NCAA announces at-large selections for 2026 Division I Men’s Wrestling Championships
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by Mark Bedics, NCAA
Matty Bianchi of Little Rock competing in the finals of the 2026 Southern Scuffle
INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA announced the 42 at-large selections for the 2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Wrestling Championships in Cleveland.
The at-large selections, listed in alphabetical order in each weight class, join the 288 student-athletes that qualified through their conference tournament finishes over the weekend. The at-large selections were made by the NCAA Division I Men’s Wrestling Committee using the following selection criteria: head-to-head competition, quality wins, results against common opponents, winning percentage, ratings percentage index, coaches ranking and conference tournament finish.
Seeding and brackets for this year’s event will be revealed tomorrow, March 11, during the NCAA Division I Men’s Wrestling Championships Selection Show on NCAA.com at 8 p.m. ET.
Visit http://ncaa.com/wrestling for more information about this year’s championship.
Weight | Status | First Name | Last Name | Team | League |
125 | At-Large | Sulayman | Bah | Columbia | Ivy League |
125 | At-Large | Desmond | Pleasant | Drexel | EIWA |
125 | At-Large | Mack | Mauger | Missouri | Big 12 |
125 | At-Large | Brady | Roark | South Dakota State | Big 12 |
125 | At-Large | Nicolar | Rivera | Wisconsin | Big Ten |
125 | Alternate | Trever | Anderson | Northern Iowa | Big 12 |
133 | At-Large | Braxton | Brown | Maryland | Big Ten |
133 | At-Large | Dominick | Serrano | Northern Colorado | Big 12 |
133 | At-Large | Dylan | Shawver | Rutgers | Big Ten |
133 | At-Large | Marcel | Lopez | SIU Edwardsville | MAC |
133 | At-Large | Luke | Willochell | Wyoming | Big 12 |
133 | Alternate | Cale | Seaton | South Dakota State | Big 12 |
141 | At-Large | Pierson | Manville | Arizona State | Big 12 |
141 | At-Large | Braden | Basile | Army West Point | EIWA |
141 | At-Large | Billy | DeKraker | Northwestern | Big Ten |
141 | At-Large | Matthew | Martino | Princeton | Ivy League |
141 | Alternate | AJ | Rallo | Bellarmine | SoCon |
149 | At-Large | Kaden | Cassidy | George Mason | MAC |
149 | At-Large | Chance | Lamer | Nebraska | Big Ten |
149 | At-Large | Max | Petersen | North Dakota State | Big 12 |
149 | At-Large | Eligh | Rivera | Princeton | Ivy League |
149 | Alternate | Josh | Edmond | Missouri | Big 12 |
157 | At-Large | Mason | Shrader | Central Michigan | MAC |
157 | At-Large | Vinny | Zerban | Iowa State | Big 12 |
157 | At-Large | Jonathan | Ley | Navy | EIWA |
157 | At-Large | Dylan | Evans | Pittsburgh | ACC |
157 | Alternate | Nick | Stampoulos | Lock Haven | MAC |
165 | At-Large | Ryan | Burgos | Edinboro | MAC |
165 | At-Large | Tyler | Lillard | Indiana | Big Ten |
165 | At-Large | Matty | Bianchi | Little Rock | Pac-12 |
165 | At-Large | Jared | Keslar | Pittsburgh | ACC |
165 | At-Large | Thomas | Snipes | The Citadel | SoCon |
165 | Alternate | Dylan | Elmore | Navy | EIWA |
174 | At-Large | Avery | Bassett | Lock Haven | MAC |
174 | At-Large | Jared | Simma | Northern Iowa | Big 12 |
174 | At-Large | Luca | Augustine | Pittsburgh | ACC |
174 | At-Large | Holden | Garcia | Princeton | Ivy League |
174 | Alternate | Brody | Conley | West Virginia | Big 12 |
184 | At-Large | Tyler | Bienus | Bucknell | EIWA |
184 | At-Large | Sam | Goin | Indiana | Big Ten |
184 | At-Large | Nick | Fox | Northern Iowa | Big 12 |
184 | At-Large | Brian | Soldano | Oklahoma | Big 12 |
184 | Alternate | Sam | Gautreau | Lock Haven | MAC |
197 | At-Large | Evan | Bates | Missouri | Big 12 |
197 | At-Large | Brock | Zurawski | Rider | MAC |
197 | At-Large | Kael | Bennie | Utah Valley | Big 12 |
197 | At-Large | Rune | Lawrence | West Virginia | Big 12 |
197 | Alternate | Gavin | Nelson | Minnesota | Big Ten |
285 | At-Large | Emmanuel | Ulrich | American | EIWA |
285 | At-Large | Connor | Barket | Duke | ACC |
285 | At-Large | Jack | Forbes | Utah Valley | Big 12 |
285 | At-Large | Christian | Carroll | Wyoming | Big 12 |
285 | Alternate | Bryan | Caves | Central Michigan | MAC |
