Dual meet season continues! And with dual meets come upsets! Here are all the upsets we could find from Week 16 of the 2025-26 NCAA D1 college wrestling season!

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Please note that there were no wrestling competitions in week 9 of the 2025-26 NCAA D1 college wrestling season, hence there is no upset article for week 9 of the 2025-26 NCAA D1 college wrestling season.

All the usual caveats apply. What look like upsets strictly according to the rankings in week 16 may not look like upsets by the end of the year, or even by week 17!

Major Upsets

Upsets where the difference in rankings was greater than 20.

184: Gabe Arnold, Iowa over #7 Brock Mantanona, Michigan 2-2 TB RT

141: Matthew Martino, Princeton over #7 CJ Composto, Penn Fall 4:45

165: Mac Church, Virginia Tech over #11 Bryce Hepner, North Carolina 3-2

133: Ethan Rivera, Princeton over #12 Evan Mougalian, Penn 5-3

FIRE ME UP, ETHAN 🔥🔥

Ethan Rivera sends the Tiger bench into a frenzy with this two point reversal late to win it over #12 Evan Mougalian!#PrincetonWrestling #BIGTrust pic.twitter.com/T52eKdd6c1

— Princeton Wrestling (@tigerwrestling) February 14, 2026

It should be noted that Gabe Arnold would be ranked if he, and not Angelo Ferrari, were to be the assumed postseason starter at 184 for the Hawkeyes.

Significant Upsets

Upsets where the difference in rankings was between 12 and 19.

141: Nick O'Neill, North Carolina over #15 Tom Crook, Virginia Tech Fall 4:26

133: Garrett Grice, Iowa State over #17 Julian Farber, Northern Iowa 5-4

141: Carter Nogle, Air Force over #18 Haiden Drury, Utah Valley 5-4

157: #29 Luke Mechler, Wisconsin over #13 Cameron Catrabone, Michigan 4-3 TB

125: #23 Trever Anderson, Northern Iowa over #8 Jett Strickenberger, West Virginia 8-7

149: Jimmy Nugent, Central Michigan over #19 Kaden Cassidy, George Mason 7-5

125: #30 Conrad Hendriksen, Oklahoma over #16 Mack Mauger, Missouri 4-1

197: Harvey Ludington, Iowa over #20 Hayden Walters, Michigan 6-4

165: Bryce Griffin, Davidson over #20 Thomas Snipes, The Citadel 3-2 TB

141: Jesse Vasquez, California Baptist over #21 Pierson Manville, Arizona State Fall 3:19

184: Ian Bush, West Virginia over #21 Nick Fox, Northern Iowa 8-2

141: Khimari Manns, Brown over #22 Lorenzo Frezza, Columbia 13-11

Decent Upsets

Upsets where the difference in rankings was between 5 and 9.

125: Tucker Owens, Air Force over #25 Bridger Ricks, Utah Valley 4-1 SV

197: #15 Sonny Sasso, Virginia Tech over #6 Cody Merrill, Oklahoma State 2-1

184: #28 Jaden Bullock, Virginia Tech over #20 Jake Dailey, North Carolina 8-3

149: Anderson Heap, Davidson over #26 Kaden Keiser, Appalachian State 4-1 SV

174: #11 Beau Mantanona, Michigan over #3 Patrick Kennedy, Iowa 6-3 SV

141: Jordan Titus, West Virginia over #26 Max Brady, Northern Iowa 8-5

157: #17 Jude Swisher, Penn over #11 Logan Rozynski, Lehigh 3-1

174: Murphy Menke, Northern Colorado over #28 Riley Davis, Wyoming 2-2 TB RT

141: Seamus Mack, Lehigh over #28 Dylan Chappell, Bucknell 5-3

157: #26 Jimmy Harrington, Harvard over #20 Kai Owen, Columbia Fall 6:22

197: #17 Branson John, Maryland over #11 Luke Geog, Ohio State Fall 3:40

197: #13 Angelo Posada, Stanford over #7 Mac Stout, Pittsburgh 5-2

174: Collin Carrigan, North Carolina over #29 Sergio Desiante, Virginia Tech 8-5 SV

285: #8 Cole Mirasola, Penn State over #3 Nick Feldman, Ohio State 4-1 SV

184: Gabe Arnold, Iowa over #29 James Rowley, Purdue 4-1

Minor Upsets

Upsets where the difference in rankings was between 12 and 19. 

149: #17 Lachlan McNeil, Michigan over #13 Ryder Block, Iowa 8-3

133: #10 Jax Forrest, Oklahoma State over #6 Aaron Seidel, Virginia Tech 10-9

149: Nate Higley, Bellarmine over #30 Carson DesRosier, The Citadel 7-4

149: Anderson Heap, Davidson over #30 Carson DesRosier, The Citadel 5-2 SV

157: Victor Voinovich, Iowa over #30 Stoney Buell, Purdue 5-0

197: #12 DJ Parker, Oklahoma over #9 Evan Bates, Missouri 18-4

125: #11 Stevo Poulin, Iowa State over #8 Jett Strickenberger, West Virginia 14-4

133: Tristan Daugherty, North Dakota State over #31 Gabe Whisenhunt, Oregon State 2-1

157: Tanner Peake, Davidson over #31 Kyrel Leavell, The Citadel 5-4

157: #25 Mason Shrader, Central Michigan over #22 DJ Mcgee, George Mason 4-2

133: #32 Dylan Shawver, Rutgers over #30 Caleb Weiand, Michigan State 8-3

133: #4 Marcus Blaze, Penn State over #2 Ben Davino, Ohio State 3-2 TB

157: #8 Vinny Zerban, Iowa State over #7 Ty Watters, West Virginia 5-2

285: Emmanuel Ulrich, American over #33 Lucas Lawler, Bucknell 7-4

197: #21 Wyatt Ingham, Wisconsin over #20 Hayden Walters, Michigan 7-1

285: #26 Vincent Mueller, Columbia over #25 Alex Semenenko, Brown 1-0

165: EJ Parco, Stanford over #33 Jared Keslar, Pittsburgh 7-3

165: #4 Joey Blaze, Purdue over #3 Mikey Caliendo, Iowa 7-4

☣️ Bet against @joeyblaze18 at your own risk.

He knocks off #3 Mikey Caliendo for a B1G statement!

17-0. STILL no takedowns allowed. pic.twitter.com/tt1MOlJPa7

— Purdue Wrestling (@PurdueWrestling) February 15, 2026