NCAA D1 3rd Coaches' Poll, 1st RPI & NCAA Allocations Are Out!

The third coaches' poll and the NCAA Allocations for the 2026 NCAA D1 Men's Wrestling Championship is here!

Feb 26, 2026 by Andrew Spey

NCAA D1 3rd Coaches' Poll, 1st RPI & NCAA Allocations Are Out!

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

Wrestlers need a specific number of D1 matches against non-teammates this season to earn a ranking. Those rankings are then plugged into a formula that determines how many spots are available at each conference championship for NCAA Championship qualification.

FloWrestling's latest NCAA rankings can be found here. The 3rd coaches' poll can be found below.

NCAA 3rd Coaches' Poll

125 Pounds

Rank	Wrestler	School	Conference
1	Luke Lilledahl	Penn State	Big Ten
2	Nic Bouzakis	Ohio State	Big Ten
3	Sheldon Seymour	Lehigh	EIWA
4	Eddie Ventresca	Virginia Tech	ACC
5	Troy Spratley	Oklahoma State	Big 12
6	Vincent Robinson	NC State	ACC
7	Dean Peterson	Iowa	Big Ten
8	Maximo Renteria	Oregon State	Pac-12
9	Nico Provo	Stanford	ACC
10	Stevo Poulin	Iowa State	Big 12
11	Marc-Anthony McGowan	Princeton	Ivy League
12	Spencer Moore	Illinois	Big Ten
13	Jore Volk	Minnesota	Big Ten
14	Jacob Moran	Indiana	Big Ten
15	Tyler Klinsky	Rider	MAC
16	Jett Strickenberger	West Virginia	Big 12
17	Nicolar Rivera	Wisconsin	Big Ten
18	Kysen Terukina	North Carolina	ACC
19	Koda Holeman	Cal Poly	Pac-12
20	Ezekiel Witt	North Dakota State	Big 12
21	Brady Roark	South Dakota State	Big 12
22	Conrad Hendriksen	Oklahoma	Big 12
23	Ayden Smith	Rutgers	Big Ten
24	Diego Sotelo	Michigan	Big Ten
25	Kael Lauridsen	Nebraska	Big Ten
26	Dedrick Navarro	Northwestern	Big Ten
27	Mack Mauger	Missouri	Big 12
28	Desmond Pleasant	Drexel	EIWA
29	Trever Anderson	Northern Iowa	Big 12
30	Blake West	Northern Illinois	MAC
31	Tyler Chappell	Pittsburgh	ACC
32	Cooper Flynn	Chattanooga	SoCon
33	Davis Motyka	Penn	Ivy League

133 Pounds

Rank	Wrestler	School	Conference
1	Lucas Byrd	Illinois	Big Ten
2	Marcus Blaze	Penn State	Big Ten
3	Ben Davino	Ohio State	Big Ten
4	Jax Forrest	Oklahoma State	Big 12
5	Aaron Seidel	Virginia Tech	ACC
6	Evan Frost	Iowa State	Big 12
7	Kyler Larkin	Arizona State	Big 12
8	Drake Ayala	Iowa	Big Ten
9	Tyler Knox	Stanford	ACC
10	Jacob Van Dee	Nebraska	Big Ten
11	Dominick Serrano	Northern Colorado	Big 12
12	Braxton Brown	Maryland	Big Ten
13	Evan Mougalian	Penn	Ivy League
14	Maximilian Leete	American	EIWA
15	Zan Fugitt	Wisconsin	Big Ten
16	Tyler Ferrara	Cornell	Ivy League
17	Ethan Berginc	Army West Point	EIWA
18	T.K. Davis	Gardner-Webb	SoCon
19	Gunner Andrick	West Virginia	Big 12
20	Sean Spidle	Northwestern	Big Ten
21	Zach Redding	NC State	ACC
22	Luke Willochell	Wyoming	Big 12
23	Marcel Lopez	SIU Edwardsville	MAC
24	Julian Farber	Northern Iowa	Big 12
25	Markel Baker	Northern Illinois	MAC
26	Evan Tallmadge	Pittsburgh	ACC
27	Ethan Oakley	North Carolina	ACC
28	Gage Walker	Missouri	Big 12
29	Ethan Rivera	Princeton	Ivy League
30	Dylan Shawver	Rutgers	Big Ten
31	Cale Seaton	South Dakota State	Big 12
32	Jarvis Little	Appalachian State	SoCon
33	Blake Boarman	Purdue	Big Ten

141 Pounds

Rank	Wrestler	School	Conference
1	Jesse Mendez	Ohio State	Big Ten
2	Sergio Vega	Oklahoma State	Big 12
3	Anthony Echemendia	Iowa State	Big 12
4	Brock Hardy	Nebraska	Big Ten
5	Luke Stanich	Lehigh	EIWA
6	Vince Cornella	Cornell	Ivy League
7	Joey Olivieri	Rutgers	Big Ten
8	Vance Vombaur	Minnesota	Big Ten
9	CJ Composto	Penn	Ivy League
10	Julian Tagg	South Dakota State	Big 12
11	Nasir Bailey	Iowa	Big Ten
12	Braeden Davis	Penn State	Big Ten
13	Ryan Jack	NC State	ACC
14	Jack Consiglio	Stanford	ACC
15	Luke Simcox	North Carolina	ACC
16	Elijah Griffin	Rider	MAC
17	Caedyn Ricciardi	Navy	EIWA
18	Haiden Drury	Utah Valley	Big 12
19	Braden Basile	Army West Point	EIWA
20	Pierson Manville	Arizona State	Big 12
21	Lorenzo Frezza	Columbia	Ivy League
22	Wyatt Henson	Lock Haven	MAC
23	Tom Crook	Virginia Tech	ACC
24	Tyler Wells	Oklahoma	Big 12
25	Nash Singleton	Oregon State	Pac-12
26	Dylan Chappell	Bucknell	EIWA
27	Greyson Clark	Purdue	Big Ten
28	Henry Porter	Indiana	Big Ten
29	Gable Porter	Virginia	ACC
30	Carter Nogle	Air Force	Big 12
31	Dylan Ragusin	Michigan	Big Ten
32	Billy DeKraker	Northwestern	Big Ten
33	Matthew Martino	Princeton	Ivy League

149 Pounds

Rank	Wrestler	School	Conference
1	Shayne Van Ness	Penn State	Big Ten
2	Caleb Tyus	SIU Edwardsville	MAC
3	Jaxon Joy	Cornell	Ivy League
4	Koy Buesgens	NC State	ACC
5	Carter Young	Maryland	Big Ten
6	Cross Wasilewski	Penn	Ivy League
7	Casey Swiderski	Oklahoma State	Big 12
8	Joseph Zargo	Wisconsin	Big Ten
9	Ethan Stiles	Ohio State	Big Ten
10	Jacob Frost	Iowa State	Big 12
11	Collin Gaj	Virginia Tech	ACC
12	Aden Valencia	Stanford	ACC
13	David Evans	Utah Valley	Big 12
14	Lachlan McNeil	Michigan	Big Ten
15	Ryder Block	Iowa	Big Ten
16	Chance Lamer	Nebraska	Big Ten
17	Max Petersen	North Dakota State	Big 12
18	Eligh Rivera	Princeton	Ivy League
19	Brock Herman	Little Rock	Pac-12
20	Josh Edmond	Missouri	Big 12
21	Lucas Kapusta	Lock Haven	MAC
22	Kaden Cassidy	George Mason	MAC
23	Drew Roberts	Minnesota	Big Ten
24	Caleb Rathjen	Northern Iowa	Big 12
25	Kade Brown	Pittsburgh	ACC
26	Andrew Clark	Rutgers	Big Ten
27	Michael Gioffre	Illinois	Big Ten
28	Noah Tolentino	Oregon State	Pac-12
29	Gabe Willochell	Wyoming	Big 12
30	Eugene Harney	Morgan State	EIWA
31	Wynton Denkins	Virginia	ACC
32	Dylan Layton	Rider	MAC
33	Joey Buttler	Indiana	Big Ten

157 Pounds

Rank	Wrestler	School	Conference
1	Antrell Taylor	Nebraska	Big Ten
2	PJ Duke	Penn State	Big Ten
3	Meyer Shapiro	Cornell	Ivy League
4	Kaleb Larkin	Arizona State	Big 12
5	Landon Robideau	Oklahoma State	Big 12
6	Vinny Zerban	Iowa State	Big 12
7	Ty Watters	West Virginia	Big 12
8	Kannon Webster	Illinois	Big Ten
9	Daniel Cardenas	Stanford	ACC
10	Jude Swisher	Penn	Ivy League
11	Logan Rozynski	Lehigh	EIWA
12	Ethen Miller	Virginia Tech	ACC
13	Cameron Catrabone	Michigan	Big Ten
14	Charlie Millard	Minnesota	Big Ten
15	Tony White	Rutgers	Big Ten
16	Cael Swensen	South Dakota State	Big 12
17	Luke Mechler	Wisconsin	Big Ten
18	Mason Shrader	Central Michigan	MAC
19	Derek Raike	Ohio	MAC
20	Jimmy Harrington	Harvard	Ivy League
21	DJ McGee	George Mason	MAC
22	Jonathan Ley	Navy	EIWA
23	Kai Owen	Columbia	Ivy League
24	Stoney Buell	Purdue	Big Ten
25	Dylan Evans	Pittsburgh	ACC
26	Colton Washleski	Virginia	ACC
27	Kaleb Burgess	Buffalo	MAC
28	Jaivon Jones	Little Rock	Pac-12
29	Teague Travis	Missouri	Big 12
30	Gavin Drexler	North Dakota State	Big 12
31	Laird Root	North Carolina	ACC
32	Tanner Peake	Davidson	SoCon
33	Joe Antonio	Army West Point	EIWA

165 Pounds

Rank	Wrestler	School	Conference
1	Mitchell Mesenbrink	Penn State	Big Ten
2	Joey Blaze	Purdue	Big Ten
3	Mikey Caliendo	Iowa	Big Ten
4	LaDarion Lockett	Oklahoma State	Big 12
5	Matty Bianchi	Little Rock	Pac-12
6	Ryder Downey	Northern Iowa	Big 12
7	LJ Araujo	Nebraska	Big Ten
8	Braeden Scoles	Illinois	Big Ten
9	Will Denny	NC State	ACC
10	Andrew Sparks	Minnesota	Big Ten
11	Nicco Ruiz	Arizona State	Big 12
12	Max Brignola	Lehigh	EIWA
13	Gunner Filipowicz	Army West Point	EIWA
14	Paddy Gallagher	Ohio State	Big Ten
15	Tyler Lillard	Indiana	Big Ten
16	Connor Euton	Iowa State	Big 12
17	Cesar Alvan	Columbia	Ivy League
18	Bryce Hepner	North Carolina	ACC
19	Sean Seefeldt	Penn	Ivy League
20	Andrew Barbosa	Rutgers	Big Ten
21	Ty Whalen	Princeton	Ivy League
22	Noah Mulvaney	Bucknell	EIWA
23	Thomas Snipes	The Citadel	SoCon
24	Brock Woodcock	SIU Edwardsville	MAC
25	Dylan Elmore	Navy	EIWA
26	Maxx Mayfield	Missouri	Big 12
27	Ryan Burgos	Edinboro	MAC
28	EJ Parco	Stanford	ACC
29	Marcus Espinoza-Owens	South Dakota State	Big 12
30	Jared Keslar	Pittsburgh	ACC
31	Cody Goebel	Wisconsin	Big Ten
32	Matthew Olguin	Oregon State	Pac-12
33	Mac Church	Virginia Tech	ACC

174 Pounds

Rank	Wrestler	School	Conference
1	Levi Haines	Penn State	Big Ten
2	Simon Ruiz	Cornell	Ivy League
3	Patrick Kennedy	Iowa	Big Ten
4	Christopher Minto	Nebraska	Big Ten
5	Carson Kharchla	Ohio State	Big Ten
6	Alex Facundo	Oklahoma State	Big 12
7	Matty Singleton	NC State	ACC
8	Carter Schubert	Oklahoma	Big 12
9	Beau Mantanona	Michigan	Big Ten
10	Cam Steed	Missouri	Big 12
11	Danny Wask	Navy	EIWA
12	MJ Gaitan	Iowa State	Big 12
13	Jared Simma	Northern Iowa	Big 12
14	Moses Espinoza-Owens	South Dakota State	Big 12
15	Luca Augustine	Pittsburgh	ACC
16	Carter Baer	Binghamton	EIWA
17	Myles Takats	Bucknell	EIWA
18	Brody Conley	West Virginia	Big 12
19	Brody Baumann	Purdue	Big Ten
20	Lenny Pinto	Rutgers	Big Ten
21	Aidan Wallace	Duke	ACC
22	Nick Fine	Columbia	Ivy League
23	Colin Kelly	Illinois	Big Ten
24	Garrett Thompson	Ohio	MAC
25	Ethan Riddle	Minnesota	Big Ten
26	Derek Gilcher	Indiana	Big Ten
27	Logan Messer	George Mason	MAC
28	Daschle Lamer	Oregon State	Pac-12
29	Jasiah Queen	Drexel	EIWA
30	Avery Bassett	Lock Haven	MAC
31	Eddie Enright	Northwestern	Big Ten
32	Holden Garcia	Princeton	Ivy League
33	Enrique Munguia	Rider	MAC

184 Pounds

Rank	Wrestler	School	Conference
1	Rocco Welsh	Penn State	Big Ten
2	Aeoden Sinclair	Missouri	Big 12
3	Max McEnelly	Minnesota	Big Ten
4	James Conway	Franklin & Marshall	EIWA
5	Silas Allred	Nebraska	Big Ten
6	Brock Mantanona	Michigan	Big Ten
7	Dylan Fishback	Ohio State	Big Ten
8	Eddie Neitenbach	Wyoming	Big 12
9	Brian Soldano	Oklahoma	Big 12
10	Zack Ryder	Oklahoma State	Big 12
11	Isaac Dean	Iowa State	Big 12
12	Chris Moore	Illinois	Big Ten
13	Shane Cartagena-Walsh	Rutgers	Big Ten
14	Sam Goin	Indiana	Big Ten
15	Rylan Rogers	Lehigh	EIWA
16	Jared McGill	Edinboro	MAC
17	Ian Bush	West Virginia	Big 12
18	Sal Perrine	Ohio	MAC
19	Nick Fox	Northern Iowa	Big 12
20	Jake Dailey	North Carolina	ACC
21	Tomas Brooker	Appalachian State	SoCon
22	Chase Kranitz	Pittsburgh	ACC
23	Ceasar Garza	Cal Poly	Pac-12
24	Jaden Bullock	Virginia Tech	ACC
25	Malachi DuVall	George Mason	MAC
26	James Rowley	Purdue	Big Ten
27	Caleb Campos	American	EIWA
28	Aaron Ayzerov	Columbia	Ivy League
29	Aidan Brenot	North Dakota State	Big 12
30	Abraham Wojcikiewicz	Stanford	ACC
31	Landon Jones	Chattanooga	SoCon
32	Deron Pulliam	SIU Edwardsville	MAC
33	Tyler Bienus	Bucknell	EIWA

197 Pounds

Rank	Wrestler	School	Conference
1	Josh Barr	Penn State	Big Ten
2	Rocky Elam	Iowa State	Big 12
3	Joey Novak	Wyoming	Big 12
4	Justin Rademacher	Oregon State	Pac-12
5	Stephen Little	Little Rock	Pac-12
6	Bennett Berge	South Dakota State	Big 12
7	Cody Merrill	Oklahoma State	Big 12
8	Mac Stout	Pittsburgh	ACC
9	Angelo Posada	Stanford	ACC
10	DJ Parker	Oklahoma	Big 12
11	Evan Bates	Missouri	Big 12
12	Sonny Sasso	Virginia Tech	ACC
13	Camden McDanel	Nebraska	Big Ten
14	Rune Lawrence	West Virginia	Big 12
15	Remy Cotton	Rutgers	Big Ten
16	Luke Geog	Ohio State	Big Ten
17	Brock Zurawski	Rider	MAC
18	Branson John	Maryland	Big Ten
19	Andrew Reall	Brown	Ivy League
20	Wyatt Ingham	Wisconsin	Big Ten
21	Ben Vanadia	Purdue	Big Ten
22	Gabe Sollars	Indiana	Big Ten
23	Kael Wisler	Michigan State	Big Ten
24	Zayne Lehman	Ohio	MAC
25	Devin Wasley	North Dakota State	Big 12
26	Mikey Squires	Binghamton	EIWA
27	Dillon Bechtold	Bucknell	EIWA
28	Gavin Nelson	Minnesota	Big Ten
29	Kael Bennie	Utah Valley	Big 12
30	Hayden Walters	Michigan	Big Ten
31	Dylan Connell	Illinois	Big Ten
32	Karson Tompkins	Air Force	Big 12
33	Wolfgang Frable	Army West Point	EIWA

285 Pounds

Rank	Wrestler	School	Conference
1	Yonger Bastida	Iowa State	Big 12
2	Isaac Trumble	NC State	ACC
3	AJ Ferrari	Nebraska	Big Ten
4	Taye Ghadiali	Michigan	Big Ten
5	Nick Feldman	Ohio State	Big Ten
6	Konner Doucet	Oklahoma State	Big 12
7	Christian Carroll	Wyoming	Big 12
8	Cole Mirasola	Penn State	Big Ten
9	Nathan Taylor	Lehigh	EIWA
10	Ben Kueter	Iowa	Big Ten
11	Braxton Amos	Wisconsin	Big Ten
12	Koy Hopke	Minnesota	Big Ten
13	Brady Colbert	Army West Point	EIWA
14	David Szuba	Arizona State	Big 12
15	Spencer Lanosga	Navy	EIWA
16	Dayton Pitzer	Pittsburgh	ACC
17	Jimmy Mullen	Virginia Tech	ACC
18	Luke Luffman	Illinois	Big Ten
19	Juan Mora	Oklahoma	Big 12
20	Hunter Catka	Rutgers	Big Ten
21	Devon Dawson	Northern Illinois	MAC
22	Nate Schon	Drexel	EIWA
23	Connor Barket	Duke	ACC
24	Jarrett Stoner	Missouri	Big 12
25	Jack Forbes	Utah Valley	Big 12
26	Vincent Mueller	Columbia	Ivy League
27	Alex Semenenko	Brown	Ivy League
28	Luke Rasmussen	South Dakota State	Big 12
29	Josh Terrill	Michigan State	Big Ten
30	Bryan Caves	Central Michigan	MAC
31	Michael Gasper	Little Rock	Pac-12
32	Adam Ahrendsen	Northern Iowa	Big 12
33	Bryson Buhk	SIU Edwardsville	MAC

RPI

The NCAA also released the RPI ratings by weight class, which are based on win percentages and are also used to determine allocations (and eventually NCAA seeds). You can find that information here, as it is way too much data to cut and paste in this already very long article.

Allocations by Conference

CONF	125	133	141	149	157	165	174	184	197	285	Total
Big Ten	9	8	7	9	8	9	10	8	10	9	87
Big 12	5	8	7	5	5	4	7	8	8	6	63
ACC	5	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	39
MAC	2	4	2	4	4	2	2	3	2	2	27
EIWA	2	2	3	1	2	4	3	3	2	4	26
Ivy	2	2	3	3	4	3	2	1	1	2	23
Pac-12	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	13
SoCon	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
At-Large	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	42