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NCAA D1 Weekly Roundup: 2025-26

NCAA D1 Wrestling Week 13 Roundup: Duals Glorious Duals

NCAA D1 Wrestling Week 13 Roundup: Duals Glorious Duals

The world's finest collection of noteworthy happenings from the 13th week of the 2025-26 NCAA D1 wrestling season.

Jan 26, 2026 by Andrew Spey
NCAA D1 Wrestling Week 13 Roundup: Duals Glorious Duals

Hello from the arctically blasted icy wasteland formerly known as Austin, Texas, where all the wintery mix in the world couldn't stop me from providing a roundup of all the noteworthy happenings of the 13th week of the 2025-26 NCAA D1 college wrestling season!


Week 12 Rankings | Week 13 Box Scores

Roundups: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12

Whether you have or haven't been afflicted by the winter storm that has ravaged much of the country, I hope you have hunkered down somewhere warm, because we have a lot of glorious duals to cover. 

The Dual of the Century of the Week

Buckeyes Survive Brawl With Determined Huskers

There were so many good dual to choose from this week, but it was the drama of Ohio State's 17-16 victory over the Huskers that stood out among the rest. 

Both teams had Big Ten weekend doubleheaders. Ohio State beat Minnesota 29-9 on Friday (a slightly smaller margin of victory than when the teams met at the National Duals Invitational). Nebraska hosted the Hawkeyes and fell 22-14 on the same night. 

Ohio State and Nebraska already wrestled this year, also at National Duals, where it was a 33-3 drubbing in favor of the Buckeyes. Sunday started to look like a replay when Ohio State rattled off four straight wins from 125 to 149. 

Bouzakis was back in the lineup after having Friday off and won by major. Ben Davino stayed undefeated on the season with a win over #8 Jacob Van Dee, and Jesse Mendez dominated Brock Hardy 14-3. Mendez and Hardy wrestled five other times in college and this is the largest margin of victory for either competitor (Mendez holds a 5-1 advantage in the series).

Things looked even bleaker for the Huskers at 149 when #4 Ethan Stiles won in overtime over #12 Chance Lamer. 

But at 157, things started to break for Nebraska. Brandon Cannon and Paddy Gallagher were getting the day off, and Nebraska took advantage. #5 Antrell Taylor won by major and #7 LJ Araujo eked out a 1-0 win. 

Nebraska then reeled off three minor upsets in a row, as #6 Chris Minto beat #4 Carson Kharchla, #7 Silas Allred beat #5 Dylan Fishback in tiebreakers, and #12 Camden McDanel defeated #9 Luke Geog 9-6. 

Which means it all came down to heavyweight and a rematch between Nick Feldman and AJ Ferrari. It was 5-4 for Fedlman in Tulsa at the National Duals in November. This time, Fedlman needed overtime, but he got the dub 4-1 and the Buckeyes survived their trip to Lincoln, though just barely.

Credit to the Husker fans for packing the Devaney Center both nights. They didn't get to witness team victories, but they did see a whole lot of high quality college wrestling, and that's pretty good. 

Elsewhere in Duals

Weather did impact a handful of duals. Oklahoma State, Lock Haven, Indiana, SIUE and Chattanooga all postponed the competitions they were scheduled to host this weekend, while Buffalo canceled their dual with Hofstra. 

  • We mentioned the Ohio State vs Minnesota and Iowa vs Nebraska duals already. Within those competitions were some notable results. Vinny Kilkeary, who is third on the Buckeye 125 depth chart behind Brendon McCrone and Nic Bouzakis, beat #6 Jore Volk, as the chaos that is the 125-pound weight class shows no signs of letting up.
    • Jesse Mendez had another command performance, as he tech falled #9 Vance VomBaur 21-5. Around this time last year, Mendez beat VomBaur at a dual in tiebreakers. Bonusing top ten opponents is a good way to get yourself in the Hodge Trophy conversation (as well as going undefeated and winning a national title).
    • Nick Feldman also impressed, defeating #8 Koy Hopke 11-2. 
    • Minnesota did get a couple of nice wins at 165 and 184, as Andrew Sparks beat Paddy Gallagher and #4 Max McEnnely survived a top five battle with #5 Dylan Fishback. 
  • Iowa came to Nebraska without their starting 125 and 184 pounders, but the Hawkeyes got wins at those weights despite not having Dean Peterson and Angelo Ferrari on the mat. 
    • Joey Cruz beat Alan Koehler at 125 and Gabe Arnold beat Silas Allred 4-1. That's some impressive depth!
    • Nebraska fans got good news at 141 and 157, as Brock Hardy and Antrell Taylor avoided upset sacres from Nasir Bailey and Jordan Williams. 
    • Ryder Block also broke open a tight match with Chance Lamer with a feet-to-back pinfall. 
  • A contender for Dual of the Century of the Week appeared in the MAC, when Northern Illinois defeated Kent State in dramatic fashion.
    • The dual started at 157. After four bouts it was 17-3 in favor of Kent State. The Huskies battled back, and NIU's Collin Arch won in the final bout of the dual at 149 to put the Huskies over the top for good.
    • NIU also beat the Ohio Bobcats 20-17, giving the Huskie fans back-to-back MAC wins on the day. Not a bad way to spend a Friday in DeKalb!
  • There was also MACtion in New Jersey, as Rider defeated in-state rivals Princeton. However, the 20-19 win was due to a headgear 'toss' that cost the Tigers a team point, otherwise, Princeton would have won on criteria. Not to take anything away from the Broncs, who wrestled well this weekend, (they also picked up a win over Edinboro), but I'm not sure Rocco Camillaci should have been penalized for this move. 
  • Things got spicy in the Reynolds Coliseum, a superb venue for the sport, when NC State took on their bitter rivals, UNC. 
    • The Wolfpack won seven of ten, including a key matchup at 165, where #11 Will Denny beat #10 Bryce Hepner.
    • The standout for the Tar Heels was #12 Like Simcox, who scored a minor upset at 141 over #10 Ryan Jack.
    • Things reached a fever pitch in the penultimate bout, when Vince Robinson won 4-2 over Kysen Terukina, and then did this.

I generally favor a more gentlemanly approach to celebrations, however, given that this is a major rivalry, and rivalries are awesome for the sport, I'll allow it. 

  • Continuing our tour of the ACC brings us to Virginia Tech over Stanford, 22-14. Gonna be a while before I'm used to seeing Stanford in the ACC, but that's the world we live in!
    • True freshman Aaron Seidel wrestled his first match since being named the starter after Dillon Campbell had to shut down his season due to injury. Seidel throttled #7 Tyler Knox 12-0 and is now 9-0 in D1 matches on the season with 100% bonus rate. 
    • #14 Collin Gaj upset #6 Aden Valencia and #2 Eddie Ventresca beat #11 Nico Provo in other positive results for the Hokie faithful.
    • Stanford picked up ranked wins at 141, 157 and 197 to put some marks on the positive side of the Cardinal ledger. 
  • Checking in with the headline wrangling Cowboys of Oklahoma State tells us the David Taylor helmed team destroyed Missouri 33-3. 
    • Jax Forrest got another start at 133, beating #27 Gage Walker by tech.
    • Landon Robideau beat Teague Travis at 157, 4-0. Travis transferred from Oklahoma State in the offseason. 
    • #8 Casey Swiderski won a hard-fought battle with Missouri true freshman Seth Mendoza, 4-3. 
    • 2 top ten matchups took place back-to-back, which saw OSU's #7 Alex Facundo defeat #10 Cam Steed, 2-1, while Missouri got their lone win at 184 where #3 Aeoden Sinclair beat #8 Zack Ryder, 4-1. 
    • Missouri bounced back two days later with a 42-0 shutout win over Northern Colorado. 
  • Elsewhere in Big 12 Country, Iowa State beat South Dakota State in Humboldt, Iowa in Cyclone head coach Kevin Dresser's old high school. 
    • The marquee matchup was at 197, where ISU's #2 Rocky Elam got the win over #5 Bennett Berge of the Jackrabbits.
  • Staying with the Big 12 and we see Northern Iowa's impressive 27-11 win over Arizona State, held Thursday, and staying ahead of the snow. 
    • Only one ranked matchup as ASU was shorthanded for the dual. #6 Ryder Downey of UNI beat #12 Nicco Ruiz of the Sun Devils. 
  • West Virginia won a heated battle with Wyoming, 21-15. The Cowboys were without the services of Joey Novak at 197 and #15 Rune Lawrence took advantage with a 9-4 win over Lane Foard who wrestled in place of Novak. 
    • Christian Carroll picked up a major in the third-to-last match (the dual started at 141) but back-to-back wins by #9 Jett Strickenberger and #17 Gunner Andrick gave the Mountaineers a win in this highly entertaining dual. 
  • Bouncing back to the Big Ten to make note of Illinois' narrow victory over Rutgers at home in Champaign.
    • Illinois needed criteria (yes, there is criteria in college wrestling) to win 17-16. 
    • The only upset was at 184, when #18 Chris Moore defeated #15 Shane Cartegena-Walsh 2-1. 
    • It's also nice to see Kannon Webster back on the mat after missing a week due to injury. 
  • Business as usual for Penn State. They had two shutout wins, 48-0 over Indiana and 51-0 over Maryland.
    • Maryland's Carter Young at least proved that Shayne Van Ness is mortal, taking him down and leading 7-1 early in the match. But then Van Ness found another gear and eventually teched Young 31-15. 
  • Touching base with the Pac-12 shows a 29-10 win by Oregon State over Little Rock (if Stanford can be in the ACC then there's no reason Little Rock can be in the Pac-12!).
    • No #3 Stephen Little for the Trojans, so we were denied a marquee matchup at 197 with #4 Justin Rademacher. 
    • There were still 10 ranked wrestlers on the mat, which I think not enough people appreciate. These teams will have a lot of NCAA qualifiers and All-American contenders in March. 
  • Speaking of underappreciated guys, did you know SIU Edwardsville's Caleb Tyus is ranked #3 at 149 pounds? He's 13-0 against D1 competition this season and has wins over two All-Americans: Ethan Stiles and Casey Swiderski. Tyus won again on Saturday as SIUE walloped Kent State, 31-3. 
  • Columbia has emerged as a contender for the #2 spot in the Ivy League. Cornell still reigns supreme, as they beat Brown and Harvard, but Columbia is moving up the ranks, with wins over Princeton and Penn, both of whom have recently laid claim to being the second-best team in the Ivies.
    • What the Lions may lack in All-American threats this season, they make up for in depth. Coach Pritzlaff has done a tremendous job coaching up the talent in New York City's only D1 wrestling program!
  • In other results that may get overlooked, Edinboro beat George Mason 26-13 in a dual that featured five ranked wrestlers, and Franklin & Marshall defeated Sacred Heart 21-15, in one of the EIWA's most overlooked rivalries. Also overlooked? F&M's James Conway, who is 26-1 on the season and ranked #6 at 184. 

Here's a Cool Video

In honor of the Hawkeyes' win over Nebraska, here are "The BEST Tom and Terry Brands Quotes of All-Time"


Some of those lines are quite famous. Legendary even. 

Why Try? Ask AI

I wanted more cool wrestling videos to watch so I asked ChatGPT: "What are the most entertaining wrestling matches from the Olympics?"

Here's what the computer said: 

  • Kurt Angle vs. Abbas Jadidi — 1996 Atlanta (Final, 100 kg)
  • Jordan Burroughs vs. Khetag Gazyumov — 2012 London (Final, 74 kg)
  • Abdulrashid Sadulaev vs. Kyle Snyder — 2016 Rio (Final, 97 kg)
  • Taha Akgül vs. Geno Petriashvili — 2020 Tokyo (Final, 125 kg)
  • Frank Chamizo vs. Selim Yaşar — 2016 Rio (Bronze, 65 kg)
  • Aleksandr Karelin vs. Rulon Gardner — 2000 Sydney (Final, Super Heavyweight)
  • Roman Vlasov vs. Kim Hyeon-woo — 2012 London (Final, 74 kg)
  • Helen Maroulis vs. Saori Yoshida — 2016 Rio (Final, 53 kg)
  • Amit Elor vs. Meerim Zhumanazarova — 2024 Paris (Final, 68 kg)
  • Sara Dosho vs. Erica Wiebe — 2016 Rio (Final, 75 kg)

Besides the fact that some of those matches never happened, I suppose the list could be worse. Angle vs Jads is indeed a legendary match. Unfortunately for ChatGPT they mixed up Iran's Goudarzi with Azerbaijan's 97kg wrestler. I'd also put JB's semifinal bout with Tsargush ahead of his final with Goudarzi but whatever. 

Snyder vs Sadualev in Rio is a great choice. Taha and Geno didn't wrestle in the finals of Tokyo, that was where Gable Steveson famously beat Geno in the final seconds of the gold medal match, so strike two for ChatGPT. 

Chamizo also didn't wrestle Selim Yashar for bronze, in Rio at 65kg, he wrestled Frank Molinaro. That was a great bout if you're not an American wrestling fan. Yashar is from Ingushetia and wrestled for Turkey and never wrestled below 84kg. That's three strikes already Mr Computer. 

Rulon over Karelin is a good one but really only the final minute as there were zero offensive scores in the whole bout. Vlasov didn't wrestle Kim in the London finals, he wrestled Armenia's Julfalakyan. Kim lost to Georgia's Datunashvili in the first round. These misses are pretty bad, ChatGPT. Just look them up on wikipedia why don't you!

Helen over Yoshida, yes. Amit over Zhumanazarova, also good. But then another stinker as Dosho and Weibe didn't wrestle in Rio, they both won gold at different weight classes! Boooo!

Okay, that's enough A.I. heckling. See you next week, wise and learned wrestling fans! And stay warm!