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2026 NCAA wrestling championships brackets, results

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3:45 pm, March 20, 2026

Quarterfinals

165 pounds: 

157 pounds: 

No. 1 PJ Duke of Penn State picks up a takedown off the first whistle against No. 8 Brandon Cannon of Ohio State. Duke has pinned both of his opponents in this tournament. Another takedown for Duke. He leads 9-2 with 1:01 of riding time at the end of the first period. Cannon goes for a shot, but this match is all Duke. He picks up another takedown and leads 12-3. He cuts Cannon. Duke leads 18-5 at the end of the second period. He takes the win, 21-5 and is into the semifinals. 

He'll take on No. 5 Landon Robideau of Oklahoma State who avenged his Big 12 finals match against No. 4 Kaleb Larkin of Arizona State to take the win 9-6. 

The first period between No. 7 Kannon Webster of Illinois and No. 2 Antrell Taylor ends scoreless. Webster chooses down to start the second period. He escapes after giving up 1:07 of riding time and leads 1-0 heading into the third period. Taylor chooses down and escapes immediately. One minute to go. Shot from Webster. Taylor works out of it. He picks up three more points for the win 5-2 and is back in the semifinals. 

No. 11 Ty Watters of West Virginia takes the first shot against No. 3 Meyer Shapiro of Cornell, but Shapiro fights him off. Now it's Shapiro's turn to take a shot. Watters works out of it. Cornell throws the brick. Scoreless first period. Shapiro gets on the board first and takes the 2-0 lead with 1:11 to go in the second period. Waters takes the lead 4-2 to end the second period. The Mountaineer chooses down and escapes quickly to take the lead 5-2. Watters in on a shot. We're scrambling. Takedown Shapiro. All tied up! Watters escapes to take the lead 6-5 in short time. Ty Watters is a two-time All-American with the 6-5 win. 

149 pounds: 

No. 2 Jaxon Joy of Cornell is running up the score against No. 10 Aden Valencia of Stanford. He leads 6-1 after the first period. Joy chooses down to start the second period and escapes. He now leads 7-1. Valencia has battled back to tie the match 9-9. Takedown Valencia! Twenty-five seconds left. Aden Valencia is an All-American and into the semifinals for Stanford. 

No. 20 Chance Lamer is an All-American for the first time in his career after majoring No. 12 Carter Young of Maryland 12-0 in the quarterfinals. 

The first period between No. 1 Shayne Van Ness of Penn State and No. 8 Casey Swiderski of Oklahoma State ends scoreless. Swiderski escapes to start the second period and puts up the first point of the match against the Big Ten champ Nittany Lion. Van Ness chooses down to start the third period and picks up a two-point reversal to take the lead. Swiderski escpaes. This one is tied! Sudden victory! Shot from Swiderski! One minute to go in sudden victory. Scrambling. Nearly a takedown for Van Ness out of the scramble. Blood time. Takedown at the buzzer for Van Ness! The Nittany Lion fan base erupts! The Nittany Lion is into the semifinals with the 5-2 win. 

No. 3 Cross Wasilewski of Penn leads No. 11 Lachlan McNeil of Michigan 3-1 going into the third period. McNeil has Wasilewski on his back. He's looking for the fall. That's a pin for the Wolverine. He's a four-time All-American! 

141 pounds: 

No. 3 Brock Hardy picks up the first takedown in his quarterfinal match against No. 6 Vince Cornella of Cornell. Takedown Cornella. Hardy escapes and leads 5-3 heading into the third period. Shot from Cornella. One minute to go. Hardy holds on for the 5-3 win, and he's back into the semifinals. 

No. 4 Anthony Echemendia of Iowa State leads 4-2 over No. 5 Luke Stanich of Lehigh. Takedown Stanich. He leads 5-4 and builds riding time up over a minute. Stanich takes the win 6-4 and is now a two-time All-American. ;

No. 1 Jesse Mendez picks up two points from stall calls against No. 8 Vance Vombaur in the first period. Mendez extends his lead 5-1. Shot from Vombaur. No concerns for Mendez. Takedown Mendez. He leads 8-2 going into the third period. Mendez chooses down and escapes. He takes the win 22-6  and is on to the semifinals. 

The first period between No. 2 Sergio Vega of Oklahoma State and No. 7 Nasir Bailey of Iowa ends scoreless. Bailey chooses down to start the second period. He escapes to get on the board first. Shot from Vega. Bailey rolls away. Takedown Vega. He leads 3-1. Fifteen seconds. Bailey throws everything he has at Vega, but it's not enough. The Cowboy is moving on with a 4-1. Oklahoma State now has three semifinalists. 

133 pounds: 

No. 1 Jax Forrest of Oklahoma State has bonused both of his opponents so far this tournament. He leads No. 8 Markel Baker of NIU 15-3 with 35 seconds to go in the first period. He takes the 18-3 victory in less than three minutes. He's an All-American for the Cowboys. 

No. 4 Aaron Seidel of Virginia Tech was looking for the fall against No. 5 Kyler Larkin, twice. The Sun Devil is scrambly and works his way out, but he gives up back points in the process. Seidel takes the win 16-1 to advance to the semifinals. 

2025 NCAA champion No. 7 Lucas Byrd trails 7-1 to 2026 Big Ten champion No. 2 Ben Davino of Ohio State early. With less than 30 seconds to go in the second period, Davino has extended his lead to 10-3. Takedown Davino. He's in tech fall territory, leading 13-4 heading into the third period. Davino takes the win 14-5. 

No. 3 Marcus Blaze of Penn State and No. 6 Drake Ayala are set for the Big Ten rematch. He takes down Ayala 30 seconds in to the second period to lead 4-0 after his escapes. Escape Ayala. Blaze leads 4-1 heading into the third period. Ayala chooses down to start the third period. Caution on Blaze. The Nittany Lion is putting a hard ride on the two-time national finalist Hawkeye. Ayala escapes. He has 10 seconds to get a takedown. Blaze is warned for stalling, but it doesn't matter. The Nittany Lion hangs on for the 5-2 win. Ayala moves to the Blood Round, while Blaze and Davino will meet for a Big Ten finals rematch tonight. 

125 pounds:

No. 5 Troy Spratley of Oklahoma State is in on the first takedown against No. 4 Sheldon Seymour of Lehigh. Stratley moves on with an 8-2 win. He's now a two-time All-American. 

No. 6 Jore Volk of Minnesota earns the first takedown in his quarterfinal against No. 14 Jacob Moran of Indiana. He leads 4-1 at the end of the second period with the takedown and an escape. Moran escapes to start the third period, narrowing the gap between him and Volk to two. Takedown Moran. He leads 5-3 with 30 seconds to go. Ten seconds. Stalemate. One second. Moran earns the win with a 5-4. He's an All-American for the first time in his career. 

No. 1 Luke Lilledahl of Penn State and No. 8 Dean Peterson of Iowa are scoreless through the first period. Peterson gets on the board first with an escape to start the second period. Lilledahl chooses down to start the third period trailing 1-0. He escapes quickly. Shot from Lilledahl. Stalemate. One minute to go. Sudden victory. Lilledahl nearly in on a takedown, but Peterson works out of it. Peterson is warned for stalling. Lilledahl is in on another shot. Shot from Peterson. Nearly a takedown Lilledahl. Challenge. No takedown. Lilledahl escapes to start the tie-breaker in 11 seconds. Shot from Lilledahl. Time expires. Peterson chooses down. If he escapes in less than 11 seconds, he could put himself in a spot to win this one. Caution Peterson. Lilledahl holds him down. Five seconds. Luke Lilledahl advances with a 2-1 win. 

No. 10 Marc-Anthony McGowan of Princeton and No. 2 Eddie Ventresca of Virginia Tech are scoreless through the first minute as well with McGowan earning the first point of the match with an escape to start the second period. Ventresca chooses down to start the third period. The Hokie escapes. All tied up 1-1. Sudden victory. Ventresca picks up a point off of McGowan's third caution to start the tie-breakers. McGowan escapes. The Tiger is moving on with the 3-2 win. He's an All-American for the first time in his career. 

3:45 pm, March 20, 2026

Consolation results

149 pounds: 

  • Ryder Block (Iowa) over Austin McBurney (Brown), 8-1
  • Michael Gioffre (Illinois) over Ethan Stiles (Ohio State), 3-1
  • Gabe Willochell (Wyoming) over Caleb Tyus (SIU Edwardsville), 8-3
  • Collin Gaj (Virginia Tech) over Brock Herman (Little Rock), 13-1
  • Max Peterson (North Dakota State) over David Evans (Utah Valley), FALL 

141 pounds: 

  • Eli Griffin (Rider) over Ryan Jack (NC State), 5-2
  • Jack Consigilio (Stanford) over Joey Oliveri (Rutgers), 10-8
  • CJ Composto (Penn) over Luke Simcox (North Carolina), 7-3
  • Braeden Davis (Penn State) over Jordan Titus (West Virginia), 10-6
  • Wyatt Henson (Lock Haven) over Haiden Drury (Utah Valley), 5-0 
  • Tyler Wells (Oklahoma) over Gable Porter (Virginia), 6-5
  • Dylan Chappell (Bucknell) over Nash Singleton (Oregon State), 16-12
  • Carter Nogle (Air Force) over Caedyn Ricciardi (Navy), 9-4

133 pounds: 

  • Tyler Knox (Stanford) over Zan Fugitt (Wisconsin), 10-7
  • Braxton Brown (Maryland) over Will Betacourt (Rider), 1-0
  • Garrett Grice (Iowa State) over Tyler Ferrara (Cornell), 8-6
  • Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska) over Gage Walker (Missouri), 4-2
  • Julian Farber (Northern Iowa) over Ethan Berginc (Army), 7-2
  • Evan Mougalian (Penn) over Marcel Lopez (SIU Edwardsville), 4-3
  • Maximillian Leete (American) over Dom Serrano (Northern Colorado), 4-1 (SV)
  • TK Davis (Gardner Webb) over Gunner Andrick (West Virginia), 8-3

125 pounds:

  • Ezekiel Witt (North Dakota State) over Spencer Moore (Illinois), 13-2
  • Nico Provo (Stanford) over Kael Lauridsen (Nebraska), 16-4
  • Tyler Kinskey (Rider) over Conrad Hendricksen (Oklahoma), 14-5
  • Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State) over Tyler Chappell (Pittsburgh), FALL 
  • Stevo Poulin (Iowa State) over Kysen Terukina (North Carolina), 7-2
  • Vincent Robinson (NC State) over Brady Roark (South Dakota State), 11-6
  • Cooper Flynn (UT-Chattanooga) over Maximo Renteria (Oregon State), 5-3
  • Jett Strickenberger (West Virginia) over Desmond Pleasant (Drexel), 11-7
3:15 am, March 20, 2026

Tournament schedule + brackets

UPDATED BRACKETS AFTER SESSION 2 

Here's the complete schedule for the 2026 NCAA DI men's wrestling tournament:  

DATE TIME SESSION DETAILS
Thursday, March 19   Pigtails, Championship Round I
  . Consolations Round + Championship Round II
Friday, March 20 12 p.m. Quarterfinals + Consolations
  8 p.m. Semifinals + Blood Round 
Saturday, March 21 11 a.m.  Medal Rounds
  6:30 p.m. Finals
12:47 pm, March 20, 2026

All-Americans to watch this morning

The story of the season has been the exceptional freshman, particularly at 133 pounds, but all across the field, veterans who have finished on the podium before are looking to claw their way to a top eight finish again. Here are all of the matches this morning that feature an All-American vs. an All-American. This tournament is deep.

Quarterfinals: 

125 pounds: No. 4 Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) vs. No. 5 Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State)

141 pounds: No. 1 Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) vs. No. 8 Vance Vombaur (Minnesota)


141 pounds: No. 4 Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State) vs. No. 5 Luke Stanich (Lehigh)

149 pounds: No. 1 Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) vs. No. 8 Casey Swiderski (Iowa State) 

157 pounds: No. 3 Meyer Shapiro (Cornell) vs. No. 11 Ty Watters (West Virginia)

174 pounds: No. 4 Carson Kharchla (Ohio State) vs. No. 5 Patrick Kennedy (Iowa)


174 pounds: No. 7 Cam Steed (Missouri) vs. No. 15 Danny Wask (Navy)

184 pounds: No. 1 Rocco Welsh (Penn State) vs. No. 8 Silas Allred (Nebraska)

197 pounds: No. 3 Stephen Little (Little Rock) vs. No. 11 Camden McDanel (Nebraska) 

285 pounds: No. 1 Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) vs. No. 8 Ben Kueter (Iowa)

Consolation bracket: 

133 pounds: No. 15 Tyler Knox (Stanford) vs. No. 16 Zan Fugitt (Wisconsin) 

10:59 pm, March 19, 2026

Second round championship matches

285 pounds: 

No. 1 Yonger Bastida of Iowa State is making this sport look easy as he takes down No. 16 Jimmy Mullen of Virginia Tech with ease to open the match. He takes the match by tech. 

No. 8 Ben Kueter leads 4-0 over No. 9 Cole Mirasola and holds on to the lead for the win. He's into the quarterfinals and will meet Bastida next. 

No. 4 AJ Ferrari came out firing in his second round match against No. 20 Dayton Pitzer. He leads 7-0 with less than a minute to go in the first period. He takes the major decision win 12-0 and will have No. 20 Juan Mora of Oklahoma next after Mora upset No. 5 Nick Feldman of Ohio State 4-2. 

Michigan's No. 3 Taye Ghadiali takes the 15-0 tech fall win over No. 14 Koy Hopke of Minnesota. He'll face a fellow transfer in No. 27 Hunter Catka of Rutgers after Catka upset No. 11 Devon Dawson of NIU 2-1. 

No. 2 Isaac Trumble of NC State and No. 7 Konner Doucet of Oklahoma State round out the quarterfinalists. They will face each other after earning victories over No. 15 Brady Colbert of Army 9-1 and No. 10 David Szuba of Arizona State 4-1, respectively. 

197 pounds: 

Much like his teammates, No. 1 Josh Barr of Penn State starts his match with fast-paced offense, securing two takedowns in the opening three minutes against No. 17 Dillon Bechtold of Bucknell. He leads 7-1 after the first two periods. Bechtold chooses down to start the third period. Barr takes the 11-3 win to stay undefeated on the year. He'll have Stanford's No. 9 Angelo Posada next who beat No. 25 Evan Bates of Missouri 9-4. 

Wyoming's upperweights are looking tough tonight, as All-American No. 5 Joey Novak punches his ticket into the quarterfinals with a fall over No. 21 Rune Lawrence of West Virginia. 

No. 29 Colton Hawks of Arizona State advances to the quarterfinals over No. 13 All-American Bennett Berge of South Dakota State 5-1. Hawks will have Novak next. 

We'll have a battle of All-Americans tomorrow in the quarterfinals between Little Rock's No. 3 Stephen Little and No. 11 Camden McDanel of Nebraska after Little beat No. 19 Zayne Lehman of Ohio 7-1 and McDanel beat No. 6 Justin Rademacher of Oregon State 13-5. 

Cody Merrill gives the Cowboys another quarterfinalist with a 2-1 win over Mac Stout of Pittsburgh 2-1. 

No. 15 Remy Cotton of Rutgers is up early on four-time All-American Rocky Elam of Iowa State 3-0 after the first period. Elam chooses down to start the second period. Elam escapes within a minute but between Cotton's first takedown and his ride at the start of the second period, he's pushing riding time up near three minutes. Takedown Cotton. The Cyclone is on upset watch. The athletes go neutral to start the third period. Cotton goes in on another shot. Cotton leads 7-4 with 35 seconds to go. Shot from Elam. The wrestlers roll into the table. Takedown Cotton. He takes the win 12-4 and will have Merrill next. 

184 pounds: 

Penn State's No. 1 Rocco Welsh races out to an early 6-1 lead over No. 16 Ryan Rogers of Lehigh. He takes the win 13-4 after a third-period short time takedown. He'll have a Big Ten foe in No. 8 Silas Allred of Nebraska who beat No. 9 Chris Moore of Illinois 15-5. 

No. 5 Brock Mantanona takes an early 6-2 lead over No. 12 Dylan Fishback of Ohio State. Takedown Mantanona. It's been a good night for the Mantanona brothers. Mantanona takes the win 13-5, and he's into the quarterfinals. He'll have No. 20 Brian Soldano of Oklahoma who upset No. 4 James Conway of Franklin & Marshall 4-1. 

No. 3 Max McEnelly is so strong. The All-American Gopher takes a 6-1 lead over No. 14 Jaden Bullock of Virginia Tech at the end of the first period. Bullock puts a hard ride on McEnelly to close out the match, but the Gopher escapes and takes the win, 12-6. 

Wyoming's No. 6 Eddie Neitenbach holds a 3-1 lead heading into the second period. Neitenbach escapes for the 4-1 lead. He takes the win 7-2 and will have McEnelly next. 

No. 7 Angelo Ferrari picks up the first takedown over No. 10 Caleb Campos of American in the first period. Ferrari chooses down to start the second period and earns a reversal 42 seconds into the period. He leads 5-0. Campus escapes with less than 20 seconds in the second period but gave him 1:40 of riding time in the process. He chooses down to start the third period and picks up a reversal of his own. Ferrari escapes and now leads 6-3. Shot from Ferrari. Takedown Ferrari. The Hawkeye leads 9-5 after another reversal from Campos. Escape Ferrari. Ferrari hangs on for the 11-5 win. He'll have No. 2 Aeoden Sinclair of Missouri next now that Sinclair beat No. 15 Sal Perrine of Ohio 5-0. 

174 pounds: 

No. 1 Levi Haines keeps the bonus points rolling for the Nittany Lions with a 20-5 technical fall over No. 16 Nick Fine of Columbia. He's back in the quarterfinals. He'll have No. 9 Beau Mantanona in the quarterfinals after Mantanona topped No. 8 Alex Facundo 7-3. 

No. 4 Carson Kharchla of Ohio State was working for the fall in the final seconds of his bout with No. 20 Dashle Lamer of Oregon State, but he'll settle for the major decision 13-2. He'll have a familiar opponent in Iowa's No. 5 Patrick Kennedy who beat No. 12 Carter Schubert of Oklahoma 2-1. Kennedy and Kharchla are both one-time All-American seniors. Tomorrow one of them will leave with a second All-American honor. 

No. 3 Chris Minto of Nebraska punches his ticket into the quarterfinals with an 11-3 win over No. 19 Logan Messer of George Mason. 

Iowa State's No. 11 MJ Gaitan is wrestling tough against NC State's No. 9 Matty Singleton, carrying a 2-0 lead into the midpoint of the second period. Singleton escapes to narrow the gap. Takedown Gaitan. He leads 5-2 with one minute to go. Gaitan advances with a 6-3 win. He'll have Minton next. 

No. 15 Danny Wask nearly pins No. 2 Simon Ruiz at the end of the second period. Navy challenges, looking for near fall points. The officials agree to review it as an official review; they return the brick to Navy. With one minute to go in the third period, Wask leads 6-5. Shot from Wask. Out of bounds. Shot from Ruiz. Out of bounds. Brick from Cornell. The Big Red coaches are looking for a takedown. Wask is hit for stalling. He leads 6-5 with 17 seconds. Takedown Wask. He takes the win 9-5 and is moving onto the quarterfinals. 

All-American No. 7 Cam Steed of Missouri advances to the quarterfinals with a win over No. 10 Myles Takats of Bucknell by fall at 2:03. Steed is so dangerous and funky. He's looking to lock up his second podium finish tomorrow. He'll have All-American Wask tomorrow. 

165 pounds: 

Penn State's No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink has a 100% bonus rate on the season and takes an early 3-0 lead over No. 16 Paddy Gallagher of Ohio State within the first two minutes of the first period. He extends his lead 8-0 at the end of the second period. He takes the win 12-0 and advances into the quarterfinals. Mesenbrink will now have No. 9 Bryce Hepner of North Carolina who topped Little Rock All-American No. 5 Matty Binachi 3-0. 

No. 12 Cesar Alvan of Columbia causes Rocket Arena to erupt with his pin over No. 5 LaDarion Lockett of Oklahoma State in overtime who works his way off the mat after being cared for by his trainers. Alvan will have No. 4 Nico Ruiz who survived a battle against No. 13 Andrew Sparks of Minnesota 2-1 in tie-breakers. 

Iowa's No. 3 Mikey Caliendo picks up the first takedown in the first period in his matcha against No. 19 Noah Mulvaney. He then quickly adds another takedown to take a 6-2 after less than 90 seconds of wrestling. It's the Caliendo show! The Hawkeye extends his lead 13-4 with 90 seconds to go in the second period. He takes the win 20-5 and is back into the quarterfinals. 

With one minute left in the second period in a battle of underdogs, No. 27 EJ Parco leads No. 11 Ryder Downey 3-1. With one minute to go in the match, Parco leads 4-2. Downey is giving Parco everything he can handle in short time. Ten seconds. Parco holds on and advances to the quarterfinals with a 4-3 win. He'll have Caliendo next. 

Last year's NCAA finalist at 157 pounds, No. 3 Joey Blaze, looks totally in control in his match against No. 15 Connor Euton. He leads 7-1 with one minute to go. He takes the win 10-1 and advances to the quarterfinals. He'll take on No. 10 Will Denny after Denny topped No. 7 Max Brignola of Lehigh 12-9 in sudden victory. 

157 pounds: 

Blink and you'll miss it. PJ Duke leads No. 17 Luke Mechler by double digits within the first period before picking up the fall. That's back-to-back pins for the freshman Nittany Lion. He'll have No. 8 Brandon Cannon of Ohio State next after Cannon topped No. 9 All-American Daniel Cardenas of Stanford in an 8-7 barnburner.  

Big 12 champion No. 4 Kaleb Larkin of Arizona State advances with a 2:42 fall over No. 20 Jimmy Harrington of Harvard. He'll have No. 5 Landon Robideau of Oklahoma State in the quarterfinals in a conference finals rematch after Robideau beat No. 11 Charlie Millard 7-3. 

Two-time All-American No. 3 Meyer Shapiro of Cornell makes his way into the semifinals with a 5-1 win over Virginia Tech's No. 14 Ethen Miller. 

Ivy League champion No. 6 Jude Swisher is in a battle with All-American No. 11 Ty Watters. West Virginia's Watters leads 3-1. Watters escapes to start the third period and extends his lead 4-1. He's in on a shot against Swisher with his leg in the air. One minute to go. Shot from Swisher. Watters works out of it. Swisher continues to work. Penn challenges. Watters picks up three points in short time. He leads on the board 7-1, but the refs are reviewing the action. Watters takes the win, 7-1. He's moving on and will have Shapiro next. 

No. 2 Antrell Taylor survives a tough and funky No. 15 Cameron Catrabone of Michigan 5-3. He'll face No. 7 Kannon Webster of Illinois in a Big Ten battle after Webster took down No. 10 Logan Rozynski of Lehigh 10-1. 

149 pounds: 

No.14 Caleb Rathjen of Northern Iowa has the Panther faithful on their feet as he takes No. 3 Cross Wasilewski of Penn into overtime and nearly picks up a takedown on the edge. Takedown Wasilewski! What a resilient match for the Quaker! He's on to the quarterfinals. He'll now have All-American No. 11 Lachlan McNeil of Michigan who beat No. 6 Caleb Tyus of SIU Edwardsville 5-3. 

Iowa has been having a hot night, but Cornell's No. 2 Jaxon Joy is looking to spoil the momentum for the Hawks in his bout with No. 15 Ryder Block. He leads 3-1 with 1:14 to go in the second period. Takedown Joy. He now leads 7-1 with 45 seconds to go in the period. One minute to go, and Joy maintains his 7-1 lead. Joy takes the win 10-3. He'll have No. 10 Aden Valencia next after Valencia topped All-American No. 7 Ethan Stiles of Ohio State 7-5. Neither Joy nor Valencia have ever been All-Americans. Tomorrow that will change in a battle between Cornell and Stanford. 

No. 1 Shayne Van Ness handled his match quickly, pinning No. 16 All-American Jacob Frost in 37 seconds to advance to the quarterfinals. He'll wrestle No. 8 Casey Swiderski of Oklahoma State who majored No. 9 David Evans 14-4 of Utah Valley in a feisty, controversial match full of challenges but one that ultimately went in favor of the Cyclone thanks to his offensive efforts. 

Nebraska's Chance Lamer is into the quarterfinals as a No. 20 seed who needed an at-large bid to make the tournament. He's one win away from being an All-American for the first time in his career. He defeated ACC champion and No. 4 seed Collin Gaj of Virginia Tech 3-1 to make it happen. He'll face No. 12 Carter Young of Maryland who beat No. 5 Koy Buesgens of NC State 11-4 to advance to the quarterfinals. Neither Lamer or Young have All-American'd in their career. One will walk away a podium finisher after tomorrow night. 

141 pounds: 

No. 7 Nasir Bailey is looking to keep Iowa's momentum rolling at 141 pounds as he takes an early 3-1 lead over No. 10 Jack Consiglio. Back points extend Bailey's lead to 7-2. Bailey gives Iowa its third quarterfinalist with his 11-5 win. He's now one win away from a second All-American honor. He'll now face No. 2 Sergio Vega who pinned No. 15 Eli Griffin of Rider in his second round match. 

It's an Ivy League battle on Mat 6 as No. 6 Vince Cornella races out to a 10-1 lead over two-time All-American No. 11 CJ Composto of Penn. Cornella takes his 10-2 lead into the third period with nearly two minutes of riding time. Cornella takes the win 12-2. 

No. 1 Jesse Mendez isn't wasting any time against No. 17 Caedyn Ricciardi of Navy. He's off to a 7-0 lead within the first 90 seconds. He wins by tech fall 22-6 and is on to the quarterfinals again. He'll have a familiar opponent in the quarterfinals in No. 8 Vance Vombaur of Minnesota who beat No. 24 Nash Singleton of Oregon State in the second round 8-3. 

No. 3 Brock Hardy of Nebraska takes on No. 14 Braeden Davis of Penn State. Hardy pinned Davis in their last meeting in the dual. Davis is off to a hot start! He takes the 4-2 lead after earning a takedown against the Cornhusker. It's Hardy's turn to return the favor. He picks up backpoints against the Nittany Lion to take over the lead 6-4. Takedown Hardy! He leads 9-4 with 34 seconds to go. Hardy holds on to the 9-4 win, and he's back in the quarterfinals to the delight of the Big Red fans who give him a standing ovation for his performance. 

No. 5 Luke Stanich of Lehigh and No. 4 Anthony Echemendia of Iowa State leave no doubt in their second round matches. Stanich beats No. 21 Tyler Wells of Oklahoma 11-2, and Echemendia tops No. 13 Wyatt Henson of Lock Haven 14-4. These two All-Americans will now face each other tomorrow morning for a shot in the semifinals.

133 pounds: 

Reigning champion No. 7 Lucas Byrd of Illinois takes on No. 23 Braxton Brown of Maryland. He takes the win 5-1 and books himself a quarterfinal meeting against No. 2 Davino! 

No. 2 Ben Davino of Ohio State picks up a quick takedown against No. 15 Tyler Knox of Stanford. And then another! He leads 6-1 before the end of the first minute. Knox escapes and now trails 6-2, but this one is still all Davino so far. Davino continues to open up his offense and leads 15-4 with one minute to go in the second period. Takedown Davino. He picks up the 21-5 tech fall over Knox and is on to the quarterfinals. 

No. 5 Kyler Larkin of Arizona State pins No. 12 Evan Mougalian of Penn. He'll have No. 4 Aaron Seidel of Virginia Tech next. 

No. 9 Dom Serrano of Northern Colorado and No. 8 Markel Baker of NIU move to overtime. Baker takes the win 8-1, and he's moving on. He'll have No. 1 Jax Forrest next. 

Two-time NCAA finalist No. 6 Drake Ayala of Iowa is wrestling with urgency in his second round match against No. 11 Tyler Ferrara. He goes two minutes without a takedown but put forward enough aggression to generate two stall calls and a point against Ferrara. This is March Drake. Takedown Ayala! He leads 3-0. Make that 7-1. This is the Drake show! Takedown Ayala. He knows Iowa needs these team points to win a trophy this weekend, and he's showing up. Ayala leads 15-4 with 30 seconds to go in the third period. He takes the win 19-4 and is moving on to the quarterfinals where he'll meet No. 3 Marcus Blaze of Penn State who beat in him extra time at the Big Ten tournament. 

The story of 133 pounds all year has been the freshman, and Penn State's No. 3 Marcus Blaze is living up to that hype, as he races out to an 8-0 lead over No. 19 Gage Walker of Missouri. Make that 10-0 now. This Nittany Lion isn't slowing down. Blaze takes the win 17-2 to move on to the quarterfinals. 

No. 4 Aaron Seidel is a similar kind of force. He picks up a tech fall over No. 20 Julian Farber of Northern Iowa 22-4 in the second period. 

No. 1 Jax Forrest pinned his first opponent of this tournament. Now he takes on No. 17 TK Davis of Gardner Webb. He techs Davis with ease 16-1 to advance to the quarterfinals. 

125 pounds:

No. 7 Nico Provo races on to the mat to the cheers of the Cardinal fan base. No. 10 Marc-Anthony McGowan of Princeton earns the first takedown of the match in the opening two minutes of the match. Provo escapes but trails 3-1. McGowan advances to the quarterfinals with a 4-2 win. 

No. 2 Eddie Ventresca of Virginia Techjumps out to a 5-0 lead over No. 18 Spencer Moore of Illinois. Ventresca takes the win 5-2. 

No. 6 Jore Volk, who raced into the Big Ten finals two weeks ago, takes on No. 11 Tyler Klinsky of Rider. He takes the win 2-0. 

No. 14 Jacob Moran of Indiana is on the board early against No. 3 Nic Bouzakis of Ohio State and leads 9-2 after the first period. Moran chooses down to start the second period. Moran takes the win, 10-2, in the first upset of the second session. 

We have an NCAA rematch on Mat 5 between No. 5 Troy Spratley of Oklahoma State and No. 12 Vincent Robinson of NC State. Robinson picks up the first takedown. He's 3-0 against Spratley coming into this tournament. Spratley has Robinson on his back! He picks up back points and carries a 7-4 lead into the third period. Spratley chooses down to start the third period. Spratley escapes and leads 8-4 with 30 seconds to go. Spratley is hit for stalling but runs out the clock. He's moving on with an 8-5 win. 

No. 13 Stevo Poulin of Iowa State vs. No. 4 Sheldon Seymour of Lehigh is one of six matches in this session featuring two All-Americans. Seymour puts himself on the board first with a reversal in the second period. Poulin escapes, but Seymour leads 2-1. Poulin picks up another escape. This one is tied 2-2 with less than a minute to go in the period. Riding time is not a factor. Takedown Seymour! He leads 5-2. Escape Poulin. Seymour moves on with the 5-4 win. 

No. 1 Luke Lilledahl of Penn State and No. 17 Jett Strickenberger of West Virginia end the first period scoreless. Lilledahl picks up the first takedown to open the second period. Strickenberger closes the gap the end the second period but still trails by one. Lilledahl chooses down to start the third period and escapes to extend his lead to 4-2. Strickenberger is fighting, but he runs out of time. Lilledahl takes the win, 4-2! 

No. 8 Dean Peterson of Iowa and No. 9 Maximo Renteria end the first period scoreless. In an one-takedown match, Peterson takes the win, 4-1. He'll see No. 1 Lilledahl next. 

11:00 pm, March 19, 2026

Consolation matches

Consolations results

285 pounds: 

  • Vincent Mueller (Columbia) over Emmanuel Ulrich (American), FALL
  • Connor Barket (Duke) over Alex Semenenko (Brown), 9-1
  • Braxton Amos (Wisconsin) over Jarrett Stoner (Missouri), 9-0
  • Spencer Lanosga (Navy) over Luke Rasmussen (South Dakota State), 9-5
  • Jack Forbes (Utah Valley) over Nate Schon (Drexel), 18-5
  • Nathan Taylor (Lehigh) over Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly), 15-7
  • Stephan Monchery (App State) over Luke Luffman (Illinois), 4-1
  • Christian Carroll (Wyoming) over Brenan Morgan (Virginia), FALL 

197 pounds: 

  • Branson John (Maryland) over Blake Schaffer (Kent State) 5-0 
  • Brock Zurawski (Rider) over DJ Parker (Oklahoma), 12-5
  • Luke Geog (Ohio State) over Kael Wisler (Michigan State), 6-4
  • Sonny Sasso (Virginia Tech) over Wyatt Ingham (Wisconsin), FALL 
  • Gabe Sollars (Indiana) over Karson Tompkins (Air Force), 15-0
  • Gabe Arnold (Iowa) over Devin Wasley (North Dakota State), 7-2
  • Mikey Squires (Binghamton) over Ben Vanadia (Purdue), 11-2
  • Andrew Reall (Brown) over Kael Bennie (Utah Valley), 2-0

184 pounds:

  • Caleb Uhlenhopp (Utah Valley) over Ian Bush (West Virginia), 4-1
  • Malachi DuVall (George Mason) over Joe Curtis (Columbia), FALL
  • Abraham Wojcikiewicz (Stanford) over Tomas Brooker (App State), 17-1
  • Nick Fox (Northern Iowa) over Isaac Dean (Iowa State), 4-1
  • Jared McGill (Edinboro) over Sam Goin (Indiana), 6-4
  • Shane Cartagenga-Walsh (Rutgers) over Aidan Brenot (North Dakota State), 7-2
  • Chase Kranitz (Pittsburgh) over Caesar Garza (Cal Poly), 11-5
  • Jake Dailey (North Carolina) over Mahonri Rushton (Northern Colorado), 4-1

174 pounds: 

  • Jared Simma (Northern Iowa) over Grant O'Dell (Bellarmine), 4-1 (SV)
  • Sergio Desiante (Virginia Tech) over Garrett Thompson (Ohio), 5-2
  • Lenny Pinto (Rutgers) over Holden Garcia (Princeton), 15-12
  • Carter Baer (Binghamton) over Avery Bassett (Lock Haven), 4-1
  • Moses Espinoza-Owens (South Dakota State) over Riley Davis (Wyoming), 7-2
  • Brody Baumann (Purdue) over Collin Carrigan (North Carolina), 15-8
  • Luca Augustine (Pittsburgh) over Derek Gilcher (Indiana), FALL
  • Colin Kelly (Illinois) over Cael Valencia (Arizona State), 22-10

165 pounds: 

  • Cody Walsh (Drexel) over Braeden Scoles (Illinois), 14-4
  • Sean Seefeldt (Penn) over Mac Church (Virginia Tech), 4-1
  • Cody Goebel (Wisconsin) over Brock Woodcock (SIU Edwardsville), 11-7
  • Ty Whalen (Princeton) over Ryan Burgos (Edinboro),18-9
  • Thomas Snipes (The Citadel) over Andrew Barbosa (Rutgers), 3-1
  • LJ Araujo (Nebraska) over Matthew Olguin (Oregon State), 16-0
  • Tyler Lillard (Indiana) over Chris Earnest (Kent State), FALL
  • Jared Keslar (Pitt) over Gunner Filipowicz (Army), 14-4

157 pounds: 

  • Cael Swensen (South Dakota State) over Yannis Charles (Morgan State), 12-4
  • Jaivon Jones (Little Rock) over Mason Shrader (Central Michigan), 7-1
  • Vinny Zerban (Iowa State) over Gavin Drexler (North Dakota State), 11-0
  • Bryce Lowrey (Indiana) over Derek Raike (Ohio), FALL
  • Kai Owen (Columbia) over Laird Root (North Carolina), 7-4
  • Dylan Evans (Pittsburgh) over Colton Washleski (Virginia), 4-2
  • Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo) over Jonathan Ley (Navy), 12-1
  • DJ McGee (George Mason) over Garrett McChesney (Edinboro), 6-3

149 pounds: 

  • Austin McBurney (Brown) over Lucas Kapusta (Lock Haven), 4-3
  • Michael Gioffre (Illinois) over Andrew Clark (Rutgers), 18-1
  • Gabe Willochell (Wyoming) over Kade Brown (Pittsburgh), 7-4
  • Kaden Cassidy (George Mason) over Joseph Zargo, FALL 
  • Brock Herman (Little Rock) over Dylan Layton (Rider), 10-3
  • Andre Gonzales (Cal Poly) over Eli Rivera (Princeton), 9-8
  • Max Peterson (North Dakota State) over Anderson Heap (Davidson), 12-2
  • Eugene Harney (Morgan State) over Ryan Michaels (Edinboro), 9-7

141 pounds

  • Ryan Jack (NC State) over Aldo Hernandez (App State), 14-3
  • Joey Oliveri (Rutgers) over Tom Crook (Virginia Tech), 8-7
  • Luke Simcox (North Carolina) over Pierson Manville (Arizona State), 5-4
  • Jordan Titus (West Virginia) over Julian Tagg (South Dakota State), 9-4
  • Gable Porter (Virginia) over Lorenzo Frezza (Columbia), 5-4
  • Dylan Chappell (Bucknell) over Braden Basile (Army), 2-1
  • Carter Nogel (Air Force) over Billy DeKraken (Northwestern), 3-0 
  • Hayden Drury (Utah Valley) over Matthew Martino (Princeton), 8-4

133 pounds

  • Zan Fugitt (Wisconsin) over Carter Schmidt (Oklahoma), 5-4
  • Will Betacourt (Rider) over Blake Boarman (Purdue), 4-1
  • Garrett Grice (Iowa State) over Sean Spidle (Northwestern), 5-3
  • Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska) over Luke Willochell (Wyoming), 10-7
  • Marcel Lopez (SIU-Edwardsville) over Zach Redding (NC State), MFF
  • Maximillian Leete (American) over Dylan Shawver (Rutgers), 4-1
  • Gunner Andrick (West Virginia) over Gable Strickland (Lock Haven), 6-1
  • Ethan Berginc (Army) over Andrew Austin (Central Michigan), 19-5

125 pounds

  • No. 17 Ezekiel Witt (North Dakota State) over Mack Mauger (Missouri), 6-2
  • Kael Lauridsen (Nebraska) over Ayden Smith (Rutgers), 5-1
  • Conrad Hendricksen (Oklahoma) over Andrew Bini (Navy), 2-1
  • Tyler Chappell (Pitt) over Diego Sotelo (Michigan), 6-3
  • Brady Roark (South Dakota State) over Davis Motyka (Penn), 13-4
  • Cooper Flynn (UT-Chattanooga) over Nicolar Rivera (Wisconsin), 9-5
  • Desmond Pleasant (Drexel) over Koda Holeman (Cal Poly), 7-4
  • Kysen Terukina (North Carolina) over Sulayman Bah (Columbia), 7-2

Pigtails 

285 pounds: Jack Forbes (Utah Valley) over Mason Rebuck (Bloomsburg), FALL :23
197 pounds: Karson Tompkins (Air Force) over Kade Rule (UT-Chattanooga), 2-0
184 pounds: Sam Goin (Indiana) over Tyler Bienus (Bucknell), 2-1
174 pounds: Riley Davis (Wyoming) over Luke Condon (Wisconsin), 4-1
165 pounds: Thomas Snipes (The Citadel) over Ryan Vigil (VMI), 15-4
157 pounds: Laird Root (North Carolina) over Jeb Prechtel (Bellarmine), 9-4
149 pounds: Clayton Jones (Michigan State) over Dylan Layton (Rider), 4-0
141 pounds: Matthew Martino (Princeton) over Darius Lemus (Maryland), 4-1
133 pounds: Andrew Austin (Central Michigan) over Gabe Whisenhunt (Oregon State), 6-5
125 pounds: Sulayman Bah (Columbia) over Jace Schafer (Bloomsburg), 17-4

8:49 pm, March 19, 2026

Second session matches to watch

Six matches in the second session will feature an All-American vs. an All-American. Let's break them down: 

125 pounds: No. 5 Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State) vs. No. 12 Vincent Robinson (NC State)

Vince Robinson vs. Troy Spratley: 2025 NCAA wrestling championship (125 pounds)


In a rematch of last year's national finals, No. 5 Troy Spratley and No. 12 Vincent Robinson will battle for a spot in the quarterfinals tomorrow. Robinson is 3-0 against Spratley, beating him in last year's national championship 2-1 in tie-breakers and topping him earlier this year 7-3. 

125 pounds: No. 13 Stevo Poulin (Iowa State) vs. No. 4 Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh)

No. 13 Stevo Poulin and No. 4 Sheldon Seymour, both one-time All-Americans, have split matches in their career, with Seymour earning the more recent win 9-6. The winner of this bout will face the winner of No. 5 Troy Spratley and No. 12 Vincent Robinson, while the loser will drop down and take on the winner of No. 19 Kysen Terukina (North Carolina) and the victor of the pigtail match between No. 33 Jace Schafer (Bloomsburg) and No. 30 Sulayman Bah (Columbia). 

133 pounds: No. 3 Brock Hardy (Nebraska) vs. No. 14 Braeden Davis (Penn State)

Brock Hardy and Braeden Davis have met one time in their careers in a dramatic match that ended with Hardy getting the pin. The senior Husker will be heavily favored, and for Davis to have a chance, he'll need to come out strong hold on to his offense, even as the match progresses. The winner of this match could potentially see another All-American too, if Penn's No. 11 CJ Composto upsets No. 6 Vince Cornella of Cornell. 

149 pounds: No. 1 Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) vs. No. 16 Jacob Frost (Iowa State) 

This is a fun one. Penn State's Shayne Van Ness won his first bout by tech over No. 33 Austin McBurney of Brown while Iowa State's Jacob Frost pinned his first round foe, No. 17 Lucas Kapusta of Lock Haven. Van Ness and Frost have not wrestled yet in their career, but Van Ness has been known to have some funky matches. Frost could keep himself in this match, but Van Ness has shown this season that even when he's tested, he's a winner.

157 CONSOLATIONS: No. 12 Vinny Zerban (Iowa State) vs. No. 28 Gavin Drexler (North Dakota State)

Gavin Drexler and Vinny Zerban both earned All-American honors for the first time in their careers last year. Drexler finished eighth, while Zerban took sixth. Now they'll battle it out to stay alive in the consolation bracket on the first day. In the lone meeting of their careers, Zerban took the win 12-5. Winner advances to take on the loser of No. 6 Jude Swisher of Penn and and No. 11 Ty Watters of West Virginia. 

174 pounds: No. 2 Simon Ruiz (Cornell) vs. No. 15 Danny Wask 

6:24 pm, March 19, 2026

Upsets from Session I

These are the athletes who outperformed their seed in the opening session, ranked from most dramatic to least dramatic: 

  • 197 pounds: No. 29 Colton Hawks (Arizona State) over No. 4 Sonny Sasso (Virginia Tech), 12-8
  • 285 pounds: No. 27 Hunter Catka (Rutgers) over No. 6 Nathan Taylor (Lehigh), 6-3
  • 165 pounds: No. 27 EJ Parco (Stanford) over No. 6 LJ Araujo (Nebraska), 8-7
  • 197 pounds: No. 25 Evan Bates (Missouri) over No. 8 DJ Parker (Oklahoma), 4-3
  • 141 pounds: No. 24 Nash Singleton (Oregon State) over No. 9 Joey Oliveri (Indiana), 2-1
  • 133 pounds: No. 23 Braxton Brown (Maryland) over No. 10 Maximillian Leete (American), 4-2 
  • 184 pounds: No. 22 Zack Ryder (Oklahoma State) over No. 11 Shane Cartenga-Walsh (Rutgers), 4-1
  • 285 pounds: No. 21 Juan Mora (Oklahoma) over No. 12 Braxton Amos (Wisconsin), 4-3
  • 197 pounds: No. 21 Rune Lawrence (West Virginia) over No. 12 Luke Geog (Ohio State), 9-6
  • 157 pounds: No. 21 Charlie Millard (Indiana) over No. 12 Vinny Zerban (Iowa State),12-6
  • 141 pounds: No. 21 Tyler Wells (Oklahoma) over No. 12 Luke Simcox (North Carolina), 3-2
  • 285 pounds: No. 20 Dayton Pitzer (Pitt) over No. 13 Spencer Lanosga (Navy), 3-2
  • 184 pounds: No. 20 Brian Soldano (Oklahoma) over No. 13 Isaac Dean (Iowa State), 4-1
  • 174 pounds: No. 20 Dashle Lamer (Oregon State) over No. 13 Carter Baer (Binghamton), 2-0 
  • 157 pounds: No. 20 Jimmy Harrington (Harvard) over No.13 Derek Raike (Ohio), 4-1
  • 149 pounds: No. 20 Chance Lamer (Nebraska) over No. 13 Joe Zargo (Wisconsin), 4-1
  • 133 pounds: No. 20 Julian Farber (Northern Iowa) over No. 13 Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska)
  • 197 pounds: No. 19 Zayne Lehman (Ohio) over No. 14 Gabe Sollars (Indiana), 6-4
  • 174 pounds: No. 19 Logan Messer (George Mason) over No. 14 Moses Espinoza-Owens (South Dakota State), 6-3
  • 165 pounds: No. 19 Noah Mulvaney (Bucknell) over No. 14 Andrew Barbosa (Rutgers), 8-2
  • 133 pounds: No. 19 Gage Walker (Missouri) over No. 14 Ethan Berginc (Army), 5-0
  • 125 pounds: No. 18 Spencer Moore (Illinois) over No. 15 Koda Holeman (Cal Poly)
  • 197 pounds: No. 17 Dillon Bechtold (Bucknell) over No. 16 Branson John (Maryland), 4-1
  • 157 pounds: No. 17 Luke Mechler (Wisconsin) over No. 16 Cael Swensen (South Dakota State), 2-1
  • 133 pounds: No. 17 TK Davis (Gardner-Webb) over No. 16 Zan Fuggit (Wisconsin), 4-1
  • 125 pounds: No. 17 Jett Strickenberger (West Virginia) over No. 16  Ezekiel Witt (North Dakota State) 13-5.
  • 174 pounds: No. 33 Grant O'Dell (Bellarmine) over No. 32 Luke Condon (Wisconsin), 4-1
  • 157 pounds: No. 33 Yannis Charles (Morgan State) over No. 32 Jeb Prechtel (Bellarmine), 15-10
  • 149 pounds: No. 33 Austin McBurney (Brown) over No. 32 Clayton Jones (Michigan State), 11-9
  • 141 pounds: No. 33 Aldo Hernandez (App) over No. 32 Matthew Martino (Princeton), 8-5
  • 133 pounds: No. 33 Carter Schmidt (Oklahoma) over No. 32 Andrew Austin (Central Michigan), 11-3
3:49 pm, March 19, 2026

Championship matches round I

285 pounds: 

All six of the former All-Americans won their first-round matches early at 285 pounds: 

  • Iowa State's No. 1 Yonger Bastida teched No. 32 Emmanuel Ulrich of American, 22-5
  • No. 2 Isaac Trumble of NC State beat No. 31 Brenan Morgan of Virginia, 16-3
  • No. 3 Taye Ghadiali of Michigan beat No. 30 Jack Forbes of Virginia, 17-2
  • No. 4 AJ Ferrari of Nebraska beat No. 29 Luke Rasmuseen of South Dakota State, 17-2
  • No. 5 Nick Feldman of Ohio State beat No. 28 Jarrett Stoner of Missouri, 5-4
  • No. 8 Ben Kueter of Iowa beat No. 25 Alex Semeneko of Brown, 2-0 

No. 21 Juan Mora of Oklahoma picked off the first upset of the weight when he beat No. 12 Braxton Amos of Wisconsin 4-3. He'll have Feldman next. No. 20 Dayton Pitzer of Pitt joined him on the upset winners list with his 3-2 victory over No. 13 Spencer Lanosga of Navy. No. 27 Hunter Catka of Rutgers rounded out the upset winners with his 6-3 victory against No. 6 Nathan Taylor. Pitzer will have Ferrari in the second round while Catka will wrestle No. 11 Devon Dawson of NIU who beat No. 22 Trevor Tinker of Cal Poly 7-4 to advance. 

Virginia Tech's No. 16 Jimmy Mullen and No. 15 Brady Colbert of Army will both have All-Americans in the next round after Mullen beat No. 17 Vincent Mueller of Columbia 13-10 and Colbert beat No. 18 Christian Carroll 5-1. Mullen will now face Bastida while Colbert will wrestle Trumble.

Penn State's No. 12 Cole Mirasola and Minnesota's No. 14 Koy Hopke will also have an All-American in the next round in No. 8 Kueter and No. 3 Ghadali after Mirasola beat No. 24 Connor Barket of Duke 13-7 and Hopke beat No. 19 Nate Schon of Drexel 11-7. 

No. 7 Konner Doucet of Oklahoma State and No. 10 David Szuba of Arizona State round out the winners of the first round. Doucet beat No. 26 Luke Luffman of Illinois 2-1, and Szuba beat No. 23 Stephan Monchery of App State, 11-1. 

197 pounds: 

No. 17 Dillon Bechtold of Bucknell earned the first win at the weight in the first round when he beat No. 16 Branson John of Maryland 4-1. He'll have No. 1 Josh Barr of Penn State next who teched No. 32 Blake Schaffer of Kent State 20-4. 

Wyoming All-American No. 5 Joey Novak is into the second round on his quest for another podium finish. He beat No. 28 Kael Wisler of Michigan State by fall at 4:43 to advance. Novak will have No. 21 Rune Lawrence of West Virginia after Lawrence upset No. 12 Luke Geog of Ohio State 9-6. 

Stanford has SHOWN UP this morning. Cardinal upperweight No. 9 Angelo Posada advances with a 4-3 win over No. 24 Brock Zurawski of Rider. He'll have No. 25 Evan Bates of Missouri who upset No. 8 DJ Parker of Oklahoma 4-3 in the first round.

Ohio picks up another second-round wrestler in No. 19 Zayne Lehman who beat No. 14 Gabe Sollars 6-4. He'll have two-time All-American No. 3 Stephen Little of Little Rock next now that Little beat No. 30 Kade Rule of UT-Chattanooga 10-3. 

No. 29 Colton Hawks of Arizona State picked up the biggest upset of the day when he stopped No. 4 Sonny Sasso of Virginia Tech 12-8. He'll now meet All-American No. 13 Bennett Berge of South Dakota State who beat No. 20 Wyatt Ingham of Wisconsin 8-5 in the opening round. 

All-Americans No. 11 Camden McDanel of Nebraska and No. 10 Mac Stout of Pitt advance after wins over No. 22 Devin Wasley of North Dakota State and No. 23 Mikey Squires of Binghamton by scores of 7-2 and 5-2 respectively.

McDanel will now have No. 6 Justin Rademacher of Oregon State who won a gutsy 2-1 match over No. 27 Gabe Arnold of Iowa on one second of riding time. Arnold chose down first and escaped in four seconds. Rademacher one-upped the Hawkeye by escaping during his ride-out period in three seconds. That confident, bold decision paid off for the Beaver. 

Stout will have No. 7 Cody Merrill of Oklahoma State who beat No. 26 Ben Vanadia of Purdue 5-2. 

No. 2 Rocky Elam of Iowa State survives a tough No. 31 Kael Bennie to move on with a 9-3 win. Elam will now wrestle No. 15 Remy Cotton of Michigan State who beat No. 18 Andrew Reall of Brown 4-2. 

184 pounds:

No.1 Rocco Welsh gives Penn State an eighth athlete in the second round with his 19-4 tech fall over No. 32 Caleb Uhlenhopp of Utah Valley. Welsh will take on No. 16 Rylan Rogers of Lehigh who beat No. 17 Ian Bush of West Virginia 8-7 in the first round. 

All-American and Big Ten finalist No. 3 Max McEnelly of Minnesota advances with a 22-6 win over No. 30 Tyler Bienus of Bucknell. He'll face Virginia Tech's No. 14 Jaden Bullock who battled No. 19 Jared McGill of Edinboro to a 6-5 tie-breaker win.

No. 9 Chris Moore of Illinois moves on after beating No. 24 Joe Curtis of Columbia 11-2. He'll have Nebraska All-American No. 8 Silas Allred next who beat No. 25 Malachi DuVall of George Mason 3-1. 

No. 4 James Conway gives Franklin & Marshall its first second-round athlete after he beat No. 29 Nick Fine of Northern Iowa 4-1. 

No. 20 Brian Soldano of Oklahoma pulls off an upset 4-1 against No. 13 Isaac Dean of Iowa State. He'll have Conway next. 

No. 2 Aeoden Sinclair of Missouri advances to the second round after a dominant 22-6 performance against No. 31 Mahonri Rushton of Northern Colorado. Sinclair will now see No. 15 Ohio wrestler Sal Perrine who beat No. 18 Jake Dailey of North Carolina 9-3. 

Ohio State's No. 12 Dylan Fishback survives a tough No. 21 Tomas Brooker of App State 8-6. He'll now see a familiar opponent in No. 5 Brock Mantanona of Michigan who beat No. 28 Abraham Wojcikiewsicz of Stanford 14-9. 

Wyoming advances a wrestler into the second round as No. 6 Eddie Neitenback beats No. 27 Aidan Brenot of North Dakota State 14-1. His next opponent will be No. 22 Zack Ryder of Oklahoma State who secured an overtime takedown against No. 11 Shane Cartagenda-Walsh for the 4-1 upset win. 

Iowa's Angelo Ferrari, who came into this tournament as the No. 7 seed after placing eighth at Big Tens, beat No. 26 Chase Kranitz of Pittsburgh 10-0 and will now face EIWA champion and No. 10 Caleb Campos of American who beat No. 23 Ceasar Garza of Cal Poly 4-1. 

174 pounds:

Penn State's No. 1 Levi Haines also stays perfect on the year with a fall over Grant O'Dell at 1:33. He'll now face Columbia's No. 16 Nick Fine who beat No. 17 Jared Simma of Northern Iowa 3-2.

Ohio State All-American No. 4 Carson Kharchla is into the second round with an 8-3 win over N. 29 Avery Bassett of Lock Haven. Kharchla will have No. 20 Daschle Lamer of Oregon State who beat No. 13 Carter Baer 2-0. 

Iowa also advanced its All-American at the weight as last years fourth-place finisher No. 5 Patrick Kennedy topped No. 28 Holden Garcia of Princeton 8-2. Kennedy will now have No. 12 Carter Schubert of Oklahoma who beat No. 21 Lenny Pinto, a 2025 Blood Round finisher, 5-4. 

The Cowboys of Oklahoma State once again stay perfect as No. 8 Alex Facundo beats No. 25 Sergio Desiante of Virginia Tech 12-6. Facundo will face No. 9 Beau Mantanona of Michigan after Mantanona beat Garrett Thompson of Ohio 7-3. 

George Mason earns an upset win from No. 19 Logan Messer over No. 14 Moses Espinoza-Owens of South Dakota State 6-3. Messer will have All-American Chris Minto next following Minto's 20-4 win over No. 30 Riley Davis of Wyoming. 

In a tournament where the race of a team trophy could come down to a single match, Iowa State's No. 11 MJ Gaitan did the Cyclones a huge favor with his fall against No. 22 Brody Baumman of Purdue at 2:41. He'll have All-American No. 6 Matty Singleton who survived overtime against No. 27 Collin Carrigan of North Carolina with a 2-1 win.

Missouri's No. 7 Cam Steed moves forward in the championship bracket after a 16-1 win over No. 26 Derek Gilcher of Indiana. His next opponent will be No. 10 Myles Takats of Bucknell who beat No. 23 Luca Augustine of Pittsburgh 6-4. 

No. 2 Simon Ruiz of Cornell advances in the championship bracket with a 17-2 win over No. 31 Cael Valencia of Arizona State. Ruiz will now face No. 15 Danny Wask of Navy who All-American'd at this tournament last year and beat No. 18 Colin Kelly of Illinois 7-3 to advance. 

165 pounds:

Penn State's No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink continues his undefeated season with 100% bonus with a win over No. 32 Cody Walsh of Drexel 21-5. Mesenbrink will face No. 16 Paddy Gallagher after Gallagher beat No. 17 Braeden Scoles of Illinois 13-4. 

Fellow returning NCAA finalist No. 3 Michael Caliendo advances after pinning No. 30 Thomas Snipes of The Citadel at 2:43. Caliendo's next opponent will be No. 19 Noah Mulvaney of Bucknell who beat No. 14 Andrew Barbosa of Rutgers 8-2.

North Carolina advances No. 9 Bryce Hepner into the second round after Hepner topped No. 24 Sean Seefeldt of Penn 11-4. His opponent will be No. 8 Matty Bianchi of Little Rock who survived a 7-5 sudden victory battle against No. 25 Mac Church of Virginia Tech. Bianchi was the Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year but needed a wild card to earn his spot in the tournament, despite earning All-American honors at this event last year.

Oklahoma State keeps its streak of winners alive as freshman No. 5 LaDarion Lockett tops No. 28 Cody Goebel of Wisconsin 9-2. He'll have No. 12 Cesar Alvan of Columbia who beat No. 21 Brock Woodcock of SIU Edwardsville 12-2.

No. 13 Andrew Sparks gives the Gophers a win with his victory over No. 20 Ty Whalen of Princeton 10-1. Sparks will now take on No. 4 Nicco Ruiz of Arizona State who beat No. 29 Ryan Burgos of Edinboro 17-5. 

Northern Iowa's No. 11 Ryder Downey advances to the second round with a 9-4 win over No. 22 Matthew Olguin of Oregon State. He'll have No. 27 EJ Parco of Stanford next who picked up one the biggest upsets of the morning with an 8-7 win over No. 6 LJ Araujo.  

NC State advances another athlete into the second round as No. 10 Will Denny earned a win over No. 23 Chris Earnest of Kent State 13-1. He'll now wrestle No. 7 Max Brignola who beat No. 26 Tyler Lillard of Indiana 3-2. 

No. 15 Connor Euton of Iowa State and No. 2 Joey Blaze of Purdue round out the opening bout winners at 165 pounds with wins over No. 18 Gunner Filipowicz 17-2 and No. 31 Jared Keslar of Pitt 5-0 respectively. 

157 pounds:

No. 1 PJ Duke does PJ Duke things in the opening period of his opening match at NCAAs, pinning No. 33 Yiannis Charles of Morgan State. 

Duke will now have No. 17 Luke Mechler of Wisconsin who upset No. 16 Cael Swensen of South Dakota State 2-1 with riding time. 

The Ohio State Buckeyes push another athlete into the second round as No. 8 Brandon Cannon, who has been ranked as high as No. 1 this year, tops No. 25 Mason Shrader of Central Michigan 9-4. Cannon will take on All-American No. 9 Daniel Cardenas of Stanford who topped No. 24 Jaivon Jones of Little Rock 7-2. 

Another athlete who spent some time in the No. 1 spot in the rankings this year, No. 11 Ty Waters of West Virginia also won his opening match, beating No. 22 Colton Washlewski of Virginia by fall at the 2:30 mark. He'll have Ivy League champion No. 6 Jude Swisher next who beat No. 27 Dylan Evans of Pittsburgh 8-2.

The Cowboys remain perfect through 157 pounds as No. 5 Landon Robideau beat No. 28 All-American Gavin Drexler of North Dakota State 5-1. He'll now face No. 21 Charlie Millard of Minnesota who upset All-American No. 12 Vinny Zerban of Iowa State 12-6.

Harvard's No 20 Jimmy Harrington also advanced to the second round after an upset, topping No. 13 Derek Raike of Ohio 4-1.  Harrington will now have Big 12 champion No. 4 Kaleb Larkin who beat No. 29 Bryce Lowery of Indiana 14-5. 

Virginia Tech keeps rolling as No. 14 Ethen Miller advances with a 2-0 win over No. 19 Kai Owen of Columbia. Miller will have two-time All-American and 2026 Ivy League runner-up No. 3 Meyer Shapiro of Cornell next. Shapiro beat No. 30 Laird Root of North Carolina 14-0 to advance. 

Lehigh puts another athlete in the championship bracket as No. 10 Logan Rozynski of Lehigh beat No. 23 Kaleb Burgess of Buffalo 6-1. Rozynski will face No. 7 Kannon Webster of Illinois after Webster beat No. 26 Jonathan Ley of Navy 6-2. 

Michigan's wild man No. 15 Cameron Catrabone takes the 5-0 win over No. 18 DJ McGee of George Mason. 

Catrabone will now face returning NCAA champion No. 2 Antrell Taylor who teched No. 31 Garrett McChesney of Edinboro to advance to the second round himself. 

149 pounds:

All-American No. 16 Jacob Frost gives the Iowa State Cyclones big team points with a fall over No. 17 Lucas Kapusta of Lock Haven in the opening round. His next opponent will be Penn State's No. 1 Shayne Van Ness who teched No. 33 Austin McBurney of Brown 19-4. 

All-American No. 8 Casey Swiderski of Oklahoma State advances with a win over No. 25 Michael Gioffre of Illinois 7-2 on his quest for another podium finish and a team trophy for the Cowboys. He'll have fellow transfer No. 9 David Evans of Utah Valley after Evans, formerly of Penn State, beat No. 24 Andrew Clark of Rutgers 11-5. 

The Wolfpack put another athlete in the championship round as No. 5 Koy Buesgens beat No. 28 Kade Brown of Pittsburgh 4-0. The Terps have their second championship round athlete in No. 12 Carter Young who beat No. 21 Gabe Willochell of Wyoming 16-12. Young and Buesgens will battle next. 

ACC Champion No. 4 Collin Gaj of Virginia Tech topped No. 29 Kaden Cassidy of George Mason 9-4. Gaj will meet No. 20 Chance Lamer who pulled off the first upset at the weight with a 4-1 win over No. 13 Joe Zargo of Wisconsin. 

All-American No. 11 Lachlan McNeil of Michigan advances into the second round with a 13-3 major decision over No. 22 Eli Rivera of Princeton. McNeil will have No. 6 Caleb Tyus of SIU Edwardsville who beat No. 27 Andre Gonzales of Cal Poly 5-1. 

All-American No. 7 Ethan Stiles of Ohio State advances to the second round after a win over No. 26 Anderson Heap of Davidson 10-2. Stiles' next opponent is No. 10 Aden Valencia who topped No. 23 Max Peterson of North Dakota State 18-6. 

Penn advances another athlete in No. 3 Cross Wasilewski who beat No. 30 Dylan Layton of Rider 12-1. 

Wasilewski will face No. 14 Caleb Rathjen of Northern Iowa who beat No. 19 Brock Herman of Little Rock 3-1. 

Iowa has advanced all four of its wrestlers so far, as No. 15 Ryder Block punches his ticket to the second round with a win over No. 18 Eugene Harney of Morgan State 11-2. Block will have his hands full next with No. 2 Jaxon Joy of Cornell who teched No. 31 Ryan Michaels of Edinboro 16-1. 

141 pounds:

No. 17 Caedyn Ricciardi of Navy picks up an upset over No. 16 All-American Ryan Jack of NC State, 4-1. His prize is a shot against the two-time NCAA champion No. 1 Jesse Mendez of Ohio State who majored No. 33 Aldo Hernandez of App State 12-3. 

All-American No. 8 Vance Vombaur of Minnesota advances in the championship bracket with a 14-2 win over No. 25 Tom Crook of Virginia Tech. Crook is one of ten Hokies in this tournament and the first to lose in this opening round. Vombaur will have Oregon State's No. 24 Nash Singleton of Oregon State next who upset No. 9 Joey Oliveri of Rutgers 2-1 to earn a match in the second round. 

Lehigh's No. 5 Luke Stanich continues his undefeated redshirt sophomore season with a 21-6 technical fall win over No. 28 Pierson Manville of Arizona State. He'll have No. 21 Tyler Wells of Oklahoma after Wells upset No. 12 Luke Simcox of North Carolina 3-2. 

2025 Big Ten champion and NCAA finalist No. 3 Brock Hardy is moving on in the championship bracket after teching No. 30 Darius Lemus of Maryland 18-1. His next opponent will be Penn State All-American No. 14 Braeden Davis who beat No. 19 Haiden Drury of Utah Valley 2-0. 

No. 13 Wyatt Henson of Lock Haven will advance in the championship bracket to take on No. 4 All-American Anthony Echemendia of Iowa State after Henson beat No. 20 Julian Tagg of South Dakota State 11-2 and Echemendia topped No. 29 Jordan Titus of West Virginia 5-1. 

No. 10 Jack Consiglio of Stanford brings the Cardinal fan base to their feet with a 9-5 win over No. 23 Dylan Chappell of Bucknell. He'll have Iowa All-American and Big Ten bronze medalist No. 7 Nasir Bailey of Iowa who beat No. 26 Braeden Basile of Army 14-3. 

Oklahoma State is 3-for-3 in the first round so far as No. 2 Sergio Vega advances over No. 31 Billy DeKraker of Northwestern 6-0. He'll have No. 15 Eli Griffin of Rider who beat No. 16 Carter Nogle of Air Force 7-4. 

Two-time All-American No. 11 CJ Composto is moving off after a gutsy 2-0 win over No. 22 Lorenzo Frezza. His next opponent will be No. 6 Vince Cornella of Cornell who beat No. 27 Gable Porter of Virginia 8-0. 

133 pounds:

No. 8 Markel Baker of Northern Illinois picked up the first win in the championship round at 133 pounds when he beat No. 25 Will Betancourt of Rider 8-1. He'll have No. 9 Dominick Serrano of Northern Colorado next following Serrano's 16-14 barn-burner win against the always dangerous Blake Boarmann who upset 2025 NCAA champion Lucas Byrd in the Big Ten tournament. 

Big 12 finalist No. 5 Kyler Larkin of Arizona State advances in the championship bracket to take on No. 12 Evan Mougalian of Penn after Larkin topped No. 28 Garrett Grice of Iowa State 13-0 and  Mougalian beat No. 21 Sean Spidle of Northwestern 8-1.

No. 20 Julian Farber picks up the third upset of the morning with his 5-4 win over All-American Jacob Van Dee of Nebraska, igniting a cheer from the Panther faithful. He'll have freshman sensation No. 4 Aaron Seidel after Seidel teched No. 29 Luke Willochell of Wyoming 17-2. 

No. 17 TK Davis of Gardner-Webb gives the Bulldog an athlete in the second round after he beat No. 16 All-American Zan Fugitt of Wisconsin, 4-1. He'll face Jax Forrest next after the freshman phenom teched No. 33 Carter Schmidt of Oklahoma in the first period. 

No. 3 Marcus Blaze, a Big Ten finalist, advances in into the second round of his first NCAA tournament following a 17-2 win over No. 30 Gabe Whisenhunt of Oregon State. He'll have No. 19 Gage Walker of Missouri next who upset No. 14 Ethan Berginc of Army.

NCAA champion No. 7 Lucas Byrd of Illinois tops All-American No. 26 Dylan Shawver of Rutgers 11-7 as he continues his quest to defend his title. He'll have fellow Big Ten foe No. 23 Braxton Brown after Brown beat a tough Maximillian Leete of American 4-2 who just won his first EIWA title. 

Iowa's two-time NCAA finalist No. 6 Drake Ayala advances to the second round after he beat No. 27 Marcel Lopez of SIU Edwardsville 11-1. He'll have No. 11 Tyler Ferrara of Cornell now that Ferrara has beaten No. 22 Zach Redding of NC State 6-2. 

Stanford All-American No. 15 Tyler Knox advances in the championship bracket with a 10-3 win over No. 18 Gunner Andrick of West Virginia. Knox's reward will be Big Ten champion No. 2 Ben Davino of Ohio State who teched No. 31 Gable Strickland 17-2. 

125 pounds: 

No. 17 Jett Strickenberger of West Virginia avenges a loss from earlier this season to No. 17 Ezekiel Witt of North Dakota State 13-5. Witt previously beat Strickenberger twice in the Big 12 tournament. This time is all Strickenberger as the Mountaineer advances to face No. 1 Luke Lilledahl after Lilledahl beat No. 32 Mack Mauger of Missouri 11-2. 

No. 8 Dean Peterson of Iowa beats No. 25 Kael Lauridsen of Nebraska 9-1 to give the Hawks the first win of the morning. The Black and Gold faithful are here in full force and gave Peterson, a former Blood Round finisher, a big round of applause after his victory. He'll have Oregon State's No. 9 Maximo Renteria of Oregon State next after Renteria beat No. 24 Ayden Smith of Rutgers 8-7. 

No. 5 Troy Spratley of Oklahoma State, a 2025 NCAA finalist at the weight, won his opening bout against No. 28 Andrew Binni of Navy 11-2. He'll have a rematch with NCAA champion No. 12 Vincent Robinson in the next round following Robinson's 5-1 win over No. 21 Conrad Hendricksen of Oklahoma. Robinson is 3-0 against Spratley so far in their careers. 

No. 13 Stevo Poulin, a 2025 All-American for Northern Colorado who is now wrestling for Iowa State beat fellow transferNo. 20 Deigo Sotelo of Michigan (formerly of Harvard) 10-6. He'll have All-American No. 4 Sheldon Seymour of Lehigh next following Seymour's 14-1 dominant performance over No. 29 Tyler Chappell of Pittsburgh.

No. 3 Nic Bouzakis of Ohio State advances in the championship bracket of 125 pounds following a 9-5 win over No. 30 Sulayman Bah of Columia. He'll have No. 14 Jacob Moran of Indiana next. Moran just beat No. 19 Kysen Terkunia of North Carolina 4-2. 

No. 11 Tyler Klinsky of Rider is moving on after teching No. 23 Davis Motyka of Penn 19-3. He'll have All-American and Big Ten finalist No. 6 Jore Volk of Minnesota after Volk beat No. 27 Brady Roark of South Dakota State 8-2. 

No. 18 Spencer Moore earns a takedown in sudden victory against No. 15 Koda Holeman for the first second in the championship round, 4-1. Moore will two-time All-American No. 2 Eddie Ventresca of Virginia Tech after Ventresca survived a tough and scrappy No. 31 Desmond Pleasant of Drexel, 8-6. 

No. 7 Nico Provo of Stanford is moving on after a win over No. 26 Cooper Flynn of UT-Chattanooga, 8-2. He has No. 10 Marc Anthony McGowan of Princeton next after McGowan beat No. 23 Nicolar Rivera of Wisconsin, 16-2. 

3:48 pm, March 19, 2026

Pigtail match results

285 pounds: American's No. 32 Emmanuel Ulrich of American, who needed a wildcard to get into the tournament, wins his first bout in the pigtails over No. 33 Mason Rebuck of Bloomsburg, 8-6. 
197 pounds: No. 32 Blake Schaffer of Kent State tops No. 33 Karson Tompkins of Air Force 4-2. He'll now face No. 1 Josh Barr of Penn State in the championship round. 
184 pounds: No. 32 Caleb Uhlenhopp of Utah Valley gives the Wolverines an athlete in the championship round after he topped No. 33 Sam Goin of Indiana 4-1. He has No. 1 Rocco Welsh next. 
174 pounds: Bellarmine advances No. 33 Grant O'Dell to the first round after O'Dell beat No. 32 Luke Condon, 4-1. His next opponent will be No. 1 Levi Haines of Penn State. 
165 pounds: No. 32 Cody Walsh of Drexel beat No. 33 Ryan Vigil of VMI 12-2 to advance. He'll have No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink of Penn State next. 
157 pounds: No. 33 Yannis Charles, the first national qualifier for Morgan State since the program has been reinstated under head coach Kenny Monday, wins his opening bout against No. 32 Jeb Prechtel of Bellarmine, 15-10
149 pounds: No. 33 Austin McBurney of Brown topped No. 32 Clayton Jones of Michigan State 11-9 to advance in the championship bracket. He has No. 1 Shayne Van Ness of Penn State next. 
141 pounds: App State's No. 33 Aldo Hernandez wins his pigtail by beating No. 32 Matthew Martino of Princeton, 8-5. His next opponent will be No. 1 Jesse Mendez of Ohio State. 
133 pounds: No. 33 Carter Schmidt of Oklahoma State wins by major decision over No. 32 Andrew Austin of Central Michigan, 11-3. He'll have No. 1 Jax Forrest of Oklahoma State next.
125 pounds: No. 32 Mack Mauger of Missouri tops Bloomsburg's No. 33 Jace Schafer 4-1. He'll have No. 1 Luke Lilledahl of Penn State next. 

3:00 pm, March 19, 2026

Breaking down the brackets

The reigning champion Penn State Nittany Lions come into the 2026 tournament with seven No. 1 seeds, including Luke Lilledahl (125 pounds), Shayne Van Ness (149 pounds), PJ Duke (157 pounds), Mitchell Mesenbrink (165 pounds), Levi Haines (174 pounds), Rocco Welsh (184 pounds) and Josh Barr (197 pounds). 

The other remaining No. 1 seeds are Jax Forrest of Oklahoma State (133 pounds), Jesse Mendez of Ohio State (141 pounds) and Yonger Bastida (285 pounds). 

You can see the complete brackets here, and watch the breakdown below. 

Breaking down the 2026 NCAA wrestling championship brackets
3:03 pm, March 19, 2026

Recommended Reading

Here's what you need to know about the 2026 NCAA DI men's wrestling tournament: 

1.) How the NCAA tournament works
The ultimate explainer guide for fans to understand team scoring, top seeds and tournament history 

2.) These are the 6 teams that qualified their full lineups for the 2026 DI men's wrestling tournament
Penn State, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Nebraska, Virginia Tech and Iowa State qualified their whole roster for the NCAA tournament. Let's break down the backstories of all of those athletes and how they could impact the team race. 

3.) Breaking down the at-large DI NCAA men's wrestling qualifiers
These are the 42 guys who earned their ticket to Cleveland through a wild card. 

2:57 pm, March 19, 2026

Championship history

Here's every DI men's national champion dating back to 1928: ;

Year Champion Coach Points Runner-Up Points Host or Site
2025 Penn State Cael Sanderson 177 Nebraska 117 Philadelphia
2024 Penn State Cael Sanderson 172.5 Cornell 72.5 Kansas City
2023 Penn State Cael Sanderson 137.5 Iowa 82.5 Tulsa
2022 Penn State Cael Sanderson 131.5 Michigan 95 Detroit
2021 Iowa Tom Brands 129 Penn State 113.5 St. Louis
2020 Canceled due to Covid-19 -- -- -- -- --
2019 Penn State Cael Sanderson 137.5 Ohio State 96.5 Pittsburgh
2018 Penn State Cael Sanderson 141.5 Ohio State 133.5 Cleveland
2017 Penn State Cael Sanderson 146.5 Ohio State 110 St. Louis
2016 Penn State Cael Sanderson 123 Oklahoma St. 97.5 New York
2015 Ohio State Tom Ryan 102 Iowa 84 St. Louis
2014 Penn State Cael Sanderson 109.5 Minnesota 104 Oklahoma City
2013 Penn State Cael Sanderson 123.5 Oklahoma St. 119.5 Des Moines, Iowa
2012 Penn State Cael Sanderson 143.0 Minnesota 117.5 St. Louis
2011 Penn State Cael Sanderson 103.5 Cornell 89.5 Philadelphia
2010 Iowa Tom Brands 134.5 Cornell 90 Omaha, Neb.
2009 Iowa Tom Brands 96.5 Ohio State 92 St. Louis
2008 Iowa Tom Brands 117.5 Ohio State 79 St. Louis
2007 Minnesota J Robinson 98 Iowa State 88.5 Auburn Hills, Mich.
2006 Oklahoma State John Smith 122.5 Minnesota 84 Oklahoma City
2005 Oklahoma State John Smith 153 Michigan 83 St. Louis
2004 Oklahoma State John Smith 123.5 Iowa 82 St. Louis
2003 Oklahoma State John Smith 143 Minnesota 104.5 Kansas City, Mo.
2002 Minnesota J Robinson 126.5 Iowa State 104 Albany, N.Y.
2001 Minnesota J Robinson 138.5 Iowa 125.5 Iowa
2000 Iowa Jim Zalesky 116 Iowa State 109.5 St. Louis
1999 Iowa Jim Zalesky 100.5 Minnesota 98.5 Penn State
1998 Iowa Jim Zalesky 115 Minnesota 102 Cleveland State
1997 Iowa Dan Gable 170 Oklahoma State 113.5 UNI
1996 Iowa Dan Gable 122.5 Iowa State 78.5 Minnesota
1995 Iowa Dan Gable 134 Oregon state 77.5 Iowa
1994 Oklahoma State John Smith 94.75 Iowa 76.5 North Carolina
1993 Iowa Dan Gable 123.75 Penn State 87.5 Iowa State
1992 Iowa Dan Gable 149 Oklahoma State 100.5 Oklahoma & Oklahoma State
1991 Iowa Dan Gable 157 Oklahoma State 108.75 Iowa
1990 Oklahoma State Joe Seay 117.75 Arizona State 104.75 Maryland
1989 Oklahoma State Joe Seay 91.25 Arizona State 70.5 Oklahoma & Oklahoma State
1988 Arizona State Bobby Douglas 93 Iowa 85.5 Iowa State
1987 Iowa State Jim Gibbons 133 Iowa 108 Maryland
1986 Iowa Dan Gable 158 Oklahoma 84.25 Iowa
1985 Iowa Dan Gable 145.25 Oklahoma 98.5 Oklahoma & Oklahoma State
1984 Iowa Dan Gable 123.75 Oklahoma State 98 Princeton
1983 Iowa Dan Gable 155 Oklahoma State 102 Oklahoma & Oklahoma State
1982 Iowa Dan Gable 131.75 Iowa State 111 Iowa State
1981 Iowa Dan Gable 129.75 Oklahoma 100.25 Princeton
1980 Iowa Dan Gable 110.75 Oklahoma State 87 Oregon State
1979 Iowa Dan Gable 122.5 Iowa State 88 Iowa State
1978 Iowa Dan Gable 94.5 Iowa State 94 Maryland
1977 Iowa State Harold Nichols 95.5 Oklahoma State 88.75 Oklahoma
1976 Iowa Gary Kurdelmeier 123.5 Iowa State 85.75 Arizona
1975 Iowa Gary Kurdelmeier 102 Oklahoma 77 Princeton
1974 Oklahoma Stan Abel 69.5 Michigan 67 Iowa State
1973 Iowa State Harold Nichols 85 Oregon state 72.5 Washington
1972 Iowa State Harold Nichols 103 Michigan State 72.5 Maryland
1971 Oklahoma State Tommy Chesbro 94 Iowa State 66 Auburn
1970 Iowa State Harold Nichols 99 Michigan State 84 Northwestern
1969 Iowa State Harold Nichols 104 Oklahoma 69 BYU
1968 Oklahoma State Myron Roderick 81 Iowa State 78 Penn State
1967 Michigan State Grady Peninger 74 Michigan 63 Kent State
1966 Oklahoma State Myron Roderick 79 Iowa State 70 Iowa State
1965 Iowa State Harold Nichols 87 Oklahoma State 86 Wyoming
1964 Oklahoma State Myron Roderick 87 Oklahoma 58 Cornell
1963 Oklahoma Thomas Evans 48 Iowa State 45 Kent State
1962 Oklahoma State Myron Roderick 82 Oklahoma 45 Oklahoma State
1961 Oklahoma State Myron Roderick 82 Oklahoma 63 Oregon State
1960 Oklahoma Thomas Evans 59 Iowa State 40 Maryland
1959 Oklahoma State Myron Roderick 73 Iowa State 51 Iowa
1958 Oklahoma State Myron Roderick 77 Iowa State 62 Wyoming
1957 Oklahoma Port Robertson 73 Pittsburgh 66 Pittsburgh
1956 Oklahoma State Art Griffith 65 Oklahoma 62 Oklahoma State
1955 Oklahoma State Art Griffith 40 Penn State 31 Cornell
1954 Oklahoma State Art Griffith 32 Pittsburgh 17 Oklahoma
1953 Penn State Charles Speidel 21 Oklahoma 15 Penn State
1952 Oklahoma Port Robertson 22 UNI 21 Colorado State
1951 Oklahoma Port Robertson 24 Oklahoma State 23 Lehigh
1950 UNI David McCuskey 30 Purdue 16 UNI
1949 Oklahoma State Art Griffith 32 UNI 27 Colorado State
1948 Oklahoma State Art Griffith 33 Michigan State 28 Lehigh
1947 Cornell College Paul Scott 32 UNI 19 Illinois
1946 Oklahoma State Art Griffith 25 UNI 24 Oklahoma State
1942 Oklahoma State Art Griffith 31 Michigan State 26 Michigan State
1941 Oklahoma State Art Griffith 37 Michigan State 26 Lehigh
1940 Oklahoma State E.C. Gallagher 24 Indiana 14 Illinois
1939 Oklahoma State E.C. Gallagher 33 Lehigh 12 Frankline & Marshall
1938 Oklahoma State E.C. Gallagher 19 Illinois 15 Penn State
1937 Oklahoma State E.C. Gallagher 31 Oklahoma 13 Indiana State
1936 Oklahoma Paul Keen 14 Central Oklahoma/Oklahoma State 10 Washington & Lee
1935 Oklahoma State E.C. Gallagher 36 Oklahoma 18 Lehigh
1934 Oklahoma State E.C. Gallagher 29 Indiana 19 Michigan
1933 *Iowa State/Oklahoma State Hugo Otopali/E.C. Gallagher       Lehigh
1932 *Indiana W.H. Thorn 14 Oklahoma State 11 Indiana
1931 *Oklahoma State E.C. Gallagher   Iowa State   Brown
1930 Oklahoma State E.C. Gallagher 27 Illinois 14 Penn State
1929 Oklahoma State E.C. Gallagher 26 Michigan 18 Ohio state
1928 *Oklahoma State E.C. Gallagher   Iowa State/Michigan   Iowa State

No tournament held between 1943-45