The Most Dominant of the Undefeated

We’re nearing February and The NCAA released statistical award leaders last week for falls and tech falls. Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force/285) had two pins this weekend to tie for the DI lead with Indiana 197lber Gabe Sollars. 

Two alumni of Malvern Prep (Pa.) lead the country in technical falls. Michael Beard (Lehigh, 197) came into the weekend with one more than Nick Feldman (Ohio St., 285). Beard posted one more while Feldman teched both of last weekend’s opponents. Their DI-high mark stands at 11 each.

Additionally, lead InterMat Editor, Earl Smith, dove into undefeated wrestlers and their chances of remaining unscathed (based on remaining schedule). 

And while stewing on the dominance and offensive proliferation of Penn State’s Mitch Mesenbrink (he’s scored double-digit points in every bout but one this year), I went down the rabbit hole of ‘dominance,’ and didn’t stop until I ran the numbers for every remaining undefeated DI wrestler remaining (sans redshirts). 

The NCAA will eventually come out with its own ‘most dominant’ list. But for my purposes, I’m defining it as ‘most team points per bout’. 

There are a few guidelines to note:

1.  I did not count the All-Star Classic. Wrestlers with a loss at that event have an asterisk.

2.  I counted matches against all divisions, not just D1 vs. D1.

3.  I counted matches against teammates. 

4. Forfeits are not included. 

So here are the results listed by the highest team point average per bout.

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