2025-26 NCAA DI Wrestling Rankings

165 - Mitchell Mesenbrink

These rankings are coming out insanely early, so we’re skipping some steps that we will do later for the 'preseason rankings' in September. 

Only 24 wrestlers score advancement and/or placement points at the NCAA Championships, so we are only ranking out to 24 - the next nine wrestlers will come later.

Additionally, we’ve only taken out wrestlers that we know have exhausted their eligibility or have made public statements saying they are finished with their collegiate careers. Wrestlers with any outstanding questions whatsoever as to whether they will return to collegiate action have been left in the rankings. 

We’re also only putting in a few wrestlers coming back from injury or redshirts. Wrestlers' grades have been updated via ‘find + replace’ on our spreadsheets. It was a quick and dirty method and will be subject to numerous corrections and updates. Speaking of, if you have any information to share, please don’t hesitate to do so!

If you have any questions, we welcome and encourage your feedback. Hit up Jon Kozak (email: Jonathan.Kozak@flosports.tv; X: @KozakJon) and JD Rader (email: jd.rader@flosports.tv; X: @rader_jd).

RankGradeNameSchool
1JRMitchell MesenbrinkPenn State
2SRMichael CaliendoIowa
3SOChristopher MintoNebraska
4JRHunter GarvinStanford
5SOBeau MantanonaMichigan
6SRMax BrignolaLehigh
7SOAlex FacundoOK State
8SOBraeden ScolesIllinois
9JRNick HamiltonVirginia
10SRAndrew SparksMinnesota
11SRMaxx MayfieldMissouri
12SONicco RuizArizona State
13SRJack ThomsenUNI
14JRDrake RhodesSD State
15SORafael HipolitoOklahoma
16JRGunner FilipowiczArmy
17JRThomas SnipesThe Citadel
18SRWill MillerApp State
19SRPaddy GallagherOhio State
20JREvan MaagGeorge Mason
21SRCesar AlvanColumbia
22JRAiden RigginsIowa State
23JRTyler LillardIndiana
24JRBryce HepnerNorth Carolina