165 Starter Rankings | Division I
165 Starter Rankings | Division I
2026 Season | Pre-Ssn | 09/15
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 | 0 | Mesenbrink, Mitchell | JR | #1 Penn State | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1694.72 | .00% / .00% | 6 |
| 2 | 0 | Caliendo, Michael | SR | #3 Iowa | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1638.11 | .00% / .00% | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | Blaze, Joey | JR | #27 Purdue | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1602.42 | .00% / .00% | 2 |
| 4 | 3 | Minto, Christopher | SO | #2 Nebraska | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1567.56 | .00% / .00% | |
| 5 | 3 | Garvin, Hunter | JR | #11 Stanford | ACC | 0 - 0 | 1565.43 | .00% / .00% | |
| 6 | 0 | Kellar, Peyten | SR | #12 Oklahoma | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1557.79 | .00% / .00% | 1 |
| 7 | 2 | Bianchi, Matt | SR | #33 Little Rock | PAC 12 | 0 - 0 | 1557.48 | .00% / .00% | |
| 8 | 0 | Downey, Ryder | JR | #13 Northern Iowa | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1550.05 | .00% / .00% | |
| 9 | 0 | Brignola, Max | SR | #8 Lehigh | EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1545.51 | .00% / .00% | |
| 10 | 1 | Scoles, Braeden | SO | #19 Illinois | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1520.49 | .00% / .00% | |
| 11 | 2 | Sparks, Andrew | SR | #14 Minnesota | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1501.48 | .00% / .00% | 3 |
| 12 | 2 | Ruiz, Nicco | SO | #44 Arizona State | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1497.85 | .00% / .00% | |
| 13 | 2 | Hamilton, Nick | JR | #37 Virginia | ACC | 0 - 0 | 1496.43 | .00% / .00% | 1 |
| 14 | 2 | Mayfield, Maxx | SR | #15 Missouri | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1494.87 | .00% / .00% | |
| 15 | 3 | Gallagher, Paddy | SR | #4 Ohio State | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1494.11 | .00% / .00% | |
| 16 | 0 | Barbosa, Andrew | FR | #10 Rutgers | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1488.10 | .00% / .00% | |
| 17 | 2 | Rhodes, Drake | JR | #16 South Dakota State | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1487.36 | .00% / .00% | |
| 18 | 3 | Riggins, Aiden | JR | #6 Iowa State | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1484.58 | .00% / .00% | |
| 19 | 3 | Lillard, Tyler | JR | #24 Indiana | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1484.06 | .00% / .00% | |
| 20 | 3 | Maag, Evan | JR | #36 George Mason | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1479.87 | .00% / .00% | |
| 21 | 0 | Hepner, Bryce | JR | #20 North Carolina | ACC | 0 - 0 | 1478.69 | .00% / .00% | |
| 22 | 2 | Filipowicz, Gunner | JR | #23 Army West Point | EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1472.05 | .00% / .00% | |
| 23 | 2 | Snipes, Thomas | JR | #54 The Citadel | SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1467.22 | .00% / .00% | 17 |
| 24 | 2 | Alvan, Cesar | SR | #25 Columbia | Ivy | 0 - 0 | 1461.07 | .00% / .00% | |
| 25 | 2 | Church, Mac | SO | #7 Virginia Tech | ACC | 0 - 0 | 1460.22 | .00% / .00% | |
| 26 | 2 | Goebel, Cody | JR | #29 Wisconsin | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1460.06 | .00% / .00% | |
| 27 | 2 | Elmore, Dylan | SO | #46 Navy | EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1458.80 | .00% / .00% | |
| 28 | 0 | Myers, Gunnar | FR | #50 Northwestern | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1433.59 | .00% / .00% | |
| 29 | 7 | Mulvaney, Noah | JR | #34 Bucknell | EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1431.85 | .00% / .00% | |
| 30 | 0 | Taylor, Shawn | FR | #22 West Virginia | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1426.38 | .00% / .00% | |
| 31 | 0 | Cell, Tucker | FR | #67 Gardner-Webb | SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1420.07 | .00% / .00% | |
| 32 | 7 | Keslar, Jared | JR | #21 Pittsburgh | ACC | 0 - 0 | 1417.89 | .00% / .00% | |
| 33 | 7 | Wallace, Aiden | JR | #69 Duke | ACC | 0 - 0 | 1416.80 | .00% / .00% | |
| 34 | 0 | Swan, Sloan | SO | #26 Wyoming | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1414.81 | .00% / .00% | |
| 35 | 7 | Escobedo, Guillermo | SR | #77 CSU Bakersfield | PAC 12 | 0 - 0 | 1412.72 | .00% / .00% | |
| 36 | 0 | Seefeldt, Sean | JR | #30 Pennsylvania | Ivy | 0 - 0 | 1411.66 | .00% / .00% | |
| 37 | 6 | Amaker, Chandler | SR | #43 Central Michigan | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1411.54 | .00% / .00% | |
| 38 | 7 | Greenley, Boeden | SO | #31 North Dakota State | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1401.26 | .00% / .00% | 1 |
| 39 | 14 | Miller, Carson | JR | #65 Kent State | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1400.98 | .00% / .00% | |
| 40 | 9 | Fowler, Logan | SO | #52 Air Force | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1395.71 | .00% / .00% | |
| 41 | 16 | Schumm, Gabriel | SR | #51 Cal Baptist | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1393.93 | .00% / .00% | |
| 41 | 0 | Rodriguez, AJ | SO | #41 Maryland | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1393.93 | .00% / .00% | |
| 43 | 0 | Conetta, Anthony | JR | #45 Appalachian State | SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1391.97 | .00% / .00% | |
| 44 | 0 | Garcia, Holden | SO | #28 Princeton | Ivy | 0 - 0 | 1391.79 | .00% / .00% | |
| 45 | 0 | Herrera-Rondon, Alejandro | SR | #64 Clarion | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1390.63 | .00% / .00% | |
| 46 | 0 | Laffey, Kelin | JR | #62 Buffalo | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1385.37 | .00% / .00% | |
| 47 | 7 | Walsh, Cody | SR | #35 Drexel | EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1384.64 | .00% / .00% | |
| 48 | 0 | Shannon, DJ | SR | #58 Michigan State | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1383.47 | .00% / .00% | 2 |
| 49 | 0 | Cangro, Joseph | JR | #56 Harvard | Ivy | 0 - 0 | 1382.44 | .00% / .00% | |
| 50 | 0 | Vigil, Ryan | SR | #73 VMI | SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1381.48 | .00% / .00% | |
| 51 | 0 | Abdon, Brendon | JR | #47 Rider | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1375.97 | .00% / .00% | |
| 52 | 4 | Dobbins, Caden | JR | #39 Lock Haven | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1368.77 | .00% / .00% | 1 |
| 53 | 0 | Reiniche, Mason | SR | #48 Chattanooga | SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1358.82 | .00% / .00% | |
| 54 | 0 | Slotnick, Jake | SO | #68 Hofstra | EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1356.70 | .00% / .00% | |
| 55 | 6 | Kirby, Max | SR | #57 Edinboro | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1354.88 | .00% / .00% | |
| 56 | 0 | D'Agostino, Domenic | JR | #71 LIU | EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1353.26 | .00% / .00% | |
| 57 | 0 | Woodcock, Brock | JR | #53 SIU Edwardsville | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1353.08 | .00% / .00% | |
| 58 | 6 | Lledo, Jack | JR | #59 Ohio | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1347.72 | .00% / .00% | |
| 59 | 0 | Conrad, Jonathan | SR | #55 Brown | Ivy | 0 - 0 | 1347.08 | .00% / .00% | |
| 60 | 5 | Griffin, Bryce | SO | #75 Davidson | SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1339.12 | .00% / .00% | 1 |
| 61 | 0 | Gayer, Luke | JR | #32 Cal Poly | PAC 12 | 0 - 0 | 1335.70 | .00% / .00% | |
| 62 | 5 | Smith, Brett | SO | #42 Northern Illinois | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1335.38 | .00% / .00% | |
| 63 | 6 | Palmucci, Josh | JR | #63 Franklin & Marshall | EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1328.36 | .00% / .00% | |
| 64 | 0 | Knudten, Josh | JR | #9 Michigan | Big Ten | 0 - 0 | 1321.11 | .00% / .00% | |
| 65 | 7 | Lockhart, Cooper | SO | #72 Morgan State | EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1319.19 | .00% / .00% | 1 |
| 66 | 0 | Montoya, Sergio | SO | #38 Oregon State | PAC 12 | 0 - 0 | 1317.23 | .00% / .00% | |
| 67 | 0 | Schultz, Kilian | SO | #61 Northern Colorado | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1307.83 | .00% / .00% | |
| 68 | 0 | Craft, Austin | FR | #66 American | EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1306.08 | .00% / .00% | |
| 69 | 0 | Emmer, Alex | SR | #40 Utah Valley | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1304.47 | .00% / .00% | |
| 70 | 0 | Bailey, Deakon | FR | #49 Binghamton | EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1303.49 | .00% / .00% | |
| 71 | 0 | Woodward, Braidon | FR | #70 Bloomsburg | MAC | 0 - 0 | 1296.03 | .00% / .00% | |
| 72 | 0 | Hodge, Kendrick | FR | #76 Campbell | SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1270.92 | .00% / .00% | |
| 73 | 0 | Faison, Aaron | JR | #17 NC State | ACC | 0 - 0 | 1236.45 | .00% / .00% | |
| 74 | 0 | Cerchio, Louis | FR | #18 Cornell | Ivy | 0 - 0 | 1200.00 | .00% / .00% | |
| 74 | 0 | Cumbee, Connor | FR | #60 Bellarmine | SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1200.00 | .00% / .00% | |
| 74 | 0 | Lockett, Ladarion | FR | #5 Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 0 - 0 | 1200.00 | .00% / .00% | |
| 74 | 0 | Falcone, AJ | FR | #74 Sacred Heart | EIWA | 0 - 0 | 1200.00 | .00% / .00% | |
| 78 | 0 | Roe, Joshua | SO | #78 Presbyterian | SoCon | 0 - 0 | 1188.21 | .00% / .00% | 1 |
| 999 | 0 | Mincin, Keith | FR | Mercyhurst | Transitioning | 0 - 0 | 1195.08 | .00% / .00% |
| # | Trend | Wrestler School |
Conf Record |
WS ELO Win / Bns |
Clips |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
Mesenbrink, Mitchell | JR
#1 Penn State |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1694.72
.00% / .00% |
6 |
| 2 | 0 |
Caliendo, Michael | SR
#3 Iowa |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1638.11
.00% / .00% |
5 |
| 3 | 1 |
Blaze, Joey | JR
#27 Purdue |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1602.42
.00% / .00% |
2 |
| 4 | 3 |
Minto, Christopher | SO
#2 Nebraska |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1567.56
.00% / .00% |
|
| 5 | 3 |
Garvin, Hunter | JR
#11 Stanford |
ACC
0 - 0 |
1565.43
.00% / .00% |
|
| 6 | 0 |
Kellar, Peyten | SR
#12 Oklahoma |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1557.79
.00% / .00% |
1 |
| 7 | 2 |
Bianchi, Matt | SR
#33 Little Rock |
PAC 12
0 - 0 |
1557.48
.00% / .00% |
|
| 8 | 0 |
Downey, Ryder | JR
#13 Northern Iowa |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1550.05
.00% / .00% |
|
| 9 | 0 |
Brignola, Max | SR
#8 Lehigh |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1545.51
.00% / .00% |
|
| 10 | 1 |
Scoles, Braeden | SO
#19 Illinois |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1520.49
.00% / .00% |
|
| 11 | 2 |
Sparks, Andrew | SR
#14 Minnesota |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1501.48
.00% / .00% |
3 |
| 12 | 2 |
Ruiz, Nicco | SO
#44 Arizona State |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1497.85
.00% / .00% |
|
| 13 | 2 |
Hamilton, Nick | JR
#37 Virginia |
ACC
0 - 0 |
1496.43
.00% / .00% |
1 |
| 14 | 2 |
Mayfield, Maxx | SR
#15 Missouri |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1494.87
.00% / .00% |
|
| 15 | 3 |
Gallagher, Paddy | SR
#4 Ohio State |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1494.11
.00% / .00% |
|
| 16 | 0 |
Barbosa, Andrew | FR
#10 Rutgers |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1488.10
.00% / .00% |
|
| 17 | 2 |
Rhodes, Drake | JR
#16 South Dakota State |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1487.36
.00% / .00% |
|
| 18 | 3 |
Riggins, Aiden | JR
#6 Iowa State |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1484.58
.00% / .00% |
|
| 19 | 3 |
Lillard, Tyler | JR
#24 Indiana |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1484.06
.00% / .00% |
|
| 20 | 3 |
Maag, Evan | JR
#36 George Mason |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1479.87
.00% / .00% |
|
| 21 | 0 |
Hepner, Bryce | JR
#20 North Carolina |
ACC
0 - 0 |
1478.69
.00% / .00% |
|
| 22 | 2 |
Filipowicz, Gunner | JR
#23 Army West Point |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1472.05
.00% / .00% |
|
| 23 | 2 |
Snipes, Thomas | JR
#54 The Citadel |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1467.22
.00% / .00% |
17 |
| 24 | 2 |
Alvan, Cesar | SR
#25 Columbia |
Ivy
0 - 0 |
1461.07
.00% / .00% |
|
| 25 | 2 |
Church, Mac | SO
#7 Virginia Tech |
ACC
0 - 0 |
1460.22
.00% / .00% |
|
| 26 | 2 |
Goebel, Cody | JR
#29 Wisconsin |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1460.06
.00% / .00% |
|
| 27 | 2 |
Elmore, Dylan | SO
#46 Navy |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1458.80
.00% / .00% |
|
| 28 | 0 |
Myers, Gunnar | FR
#50 Northwestern |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1433.59
.00% / .00% |
|
| 29 | 7 |
Mulvaney, Noah | JR
#34 Bucknell |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1431.85
.00% / .00% |
|
| 30 | 0 |
Taylor, Shawn | FR
#22 West Virginia |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1426.38
.00% / .00% |
|
| 31 | 0 |
Cell, Tucker | FR
#67 Gardner-Webb |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1420.07
.00% / .00% |
|
| 32 | 7 |
Keslar, Jared | JR
#21 Pittsburgh |
ACC
0 - 0 |
1417.89
.00% / .00% |
|
| 33 | 7 |
Wallace, Aiden | JR
#69 Duke |
ACC
0 - 0 |
1416.80
.00% / .00% |
|
| 34 | 0 |
Swan, Sloan | SO
#26 Wyoming |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1414.81
.00% / .00% |
|
| 35 | 7 |
Escobedo, Guillermo | SR
#77 CSU Bakersfield |
PAC 12
0 - 0 |
1412.72
.00% / .00% |
|
| 36 | 0 |
Seefeldt, Sean | JR
#30 Pennsylvania |
Ivy
0 - 0 |
1411.66
.00% / .00% |
|
| 37 | 6 |
Amaker, Chandler | SR
#43 Central Michigan |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1411.54
.00% / .00% |
|
| 38 | 7 |
Greenley, Boeden | SO
#31 North Dakota State |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1401.26
.00% / .00% |
1 |
| 39 | 14 |
Miller, Carson | JR
#65 Kent State |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1400.98
.00% / .00% |
|
| 40 | 9 |
Fowler, Logan | SO
#52 Air Force |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1395.71
.00% / .00% |
|
| 41 | 16 |
Schumm, Gabriel | SR
#51 Cal Baptist |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1393.93
.00% / .00% |
|
| 41 | 0 |
Rodriguez, AJ | SO
#41 Maryland |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1393.93
.00% / .00% |
|
| 43 | 0 |
Conetta, Anthony | JR
#45 Appalachian State |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1391.97
.00% / .00% |
|
| 44 | 0 |
Garcia, Holden | SO
#28 Princeton |
Ivy
0 - 0 |
1391.79
.00% / .00% |
|
| 45 | 0 |
Herrera-Rondon, Alejandro | SR
#64 Clarion |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1390.63
.00% / .00% |
|
| 46 | 0 |
Laffey, Kelin | JR
#62 Buffalo |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1385.37
.00% / .00% |
|
| 47 | 7 |
Walsh, Cody | SR
#35 Drexel |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1384.64
.00% / .00% |
|
| 48 | 0 |
Shannon, DJ | SR
#58 Michigan State |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1383.47
.00% / .00% |
2 |
| 49 | 0 |
Cangro, Joseph | JR
#56 Harvard |
Ivy
0 - 0 |
1382.44
.00% / .00% |
|
| 50 | 0 |
Vigil, Ryan | SR
#73 VMI |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1381.48
.00% / .00% |
|
| 51 | 0 |
Abdon, Brendon | JR
#47 Rider |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1375.97
.00% / .00% |
|
| 52 | 4 |
Dobbins, Caden | JR
#39 Lock Haven |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1368.77
.00% / .00% |
1 |
| 53 | 0 |
Reiniche, Mason | SR
#48 Chattanooga |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1358.82
.00% / .00% |
|
| 54 | 0 |
Slotnick, Jake | SO
#68 Hofstra |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1356.70
.00% / .00% |
|
| 55 | 6 |
Kirby, Max | SR
#57 Edinboro |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1354.88
.00% / .00% |
|
| 56 | 0 |
D'Agostino, Domenic | JR
#71 LIU |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1353.26
.00% / .00% |
|
| 57 | 0 |
Woodcock, Brock | JR
#53 SIU Edwardsville |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1353.08
.00% / .00% |
|
| 58 | 6 |
Lledo, Jack | JR
#59 Ohio |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1347.72
.00% / .00% |
|
| 59 | 0 |
Conrad, Jonathan | SR
#55 Brown |
Ivy
0 - 0 |
1347.08
.00% / .00% |
|
| 60 | 5 |
Griffin, Bryce | SO
#75 Davidson |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1339.12
.00% / .00% |
1 |
| 61 | 0 |
Gayer, Luke | JR
#32 Cal Poly |
PAC 12
0 - 0 |
1335.70
.00% / .00% |
|
| 62 | 5 |
Smith, Brett | SO
#42 Northern Illinois |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1335.38
.00% / .00% |
|
| 63 | 6 |
Palmucci, Josh | JR
#63 Franklin & Marshall |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1328.36
.00% / .00% |
|
| 64 | 0 |
Knudten, Josh | JR
#9 Michigan |
Big Ten
0 - 0 |
1321.11
.00% / .00% |
|
| 65 | 7 |
Lockhart, Cooper | SO
#72 Morgan State |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1319.19
.00% / .00% |
1 |
| 66 | 0 |
Montoya, Sergio | SO
#38 Oregon State |
PAC 12
0 - 0 |
1317.23
.00% / .00% |
|
| 67 | 0 |
Schultz, Kilian | SO
#61 Northern Colorado |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1307.83
.00% / .00% |
|
| 68 | 0 |
Craft, Austin | FR
#66 American |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1306.08
.00% / .00% |
|
| 69 | 0 |
Emmer, Alex | SR
#40 Utah Valley |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1304.47
.00% / .00% |
|
| 70 | 0 |
Bailey, Deakon | FR
#49 Binghamton |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1303.49
.00% / .00% |
|
| 71 | 0 |
Woodward, Braidon | FR
#70 Bloomsburg |
MAC
0 - 0 |
1296.03
.00% / .00% |
|
| 72 | 0 |
Hodge, Kendrick | FR
#76 Campbell |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1270.92
.00% / .00% |
|
| 73 | 0 |
Faison, Aaron | JR
#17 NC State |
ACC
0 - 0 |
1236.45
.00% / .00% |
|
| 74 | 0 |
Cerchio, Louis | FR
#18 Cornell |
Ivy
0 - 0 |
1200.00
.00% / .00% |
|
| 74 | 0 |
Cumbee, Connor | FR
#60 Bellarmine |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1200.00
.00% / .00% |
|
| 74 | 0 |
Lockett, Ladarion | FR
#5 Oklahoma State |
Big 12
0 - 0 |
1200.00
.00% / .00% |
|
| 74 | 0 |
Falcone, AJ | FR
#74 Sacred Heart |
EIWA
0 - 0 |
1200.00
.00% / .00% |
|
| 78 | 0 |
Roe, Joshua | SO
#78 Presbyterian |
SoCon
0 - 0 |
1188.21
.00% / .00% |
1 |
| 999 | 0 |
Mincin, Keith | FR
Mercyhurst |
Transitioning
0 - 0 |
1195.08
.00% / .00% |