All the upsets from week 1 of the 2025-26 NCAA D1 college wrestling season!

Every Upset At The 2025 NCAAs

Please consider all these upsets with the main caveat being that what is considered an upset this week may not be considered an upset by the end of the season or even by next week. For the purpose of this article, we are strictly going by the latest national NCAA ranking. 

Upsets By Unranked Wrestlers

Many of these results can only be classified as technical upsets because the unranked wrestler is unranked only because they are redshirting or are presumed not to be the starter and have a teammate in the rankings at that weight. So some of these results should be considered with a larger caveat than others. 

133: Raymond Lopez, American over #5 Jacob Van Dee, Nebraska F 6:35

184: Cale Anderson, Wisconsin over #9 Aidan Brenot, North Dakota State 13-9

197: Karson Tompkins, Air Force over #9 Seth Shumate, Ohio State 5-3

157: Luke Mechler, Wisconsin over #10 Gavin Drexler, North Dakota State 4-1 SV

133: Musa Tamaradze, Appalachian State over #13 Ethan Oakley, North Carolina F 2:25

133: Troy Hohman, NC State over #13 Ethan Oakley, North Carolina 5-4 SV

141: Lorenzo Frezza, Columbia over #14 Wyatt Henson, Lock Haven 6-4

141: Elijah Griffin, Rider over #14 Wyatt Henson, Lock Haven 4-3

285: Koy Hopke, Minnesota over #14 Jimmy Mullen, Virginia Tech 12-1

174: Ethan Riddle, Minnesota over #16 Sergio Desiante, Virginia Tech 16-10

165: LJ Araujo, Nebraska over #17 Evan Maag, George Mason 6-5

141: Luke Simcox, North Carolina over #17 Tom Crook, Virginia Tech 5-3

149: Nate Lucier, Binghamton over #18 Wynton Denkins, Virginia 4-2

149: Eugene Harney, Morgan State over #18 Wynton Denkins, Virginia 9-8

165: LJ Araujo, Nebraska over #21 Dylan Evans, Pittsburgh 5-2

141: Elijah Griffin, Rider over #21 Braden Basile, Army West Point 8-6

184: Rylan Rogers, Lehigh over #21 TJ McDonnell, Oregon State 2-0

165: Tanner Peake, Davidson over #21 Mac Church, Virginia Tech F 2:53

285: Daulton Mayer, Bellarmine over #22 Ashton Davis, Cornell 5-4

141: Gable Porter, Virginia over #23 Jordan Soriano, Drexel 11-3

165: Marco Albanese, Binghamton over #23 Noah Mulvaney, Bucknell 6-5

133: Matty Lopes, Lehigh over #24 Ethan Berginc, Army West Point 5-4

197: Branson John, Maryland over #24 Gavin Nelson, Minnesota 11-4

125: Jack Bergmann, Navy over #27 Kael Lauridsen, Nebraska 12-9

157: Dominic Frontino, Brown over #27 Conner Harer, Rutgers 5-1

157: Joel Adams, Oregon State over #27 Conner Harer, Rutgers 11-4

174: Cooper Haase, Army West Point over #27 Avery Bassett, Lock Haven 16-10

149: Kaden Keiser, Appalachian State over #27 Drew Roberts, Minnesota 7-1 TB

149: Ryan Franco, Army West Point over #28 CJ Hamblin, Oregon State 15-3

149: Dylan Layton, Rider over #28 CJ Hamblin, Oregon State 12-2

141: Dario Lemus, Maryland over #28 Jordan Titus, West Virginia 8-3

197: Silas Dailey, Minnesota over #28 Robert Platt, North Carolina 6-4

197: Braxton Lewis, VMI over #28 Robert Platt, North Carolina 7-4

165: LJ Araujo, Nebraska over #29 Jared Keslar, Pittsburgh 8-0

197: Remy Brancato, Lehigh over #29 Tucker Hogan, Lock Haven 9-8

141: Dario Lemus, Maryland over #29 Bryce Kresho, Franklin & Marshall 19-11

141: Caedyn Ricciardi, Navy over #30 Briar Priest, Pittsburgh 10-3

141: Caedyn Ricciardi, Navy over #30 Briar Priest, Pittsburgh 4-3

174: Duncan Christensen, Lehigh over #30 Enrique Munguia, Rider 11-5

174: Daschle Lamer, Oregon State over #30 Enrique Munguia, Rider T;20-0

125: Brady Joling, Davidson over #30 Gylon Sims, The Citadel 2-0

125: Louie Gill, West Virginia over #30 Gylon Sims, The Citadel 13-4

174: Tyler Eise, Nebraska over #31 Carter Baer, Binghamton 8-5

133: Matty Lopes, Lehigh over #32 Gable Strickland, Lock Haven 2-0

174: Ethan Riddle, Minnesota over #32 Dominic Solis, Maryland 9-2

174: Sabino Portella, North Carolina over #32 Dominic Solis, Maryland 4-3

133: Tyler Ferrara, Cornell over #33 Joey Fischer, Clarion 11-3

197: Branson John, Maryland over #33 Rune Lawrence, West Virginia 12-2

Double Digit Upsets

Upsets where the difference between the rankings of the two wrestlers is equal to or greater than ten. 

149: #28 Caleb Tyus, SIU Edwardsville over #3 Ethan Stiles, Ohio State 10-4

133: #30 Dillon Campbell, Virginia Tech over #8 Braxton Brown, Maryland 11-0

285: #29 Spencer Lanosga, Navy over #10 Dayton Pitzer, Pittsburgh 5-0

285: #29 Spencer Lanosga, Navy over #10 Dayton Pitzer, Pittsburgh 6-4

197: #33 Rune Lawrence, West Virginia over #16 Sonny Sasso, Virginia Tech 7-6

149: #29 Kaden Cassidy, George Mason over #15 Kade Brown, Pittsburgh 15-9

157: #33 Colton Washleski, Virginia over #20 DJ McGee, George Mason F 2:59

149: #16 Jaxon Joy, Cornell over #3 Ethan Stiles, Ohio State F 2:45

174: #26 Jasiah Queen, Drexel over #14 Nick Hamilton, Virginia 13-4

Single Digit Upsets

I'm confident you can figure this one out on your own without additional explanation. 

197: #24 Gavin Nelson, Minnesota over #16 Sonny Sasso, Virginia Tech 7-0

141: #30 Briar Priest, Pittsburgh over #23 Jordan Soriano, Drexel 7-1

285: #27 Bennett Tabor, Minnesota over #20 Nolan Neves, North Carolina 4-1 SV

165: #23 Noah Mulvaney, Bucknell over #17 Evan Maag, George Mason F 2:10

165: #15 Thomas Snipes, The Citadel over #10 Andrew Sparks, Minnesota 2-1

174: #26 Jasiah Queen, Drexel over #22 Myles Takats, Bucknell 4-3

174: #25 Brody Conley, West Virginia over #21 Clayton Whiting, Minnesota 8-1 SV

141: #29 Bryce Kresho, Franklin & Marshall over #26 Jayden Scott, North Carolina 4-1 SV

184: #28 Ceasar Garza, Cal Poly over #25 James Rowley, Purdue 10-7

197: #22 Brock Zurawski, Rider over #19 JT Davis, Lehigh 5-3 TB

197: #21 Wolfgang Frable, Army West Point over #19 JT Davis, Lehigh 7-3

149: #23 David Evans, Utah Valley over #22 Aden Valencia, Stanford 13-8