Dual meet season continues! And with dual meets come upsets! Here are all the upsets we could find from Week 12 of the 2025-26 NCAA D1 college wrestling season!

Week 10 Rankings | Upsets: Week 11 | 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 11 may not look like upsets by the end of the year, or even by week 12!

Major Upsets

197: #31 Devin Wasley, North Dakota State over #12 Dillon Bechtold, Bucknell 4-0

157: Tony White, Rutgers over #16 Stoney Buell, Purdue 4-1 SV

157: Jared Hill, Wyoming over #17 Cael Swensen, South Dakota State Fall 8:01 SV

🚨WYOMING WIN🚨

No. 32 Jared Hill UPSETS 💥 No. 17 Cael Swensen with a 🧷 in overtime‼️

Wyoming 14, South Dakota State 9 pic.twitter.com/f6dOsEVHUL

— Wyoming Cowboy Wrestling (@WyoWrestle) January 18, 2026

125: #29 Dedrick Navarro, Northwestern over #14 Nicolar Rivera, Wisconsin 6-5

197: #26 Andrew Reall, Brown over #12 Dillon Bechtold, Bucknell 11-2

These were upsets with a difference in ranking between 14 and 19 spots, making them the biggest upsets of the week. 

Substantial Upsets

125: #13 Nico Provo, Stanford over #1 Vincent Robinson, NC State 4-1 SV

184: #20 Chris Moore, Illinois over #8 Brock Mantanona, Michigan 4-2

174: #22 Brody Baumann, Purdue over #10 Lenny Pinto, Rutgers 5-4

184: #22 Ian Bush, West Virginia over #11 Brian Soldano, Oklahoma 4-1

285: Jack Forbes, Utah Valley over #23 Luke Rasmussen, South Dakota State 8-2

174: #27 Carter Baer, Binghamton over #16 Jasiah Queen, Drexel 2-0

🚨 𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧! 🚨

Carter Baer takes down No. 16 Jasiah Queen 2-0!#ONEBinghamton pic.twitter.com/0kdnVjYJUE

— Binghamton Wrestling (@BearcatsWrestle) January 17, 2026

133: #22 Tyler Ferrara, Cornell over #12 Ethan Berginc, Army West Point 3-2 TB

125: #32 Ayden Smith, Rutgers over #22 Diego Sotelo, Michigan 3-1

These were upsets with a difference in ranking between 10 and 12 spots. These were seriousupsets but not quite on the level as the five bigger upsets listed above. Nico Provo was one of two people last week to knock off the #1 ranked wrestler in his weight class. 

Decent Upsets

157: Laird Root, North Carolina over #25 Colton Washleski, Virginia 15-14

285: Alex Semenenko, Brown over #25 Lucas Lawler, Bucknell Fall 1:22

141: #25 Haiden Drury, Utah Valley over #16 Julian Tagg, South Dakota State 2-0

149: Andre Gonzales, Cal Poly over #25 Noah Tolentino, Oregon State 4-2

197: #20 Rune Lawrence, West Virginia over #11 Deanthony Parker Jr., Oklahoma Fall 4:56

A BREAKTHROUGH WIN 💥💥💥

No. 21 Rune Lawrence (197) of @WVUWrestling defeats No. 9 DJ Parker with the PIN. 🧷#NCAAWrestling x 🎥 ESPN+pic.twitter.com/Rwqs3oUNI6

— NCAA Men's Wrestling (@NCAAWrestling) January 18, 2026

133: Blake Boarman, Purdue over #25 Dylan Shawver, Rutgers 4-1 SV

157: Gianni Maldonado, Rider over #26 Kyrel Leavell, The Citadel 9-7

184: #29 Chase Kranitz, Pittsburgh over #22 Ian Bush, West Virginia 4-2

184: #30 Jaden Bullock, Virginia Tech over #23 Tomas Brooker, Appalachian State 8-6

141: #15 Nasir Bailey, Iowa over #8 Braeden Davis, Penn State 3-2

285: #12 Cole Mirasola, Penn State over #5 Ben Kueter, Iowa 4-3

These were upsets with a difference in ranking between 7 and 9 spots. Definitely still upsets but more likely to not look like upsets by the end of the year. Chase Kranitz's upset win helped seal the dual victory for Pitt in their rivalry win over West Virginia.

Mild Upsets

197: #21 Ben Vanadia, Purdue over #17 Branson John, Maryland 17-5

197: #17 Branson John, Maryland over #13 Gabe Sollars, Indiana 4-3

165: Sloan Swan, Wyoming over #30 Marcus Espinoza-Owens, South Dakota State 4-1

184: #4 Rocco Welsh, Penn State over #1 Angelo Ferrari, Iowa 2-1 TB

174: #12 Beau Mantanona, Michigan over #10 Lenny Pinto, Rutgers 11-3

174: #21 Brody Conley, West Virginia over #19 Luca Augustine, Pittsburgh 4-1

149: #7 Koy Buesgens, NC State over #5 Aden Valencia, Stanford 14-5

Buesgens bringing the heat 🔥

Major decision over No. 9 Aden Valencia (Stanford) #PackMentality pic.twitter.com/jIhAA6o4r7

— NC State Wrestling 🤼‍♂️ (@PackWrestle) January 18, 2026

285: Jack Forbes, Utah Valley over #32 Jarrett Stoner, Missouri 13-8

184: Tyler Bienus, Bucknell over #33 Aidan Brenot, North Dakota State 4-2

149: Andrew Clark, Rutgers over #33 Gavin Brown, Purdue 2-0

These were upsets with a difference in ranking between 1 and 4 spots. These matchups could be considered closer to toss-ups than significant upsets. Rocco Welsh was the second wrestler to defeat a #1 ranked opponent last week. 

Let us know if we missed anything!