This is a list of men's collegiate wrestling programs in the United States that compete in NCAA Division I. For the 2026–27 NCAA Division I men's wrestling season, 77 schools in the United States sponsor Division I varsity men's wrestling. The most recent changes to the roster of D-I wrestling programs came in 2025–26 with the subtraction of one program. This list reflects each team's conference affiliation as of that season.
NB: Women's wrestling became an official NCAA championship sport in 2025–26; however, of the 113 women's programs that competed in 2025–26, only six are sponsored by Division I members. Select "Women's Wrestling" from the "Sport" menu to the left of the map. The "Division" menu, also to the left of the map, can be used to specify an individual NCAA division.
Men's wrestling conferences Before its 2024 expansion, the Big Ten Conference was the only all-sport conference whose members (14) all competed in wrestling. The four newest members, Oregon, USC, UCLA, and Washington, do not sponsor wrestling. The seven wrestling schools in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) are all currently full members of the conference. The Mid-American Conference (MAC) had eight affiliate members in addition to five full members after adding the seven members of the Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) as new affiliates starting in the 2019–20 season. The number of affiliates was down to seven when Cleveland State dropped wrestling after the 2024–25 season, and the number of full members dropped by one when Northern Illinois moved to the non-wrestling Horizon League after the 2025–26 season, with NIU men's wrestling moving to the Pac-12 Conference. Following the 2024 collapse of the Pac-12 Conference, which saw 10 of the 12 full members leave—including two men's wrestling schools in Arizona State (Big 12) and Stanford (ACC)—the Pac-12 men's wrestling league had only 4 members, with one full member and three associates. The Pac-12 resumed full operation in 2026–27 with nine total full members, and still officially sponsors men's wrestling despite none of the seven new full members sponsoring that sport. The Pac-12 added five programs as men's wrestling affiliates in 2026–27. Northern Illinois joined from the MAC, and Air Force, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, and South Dakota State joined from Big 12 men's wrestling. The Southern Conference (SoCon) with three full members that sponsor men's wrestling, meets the membership requirement by having six associate members, with the newest associate Bellarmine being the most recent addition in 2020–21 and completing the transition from Division II at the end of the 2023-24 season. The Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) is a men's wrestling-only conference with 12 current members, the most recent addition being Morgan State University in 2024–25. EIWA member Franklin & Marshall is the only Division III school competing in Division I wrestling. The Ivy League is the newest Division I men's wrestling league, having been formed after the 2023-24 academic year. The six members that sponsor wrestling were previously members of the EIWA, but broke off after the 2023-24 season to have their own conference and tournament. The Big 12 Conference (Big 12) had lost its NCAA recognition when men's wrestling membership fell to only four full member schools, despite the fact that three of those four schools had won a combined 49 NCAA Division I wrestling team titles. On July 29, 2015, the Big 12 announced that the members of the Western Wrestling Conference (which had six members, but was not recognized by the NCAA) had been accepted as affiliate members of the Big 12, increasing the number of participating schools to ten and restoring the conference's automatic bids. The Big 12 has since added three more wrestling affiliates, though one of these, namely Fresno State, dropped the sport after the 2020–21 season. California Baptist was officially granted Division I status in August 2022. Missouri, previously a full Big 12 member before moving to the Southeastern Conference, where it was the only school that then sponsored wrestling, moved back to the conference as an affiliate in 2021-22 after spending the previous nine years as an affiliate member of the MAC. Oklahoma remained in Big 12 wrestling after otherwise joining the SEC in 2024. California Baptist dropped men's wrestling after the 2025–26 season, and Air Force, North Dakota State, Northern Colorado, and South Dakota State left at that time to become Pac-12 affiliates.
Current Division I schools SchoolLocationStateNicknameHead CoachConferencePrimary conferenceNational titles American University Washington DC Eagles EIWA Patriot League 0 Appalachian State University Boone NC Mountaineers SoCon Sun Belt 0 Arizona State University Tempe AZ Sun Devils Big 12 1 – 1988 Bellarmine University Louisville KY Knights SoCon ASUN 0 Binghamton University Vestal NY Bearcats EIWA America East 0 (Bloomsburg) Bloomsburg PA Huskies MAC PSAC (Div. II) 0 Brown University Providence RI Bears Ivy League 0 Bucknell University Lewisburg PA Bison EIWA Patriot League 0 Buffalo NY Bulls MAC 0 California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) San Luis Obispo CA Mustangs Pac-12 Big West 0 California State University, Bakersfield Bakersfield CA Roadrunners Pac-12 Big West 0 Campbell University Buies Creek NC Fighting Camels SoCon CAA 0 Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant MI Chippewas MAC 0 Charleston SC Bulldogs SoCon 0 (Clarion) Clarion PA Golden Eagles MAC PSAC (Div. II) 0 Columbia University New York NY Lions Ivy League 0 Cornell University Ithaca NY Big Red Ivy League 0 Davidson College Davidson NC Wildcats SoCon Atlantic 10 0 Drexel University Philadelphia PA Dragons EIWA CAA 0 Duke University Durham NC Blue Devils ACC 0 (Edinboro) Edinboro PA Fighting Scots MAC PSAC (Div. II) 0 Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster PA Diplomats EIWA Centennial (Div. III) 0 Gardner-Webb University Boiling Springs NC Runnin' Bulldogs SoCon Big South 0 George Mason University Fairfax VA Patriots MAC Atlantic 10 0 Harvard University Cambridge MA Crimson Ivy League 0 Hofstra University Hempstead NY Pride EIWA CAA 0 (Illinois) Champaign–Urbana IL Fighting Illini Big Ten 0 Indiana University Bloomington (Indiana) Bloomington IN Hoosiers Big Ten 1 – 1932 Iowa City IA Hawkeyes Big Ten 24 – 1975-76, 1978–86, 1991–93, 1995-2000, 2008–10, 2021 Iowa State University Ames IA Cyclones Big 12 8 – t-1933, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972–73, 1977, 1987 Kent State University Kent OH Golden Flashes MAC 0 Lehigh University Bethlehem PA Mountain Hawks EIWA Patriot League 0 (Little Rock) Little Rock AR Trojans Pac-12 UAC 0 (LIU) Brookville NY Sharks EIWA NEC 0 (Lock Haven) Lock Haven PA Bald Eagles MAC PSAC (Div. II) 0 (Maryland) College Park MD Terrapins Big Ten 0 Ann Arbor MI Wolverines Big Ten 0 Michigan State University East Lansing MI Spartans Big Ten 1 – 1967 Minneapolis and St. Paul MN Golden Gophers Big Ten 3 – 2001-02, 2007 Columbia MO Tigers Big 12 SEC 0 Morgan State University Baltimore MD Bears EIWA MEAC 0 (Nebraska) Lincoln NE Cornhuskers Big Ten 0 North Carolina State University (NC State) Raleigh NC Wolfpack ACC 0 (North Carolina) Chapel Hill NC Tar Heels ACC 0 North Dakota State University Fargo ND Bison Pac-12 Summit League 0 Greeley CO Bears Pac-12 Big Sky 0 Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL Huskies Pac-12 Horizon League 0 Cedar Falls IA Panthers Big 12 MVC 1 – 1950 Northwestern University Evanston IL Wildcats Big Ten 0 Athens OH Bobcats MAC 0 Columbus OH Buckeyes Tom RyanBig Ten 1 – 2015 Norman OK Sooners Big 12 SEC 7 – 1932, 1951-52, 1957, 1960, 1964, 1974 Oklahoma State University–Stillwater (Oklahoma State) Stillwater OK Cowboys Big 12 34 – 1928-31, t-1933, 1934–42, 1946, 1948–49, 1954–56, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2003–06 Oregon State University Corvallis OR Beavers Pac-12 0 (Penn) Philadelphia PA Quakers Matt Valenti Ivy League 0 Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) University Park PA Nittany Lions Big Ten 14 – 1953, 2011–14, 2016–19, 2022-2026 Pittsburgh PA Panthers ACC 0 Presbyterian College Clinton SC Blue Hose SoCon Big South 0 Princeton University Princeton NJ Tigers Ivy League 0 Purdue University West Lafayette IN Boilermakers Big Ten 0 Rider University Lawrenceville NJ Broncs MAC Metro 0 Rutgers University–New Brunswick (Rutgers) New Brunswick NJ Scarlet Knights Big Ten 0 Sacred Heart University Fairfield CT Pioneers EIWA Metro 0 South Dakota State University Brookings SD Jackrabbits Pac-12 Summit League 0 (SIU Edwardsville or SIUE) Edwardsville IL Cougars MAC OVC 0 Stanford University Stanford CA Cardinal ACC 0 (Chattanooga) Chattanooga TN Mocs SoCon 0 (Air Force) Colorado Springs CO Falcons Pac-12 Mountain West 0 (Army) West Point NY Black Knights EIWA Patriot League 0 (Navy) Annapolis MD Midshipmen EIWA Patriot League 0 Utah Valley University Orem UT Wolverines Big 12 Big West 0 Charlottesville VA Cavaliers ACC 0 Virginia Military Institute (VMI) Lexington VA Keydets SoCon 0 Virginia Tech Blacksburg VA Hokies ACC 0 West Virginia University Morgantown WV Mountaineers Big 12 0 (Wisconsin) Madison WI Badgers Big Ten 0 Laramie WY Cowboys Big 12 Mountain West 0
In transition
SchoolCityStateNicknameConferencePrimary conferenceNational titlesFull membership Mercyhurst University Erie Pennsylvania Lakers – Northeast Conference – July 2027
Map of Division I men's wrestling programs
Map of Defunct Division I men's wrestling programs (Since 1953)
Notes The NEIWA merged into ECC which merged into the CAA Dropped Collegiate Programs since 1953 Dropped College Wrestling Teams
See also Collegiate wrestling List of NCAA Division II men's wrestling programs List of NCAA Divisions II and III schools competing in NCAA Division I sports List of NCAA women's wrestling programs (in all divisions)
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External links NCAA Organization website NCAA Competition website