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Question from someone relatively new to following wrestling - why is RU ranked 11 by Intermat for dual meets but 24 for tournaments - what's the difference between the rankings and does it mean anything? - seems like RU is the one school that is ranked significantly different between the two methods.
 
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Question from someone relatively new to following wrestling - why is RU ranked 11 by Intermat for dual meets but 24 for tournaments - what's the difference between the rankings and does it mean anything? - seems like RU is the one school that is ranked significantly different between the two methods.

In tournament scoring the emphasis is place on the team's individuals advancing as far as possible and picking up team points with each win and bonus points accrued. RU has a very balanced team of good wresters, but probably only has one great wrestler (Ashnault) who should make top 8 and All America, maybe 2 very good wrestlers (Gravina, or Theo or JVB) with an outside chance of upsetting some guys and making the podium for AA (top 8). Some Teams with 3 or 4 guys making AA , RU can still beat in a dual but will fall behind scoring wise in Tourny scoring. Most of the teams ranked 11-20 in tourny scoring rankings , RU would beat in a dual.

For more detailed answer I suggest doing a goggle search.
 
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Question from someone relatively new to following wrestling - why is RU ranked 11 by Intermat for dual meets but 24 for tournaments - what's the difference between the rankings and does it mean anything? - seems like RU is the one school that is ranked significantly different between the two methods.
The higher tournament ranking generally reflects teams with more individual wrestlers projected to finish very high at Nationals or other tournaments. This means that they would score more points than us at a tourney.

For example, a team with 3 wrestlers projected to finish in the top 4 would be ranked higher than us in the tourney rankings, even if we would beat them in a dual because we have greater depth throughout the lineup. We might only have 1 or 2 wrestlers projected to finish high. In a dual, we would beat a team 7 matches to 3, but if their 3 winners are all high placers at nationals, they would be considered a better tournament team.
 
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