LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ - The NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee announced the pre-allocation spots for the 2026 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships on Thursday morning, along with the final coaches rankings and RPI. 

Each qualifying tournament was awarded pre-allocations to the national tournament based on regular season performance by conference wrestlers through February 23. The pre-allocations were determined by using a sliding scale of the three standards, win percentage, coaches' rank, and RPI ranking; while never going below the base of .700 winning percentage, top 30 coaches' ranking and top 30 RPI ranking until reaching the maximum of 29 wrestlers per weight class.

For each wrestler that reached the threshold in at least two of the three categories, his conference tournament was awarded a qualifying spot in that weight class. Each conference is awarded a minimum of one automatic qualification per weight class, which will go to the tournament champion, even if they did not have any wrestlers reach at least two of the three thresholds. NCAA championship spots for each qualifying event will be awarded at conference tournaments based solely on place-finish.

After all the conference tournaments have concluded, the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee will meet in-person to select the remaining 42 at-large qualifiers, which will be announced on March 10, while brackets and seeding will be announced on NCAA.com at 8 p.m. on March 11. All weight classes will consist of 33 wrestlers.
 

Conference	125	133	141	149	157	165	174	184	197	285	Total
ACC	5	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	39
Big 12	5	8	7	5	5	4	7	8	8	6	63
Big Ten	9	8	7	9	8	9	10	8	10	9	87
EIWA	2	2	3	1	2	4	3	3	2	4	26
Ivy League	2	2	3	3	4	3	2	1	1	2	23
MAC	2	4	2	4	4	2	2	3	2	2	27
PAC-12	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	13
Southern Conference	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
Pre-Allocations	28	29	29	29	29	28	29	29	29	29	288
At-Large	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	42

The coaches' rankings are determined by a vote of three coaches in each weight class. For ranking purposes, coaches may only consider a wrestler who has been designated as a starter at a respective weight class. Wrestlers must have eight Division I matches in the weight class to be considered, with at least one match within the last 30 days.

Five Broncs earned spots in the final coaches' rankings, with three landing inside the top 20.

Broncs in the Final NCAA Coaches' Rankings - (2/26/2026)
125: #15 Tyler Klinsky
141: #16 Elijah Griffin
149: #32 Dylan Layton
174: #33 Enrique Munguia
197: #17 Brock Zurawski

The RPI is a calculation that consists of three factors: winning percentage, opponent winning percentage (strength of schedule) and opponent's opponent winning percentage (opponent's strength of schedule). Only matches against Division I opponents at the designated weight class count towards the RPI and a wrestler needs to have wrestled 15 matches to be ranked. No forfeit of any kind counts toward the match minimum.

Nine starters for the Broncs are listed in the latest RPI rankings as the team heads into the postseason.

Broncs in the Second RPI - (2/26/2026)
125: #5 Tyler Klinsky
133: #22 Will Betancourt
141: #18 Elijah Griffin
149: #33 Dylan Layton
165: #41 Brendon Abdon
174: #28 Enrique Munguia
197: #13 Brock Zurawski
285: #47 Hogan Swenski

The coaches' ranking and RPI are two of several criteria that will be evaluated by the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee during the at-large selection and seeding process along with head-to-head competition, quality wins, conference tournament placement, results versus common opponents and win percentage.

A full description of the entire selection process for the 2026 Division I Wrestling Championships is available at ncaa.org.

The 2026 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships take place March 19-21 at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, marking the third time the city will host.