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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