165 Starter Rankings | Division I
165 Starter Rankings | Division I
2026 Season | Week 13 | 01/26
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 |
Mesenbrink, Mitchell | JR | #1 Penn State |
Big Ten | 16 - 0 | 1710.60 | 100.00% / 100.00% |
20 |
Lockett, Ladarion | FR | #3 Oklahoma State |
Big 12 | 10 - 0 | 1640.93 | 100.00% / 20.00% |
30 |
Caliendo, Michael | SR | #5 Iowa |
Big Ten | 11 - 2 | 1635.07 | 84.62% / 69.23% |
40 |
Blaze, Joey | JR | #36 Purdue |
Big Ten | 14 - 0 | 1618.25 | 100.00% / 64.29% |
50 |
Bianchi, Matt | SR | #33 Little Rock |
PAC 12 | 14 - 0 | 1588.34 | 100.00% / 13.33% |
60 |
Brignola, Max | SR | #12 Lehigh |
EIWA | 10 - 3 | 1552.82 | 76.92% / 46.15% |
70 |
Scoles, Braeden | SO | #8 Illinois |
Big Ten | 12 - 4 | 1552.32 | 75.00% / 37.50% |
80 |
Downey, Ryder | JR | #21 Northern Iowa |
Big 12 | 14 - 3 | 1550.44 | 82.35% / 41.18% |
90 |
Denny, Will | FR | #11 NC State |
ACC | 13 - 2 | 1546.89 | 86.67% / 40.00% |
100 |
Araujo, LJ | FR | #4 Nebraska |
Big Ten | 11 - 6 | 1530.61 | 64.71% / 17.65% |
111 |
Ruiz, Nicco | SO | #24 Arizona State |
Big 12 | 12 - 4 | 1527.12 | 75.00% / 52.63% |
121 |
Sparks, Andrew | SR | #10 Minnesota |
Big Ten | 13 - 4 | 1526.37 | 76.47% / 27.78% |
132 |
Hepner, Bryce | JR | #23 North Carolina |
ACC | 12 - 2 | 1524.63 | 85.71% / 50.00% |
144 |
Euton, Connor | JR | #6 Iowa State |
Big 12 | 12 - 3 | 1513.86 | 80.00% / 64.71% |
151 |
Barbosa, Andrew | FR | #16 Rutgers |
Big Ten | 12 - 4 | 1513.27 | 75.00% / 31.25% |
160 |
Gallagher, Paddy | SR | #2 Ohio State |
Big Ten | 8 - 5 | 1508.97 | 61.54% / 40.00% |
173 |
Filipowicz, Gunner | JR | #30 Army West Point |
EIWA | 14 - 4 | 1507.81 | 77.78% / 36.84% |
181 |
Lillard, Tyler | JR | #29 Indiana |
Big Ten | 10 - 3 | 1506.80 | 76.92% / 38.46% |
194 |
Whalen, Ty | JR | #38 Princeton |
Ivy | 15 - 4 | 1502.25 | 78.95% / 55.00% |
202 |
Woodcock, Brock | JR | #43 SIU Edwardsville |
MAC | 18 - 6 | 1491.60 | 75.00% / 40.74% |
215 |
Norman, Maximus | FR | #57 Brown |
Ivy | 19 - 9 | 1486.56 | 67.86% / 57.14% |
221 |
Hall, Noah | FR | #46 Bellarmine |
SoCon | 10 - 10 | 1485.73 | 50.00% / 27.27% |
230 |
Mayfield, Maxx | SR | #14 Missouri |
Big 12 | 4 - 5 | 1484.19 | 44.44% / 33.33% |
240 |
Olguin, Matthew | SR | #26 Oregon State |
PAC 12 | 13 - 4 | 1480.30 | 76.47% / 38.89% |
257 |
Alvan, Cesar | SR | #28 Columbia |
Ivy | 20 - 8 | 1478.91 | 71.43% / 17.86% |
265 |
Mulvaney, Noah | JR | #31 Bucknell |
EIWA | 19 - 4 | 1477.44 | 82.61% / 34.78% |
271 |
Elmore, Dylan | SO | #20 Navy |
EIWA | 18 - 8 | 1476.91 | 69.23% / 26.92% |
281 |
Snipes, Thomas | JR | #62 The Citadel |
SoCon | 16 - 4 | 1471.83 | 80.00% / 19.05% |
294 |
Seefeldt, Sean | JR | #32 Pennsylvania |
Ivy | 14 - 5 | 1471.25 | 73.68% / 26.32% |
303 |
Burgos, Ryan | SR | #53 Edinboro |
MAC | 16 - 5 | 1469.07 | 76.19% / 56.52% |
312 |
Kellar, Peyten | SR | #25 Oklahoma |
Big 12 | 7 - 6 | 1468.53 | 53.85% / 26.67% |
322 |
Goebel, Cody | JR | #27 Wisconsin |
Big Ten | 9 - 6 | 1462.51 | 60.00% / 13.33% |
331 |
Espinoza-Owens, Marcus | SO | #19 South Dakota State |
Big 12 | 11 - 8 | 1444.96 | 57.89% / 45.00% |
343 |
Church, Mac | SO | #7 Virginia Tech |
ACC | 14 - 7 | 1439.84 | 66.67% / 45.45% |
3523 |
Herrera-Rondon, Alejandro | SR | #59 Clarion |
MAC | 14 - 6 | 1435.23 | 70.00% / 52.38% |
369 |
Swan, Sloan | SO | #22 Wyoming |
Big 12 | 7 - 9 | 1432.19 | 43.75% / 23.53% |
372 |
Parco, EJ | FR | #18 Stanford |
ACC | 7 - 6 | 1429.03 | 53.85% / 21.43% |
382 |
Duncanson, Ousmane | FR | #34 Lock Haven |
MAC | 12 - 10 | 1426.78 | 54.55% / 28.00% |
392 |
Keslar, Jared | JR | #17 Pittsburgh |
ACC | 12 - 8 | 1422.95 | 60.00% / 9.52% |
402 |
Walsh, Cody | SR | #42 Drexel |
EIWA | 17 - 10 | 1422.84 | 62.96% / 13.33% |
415 |
Abdon, Brendon | JR | #41 Rider |
MAC | 10 - 12 | 1422.18 | 45.45% / 27.27% |
427 |
Taylor, Shawn | FR | #15 West Virginia |
Big 12 | 6 - 9 | 1420.06 | 40.00% / 6.25% |
437 |
Smith, Brett | SO | #48 Northern Illinois |
MAC | 12 - 11 | 1414.91 | 52.17% / 17.86% |
446 |
Earnest, Chris | JR | #56 Kent State |
MAC | 10 - 6 | 1414.14 | 62.50% / 55.56% |
451 |
Cangro, Joseph | JR | #49 Harvard |
Ivy | 10 - 11 | 1411.01 | 47.62% / 28.57% |
460 |
Fowler, Logan | SO | #54 Air Force |
Big 12 | 8 - 6 | 1410.24 | 57.14% / 31.25% |
470 |
Ferrari, Anthony | FR | #70 Campbell |
SoCon | 6 - 4 | 1404.66 | 60.00% / 30.00% |
484 |
Cell, Tucker | FR | #67 Gardner-Webb |
SoCon | 4 - 3 | 1402.77 | 57.14% / 42.86% |
491 |
Conetta, Anthony | JR | #50 Appalachian State |
SoCon | 18 - 8 | 1400.97 | 69.23% / 50.00% |
501 |
Laffey, Kelin | JR | #61 Buffalo |
MAC | 14 - 8 | 1400.61 | 63.64% / 27.27% |
510 |
Gates, Justin | FR | #13 Michigan |
Big Ten | 11 - 6 | 1398.73 | 64.71% / 17.65% |
529 |
Greenley, Boeden | SO | #37 North Dakota State |
Big 12 | 9 - 12 | 1397.58 | 42.86% / 26.09% |
531 |
Cerchio, Louis | FR | #9 Cornell |
Ivy | 8 - 11 | 1395.82 | 42.11% / 21.05% |
541 |
Trujillo, Zyon | FR | #35 Utah Valley |
Big 12 | 5 - 13 | 1394.99 | 27.78% / 15.00% |
551 |
Rodriguez, AJ | SO | #52 Maryland |
Big Ten | 9 - 9 | 1394.60 | 50.00% / 15.79% |
561 |
Dunbar, Aurelius | SR | #73 Duke |
ACC | 5 - 6 | 1391.63 | 45.45% / 18.18% |
571 |
Bostelman, Jacob | SO | #39 Northwestern |
Big Ten | 8 - 9 | 1391.60 | 47.06% / .00% |
581 |
Lledo, Jack | JR | #65 Ohio |
MAC | 10 - 11 | 1389.02 | 47.62% / 23.81% |
590 |
Murphy, Michael | SO | #40 Virginia |
ACC | 7 - 8 | 1375.59 | 46.67% / 20.00% |
601 |
Slotnick, Jake | SO | #68 Hofstra |
EIWA | 14 - 12 | 1369.88 | 53.85% / 15.38% |
611 |
Dickson, Drew | SR | #51 George Mason |
MAC | 2 - 2 | 1366.68 | 50.00% / 25.00% |
621 |
Vigil, Ryan | SR | #76 VMI |
SoCon | 6 - 7 | 1364.64 | 46.15% / 15.38% |
631 |
Amaker, Chandler | SR | #44 Central Michigan |
MAC | 11 - 11 | 1363.89 | 50.00% / 9.09% |
642 |
Falcone, AJ | FR | #75 Sacred Heart |
EIWA | 1 - 9 | 1362.87 | 10.00% / 9.09% |
651 |
Palmucci, Josh | JR | #60 Franklin & Marshall |
EIWA | 9 - 8 | 1361.92 | 52.94% / 31.58% |
661 |
Shannon, DJ | SR | #58 Michigan State |
Big Ten | 5 - 8 | 1355.72 | 38.46% / 15.38% |
670 |
Woodward, Braidon | FR | #69 Bloomsburg |
MAC | 7 - 10 | 1347.69 | 41.18% / 30.00% |
680 |
Reiniche, Mason | SR | #64 Chattanooga |
SoCon | 5 - 7 | 1346.56 | 41.67% / 28.57% |
690 |
Craft, Austin | FR | #47 American |
EIWA | 2 - 15 | 1334.63 | 11.76% / 5.88% |
700 |
Albanese, Marco | SO | #55 Binghamton |
EIWA | 11 - 13 | 1333.58 | 45.83% / 16.00% |
710 |
Schultz, Kilian | SO | #63 Northern Colorado |
Big 12 | 5 - 9 | 1328.98 | 35.71% / 14.29% |
720 |
Simon, Yanik | FR | #78 Presbyterian |
SoCon | 3 - 5 | 1328.42 | 37.50% / 25.00% |
731 |
Manzo, Evan | FR | #74 CSU Bakersfield |
PAC 12 | 3 - 8 | 1309.37 | 27.27% / 15.38% |
741 |
Barry, Jordan | FR | #72 LIU |
EIWA | 6 - 11 | 1301.97 | 35.29% / 17.65% |
751 |
Gayer, Luke | JR | #45 Cal Poly |
PAC 12 | 3 - 11 | 1291.31 | 21.43% / 13.33% |
761 |
Greenwood, Joshua | JR | #77 Morgan State |
EIWA | 0 - 8 | 1283.52 | .00% / .00% |
770 |
Rutherford, Christian | JR | #71 Davidson |
SoCon | 0 - 4 | 1185.56 | .00% / .00% |
780 |
Cowan, Timothy | JR | #66 California Baptist |
Big 12 | 0 - 7 | 1181.65 | .00% / 11.11% |
9990 |
Mincin, Keith | FR | Mercyhurst |
Transitioning | 1 - 9 | 1213.21 | 10.00% / 15.00% |
9990 |
Reagle, Jaden | FR | Mercyhurst |
Transitioning | 0 - 1 | 1199.48 | .00% / 18.18% |
| # | Trend | Wrestler School |
Conf Record |
WS ELO Win / Bns |
Clips |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mesenbrink, Mitchell | JR
#1 Penn State |
Big Ten
16 - 0 |
1710.60
100.00% / 100.00% |
6 | |
| 2 |
Lockett, Ladarion | FR
#3 Oklahoma State |
Big 12
10 - 0 |
1640.93
100.00% / 20.00% |
||
| 3 |
Caliendo, Michael | SR
#5 Iowa |
Big Ten
11 - 2 |
1635.07
84.62% / 69.23% |
5 | |
| 4 |
Blaze, Joey | JR
#36 Purdue |
Big Ten
14 - 0 |
1618.25
100.00% / 64.29% |
2 | |
| 5 |
Bianchi, Matt | SR
#33 Little Rock |
PAC 12
14 - 0 |
1588.34
100.00% / 13.33% |
||
| 6 |
Brignola, Max | SR
#12 Lehigh |
EIWA
10 - 3 |
1552.82
76.92% / 46.15% |
||
| 7 |
Scoles, Braeden | SO
#8 Illinois |
Big Ten
12 - 4 |
1552.32
75.00% / 37.50% |
||
| 8 |
Downey, Ryder | JR
#21 Northern Iowa |
Big 12
14 - 3 |
1550.44
82.35% / 41.18% |
||
| 9 |
Denny, Will | FR
#11 NC State |
ACC
13 - 2 |
1546.89
86.67% / 40.00% |
||
| 10 |
Araujo, LJ | FR
#4 Nebraska |
Big Ten
11 - 6 |
1530.61
64.71% / 17.65% |
||
| 11 | 1 |
Ruiz, Nicco | SO
#24 Arizona State |
Big 12
12 - 4 |
1527.12
75.00% / 52.63% |
|
| 12 | 1 |
Sparks, Andrew | SR
#10 Minnesota |
Big Ten
13 - 4 |
1526.37
76.47% / 27.78% |
3 |
| 13 | 2 |
Hepner, Bryce | JR
#23 North Carolina |
ACC
12 - 2 |
1524.63
85.71% / 50.00% |
|
| 14 | 4 |
Euton, Connor | JR
#6 Iowa State |
Big 12
12 - 3 |
1513.86
80.00% / 64.71% |
|
| 15 | 1 |
Barbosa, Andrew | FR
#16 Rutgers |
Big Ten
12 - 4 |
1513.27
75.00% / 31.25% |
|
| 16 |
Gallagher, Paddy | SR
#2 Ohio State |
Big Ten
8 - 5 |
1508.97
61.54% / 40.00% |
||
| 17 | 3 |
Filipowicz, Gunner | JR
#30 Army West Point |
EIWA
14 - 4 |
1507.81
77.78% / 36.84% |
|
| 18 | 1 |
Lillard, Tyler | JR
#29 Indiana |
Big Ten
10 - 3 |
1506.80
76.92% / 38.46% |
|
| 19 | 4 |
Whalen, Ty | JR
#38 Princeton |
Ivy
15 - 4 |
1502.25
78.95% / 55.00% |
|
| 20 | 2 |
Woodcock, Brock | JR
#43 SIU Edwardsville |
MAC
18 - 6 |
1491.60
75.00% / 40.74% |
|
| 21 | 5 |
Norman, Maximus | FR
#57 Brown |
Ivy
19 - 9 |
1486.56
67.86% / 57.14% |
|
| 22 | 1 |
Hall, Noah | FR
#46 Bellarmine |
SoCon
10 - 10 |
1485.73
50.00% / 27.27% |
|
| 23 |
Mayfield, Maxx | SR
#14 Missouri |
Big 12
4 - 5 |
1484.19
44.44% / 33.33% |
||
| 24 |
Olguin, Matthew | SR
#26 Oregon State |
PAC 12
13 - 4 |
1480.30
76.47% / 38.89% |
||
| 25 | 7 |
Alvan, Cesar | SR
#28 Columbia |
Ivy
20 - 8 |
1478.91
71.43% / 17.86% |
|
| 26 | 5 |
Mulvaney, Noah | JR
#31 Bucknell |
EIWA
19 - 4 |
1477.44
82.61% / 34.78% |
|
| 27 | 1 |
Elmore, Dylan | SO
#20 Navy |
EIWA
18 - 8 |
1476.91
69.23% / 26.92% |
|
| 28 | 1 |
Snipes, Thomas | JR
#62 The Citadel |
SoCon
16 - 4 |
1471.83
80.00% / 19.05% |
18 |
| 29 | 4 |
Seefeldt, Sean | JR
#32 Pennsylvania |
Ivy
14 - 5 |
1471.25
73.68% / 26.32% |
|
| 30 | 3 |
Burgos, Ryan | SR
#53 Edinboro |
MAC
16 - 5 |
1469.07
76.19% / 56.52% |
|
| 31 | 2 |
Kellar, Peyten | SR
#25 Oklahoma |
Big 12
7 - 6 |
1468.53
53.85% / 26.67% |
1 |
| 32 | 2 |
Goebel, Cody | JR
#27 Wisconsin |
Big Ten
9 - 6 |
1462.51
60.00% / 13.33% |
|
| 33 | 1 |
Espinoza-Owens, Marcus | SO
#19 South Dakota State |
Big 12
11 - 8 |
1444.96
57.89% / 45.00% |
|
| 34 | 3 |
Church, Mac | SO
#7 Virginia Tech |
ACC
14 - 7 |
1439.84
66.67% / 45.45% |
|
| 35 | 23 |
Herrera-Rondon, Alejandro | SR
#59 Clarion |
MAC
14 - 6 |
1435.23
70.00% / 52.38% |
|
| 36 | 9 |
Swan, Sloan | SO
#22 Wyoming |
Big 12
7 - 9 |
1432.19
43.75% / 23.53% |
|
| 37 | 2 |
Parco, EJ | FR
#18 Stanford |
ACC
7 - 6 |
1429.03
53.85% / 21.43% |
|
| 38 | 2 |
Duncanson, Ousmane | FR
#34 Lock Haven |
MAC
12 - 10 |
1426.78
54.55% / 28.00% |
|
| 39 | 2 |
Keslar, Jared | JR
#17 Pittsburgh |
ACC
12 - 8 |
1422.95
60.00% / 9.52% |
|
| 40 | 2 |
Walsh, Cody | SR
#42 Drexel |
EIWA
17 - 10 |
1422.84
62.96% / 13.33% |
|
| 41 | 5 |
Abdon, Brendon | JR
#41 Rider |
MAC
10 - 12 |
1422.18
45.45% / 27.27% |
|
| 42 | 7 |
Taylor, Shawn | FR
#15 West Virginia |
Big 12
6 - 9 |
1420.06
40.00% / 6.25% |
|
| 43 | 7 |
Smith, Brett | SO
#48 Northern Illinois |
MAC
12 - 11 |
1414.91
52.17% / 17.86% |
|
| 44 | 6 |
Earnest, Chris | JR
#56 Kent State |
MAC
10 - 6 |
1414.14
62.50% / 55.56% |
|
| 45 | 1 |
Cangro, Joseph | JR
#49 Harvard |
Ivy
10 - 11 |
1411.01
47.62% / 28.57% |
|
| 46 |
Fowler, Logan | SO
#54 Air Force |
Big 12
8 - 6 |
1410.24
57.14% / 31.25% |
||
| 47 |
Ferrari, Anthony | FR
#70 Campbell |
SoCon
6 - 4 |
1404.66
60.00% / 30.00% |
1 | |
| 48 | 4 |
Cell, Tucker | FR
#67 Gardner-Webb |
SoCon
4 - 3 |
1402.77
57.14% / 42.86% |
|
| 49 | 1 |
Conetta, Anthony | JR
#50 Appalachian State |
SoCon
18 - 8 |
1400.97
69.23% / 50.00% |
|
| 50 | 1 |
Laffey, Kelin | JR
#61 Buffalo |
MAC
14 - 8 |
1400.61
63.64% / 27.27% |
|
| 51 |
Gates, Justin | FR
#13 Michigan |
Big Ten
11 - 6 |
1398.73
64.71% / 17.65% |
||
| 52 | 9 |
Greenley, Boeden | SO
#37 North Dakota State |
Big 12
9 - 12 |
1397.58
42.86% / 26.09% |
1 |
| 53 | 1 |
Cerchio, Louis | FR
#9 Cornell |
Ivy
8 - 11 |
1395.82
42.11% / 21.05% |
|
| 54 | 1 |
Trujillo, Zyon | FR
#35 Utah Valley |
Big 12
5 - 13 |
1394.99
27.78% / 15.00% |
|
| 55 | 1 |
Rodriguez, AJ | SO
#52 Maryland |
Big Ten
9 - 9 |
1394.60
50.00% / 15.79% |
|
| 56 | 1 |
Dunbar, Aurelius | SR
#73 Duke |
ACC
5 - 6 |
1391.63
45.45% / 18.18% |
|
| 57 | 1 |
Bostelman, Jacob | SO
#39 Northwestern |
Big Ten
8 - 9 |
1391.60
47.06% / .00% |
|
| 58 | 1 |
Lledo, Jack | JR
#65 Ohio |
MAC
10 - 11 |
1389.02
47.62% / 23.81% |
|
| 59 |
Murphy, Michael | SO
#40 Virginia |
ACC
7 - 8 |
1375.59
46.67% / 20.00% |
||
| 60 | 1 |
Slotnick, Jake | SO
#68 Hofstra |
EIWA
14 - 12 |
1369.88
53.85% / 15.38% |
|
| 61 | 1 |
Dickson, Drew | SR
#51 George Mason |
MAC
2 - 2 |
1366.68
50.00% / 25.00% |
|
| 62 | 1 |
Vigil, Ryan | SR
#76 VMI |
SoCon
6 - 7 |
1364.64
46.15% / 15.38% |
|
| 63 | 1 |
Amaker, Chandler | SR
#44 Central Michigan |
MAC
11 - 11 |
1363.89
50.00% / 9.09% |
|
| 64 | 2 |
Falcone, AJ | FR
#75 Sacred Heart |
EIWA
1 - 9 |
1362.87
10.00% / 9.09% |
|
| 65 | 1 |
Palmucci, Josh | JR
#60 Franklin & Marshall |
EIWA
9 - 8 |
1361.92
52.94% / 31.58% |
|
| 66 | 1 |
Shannon, DJ | SR
#58 Michigan State |
Big Ten
5 - 8 |
1355.72
38.46% / 15.38% |
2 |
| 67 |
Woodward, Braidon | FR
#69 Bloomsburg |
MAC
7 - 10 |
1347.69
41.18% / 30.00% |
||
| 68 |
Reiniche, Mason | SR
#64 Chattanooga |
SoCon
5 - 7 |
1346.56
41.67% / 28.57% |
||
| 69 |
Craft, Austin | FR
#47 American |
EIWA
2 - 15 |
1334.63
11.76% / 5.88% |
||
| 70 |
Albanese, Marco | SO
#55 Binghamton |
EIWA
11 - 13 |
1333.58
45.83% / 16.00% |
||
| 71 |
Schultz, Kilian | SO
#63 Northern Colorado |
Big 12
5 - 9 |
1328.98
35.71% / 14.29% |
||
| 72 |
Simon, Yanik | FR
#78 Presbyterian |
SoCon
3 - 5 |
1328.42
37.50% / 25.00% |
||
| 73 | 1 |
Manzo, Evan | FR
#74 CSU Bakersfield |
PAC 12
3 - 8 |
1309.37
27.27% / 15.38% |
|
| 74 | 1 |
Barry, Jordan | FR
#72 LIU |
EIWA
6 - 11 |
1301.97
35.29% / 17.65% |
|
| 75 | 1 |
Gayer, Luke | JR
#45 Cal Poly |
PAC 12
3 - 11 |
1291.31
21.43% / 13.33% |
|
| 76 | 1 |
Greenwood, Joshua | JR
#77 Morgan State |
EIWA
0 - 8 |
1283.52
.00% / .00% |
|
| 77 |
Rutherford, Christian | JR
#71 Davidson |
SoCon
0 - 4 |
1185.56
.00% / .00% |
||
| 78 |
Cowan, Timothy | JR
#66 California Baptist |
Big 12
0 - 7 |
1181.65
.00% / 11.11% |
||
| 999 |
Mincin, Keith | FR
Mercyhurst |
Transitioning
1 - 9 |
1213.21
10.00% / 15.00% |
||
| 999 |
Reagle, Jaden | FR
Mercyhurst |
Transitioning
0 - 1 |
1199.48
.00% / 18.18% |