusive list.
Items/factors for consideration for determining seeds:

• Records against common opponents;
• Head-to-head
• Other common opponents
• Returning champion or runner-up in the same weight class;
• Wrestler with exceptional record against acknowledged strong competition;
• Contestant with best overall record
• At weight class entered
• Overall record

POINT OF CLARIFICATION: Dual team tournament situations - Interpretations:
Questions and Answers:

Q – Wrestler A for school A is disqualified during the first dual in a dual-team tournament. Wrestler A was disqualified for a) unsportsmanlike conduct, b) flagrant misconduct. Can school A substitute another wrestler from their school for wrestler A in subsequent duals during the tournament?
A – Yes, in either a) or b), school A may substitute another wrestler in for wrestler A in subsequent duals during that tournament provided the substitute is eligible to participate in that weight class. Wrestler A is charged with participation in a tournament and is assessed the competition points and one event even though he only participated in one dual in that tournament. The substitute is also assessed the competition points and one event for participating in that tournament.

Q - Can a school team enter more than one wrestler per weight class for a dual-team tournament?
A - It is permissible for a school team to have more than one wrestler per each weight class entered in a dual-team tournament. For example, school team A has 16 different wrestlers entered in a dual-team tournament. For that school team, there may be more than one student eligible for some weight classes.

Q – Can a school team change which participants (wrestlers) represent that school in different duals in a dual-team tournament?
A – Yes, as long as the wrestler is eligible to participate in that weight class (based on his stripped weight at the time of the competition weigh-in).

Q – Can different wrestlers in the same weight class from the same school team compete in a dual-team tournament.
A – Yes, but in any one dual a school may only have one wrestler entered in each weight class.

Q – How are points calculated for wrestlers entered in a dual-team tournament?
A – Any wrestler that is entered in the tournament and participates (regardless on the number of matches or number of duals they compete in) is charged with one event and three competition points (one-day tournament) or four competition points (two-day tournament). Even if the wrestler only wrestles in one match in that tournament, it counts as a tournament for that wrestler.

Q – If a wrestler takes a forfeit in a match does that match count toward the maximum number of matches a wrestler can participate in during a day?
A – Yes, forfeits count as matches in regards to the maximum number of matches a wrestler can compete in during a day.