2025 Pac-12 Championships Preview

The Pac-12 Championships will have a bit of a new look in 2025 as perennial conference threat Arizona State has moved to the Big 12 and Stanford in the ACC. 

For now, the Pac-12 has plowed ahead - business as usual, but with just four teams. 

While the conference is short on numbers, there are plenty of intriguing storylines surrounding this tournament. All eyes will be focused on the 197 lb bracket that has All-Americans in three of its four slots. One of which is AJ Ferrari, who is still perfect with CSU Bakersfield, but he’ll get his most significant test(s) of the 2024-25 campaign. 

This conference also saw Little Rock become one of the darlings of college wrestling last year. Neil Erisman’s squad put two wrestlers on the NCAA podium and finished 19th in the country. Now, we’re not shocked by Little Rock, they’re just a really strong program. 

Oh yeah, also Cal Poly and Oregon State, both of whom spent a significant portion of their season in the national rankings. Both programs have multiple All-American threats. 

To get ready for the tournament, we’re going weight-by-weight through the brackets, previewing the action and making finals picks. 

125 lbs

(2 allocations)

This has been Maximo Renteria’s first full year as a starter for Oregon State and he’s provided little, to no, drop-off from his predecessor Brandon Kaylor. Renteria was sixth at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational where he posted a win over returning All-American Tanner Jordan. Despite his solid season and a national ranking of #13, Renteria is likely the second seed, as he suffered a conference loss to Cal Poly’s Koda Holeman. Holeman was perfect in the Pac-12 and is 18-9 in his first full year as a starter for the Mustangs. 

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