2026 NCAA wrestling championships brackets, results

2026 NCAA wrestling championships brackets, results

285 kilos: 

All six of the previous All-Americans received their first-round matches early at 285 kilos: 

  • 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 primary upset of the burden when he beat No. 12 Braxton Amos of Wisconsin 4-3. He’ll have Feldman subsequent. No. 20 Dayton Pitzer of Pitt joined him on the upset winners checklist along with his 3-2 victory over No. 13 Spencer Lanosga of Navy. No. 27 Hunter Catka of Rutgers rounded out the upset winners along with his 6-3 victory in opposition to No. 6 Nathan Taylor. Pitzer can have Ferrari within the second spherical whereas 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 each have All-Americans within the subsequent spherical 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 whereas Colbert will wrestle Trumble.

Penn State’s No. 12 Cole Mirasola and Minnesota’s No. 14 Koy Hopke can even have an All-American within the subsequent spherical 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 spherical out the winners of the primary spherical. Doucet beat No. 26 Luke Luffman of Illinois 2-1, and Szuba beat No. 23 Stephan Monchery of App State, 11-1. 

197 kilos: 

No. 17 Dillon Bechtold of Bucknell earned the primary win on the weight within the first spherical when he beat No. 16 Branson John of Maryland 4-1. He’ll have No. 1 Josh Barr of Penn State subsequent who teched No. 32 Blake Schaffer of Kent State 20-4. 

Wyoming All-American No. 5 Joey Novak is into the second spherical on his quest for an additional podium end. He beat No. 28 Kael Wisler of Michigan State by fall at 4:43 to advance. Novak can 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 within the first spherical.

Ohio picks up one other 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 subsequent now that Little beat No. 30 Kade Rule of UT-Chattanooga 10-3. 

No. 29 Colton Hawks of Arizona State picked up the most important 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 within the opening spherical. 

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 received a gutsy 2-1 match over No. 27 Gabe Arnold of Iowa on one second of using time. Arnold selected down first and escaped in 4 seconds. Rademacher one-upped the Hawkeye by escaping throughout his ride-out interval in three seconds. That assured, daring resolution paid off for the Beaver. 

Stout can 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 troublesome No. 31 Kael Bennie to maneuver 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 kilos:

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

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 strikes on after beating No. 24 Joe Curtis of Columbia 11-2. He’ll have Nebraska All-American No. 8 Silas Allred subsequent who beat No. 25 Malachi DuVall of George Mason 3-1. 

No. 4 James Conway provides 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 in opposition to No. 13 Isaac Dean of Iowa State. He’ll have Conway subsequent. 

No. 2 Aeoden Sinclair of Missouri advances to the second spherical after a dominant 22-6 efficiency in opposition to 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 troublesome No. 21 Tomas Brooker of App State 8-6. He’ll now see a well-known 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 spherical as No. 6 Eddie Neitenback beats No. 27 Aidan Brenot of North Dakota State 14-1. His subsequent opponent can be No. 22 Zack Ryder of Oklahoma State who secured an extra time takedown in opposition to No. 11 Shane Cartagenda-Walsh for the 4-1 upset win. 

Iowa’s Angelo Ferrari, who got here into this match because the No. 7 seed after inserting eighth at Big Tens, beat No. 26 Chase Kranitz of Pittsburgh 10-0 and can now face EIWA champion and No. 10 Caleb Campos of American who beat No. 23 Ceasar Garza of Cal Poly 4-1. 

174 kilos:

Penn State’s No. 1 Levi Haines additionally stays excellent on the 12 months 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 spherical with an 8-3 win over N. 29 Avery Bassett of Lock Haven. Kharchla can have No. 20 Daschle Lamer of Oregon State who beat No. 13 Carter Baer 2-0. 

Iowa additionally superior its All-American on the weight as final 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 as soon as once more keep excellent 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 can have All-American Chris Minto subsequent following Minto’s 20-4 win over No. 30 Riley Davis of Wyoming. 

In a match the place the race of a group trophy may come right down to a single match, Iowa State’s No. 11 MJ Gaitan did the Cyclones an enormous favor along with his fall in opposition to No. 22 Brody Baumman of Purdue at 2:41. He’ll have All-American No. 6 Matty Singleton who survived extra time in opposition to No. 27 Collin Carrigan of North Carolina with a 2-1 win.

Missouri’s No. 7 Cam Steed strikes ahead within the championship bracket after a 16-1 win over No. 26 Derek Gilcher of Indiana. His subsequent opponent can be No. 10 Myles Takats of Bucknell who beat No. 23 Luca Augustine of Pittsburgh 6-4. 

No. 2 Simon Ruiz of Cornell advances within 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 match final 12 months and beat No. 18 Colin Kelly of Illinois 7-3 to advance. 

165 kilos:

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 subsequent opponent can 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 spherical after Hepner topped No. 24 Sean Seefeldt of Penn 11-4. His opponent can be No. 8 Matty Bianchi of Little Rock who survived a 7-5 sudden victory battle in opposition to No. 25 Mac Church of Virginia Tech. Bianchi was the Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year however wanted a wild card to earn his spot within the match, regardless of incomes All-American honors at this occasion final 12 months.

Oklahoma State retains 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 provides the Gophers a win along with his victory over No. 20 Ty Whalen of Princeton 10-1. Sparks will now tackle 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 spherical with a 9-4 win over No. 22 Matthew Olguin of Oregon State. He’ll have No. 27 EJ Parco of Stanford subsequent who picked up one the most important upsets of the morning with an 8-7 win over No. 6 LJ Araujo.  

NC State advances one other athlete into the second spherical 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 spherical out the opening bout winners at 165 kilos with wins over No. 18 Gunner Filipowicz 17-2 and No. 31 Jared Keslar of Pitt 5-0 respectively. 

157 kilos:

No. 1 PJ Duke does PJ Duke issues within the opening interval 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 using time. 

The Ohio State Buckeyes push one other athlete into the second spherical as No. 8 Brandon Cannon, who has been ranked as excessive as No. 1 this 12 months, tops No. 25 Mason Shrader of Central Michigan 9-4. Cannon will tackle All-American No. 9 Daniel Cardenas of Stanford who topped No. 24 Jaivon Jones of Little Rock 7-2. 

Another athlete who spent a while within the No. 1 spot within the rankings this 12 months, No. 11 Ty Waters of West Virginia additionally received his opening match, beating No. 22 Colton Washlewski of Virginia by fall on the 2:30 mark. He’ll have Ivy League champion No. 6 Jude Swisher subsequent who beat No. 27 Dylan Evans of Pittsburgh 8-2.

The Cowboys stay excellent by 157 kilos 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 additionally superior to the second spherical 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 retains rolling as No. 14 Ethen Miller advances with a 2-0 win over No. 19 Kai Owen of Columbia. Miller can have two-time All-American and 2026 Ivy League runner-up No. 3 Meyer Shapiro of Cornell subsequent. Shapiro beat No. 30 Laird Root of North Carolina 14-0 to advance. 

Lehigh places one other athlete within 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 spherical himself. 

149 kilos:

All-American No. 16 Jacob Frost provides the Iowa State Cyclones massive group factors with a fall over No. 17 Lucas Kapusta of Lock Haven within the opening spherical. His subsequent opponent can 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 an additional podium end and a group trophy for the Cowboys. He’ll have fellow switch No. 9 David Evans of Utah Valley after Evans, previously of Penn State, beat No. 24 Andrew Clark of Rutgers 11-5. 

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

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 primary upset on 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 spherical with a 13-3 main resolution over No. 22 Eli Rivera of Princeton. McNeil can 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 spherical after a win over No. 26 Anderson Heap of Davidson 10-2. Stiles’ subsequent opponent is No. 10 Aden Valencia who topped No. 23 Max Peterson of North Dakota State 18-6. 

Penn advances one other 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 superior all 4 of its wrestlers up to now, as No. 15 Ryder Block punches his ticket to the second spherical with a win over No. 18 Eugene Harney of Morgan State 11-2. Block can have his palms full subsequent with No. 2 Jaxon Joy of Cornell who teched No. 31 Ryan Michaels of Edinboro 16-1. 

141 kilos:

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 in opposition to 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 within the championship bracket with a 14-2 win over No. 25 Tom Crook of Virginia Tech. Crook is one in all ten Hokies on this match and the primary to lose on this opening spherical. Vombaur can have Oregon State’s No. 24 Nash Singleton of Oregon State subsequent who upset No. 9 Joey Oliveri of Rutgers 2-1 to earn a match within the second spherical. 

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 shifting on within the championship bracket after teching No. 30 Darius Lemus of Maryland 18-1. His subsequent opponent can 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 within the championship bracket to tackle 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 ft 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 within the first spherical as 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 shifting off after a gutsy 2-0 win over No. 22 Lorenzo Frezza. His subsequent opponent can be No. 6 Vince Cornella of Cornell who beat No. 27 Gable Porter of Virginia 8-0. 

133 kilos:

No. 8 Markel Baker of Northern Illinois picked up the primary win within the championship spherical at 133 kilos when he beat No. 25 Will Betancourt of Rider 8-1. He’ll have No. 9 Dominick Serrano of Northern Colorado subsequent following Serrano’s 16-14 barn-burner win in opposition to the all the time harmful Blake Boarmann who upset 2025 NCAA champion Lucas Byrd within the Big Ten match. 

Big 12 finalist No. 5 Kyler Larkin of Arizona State advances within the championship bracket to tackle 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 along with his 5-4 win over All-American Jacob Van Dee of Nebraska, igniting a cheer from the Panther trustworthy. 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 provides the Bulldog an athlete within the second spherical after he beat No. 16 All-American Zan Fugitt of Wisconsin, 4-1. He’ll face Jax Forrest subsequent after the freshman phenom teched No. 33 Carter Schmidt of Oklahoma within the first interval. 

No. 3 Marcus Blaze, a Big Ten finalist, advances in into the second spherical of his first NCAA match following a 17-2 win over No. 30 Gabe Whisenhunt of Oregon State. He’ll have No. 19 Gage Walker of Missouri subsequent 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 troublesome Maximillian Leete of American 4-2 who simply received his first EIWA title. 

Iowa’s two-time NCAA finalist No. 6 Drake Ayala advances to the second spherical 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 overwhelmed No. 22 Zach Redding of NC State 6-2. 

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

125 kilos: 

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 beforehand beat Strickenberger twice within the Big 12 match. This time is all Strickenberger because 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 present the Hawks the primary win of the morning. The Black and Gold trustworthy are right here in full pressure and gave Peterson, a former Blood Round finisher, an enormous spherical of applause after his victory. He’ll have Oregon State’s No. 9 Maximo Renteria of Oregon State subsequent after Renteria beat No. 24 Ayden Smith of Rutgers 8-7. 

No. 5 Troy Spratley of Oklahoma State, a 2025 NCAA finalist on the weight, received his opening bout in opposition to No. 28 Andrew Binni of Navy 11-2. He’ll have a rematch with NCAA champion No. 12 Vincent Robinson within the subsequent spherical following Robinson’s 5-1 win over No. 21 Conrad Hendricksen of Oklahoma. Robinson is 3-0 in opposition to Spratley up to now of their careers. 

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

No. 3 Nic Bouzakis of Ohio State advances within the championship bracket of 125 kilos following a 9-5 win over No. 30 Sulayman Bah of Columia. He’ll have No. 14 Jacob Moran of Indiana subsequent. Moran simply beat No. 19 Kysen Terkunia of North Carolina 4-2. 

No. 11 Tyler Klinsky of Rider is shifting 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 in opposition to No. 15 Koda Holeman for the primary second within the championship spherical, 4-1. Moore will two-time All-American No. 2 Eddie Ventresca of Virginia Tech after Ventresca survived a troublesome and scrappy No. 31 Desmond Pleasant of Drexel, 8-6. 

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

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