The 2025 NCAA Division I Men's Wrestling Championships was the 94th annual NCAA Division I Men's Wrestling Championship that took place from March 20–22, 2025 in Philadelphia at the Wells Fargo Center (since renamed Xfinity Mobile Arena).
Penn State won their 13th national team title and their 12th under head coach Cael Sanderson after becoming the second team in NCAA Division I history to have 10 All-Americans in a single tournament. The Nittany Lions also broke their 2024 tournament record for most points scored in a single tournament with 177.0 points.
Penn State, Nebraska, and Oklahoma State all had two wrestlers win individual championships with Penn State's Mitchell Mesenbrink and Carter Starocci, Nebraska's Ridge Lovett and Antrell Taylor, and Oklahoma State's Dean Hamiti Jr. and Wyatt Hendrickson all winning titles. Starocci became the first five-time NCAA Division I champion. Nebraska finished in a program-best second place, getting their first champion since 2011 and having two national champions for the first time since 1984. Oklahoma State had their first champion since 2021 and it was first time the team had multiple champions since 2016.
Qualification Pre-allocations The NCAA announced qualifying tournament pre-allocations on February 27, 2025.
Conference 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 285 Total ACC 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 3 3 5 38 Big 12 7 6 7 6 7 7 6 7 4 4 61 Big Ten 9 10 7 8 8 9 8 8 10 10 87 EIWA 2 1 3 1 1 2 4 1 4 3 22 Ivy League 3 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 2 1 26 MAC 1 3 1 3 3 2 3 3 1 3 23 Pac-12 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 17 Southern 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 13 Pre-allocations 29 29 29 29 27 29 29 28 29 29 287
At-large selections The NCAA announced at-large selections on March 11, 2025.
Conference 125 133 141 149 157 165 174 184 197 285 Total ACC 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 9 Big 12 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 11 Big Ten 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 9 EIWA 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 6 Ivy League 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 MAC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 Pac-12 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Southern 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 At-large bids 4 4 4 6 7 4 4 5 4 4 46
Participating teams A total of 66 teams qualified wrestlers. Bellarmine had two NCAA qualifiers in its first season of Division I eligibility. Morgan State sent an alternate who did not compete in the tournament. Cleveland State announced that they would discontinue the wrestling program following the tournament.
Appalachian State (3) Arizona State (3) Army (7) Bellarmine (2) Binghamton (2) Brown (1) Bucknell (5) California Baptist (1) Cal Poly (5) Cal State Bakersfield (3) Campbell (3) Central Michigan (6) Chattanooga (3) Cleveland State (1) Columbia (5) Cornell (10) Drexel (3) Duke (1) Edinboro (2) Gardner–Webb (2) George Mason (3) Harvard (2) Hofstra (2) Illinois (8) Indiana (6) Iowa (9) Iowa State (8) Lehigh (6) Little Rock (5) Lock Haven (7) Maryland (6) Michigan (7) Michigan State (3) Minnesota (9) Missouri (6) Morgan State (1) Navy (3) NC State (8) Nebraska (9) North Carolina (8) North Dakota State (4) Northern Colorado (4) Northern Illinois (3) Northern Iowa (10) Northwestern (4) Ohio (2) Ohio State (10) Oklahoma (5) Oklahoma State (9) Oregon State (6) Penn (7) Penn State (10) Pittsburgh (9) Princeton (5) Purdue (5) Rider (5) Rutgers (8) South Dakota State (9) Stanford (8) The Citadel (4) Utah Valley (1) Virginia (4) Virginia Tech (9) West Virginia (5) Wisconsin (3) Wyoming (6)
Competition schedule The NCAA announced the competition schedule on March 19, 2025.
Date Time (ET) Session Events TV March 20 12:00 a.m. Session I Pigtails and First Round ESPNU 7:00 p.m. Session II Pigtail Wrestle-Backs, First Round Wrestle-Backs, Second Round, and Consolation Round ESPN March 21 12:00 p.m. Session III Quarterfinals, Second Round Wrestle-Backs, and Third Round Wrestle-Backs ESPNU 8:00 p.m. Session IV Semifinals, Blood Round, and Fifth Round Wrestle-Backs ESPN2 March 22 11:00 a.m. Session V Semifinal Wrestle-Backs, Third-Place Matches, Fifth-Place Matches, and Seventh-Place Matches ESPNU 7:00 p.m. Session VI First-Place Matches ESPN
Team results Rank Team Points Penn State 177.0 Nebraska 117.0 Oklahoma State 102.5 4 Iowa 81.0 5 Ohio State 51.5 Minnesota 7 Cornell 50.0 8 NC State 46.5 9 Northern Iowa 45.5 10 Illinois 44.5
Individual results Weight First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth 125 lbs Vincent RobinsonNC State Troy SpratleyOklahoma State Luke LilledahlPenn State Matt RamosPurdue Eddie VentrescaVirginia Tech Sheldon SeymourLehigh Caleb SmithNebraska Stevo PoulinNorthern Colorado 133 lbs Lucas ByrdIllinois Drake AyalaIowa Zeth RomneyCal Poly Zan FugittWisconsin Braeden DavisPenn State Connor McGonagleVirginia Tech Jacob Van DeeNebraska Tyler KnoxStanford 141 lbs Jesse MendezOhio State Brock HardyNebraska Beau BartlettPenn State C.J. CompostoPenn Cael HappelNorthern Iowa Josh KoderhandtNavy Jacob FrostIowa State Vance VomBaurMinnesota 149 lbs Ridge LovettNebraska Caleb HensonVirginia Tech Shayne Van NessPenn State Dylan D'EmilioOhio State Lachlan McNeilNorth Carolina Ethan StilesOregon State Sammy AlvarezRider Gavin DrexlerNorth Dakota State 157 lbs Antrell TaylorNebraska Joey BlazePurdue Tyler KasakPenn State Trevor ChumbleyNorthwestern Meyer ShapiroCornell Vinny ZerbanNorthern Colorado Matty BianchiLittle Rock Caleb FishOklahoma State 165 lbs Mitchell MesenbrinkPenn State Mike CaliendoIowa Peyton HallWest Virginia Christopher MintoNebraska Terrell BarracloughUtah Valley Hunter GarvinStanford Cam SteedMissouri Cameron AmineOklahoma State 174 lbs Dean Hamiti Jr.Oklahoma State Keegan O'TooleMissouri Levi HainesPenn State Patrick KennedyIowa Simon RuizCornell Cade DeVosSouth Dakota State Matthew SingletonNC State Danny WaskNavy 184 lbs Carter StarocciPenn State Parker KeckeisenNorthern Iowa Max McEnellyMinnesota Dustin PlottOklahoma State Chris FocaCornell Jaxon SmithMaryland Silas AllredNebraska Donnell WashingtonIndiana 197 lbs Stephen Buchanan Iowa Josh BarrPenn State A.J. FerrariCal State Bakersfield Jacob CardenasMichigan Joseph NovakWyoming Stephen LittleLittle Rock Mac StoutPittsburgh Camden McDanelNebraska 285 lbs Wyatt HendricksonOklahoma State Gable StevesonMinnesota Cohlton SchultzArizona State Isaac TrumbleNC State Owen TrephanLehigh Greg KerkvlietPenn State Joshua HeindselmanMichigan Ben KueterIowa
Finals matches Weight Champion Result Runner-up 125 lbs Vince Robinson NC State Dec 2–1 Troy Spratley Oklahoma State 133 lbs Lucas Byrd Illinois TB–2 3–2 Drake Ayala Iowa 141 lbs Jesse Mendez Ohio State Dec 12–9 Brock Hardy Nebraska 149 lbs Ridge Lovett Nebraska Dec 1–0 Caleb Henson Virginia Tech 157 lbs Antrell Taylor Nebraska Dec 4–2 Joey Blaze Purdue 165 lbs Mitchell Mesenbrink Penn State Dec 8–2 Michael Caliendo Iowa 174 lbs Dean Hamiti Jr. Oklahoma State SV–1 4–1 Keegan O'Toole Missouri 184 lbs Carter Starocci Penn State Dec 4–3 Parker Keckeisen Northern Iowa 197 lbs Stephen Buchanan Iowa Dec 5–2 Josh Barr Penn State 285 lbs Wyatt Hendrickson Oklahoma State Dec 5–4 Gable Steveson Minnesota
Medal table Rank Team First Second Third Total 1 Penn State 2 1 5 8 2 Nebraska 2 1 0 3 Oklahoma State 2 1 0 3 4 Iowa 1 2 0 3 5 Illinois 1 0 0 1 NC State 1 0 0 1 Ohio State 1 0 0 1 8 Minnesota 0 1 1 2 9 Purdue 0 1 0 1 Missouri 0 1 0 1 Northern Iowa 0 1 0 1 Virginia Tech 0 1 0 1 13 Arizona State 0 0 1 1 Cal Poly 0 0 1 1 Cal State Bakersfield 0 0 1 1 West Virginia 0 0 1 1 Totals (16 entries) 10 10 10 30
Awards Award Recipient Team Ref. NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler Carter Starocci Penn State NCAA Tournament Coach of the Year Mark Manning Nebraska
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