149 Starter Rankings | Division I
149 Starter Rankings | Division I
2026 Season | Week 3 | 11/17
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 | #3 Penn State |
Big Ten | 1 - 0 | 1644.39 | 100.00% / 100.00% |
20 |
Joy, Jaxon | FR | #20 Cornell |
Ivy | 6 - 0 | 1598.61 | 100.00% / 57.14% |
30 |
Nininger, Noah | FR | #9 Virginia Tech |
ACC | 5 - 1 | 1574.29 | 83.33% / 50.00% |
40 |
McNeil, Lachlan | SR | #13 Michigan |
Big Ten | 3 - 1 | 1563.75 | 75.00% / 25.00% |
56 |
Wasilewski, Cross | SO | #36 Pennsylvania |
Ivy | 4 - 0 | 1543.75 | 100.00% / 75.00% |
66 |
Johnson, Paniro | JR | #6 Iowa State |
Big 12 | 3 - 0 | 1537.68 | 100.00% / 75.00% |
70 |
Stiles, Ethan | SO | #2 Ohio State |
Big Ten | 5 - 2 | 1532.11 | 71.43% / 50.00% |
80 |
Valencia, Aden | FR | #21 Stanford |
ACC | 2 - 1 | 1511.24 | 66.67% / 66.67% |
97 |
Gioffre, Jack | JR | #15 Oklahoma |
Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1506.94 | .00% / .00% |
100 |
Tyus, Caleb | SR | #51 SIU Edwardsville |
MAC | 3 - 0 | 1506.36 | 100.00% / 50.00% |
115 |
Rivera, Eligh | JR | #32 Princeton |
Ivy | 1 - 1 | 1505.03 | 50.00% / .00% |
1211 |
Buesgens, Koy | SO | #7 NC State |
ACC | 8 - 0 | 1502.38 | 100.00% / 12.50% |
130 |
Larkin, Kaleb | SO | #31 Arizona State |
Big 12 | 4 - 0 | 1496.62 | 100.00% / 100.00% |
140 |
Swiderski, Casey | JR | #5 Oklahoma State |
Big 12 | 1 - 4 | 1493.60 | 20.00% / .00% |
150 |
Brown, Kade | FR | #18 Pittsburgh |
ACC | 5 - 1 | 1491.09 | 83.33% / 50.00% |
160 |
Evans, David | SR | #38 Utah Valley |
Big 12 | 4 - 1 | 1489.39 | 80.00% / 20.00% |
1711 |
Cassidy, Kaden | SR | #37 George Mason |
MAC | 6 - 0 | 1483.17 | 100.00% / 50.00% |
184 |
Clark, Andrew | SR | #12 Rutgers |
Big Ten | 2 - 1 | 1478.06 | 66.67% / 33.33% |
195 |
Edmond, Josh | SR | #14 Missouri |
Big 12 | 6 - 2 | 1474.87 | 75.00% / 30.00% |
200 |
Zargo, Joseph | SR | #29 Wisconsin |
Big Ten | 3 - 1 | 1472.56 | 75.00% / 75.00% |
210 |
Nugent, Jimmy | JR | #50 Central Michigan |
MAC | 3 - 2 | 1471.21 | 60.00% / .00% |
220 |
Herman, Brock | SO | #40 Little Rock |
PAC 12 | 1 - 1 | 1470.68 | 50.00% / 33.33% |
230 |
Rathjen, Caleb | SR | #10 Northern Iowa |
Big 12 | 1 - 2 | 1465.66 | 33.33% / 33.33% |
2448 |
Jones, Clayton | SO | #52 Michigan State |
Big Ten | 5 - 2 | 1464.27 | 71.43% / 28.57% |
2510 |
Gioffre, Michael | JR | #11 Illinois |
Big Ten | 2 - 1 | 1463.78 | 66.67% / .00% |
262 |
McDougald, Willie | SR | #17 West Virginia |
Big 12 | 5 - 2 | 1463.40 | 71.43% / 28.57% |
2720 |
Keiser, Kaden | JR | #46 Appalachian State |
SoCon | 7 - 4 | 1459.44 | 63.64% / 16.67% |
2814 |
Michaels, Ryan | SR | #49 Edinboro |
MAC | 3 - 2 | 1458.49 | 60.00% / 40.00% |
296 |
Kapusta, Lucas | SO | #42 Lock Haven |
MAC | 6 - 1 | 1455.36 | 85.71% / 42.86% |
301 |
Cartella, Sam | SO | #53 Northwestern |
Big Ten | 5 - 2 | 1454.80 | 71.43% / 42.86% |
310 |
Evanitsky, Anthony | FR | #19 Lehigh |
EIWA | 5 - 1 | 1449.01 | 83.33% / 50.00% |
320 |
Block, Ryder | SO | #1 Iowa |
Big Ten | 2 - 1 | 1446.09 | 66.67% / .00% |
330 |
Zinkin, Nikade | FR | #4 Nebraska |
Big Ten | 3 - 5 | 1444.98 | 37.50% / .00% |
340 |
Petersen, Maxwell | JR | #27 North Dakota State |
Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1444.61 | .00% / .00% |
355 |
Denkins, Wynton | JR | #30 Virginia |
ACC | 5 - 2 | 1435.23 | 71.43% / 28.57% |
3618 |
Smith, Kaemen | SR | #24 Navy |
EIWA | 3 - 4 | 1434.62 | 42.86% / 14.29% |
370 |
Layton, Dylan | JR | #47 Rider |
MAC | 4 - 2 | 1434.48 | 66.67% / 33.33% |
380 |
Martin, Alek | SR | #16 South Dakota State |
Big 12 | 2 - 2 | 1432.62 | 50.00% / .00% |
3910 |
Fedalen, Richard | SR | #26 Columbia |
Ivy | 2 - 3 | 1432.41 | 40.00% / 20.00% |
403 |
Buttler, Joey | SO | #23 Indiana |
Big Ten | 4 - 2 | 1431.35 | 66.67% / 50.00% |
410 |
Crook, Jack | JR | #56 Harvard |
Ivy | 0 - 0 | 1430.95 | .00% / .00% |
420 |
Brown, Gavin | JR | #28 Purdue |
Big Ten | 8 - 1 | 1428.04 | 88.89% / 11.11% |
430 |
Gonzales, Andre | SR | #43 Cal Poly |
PAC 12 | 1 - 1 | 1427.15 | 50.00% / 50.00% |
448 |
Hamblin, Christopher | JR | #34 Oregon State |
PAC 12 | 2 - 2 | 1426.44 | 50.00% / 50.00% |
454 |
Willochell, Gabe | SR | #33 Wyoming |
Big 12 | 1 - 0 | 1422.08 | 100.00% / .00% |
461 |
Meiszner, Billy | JR | #48 Chattanooga |
SoCon | 1 - 0 | 1418.06 | 100.00% / 75.00% |
470 |
Harney, Eugene | FR | #76 Morgan State |
EIWA | 6 - 1 | 1416.84 | 85.71% / 28.57% |
489 |
Iamunno, Joey | SO | #54 Brown |
Ivy | 2 - 2 | 1413.98 | 50.00% / 50.00% |
4913 |
DesRosier, Carson | JR | #58 The Citadel |
SoCon | 1 - 2 | 1413.06 | 33.33% / 25.00% |
500 |
Phillips, Pat | SR | #55 Franklin & Marshall |
EIWA | 4 - 4 | 1412.13 | 50.00% / .00% |
516 |
Lucier, Nathan | SR | #63 Binghamton |
EIWA | 4 - 2 | 1410.81 | 66.67% / 33.33% |
528 |
Ewing, Sam | SO | #65 Buffalo |
MAC | 4 - 2 | 1410.44 | 66.67% / 50.00% |
530 |
Reilley, Zach | FR | #69 Hofstra |
EIWA | 1 - 1 | 1407.79 | 50.00% / 50.00% |
544 |
Brya, Jacob | JR | #39 Northern Illinois |
MAC | 2 - 3 | 1402.11 | 40.00% / 20.00% |
556 |
Kelly, Paul | SO | #44 California Baptist |
Big 12 | 2 - 2 | 1401.58 | 50.00% / 50.00% |
560 |
Barvitskie, Mason | SO | #22 Army West Point |
EIWA | 8 - 4 | 1398.95 | 66.67% / 38.46% |
570 |
Eisch, Jager | SR | #8 Minnesota |
Big Ten | 4 - 6 | 1397.72 | 40.00% / 27.27% |
580 |
Eck, Connor | SR | #66 Clarion |
MAC | 6 - 3 | 1392.16 | 66.67% / 45.45% |
590 |
Roth, Nate | SO | #61 Kent State |
MAC | 1 - 4 | 1391.84 | 20.00% / 33.33% |
600 |
O'Neill, Nick | FR | #25 North Carolina |
ACC | 0 - 2 | 1391.35 | .00% / .00% |
614 |
Asuncion, Dakota | SR | #73 Sacred Heart |
EIWA | 2 - 1 | 1384.62 | 66.67% / 33.33% |
628 |
Heap, Anderson | SO | #71 Davidson |
SoCon | 2 - 3 | 1383.31 | 40.00% / .00% |
630 |
Pizzuto, Michael | SO | #41 Maryland |
Big Ten | 4 - 3 | 1378.82 | 57.14% / 28.57% |
641 |
Cowan, Zac | SR | #60 Bellarmine |
SoCon | 2 - 2 | 1375.93 | 50.00% / 20.00% |
653 |
Pepin, Drew | SO | #64 Gardner-Webb |
SoCon | 2 - 2 | 1375.59 | 50.00% / 20.00% |
6610 |
Shelton, Bryce | SR | #57 Air Force |
Big 12 | 2 - 2 | 1371.56 | 50.00% / 14.29% |
679 |
Owen, Gage | SO | #62 American |
EIWA | 1 - 3 | 1362.81 | 25.00% / .00% |
684 |
Jordon, Patrick | JR | #75 VMI |
SoCon | 1 - 4 | 1362.29 | 20.00% / 16.67% |
694 |
O'Donnell, Sean | SO | #67 Duke |
ACC | 3 - 4 | 1354.39 | 42.86% / 14.29% |
700 |
Trujillo-Deen, Emilio | SO | #68 Northern Colorado |
Big 12 | 0 - 2 | 1346.97 | .00% / .00% |
715 |
Bower, Braden | SR | #35 Bucknell |
EIWA | 0 - 3 | 1345.12 | .00% / .00% |
720 |
Pleasant, Deon | SR | #45 Drexel |
EIWA | 0 - 2 | 1324.47 | .00% / .00% |
730 |
Bonasera, Tommy | SO | #74 LIU |
EIWA | 0 - 4 | 1269.06 | .00% / .00% |
740 |
Weber, Carson | FR | #59 Ohio |
MAC | 1 - 2 | 1266.08 | 33.33% / 50.00% |
750 |
Raines, Cael | FR | #70 Bloomsburg |
MAC | 0 - 3 | 1236.23 | .00% / .00% |
760 |
Rodriguez, Matt | JR | #78 Presbyterian |
SoCon | 1 - 0 | 1210.86 | 100.00% / .00% |
770 |
Bauer, Brandon | FR | #72 Campbell |
SoCon | 1 - 5 | 1204.80 | 16.67% / 11.11% |
780 |
Moreno, Dylan | FR | #77 CSU Bakersfield |
PAC 12 | 0 - 1 | 1181.12 | .00% / .00% |
9990 |
Adamson, Noah | FR | Mercyhurst |
Transitioning | 0 - 0 | 1200.00 | .00% / .00% |
9990 |
Scherer, Colin | FR | Mercyhurst |
Transitioning | 0 - 1 | 1198.56 | .00% / .00% |
| # | Trend | Wrestler School |
Conf Record |
WS ELO Win / Bns |
Clips |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |
Van Ness, Shayne | SR
#3 Penn State |
Big Ten
1 - 0 |
1644.39
100.00% / 100.00% |
1 |
| 2 |
Joy, Jaxon | FR
#20 Cornell |
Ivy
6 - 0 |
1598.61
100.00% / 57.14% |
||
| 3 |
Nininger, Noah | FR
#9 Virginia Tech |
ACC
5 - 1 |
1574.29
83.33% / 50.00% |
||
| 4 |
McNeil, Lachlan | SR
#13 Michigan |
Big Ten
3 - 1 |
1563.75
75.00% / 25.00% |
2 | |
| 5 | 6 |
Wasilewski, Cross | SO
#36 Pennsylvania |
Ivy
4 - 0 |
1543.75
100.00% / 75.00% |
|
| 6 | 6 |
Johnson, Paniro | JR
#6 Iowa State |
Big 12
3 - 0 |
1537.68
100.00% / 75.00% |
1 |
| 7 |
Stiles, Ethan | SO
#2 Ohio State |
Big Ten
5 - 2 |
1532.11
71.43% / 50.00% |
||
| 8 |
Valencia, Aden | FR
#21 Stanford |
ACC
2 - 1 |
1511.24
66.67% / 66.67% |
||
| 9 | 7 |
Gioffre, Jack | JR
#15 Oklahoma |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1506.94
.00% / .00% |
|
| 10 |
Tyus, Caleb | SR
#51 SIU Edwardsville |
MAC
3 - 0 |
1506.36
100.00% / 50.00% |
||
| 11 | 5 |
Rivera, Eligh | JR
#32 Princeton |
Ivy
1 - 1 |
1505.03
50.00% / .00% |
|
| 12 | 11 |
Buesgens, Koy | SO
#7 NC State |
ACC
8 - 0 |
1502.38
100.00% / 12.50% |
|
| 13 |
Larkin, Kaleb | SO
#31 Arizona State |
Big 12
4 - 0 |
1496.62
100.00% / 100.00% |
||
| 14 |
Swiderski, Casey | JR
#5 Oklahoma State |
Big 12
1 - 4 |
1493.60
20.00% / .00% |
9 | |
| 15 |
Brown, Kade | FR
#18 Pittsburgh |
ACC
5 - 1 |
1491.09
83.33% / 50.00% |
||
| 16 |
Evans, David | SR
#38 Utah Valley |
Big 12
4 - 1 |
1489.39
80.00% / 20.00% |
||
| 17 | 11 |
Cassidy, Kaden | SR
#37 George Mason |
MAC
6 - 0 |
1483.17
100.00% / 50.00% |
|
| 18 | 4 |
Clark, Andrew | SR
#12 Rutgers |
Big Ten
2 - 1 |
1478.06
66.67% / 33.33% |
|
| 19 | 5 |
Edmond, Josh | SR
#14 Missouri |
Big 12
6 - 2 |
1474.87
75.00% / 30.00% |
|
| 20 |
Zargo, Joseph | SR
#29 Wisconsin |
Big Ten
3 - 1 |
1472.56
75.00% / 75.00% |
2 | |
| 21 |
Nugent, Jimmy | JR
#50 Central Michigan |
MAC
3 - 2 |
1471.21
60.00% / .00% |
||
| 22 |
Herman, Brock | SO
#40 Little Rock |
PAC 12
1 - 1 |
1470.68
50.00% / 33.33% |
||
| 23 |
Rathjen, Caleb | SR
#10 Northern Iowa |
Big 12
1 - 2 |
1465.66
33.33% / 33.33% |
1 | |
| 24 | 48 |
Jones, Clayton | SO
#52 Michigan State |
Big Ten
5 - 2 |
1464.27
71.43% / 28.57% |
|
| 25 | 10 |
Gioffre, Michael | JR
#11 Illinois |
Big Ten
2 - 1 |
1463.78
66.67% / .00% |
|
| 26 | 2 |
McDougald, Willie | SR
#17 West Virginia |
Big 12
5 - 2 |
1463.40
71.43% / 28.57% |
2 |
| 27 | 20 |
Keiser, Kaden | JR
#46 Appalachian State |
SoCon
7 - 4 |
1459.44
63.64% / 16.67% |
2 |
| 28 | 14 |
Michaels, Ryan | SR
#49 Edinboro |
MAC
3 - 2 |
1458.49
60.00% / 40.00% |
|
| 29 | 6 |
Kapusta, Lucas | SO
#42 Lock Haven |
MAC
6 - 1 |
1455.36
85.71% / 42.86% |
1 |
| 30 | 1 |
Cartella, Sam | SO
#53 Northwestern |
Big Ten
5 - 2 |
1454.80
71.43% / 42.86% |
1 |
| 31 |
Evanitsky, Anthony | FR
#19 Lehigh |
EIWA
5 - 1 |
1449.01
83.33% / 50.00% |
||
| 32 |
Block, Ryder | SO
#1 Iowa |
Big Ten
2 - 1 |
1446.09
66.67% / .00% |
||
| 33 |
Zinkin, Nikade | FR
#4 Nebraska |
Big Ten
3 - 5 |
1444.98
37.50% / .00% |
||
| 34 |
Petersen, Maxwell | JR
#27 North Dakota State |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1444.61
.00% / .00% |
||
| 35 | 5 |
Denkins, Wynton | JR
#30 Virginia |
ACC
5 - 2 |
1435.23
71.43% / 28.57% |
|
| 36 | 18 |
Smith, Kaemen | SR
#24 Navy |
EIWA
3 - 4 |
1434.62
42.86% / 14.29% |
|
| 37 |
Layton, Dylan | JR
#47 Rider |
MAC
4 - 2 |
1434.48
66.67% / 33.33% |
||
| 38 |
Martin, Alek | SR
#16 South Dakota State |
Big 12
2 - 2 |
1432.62
50.00% / .00% |
||
| 39 | 10 |
Fedalen, Richard | SR
#26 Columbia |
Ivy
2 - 3 |
1432.41
40.00% / 20.00% |
|
| 40 | 3 |
Buttler, Joey | SO
#23 Indiana |
Big Ten
4 - 2 |
1431.35
66.67% / 50.00% |
|
| 41 |
Crook, Jack | JR
#56 Harvard |
Ivy
0 - 0 |
1430.95
.00% / .00% |
||
| 42 |
Brown, Gavin | JR
#28 Purdue |
Big Ten
8 - 1 |
1428.04
88.89% / 11.11% |
||
| 43 |
Gonzales, Andre | SR
#43 Cal Poly |
PAC 12
1 - 1 |
1427.15
50.00% / 50.00% |
||
| 44 | 8 |
Hamblin, Christopher | JR
#34 Oregon State |
PAC 12
2 - 2 |
1426.44
50.00% / 50.00% |
|
| 45 | 4 |
Willochell, Gabe | SR
#33 Wyoming |
Big 12
1 - 0 |
1422.08
100.00% / .00% |
|
| 46 | 1 |
Meiszner, Billy | JR
#48 Chattanooga |
SoCon
1 - 0 |
1418.06
100.00% / 75.00% |
|
| 47 |
Harney, Eugene | FR
#76 Morgan State |
EIWA
6 - 1 |
1416.84
85.71% / 28.57% |
||
| 48 | 9 |
Iamunno, Joey | SO
#54 Brown |
Ivy
2 - 2 |
1413.98
50.00% / 50.00% |
|
| 49 | 13 |
DesRosier, Carson | JR
#58 The Citadel |
SoCon
1 - 2 |
1413.06
33.33% / 25.00% |
11 |
| 50 |
Phillips, Pat | SR
#55 Franklin & Marshall |
EIWA
4 - 4 |
1412.13
50.00% / .00% |
||
| 51 | 6 |
Lucier, Nathan | SR
#63 Binghamton |
EIWA
4 - 2 |
1410.81
66.67% / 33.33% |
|
| 52 | 8 |
Ewing, Sam | SO
#65 Buffalo |
MAC
4 - 2 |
1410.44
66.67% / 50.00% |
|
| 53 |
Reilley, Zach | FR
#69 Hofstra |
EIWA
1 - 1 |
1407.79
50.00% / 50.00% |
||
| 54 | 4 |
Brya, Jacob | JR
#39 Northern Illinois |
MAC
2 - 3 |
1402.11
40.00% / 20.00% |
|
| 55 | 6 |
Kelly, Paul | SO
#44 California Baptist |
Big 12
2 - 2 |
1401.58
50.00% / 50.00% |
|
| 56 |
Barvitskie, Mason | SO
#22 Army West Point |
EIWA
8 - 4 |
1398.95
66.67% / 38.46% |
||
| 57 |
Eisch, Jager | SR
#8 Minnesota |
Big Ten
4 - 6 |
1397.72
40.00% / 27.27% |
||
| 58 |
Eck, Connor | SR
#66 Clarion |
MAC
6 - 3 |
1392.16
66.67% / 45.45% |
||
| 59 |
Roth, Nate | SO
#61 Kent State |
MAC
1 - 4 |
1391.84
20.00% / 33.33% |
||
| 60 |
O'Neill, Nick | FR
#25 North Carolina |
ACC
0 - 2 |
1391.35
.00% / .00% |
||
| 61 | 4 |
Asuncion, Dakota | SR
#73 Sacred Heart |
EIWA
2 - 1 |
1384.62
66.67% / 33.33% |
|
| 62 | 8 |
Heap, Anderson | SO
#71 Davidson |
SoCon
2 - 3 |
1383.31
40.00% / .00% |
|
| 63 |
Pizzuto, Michael | SO
#41 Maryland |
Big Ten
4 - 3 |
1378.82
57.14% / 28.57% |
||
| 64 | 1 |
Cowan, Zac | SR
#60 Bellarmine |
SoCon
2 - 2 |
1375.93
50.00% / 20.00% |
1 |
| 65 | 3 |
Pepin, Drew | SO
#64 Gardner-Webb |
SoCon
2 - 2 |
1375.59
50.00% / 20.00% |
|
| 66 | 10 |
Shelton, Bryce | SR
#57 Air Force |
Big 12
2 - 2 |
1371.56
50.00% / 14.29% |
|
| 67 | 9 |
Owen, Gage | SO
#62 American |
EIWA
1 - 3 |
1362.81
25.00% / .00% |
|
| 68 | 4 |
Jordon, Patrick | JR
#75 VMI |
SoCon
1 - 4 |
1362.29
20.00% / 16.67% |
1 |
| 69 | 4 |
O'Donnell, Sean | SO
#67 Duke |
ACC
3 - 4 |
1354.39
42.86% / 14.29% |
|
| 70 |
Trujillo-Deen, Emilio | SO
#68 Northern Colorado |
Big 12
0 - 2 |
1346.97
.00% / .00% |
||
| 71 | 5 |
Bower, Braden | SR
#35 Bucknell |
EIWA
0 - 3 |
1345.12
.00% / .00% |
1 |
| 72 |
Pleasant, Deon | SR
#45 Drexel |
EIWA
0 - 2 |
1324.47
.00% / .00% |
||
| 73 |
Bonasera, Tommy | SO
#74 LIU |
EIWA
0 - 4 |
1269.06
.00% / .00% |
1 | |
| 74 |
Weber, Carson | FR
#59 Ohio |
MAC
1 - 2 |
1266.08
33.33% / 50.00% |
||
| 75 |
Raines, Cael | FR
#70 Bloomsburg |
MAC
0 - 3 |
1236.23
.00% / .00% |
||
| 76 |
Rodriguez, Matt | JR
#78 Presbyterian |
SoCon
1 - 0 |
1210.86
100.00% / .00% |
||
| 77 |
Bauer, Brandon | FR
#72 Campbell |
SoCon
1 - 5 |
1204.80
16.67% / 11.11% |
||
| 78 |
Moreno, Dylan | FR
#77 CSU Bakersfield |
PAC 12
0 - 1 |
1181.12
.00% / .00% |
||
| 999 |
Adamson, Noah | FR
Mercyhurst |
Transitioning
0 - 0 |
1200.00
.00% / .00% |
||
| 999 |
Scherer, Colin | FR
Mercyhurst |
Transitioning
0 - 1 |
1198.56
.00% / .00% |