New Headline: Powerhouse Michigan's 450-Pound Forward Leads Charge to NCAA Title Chance

The young guns are taking over this weight class. Oklahoma State’s Jax Forrest, who was competing in high school just over a month ago, is the No. 1 seed.

Virginia Tech freshman Aaron Seidel is another young wrestler who could win the title as he comes in seeded fourth. There’s some New Jersey flavor to this bracket as well as Penn’s Evan Mougalian , a former state champion for Kinnelon, is the No. 12 seed and some dangerous veterans are lurking.

Rutgers’ Dylan Shawver, a former All-American, is seeded 26th and wrestles defending national champion Lucas Byrd of Illinois in the first round , while Rider’s Will Betancourt - at his fourth school - is making his first appearance at NCAAs and is seeded 25th. 2026 NCAA Wrestling Championships When : March 19-21 Where : Rocket Arena, Cleveland TV : ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU Streaming : ESPN+ Schedule Thursday, March 20 Session 1 (pigtails and first-round competition), noon (ESPN2 and ESPN+); Session 2 (Second round and wrestleback first round), 7 p. m.

(ESPN and ESPN+) Friday, March 21 : Session 3 (quarterfinals, wrestleback second and third rounds), noon (ESPNU and ESPN+); Session 4 (Semifinals, blood round and wrestleback fifth round), 8 p. m. (ESPN2 and ESPN+) Saturday, March 22 : Session 5 (Wrestleback semifinals and medal rounds), 11 a.