2025-26 Preseason DI Rankings Updated

It's September and school has started at most colleges and universities, so we're officially in the collegiate wrestling preseason. With that comes preseason rankings! Our first set of preseason rankings have been released. 

At this point, they are rather rough in some weights. With the extra COVID eligibility largely in the rearview mirror, there is more turnover than we've become accustomed to over the last four years. Remember, we don't rank true freshmen and there are definitely some that will likely make a significant impact this season. Even trophy contenders like Penn State and Oklahoma State could have prominent true freshmen starting, so they could shake up the team rankings. As usual, I tend to be conservative with redshirt freshmen (though there are some exceptions). 

These rankings will be updated at least once, perhaps twice, before the first matches. There are plenty of coaches I've spoken with who are uncertain about weight changes and have multiple rankable wrestlers vying for the starting role. So, there could be a lot of movement before November. 

Ranking can be found here