A Very Early Look at the 2025 National Duals Invitational

A couple of weeks ago, the National Duals Invitational announced the selection process for their inaugural tournament, November 15-16th, 2025. Automatic entries were extended to the teams that finished in the top 12 at the 2025 NCAA Championships. Those teams had until April 15th to confirm their participation in the tournament. The remaining spots will be filled through a draw from the teams that finished 13-24th at nationals. That is set to take place on April 24th. 

The National Duals Invitational website was updated multiple times on Tuesday to add new confirmed teams. As of now, half of the field is complete. #2 Nebraska, #3 Oklahoma State, #4 Iowa, #5 (tie) Ohio State, #8 NC State, #9 Northern Iowa, #10 Illinois, and #12 Michigan have all confirmed participation and are listed on the National Duals website. 

Additionally, Willie Saylor has confirmed that #5 (tie) Minnesota, #7 Cornell, and #11 Virginia Tech intend on attending; however, they have yet to be added to the site. 

The only team from the top 12 that has not been mentioned is national champion Penn State. Penn State was not expected to participate in this event. 

The teams that fall in the 13-24 range that could vie for available spots to round out the field include #13 Purdue, #14 Missouri, #15 Lehigh, #16 Penn, #17 Little Rock, #18 (tie) Arizona State, Stanford, West Virginia, #21 Navy, #22 Wyoming, #23 South Dakota State, #24 (tie) Maryland and Oregon State. 

Here’s a quick look at each of the teams that have confirmed and what they could bring to the table, lineup-wise, in November. 

Nebraska: Six returning All-Americans - led by 2025 national champion Antrell Taylor at 157 lbs. There aren’t any national qualifiers returning, aside from those six, so they’ll need to have some new faces step up to be a threat at a dual event like this. 

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