The rankings really mean nothing. I think they are entertaining and it is healthy to speculate and predict. We have them for every major college sport so why not have them in wrestling. There is no way to completely settle the all class rankings since Grand State was eliminated more than three decades ago so who is number one in the all class ranking is really anyone's guess. I commend the Chief for his passion, interest, and the hours of time he puts into researching and interviewing to compile his list. Having many times spent time pow wowing and smokng the peace pipe, I know that he has the best interest of wrestling in mind first and foremost. He trys to be as fair and as unbiased as possible. He does the best he can with the information that is available. (By the way, shame on all of you coaches who do not report complete results in a timely manner! Notice the number of duals and dual tournaments that do not have the individual results reported!) Rankings are not seedings (by the way, which needs to be a topic all to itself as most are ridiculous attempts at manipulating the brackets.) They are the reporting of the order of ability of each wrestler in each weight class in a MAJORITY of matchups. One match may or may not impact the rankings as the rater may still feel that a wrestler would have won in a majority of the match ups. Hail to the CHIEF!!
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