The MAC wrestling tournament kicks off one week from today and we’ve previewed the seedings below. The official seedings should be out later this week, probably on Tuesday. The University of New York, at Buffalo, is banned from postseason competition for low academics, so we seeded all eight wrestlers at each weight.
The Panthers are led by predicted number one Blaize Cabell at 285 pounds. UNI also has two predicted two seeds in Dylan Peters and Cooper Moore. We’ll have the full list of seeds posted when they come out, but here are our predictions. Let us know what you think!
125 – The MAC gets two autobids

1. Alan Waters – Missouri
2. Dylan Peters – UNI
3. Brandon Jeske – Old Dominion
4. Derek Elmore – Northern Illinois
5. Del Vinas – Kent State
6. Brent Fleetwood – Central Michigan
7. Blake Caudill – Eastern Michigan
8. Zak Hassan – Ohio
133 – The MAC gets one autobid
1. Zach Synon – Missouri
2. Vincent Pizzuto – Eastern Michigan
3. Tyler Kesselring – Central Michigan
4. Mac McGuire – Kent State
5. Jordan Northrup – Northern Illinois
6. Kagan Squire – Ohio
7. Leight Gaul – UNI
8. Michael Hayes – Old Dominion
141 – The MAC gets three autobids
1. Zach Horan – Central Michigan
2. Lavion Mayes – Missouri
3. Chris Mecate – Old Dominion
4. Tyler Small – Kent State
5. Tyler Argue – Northern Illinois
6. Jake Hodges – UNI
7. Michael Shaw – Eastern Michigan
8. Joel Shump or Noah Forrider – Ohio
149 – The MAC gets five autobids
1. Drake Houdashelt – Missouri
2. Alexander Richardson – Old Dominion
3. Colin Heffernan – Central Michigan
4. Tywan Claxton – Ohio
5. Nicholas Barber – Eastern Michigan
6. Mike DePalma – Kent State
7. Gunnar Wolfensperger – UNI
8. Austin Culton – Northern Illinois
157 – The MAC gets three autobids

1. Ian Miller – Kent State
2. Joey Lavallee – Missouri
3. Cody LeCount – Central Michigan
4. Jarrett Jensen – UNI
5. Bradon Zeerip – Eastern Michigan
6. Spartak Chino – Ohio
7. Andrew Morse – Northern Illinois
8. TC Warner – Old Dominion
165 – The MAC gets four autobids
1. Tristan Warner – Old Dominion
2. Cooper Moore – UNI
3. Harrison Hightower – Ohio
4. Mikey England – Missouri
5. Jordan Wohlfert – Central Michigan
6. Tyler Buckwalter – Kent State
7. Shaun’Qae McMurtry – Northern Illinois
8. Devan Marry – Eastern Michigan
174 – The MAC gets three autobids
1. Cody Walters – Ohio
2. Johnny Eblen – Missouri
3. Jordan Ellingwood – Central Michigan
4. Caleb Marsh – Kent State
5. Trace Engelkes – Northern Illinois
6. Austin Coburn – Old Dominion
7. Curt Maas – UNI
8. Kayne MacCallum – Eastern Michigan
184 – The MAC gets two autobids
1. Willie Miklus – Missouri
2. Jack Dechow – Old Dominion
3. Andrew Romanchik – Ohio
4. Jerald Spohn – Kent State
5. Austin Severn – Central Michigan
6. Cody Caldwell – UNI
7. Mike Curby – Eastern Michigan
8. Quinton Rosser – Northern Illinois
197 – The MAC gets six autobids
1. J’Den Cox – Missouri
2. Phil Wellington – Ohio
3. Shawn Scott – Northern Illinois
4. Anthony Abro – Eastern Michigan
5. Cole Baxter – Kent State
6. Basil Minto – UNI
7. Kevin Beazley – Old Dominion
8. Jackson Lewis – Central Michigan
285 – The MAC gets four autobids

1. Blaize Cabell – UNI
2. Devin Mellon – Missouri
3. Mimmo Lytle – Kent State
4. Jake Henderson – Old Dominion
5. Gage Hutchison – Eastern Michigan
6. Adam Robinson – Central Michigan
7. Arthur Bunce – Northern Illinois
8. Jesse Webb – Ohio
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