149 Starter Rankings | Division I
149 Starter Rankings | Division I
2026 Season | Pre-Ssn | 10/20
This is a starters-only view, so no redshirts or multiple guys from each team and weight will be shown here. This gives the best indication of participants for conference and national tournaments.
| # | Wrestler | School | Conf | Record | WS ELO | Win / Bns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 |
Van Ness, Shayne | SR | #1 Penn State |
Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1643.64 | .00% / .00% |
24 |
Frost, Jacob | SO | #5 Iowa State |
Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1586.49 | .00% / .00% |
31 |
McNeil, Lachlan | SR | #11 Michigan |
Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1576.88 | .00% / .00% |
43 |
Stiles, Ethan | SO | #4 Ohio State |
Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1558.34 | .00% / .00% |
50 |
Swiderski, Casey | JR | #7 Oklahoma State |
Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1542.47 | .00% / .00% |
65 |
Wasilewski, Cross | SO | #30 Pennsylvania |
Ivy | 0 - 0 | 1538.77 | .00% / .00% |
79 |
Gioffre, Jack | JR | #15 Oklahoma |
Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1506.94 | .00% / .00% |
80 |
Simcox, Luke | FR | #20 North Carolina |
ACC | 0 - 0 | 1500.93 | .00% / .00% |
910 |
Lamer, Chance | SR | #2 Nebraska |
Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1498.04 | .00% / .00% |
1012 |
Clark, Andrew | SR | #9 Rutgers |
Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1493.95 | .00% / .00% |
110 |
Evans, David | SR | #41 Utah Valley |
Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1478.20 | .00% / .00% |
120 |
Herman, Brock | SO | #32 Little Rock |
PAC 12 | 0 - 0 | 1477.82 | .00% / .00% |
1310 |
Buesgens, Koy | SO | #10 NC State |
ACC | 0 - 0 | 1476.51 | .00% / .00% |
1410 |
Edmond, Josh | SR | #16 Missouri |
Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1475.76 | .00% / .00% |
150 |
Brown, Kade | FR | #22 Pittsburgh |
ACC | 0 - 0 | 1475.02 | .00% / .00% |
160 |
Zargo, Joseph | SR | #29 Wisconsin |
Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1474.34 | .00% / .00% |
170 |
Nugent, Jimmy | JR | #49 Central Michigan |
MAC | 0 - 0 | 1472.12 | .00% / .00% |
1811 |
Fedalen, Richard | SR | #25 Columbia |
Ivy | 0 - 0 | 1471.69 | .00% / .00% |
195 |
McDougald, Willie | SR | #21 West Virginia |
Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1469.74 | .00% / .00% |
200 |
Vasquez, Jesse | SR | #50 Cal Baptist |
Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1469.57 | .00% / .00% |
210 |
Valencia, Aden | FR | #17 Stanford |
ACC | 0 - 0 | 1466.96 | .00% / .00% |
220 |
Rathjen, Caleb | SR | #12 Northern Iowa |
Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1466.28 | .00% / .00% |
230 |
Tyus, Caleb | SR | #52 SIU Edwardsville |
MAC | 0 - 0 | 1456.48 | .00% / .00% |
242 |
Roberts, Drew | SR | #13 Minnesota |
Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1455.64 | .00% / .00% |
2510 |
Gioffre, Michael | JR | #19 Illinois |
Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1455.20 | .00% / .00% |
260 |
Griffin, Kelvin | JR | #8 Lehigh |
EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1454.77 | .00% / .00% |
279 |
Hamblin, Christopher | JR | #37 Oregon State |
PAC 12 | 0 - 0 | 1454.01 | .00% / .00% |
280 |
Cassidy, Kaden | SR | #39 George Mason |
MAC | 0 - 0 | 1452.69 | .00% / .00% |
292 |
Cartella, Sam | SO | #55 Northwestern |
Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1450.84 | .00% / .00% |
300 |
Martin, Alek | SR | #14 South Dakota State |
Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1450.34 | .00% / .00% |
312 |
Miller, Kal | SR | #42 Maryland |
Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1446.87 | .00% / .00% |
322 |
Raike, Derek | JR | #58 Ohio |
MAC | 0 - 0 | 1444.83 | .00% / .00% |
330 |
Petersen, Maxwell | JR | #31 North Dakota State |
Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1444.61 | .00% / .00% |
340 |
Vasquez, Tyler | SO | #28 Princeton |
Ivy | 0 - 0 | 1443.42 | .00% / .00% |
350 |
Kapusta, Lucas | SO | #36 Lock Haven |
MAC | 0 - 0 | 1441.38 | .00% / .00% |
360 |
Gonzales, Andre | SR | #33 Cal Poly |
PAC 12 | 0 - 0 | 1440.00 | .00% / .00% |
370 |
Phillips, Pat | SR | #64 Franklin & Marshall |
EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1438.13 | .00% / .00% |
382 |
DesRosier, Carson | JR | #59 The Citadel |
SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1437.31 | .00% / .00% |
390 |
Crook, Jack | JR | #54 Harvard |
Ivy | 0 - 0 | 1430.95 | .00% / .00% |
401 |
Iamunno, Joey | SO | #53 Brown |
Ivy | 0 - 0 | 1422.14 | .00% / .00% |
411 |
Denkins, Wynton | JR | #40 Virginia |
ACC | 0 - 0 | 1419.78 | .00% / .00% |
421 |
Willochell, Gabe | SR | #26 Wyoming |
Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1419.45 | .00% / .00% |
430 |
Layton, Dylan | JR | #46 Rider |
MAC | 0 - 0 | 1419.04 | .00% / .00% |
442 |
Michaels, Ryan | SR | #60 Edinboro |
MAC | 0 - 0 | 1418.41 | .00% / .00% |
451 |
Ewing, Sam | SO | #63 Buffalo |
MAC | 0 - 0 | 1414.88 | .00% / .00% |
461 |
Meiszner, Billy | JR | #48 Chattanooga |
SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1413.77 | .00% / .00% |
473 |
Brya, Jacob | JR | #34 Northern Illinois |
MAC | 0 - 0 | 1409.47 | .00% / .00% |
481 |
Keiser, Kaden | JR | #44 Appalachian State |
SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1408.81 | .00% / .00% |
490 |
Brown, Gavin | JR | #27 Purdue |
Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1407.24 | .00% / .00% |
500 |
Higley, Nathan | SR | #57 Bellarmine |
SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1406.72 | .00% / .00% |
510 |
Larkin, Kaleb | SO | #43 Arizona State |
Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1404.80 | .00% / .00% |
520 |
Roth, Nate | SO | #62 Kent State |
MAC | 0 - 0 | 1403.67 | .00% / .00% |
530 |
Barvitskie, Mason | SO | #23 Army West Point |
EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1402.25 | .00% / .00% |
543 |
Giordano, Joseph | SO | #67 Gardner-Webb |
SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1401.81 | .00% / .00% |
553 |
Findora, Dominic | JR | #38 Drexel |
EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1400.97 | .00% / .00% |
562 |
Smith, Kaemen | SR | #45 Navy |
EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1397.86 | .00% / .00% |
570 |
Block, Ryder | SO | #3 Iowa |
Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1388.73 | .00% / .00% |
580 |
Owen, Gage | SO | #66 American |
EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1386.71 | .00% / .00% |
590 |
Harney, Eugene | FR | #72 Morgan State |
EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1386.67 | .00% / .00% |
604 |
Jordon, Patrick | JR | #73 VMI |
SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1379.08 | .00% / .00% |
614 |
Asuncion, Dakota | SR | #74 Sacred Heart |
EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1378.90 | .00% / .00% |
624 |
Bower, Braden | SR | #35 Bucknell |
EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1376.06 | .00% / .00% |
639 |
Jones, Clayton | SO | #56 Michigan State |
Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1357.39 | .00% / .00% |
640 |
Reilley, Zach | FR | #68 Hofstra |
EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1356.54 | .00% / .00% |
650 |
Sweet, Caleb | SO | #47 Binghamton |
EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1351.96 | .00% / .00% |
667 |
O'Donnell, Sean | SO | #69 Duke |
ACC | 0 - 0 | 1351.66 | .00% / .00% |
670 |
Eck, Connor | SR | #65 Clarion |
MAC | 0 - 0 | 1330.03 | .00% / .00% |
682 |
Heap, Anderson | SO | #75 Davidson |
SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1326.32 | .00% / .00% |
690 |
Barry, Jordan | FR | #71 LIU |
EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1315.91 | .00% / .00% |
700 |
Raines, Cael | FR | #70 Bloomsburg |
MAC | 0 - 0 | 1263.13 | .00% / .00% |
715 |
Shelton, Bryce | SR | #51 Air Force |
Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1259.73 | .00% / .00% |
720 |
Chang, Jonathan | FR | #76 Campbell |
SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1206.88 | .00% / .00% |
730 |
Hankin, Brady | JR | #61 Northern Colorado |
Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1203.76 | .00% / .00% |
740 |
Joy, Jaxon | FR | #18 Cornell |
Ivy | 0 - 0 | 1200.00 | .00% / .00% |
740 |
Nininger, Noah | FR | #6 Virginia Tech |
ACC | 0 - 0 | 1200.00 | .00% / .00% |
740 |
Guerra, Tyler | FR | #24 Indiana |
Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1200.00 | .00% / .00% |
740 |
Morris, Joseph | FR | #78 Presbyterian |
SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1200.00 | .00% / .00% |
780 |
Caday, Steve | SO | #77 CSU Bakersfield |
PAC 12 | 0 - 0 | 1175.82 | .00% / .00% |
9990 |
Adamson, Noah | FR | Mercyhurst |
Transitioning | 0 - 0 | 1200.00 | .00% / .00% |
| # | Trend | Wrestler School |
Conf Record |
WS ELO Win / Bns |
Clips |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |
Van Ness, Shayne | SR
#1 Penn State |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1643.64
.00% / .00% |
1 |
| 2 | 4 |
Frost, Jacob | SO
#5 Iowa State |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1586.49
.00% / .00% |
|
| 3 | 1 |
McNeil, Lachlan | SR
#11 Michigan |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1576.88
.00% / .00% |
2 |
| 4 | 3 |
Stiles, Ethan | SO
#4 Ohio State |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1558.34
.00% / .00% |
|
| 5 | 0 |
Swiderski, Casey | JR
#7 Oklahoma State |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1542.47
.00% / .00% |
9 |
| 6 | 5 |
Wasilewski, Cross | SO
#30 Pennsylvania |
Ivy
0 - 0 |
1538.77
.00% / .00% |
|
| 7 | 9 |
Gioffre, Jack | JR
#15 Oklahoma |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1506.94
.00% / .00% |
|
| 8 | 0 |
Simcox, Luke | FR
#20 North Carolina |
ACC
0 - 0 |
1500.93
.00% / .00% |
|
| 9 | 10 |
Lamer, Chance | SR
#2 Nebraska |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1498.04
.00% / .00% |
2 |
| 10 | 12 |
Clark, Andrew | SR
#9 Rutgers |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1493.95
.00% / .00% |
|
| 11 | 0 |
Evans, David | SR
#41 Utah Valley |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1478.20
.00% / .00% |
|
| 12 | 0 |
Herman, Brock | SO
#32 Little Rock |
PAC 12
0 - 0 |
1477.82
.00% / .00% |
|
| 13 | 10 |
Buesgens, Koy | SO
#10 NC State |
ACC
0 - 0 |
1476.51
.00% / .00% |
|
| 14 | 10 |
Edmond, Josh | SR
#16 Missouri |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1475.76
.00% / .00% |
|
| 15 | 0 |
Brown, Kade | FR
#22 Pittsburgh |
ACC
0 - 0 |
1475.02
.00% / .00% |
|
| 16 | 0 |
Zargo, Joseph | SR
#29 Wisconsin |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1474.34
.00% / .00% |
2 |
| 17 | 0 |
Nugent, Jimmy | JR
#49 Central Michigan |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1472.12
.00% / .00% |
|
| 18 | 11 |
Fedalen, Richard | SR
#25 Columbia |
Ivy
0 - 0 |
1471.69
.00% / .00% |
|
| 19 | 5 |
McDougald, Willie | SR
#21 West Virginia |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1469.74
.00% / .00% |
2 |
| 20 | 0 |
Vasquez, Jesse | SR
#50 Cal Baptist |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1469.57
.00% / .00% |
|
| 21 | 0 |
Valencia, Aden | FR
#17 Stanford |
ACC
0 - 0 |
1466.96
.00% / .00% |
|
| 22 | 0 |
Rathjen, Caleb | SR
#12 Northern Iowa |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1466.28
.00% / .00% |
1 |
| 23 | 0 |
Tyus, Caleb | SR
#52 SIU Edwardsville |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1456.48
.00% / .00% |
|
| 24 | 2 |
Roberts, Drew | SR
#13 Minnesota |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1455.64
.00% / .00% |
|
| 25 | 10 |
Gioffre, Michael | JR
#19 Illinois |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1455.20
.00% / .00% |
|
| 26 | 0 |
Griffin, Kelvin | JR
#8 Lehigh |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1454.77
.00% / .00% |
|
| 27 | 9 |
Hamblin, Christopher | JR
#37 Oregon State |
PAC 12
0 - 0 |
1454.01
.00% / .00% |
|
| 28 | 0 |
Cassidy, Kaden | SR
#39 George Mason |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1452.69
.00% / .00% |
|
| 29 | 2 |
Cartella, Sam | SO
#55 Northwestern |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1450.84
.00% / .00% |
1 |
| 30 | 0 |
Martin, Alek | SR
#14 South Dakota State |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1450.34
.00% / .00% |
|
| 31 | 2 |
Miller, Kal | SR
#42 Maryland |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1446.87
.00% / .00% |
|
| 32 | 2 |
Raike, Derek | JR
#58 Ohio |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1444.83
.00% / .00% |
|
| 33 | 0 |
Petersen, Maxwell | JR
#31 North Dakota State |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1444.61
.00% / .00% |
|
| 34 | 0 |
Vasquez, Tyler | SO
#28 Princeton |
Ivy
0 - 0 |
1443.42
.00% / .00% |
|
| 35 | 0 |
Kapusta, Lucas | SO
#36 Lock Haven |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1441.38
.00% / .00% |
1 |
| 36 | 0 |
Gonzales, Andre | SR
#33 Cal Poly |
PAC 12
0 - 0 |
1440.00
.00% / .00% |
|
| 37 | 0 |
Phillips, Pat | SR
#64 Franklin & Marshall |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1438.13
.00% / .00% |
|
| 38 | 2 |
DesRosier, Carson | JR
#59 The Citadel |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1437.31
.00% / .00% |
11 |
| 39 | 0 |
Crook, Jack | JR
#54 Harvard |
Ivy
0 - 0 |
1430.95
.00% / .00% |
|
| 40 | 1 |
Iamunno, Joey | SO
#53 Brown |
Ivy
0 - 0 |
1422.14
.00% / .00% |
|
| 41 | 1 |
Denkins, Wynton | JR
#40 Virginia |
ACC
0 - 0 |
1419.78
.00% / .00% |
|
| 42 | 1 |
Willochell, Gabe | SR
#26 Wyoming |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1419.45
.00% / .00% |
|
| 43 | 0 |
Layton, Dylan | JR
#46 Rider |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1419.04
.00% / .00% |
|
| 44 | 2 |
Michaels, Ryan | SR
#60 Edinboro |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1418.41
.00% / .00% |
|
| 45 | 1 |
Ewing, Sam | SO
#63 Buffalo |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1414.88
.00% / .00% |
|
| 46 | 1 |
Meiszner, Billy | JR
#48 Chattanooga |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1413.77
.00% / .00% |
|
| 47 | 3 |
Brya, Jacob | JR
#34 Northern Illinois |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1409.47
.00% / .00% |
|
| 48 | 1 |
Keiser, Kaden | JR
#44 Appalachian State |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1408.81
.00% / .00% |
2 |
| 49 | 0 |
Brown, Gavin | JR
#27 Purdue |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1407.24
.00% / .00% |
|
| 50 | 0 |
Higley, Nathan | SR
#57 Bellarmine |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1406.72
.00% / .00% |
|
| 51 | 0 |
Larkin, Kaleb | SO
#43 Arizona State |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1404.80
.00% / .00% |
|
| 52 | 0 |
Roth, Nate | SO
#62 Kent State |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1403.67
.00% / .00% |
|
| 53 | 0 |
Barvitskie, Mason | SO
#23 Army West Point |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1402.25
.00% / .00% |
|
| 54 | 3 |
Giordano, Joseph | SO
#67 Gardner-Webb |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1401.81
.00% / .00% |
|
| 55 | 3 |
Findora, Dominic | JR
#38 Drexel |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1400.97
.00% / .00% |
|
| 56 | 2 |
Smith, Kaemen | SR
#45 Navy |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1397.86
.00% / .00% |
|
| 57 | 0 |
Block, Ryder | SO
#3 Iowa |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1388.73
.00% / .00% |
|
| 58 | 0 |
Owen, Gage | SO
#66 American |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1386.71
.00% / .00% |
|
| 59 | 0 |
Harney, Eugene | FR
#72 Morgan State |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1386.67
.00% / .00% |
|
| 60 | 4 |
Jordon, Patrick | JR
#73 VMI |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1379.08
.00% / .00% |
1 |
| 61 | 4 |
Asuncion, Dakota | SR
#74 Sacred Heart |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1378.90
.00% / .00% |
|
| 62 | 4 |
Bower, Braden | SR
#35 Bucknell |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1376.06
.00% / .00% |
1 |
| 63 | 9 |
Jones, Clayton | SO
#56 Michigan State |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1357.39
.00% / .00% |
|
| 64 | 0 |
Reilley, Zach | FR
#68 Hofstra |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1356.54
.00% / .00% |
|
| 65 | 0 |
Sweet, Caleb | SO
#47 Binghamton |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1351.96
.00% / .00% |
|
| 66 | 7 |
O'Donnell, Sean | SO
#69 Duke |
ACC
0 - 0 |
1351.66
.00% / .00% |
|
| 67 | 0 |
Eck, Connor | SR
#65 Clarion |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1330.03
.00% / .00% |
|
| 68 | 2 |
Heap, Anderson | SO
#75 Davidson |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1326.32
.00% / .00% |
|
| 69 | 0 |
Barry, Jordan | FR
#71 LIU |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1315.91
.00% / .00% |
|
| 70 | 0 |
Raines, Cael | FR
#70 Bloomsburg |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1263.13
.00% / .00% |
|
| 71 | 5 |
Shelton, Bryce | SR
#51 Air Force |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1259.73
.00% / .00% |
|
| 72 | 0 |
Chang, Jonathan | FR
#76 Campbell |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1206.88
.00% / .00% |
|
| 73 | 0 |
Hankin, Brady | JR
#61 Northern Colorado |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1203.76
.00% / .00% |
|
| 74 | 0 |
Joy, Jaxon | FR
#18 Cornell |
Ivy
0 - 0 |
1200.00
.00% / .00% |
|
| 74 | 0 |
Nininger, Noah | FR
#6 Virginia Tech |
ACC
0 - 0 |
1200.00
.00% / .00% |
|
| 74 | 0 |
Guerra, Tyler | FR
#24 Indiana |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1200.00
.00% / .00% |
|
| 74 | 0 |
Morris, Joseph | FR
#78 Presbyterian |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1200.00
.00% / .00% |
|
| 78 | 0 |
Caday, Steve | SO
#77 CSU Bakersfield |
PAC 12
0 - 0 |
1175.82
.00% / .00% |
|
| 999 | 0 |
Adamson, Noah | FR
Mercyhurst |
Transitioning
0 - 0 |
1200.00
.00% / .00% |