Dual meet season is here, and the upsets continue to roll in! Here are all the upsets we could find from Week 11 of the 2025-26 NCAA D1 college wrestling season!
Week 10 Rankings | Upsets: Week 10 |Week 8 | Week 7 | Week 6 | Week 5 | Week 4| Week 3 | Week 2 | Week 1
Please note that there were no wrestling competitions in week 9 of the 2025-26 NCAA D1 college wrestling season, hence there is no upset article for week 9 of the 2025-26 NCAA D1 college wrestling season.
All the usual caveats apply. What look like upsets strictly according to the rankings in week 10 may not look like upsets by the end of the year, or even by week 11!
Upsets That Really Probably Aren’t Upsets
141: Luke Stanich, Lehigh over #5 Vince Cornella, Cornell 5-4
157: Ethen Miller, Virginia Tech over #16 Dylan Evans, Pittsburgh 4-2
133: Ryan Crookham, Lehigh over #21 Tyler Ferrara, Cornell 7-3
These three ‘upsets’ featured unranked winners that would have been ranked if not for extenuating circumstances.
Stanich and Crookham were out of action due to injury until this weekend. As former All-Americans, however, they would have been ranked had they returned to the mat earlier.
Prior to last weekend, Ethen Miller’s only matches this season were at 149, and our rankers had him out of the starting Hokie lineup. Now that he’s up at 157, expect to see Miller back in the rankings.
Double Digit Upsets
141: Gable Porter, Virginia over #8 Ryan Jack, NC State 4-2
141: Jordan Soriano, Drexel over #9 Cory Land, Northern Iowa 10-8
157: Kai Owen, Columbia over #13 DJ Mcgee, George Mason Fall 4:17
184: Ethan Wilson, Drexel over #15 Sal Perrine, Ohio 17-4
141: Max Brady, Northern Iowa over #15 Julian Tagg, South Dakota State 12-10
184: Deron Pulliam, SIU Edwardsville over #17 Jared McGill, Edinboro 6-3 SV
149: #26 Gabe Willochell, Wyoming over #10 David Evans, Utah Valley Tech 16-1
125: Desmond Pleasant, Drexel over #20 Trever Anderson, Northern Iowa 8-5
285: Adam Ahrendsen, Northern Iowa over #20 Luke Rasmussen, South Dakota State 10-7
Watch Ahrendsen clinch the NWCA National Dual Championship for UNI:
197: Dylan Connell, Illinois over #20 Gavin Nelson, Minnesota 4-1 SV
197: Steven Burrell Jr., Virginia over #21 Patrick Brophy, NC State 11-8
133: #23 Sean Spidle, Northwestern over #12 Braxton Brown, Maryland 4-2
165: e’Than Birden, Ohio State over #24 Tyler Lillard, Indiana 2-1
The most notable upsets of the week. Also worth pointing out that Porter, Soriano, and Willochell all defeated top 10 wrestlers.
Single Digit Upsets
184: Chase Kranitz, Pittsburgh over #25 Jaden Bullock, Virginia Tech 9-6
149: #18 Joseph Zargo, Wisconsin over #9 Ryder Block, Iowa 9-6 SV
133: Marlon Yarbrough, Virginia over #26 Troy Hohman, NC State 6-5
157: #30 Mason Shrader, Central Michigan over #22 Jimmy Harrington, Harvard 4-1
197: PJ Casale, Rutgers over #27 Karson Tompkins, Air Force 9-6 SV
125: Isaiah Harrison, Wyoming over #27 Bridger Ricks, Utah Valley 6-4
165: Logan Fowler, Air Force over #28 Cesar Alvan, Columbia 6-0
133: #10 Zan Fugitt, Wisconsin over #4 Drake Ayala, Iowa 6-5
197: Hayden Walters, Michigan over #29 Kael Wisler, Michigan State 7-2
125: Archer Anderson, Central Michigan over #29 Blake West, Northern Illinois 14-8
125: Desmond Pleasant, Drexel over #29 Blake West, Northern Illinois 6-4
Watch Pleasant help Drexel place third at NWCA National Duals:
174: #19 Jared Simma, Northern Iowa over #14 Jasiah Queen, Drexel 5-3
165: #18 Nicco Ruiz, Arizona State over #13 Connor Euton, Iowa State Tech 19-3
285: #16 Dayton Pitzer, Pittsburgh over #11 Jimmy Mullen, Virginia Tech 1-0
285: Bryson Buhk, SIU Edwardsville over #30 Michael Gasper, Little Rock 2-1
184: #21 Christian Hansen, Cornell over #19 Rylan Rogers, Lehigh 7-3
197: Cason Howle, NC State over #33 Wolfgang Frable, Army West Point 3-2 TB
157: #3 (149) Kaleb Larkin, Arizona State over #2 Ty Watters, West Virginia 4-2
The less notable upsets of the week, though it was quite notable that Kaleb Larkin bumped up from 149 (where he was ranked third) and defeated the number 2 ranked wrestler in the country. Zargo and Fugitt were the only other wrestlers to upset top 10 wrestlers.
Let us know if we missed any!
