April 2026 U.S. Men's Freestyle Wrestling Rankings

57 KG

#2 Luke Lilledahl, wrestling for Penn State, won the 125 LB NCAA D1 Wrestling Championships over Marc-Anthony McGowan of Princeton. #7 Nico Provo, wrestling for Stanford, took third over 2025 NCAA D1 Champion Vincent Robinson of North Carolina State.

61 KG

#1 Jax Forrest, wrestling for Oklahoma State, won the 133LB NCAA Wrestling Championships over #3 Ben Davino of Ohio State. #2 Zan Fugitt, wrestling for Wisconsin, went 1-2 at NCAA’s and failed to place, losing to TK Davis of Gardner Webb and Tyler Knox of Stanford while registering a win over Carter Schmidt of Oklahoma.

65 KG

#5 Marcus Blaze, wrestling for Penn State, took fourth at the 133 LB NCAA D1 Wrestling Championships, losing in the championship semifinals to #3 (61) Ben Davino of Ohio State and in the third place match to Aaron Seidel of Virginia Tech. #7 Jesse Mendez, wrestling for Ohio State, took silver at the 141 LB NCAA D1 Wrestling Championships to Sergio Vega of Oklahoma State. #10 Bo Bassett beat 2016 57 KG Olympic Champion Vladimir Khinchegashvili (GEO) at RAF 07.

70 KG

#1 PJ Duke, wrestling for Penn State, took third at the 157LB D1 NCAA Wrestling Championships. Duke lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Landon Robideau of Oklahoma State and took third over Brandon Cannon of Ohio State.

74 KG

#2 Mitchell Mesenbrink, wrestling for Penn State, won the 165LB NCAA D1 Wrestling Championships over Michael Caliendo of Iowa. #5 Joey Blaze, wrestling for Purdue, got sixth at the 165 LB NCAA D1 Wrestling Championships after losing to Michael Caliendo and #8 (79) Nicco Ruiz in the Championships semifinals and consolation semifinals and then forfeiting out of his fifth place match.

79 KG

#1 Levi Haines, wrestling for Penn State, won the 174LB NCAA D1 Wrestling Championships over Christopher Minto of Nebraska. #4 Simon Ruiz, wrestling for Cornell, lost in the blood round to #5 Carson Kharchla of Ohio State at the 174 LB NCAA D1 Wrestling Championships and failed to place. #5 Carson Kharchla took fourth at the 174LB NCAA D1 Wrestling Championships for Ohio State, registering a win over #4 Simon Ruiz in the blood round. #8 Nicco Ruiz, wrestling for Arizona State, took fourth at the 165 LB NCAA D1 Wrestling Championships. #9 Myles Takats, wrestling for Bucknell, failed to place at the 174 LB NCAA D1 Wrestling Championships with a 1-2 record.

86 KG

#2 Kyle Dake beat #3 Parker Keckeisen at RAF 07. #1 Zahid Valencia won the Dan Kolov Memorial over Oleksandr Mamrosh (UKR). #6 Max McEnelly of Minnesota won the NCAA D1 Wrestling Championships over #8 Rocco Welsh of Penn State.

92 KG

#1 Trent Hidlay tech falled Pat Downey at RAF 07. #3 Joshua Barr of Penn State won the 197LB D1 NCAA Wrestling Championships over Coby Merrill of Oklahoma State. #4 Aeoden Sinclair of Missouri got third at the 184LB NCAA D1 Wrestling Championships. #9 Luke Geog went 3-2 wrestling for Ohio State at the 197LB NCAA D1 Wrestling Championships, losing in the blood round to Angelo Posada of Stanford and failing to place, Geog was able to register a win over 2025 97 KG Junior World Champion #8 (97) Justin Rademacher of Oregon State in repechage. #4 Aeoden Sinclair beat 2025 86 KG Islamic Solidarity Games runner-up Khidir Saipudinov of Bahrain at RAF 07.

97 KG

#1 Kyle Snyder beat 2024 Olympic Champion Akhmed Tazhudinov of Bahrain at RAF 07. 2025 Junior World Champion #8 Justin Rademacher, wrestling for Oregon State, failed to place at the NCAA D1 197LB Wrestling Championships with a 1-2 record that saw him lose in repechage to #9 (92) Luke Geog of Ohio State.

125 KG

#2 Wyatt Hendrickson beat #3 Trent Hillger in a rematch of their 2025 Final X Series at RAF 07. #10 Ryan Catka, wrestling for Virginia Tech, failed to place at the 285 LB NCAA D1 Wrestling Championships after making the quarterfinals; Catka lost to Taye Ghadiali of Michigan in the quarterfinals and Christian Carroll of Wyoming in the blood round.

Pound for Pound

No changes in the Pound for Pound rankings.