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NCAA announces 42 at-large bids for 2026 NCAA DI Championships

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Updated: March 10, 2026

NCAA announces at-large selections for 2026 Division I Men’s Wrestling Championships

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