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NCAA Wrestling Championships: Where Every Top 5 Ranked Wrestler Is Seeded

NCAA Wrestling Championships: Where Every Top 5 Ranked Wrestler Is Seeded

The brackets for the 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships have been released. Here's a look at where every NCAA D1 ranked wrestler is seeded for the event.

Mar 15, 2024 by Deondre Hayes
NCAA Wrestling Championships: Where Every Top 5 Ranked Wrestler Is Seeded

The 2024 NCAA Wrestling Championships are going down on March 21-23 at the T-Mobile Center in  Kansas City, Mo. The NCAA's top ranked Division one wrestlers will be competing in the highly anticipated event in search of a National Championship. 

This years brackets for the tournament were officially released and have been drawing attention for certain seedings ,such as Penn State's 3x National Champion, Carter Starocci at No.9.

In the 133 weight class No.2 ranked Vito Arujau of Cornell was placed in the sixth seed, adding to the list of this years most surprising seeds in the NCAA Wrestling Championships

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Here's a deeper look at where the top ranked Wrestlers are seeded . 

Ranked Wrestlers at NCAA Wrestling Championships 2024

The brackets for the NCAA Wrestling Championships are out! Heres a look at where the top NCAA Ranked Wrestlers sits in this years tournament bracket.

Full list of NCAA D1 Wrestler Rankings can be found HERE

NCAA Wrestling Championships 125 Weight Class

  • (No.1 Seed/ Rank No.1) Braeden Davis, PSU, 19-2
  • (No.2 Seed/ Rank No.3) Luke Stanich, LEH, 19-3
  • (No.3 Seed/ Rank No.2) Drake Ayala, IOWA, 23-4
  • (No.4 Seed/ Rank No.4) Matt Ramos, PUR, 25-5
  • (No.4 Seed/ Rank No.7) Jore Volk, WYO, 23-6

NCAA Wrestling Championships 133 Weight Class

  • (No.1 Seed/ Rank No.3) Daton Fix, OKST, 17-0
  • (No.2 Seed/ Rank No.1) Ryan Crookham, LEH, 18-0
  • (No.3 Seed/ Rank No.6) Kai Orine, NCST, 15-2
  • (No.4 Seed/ Rank No.4) Dylan Shawver, RUT, 22-5
  • (No.5 Seed/ Rank No.5) Dylan Ragusin, MICH, 24-2

NCAA Wrestling Championships 141 Weight Class

  • (No.1 Seed/ Rank No.1) Jesse Mendez, OHST, 25-2
  • (No.2 Seed/ Rank No.2)  Beau Bartlett, PSU, 19-1
  • (No.3 Seed/ Rank No.3) Real Woods, IOWA, 18-3
  • (No.4 Seed/ Rank No.4) Ryan Jack, NCST, 18-3
  • (No.5 Seed/ Rank No.5) Anthony Echemendia, ISU, 20-4

NCAA Wrestling Championships 149 Weight Class

  • (No.1 Seed/ Rank No.1) Ridge Lovett, NEB, 24-1
  • (No.2 Seed/ Rank No.2) Kyle Parco, ASU, 21-3
  • (No.3 Seed/ Rank No.3) Jackson Arrington, NCST, 18-3
  • (No.4 Seed/ Rank No.3) Caleb Henson, VT, 25-2
  • (No.5 Seed/ Rank No.6) Ty Watters, WVU, 25-4

NCAA Wrestling Championships 157 Weight Class

  • (No.1 Seed/ Rank No.1) Levi Haines, PSU, 18-0
  • (No.2 Seed/ Rank No.2) Jacori Teemer, ASU, 21-3
  • (No.3 Seed/ Rank No.3) Meyer Shapiro, COR, 23-2
  • (No.4 Seed/ Rank No.9) Ed Scott, NCST, 21-5
  • (No.5 Seed/ Rank No.4) Ryder Downey, UNI, 20-4

NCAA Wrestling Championships 165 Weight Class

  • (No.1 Seed/ Rank No.1)  Keegan O`toole, MIZZ, 19-0
  • (No.2 Seed/ Rank No.4) Mitchell Mesenbrink, PSU, 21-0
  • (No.3 Seed/ Rank No.3) Julian Ramirez, COR, 22-2
  • (No.4 Seed/ Rank No.2) David Carr, ISU, 22-2
  • (No.5 Seed/ Rank No.5) Dean Hamiti, WIS, 26-2

NCAA Wrestling Championships 174 Weight Class

  • (No.1 Seed/ Rank No.2) Mekhi Lewis, VT, 15-0
  • (No.2 Seed/ Rank No.4) Cade Devos, SDSU, 23-1
  • (No.3 Seed/ Rank No.5) Edmond Ruth, ILL, 22-2
  • (No.4 Seed/ Rank No.3) Shane Griffith, MICH, 14-3
  • (No.5 Seed/ Rank No.9) Philip Conigliaro, HAR, 24-3

NCAA Wrestling Championships 184 Weight Class

  • (No.1 Seed/ Rank No.1) Parker Keckeisen, UNI, 26-0
  • (No.2 Seed/ Rank No.3) Isaiah Salazar, MINN, 21-1
  • (No.3 Seed/ Rank No.2) Dustin Plott, OKST, 27-3
  • (No.4 Seed/ Rank No.4) Trey Munoz, ORST, 19-3
  • (No.5 Seed/ Rank No.6) Lenny Pinto, NEB, 22-4

NCAA Wrestling Championships 197 Weight Class

  • (No.1 Seed/ Rank No.1) Aaron Brooks, PSU, 17-0
  • (No.2 Seed/ Rank No.2) Trent Hidlay, NCST, 24-0
  • (No.3 Seed/ Rank No.3) Tanner Sloan, SDSU, 23-1
  • (No.4 Seed/ Rank No.4) Michael Beard, LEH, 26-1
  • (No.5 Seed/ Rank No.5) Jacob Cardenas, COR, 22-6

NCAA Wrestling Championships 285 Weight Class

  • (No.1 Seed/ Rank No.1) Greg Kerkvliet, PSU, 15-0
  • (No.2 Seed/ Rank No.2 Yonger Bastida, ISU, 24-0
  • (No.3 Seed/ Rank No.3) Wyatt Hendrickson, AF, 22-1
  • (No.4 Seed/ Rank No.4 ) Cohlton Schultz, ASU, 9-1
  • (No.5 Seed/ Rank No.6) Nathan Taylor, LEH, 23-3

When Is The First Round Of The NCAA Wrestling Tournament 2024?

The first round begins Thursday, March  21 at 12pm.

The second round begins Thursday, Mar 21 at 6pm.

How To Watch NCAA Wrestling Championships 2024

All matches from the  2024 NCAA Wrestling Division One Championships will be broadcasted on ESPNU/ESPN+ from March 21-23.

NCAA Wrestling Championship Brackets 

NCAA Division One Wrestling Rankings

The updated NCAA D1 Wrestling rankings can be found HERE.

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