149 Starter Rankings | Division I
149 Starter Rankings | Division I
2026 Season | Pre-Ssn | 09/01
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.
| # | Trend | Wrestler | School | Conf | Record | WS ELO | Win / Bns | Clips |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Henson, Caleb | SR | #7 Virginia Tech | ACC | 0 - 0 | 1657.55 | .00% / .00% | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | Van Ness, Shayne | SR | #1 Penn State | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1643.64 | .00% / .00% | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | Frost, Jacob | SO | #6 Iowa State | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1586.49 | .00% / .00% | |
| 4 | 4 | Jamison, Tagen | JR | #5 Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1579.43 | .00% / .00% | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | McNeil, Lachlan | SR | #9 Michigan | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1576.88 | .00% / .00% | 2 |
| 6 | 1 | Stiles, Ethan | SO | #4 Ohio State | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1558.34 | .00% / .00% | |
| 7 | 4 | Wasilewski, Cross | SO | #29 Pennsylvania | Ivy | 0 - 0 | 1538.77 | .00% / .00% | |
| 8 | 8 | Gioffre, Jack | JR | #13 Oklahoma | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1506.94 | .00% / .00% | |
| 9 | 0 | Simcox, Luke | FR | #17 North Carolina | ACC | 0 - 0 | 1500.93 | .00% / .00% | |
| 10 | 9 | Lamer, Chance | SR | #2 Nebraska | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1498.04 | .00% / .00% | 2 |
| 11 | 9 | Whalen, Ty | JR | #28 Princeton | Ivy | 0 - 0 | 1496.94 | .00% / .00% | |
| 12 | 10 | Clark, Andrew | SR | #10 Rutgers | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1493.95 | .00% / .00% | |
| 13 | 0 | Parco, EJ | FR | #11 Stanford | ACC | 0 - 0 | 1479.71 | .00% / .00% | |
| 14 | 0 | Evans, David | SR | #42 Utah Valley | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1478.20 | .00% / .00% | |
| 15 | 0 | Herman, Brock | SO | #34 Little Rock | PAC 12 | 0 - 0 | 1477.82 | .00% / .00% | |
| 16 | 7 | Buesgens, Koy | SO | #18 NC State | ACC | 0 - 0 | 1476.51 | .00% / .00% | |
| 17 | 7 | Edmond, Josh | SR | #16 Missouri | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1475.76 | .00% / .00% | |
| 18 | 0 | Brown, Kade | FR | #21 Pittsburgh | ACC | 0 - 0 | 1475.02 | .00% / .00% | |
| 19 | 0 | Zargo, Joseph | SR | #30 Wisconsin | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1474.34 | .00% / .00% | 2 |
| 20 | 0 | Nugent, Jimmy | JR | #43 Central Michigan | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1472.12 | .00% / .00% | |
| 21 | 3 | McDougald, Willie | SR | #23 West Virginia | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1469.74 | .00% / .00% | 2 |
| 22 | 0 | Vasquez, Jesse | SR | #51 Cal Baptist | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1469.57 | .00% / .00% | |
| 23 | 0 | Rathjen, Caleb | SR | #15 Northern Iowa | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1466.28 | .00% / .00% | 1 |
| 24 | 0 | Tyus, Caleb | SR | #55 SIU Edwardsville | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1456.48 | .00% / .00% | |
| 25 | 1 | Roberts, Drew | SR | #14 Minnesota | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1455.64 | .00% / .00% | |
| 26 | 9 | Gioffre, Michael | JR | #22 Illinois | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1455.20 | .00% / .00% | |
| 27 | 0 | Griffin, Kelvin | JR | #8 Lehigh | EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1454.77 | .00% / .00% | |
| 28 | 0 | Cassidy, Kaden | SR | #37 George Mason | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1452.69 | .00% / .00% | |
| 29 | 1 | Owen, Kai | SR | #24 Columbia | Ivy | 0 - 0 | 1451.12 | .00% / .00% | |
| 30 | 1 | Cartella, Sam | SO | #49 Northwestern | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1450.84 | .00% / .00% | 1 |
| 31 | 0 | Martin, Alek | SR | #20 South Dakota State | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1450.34 | .00% / .00% | |
| 32 | 1 | Miller, Kal | SR | #39 Maryland | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1446.87 | .00% / .00% | |
| 33 | 1 | Raike, Derek | JR | #58 Ohio | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1444.83 | .00% / .00% | |
| 34 | 0 | Petersen, Maxwell | JR | #32 North Dakota State | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1444.61 | .00% / .00% | |
| 35 | 0 | Kapusta, Lucas | SO | #40 Lock Haven | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1441.38 | .00% / .00% | |
| 36 | 0 | Gonzales, Andre | SR | #33 Cal Poly | PAC 12 | 0 - 0 | 1440.00 | .00% / .00% | |
| 37 | 0 | Phillips, Pat | SR | #65 Franklin & Marshall | EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1438.13 | .00% / .00% | |
| 38 | 2 | DesRosier, Carson | JR | #52 The Citadel | SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1437.31 | .00% / .00% | |
| 39 | 0 | Crook, Jack | JR | #56 Harvard | Ivy | 0 - 0 | 1430.95 | .00% / .00% | |
| 40 | 0 | Voinovich, Kael | SO | #3 Iowa | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1428.21 | .00% / .00% | |
| 41 | 2 | Iamunno, Joey | SO | #54 Brown | Ivy | 0 - 0 | 1422.14 | .00% / .00% | |
| 42 | 2 | Denkins, Wynton | JR | #31 Virginia | ACC | 0 - 0 | 1419.78 | .00% / .00% | |
| 43 | 2 | Willochell, Gabe | SR | #26 Wyoming | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1419.45 | .00% / .00% | |
| 44 | 0 | Layton, Dylan | JR | #53 Rider | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1419.04 | .00% / .00% | |
| 45 | 3 | Michaels, Ryan | SR | #59 Edinboro | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1418.41 | .00% / .00% | |
| 46 | 2 | Ewing, Sam | SO | #67 Buffalo | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1414.88 | .00% / .00% | |
| 47 | 2 | Meiszner, Billy | JR | #45 Chattanooga | SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1413.77 | .00% / .00% | |
| 48 | 1 | Keiser, Kaden | JR | #47 Appalachian State | SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1408.81 | .00% / .00% | |
| 49 | 0 | Brown, Gavin | JR | #27 Purdue | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1407.24 | .00% / .00% | |
| 50 | 0 | Higley, Nathan | SR | #61 Bellarmine | SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1406.72 | .00% / .00% | |
| 51 | 0 | Larkin, Kaleb | SO | #44 Arizona State | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1404.80 | .00% / .00% | |
| 53 | 0 | Barvitskie, Mason | SO | #19 Army West Point | EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1402.25 | .00% / .00% | |
| 54 | 3 | Giordano, Joseph | SO | #66 Gardner-Webb | SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1401.81 | .00% / .00% | |
| 55 | 3 | Findora, Dominic | JR | #36 Drexel | EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1400.97 | .00% / .00% | |
| 56 | 2 | Smith, Kaemen | SR | #48 Navy | EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1397.86 | .00% / .00% | |
| 57 | 0 | Tolentino, Noah | JR | #38 Oregon State | PAC 12 | 0 - 0 | 1387.03 | .00% / .00% | |
| 58 | 0 | Owen, Gage | SO | #62 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% | |
| 61 | 5 | Bower, Braden | SR | #35 Bucknell | EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1376.06 | .00% / .00% | 1 |
| 62 | 6 | Arch, Collin | SO | #41 Northern Illinois | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1374.06 | .00% / .00% | |
| 63 | 9 | Jones, Clayton | SO | #57 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 | #50 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 | #64 Clarion | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1330.03 | .00% / .00% | |
| 68 | 2 | Heap, Anderson | SO | #76 Davidson | SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1326.32 | .00% / .00% | |
| 69 | 0 | Barry, Jordan | FR | #71 LIU | EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1315.91 | .00% / .00% | |
| 70 | 6 | Holiday, Eli | SR | #78 Presbyterian | SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1263.50 | .00% / .00% | |
| 71 | 0 | Raines, Cael | FR | #70 Bloomsburg | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1263.13 | .00% / .00% | |
| 72 | 4 | Shelton, Bryce | SR | #46 Air Force | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1259.73 | .00% / .00% | |
| 73 | 0 | Samuels, Jake | SO | #75 Sacred Heart | EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1213.64 | .00% / .00% | |
| 74 | 0 | Chang, Jonathan | FR | #74 Campbell | SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1206.88 | .00% / .00% | |
| 75 | 0 | Hankin, Brady | JR | #60 Northern Colorado | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1203.76 | .00% / .00% | |
| 76 | 0 | Joy, Jaxon | FR | #12 Cornell | Ivy | 0 - 0 | 1200.00 | .00% / .00% | |
| 76 | 0 | Guerra, Tyler | FR | #25 Indiana | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1200.00 | .00% / .00% | |
| 78 | 0 | Caday, Steve | SO | #77 CSU Bakersfield | PAC 12 | 0 - 0 | 1175.82 | .00% / .00% | |
| 999 | 0 | Knapp, Keegan | JR | #63 Kent State | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1324.33 | .00% / .00% | |
| 999 | 0 | Adamson, Noah | FR | Mercyhurst | Transitioning | 0 - 0 | 1200.00 | .00% / .00% |
| # | Trend | Wrestler School |
Conf Record |
WS ELO Win / Bns |
Clips |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
Henson, Caleb | SR
#7 Virginia Tech |
ACC
0 - 0 |
1657.55
.00% / .00% |
9 |
| 2 | 1 |
Van Ness, Shayne | SR
#1 Penn State |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1643.64
.00% / .00% |
1 |
| 3 | 3 |
Frost, Jacob | SO
#6 Iowa State |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1586.49
.00% / .00% |
|
| 4 | 4 |
Jamison, Tagen | JR
#5 Oklahoma State |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1579.43
.00% / .00% |
2 |
| 5 | 1 |
McNeil, Lachlan | SR
#9 Michigan |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1576.88
.00% / .00% |
2 |
| 6 | 1 |
Stiles, Ethan | SO
#4 Ohio State |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1558.34
.00% / .00% |
|
| 7 | 4 |
Wasilewski, Cross | SO
#29 Pennsylvania |
Ivy
0 - 0 |
1538.77
.00% / .00% |
|
| 8 | 8 |
Gioffre, Jack | JR
#13 Oklahoma |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1506.94
.00% / .00% |
|
| 9 | 0 |
Simcox, Luke | FR
#17 North Carolina |
ACC
0 - 0 |
1500.93
.00% / .00% |
|
| 10 | 9 |
Lamer, Chance | SR
#2 Nebraska |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1498.04
.00% / .00% |
2 |
| 11 | 9 |
Whalen, Ty | JR
#28 Princeton |
Ivy
0 - 0 |
1496.94
.00% / .00% |
|
| 12 | 10 |
Clark, Andrew | SR
#10 Rutgers |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1493.95
.00% / .00% |
|
| 13 | 0 |
Parco, EJ | FR
#11 Stanford |
ACC
0 - 0 |
1479.71
.00% / .00% |
|
| 14 | 0 |
Evans, David | SR
#42 Utah Valley |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1478.20
.00% / .00% |
|
| 15 | 0 |
Herman, Brock | SO
#34 Little Rock |
PAC 12
0 - 0 |
1477.82
.00% / .00% |
|
| 16 | 7 |
Buesgens, Koy | SO
#18 NC State |
ACC
0 - 0 |
1476.51
.00% / .00% |
|
| 17 | 7 |
Edmond, Josh | SR
#16 Missouri |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1475.76
.00% / .00% |
|
| 18 | 0 |
Brown, Kade | FR
#21 Pittsburgh |
ACC
0 - 0 |
1475.02
.00% / .00% |
|
| 19 | 0 |
Zargo, Joseph | SR
#30 Wisconsin |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1474.34
.00% / .00% |
2 |
| 20 | 0 |
Nugent, Jimmy | JR
#43 Central Michigan |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1472.12
.00% / .00% |
|
| 21 | 3 |
McDougald, Willie | SR
#23 West Virginia |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1469.74
.00% / .00% |
2 |
| 22 | 0 |
Vasquez, Jesse | SR
#51 Cal Baptist |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1469.57
.00% / .00% |
|
| 23 | 0 |
Rathjen, Caleb | SR
#15 Northern Iowa |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1466.28
.00% / .00% |
1 |
| 24 | 0 |
Tyus, Caleb | SR
#55 SIU Edwardsville |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1456.48
.00% / .00% |
|
| 25 | 1 |
Roberts, Drew | SR
#14 Minnesota |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1455.64
.00% / .00% |
|
| 26 | 9 |
Gioffre, Michael | JR
#22 Illinois |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1455.20
.00% / .00% |
|
| 27 | 0 |
Griffin, Kelvin | JR
#8 Lehigh |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1454.77
.00% / .00% |
|
| 28 | 0 |
Cassidy, Kaden | SR
#37 George Mason |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1452.69
.00% / .00% |
|
| 29 | 1 |
Owen, Kai | SR
#24 Columbia |
Ivy
0 - 0 |
1451.12
.00% / .00% |
|
| 30 | 1 |
Cartella, Sam | SO
#49 Northwestern |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1450.84
.00% / .00% |
1 |
| 31 | 0 |
Martin, Alek | SR
#20 South Dakota State |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1450.34
.00% / .00% |
|
| 32 | 1 |
Miller, Kal | SR
#39 Maryland |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1446.87
.00% / .00% |
|
| 33 | 1 |
Raike, Derek | JR
#58 Ohio |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1444.83
.00% / .00% |
|
| 34 | 0 |
Petersen, Maxwell | JR
#32 North Dakota State |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1444.61
.00% / .00% |
|
| 35 | 0 |
Kapusta, Lucas | SO
#40 Lock Haven |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1441.38
.00% / .00% |
|
| 36 | 0 |
Gonzales, Andre | SR
#33 Cal Poly |
PAC 12
0 - 0 |
1440.00
.00% / .00% |
|
| 37 | 0 |
Phillips, Pat | SR
#65 Franklin & Marshall |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1438.13
.00% / .00% |
|
| 38 | 2 |
DesRosier, Carson | JR
#52 The Citadel |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1437.31
.00% / .00% |
|
| 39 | 0 |
Crook, Jack | JR
#56 Harvard |
Ivy
0 - 0 |
1430.95
.00% / .00% |
|
| 40 | 0 |
Voinovich, Kael | SO
#3 Iowa |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1428.21
.00% / .00% |
|
| 41 | 2 |
Iamunno, Joey | SO
#54 Brown |
Ivy
0 - 0 |
1422.14
.00% / .00% |
|
| 42 | 2 |
Denkins, Wynton | JR
#31 Virginia |
ACC
0 - 0 |
1419.78
.00% / .00% |
|
| 43 | 2 |
Willochell, Gabe | SR
#26 Wyoming |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1419.45
.00% / .00% |
|
| 44 | 0 |
Layton, Dylan | JR
#53 Rider |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1419.04
.00% / .00% |
|
| 45 | 3 |
Michaels, Ryan | SR
#59 Edinboro |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1418.41
.00% / .00% |
|
| 46 | 2 |
Ewing, Sam | SO
#67 Buffalo |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1414.88
.00% / .00% |
|
| 47 | 2 |
Meiszner, Billy | JR
#45 Chattanooga |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1413.77
.00% / .00% |
|
| 48 | 1 |
Keiser, Kaden | JR
#47 Appalachian State |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1408.81
.00% / .00% |
|
| 49 | 0 |
Brown, Gavin | JR
#27 Purdue |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1407.24
.00% / .00% |
|
| 50 | 0 |
Higley, Nathan | SR
#61 Bellarmine |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1406.72
.00% / .00% |
|
| 51 | 0 |
Larkin, Kaleb | SO
#44 Arizona State |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1404.80
.00% / .00% |
|
| 53 | 0 |
Barvitskie, Mason | SO
#19 Army West Point |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1402.25
.00% / .00% |
|
| 54 | 3 |
Giordano, Joseph | SO
#66 Gardner-Webb |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1401.81
.00% / .00% |
|
| 55 | 3 |
Findora, Dominic | JR
#36 Drexel |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1400.97
.00% / .00% |
|
| 56 | 2 |
Smith, Kaemen | SR
#48 Navy |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1397.86
.00% / .00% |
|
| 57 | 0 |
Tolentino, Noah | JR
#38 Oregon State |
PAC 12
0 - 0 |
1387.03
.00% / .00% |
|
| 58 | 0 |
Owen, Gage | SO
#62 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% |
|
| 61 | 5 |
Bower, Braden | SR
#35 Bucknell |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1376.06
.00% / .00% |
1 |
| 62 | 6 |
Arch, Collin | SO
#41 Northern Illinois |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1374.06
.00% / .00% |
|
| 63 | 9 |
Jones, Clayton | SO
#57 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
#50 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
#64 Clarion |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1330.03
.00% / .00% |
|
| 68 | 2 |
Heap, Anderson | SO
#76 Davidson |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1326.32
.00% / .00% |
|
| 69 | 0 |
Barry, Jordan | FR
#71 LIU |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1315.91
.00% / .00% |
|
| 70 | 6 |
Holiday, Eli | SR
#78 Presbyterian |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1263.50
.00% / .00% |
|
| 71 | 0 |
Raines, Cael | FR
#70 Bloomsburg |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1263.13
.00% / .00% |
|
| 72 | 4 |
Shelton, Bryce | SR
#46 Air Force |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1259.73
.00% / .00% |
|
| 73 | 0 |
Samuels, Jake | SO
#75 Sacred Heart |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1213.64
.00% / .00% |
|
| 74 | 0 |
Chang, Jonathan | FR
#74 Campbell |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1206.88
.00% / .00% |
|
| 75 | 0 |
Hankin, Brady | JR
#60 Northern Colorado |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1203.76
.00% / .00% |
|
| 76 | 0 |
Joy, Jaxon | FR
#12 Cornell |
Ivy
0 - 0 |
1200.00
.00% / .00% |
|
| 76 | 0 |
Guerra, Tyler | FR
#25 Indiana |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1200.00
.00% / .00% |
|
| 78 | 0 |
Caday, Steve | SO
#77 CSU Bakersfield |
PAC 12
0 - 0 |
1175.82
.00% / .00% |
|
| 999 | 0 |
Knapp, Keegan | JR
#63 Kent State |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1324.33
.00% / .00% |
|
| 999 | 0 |
Adamson, Noah | FR
Mercyhurst |
Transitioning
0 - 0 |
1200.00
.00% / .00% |