Intermat's Homepage

Premium Service Homepage



2000 InterMat's Top Recruiting Classes

Released June 14, 2000

Many teams had quality classes this season but overall it appears a sub-par year for recruiting. Many of the top teams never recruited real strong this season hoping that they can cash in on the outstanding class of recruits coming out next season. There is still a few top recruits that haven't signed and a few transfer possibilities that could have an impact on the final rankings. Given all the factors and criteria which is listed below, InterMat's 2000 Top Recruiting Class goes to Northern Iowa. They signed by far the best quantity and had pretty good quality, also. 

Rankings are based on the teams ability to sign wrestlers that meet the following criteria: Meeting team needs, impact wrestlers, overall quality and quantity.

The first set of numbers behind schools represents the rankings of the individuals that the school signed. (SM - Special Mention, HM - Honorable Mention, ET - Elite Transfer, TT - Top Transfer). The second set of numbers identify the number of impact wrestlers, "All-American caliber" wrestlers and top notch wrestlers.

Definitions:
Impact - High probability of high All-American honor in first 2-3 years
All-American caliber - Should be a high All-American before graduating
Top Notch - two to four year starter maybe a low All-American later in career.


1. Northern Iowa (#3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #11, #11, HM, SM, ET)		(1, 2, 3) 
2. Michigan (#1, #1, 10, HM)						(2, 0, 2)
3. Oklahoma (#1, #2, #3, 2ET, TT)					(1, 2, 2)
4. Oklahoma St. (#2, #4, #5, #6, #11, HM, SM, ET, TT)			(0, 2, 3)
5. Illinois (#1, #4, #6, #9, SM)					(0, 2, 2)
6. West Virginia (#3, #5, #10, #10, #12)				(0, 2, 2)
7. Pennsylvania (#1, #3, #5, #6, 2HM, SM, ET, TT)			(0, 2, 3)
8. Minnesota (#1, #2, #2, 3HM)						(0, 2, 1)
9. Iowa (#2, #7, #7, #8, TT)						(1, 0, 3)
10. Arizona St. (#2, #3, 2ET)						(0, 2, 2) 
11. Penn St. (#4, #5, #5, #8, ET)					(0, 2, 2) 
12. Iowa St. (#2, #7, #10, HM)						(0, 2, 1) 
13. Harvard (#1, #5)							(1, 1, 0) 
14. Lehigh (#2, #3, #7, #10)						(0, 1, 2) 
15. Nebraska (#1, #6, #7, #11, HM)					(1, 0, 2) 
16. Central Michigan (#3, #4, 5HM)					(0, 1, 3)  
17. Missouri (#1, #1, #11, SM, TT)					(1, 1, 1) 
18. Cal Poly (#1, #5, #6, 2HM, TT)					(0, 1, 2) 
19. Boise St. (#1, #7, ET, TT)						(0, 1, 2) 
20. Fresno State (#9, #12, HM, ET, TT)					(0, 1, 2) 
21. Wyoming (#3, HM, ET)						(0, 1, 2)
22. Clarion (#6, #9, HM, ET)						(0, 1, 2)
23. Hofstra (#2, #12, #9 “99”)						(0, 1, 2) 
24. Ohio (#2, #8, HM)							(0, 1, 2) 
25. Northwestern (#6, #7, #8)						(0, 0, 3)

Honorable Mention:
Brown (#8, #9, #11, 2HM)						(0, 0, 2)
Buffalo (#5, #10)							(0, 0, 1) 
Columbia (#4, #7, HM)							(0, 1, 1) 
Cornell (#8, 3HM, ET)							(0, 0, 3)
Edinboro (#8, #10, HM, SM)						(0, 0, 2) 
Indiana (#3, #6, TT)							(0, 1, 1) 
Michigan State (#4, #9, HM)						(0, 0, 2)
North Carolina (#2, #8, SM)						(0, 1, 1) 
Purdue (#2, 2HM)							(0, 1, 1)
Stanford (#1, HM, SM)							(0, 1, 1) 
 
Technical Support contact intermat@intermatwrestle.com
Questions or Comments  about InterMat contact: intermat@intermatwrestle.com
Copyright © 1998-2007  InterMat. All rights reserved.
Do not duplicate or redistribute in any form without written permission.
Privacy Statement