149 Starter Rankings | Division I

149 Starter Rankings | Division I

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2026 Season | Week 20 | 03/16

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

Van Ness, Shayne | JR
#1 Penn State
Big Ten 25 - 0 1680.35 100.00% / 76.92%

20

Joy, Jaxon | FR
#15 Cornell
Ivy 26 - 3 1625.83 89.66% / 63.33%

30

Gaj, Collin | FR
#9 Virginia Tech
ACC 25 - 9 1580.71 73.53% / 26.47%

40

Buesgens, Koy | SO
#13 NC State
ACC 23 - 5 1580.67 82.14% / 28.57%

50

Wasilewski, Cross | SO
#27 Pennsylvania
Ivy 27 - 5 1569.47 84.38% / 46.88%

60

Swiderski, Casey | JR
#2 Oklahoma State
Big 12 17 - 7 1566.72 70.83% / 20.83%

70

McNeil, Lachlan | SR
#10 Michigan
Big Ten 20 - 7 1553.22 74.07% / 29.63%

80

Young, Carter | SR
#53 Maryland
Big Ten 17 - 6 1552.32 73.91% / 34.78%

90

Valencia, Aden | FR
#8 Stanford
ACC 19 - 7 1544.30 73.08% / 38.46%

100

Herman, Brock | SO
#32 Little Rock
PAC 12 13 - 5 1537.50 72.22% / 31.58%

110

Stiles, Ethan | SO
#3 Ohio State
Big Ten 15 - 7 1536.70 68.18% / 30.43%

120

Tyus, Caleb | SR
#42 SIU Edwardsville
MAC 19 - 3 1532.44 86.36% / 44.44%

130

Evans, David | SR
#38 Utah Valley
Big 12 21 - 7 1531.60 75.00% / 28.57%

140

Frost, Jacob | SO
#6 Iowa State
Big 12 19 - 9 1530.66 67.86% / 34.48%

150

Kapusta, Lucas | SO
#36 Lock Haven
MAC 25 - 6 1519.84 80.65% / 35.48%

160

Block, Ryder | SO
#4 Iowa
Big Ten 18 - 9 1515.37 66.67% / 33.33%

170

Rathjen, Caleb | SR
#25 Northern Iowa
Big 12 11 - 8 1514.36 57.89% / 21.05%

180

Zargo, Joseph | SR
#23 Wisconsin
Big Ten 18 - 8 1511.06 69.23% / 34.62%

190

Layton, Dylan | JR
#37 Rider
MAC 26 - 11 1507.88 70.27% / 37.84%

200

Harney, Eugene | FR
#76 Morgan State
EIWA 28 - 6 1506.79 82.35% / 35.29%

210

Clark, Andrew | SR
#14 Rutgers
Big Ten 16 - 12 1502.30 57.14% / 14.29%

220

Willochell, Gabe | SR
#21 Wyoming
Big 12 19 - 10 1501.17 65.52% / 29.03%

230

Rivera, Eligh | JR
#35 Princeton
Ivy 13 - 11 1495.84 54.17% / .00%

240

Gioffre, Michael | JR
#7 Illinois
Big Ten 17 - 12 1495.45 58.62% / 23.33%

250

Edmond, Josh | SR
#12 Missouri
Big 12 20 - 6 1488.53 76.92% / 25.00%

260

Lamer, Chance | SR
#5 Nebraska
Big Ten 18 - 9 1487.84 66.67% / 48.28%

270

Petersen, Maxwell | JR
#33 North Dakota State
Big 12 16 - 10 1485.35 61.54% / 34.62%

270

Brown, Kade | FR
#18 Pittsburgh
ACC 14 - 10 1485.35 58.33% / 25.00%

290

Cassidy, Kaden | SR
#45 George Mason
MAC 16 - 5 1485.32 76.19% / 50.00%

300

Jones, Clayton | SO
#58 Michigan State
Big Ten 11 - 17 1482.18 39.29% / 25.00%

310

Michaels, Ryan | SR
#46 Edinboro
MAC 23 - 11 1481.89 67.65% / 44.44%

320

Denkins, Wynton | JR
#39 Virginia
ACC 18 - 12 1478.80 60.00% / 25.81%

330

Roberts, Drew | SR
#11 Minnesota
Big Ten 11 - 9 1468.83 55.00% / 19.05%

340

McBurney, Austin | JR
#63 Brown
Ivy 22 - 15 1467.02 59.46% / 21.05%

350

Heap, Anderson | SO
#70 Davidson
SoCon 19 - 11 1463.04 63.33% / 19.35%

360

Tolentino, Noah | JR
#29 Oregon State
PAC 12 14 - 10 1453.18 58.33% / 22.22%

370

Gonzales, Andre | SR
#47 Cal Poly
PAC 12 15 - 13 1447.82 53.57% / 30.00%

380

Crook, Jack | JR
#52 Harvard
Ivy 12 - 10 1440.99 54.55% / 27.27%

390

Smith, Kaemen | SR
#20 Navy
EIWA 13 - 11 1440.90 54.17% / 12.50%

400

Nugent, Jimmy | JR
#50 Central Michigan
MAC 20 - 13 1440.41 60.61% / 21.21%

410

Martin, Alek | SR
#26 South Dakota State
Big 12 5 - 7 1440.40 41.67% / 8.33%

420

Bower, Riley | SR
#34 Bucknell
EIWA 9 - 10 1437.73 47.37% / 26.32%

430

Keiser, Kaden | JR
#51 Appalachian State
SoCon 23 - 11 1436.13 67.65% / 40.54%

440

DesRosier, Carson | JR
#57 The Citadel
SoCon 13 - 11 1433.19 54.17% / 20.00%

450

Ewing, Sam | SO
#66 Buffalo
MAC 18 - 14 1433.01 56.25% / 38.24%

460

Buttler, Joey | SO
#31 Indiana
Big Ten 11 - 14 1429.80 44.00% / 20.00%

470

Alanis, Benjamin | SR
#22 Arizona State
Big 12 5 - 7 1429.50 41.67% / 25.00%

480

Bailey, Carter | SR
#16 Lehigh
EIWA 13 - 11 1427.12 54.17% / 48.00%

490

Brown, Gavin | JR
#40 Purdue
Big Ten 15 - 13 1426.69 53.57% / 10.34%

500

Kelly, Paul | SO
#55 California Baptist
Big 12 11 - 8 1420.83 57.89% / 25.00%

510

Higley, Nathan | SR
#49 Bellarmine
SoCon 14 - 9 1414.92 60.87% / 28.57%

520

Fedalen, Richard | SR
#19 Columbia
Ivy 12 - 14 1411.53 46.15% / 18.52%

530

Langley, TJ | FR
#17 West Virginia
Big 12 11 - 10 1408.30 52.38% / 16.67%

540

Hibler, August | FR
#41 Northwestern
Big Ten 9 - 18 1405.97 33.33% / 17.86%

550

Pleasant, Deon | SR
#44 Drexel
EIWA 10 - 12 1398.84 45.45% / 22.73%

560

Ross, Dylan | FR
#74 Duke
ACC 14 - 12 1398.35 53.85% / 25.00%

570

Arch, Collin | SO
#43 Northern Illinois
MAC 6 - 12 1398.01 33.33% / 5.26%

580

Hollingsworth, Hunter | FR
#24 Oklahoma
Big 12 9 - 14 1396.52 39.13% / 16.67%

590

Owen, Gage | SO
#56 American
EIWA 18 - 15 1394.96 54.55% / 36.36%

600

Stits, Silas | FR
#60 Kent State
MAC 19 - 13 1393.95 59.38% / 21.21%

610

Askew, Nate | FR
#30 North Carolina
ACC 7 - 12 1389.51 36.84% / 5.00%

620

Fairchild, Oliver | SO
#62 Clarion
MAC 10 - 16 1379.98 38.46% / 25.00%

630

Evans, KJ | SO
#64 Northern Colorado
Big 12 6 - 11 1373.87 35.29% / 21.05%

640

Otera, Yuta | SO
#48 Chattanooga
SoCon 9 - 12 1362.72 42.86% / 22.73%

650

Turley, Alex | JR
#69 Hofstra
EIWA 10 - 16 1360.13 38.46% / 23.33%

660

Asuncion, Dakota | SR
#77 Sacred Heart
EIWA 9 - 7 1354.51 56.25% / 27.78%

670

Collins, Conor | JR
#28 Army West Point
EIWA 12 - 17 1354.39 41.38% / 22.58%

680

Phillips, Pat | SR
#65 Franklin & Marshall
EIWA 11 - 19 1353.45 36.67% / 6.25%

690

Shelton, Bryce | SR
#54 Air Force
Big 12 11 - 18 1345.51 37.93% / 15.15%

700

Sweet, Caleb | SO
#59 Binghamton
EIWA 15 - 13 1344.07 53.57% / 16.13%

710

Woo, Paul | SR
#61 Ohio
MAC 5 - 18 1335.79 21.74% / 11.54%

720

Alyea, Phoenix | SO
#72 VMI
SoCon 6 - 10 1330.30 37.50% / 41.18%

730

Zinkin, Hayden | SO
#73 CSU Bakersfield
PAC 12 4 - 14 1324.27 22.22% / 20.00%

740

Sly, Charlie | SO
#67 Gardner-Webb
SoCon 2 - 11 1291.94 15.38% / 16.67%

750

Bonasera, Tommy | SO
#75 LIU
EIWA 0 - 17 1246.85 .00% / 5.56%

760

Phillips, Ryan | FR
#68 Campbell
SoCon 7 - 7 1246.71 50.00% / 27.78%

770

Morris, Joseph | FR
#78 Presbyterian
SoCon 4 - 16 1225.34 20.00% / 16.67%

780

Baxley, Alex | FR
#71 Bloomsburg
MAC 2 - 17 1156.13 10.53% / 11.54%

9990

Scherer, Colin | FR
Mercyhurst
Transitioning 1 - 13 1190.20 7.14% / .00%
# Trend Wrestler
School
Conf
Record
WS ELO
Win / Bns
Clips
1 Van Ness, Shayne | JR
#1 Penn State
Big Ten
25 - 0
1680.35
100.00% / 76.92%
3
2 Joy, Jaxon | FR
#15 Cornell
Ivy
26 - 3
1625.83
89.66% / 63.33%
1
3 Gaj, Collin | FR
#9 Virginia Tech
ACC
25 - 9
1580.71
73.53% / 26.47%
4 Buesgens, Koy | SO
#13 NC State
ACC
23 - 5
1580.67
82.14% / 28.57%
1
5 Wasilewski, Cross | SO
#27 Pennsylvania
Ivy
27 - 5
1569.47
84.38% / 46.88%
6 Swiderski, Casey | JR
#2 Oklahoma State
Big 12
17 - 7
1566.72
70.83% / 20.83%
9
7 McNeil, Lachlan | SR
#10 Michigan
Big Ten
20 - 7
1553.22
74.07% / 29.63%
4
8 Young, Carter | SR
#53 Maryland
Big Ten
17 - 6
1552.32
73.91% / 34.78%
8
9 Valencia, Aden | FR
#8 Stanford
ACC
19 - 7
1544.30
73.08% / 38.46%
10 Herman, Brock | SO
#32 Little Rock
PAC 12
13 - 5
1537.50
72.22% / 31.58%
11 Stiles, Ethan | SO
#3 Ohio State
Big Ten
15 - 7
1536.70
68.18% / 30.43%
12 Tyus, Caleb | SR
#42 SIU Edwardsville
MAC
19 - 3
1532.44
86.36% / 44.44%
13 Evans, David | SR
#38 Utah Valley
Big 12
21 - 7
1531.60
75.00% / 28.57%
14 Frost, Jacob | SO
#6 Iowa State
Big 12
19 - 9
1530.66
67.86% / 34.48%
15 Kapusta, Lucas | SO
#36 Lock Haven
MAC
25 - 6
1519.84
80.65% / 35.48%
1
16 Block, Ryder | SO
#4 Iowa
Big Ten
18 - 9
1515.37
66.67% / 33.33%
17 Rathjen, Caleb | SR
#25 Northern Iowa
Big 12
11 - 8
1514.36
57.89% / 21.05%
1
18 Zargo, Joseph | SR
#23 Wisconsin
Big Ten
18 - 8
1511.06
69.23% / 34.62%
2
19 Layton, Dylan | JR
#37 Rider
MAC
26 - 11
1507.88
70.27% / 37.84%
20 Harney, Eugene | FR
#76 Morgan State
EIWA
28 - 6
1506.79
82.35% / 35.29%
21 Clark, Andrew | SR
#14 Rutgers
Big Ten
16 - 12
1502.30
57.14% / 14.29%
22 Willochell, Gabe | SR
#21 Wyoming
Big 12
19 - 10
1501.17
65.52% / 29.03%
23 Rivera, Eligh | JR
#35 Princeton
Ivy
13 - 11
1495.84
54.17% / .00%
24 Gioffre, Michael | JR
#7 Illinois
Big Ten
17 - 12
1495.45
58.62% / 23.33%
25 Edmond, Josh | SR
#12 Missouri
Big 12
20 - 6
1488.53
76.92% / 25.00%
26 Lamer, Chance | SR
#5 Nebraska
Big Ten
18 - 9
1487.84
66.67% / 48.28%
2
27 Petersen, Maxwell | JR
#33 North Dakota State
Big 12
16 - 10
1485.35
61.54% / 34.62%
27 Brown, Kade | FR
#18 Pittsburgh
ACC
14 - 10
1485.35
58.33% / 25.00%
29 Cassidy, Kaden | SR
#45 George Mason
MAC
16 - 5
1485.32
76.19% / 50.00%
30 Jones, Clayton | SO
#58 Michigan State
Big Ten
11 - 17
1482.18
39.29% / 25.00%
31 Michaels, Ryan | SR
#46 Edinboro
MAC
23 - 11
1481.89
67.65% / 44.44%
32 Denkins, Wynton | JR
#39 Virginia
ACC
18 - 12
1478.80
60.00% / 25.81%
33 Roberts, Drew | SR
#11 Minnesota
Big Ten
11 - 9
1468.83
55.00% / 19.05%
34 McBurney, Austin | JR
#63 Brown
Ivy
22 - 15
1467.02
59.46% / 21.05%
35 Heap, Anderson | SO
#70 Davidson
SoCon
19 - 11
1463.04
63.33% / 19.35%
36 Tolentino, Noah | JR
#29 Oregon State
PAC 12
14 - 10
1453.18
58.33% / 22.22%
37 Gonzales, Andre | SR
#47 Cal Poly
PAC 12
15 - 13
1447.82
53.57% / 30.00%
38 Crook, Jack | JR
#52 Harvard
Ivy
12 - 10
1440.99
54.55% / 27.27%
39 Smith, Kaemen | SR
#20 Navy
EIWA
13 - 11
1440.90
54.17% / 12.50%
40 Nugent, Jimmy | JR
#50 Central Michigan
MAC
20 - 13
1440.41
60.61% / 21.21%
41 Martin, Alek | SR
#26 South Dakota State
Big 12
5 - 7
1440.40
41.67% / 8.33%
42 Bower, Riley | SR
#34 Bucknell
EIWA
9 - 10
1437.73
47.37% / 26.32%
43 Keiser, Kaden | JR
#51 Appalachian State
SoCon
23 - 11
1436.13
67.65% / 40.54%
2
44 DesRosier, Carson | JR
#57 The Citadel
SoCon
13 - 11
1433.19
54.17% / 20.00%
11
45 Ewing, Sam | SO
#66 Buffalo
MAC
18 - 14
1433.01
56.25% / 38.24%
46 Buttler, Joey | SO
#31 Indiana
Big Ten
11 - 14
1429.80
44.00% / 20.00%
47 Alanis, Benjamin | SR
#22 Arizona State
Big 12
5 - 7
1429.50
41.67% / 25.00%
1
48 Bailey, Carter | SR
#16 Lehigh
EIWA
13 - 11
1427.12
54.17% / 48.00%
1
49 Brown, Gavin | JR
#40 Purdue
Big Ten
15 - 13
1426.69
53.57% / 10.34%
50 Kelly, Paul | SO
#55 California Baptist
Big 12
11 - 8
1420.83
57.89% / 25.00%
51 Higley, Nathan | SR
#49 Bellarmine
SoCon
14 - 9
1414.92
60.87% / 28.57%
52 Fedalen, Richard | SR
#19 Columbia
Ivy
12 - 14
1411.53
46.15% / 18.52%
53 Langley, TJ | FR
#17 West Virginia
Big 12
11 - 10
1408.30
52.38% / 16.67%
54 Hibler, August | FR
#41 Northwestern
Big Ten
9 - 18
1405.97
33.33% / 17.86%
55 Pleasant, Deon | SR
#44 Drexel
EIWA
10 - 12
1398.84
45.45% / 22.73%
56 Ross, Dylan | FR
#74 Duke
ACC
14 - 12
1398.35
53.85% / 25.00%
57 Arch, Collin | SO
#43 Northern Illinois
MAC
6 - 12
1398.01
33.33% / 5.26%
58 Hollingsworth, Hunter | FR
#24 Oklahoma
Big 12
9 - 14
1396.52
39.13% / 16.67%
59 Owen, Gage | SO
#56 American
EIWA
18 - 15
1394.96
54.55% / 36.36%
60 Stits, Silas | FR
#60 Kent State
MAC
19 - 13
1393.95
59.38% / 21.21%
61 Askew, Nate | FR
#30 North Carolina
ACC
7 - 12
1389.51
36.84% / 5.00%
62 Fairchild, Oliver | SO
#62 Clarion
MAC
10 - 16
1379.98
38.46% / 25.00%
63 Evans, KJ | SO
#64 Northern Colorado
Big 12
6 - 11
1373.87
35.29% / 21.05%
64 Otera, Yuta | SO
#48 Chattanooga
SoCon
9 - 12
1362.72
42.86% / 22.73%
65 Turley, Alex | JR
#69 Hofstra
EIWA
10 - 16
1360.13
38.46% / 23.33%
66 Asuncion, Dakota | SR
#77 Sacred Heart
EIWA
9 - 7
1354.51
56.25% / 27.78%
67 Collins, Conor | JR
#28 Army West Point
EIWA
12 - 17
1354.39
41.38% / 22.58%
68 Phillips, Pat | SR
#65 Franklin & Marshall
EIWA
11 - 19
1353.45
36.67% / 6.25%
69 Shelton, Bryce | SR
#54 Air Force
Big 12
11 - 18
1345.51
37.93% / 15.15%
70 Sweet, Caleb | SO
#59 Binghamton
EIWA
15 - 13
1344.07
53.57% / 16.13%
71 Woo, Paul | SR
#61 Ohio
MAC
5 - 18
1335.79
21.74% / 11.54%
72 Alyea, Phoenix | SO
#72 VMI
SoCon
6 - 10
1330.30
37.50% / 41.18%
73 Zinkin, Hayden | SO
#73 CSU Bakersfield
PAC 12
4 - 14
1324.27
22.22% / 20.00%
74 Sly, Charlie | SO
#67 Gardner-Webb
SoCon
2 - 11
1291.94
15.38% / 16.67%
75 Bonasera, Tommy | SO
#75 LIU
EIWA
0 - 17
1246.85
.00% / 5.56%
1
76 Phillips, Ryan | FR
#68 Campbell
SoCon
7 - 7
1246.71
50.00% / 27.78%
77 Morris, Joseph | FR
#78 Presbyterian
SoCon
4 - 16
1225.34
20.00% / 16.67%
78 Baxley, Alex | FR
#71 Bloomsburg
MAC
2 - 17
1156.13
10.53% / 11.54%
999 Scherer, Colin | FR
Mercyhurst
Transitioning
1 - 13
1190.20
7.14% / .00%