2026 Big 12 Wrestling Championships Brackets and Seeds Released

IRVING, Texas – The Big 12 Conference has released its seedings and brackets for the 2026 Big 12 Wrestling Championships, setting the stage for the two-day event at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The Big 12 Wrestling Championships are set to begin on Friday, March 6, at 10 a.m. CT. The two-day event concludes on Saturday, March 7, with the final session beginning at 7 p.m. CT.

Oklahoma State comes in as the reigning Big 12 champion and has six of the 10 No. 1 seeds at this year’s tournament.

The top eight seeds for each weight class are listed below. Full brackets can be viewed here.

1. Troy Spratley – Oklahoma State
2. Stevo Poulin – Iowa State
3. Jett Strickenberger – West Virginia
4. Brady Roark – South Dakota State
5. Conrad Hendrickson – Oklahoma
6. Ezekiel Witt – North Dakota State
7. Trever Anderson – Northern Iowa
8. Tucker Owens – Air Force

1. Jax Forrest – Oklahoma State
2. Evan Frost – Iowa State
3. Kyler Larkin – Arizona State
4. Dominick Serrano – Northern Colorado
5. Gunner Andrick – West Virginia
6. Julian Farber – Northern Iowa
7. Gage Walker – Missouri
8. Luke Willochell – Wyoming

1. Sergio Vega – Oklahoma State
2. Anthony Echemendia – Iowa State
3. Haiden Drury – Utah Valley
4. Julian Tagg – South Dakota State
5. Pierson Manville – Arizona State
6. Tyler Wells – Oklahoma
7. Carter Nogle – Air Force
8. Jesse Vasquez – Cal Baptist

1. Casey Swiderski – Oklahoma State
2. Jacob Frost – Iowa State
3. David Evans – Utah Valley
4. Maxwell Petersen – North Dakota State
5. Josh Edmond – Missouri
6. Caleb Rathjen – Northern Iowa
7. Paul Kelly – Cal Baptist
8. Gabe Willochel – Wyoming

1. Kaleb Larkin – Arizona State
2. Landon Robideau – Oklahoma State
3. Vinny Zerban – Iowa State
4. Ty Watters – West Virginia
5. Gavin Drexler – North Dakota State
6. Cael Swensen – South Dakota State
7. Teague Travis – Missouri
8. Jared Hill – Wyoming

1. LaDarion Lockett – Oklahoma State
2. Ryder Downey – Northern Iowa
3. Nicco Ruiz – Arizona State
4. Maxx Mayfield – Missouri
5. Connor Euton – Iowa State
6. Gabriel Schumm – Cal Baptist
7. Sloan Swan – Wyoming
8. Marcus Espinoza-Owens – South Dakota State

1. Alex Facundo – Oklahoma State
2. Carter Schubert – Oklahoma
3. Cam Steed – Missouri
4. MJ Gaitan – Iowa State
5. Jared Simma – Northern Iowa
6. Moses Espinoza-Owens – South Dakota State
7. Brody Conley – West Virginia
8. Cael Valencia – Arizona State

1. Aeoden Sinclair – Missouri
2. Zack Ryder – Oklahoma State
3. Eddie Neitenbach – Wyoming
4. Ian Bush – West Virginia
5. Nick Fox – Northern Iowa
6. Brian Soldano – Oklahoma
7. Isaac Dean – Iowa State
8. Aidan Brenot – North Dakota State

1. Rocky Elam – Iowa State
2. Joey Novak – Wyoming
3. Cody Merrill – Oklahoma State
4. Bennett Berge – South Dakota State
5. DJ Parker – Oklahoma
6. Evan Bates – Missouri
7. Rune Lawrence – West Virginia
8. Devin Wasley – North Dakota State

1. Yonger Bastida – Iowa State
2. Konner Doucet – Oklahoma State
3. Christian Carroll – Wyoming
4. David Szuba – Arizona State
5. Juan Mora – Oklahoma
6. Jack Forbes – Utah Valley
7. Jarrett Stoner – Missouri
8. Adam Ahrendsen – Northern Iowa