Wrestling at the Top Colleges

Wrestling is one of the NCAA sports played at the highly selective colleges. Overall, 19 of the 61 highly selective colleges have men’s wrestling teams, with a total of 585 wrestlers. Wrestlers at these 19 highly selective colleges represent 3% of all male NCAA athletes from the 55 highly selective colleges.

Of the 19 colleges with men’s wrestling teams, 13 of them belong in Division 1 with 427 wrestlers and 6 of them belong in Division 3 with 158 players, totaling 585 wrestlers together in the 2021/2022 season.

Wrestling NCAA Rules and Calendar for Athlete Recruitment

How do top colleges in Division 1 select their athlete recruits?

Athlete Recruitment to a Top NCAA Division 3 College

List of Highly Selective Colleges with Wrestling Teams

Below is a list of the top colleges with wrestling teams and the NCAA Division they belong in.

All data is compiled directly from the colleges’ athletic websites

Men's Wrestling at Highly Selective Colleges
	Division
Brown University	I
Columbia University (incl Barnard College)	I
Cornell University	I
Davidson College	I
Duke University	I
Harvard University	I
John Hopkins University	III
Northwestern University	I
New York University	III
Princeton University	I
Stanford University	I
University of Michigan	I
University of Chicago	III
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill	I
University of Pennsylvania	I
University of Virginia	I
Washington and Lee University	III
Wesleyan University	III
Williams College	III
Total Wrestlers	585

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