National championships

2026 NCAA Championships, Division I. 63 bouts at 165.

All-Americans at 165

Place	Wrestler	Path through the bracket
1st	Mitchell Mesenbrink Penn State, 27–0	W MD 12-0 over Paddy Gallagher W TF 21-5 over Cody Walsh W Dec 6-0 over Bryce Hepner W TF 15-0 over Cesar Alvan W TF 20-4 over Michael Caliendo
2nd	Michael Caliendo Iowa, 22–5	W TF 20-5 over Noah Mulvaney W Fall 2:44 over Thomas Snipes W MD 14-3 over Ethan Parco W Dec 8-5 over Joey Blaze L TF 20-4 to Mitchell Mesenbrink
3rd	Cesar Alvan Columbia, 29–8	W Fall 7:05 over LaDarion Lockett W MD 12-2 over Brock Woodcock W Dec 4-2 over Nicco Ruiz L TF 15-0 to Mitchell Mesenbrink W Dec 5-2 over Andrew Sparks
4th	Nicco Ruiz Arizona State, 29–6	W Dec 2-1 over Andrew Sparks W MD 17-5 over Ryan Burgos W Dec 8-2 over Max Brignola L Dec 4-2 to Cesar Alvan W Dec 2-0 over Bryce Hepner W Dec 2-1 over Joey Blaze
5th	Andrew Sparks Minnesota, 23–8	L Dec 2-1 to Nicco Ruiz W MD 10-1 over Ty Whalen W Dec 10-3 over LaDarion Lockett W Dec 7-2 over Thomas Snipes W Dec 8-7 over Will Denny W MFF over Joey Blaze W MD 10-2 over Paddy Gallagher L Dec 5-2 to Cesar Alvan
6th	Joey Blaze Purdue, 25–4	W MD 10-1 over Connor Euton W Dec 5-0 over Jared Keslar W Dec 4-3 over Will Denny L Dec 8-5 to Michael Caliendo L MFF to Andrew Sparks L Dec 2-1 to Nicco Ruiz
7th	Bryce Hepner North Carolina, 19–6	W Dec 3-0 over Matty Bianchi W Dec 11-4 over Sean Seefeldt W Dec 1-0 over Ryder Downey L Dec 6-0 to Mitchell Mesenbrink W MD 9-1 over Paddy Gallagher L Dec 2-0 to Nicco Ruiz
8th	Paddy Gallagher Ohio State, 19–11	L MD 12-0 to Mitchell Mesenbrink W MD 13-4 over Braeden Scoles W Dec 4-3 over Matty Bianchi W Dec 2-1 over Jared Keslar W Dec 5-2 over Ethan Parco L MD 9-1 to Bryce Hepner L MD 10-2 to Andrew Sparks

Every bout at 165

Cons Pigtail

Thomas Snipes

The Citadel

result not printed on bracket

Ryan Vigil

VMI

Cons R32

Cody Walsh Drexel	MD 14-4	Braeden Scoles Illinois
Sean Seefeldt Penn	Dec 4-1	Mac Church Virginia Tech
Cody Goebel Wisconsin	Dec 11-7	Brock Woodcock SIUE
Ty Whalen Princeton	MD 18-9	Ryan Burgos Edinboro
Thomas Snipes The Citadel	Dec 3-1	Andrew Barbosa Rutgers
Leandro Araujo Nebraska	TF 16-0	Matthew Olguin Oregon State
Tyler Lillard Indiana	Fall 5:20	Chris Earnest Kent State
Jared Keslar Pitt	MD 14-4	Gunner Filipowicz Army

Pigtail

Cody Walsh

Drexel

MD 12-2

Ryan Vigil

VMI

R16

Mitchell Mesenbrink Penn State	MD 12-0	Paddy Gallagher Ohio State
Bryce Hepner North Carolina	Dec 3-0	Matty Bianchi Little Rock
Cesar Alvan Columbia	Fall 7:05	LaDarion Lockett Oklahoma State
Nicco Ruiz Arizona State	Dec 2-1	Andrew Sparks Minnesota
Michael Caliendo Iowa	TF 20-5	Noah Mulvaney Bucknell
Ethan Parco Stanford	Dec 4-3	Ryder Downey Northern Iowa
Will Denny NC State	Dec 12-9	Max Brignola Lehigh
Joey Blaze Purdue	MD 10-1	Connor Euton Iowa State

R32

Mitchell Mesenbrink Penn State	TF 21-5	Cody Walsh Drexel
Paddy Gallagher Ohio State	MD 13-4	Braeden Scoles Illinois
Bryce Hepner North Carolina	Dec 11-4	Sean Seefeldt Penn
Matty Bianchi Little Rock	Dec 5-2	Mac Church Virginia Tech
LaDarion Lockett Oklahoma State	Dec 9-2	Cody Goebel Wisconsin
Cesar Alvan Columbia	MD 12-2	Brock Woodcock SIUE
Andrew Sparks Minnesota	MD 10-1	Ty Whalen Princeton
Nicco Ruiz Arizona State	MD 17-5	Ryan Burgos Edinboro
Michael Caliendo Iowa	Fall 2:44	Thomas Snipes The Citadel
Noah Mulvaney Bucknell	Dec 8-2	Andrew Barbosa Rutgers
Ryder Downey Northern Iowa	Dec 10-4	Matthew Olguin Oregon State
Ethan Parco Stanford	Dec 8-7	Leandro Araujo Nebraska
Max Brignola Lehigh	Dec 3-2	Tyler Lillard Indiana
Will Denny NC State	MD 13-1	Chris Earnest Kent State
Connor Euton Iowa State	TF 17-2	Gunner Filipowicz Army
Joey Blaze Purdue	Dec 5-0	Jared Keslar Pitt

Cons R12

Max Brignola Lehigh	Dec 6-4	Cody Walsh Drexel
Ryder Downey Northern Iowa	TF 18-2	Noah Mulvaney Bucknell
Andrew Sparks Minnesota	Dec 10-3	LaDarion Lockett Oklahoma State
Paddy Gallagher Ohio State	Dec 4-3	Matty Bianchi Little Rock

Cons R16

Cody Walsh Drexel	Dec 14-11	Connor Euton Iowa State
Max Brignola Lehigh	Dec 8-5	Sean Seefeldt Penn
Ryder Downey Northern Iowa	TF 18-3	Cody Goebel Wisconsin
Noah Mulvaney Bucknell	Dec 9-4	Ty Whalen Princeton
Andrew Sparks Minnesota	Dec 7-2	Thomas Snipes The Citadel
LaDarion Lockett Oklahoma State	Dec 8-3	Leandro Araujo Nebraska
Matty Bianchi Little Rock	Dec 4-3	Tyler Lillard Indiana
Paddy Gallagher Ohio State	Dec 2-1	Jared Keslar Pitt

Cons R8

Nicco Ruiz Arizona State	Dec 8-2	Max Brignola Lehigh
Bryce Hepner North Carolina	Dec 1-0	Ryder Downey Northern Iowa
Andrew Sparks Minnesota	Dec 8-7	Will Denny NC State
Paddy Gallagher Ohio State	Dec 5-2	Ethan Parco Stanford

QF

Mitchell Mesenbrink Penn State	Dec 6-0	Bryce Hepner North Carolina
Cesar Alvan Columbia	Dec 4-2	Nicco Ruiz Arizona State
Michael Caliendo Iowa	MD 14-3	Ethan Parco Stanford
Joey Blaze Purdue	Dec 4-3	Will Denny NC State

SF

Mitchell Mesenbrink Penn State	TF 15-0	Cesar Alvan Columbia
Michael Caliendo Iowa	Dec 8-5	Joey Blaze Purdue

5th place

Andrew Sparks

Minnesota

MFF

Joey Blaze

Purdue

7th place

Bryce Hepner

North Carolina

MD 9-1

Paddy Gallagher

Ohio State

Cons QF

Nicco Ruiz Arizona State	Dec 2-0	Bryce Hepner North Carolina
Andrew Sparks Minnesota	MD 10-2	Paddy Gallagher Ohio State

Cons SF

Nicco Ruiz Arizona State	Dec 2-1	Joey Blaze Purdue
Cesar Alvan Columbia	Dec 5-2	Andrew Sparks Minnesota

Final

Mitchell Mesenbrink

Penn State

TF 20-4

Michael Caliendo

Iowa

Team race

Place	Team	Points
1	Penn State	181.5
2	Oklahoma State	131
3	Nebraska	100.5
4	Iowa	92.5
5	Ohio State	84.5
6	Stanford	67.5
7	Michigan	66
8	Iowa State	52
9	Minnesota	48.5
10	NC State	44.5
11	Virginia Tech	41.5
12	Wyoming	38
13	Arizona State	36.5
14	Missouri	34
15	Illinois	28
16	Lehigh	26.5
17	Columbia	25
18	Cornell	21.5
19	Penn	21
20	Princeton	20
21	Indiana	19.5
22	Little Rock	17.5
23	American	17
24	West Virginia	17
25	Air Force	16