Prant's analysis is interesting and makes sense. And I agree 6A would by far be the toughest if more kids in 6A went out for wrestling. As a former 6A wrestler, I wish there was more participation in wrestling at bigger schools.

What happens in reality is that 25-40 wrestlers on average go out for wrestling at 4A, 5A and 6A schools. Note I say on average, becuase I know the successful schools probably get more.

When you look at things over the long run. 1-3A normally doesn't have the depth as a team. But individually, their wrestlers would compete very well at higher levels.


My conclusion is that there is equal depth throughout all classes on the individual level. But 4a might be the toughest class to win due to the fact you have to go through 64 teams vs 32.

6a and 5A might have a slight team advantage by having more depth due to large population to select from, but the 4A brackets are tougher.