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This is a list of men's collegiate wrestling programs in the United States that compete in NCAA Division I. For the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's wrestling season, 77 schools in the United States sponsor Division I varsity men's wrestling.[1] The most recent changes to the roster of D-I wrestling programs came in 2025–26 with the subtraction of one program. This list reflects each team's conference affiliation as of that season.

NB: Women's wrestling became an official NCAA championship sport in 2025–26;[2] however, of the 111 current women's programs, only six are sponsored by Division I members.[3]

Men's wrestling conferences

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  • Before its 2024 expansion, the Big Ten Conference was the only all-sport conference whose members (14) all competed in wrestling. The four newest members, Oregon, USC, UCLA, and Washington, do not sponsor wrestling.
  • The seven wrestling schools in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) are all currently full members of the conference.
  • The Mid-American Conference (MAC) had eight affiliate members in addition to five full members after adding the seven members of the Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) as new affiliates starting in the 2019–20 season.[4] The number of affiliates was down to seven when Cleveland State dropped wrestling after the 2024–25 season. The MAC will lose full member Northern Illinois to the non-wrestling Horizon League after the 2025–26 season, with NIU men's wrestling moving to the Pac-12 Conference.
  • Following the 2024 collapse of the Pac-12 Conference, which saw 10 of the 12 full members leave—including two men's wrestling schools in Arizona State (Big 12) and Stanford (ACC)—the Pac-12 men's wrestling league has only 4 members, with one full member and three associates. When the Pac-12 resumes full operation in 2026–27 with nine total full members, it will continue to officially sponsor men's wrestling despite none of the seven new full members sponsoring that sport. Northern Illinois will become a men's wrestling affiliate starting in 2026–27.
  • The Southern Conference (SoCon) with three full members that sponsor men's wrestling, meets the membership requirement by having six associate members, with the newest associate, Bellarmine being the most recent addition in 2020–21 and completing the transition from Division II at the end of the 2023-24 season.
  • The Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) is a men's wrestling-only conference that has 12 members in the 2024–25 season after the addition of Morgan State University. EIWA member Franklin & Marshall is the only Division III school competing in Division I wrestling.
  • The Ivy League is the newest Division I men's wrestling league, having been formed after the 2023-24 academic year. The six members that sponsor wrestling were previously members of the EIWA, but broke off after the 2023-24 season to have their own conference and tournament.[5]
  • The Big 12 Conference (Big 12) had lost its NCAA recognition when men's wrestling membership fell to only four full member schools, despite the fact that three of those four schools had won a combined 49 NCAA Division I wrestling team titles. On July 29, 2015, the Big 12 announced that the members of the Western Wrestling Conference (which had six members, but was not recognized by the NCAA) had been accepted as affiliate members of the Big 12, increasing the number of participating schools to ten and restoring the conference's automatic bids. The Big 12 has since added three more wrestling affiliates, though one of these, namely Fresno State, dropped the sport after the 2020–21 season.[6] California Baptist was officially granted Division I status in August 2022.[7] Missouri, previously a full Big 12 member before moving to the Southeastern Conference, where it was the only school that then sponsored wrestling, moved back to the conference as an affiliate in 2021-22 after spending the previous nine years as an affiliate member of the MAC.[8] Oklahoma remained in Big 12 wrestling after otherwise joining the SEC in 2024. California Baptist will drop men's wrestling after the 2025–26 season.[9]

Current Division I schools

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Departing programs are highlighted in pink.

School Location State Nickname Head Coach Conference Primary conference National titles[10]
American University Washington DC Eagles Jason Borrelli EIWA Patriot League 0
Appalachian State University Boone NC Mountaineers JohnMark Bentley SoCon Sun Belt 0
Arizona State University Tempe AZ Sun Devils Zeke Jones Big 12 1 – 1988
Bellarmine University Louisville KY Knights Ned Shuck SoCon ASUN 0
Binghamton University Vestal NY Bearcats Kyle Borshoff EIWA America East 0
Commonwealth University–Bloomsburg (Bloomsburg) Bloomsburg PA Huskies John Stutzman MAC PSAC (Div. II) 0
(2 NAIA – 1960, 1965)[11]
Brown University Providence RI Bears Jordan Leen Ivy League 0
Bucknell University Lewisburg PA Bison Dan Wirnsberger EIWA Patriot League 0
University at Buffalo Buffalo[A 1] NY Bulls Donnie Vinson MAC 0
(1 Div. III – 1978)[12]
California Baptist University Riverside CA Lancers Derek Moore Big 12
(dropping wrestling in 2026) 		WAC
(Big West in 2026) 		0
(2 NCWA – 2011, 2013)
California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) San Luis Obispo CA Mustangs Jon Sioredas Pac-12 Big West 0
(8 Div II– 1966, 1968–74)[13]
California State University, Bakersfield Bakersfield CA Roadrunners Luke Smith Pac-12 Big West 0
(8 Div. II – 1976-77, 1979–83, 1987)[13]
Campbell University Buies Creek NC Fighting Camels Scotti Sentes SoCon CAA 0
Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant MI Chippewas Ben Bennett MAC 0
The Citadel Charleston SC Bulldogs Ryan LeBlanc SoCon 0
Pennsylvania Western University, Clarion (Clarion) Clarion PA Golden Eagles Keith Ferraro MAC PSAC (Div. II) 0
Columbia University New York NY Lions Zach Tanelli Ivy League 0
Cornell University Ithaca NY Big Red Mike Grey Ivy League 0
Davidson College Davidson NC Wildcats Nate Carr Jr. SoCon Atlantic 10 0
Drexel University Philadelphia PA Dragons Matt Azevedo EIWA CAA 0
Duke University Durham NC Blue Devils Glenn Lanham ACC 0
Pennsylvania Western University, Edinboro (Edinboro) Edinboro PA Fighting Scots Matt Hill MAC PSAC (Div. II) 0
Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster PA Diplomats Mike Rogers EIWA Centennial (Div. III) 0
Gardner-Webb University Boiling Springs NC Runnin' Bulldogs Daniel Elliot SoCon Big South 0
George Mason University Fairfax[A 2] VA Patriots Frank Beasley MAC Atlantic 10 0
Harvard University Cambridge[A 3] MA Crimson Jay Weiss Ivy League 0
Hofstra University Hempstead NY Pride Dennis Papadatos EIWA CAA 0
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Illinois) Champaign–Urbana IL Fighting Illini Mike Poeta Big Ten 0
Indiana University Bloomington (Indiana) Bloomington IN Hoosiers Angel Escobedo Big Ten 1 – 1932
University of Iowa Iowa City IA Hawkeyes Tom Brands Big Ten 24 – 1975-76, 1978–86, 1991–93, 1995-2000, 2008–10, 2021
Iowa State University Ames IA Cyclones Kevin Dresser Big 12 8 – t-1933, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972–73, 1977, 1987
Kent State University Kent OH Golden Flashes Jim Andrassy MAC 0
Lehigh University Bethlehem PA Mountain Hawks Pat Santoro EIWA Patriot League 0
University of Arkansas at Little Rock (Little Rock) Little Rock AR Trojans Neil Erisman Pac-12 OVC
(UAC[A 4] in 2026) 		0
Long Island University (LIU) Brookville NY Sharks Joe Patrovich EIWA NEC 0
Commonwealth University–Lock Haven (Lock Haven) Lock Haven PA Bald Eagles Scott Moore MAC PSAC (Div. II) 0
(4 NAIA – 1961, 1963, 1966–67)[11]
University of Maryland, College Park (Maryland) College Park MD Terrapins Alex Clemsen Big Ten 0
University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI Wolverines Sean Bormet Big Ten 0
Michigan State University East Lansing MI Spartans Roger Chandler Big Ten 1 – 1967
University of Minnesota Minneapolis and St. Paul MN Golden Gophers Brandon Eggum Big Ten 3 – 2001-02, 2007
University of Missouri Columbia MO Tigers Brian Smith Big 12 SEC 0
Morgan State University Baltimore MD Bears Kenny Monday EIWA MEAC 0
University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska) Lincoln NE Cornhuskers Mark Manning Big Ten 0
North Carolina State University (NC State) Raleigh NC Wolfpack Pat Popolizio ACC 0
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (North Carolina) Chapel Hill NC Tar Heels Rob Koll ACC 0
North Dakota State University Fargo ND Bison Obe Blanc Big 12 Summit League 0
(4 Div. II – 1988, 1998, 2000–01)[13]
University of Northern Colorado Greeley CO Bears Troy Nickerson Big 12 Big Sky 0
Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL Huskies Ryan Ludwig MAC
(Pac-12 in 2026) 		MAC
(Horizon League in 2026) 		0
University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls IA Panthers Doug Schwab Big 12 MVC 1 – 1950
(2 Div. II – 1975, 1978)[13]
Northwestern University Evanston IL Wildcats Matt Stormiolo Big Ten 0
Ohio University Athens OH Bobcats Joel Greenlee MAC 0
Ohio State University Columbus OH Buckeyes Tom Ryan Big Ten 1 – 2015
University of Oklahoma Norman OK Sooners Roger Kish Big 12 SEC 7 – 1932, 1951-52, 1957, 1960, 1964, 1974
Oklahoma State University–Stillwater (Oklahoma State) Stillwater OK Cowboys David Taylor Big 12 34 – 1928-31, t-1933, 1934–42, 1946, 1948–49, 1954–56, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003–06
Oregon State University Corvallis OR Beavers Chris Pendleton Pac-12 0
University of Pennsylvania (Penn) Philadelphia PA Quakers Roger Reina Ivy League 0
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) University Park PA Nittany Lions Cael Sanderson Big Ten 12 – 1953, 2011–14, 2016–19, 2022-2024
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA Panthers Keith Gavin ACC 0
Presbyterian College Clinton SC Blue Hose Mark Cody SoCon Big South 0
Princeton University Princeton NJ Tigers Joe Dubuque Ivy League 0
Purdue University West Lafayette IN Boilermakers Tony Ersland Big Ten 0
Rider University Lawrenceville NJ Broncs John Hangey MAC MAAC 0
Rutgers University–New Brunswick (Rutgers) New Brunswick NJ Scarlet Knights Scott Goodale Big Ten 0
Sacred Heart University Fairfield CT Pioneers John Clark EIWA MAAC 0
South Dakota State University Brookings SD Jackrabbits Damion Hahn Big 12 Summit League 0
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIU Edwardsville or SIUE) Edwardsville IL Cougars Jeremy Spates MAC OVC 0
(3 Div. II – 1984-86)[13]
Stanford University Stanford CA Cardinal Chris Ayres ACC 0
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Chattanooga) Chattanooga TN Mocs Kyle Ruschell SoCon 0
United States Air Force Academy (Air Force) Colorado Springs CO Falcons Sam Barber Big 12 Mountain West 0
United States Military Academy (Army) West Point NY Black Knights Kevin Ward EIWA Patriot League 0
United States Naval Academy (Navy) Annapolis MD Midshipmen Cary Kolat EIWA Patriot League 0
Utah Valley University Orem UT Wolverines Adam Hall Big 12 WAC
(Big West in 2026) 		0
University of Virginia Charlottesville VA Cavaliers Steve Garland ACC 0
Virginia Military Institute (VMI) Lexington VA Keydets Jim Gibson SoCon 0
Virginia Tech Blacksburg VA Hokies Tony Robie ACC 0
West Virginia University Morgantown WV Mountaineers Tim Flynn Big 12 0
University of Wisconsin–Madison (Wisconsin) Madison WI Badgers Chris Bono Big Ten 0
University of Wyoming Laramie WY Cowboys Mark Branch Big 12 Mountain West 0



In transition

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School City State Nickname Conference Primary conference National titles Full membership
Mercyhurst University Erie Pennsylvania Lakers – Northeast Conference – July 2027[14]

Map of Division I men's wrestling programs

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All Division I men's wrestling programs during the 2025–26 season. Conferences (clockwise from northeast): purple pog: EIWA, green pog: Ivy League, cyan pog: ACC, black pog: SoCon, green dot: Big 12, red pog: Pac-12, blue dot: Big Ten, orange pog: MAC, white pog: Independent. Labels: 1: American, 2: Army, 3: Bloomsburg, 4: Bucknell, 5: Clarion, 6: Columbia, 7: Drexel, 8: Edinboro, 9: Franklin & Marshall, 10: George Mason, 11: Hofstra, 12: Lehigh, 13: Lock Haven, 14: LIU, 15: Mercyhurst, 16: Penn, 17: Penn St., 18: Princeton, 19: Rider, 20: Rutgers, 21: Sacred Heart, 22: Maryland

Map of Defunct Division I men's wrestling programs (Since 1953)

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List of NCAA Division I men's wrestling programs is located in the United States
Arizona
California
UCLA
Oregon
Washington
Washington State
San Jose State
Utah State
Portland State
UC Davis
CS Fullerton
Boise State
Gonzaga
Idaho State
Idaho
Northern Arizona
UC Santa Barbara
Long Beach State
UNLV
Colorado State
Brigham Young
Drake
Eastern Washington
Montana State
Montana
New Mexico
San Diego State
UTEP
Utah
Weber State
WFU
Georgia Tech
Clemson
Boston College
CCSU
UConn
Dartmouth
Delaware
JMU
Lafayette
Maine
UMass
UNH
Rhode Island
Seton Hall
Wagner
Colorado
Fresno State
Kansas
Kansas State
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Auburn
Kentucky
LSU
Tennessee
East Carolina
ETSU
Florida International
Furman
Marshall
UNCG
WCU
BU
Colgate
Richmond
Syracuse
Temple
Villanova
William & Mary
Yale
Illinois State
Indiana St.
Missouri State
SIU-C
Western Illinois
Eastern Illinois
EKU
Morehead St.
SEMO
TN Tech
Akron
Ball State
BGSU
Cleveland State
EMU
Miami
ODU
Toledo
Western Michigan
Albany State
Arkansas State
Butler
California (PA)
UCF
Chicago State
Cincinnati
Coppin State
Dayton
Delaware State
Denver
Duquesne
Evansville
FDU
Georgia State
GW
Grand Canyon U.
Hartford
Holy Cross
Howard
La Salle
Lindenwood
Liberty
Louisiana
Loyola
Manhattan
Marquette
UMES
MTSU
Oakland
Nebraska-Omaha
Nevada
New Mexico State
Norfolk State
NC A&T
UNC Wilmington
Notre Dame
Queens
SFU
Slippery Rock
Stetson
SC State
Valparaiso
VCU
W&M
Wright State
Xavier
YSU
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Defunct Division I men's wrestling programs as of the 2025–26 season. Conference as of discontinuation (clockwise from northeast): blue marker: CAA, purple pog: EIWA, yellow pog: ACC, cyan pog: SEC, black pog: SoCon, green pog: Big 12, red pog: Pac-12, green marker: Big West, purple marker: Big Sky, yellow marker: WAC, orange pog: Missouri Valley, blue pog: OVC, white pog: MAC, black marker: Independent/Unknown Conference
Notes
  • The NEIWA merged into ECC which merged into the CAA[15]
  • Dropped Collegiate Programs since 1953[16]
  • Dropped College Wrestling Teams[17]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The entire University at Buffalo has a Buffalo mailing address, but its athletic administration and almost all of its athletic facilities, including the wrestling venue, are in the adjacent town of Amherst.
  2. ^ The main campus has a Fairfax mailing address, but is outside the Fairfax city limits in unincorporated Fairfax County.
  3. ^ Although the athletic department offices and most athletic facilities are within the Boston city limits and have a Boston mailing address, the wrestling venue is in Cambridge, also home to the university administration and its undergraduate campus.
  4. ^ The Western Athletic Conference will rebrand as the United Athletic Conference in July 2026.

References

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  1. ^ "NCAA Sports Sponsorship". NCBA.org. Archived from the original on March 8, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  2. ^ "NCAA adds women's wrestling as 91st championship" (Press release). NCAA. January 17, 2025. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  3. ^ "Women's Wrestling Institutions". NCAA Directory. Retrieved October 3, 2025. Select "Women's Wrestling" from the "Sport" menu to the left of the map. The "Division" menu, also to the left of the map, can be used to specify an individual NCAA division.
  4. ^ "MAC Announces Historic Wrestling Expansion". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  5. ^ "Ivy League To Launch Wrestling Tournament Starting in 2025". ivyleague.com. December 19, 2023. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  6. ^ "Fresno State Athletics Announces Program Changes" (Press release). Fresno State Bulldogs. October 16, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  7. ^ "CBU Wrestling Accepts Conditional Membership Status from Big 12 Conference" (Press release). California Baptist Lancers. February 16, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  8. ^ "Mizzou Wrestling Program Returns To Big 12 Conference". University of Missouri Athletics. April 22, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  9. ^ "California Baptist University Restructures Lancer Athletics; Discontinues Three Athletic Programs Ahead of Big West Entry" (Press release). California Baptist Lancers. January 2, 2026. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  10. ^ "Division I Wrestling Championship History". NCAA. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  11. ^ a b "Wrestling Championship Records/Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 24, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  12. ^ "Division III Wrestling Championship History". NCAA. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  13. ^ a b c d e "Division II Wrestling Championship History". NCAA. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  14. ^ "Welcome To The Lake Show: Mercyhurst University Accepts Northeast Conference Membership Invite" (Press release). Northeast Conference. April 4, 2024. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  15. ^ "NCAA Qualifiers by Conference" (PDF). EIWA. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  16. ^ "College Programs Dropped Nationally". USA Wrestling-Kansas. February 22, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
  17. ^ "Dropped College Wrestling Teams". mattalkonline.com. February 23, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
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