Ranked Wrestlers Who Did Not Earn NCAA Allocations - 2026

NCAA DI Conference allocations have been released! As soon as they were posted by the NCAA wrestling coaches, fans, media members and everyone else in between frantically scrolled through them to see which weight classes had earned “how many” allocations for the 2026 NCAA Championships.

The way that these were generated, there will always be room left over for at-large bids. All ten weight classes had either four or five berths reserved for at-larges. Some basic math skills will show that there will always be a few ranked wrestlers who do not earn automatic qualifying bids for their respective conference.

So, who are they? We’ve gone through and noted the wrestlers who are currently in InterMat’s top-33, yet did not earn bids for their conference. This doesn’t mean they can’t wrestle in Cleveland; they just need to place within the number of berths given to their weight class - or rely on an at-large. 

For each weight class, we’ve noted the at-large’s available, as well. For some weights, the at-large number matches the number of ranked wrestlers who didn’t earn bids. 

Other weights are where it gets dicey. For example, 133 lbs has four at-large berths available, but eight ranked wrestlers who didn’t earn bids. That means, in a best case scenario, four ranked wrestlers will miss out on the trip to Philadelphia. That is only if everything goes as expected. What’s more likely is there will be some unranked wrestlers that steal slots at the national tournament and push even more ranked wrestlers out. 

125, 133, 141, 149, 157, 174, 197, and 285 all have negative deficits between the at-larges and ranked wrestlers. 

If you’re looking for the wrestlers who actually did earn allocations, the Seton Hall Pirate has made an Allocation List , which is extremely helpful for these exercises. 

125 lbs

At-Large: 5

ACC (5)

Big 12 (5): #20 Ezekiel Witt (North Dakota State), #27 Trever Anderson (Northern Iowa), #29 Mack Mauger (Missouri)

Big Ten (9): #7 Dean Peterson (Iowa)

EIWA (2): 

Ivy (2):

MAC (2): #26 Blake West (Northern Illinois)

Pac-12 (2): 

SoCon (1): #22 Cooper Flynn (Chattanooga)
 

133 lbs

At-Large: 4

ACC (3): #25 Evan Tallmadge (Pittsburgh), #26 Ethan Oakley (North Carolina)

Big 12 (8): #22 Derrick Cardinal (South Dakota State), #31 Richard Murillo (California Baptist)

Big Ten (8): #24 Dylan Shawver (Rutgers)

EIWA (2): #18 Raymond Lopez (American) - teammate Max Leete was submitted for NCAA rankings

Ivy (2): #32 Ethan Rivera (Princeton)

MAC (4):

Pac-12 (1):

SoCon (1): #33 Ethan Uhorchuk (Chattanooga)
 

141 lbs

At-Large: 4

ACC (5):

Big 12 (7): #33 Jesse Vasquez (California Baptist)

Big Ten (7): #23 Danny Pucino (Illinois), #24 Dylan Ragusin (Michigan), #31 Henry Porter (Indiana)

EIWA (3): #28 Dylan Chappell (Bucknell)

Ivy (3): 

MAC (2):

Pac-12 (1):

SoCon (1):
 

149 lbs

At-Large: 4

ACC (4): #31 Wynton Denkins (Virginia)

Big 12 (5): #21 Caleb Rathjen (Northern Iowa), #26 Gabe Willochell (Wyoming)

Big Ten (9): #33 Drew Roberts (Minnesota)

EIWA (1):

Ivy (3): 

MAC (4): #32 Dylan Layton (Rider)

Pac-12 (2):

SoCon (1): #30 Kaden Keiser (Appalachian State)
 

157 lbs

At-Large: 4

ACC (4): #26 Laird Root (North Carolina)

Big 12 (5): #16 Teague Travis (Missouri), #33 Gavin Drexler (North Dakota State)

Big Ten (8): #1 Brandon Cannon (Ohio State), #15 Jordan Williams (Iowa)

EIWA (2): 

Ivy (4): 

MAC (4):

Pac-12 (1): #31 Jaivon Jones (Little Rock)

SoCon (1):
 

165 lbs

At-Large: 5

ACC (4): 

Big 12 (4): #25 J Conway (Missouri), #26 Marcus Espinoza-Owens (South Dakota State), #31 Peyten Kellar (Oklahoma)

Big Ten (9): #24 Cody Goebel (Wisconsin)

EIWA (4):

Ivy (3):

MAC (2):

Pac-12 (1): #22 Matthew Olguin (Oregon State)

SoCon (1):
 

174 lbs

At-Large: 4

ACC (3): #30 Sergio DeSiante (Virginia Tech), #31 Nick Hamilton (Virginia)

Big 12 (7):

Big Ten (10): #28 Eddie Enright (Northwestern)

EIWA (3): #21 Jasiah Queen (Drexel)

Ivy (2):

MAC (2): #29 Logan Messer (George Mason)

Pac-12 (1):

SoCon (1):
 

184 lbs

At-Large: 4

ACC (4): 

Big 12 (8):

Big Ten (8): #2 Angelo Ferrari (Iowa), #30 James Rowley (Purdue)

EIWA (3): #32 Daniel Williams (Navy), #33 Tyler Bienus (Bucknell)

Ivy (1):

MAC (3):

Pac-12 (1):

SoCon: (1)
 

197 lbs

At-Large: 4

ACC (3):

Big 12 (8):

Big Ten (10): #33 Hayden Walters (Michigan)

EIWA (2): #26 JT Davis (Lehigh), #27 Wolfgang Frable (Army West Point), #31 Zyan Hall (Navy)

Ivy (1): #32 Jack Wehmeyer (Columbia)

MAC (2):

Pac-12 (2):

SoCon (1):
 

285 lbs

At-Large: 4

ACC (4):

Big 12 (6): #30 Jack Forbes (Utah Valley), #32 Adam Ahrendson (Northern Iowa), #33 Luke Rasmussen (South Dakota State)

Big Ten (9): #8 Ben Kueter (Iowa)

EIWA (4): 

Ivy (2):

MAC (2):

Pac-12 (1): #22 Trevor Tinker (Cal Poly)

SoCon (1):