The 2026 NCAA Wrestling Championships are set for Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, where more than 300 wrestlers across 10 weight classes will battle for All-American honors and national titles. 

Penn State enters the 2026 NCAA Wrestling Championships as the team to beat, but the race for the team title should still be one of the biggest storylines. The Nittany Lions bring another loaded lineup into nationals, while Ohio State, Nebraska and OK State lead the group of teams hoping to challenge for the top spot.

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Penn State is led by several top seeds, including Luke Lilledahl at 125 lbs, PJ Duke at 157 lbs, Mitchell Mesenbrink at 165 lbs, Levi Haines at 174 lbs, Rocco Welsh at 184 lbs and Josh Barr at 197 lbs. 

Iowa State heavyweight Yonger Bastida also enters the tournament as a No. 1 seed, while Oklahoma State’s Jax Forrest is the top seed at 133 lbs and Ohio State’s Jesse Mendez leads the field at 141 lbs.

See the full 2026 NCAA Wrestling Championships brackets and first round matchups below.

NCAA Wrestling Championships 2026 Schedule

Thursday, March 19

• 12:00 p.m. ET: Session I (First Round) - ESPN2
• 7:00 p.m. ET: Session II (Second Round, Consolation Matches) - ESPN

Friday, March 20

• 12:00 p.m. ET: Session III (Quarterfinals, Consolation Matches) - ESPNU
• 8:00 p.m. ET: Session IV (Semifinals, Consolation Matches) - ESPN2

Saturday, March 21

• 11:00 a.m. ET: Session V (Medal Matches) - ESPNU
• 6:30 p.m. ET: Session VI (Finals) - ESPN

NCAA Wrestling Championships 2026 Brackets

Round 1

125 lbs

• (33) Jace Schafer (Bloomsburg) (23-8) vs. (32) Mack Mauger (Missouri) (22-14)
• (1) Luke Lilledahl (Penn State) (20-0) - Bye
• (17) Jett Strickenberger (West Virginia) (19-7) vs. (16) Ezekiel Witt (North Dakota State) (23-11)
• (9) Maximo Renteria (Oregon State) (20-3) vs. (24) Ayden Smith (Rutgers) (16-11)
• (25) Kael Lauridsen (Nebraska) (16-11) vs. (8) Dean Peterson (Iowa) (14-6)
• (5) Troy Spratley (OK State) (16-3) vs. (28) Andrew Binni (Navy) (17-9)
• (21) Conrad Hendriksen (Oklahoma) (15-12) vs. (12) Vincent Robinson (NC State) (15-4)
• (13) Stevo Poulin (Iowa State) (15-7) vs. (20) Diego Sotelo (Michigan) (13-12)
• (29) Tyler Chappell (Pitt) (13-13) vs. (4) Sheldon Seymour (Lehigh) (19-0)
• (3) Nic Bouzakis (Ohio State) (16-2) vs. (30) Sulayman Bah (Columbia) (23-12)
• (19) Kysen Terukina (North Carolina) (15-6) vs. (14) Jacob Moran (Indiana) (17-5)
• (11) Tyler Klinsky (Rider) (26-3) vs. (22) Davis Motyka (Penn) (17-5)
• (27) Brady Roark (South Dakota State) (21-7) vs. (6) Jore Volk (Minnesota) (22-5)
• (7) Nico Provo (Stanford) (13-5) vs. (26) Cooper Flynn (Chattanooga) (18-4)
• (23) Nicolar Rivera (Wisconsin) (18-7) vs. (10) Marc-Anthony McGowan (Princeton) (15-6)
• (15) Koda Holeman (Cal Poly) (19-5) vs. (18) Spencer Moore (Illinois) (17-8)
• (31) Desmond Pleasant (Drexel) (23-8) vs. (2) Eddie Ventresca (Virginia Tech) (19-2)

133 lbs

• (33) Carter Schmidt (Oklahoma) (7-14) vs. (32) Andrew Austin (Central Michigan) (20-13)
• (1) Jax Forrest (OK State) (13-0) - Bye
• (17) T.K. Davis (George Washington) (24-1) vs. (16) Zan Fugitt (Wisconsin) (20-6)
• (9) Dominick Serrano (Northern Colorado) (15-3) vs. (24) Blake Boarman (Purdue) (12-15)
• (25) Will Betancourt (Rider) (23-8) vs. (8) Markel Baker (Northern Illinois) (26-4)
• (5) Kyler Larkin (Arizona State) (18-2) vs. (28) Garrett Grice (Iowa State) (6-3)
• (21) Sean Spidle (Northwestern) (15-8) vs. (12) Evan Mougalian (Penn) (21-5)
• (13) Jacob Van Dee (Nebraska) (17-6) vs. (20) Julian Farber (Northern Iowa) (18-9)
• (29) Luke Willochell (Wyoming) (15-10) vs. (4) Aaron Seidel (Virginia Tech) (18-1)
• (3) Marcus Blaze (Penn State) (21-1) vs. (30) Gabe Whisenhunt (Oregon State) (9-8)
• (19) Gage Walker (Missouri) (17-7) vs. (14) Ethan Berginc (Army) (16-6)
• (11) Tyler Ferrara (Cornell) (23-7) vs. (22) Zach Redding (NC State) (12-8)
• (27) Marcel Lopez (SIUE) (26-9) vs. (6) Drake Ayala (Iowa) (13-8)
• (7) Lucas Byrd (Illinois) (20-2) vs. (26) Dylan Shawver (Rutgers) (20-11)
• (23) Braxton Brown (Maryland) (17-9) vs. (10) Maximilian Leete (American) (16-5)
• (15) Tyler Knox (Stanford) (14-5) vs. (18) Gunner Andrick (West Virginia) (24-8)
• (31) Gable Strickland (Lock Haven) (26-9) vs. (2) Ben Davino (Ohio State) (27-1)

141 lbs

• (33) Aldo Hernandez (Appalachian State) (18-14) vs. (32) Matthew Martino (Princeton) (15-15)
• (1) Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) (22-0) - Bye
• (17) Caedyn Ricciardi (Navy) (18-8) vs. (16) Ryan Jack (NC State) (15-7)
• (9) Joey Olivieri (Rutgers) (19-2) vs. (24) Nash Singleton (Oregon State) (15-7)
• (25) Tom Crook (Virginia Tech) (20-12) vs. (8) Vance Vombaur (Minnesota) (21-6)
• (5) Luke Stanich (Lehigh) (13-0) vs. (28) Pierson Manville (Arizona State) (17-9)
• (21) Tyler Wells (Oklahoma) (16-9) vs. (12) Luke Simcox (North Carolina) (16-6)
• (13) Wyatt Henson (Lock Haven) (24-5) vs. (20) Julian Tagg (South Dakota State) (18-6)
• (29) Jordan Titus (West Virginia) (16-14) vs. (4) Anthony Echemendia (Iowa State) (19-3)
• (3) Brock Hardy (Nebraska) (20-5) vs. (30) Dario Lemus (Maryland) (17-13)
• (19) Haiden Drury (Utah Valley) (21-9) vs. (14) Braeden Davis (Penn State) (12-5)
• (11) CJ Composto (Penn) (16-4) vs. (22) Lorenzo Frezza (Columbia) (23-10)
• (27) Gable Porter (Virginia) (20-8) vs. (6) Vince Cornella (Cornell) (19-1)
• (7) Nasir Bailey (Iowa) (14-7) vs. (26) Braden Basile (Army) (17-6)
• (23) Dylan Chappell (Bucknell) (21-10) vs. (10) Jack Consiglio (Stanford) (14-5)
• (15) Elijah Griffin (Rider) (26-7) vs. (18) Carter Nogle (Air Force) (25-8)
• (31) Billy DeKraker (Northwestern) (15-12) vs. (2) Sergio Vega (OK State) (19-0)

149 lbs

• (33) Austin McBurney (Brown) (21-13) vs. (32) Clayton Jones (Michigan State) (11-15)
• (1) Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) (21-0) - Bye
• (17) Lucas Kapusta (Lock Haven) (25-4) vs. (16) Jacob Frost (Iowa State) (17-7)
• (9) David Evans (Utah Valley) (20-5) vs. (24) Andrew Clark (Rutgers) (16-10)
• (25) Michael Gioffre (Illinois) (16-10) vs. (8) Casey Swiderski (OK State) (14-5)
• (5) Koy Buesgens (NC State) (21-3) vs. (28) Kade Brown (Pitt) (14-8)
• (21) Gabe Willochell (Wyoming) (17-8) vs. (12) Carter Young (Maryland) (15-4)
• (13) Joseph Zargo (Wisconsin) (18-6) vs. (20) Chance Lamer (Nebraska) (17-8)
• (29) Kaden Cassidy (George Mason) (15-4) vs. (4) Collin Gaj (Virginia Tech) (20-8)
• (3) Cross Wasilewski (Penn) (24-3) vs. (30) Dylan Layton (Rider) (25-9)
• (19) Brock Herman (Little Rock) (13-3) vs. (14) Caleb Rathjen (Northern Iowa) (9-6)
• (11) Lachlan McNeil (Michigan) (17-6) vs. (22) Eligh Rivera (Princeton) (13-9)
• (27) Andre Gonzales (Cal Poly) (17-11) vs. (6) Caleb Tyus (SIUE) (22-2)
• (7) Ethan Stiles (Ohio State) (15-5) vs. (26) Anderson Heap (Davidson) (20-9)
• (23) Max Petersen (North Dakota State) (15-8) vs. (10) Aden Valencia (Stanford) (16-7)
• (15) Ryder Block (Iowa) (13-8) vs. (18) Eugene Harney (Morgan State) (28-4)
• (31) Ryan Michaels (Edinboro) (24-9) vs. (2) Jaxon Joy (Cornell) (24-1)

157 lbs

• (33) Yannis Charles (Morgan State) (5-8) vs. (32) Jeb Prechtel (Bellarmine) (18-14)
• (1) PJ Duke (Penn State) (19-1) - Bye
• (17) Luke Mechler (Wisconsin) (18-8) vs. (16) Cael Swensen (South Dakota State) (24-7)
• (9) Daniel Cardenas (Stanford) (17-3) vs. (24) Jaivon Jones (Little Rock) (19-9)
• (25) Mason Shrader (Central Michigan) (24-10) vs. (8) Brandon Cannon (Ohio State) (18-2)
• (5) Landon Robideau (OK State) (16-2) vs. (28) Gavin Drexler (North Dakota State) (16-10)
• (21) Charlie Millard (Minnesota) (18-9) vs. (12) Vinny Zerban (Iowa State) (15-4)
• (13) Derek Raike (Ohio) (21-5) vs. (20) Jimmy Harrington (Harvard) (21-8)
• (29) Bryce Lowery (Indiana) (12-11) vs. (4) Kaleb Larkin (Arizona State) (24-2)
• (3) Meyer Shapiro (Cornell) (15-1) vs. (30) Laird Root (North Carolina) (16-11)
• (19) Kai Owen (Columbia) (18-7) vs. (14) Ethen Miller (Virginia Tech) (16-6)
• (11) Ty Watters (West Virginia) (22-3) vs. (22) Colton Washleski (Virginia) (20-10)
• (27) Dylan Evans (Pitt) (21-8) vs. (6) Jude Swisher (Penn) (20-3)
• (7) Kannon Webster (Illinois) (20-4) vs. (26) Jonathan Ley (Navy) (26-12)
• (23) Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo) (18-7) vs. (10) Logan Rozynski (Lehigh) (13-3)
• (15) Cameron Catrabone (Michigan) (18-8) vs. (18) DJ McGee (George Mason) (24-4)
• (31) Garrett McChesney (Edinboro) (12-14) vs. (2) Antrell Taylor (Nebraska) (22-3)

165 lbs

• (33) Ryan Vigil (VMI) (14-9) vs. (32) Cody Walsh (Drexel) (27-13)
• (1) Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) (22-0) - Bye
• (17) Braeden Scoles (Illinois) (16-9) vs. (16) Paddy Gallagher (Ohio State) (15-8)
• (9) Bryce Hepner (North Carolina) (15-4) vs. (24) Sean Seefeldt (Penn) (20-7)
• (25) Mac Church (Virginia Tech) (24-10) vs. (8) Matty Bianchi (Little Rock) (19-2)
• (5) LaDarion Lockett (OK State) (16-2) vs. (28) Cody Goebel (Wisconsin) (12-11)
• (21) Brock Woodcock (SIUE) (28-9) vs. (12) Cesar Alvan (Columbia) (27-8)
• (13) Andrew Sparks (Minnesota) (19-6) vs. (20) Ty Whalen (Princeton) (20-7)
• (29) Ryan Burgos (Edinboro) (20-7) vs. (4) Nicco Ruiz (Arizona State) (23-5)
• (3) Mikey Caliendo (Iowa) (18-4) vs. (30) Thomas Snipes (The Citadel) (22-7)
• (19) Noah Mulvaney (Bucknell) (25-7) vs. (14) Andrew Barbosa (Rutgers) (18-8)
• (11) Ryder Downey (Northern Iowa) (21-5) vs. (22) Matthew Olguin (Oregon State) (17-5)
• (27) EJ Parco (Stanford) (12-7) vs. (6) LJ Araujo (Nebraska) (18-8)
• (7) Max Brignola (Lehigh) (17-4) vs. (26) Tyler Lillard (Indiana) (12-9)
• (23) Chris Earnest (Kent State) (18-6) vs. (10) Will Denny (NC State) (16-4)
• (15) Connor Euton (Iowa State) (17-7) vs. (18) Gunner Filipowicz (Army) (19-6)
• (31) Jared Keslar (Pitt) (15-13) vs. (2) Joey Blaze (Purdue) (22-1)

174 lbs

• (33) Grant O'Dell (Bellarmine) (24-8) vs. (32) Luke Condon (Wisconsin) (13-13)
• (1) Levi Haines (Penn State) (21-0) - Bye
• (17) Jared Simma (Northern Iowa) (14-9) vs. (16) Nick Fine (Columbia) (24-8)
• (9) Beau Mantanona (Michigan) (21-7) vs. (24) Garrett Thompson (Ohio) (16-3)
• (25) Sergio Desiante (Virginia Tech) (20-13) vs. (8) Alex Facundo (OK State) (16-6)
• (5) Patrick Kennedy (Iowa) (18-4) vs. (28) Holden Garcia (Princeton) (21-10)
• (21) Lenny Pinto (Rutgers) (13-10) vs. (12) Carter Schubert (Oklahoma) (19-6)
• (13) Carter Baer (Binghamton) (18-4) vs. (20) Daschle Lamer (Oregon State) (19-3)
• (29) Avery Bassett (Lock Haven) (22-7) vs. (4) Carson Kharchla (Ohio State) (18-4)
• (3) Christopher Minto (Nebraska) (20-5) vs. (30) Riley Davis (Wyoming) (11-10)
• (19) Logan Messer (George Mason) (26-6) vs. (14) Moses Espinoza-Owens (South Dakota State) (27-8)
• (11) MJ Gaitan (Iowa State) (16-6) vs. (22) Brody Baumann (Purdue) (16-8)
• (27) Collin Carrigan (North Carolina) (13-10) vs. (6) Matty Singleton (NC State) (16-3)
• (7) Cam Steed (Missouri) (15-5) vs. (26) Derek Gilcher (Indiana) (14-10)
• (23) Luca Augustine (Pitt) (12-6) vs. (10) Myles Takats (Bucknell) (22-6)
• (15) Danny Wask (Navy) (22-4) vs. (18) Colin Kelly (Illinois) (18-8)
• (31) Cael Valencia (Arizona State) (16-10) vs. (2) Simon Ruiz (Cornell) (16-0)

184 lbs

• (33) Sam Goin (Indiana) (12-8) vs. (32) Caleb Uhlenhopp (Utah Valley) (16-14)
• (1) Rocco Welsh (Penn State) (20-0) - Bye
• (17) Ian Bush (West Virginia) (19-10) vs. (16) Rylan Rogers (Lehigh) (18-6)
• (9) Chris Moore (Illinois) (18-10) vs. (24) Joe Curtis (Columbia) (26-2)
• (25) Malachi DuVall (George Mason) (24-5) vs. (8) Silas Allred (Nebraska) (17-7)
• (5) Brock Mantanona (Michigan) (19-6) vs. (28) Abraham Wojcikiewicz (Stanford) (17-11)
• (21) Tomas Brooker (Appalachian State) (26-8) vs. (12) Dylan Fishback (Ohio State) (18-8)
• (13) Isaac Dean (Iowa State) (17-7) vs. (20) Brian Soldano (Oklahoma) (13-8)
• (29) Nick Fox (Northern Iowa) (12-5) vs. (4) James Conway (Franklin & Marshall) (32-2)
• (3) Max McEnelly (Minnesota) (19-2) vs. (30) Tyler Bienus (Bucknell) (19-14)
• (19) Jared McGill (Edinboro) (17-3) vs. (14) Jaden Bullock (Virginia Tech) (20-10)
• (11) Shane Cartagena-Walsh (Rutgers) (24-8) vs. (22) Zack Ryder (OK State) (12-8)
• (27) Aidan Brenot (North Dakota State) (16-9) vs. (6) Eddie Neitenbach (Wyoming) (20-6)
• (7) Angelo Ferrari (Iowa) (11-3) vs. (26) Chase Kranitz (Pitt) (15-9)
• (23) Ceasar Garza (Cal Poly) (18-2) vs. (10) Caleb Campos (American) (25-6)
• (15) Sal Perrine (Ohio) (19-4) vs. (18) Jake Dailey (North Carolina) (18-4)
• (31) Mahonri Rushton (Northern Colorado) (17-14) vs. (2) Aeoden Sinclair (Missouri) (30-1)

197 lbs

• (33) Karson Tompkins (Air Force) (21-12) vs. (32) Blake Schaffer (Kent State) (22-9)
• (1) Josh Barr (Penn State) (19-0) - Bye
• (17) Dillon Bechtold (Bucknell) (15-4) vs. (16) Branson John (Maryland) (25-7)
• (9) Angelo Posada (Stanford) (16-5) vs. (24) Brock Zurawski (Rider) (22-5)
• (25) Evan Bates (Missouri) (21-9) vs. (8) DJ Parker (Oklahoma) (19-8)
• (5) Joey Novak (Wyoming) (17-3) vs. (28) Kael Wisler (Michigan State) (25-10)
• (21) Rune Lawrence (West Virginia) (17-11) vs. (12) Luke Geog (Ohio State) (16-7)
• (13) Bennett Berge (South Dakota State) (16-5) vs. (20) Wyatt Ingham (Wisconsin) (17-8)
• (29) Colton Hawks (Arizona State) (7-9) vs. (4) Sonny Sasso (Virginia Tech) (25-5)
• (3) Stephen Little (Little Rock) (15-2) vs. (30) Kade Rule (Chattanooga) (18-5)
• (19) Zayne Lehman (Ohio) (19-2) vs. (14) Gabe Sollars (Indiana) (15-10)
• (11) Camden McDanel (Nebraska) (20-6) vs. (22) Devin Wasley (North Dakota State) (21-10)
• (27) Gabe Arnold (Iowa) (18-7) vs. (6) Justin Rademacher (Oregon State) (23-3)
• (7) Cody Merrill (OK State) (17-4) vs. (26) Ben Vanadia (Purdue) (15-10)
• (23) Mikey Squires (Binghamton) (19-3) vs. (10) Mac Stout (Pitt) (19-4)
• (15) Remy Cotton (Rutgers) (18-7) vs. (18) Andrew Reall (Brown) (34-4)
• (31) Kael Bennie (Utah Valley) (15-16) vs. (2) Rocky Elam (Iowa State) (18-0)

285 lbs

• (33) Mason Rebuck (Bloomsburg) (22-8) vs. (32) Emmanuel Ulrich (American) (21-14)
• (1) Yonger Bastida (Iowa State) (25-0) - Bye
• (17) Vincent Mueller (Columbia) (25-6) vs. (16) Jimmy Mullen (Virginia Tech) (22-7)
• (9) Cole Mirasola (Penn State) (17-6) vs. (24) Connor Barket (Duke) (23-7)
• (25) Alex Semenenko (Brown) (25-7) vs. (8) Ben Kueter (Iowa) (9-7)
• (5) Nick Feldman (Ohio State) (23-5) vs. (28) Jarrett Stoner (Missouri) (23-14)
• (21) Juan Mora (Oklahoma) (19-7) vs. (12) Braxton Amos (Wisconsin) (20-7)
• (13) Spencer Lanosga (Navy) (20-8) vs. (20) Dayton Pitzer (Pitt) (16-6)
• (29) Luke Rasmussen (South Dakota State) (11-11) vs. (4) AJ Ferrari (Nebraska) (15-3)
• (3) Taye Ghadiali (Michigan) (23-2) vs. (30) Jack Forbes (Utah Valley) (19-12)
• (19) Nate Schon (Drexel) (18-5) vs. (14) Koy Hopke (Minnesota) (20-9)
• (11) Devon Dawson (Northern Illinois) (31-4) vs. (22) Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly) (11-4)
• (27) Hunter Catka (Rutgers) (20-9) vs. (6) Nathan Taylor (Lehigh) (16-3)
• (7) Konner Doucet (OK State) (17-3) vs. (26) Luke Luffman (Illinois) (14-7)
• (23) Stephan Monchery (Appalachian State) (23-7) vs. (10) David Szuba (Arizona State) (22-9)
• (15) Brady Colbert (Army) (18-6) vs. (18) Christian Carroll (Wyoming) (19-6)
• (31) Brenan Morgan (Virginia) (13-10) vs. (2) Isaac Trumble (NC State) (16-0)

How To Watch NCAA Wrestling Championships 2026

• The 2026 NCAA Wrestling Championships will be broadcast across ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU from March 19-21 in Cleveland. 
• Every match will also be streamed on ESPN+, including concurrent mat coverage.

FloWrestling College Wrestling Team Rankings

1. Penn State (Points: 164, Prev Rank: 1)
2. OK State (Points: 95.5, Prev Rank: 3)
3. Ohio State (Points: 94, Prev Rank: 2)
4. Nebraska (Points: 76.5, Prev Rank: 5)
5. Iowa State (Points: 68.5, Prev Rank: 4)
6. Iowa (Points: 66.5, Prev Rank: 6)
7. Virginia Tech (Points: 53.5, Prev Rank: 9)
8. Cornell (Points: 52, Prev Rank: 7)
9. NC State (Points: 48, Prev Rank: 8)
10. Arizona State (Points: 41, Prev Rank: 14)

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