NCAA DI Wrestling Championships Bracketology: Know Schedule, and How to Watch

The Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia will host the 2025 NCAA DI wrestling championships from March 20–22. On Wednesday, March 12, at 8 p.m. ET, NCAA.com revealed the brackets and seeding.

The top finisher in each weight class will receive at least ten spots in each qualifying tournament. Each class’s remaining spots are set aside for at-large selections. The NCAA Wrestling Committee will select the at-large qualifiers.

Schedule for 2025 NCAA DI wrestling championships

*All times listed in Eastern Standard Time

Brackets reveal | 8 p.m. ET Wednesday, March 12
Prelims | Thursday, March 20 at noon
Prelims and wrestle-backs | Thursday, March 20 at 7 p.m.
Quarterfinals and wrestle-backs | Friday, March 21 at noon
Semifinals and wrestle-backs | Friday, March 21 at 8 p.m.
Consolation finals | Saturday, March 22 at 11 a.m.
Championship finals | Saturday, March 22 at 7 p.m.

NCAA DI wrestling championships future sites

YEAR	Dates	SITE
2026	March 19-21	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio
2027	March 18-20	Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Mo.
2028	March 16-18	US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn.

NCAA DI wrestling championships history

Penn State has claimed the national title for the past three years. Below is the full history of the championship winners.

Year	Champion	Coach	Points	Runner-Up	Points	Host or Site
2024	Penn State	Cael Sanderson	172.5	Cornell	72.5	Kansas City
2023	Penn State	Cael Sanderson	137.5	Iowa	82.5	Tulsa
2022	Penn State	Cael Sanderson	131.5	Michigan	95	Detroit
2021	Iowa	Tom Brands	129	Penn State	113.5	St. Louis
2020	Canceled due to Covid-19	—	—	—	—	—
2019	Penn State	Cael Sanderson	137.5	Ohio State	96.5	Pittsburgh
2018	Penn State	Cael Sanderson	141.5	Ohio State	133.5	Cleveland
2017	Penn State	Cael Sanderson	146.5	Ohio State	110	St. Louis
2016	Penn State	Cael Sanderson	123	Oklahoma St.	97.5	New York
2015	Ohio State	Tom Ryan	102	Iowa	84	St. Louis
2014	Penn State	Cael Sanderson	109.5	Minnesota	104	Oklahoma City
2013	Penn State	Cael Sanderson	123.5	Oklahoma St.	119.5	Des Moines, Iowa
2012	Penn State	Cael Sanderson	143.0	Minnesota	117.5	St. Louis
2011	Penn State	Cael Sanderson	103.5	Cornell	89.5	Philadelphia
2010	Iowa	Tom Brands	134.5	Cornell	90	Omaha, Neb.
2009	Iowa	Tom Brands	96.5	Ohio State	92	St. Louis
2008	Iowa	Tom Brands	117.5	Ohio State	79	St. Louis
2007	Minnesota	J Robinson	98	Iowa State	88.5	Auburn Hills, Mich.
2006	Oklahoma State	John Smith	122.5	Minnesota	84	Oklahoma City
2005	Oklahoma State	John Smith	153	Michigan	83	St. Louis
2004	Oklahoma State	John Smith	123.5	Iowa	82	St. Louis
2003	Oklahoma State	John Smith	143	Minnesota	104.5	Kansas City, Mo.
2002	Minnesota	J Robinson	126.5	Iowa State	104	Albany, N.Y.
2001	Minnesota	J Robinson	138.5	Iowa	125.5	Iowa
2000	Iowa	Jim Zalesky	116	Iowa State	109.5	St. Louis
1999	Iowa	Jim Zalesky	100.5	Minnesota	98.5	Penn State
1998	Iowa	Jim Zalesky	115	Minnesota	102	Cleveland State
1997	Iowa	Dan Gable	170	Oklahoma State	113.5	UNI
1996	Iowa	Dan Gable	122.5	Iowa State	78.5	Minnesota
1995	Iowa	Dan Gable	134	Oregon state	77.5	Iowa
1994	Oklahoma State	John Smith	94.75	Iowa	76.5	North Carolina
1993	Iowa	Dan Gable	123.75	Penn State	87.5	Iowa State
1992	Iowa	Dan Gable	149	Oklahoma State	100.5	Oklahoma & Oklahoma State
1991	Iowa	Dan Gable	157	Oklahoma State	108.75	Iowa
1990	Oklahoma State	Joe Seay	117.75	Arizona State	104.75	Maryland
1989	Oklahoma State	Joe Seay	91.25	Arizona State	70.5	Oklahoma & Oklahoma State
1988	Arizona State	Bobby Douglas	93	Iowa	85.5	Iowa
1987	Iowa State	Jim Gibbons	133	Iowa	108	Maryland
1986	Iowa	Dan Gable	158	Oklahoma	84.25	Oklahoma & Oklahoma State
1985	Iowa	Dan Gable	145.25	Oklahoma	98.5	Iowa State
1984	Iowa	Dan Gable	123.75	Oklahoma State	98	Maryland
1983	Iowa	Dan Gable	155	Oklahoma State	102	Iowa
1982	Iowa	Dan Gable	131.75	Iowa State	111	Oklahoma & Oklahoma State
1981	Iowa	Dan Gable	129.75	Oklahoma	100.25	Princeton
1980	Iowa	Dan Gable	110.75	Oklahoma State	87	Oregon State
1979	Iowa	Dan Gable	122.5	Iowa State	88	Iowa State
1978	Iowa	Dan Gable	94.5	Iowa State	94	Maryland
1977	Iowa State	Harold Nichols	95.5	Oklahoma State	88.75	Oklahoma
1976	Iowa	Gary Kurdelmeier	123.5	Iowa State	85.75	Arizona
1975	Iowa	Gary Kurdelmeier	102	Oklahoma	77	Princeton
1974	Oklahoma	Stan Abel	69.5	Michigan	67	Iowa State
1973	Iowa State	Harold Nichols	85	Oregon state	72.5	Washington
1972	Iowa State	Harold Nichols	103	Michigan State	72.5	Maryland
1971	Oklahoma State	Tommy Chesbro	94	Iowa State	66	Auburn
1970	Iowa State	Harold Nichols	99	Michigan State	84	Northwestern
1969	Iowa State	Harold Nichols	104	Oklahoma	69	BYU
1968	Oklahoma State	Myron Roderick	81	Iowa State	78	Penn State
1967	Michigan State	Grady Peninger	74	Michigan	63	Kent State
1966	Oklahoma State	Myron Roderick	79	Iowa State	70	Iowa State
1965	Iowa State	Harold Nichols	87	Oklahoma State	86	Wyoming
1964	Oklahoma State	Myron Roderick	87	Oklahoma	58	Cornell
1963	Oklahoma	Thomas Evans	48	Iowa State	45	Kent State
1962	Oklahoma State	Myron Roderick	82	Oklahoma	45	Oklahoma State
1961	Oklahoma State	Myron Roderick	82	Oklahoma	63	Oregon State
1960	Oklahoma	Thomas Evans	59	Iowa State	40	Maryland
1959	Oklahoma State	Myron Roderick	73	Iowa State	51	Iowa
1958	Oklahoma State	Myron Roderick	77	Iowa State	62	Wyoming
1957	Oklahoma	Port Robertson	73	Pittsburgh	66	Pittsburgh
1956	Oklahoma State	Art Griffith	65	Oklahoma	62	Oklahoma State
1955	Oklahoma State	Art Griffith	40	Penn State	31	Cornell
1954	Oklahoma State	Art Griffith	32	Pittsburgh	17	Oklahoma
1953	Penn State	Charles Speidel	21	Oklahoma	15	Penn State
1952	Oklahoma	Port Robertson	22	UNI	21	Colorado State
1951	Oklahoma	Port Robertson	24	Oklahoma State	23	Lehigh
1950	UNI	David McCuskey	30	Purdue	16	UNI
1949	Oklahoma State	Art Griffith	32	UNI	27	Colorado State
1948	Oklahoma State	Art Griffith	33	Michigan State	28	Lehigh
1947	Cornell College	Paul Scott	32	UNI	19	Illinois
1946	Oklahoma State	Art Griffith	25	UNI	24	Oklahoma State
1942	Oklahoma State	Art Griffith	31	Michigan State	26	Michigan State
1941	Oklahoma State	Art Griffith	37	Michigan State	26	Lehigh
1940	Oklahoma State	E.C. Gallagher	24	Indiana	14	Illinois
1939	Oklahoma State	E.C. Gallagher	33	Lehigh	12	Frankline & Marshall
1938	Oklahoma State	E.C. Gallagher	19	Illinois	15	Penn State
1937	Oklahoma State	E.C. Gallagher	31	Oklahoma	13	Indiana State
1936	Oklahoma	Paul Keen	14	Central Oklahoma/Oklahoma State	10	Washington & Lee
1935	Oklahoma State	E.C. Gallagher	36	Oklahoma	18	Lehigh
1934	Oklahoma State	E.C. Gallagher	29	Indiana	19	Michigan
1933	*Iowa State/Oklahoma State	Hugo Otopali/E.C. Gallagher				Lehigh
1932	*Indiana	W.H. Thorn	14	Oklahoma State	11	Indiana
1931	*Oklahoma State	E.C. Gallagher		Iowa State		Brown
1930	Oklahoma State	E.C. Gallagher	27	Illinois	14	Penn State
1929	Oklahoma State	E.C. Gallagher	26	Michigan	18	Ohio state
1928	*Oklahoma State	E.C. Gallagher		Iowa State/Michigan		Iowa State