NCAA D1 First Coaches' Poll Is Out!

The first coaches' poll of the 2025-26 NCAA D1 college wrestling season is here!

Jan 29, 2026 by Andrew Spey

The first coaches' poll of the 2025-26 NCAA D1 wrestling season has been published!

From the NCAA:

The coaches’ rankings are determined by a vote of three coaches in each weight class. For ranking purposes, coaches may only consider a wrestler that has been designated as a starter at a respective weight class. Wrestlers must have eight Division I matches in the weight class to be considered with at least one within the last 30 days.

Wrestlers need a specific number of D1 matches against non-teammates this season to earn a ranking. The last coaches' poll that comes out just before the conference championship is a major component for determining NCAA Championship allocation spots per conference.

We've also projected the final team scores of the NCAA Championship using these rankings the same way we do for the Tournament Rankings.

1st Coaches' Poll

WT	RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	CONF
125	1	Nic Bouzakis	Ohio State	Big Ten
125	2	Luke Lilledahl	Penn State	Big Ten
125	3	Eddie Ventresca	Virginia Tech	ACC
125	4	Sheldon Seymour	Lehigh	EIWA
125	5	Dean Peterson	Iowa	Big Ten
125	6	Vincent Robinson	NC State	ACC
125	7	Troy Spratley	Oklahoma State	Big 12
125	8	Jett Strickenberger	West Virginia	Big 12
125	9	Maximo Renteria	Oregon State	Pac-12
125	10	Nico Provo	Stanford	ACC
125	11	Jore Volk	Minnesota	Big Ten
125	12	Stevo Poulin	Iowa State	Big 12
125	13	Jacob Moran	Indiana	Big Ten
125	14	Marc-Anthony McGowan	Princeton	Ivy
125	15	Tyler Klinsky	Rider	MAC
125	16	Nicolar Rivera	Wisconsin	Big Ten
125	17	Ezekiel Witt	North Dakota State	Big 12
125	18	Spencer Moore	Illinois	Big Ten
125	19	Brady Roark	South Dakota Stat	Big 12
125	20	Kysen Terukina	North Carolina	ACC
125	21	Koda Holeman	Cal Poly	Pac-12
125	22	Mack Mauger	Missouri	Big 12
125	23	Dedrick Navarro	Northwestern	Big Ten
125	24	Conrad Hendriksen	Oklahoma	Big 12
125	25	Diego Sotelo	Michigan	Big Ten
125	26	Keyveon Roller	Virginia	ACC
125	27	Ayden Smith	Rutgers	Big Ten
125	28	Desmond Pleasant	Drexel	EIWA
125	29	Trever Anderson	Northern Iowa	Big 12
125	30	Blake West	Northern Illinois	MAC
125	31	Davis Motyka	Penn	Ivy
125	32	Cooper Flynn	Chattanooga	SoCon
125	33	Tyler Chappell	Pittsburgh	ACC
133	1	Lucas Byrd	Illinois	Big Ten
133	2	Ben Davino	Ohio State	Big Ten
133	3	Marcus Blaze	Penn State	Big Ten
133	4	Evan Frost	Iowa State	Big 12
133	5	Kyler Larkin	Arizona State	Big 12
133	6	Aaron Seidel	Virginia Tech	ACC
133	7	Drake Ayala	Iowa	Big Ten
133	8	Tyler Knox	Stanford	ACC
133	9	Jacob Van Dee	Nebraska	Big Ten
133	10	Zan Fugitt	Wisconsin	Big Ten
133	11	Dominick Serrano	Northern Colorado	Big 12
133	12	Braxton Brown	Maryland	Big Ten
133	13	Evan Mougalian	Penn	Ivy
133	14	Max Leete	American	EIWA
133	15	Tyler Ferrara	Cornell	Ivy
133	16	Matty Lopes	Lehigh	EIWA
133	17	Ethan Berginc	Army West Point	EIWA
133	18	T.K. Davis	Gardner-Webb	SoCon
133	19	Gunner Andrick	West Virginia	Big 12
133	20	Marcel Lopez	SIU Edwardsville	MAC
133	21	Julian Farber	Northern Iowa	Big 12
133	22	Ethan Oakley	North Carolina	ACC
133	23	Sean Spidle	Northwestern	Big Ten
133	24	Gage Walker	Missouri	Big 12
133	25	Luke Willochell	Wyoming	Big 12
133	26	Ronnie Ramirez	Oklahoma State	Big 12
133	27	Dylan Shawver	Rutgers	Big Ten
133	28	Markel Baker	Northern Illinois	MAC
133	29	Zach Redding	NC State	ACC
133	30	Evan Tallmadge	Pittsburgh	ACC
133	31	Kyle Waterman	Drexel	EIWA
133	32	Caleb Weiand	Michigan State	Big Ten
133	33	Gable Strickland	Lock Haven	MAC
141	1	Jesse Mendez	Ohio State	Big Ten
141	2	Sergio Vega	Oklahoma State	Big 12
141	3	Anthony Echemendia	Iowa State	Big 12
141	4	Brock Hardy	Nebraska	Big Ten
141	5	Luke Stanich	Lehigh	EIWA
141	6	Vince Cornella	Cornell	Ivy
141	7	CJ Composto	Penn	Ivy
141	8	Joey Olivieri	Rutgers	Big Ten
141	9	Nasir Bailey	Iowa	Big Ten
141	10	Braeden Davis	Penn State	Big Ten
141	11	Julian Tagg	South Dakota Stat	Big 12
141	12	Vance Vombaur	Minnesota	Big Ten
141	13	Luke Simcox	North Carolina	ACC
141	14	Ryan Jack	NC State	ACC
141	15	Haiden Drury	Utah Valley	Big 12
141	16	Braden Basile	Army West Point	EIWA
141	17	Jack Consiglio	Stanford	ACC
141	18	Lorenzo Frezza	Columbia	Ivy
141	19	Elijah Griffin	Rider	MAC
141	20	Wyatt Henson	Lock Haven	MAC
141	21	Tom Crook	Virginia Tech	ACC
141	22	Pierson Manville	Arizona State	Big 12
141	23	Danny Pucino	Illinois	Big Ten
141	24	Henry Porter	Indiana	Big Ten
141	25	Caedyn Ricciardi	Navy	EIWA
141	26	Zeke Seltzer	Missouri	Big 12
141	27	Tyler Wells	Oklahoma	Big 12
141	28	Billy Dekraker	Northwestern	Big Ten
141	29	Nash Singleton	Oregon State	Pac-12
141	30	Dylan Chappell	Bucknell	EIWA
141	31	Gable Porter	Virginia	ACC
141	32	Greyson Clark	Purdue	Big Ten
141	33	Jordan Soriano	Drexel	EIWA
149	1	Shayne Van Ness	Penn State	Big Ten
149	2	Jaxon Joy	Cornell	Ivy
149	3	Caleb Tyus	SIU Edwardsville	MAC
149	4	Ethan Stiles	Ohio State	Big Ten
149	5	Koy Buesgens	NC State	ACC
149	6	Jacob Frost	Iowa State	Big 12
149	7	Carter Young	Maryland	Big Ten
149	8	Cross Wasilewski	Penn	Ivy
149	9	Aden Valencia	Stanford	ACC
149	10	Joseph Zargo	Wisconsin	Big Ten
149	11	Ryder Block	Iowa	Big Ten
149	12	Casey Swiderski	Oklahoma State	Big 12
149	13	Chance Lamer	Nebraska	Big Ten
149	14	Collin Gaj	Virginia Tech	ACC
149	15	Eligh Rivera	Princeton	Ivy
149	16	David Evans	Utah Valley	Big 12
149	17	Lachlan McNeil	Michigan	Big Ten
149	18	Kaden Cassidy	George Mason	MAC
149	19	Josh Edmond	Missouri	Big 12
149	20	Max Petersen	North Dakota State	Big 12
149	21	Drew Roberts	Minnesota	Big Ten
149	22	Kade Brown	Pittsburgh	ACC
149	23	Lucas Kapusta	Lock Haven	MAC
149	24	Brock Herman	Little Rock	Pac-12
149	25	Michael Gioffre	Illinois	Big Ten
149	26	Alek Martin	South Dakota Stat	Big 12
149	27	Gabe Willochell	Wyoming	Big 12
149	28	Andre Gonzales	Cal Poly	Pac-12
149	29	Noah Tolentino	Oregon State	Pac-12
149	30	Kaden Keiser	Appalachian State	SoCon
149	31	Andrew Clark	Rutgers	Big Ten
149	32	Gavin Brown	Purdue	Big Ten
149	33	Carson DesRosier	The Citadel	SoCon
157	1	Brandon Cannon	Ohio State	Big Ten
157	2	PJ Duke	Penn State	Big Ten
157	3	Antrell Taylor	Nebraska	Big Ten
157	4	Ty Watters	West Virginia	Big 12
157	5	Landon Robideau	Oklahoma State	Big 12
157	6	Vincent Zerban	Iowa State	Big 12
157	7	Kannon Webster	Illinois	Big Ten
157	8	Daniel Cardenas	Stanford	ACC
157	9	Jude Swisher	Penn	Ivy
157	10	Logan Rozynski	Lehigh	EIWA
157	11	Cam Catrabone	Michigan	Big Ten
157	12	Jordan Williams	Iowa	Big Ten
157	13	Kai Owen	Columbia	Ivy
157	14	Stoney Buell	Purdue	Big Ten
157	15	Cael Swensen	South Dakota Stat	Big 12
157	16	Charlie Millard	Minnesota	Big Ten
157	17	DJ McGee	George Mason	MAC
157	18	Jaivon Jones	Little Rock	Pac-12
157	19	Derek Raike	Ohio	MAC
157	20	Colton Washleski	Virginia	ACC
157	21	Mason Shrader	Central Michigan	MAC
157	22	Jonathan Ley	Navy	EIWA
157	23	Jimmy Harrington	Harvard	Ivy
157	24	Luke Nichter	Drexel	EIWA
157	25	Kyrel Leavell	The Citadel	SoCon
157	26	Anthony White	Rutgers	Big Ten
157	27	Luke Mechler	Wisconsin	Big Ten
157	28	Teague Travis	Missouri	Big 12
157	29	Laird Root	North Carolina	ACC
157	30	Jared Hill	Wyoming	Big 12
157	31	Drayden Morton	California Baptist	Big 12
157	32	Mark Takara	Utah Valley	Big 12
157	33	Darius Marines	Michigan State	Big Ten
165	1	Mitchell Mesenbrink	Penn State	Big Ten
165	2	LaDarion Lockett	Oklahoma State	Big 12
165	3	Michael Caliendo	Iowa	Big Ten
165	4	Joey Blaze	Purdue	Big Ten
165	5	Matt Bianchi	Little Rock	Pac-12
165	6	Ryder Downey	Northern Iowa	Big 12
165	7	LJ Araujo	Nebraska	Big Ten
165	8	Braeden Scoles	Illinois	Big Ten
165	9	Max Brignola	Lehigh	EIWA
165	10	Will Denny	NC State	ACC
165	11	Bryce Hepner	North Carolina	ACC
165	12	Andrew Sparks	Minnesota	Big Ten
165	13	Nicco Ruiz	Arizona State	Big 12
165	14	Connor Euton	Iowa State	Big 12
165	15	Gunner Filipowicz	Army West Point	EIWA
165	16	Paddy Gallagher	Ohio State	Big Ten
165	17	Tyler Lillard	Indiana	Big Ten
165	18	Sean Seefeldt	Penn	Ivy
165	19	Thomas Snipes	The Citadel	SoCon
165	20	Cesar Alvan	Columbia	Ivy
165	21	Ty Whalen	Princeton	Ivy
165	22	Andrew Barbosa	Rutgers	Big Ten
165	23	Noah Mulvaney	Bucknell	EIWA
165	24	Cody Goebel	Wisconsin	Big Ten
165	25	Brock Woodcock	SIU Edwardsville	MAC
165	26	Dylan Elmore	Navy	EIWA
165	27	Maxx Mayfield	Missouri	Big 12
165	28	Marcus Espinoza-Owens	South Dakota Stat	Big 12
165	29	Ryan Burgos	Edinboro	MAC
165	30	Jared Keslar	Pittsburgh	ACC
165	31	Anthony Ferrari	Campbell	SoCon
165	32	Jake Slotnick	Hofstra	EIWA
165	33	Logan Fowler	Air Force	Big 12
174	1	Levi Haines	Penn State	Big Ten
174	2	Patrick Kennedy	Iowa	Big Ten
174	3	Christopher Minto	Nebraska	Big Ten
174	4	Carson Kharchla	Ohio State	Big Ten
174	5	Matthew Singleton	NC State	ACC
174	6	Alex Facundo	Oklahoma State	Big 12
174	7	Danny Wask	Navy	EIWA
174	8	Carter Schubert	Oklahoma	Big 12
174	9	Cam Steed	Missouri	Big 12
174	10	MJ Gaitan	Iowa State	Big 12
174	11	Beau Mantanona	Michigan	Big Ten
174	12	Jared Simma	Northern Iowa	Big 12
174	13	Brody Conley	West Virginia	Big 12
174	14	Moses Espinoza-Owens	South Dakota Stat	Big 12
174	15	Brody Baumann	Purdue	Big Ten
174	16	Myles Takats	Bucknell	EIWA
174	17	Lenny Pinto	Rutgers	Big Ten
174	18	Garrett Thompson	Ohio	MAC
174	19	Carter Baer	Binghamton	EIWA
174	20	Luca Augustine	Pittsburgh	ACC
174	21	Jasiah Queen	Drexel	EIWA
174	22	Daschle Lamer	Oregon State	Pac-12
174	23	Colin Kelly	Illinois	Big Ten
174	24	Aidan Wallace	Duke	ACC
174	25	Sergio Desiante	Virginia Tech	ACC
174	26	Ethan Riddle	Minnesota	Big Ten
174	27	Nick Fine	Columbia	Ivy
174	28	Logan Messer	George Mason	MAC
174	29	Eddie Enright	Northwestern	Big Ten
174	30	Nick Hamilton	Virginia	ACC
174	31	Riley Davis	Wyoming	Big 12
174	32	Derek Gilcher	Indiana	Big Ten
174	33	Enrique Munguia	Rider	MAC
184	1	Rocco Welsh	Penn State	Big Ten
184	2	Angelo Ferrari	Iowa	Big Ten
184	3	Aeoden Sinclair	Missouri	Big 12
184	4	Max McEnelly	Minnesota	Big Ten
184	5	James Conway	Franklin & Marshal	EIWA
184	6	Silas Allred	Nebraska	Big Ten
184	7	Dylan Fishback	Ohio State	Big Ten
184	8	Zack Ryder	Oklahoma State	Big 12
184	9	Eddie Neitenbach	Wyoming	Big 12
184	10	Brock Mantanona	Michigan	Big Ten
184	11	Isaac Dean	Iowa State	Big 12
184	12	Sam Goin	Indiana	Big Ten
184	13	Brian Soldano	Oklahoma	Big 12
184	14	Chris Moore	Illinois	Big Ten
184	15	Shane Cartagena-Walsh	Rutgers	Big Ten
184	16	Christian Hansen	Cornell	Ivy
184	17	Rylan Rogers	Lehigh	EIWA
184	18	Jake Dailey	North Carolina	ACC
184	19	Jared McGill	Edinboro	MAC
184	20	Ian Bush	West Virginia	Big 12
184	21	Sal Perrine	Ohio	MAC
184	22	Chase Kranitz	Pittsburgh	ACC
184	23	Tomas Brooker	Appalachian State	SoCon
184	24	Ceasar Garza	Cal Poly	Pac-12
184	25	Malachi DuVall	George Mason	MAC
184	26	James Rowley	Purdue	Big Ten
184	27	Caleb Campos	American	EIWA
184	28	Jaden Bullock	Virginia Tech	ACC
184	29	Aidan Brenot	North Dakota State	Big 12
184	30	TJ McDonnell	Oregon State	Pac-12
184	31	Caleb Uhlenhopp	Utah Valley	Big 12
184	32	Landon Jones	Chattanooga	SoCon
184	33	Abraham Wojcikiewicz	Stanford	ACC
197	1	Josh Barr	Penn State	Big Ten
197	2	Rocky Elam	Iowa State	Big 12
197	3	Stephen Little	Little Rock	Pac-12
197	4	Justin Rademacher	Oregon State	Pac-12
197	5	Bennett Berge	South Dakota Stat	Big 12
197	6	Joey Novak	Wyoming	Big 12
197	7	Cody Merrill	Oklahoma State	Big 12
197	8	Mac Stout	Pittsburgh	ACC
197	9	Evan Bates	Missouri	Big 12
197	10	Camden McDanel	Nebraska	Big Ten
197	11	Deanthony Parker	Oklahoma	Big 12
197	12	Angelo Posada	Stanford	ACC
197	13	Luke Geog	Ohio State	Big Ten
197	14	Rune Lawrence	West Virginia	Big 12
197	15	Sonny Sasso	Virginia Tech	ACC
197	16	Branson John	Maryland	Big Ten
197	17	Remy Cotton	Rutgers	Big Ten
197	18	Ben Vanadia	Purdue	Big Ten
197	19	Andrew Reall	Brown	Ivy
197	20	Brock Zurawski	Rider	MAC
197	21	Gabe Sollars	Indiana	Big Ten
197	22	Hayden Walters	Michigan	Big Ten
197	23	Kael Wisler	Michigan State	Big Ten
197	24	Zayne Lehman	Ohio	MAC
197	25	Dillon Bechtold	Bucknell	EIWA
197	26	Gavin Nelson	Minnesota	Big Ten
197	27	Wyatt Ingham	Wisconsin	Big Ten
197	28	Kael Bennie	Utah Valley	Big 12
197	29	Devin Wasley	North Dakota State	Big 12
197	30	Wolfgang Frable	Army West Point	EIWA
197	31	Dylan Connell	Illinois	Big Ten
197	32	Karson Tompkins	Air Force	Big 12
197	33	Zyan Hall	Navy	EIWA
285	1	Yonger Bastida	Iowa State	Big 12
285	2	Isaac Trumble	NC State	ACC
285	3	Nick Feldman	Ohio State	Big Ten
285	4	AJ Ferrari	Nebraska	Big Ten
285	5	Nathan Taylor	Lehigh	EIWA
285	6	Konner Doucet	Oklahoma State	Big 12
285	7	Taye Ghadiali	Michigan	Big Ten
285	8	Christian Carroll	Wyoming	Big 12
285	9	Cole Mirasola	Penn State	Big Ten
285	10	Braxton Amos	Wisconsin	Big Ten
285	11	Koy Hopke	Minnesota	Big Ten
285	12	Spencer Lanosga	Navy	EIWA
285	13	Dayton Pitzer	Pittsburgh	ACC
285	14	Jimmy Mullen	Virginia Tech	ACC
285	15	David Szuba	Arizona State	Big 12
285	16	Brady Colbert	Army West Point	EIWA
285	17	Juan Mora	Oklahoma	Big 12
285	18	Hunter Catka	Rutgers	Big Ten
285	19	Devon Dawson	Northern Illinois	MAC
285	20	Trevor Tinker	Cal Poly	Pac-12
285	21	Nate Schon	Drexel	EIWA
285	22	Lucas Lawler	Bucknell	EIWA
285	23	Connor Barket	Duke	ACC
285	24	Luke Rasmussen	South Dakota Stat	Big 12
285	25	Alex Semenenko	Brown	Ivy
285	26	Nolan Neves	North Carolina	ACC
285	27	Jack Forbes	Utah Valley	Big 12
285	28	Bryan Caves	Central Michigan	MAC
285	29	Jarrett Stoner	Missouri	Big 12
285	30	Josh Terrill	Michigan State	Big Ten
285	31	Bryson Buhk	SIU Edwardsville	MAC
285	32	Ashton Davis	Cornell	Ivy
285	33	Michael Gasper	Little Rock	Pac-12

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Team Point Total From Coaches' Poll

Using the same formula we use to calculate the Team Tournament Rankings

RANK	SCHOOL	POINTS
1	Penn State	149.5
2	Ohio State	124
3	Iowa State	87.5
4	Oklahoma State	80.5
5	Nebraska	73
6	Iowa	68
7	NC State	48.5
8	Lehigh	38.5
9	Illinois	35
10	Cornell	28
11	Virginia Tech	27.5
12	Little Rock	24.5
13	Minnesota	22.5
14	West Virginia	22
15	Missouri	19
16	Stanford	17.5
17	Wyoming	16.5
18	South Dakota Stat	16
18	Purdue	16
18	Penn	16
21	Oregon State	15
22	SIU Edwardsville	14
23	Michigan	13.5
23	Arizona State	13.5
25	Northern Iowa	11.5
26	Oklahoma	10
26	Maryland	10
26	Franklin & Marshal	10
29	Rutgers	9
29	Navy	9
31	Pittsburgh	8.5
32	Wisconsin	8
33	North Carolina	5
33	Indiana	5
33	Army West Point	5
36	Princeton	3.5
37	Utah Valley	3
38	Rider	2.5
38	Columbia	2.5
38	Bucknell	2.5
41	Ohio	2
41	Northern Colorado	2
43	Drexel	1.5
43	Cal Poly	1.5
43	American	1.5
46	Northwestern	1
46	North Dakota State	1
46	Lock Haven	1
46	George Mason	1
46	Duke	1
51	Virginia	0.5
51	The Citadel	0.5
51	Northern Illinois	0.5
51	Michigan State	0.5
51	Harvard	0.5
51	Gardner-Webb	0.5
51	Edinboro	0.5
51	Central Michigan	0.5
51	Brown	0.5
51	Binghamton	0.5
51	Appalachian State	0.5

Conference Strength By Weight Class

WT	Big Ten	Big 12	ACC	EIWA	Ivy	Pac-12	MAC	SoCon
125	52	16	25	12.5	1.5	2.5	1.5	0
133	62.5	26	15	3.5	3		0.5	0.5
141	45	33.5	4	11.5	16	0	1
149	45.5	13.5	14		23	0.5	14.5	0
157	63	33	6	3	4	0.5	1.5	0
165	63	28	4	4	1.5	10	0	0.5
174	66.5	23.5	11	9	0	0.5	0.5
184	71	25	1	10.5	1.5	0.5	1	0.5
197	27.5	47	9	0	0.5	26	1
285	39	37	19.5	14.5	0	0.5	0.5
TOTAL	535	282.5	108.5	68.5	51	41	22	1.5

Ranked Wrestler Per Conference Per Weight

WT	Big Ten	Big 12	ACC	EIWA	MAC	Ivy	Pac-12	SoCon
125	10	8	6	2	2	2	2	1
133	10	8	5	4	3	2		1
141	10	7	5	5	2	3	1
149	11	7	4		3	3	3	2
157	11	8	3	3	3	3	1	1
165	10	7	3	5	2	3	1	2
174	11	8	5	4	3	1	1
184	10	8	4	3	3	1	2	2
197	12	10	3	3	2	1	2
285	8	8	5	5	3	2	2
TOTAL	103	79	43	34	26	21	15	9