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