The National Duals Invitational presented by Paycom heaped a humongous pile of upsets onto the laps of D1 collegiate rankers across the nation. How will they unravel that mess and produce a coherent order of NCAA grapplers by tomorrow? 

That's not the concern of this article! All we're doing here is listing all the upsets that happened in week 3 of the 2025-26 season and providing a modicum of context. 

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With regards to the aforementioned context, please be advised that upsets that occured in week 3 strictly according to the rankings may not be considered upsets by the end of the season. In fact, hey may not be considered upsets by Tuesday morning. So please remember that important caveat when perusing the subsequent inventory of 'upsets'.

Upsets By Unranked Wrestlers Who Have Ranked Teammates At That Weight Class

Because the NCAA only allows one wrestler per team per weight to enter the postseason, FloWrestling -- and every other ranking, including the Coaches' Poll -- only ranks one wrestler per team per weight. The reasons one teammate is ranked and not the other are myriad, and whether or not the result should be considered an upset is subjective, as is always the case, so we've included the ranked teammates in these week 3 occurrences for added context.

We're listing them here, but we've also added the ranked teammate for added context. 

125: Nic Bouzakis, Ohio State over #8 Jore Volk, Minnesota 8-5 SV (#19 Brendan McCrone, Ohio State)

125: Nic Bouzakis, Ohio State over #10 Dean Peterson, Iowa Fall 1:34  (#19 Brendan McCrone, Ohio State)

165: Ryan Burton, Virginia Tech over #10 Andrew Sparks, Minnesota 7-4 (#27 Mac Church, Virginia Tech)

157: Noah Nininger, Virginia Tech over #11 Jackson Arrington, NC State 7-6 (#10 Ethen Miller, Virginia Tech)

285: Bennett Tabor, Minnesota over #19 Jimmy Mullen, Virginia Tech 3-2 (#18 Koy Hopke, Minnesota)

197: Seth Shumate, Ohio State over #22 Gavin Nelson, Minnesota 3-2 (#10 Luke Geog, Ohio State)

133: Ronnie Ramirez, Oklahoma State over #22 Zach Redding, NC State 4-2 (#12 Richie Figueroa, Oklahoma State)

184: Andrew McMonagle, North Dakota State over #25 Brock Fettig, South Dakota State 6-6 TB RT (#18 Aidan Brenot, North Dakota State)

174: Jed Wester, Minnesota over #26 Moses Espinoza-Owens, South Dakota State 7-2 (#22 Ethan Riddle, Minnesota)

157: Seth Mendoza, Missouri over #27 Jaivon Jones, Little Rock 4-0 (#22 J Conway, Missouri)

125: Edwin Sierra, Stanford over #28 Cooper Shore, California Baptist 10-2 (#11 Nico Provo, Stanford)

133: Cale Seaton, South Dakota State over #29 Tristan Daugherty, North Dakota State 6-1 (#17 Derrick Cardinal, South Dakota State)

141: Jacob Mann, Princeton over #29 Jordan Titus, West Virginia 7-2 (#19 Eligh Rivera, Princeton)

141: Matthew Martino, Princeton over #32 Briar Priest, Pittsburgh 6-4 (#19 Eligh Rivera, Princeton)

Upsets By Unranked Wrestlers

Like in the above occurrences, there are myriad reasons why a wrestler might be unranked. Perhaps they are true freshmen still expected to redshirt. Perhaps they are notable prospects just don't have enough college wrestling results on their resumes to warrant a ranking. Or maybe they just pulled off a true upset. In any case, here are all the instances of an unranked wrestler beating a ranked wrestler from week 3 in which the unranked wrestler does NOT have a ranked teammate at the same weight class. 

149: Kaleb Larkin, Arizona State over #2 Lachlan McNeil, Michigan 12-3

141: Sergio Vega, Oklahoma State over #2 Brock Hardy, Nebraska 13-2

184: Christian Hansen, Cornell over #4 Zack Ryder, Oklahoma State 4-2

149: Ryder Block, Iowa over #4 Casey Swiderski, Oklahoma State 5-3

141: Cory Land, Northern Iowa over #5 Vance Vombaur, Minnesota 9-8

165: Will Denny, NC State over #7 Ryder Downey, Northern Iowa 6-4

141: Sergio Vega, Oklahoma State over #8 Ryan Jack, NC State 2-0

197: Massoma Endene, Iowa over #9 Cody Merrill, Oklahoma State 4-3

141: Sergio Vega, Oklahoma State over #9 Nasir Bailey, Iowa 3-0 SV

165: Dylan Gilcher, Michigan over #11 Maxx Mayfield, Missouri 8-4

133: Tyler Ferrara, Cornell over #12 Richard Figueroa, Oklahoma State 11-9

165: Dylan Gilcher, Michigan over #12 Nicco Ruiz, Arizona State 4-1

197: Massoma Endene, Iowa over #14 Evan Bates, Missouri Fall 2:20

149: Ryder Block, Iowa over #16 Josh Edmond, Missouri 2-1 TB

141: Tyler Wells, Oklahoma over #18 Dylan Chappell, Bucknell 7-5

174: Tommy Bennett, Northern Illinois over #19 Brody Baumann, Purdue 13-12

165: Max Norman, Brown over #20 Evan Maag, George Mason 15-9

149: Bryce Shelton, Air Force over #21 Carson DesRosier, The Citadel 7-6

197: Massoma Endene, Iowa over #21 Cade Lautt, Illinois 14-4

125: Mack Mauger, Missouri over #21 Diego Sotelo, Michigan Fall 1:35

174: Colin Kelly, Illinois over #23 Sergio Desiante, Virginia Tech 13-7

184: Chris Moore, Illinois over #23 Jaden Bullock, Virginia Tech 11-3

174: Riley Davis, Wyoming over #23 Sergio Desiante, Virginia Tech 5-4

197: Josh McCutchen, Gardner-Webb over #24 Karson Tompkins, Air Force 13-2

184: Chris Moore, Illinois over #24 Brock DelSignore, Little Rock 9-4

165: Jake Slotnick, Hofstra over #25 Cesar Alvan, Columbia 8-6

141: Jack Consiglio, Stanford over #25 Jesse Vasquez, California Baptist 20-7

184: Marcus Petite, Buffalo over #27 James Rowley, Purdue 9-3

141: Aldo Hernandez, Appalachian State over #29 Jordan Titus, West Virginia 4-2

197: Conor Maslanek, Campbell over #29 Martin Cosgrove, Penn 7-3

184: Chris Moore, Illinois over #29 Rylan Rogers, Lehigh 2-2 TB RT

165: Max Norman, Brown over #30 Tanner Peake, Davidson Fall 2:39

285: Devon Dawson, Northern Illinois over #30 Hayden Filipovich, Purdue 6-5

133: Javaan Yarbrough, Morgan State over #32 Kyle Waterman, Drexel 12-11

149: Joey Buttler, Indiana over #33 Richard Fedalen, Columbia 14-6

Upsets By One Ranked Wrestler Over Another

Listed in order of the largest to the smallest difference in rankings. 

197: #27 Sonny Sasso, Virginia Tech over #4 Joey Novak, Wyoming 12-2

157: #23 Logan Rozynski, Lehigh over #1 Antrell Taylor, Nebraska 9-1

141: #31 Caedyn Ricciardi, Navy over #16 Luke Simcox, North Carolina 3-2

149: #27 Kaden Keiser, Appalachian State over #15 Willie McDougald, West Virginia 7-3

285: #19 Jimmy Mullen, Virginia Tech over #7 Luke Luffman, Illinois 6-2

184: #22 Sam Goin, Indiana over #12 Aaron Ayzerov, Columbia 10-3

165: #18 LJ Araujo, Nebraska over #8 Max Brignola, Lehigh Fall 5:56

133: #31 Markel Baker, Northern Illinois over #21 Blake Boarman, Purdue 8-6

133: #19 T.K. Davis, Gardner-Webb over #10 Braxton Brown, Maryland 6-3

133: #22 Zach Redding, NC State over #13 Julian Farber, Northern Iowa 5-2 SV

157: #9 Brandon Cannon, Ohio State over #1 Antrell Taylor, Nebraska 16-4

285: #18 Koy Hopke, Minnesota over #10 Wyatt Voelker, Northern Iowa 9-5

174: #16 Cam Steed, Missouri over #8 Beau Mantanona, Michigan 5-3

184: #14 Brock Mantanona, Michigan over #6 Silas Allred, Nebraska 10-8

125: #10 Dean Peterson, Iowa over #2 Troy Spratley, Oklahoma State 5-4

184: #9 Aeoden Sinclair, Missouri over #1 Max McEnelly, Minnesota 6-3

174: #10 Alex Facundo, Oklahoma State over #4 Christopher Minto, Nebraska 2-1

197: #27 Sonny Sasso, Virginia Tech over #21 Cade Lautt, Illinois 12-2

197: #27 Sonny Sasso, Virginia Tech over #22 Gavin Nelson, Minnesota 8-4

149: #9 Jaxon Joy, Cornell over #4 Casey Swiderski, Oklahoma State 4-3

133: #31 Markel Baker, Northern Illinois over #26 Raymond Lopez, American 11-4

133: #26 Raymond Lopez, American over #21 Blake Boarman, Purdue Fall 3:56

133: #8 Ben Davino, Ohio State over #3 Drake Ayala, Iowa 10-4

174: #9 Carson Kharchla, Ohio State over #4 Christopher Minto, Nebraska 5-1

285: #6 Nick Feldman, Ohio State over #1 AJ Ferrari, Nebraska 5-4

125: #8 Jore Volk, Minnesota over #4 Eddie Ventresca, Virginia Tech 3-1 TB

149: #8 Koy Buesgens, NC State over #4 Casey Swiderski, Oklahoma State 2-1

125: #8 Jore Volk, Minnesota over #4 Eddie Ventresca, Virginia Tech 4-2

141: #30 Lorenzo Frezza, Columbia over #27 Henry Porter, Indiana 11-2

125: #4 Eddie Ventresca, Virginia Tech over #1 Vincent Robinson, NC State 4-1

165: #4 LaDarion Lockett, Oklahoma State over #2 Mikey Caliendo, Iowa 7-3

184: #6 Silas Allred, Nebraska over #4 Zack Ryder, Oklahoma State 5-2 SV

197: #9 Cody Merrill, Oklahoma State over #7 Camden McDanel, Nebraska 2-1 TB

149: #20 Kade Brown, Pittsburgh over #19 Eligh Rivera, Princeton 7-4 SV

157: #8 Kannon Webster, Illinois over #7 Jordan Williams, Iowa 11-2

184: #28 Caleb Campos, American over #27 James Rowley, Purdue 16-8

184: #7 Dylan Fishback, Ohio State over #6 Silas Allred, Nebraska 8-1

197: #13 Deanthony Parker Jr., Oklahoma over #12 Dillon Bechtold, Bucknell 6-5

Did we miss any? Let us know!