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Over 150 Upsets From Conference Tournament Weekend

Over 150 Upsets From Conference Tournament Weekend

All the upsets (and there were a lot) from a crazy weekend of NCAA D1 college wrestling.

Mar 11, 2024 by Andrew Spey
Over 150 Upsets From Conference Tournament Weekend

It's hard to overstate how much exciting college wrestling took place this past weekend. All seven conferences held their championships over the last few days and determined the majority of the qualifiers for the 2024 NCAA Championships that will take place in less than two weeks in Kansas City, Missouri. 

A big contributor to this weekend's insanity were the many upsets that took place. We've listed all the ones we could find, and we found 167 169 of them! We used the latest set of NCAA D1 rankings (that came out before the tournaments took place) to decide whether or not an upset took place. 

All the usual caveats apply. Upsets that took place at a conference tournament may not look like an upset at the NCAA tournament. Let us know if we missed any!

Upsets with a Difference of 20 or More in the Rankings

157: #31 Jared Hill, Oklahoma over #2 Vinny Zerban, Northern Colorado 4-3

174: Benny Baker, Cornell over #7 Philip Conigliaro, Harvard 4-2

174: Benny Baker, Cornell over #7 Philip Conigliaro, Harvard 9-4

184: Colton Hawks, Missouri over #8 Will Feldkamp, Iowa State 9-7

184: Colton Hawks, Missouri over #8 Will Feldkamp, Iowa State 13-2

165: Chris Moore, Illinois over #9 Caleb Fish, Michigan State 11-10

141: Dylan Chappell, Bucknell over #9 Vince Cornella, Cornell 4-1 SV

165: #33 Blaine Brenner, Minnesota over #12 Bryce Hepner, Ohio State 5-4

133: #33 Micah Roes, Binghamton over #12 Michael Colaiocco, Penn 7-3

165: Evan Maag, George Mason over #13 Garrett Thompson, Ohio F 2:49

285: Chase Trussell, Utah Valley over #14 Tyrell Gordon, Northern Iowa 4-1 SV2

285: Devon Dawson, North Dakota State over #14 Tyrell Gordon, Northern Iowa 5-2

133: #32 Braden Basile, Army West Point over #12 Michael Colaiocco, Penn 13-5

149: Quinn Kinner, Rider over #14 Corbyn Munson, Central Michigan 18-5

Upsets with a Difference of between 19 and 15 in the Rankings

125: #20 Dean Peterson, Rutgers over #1 Matt Ramos, Purdue 7-1

174: #30 Brody Conley, West Virginia over #11 Peyton Mocco, Missouri 10-1

133: Dustin Norris, Purdue over #16 Anthony Madrigal, Illinois 10-5

165: Nick Hamilton, Virginia over #16 Connor Brady, Virginia Tech 7-2

197: Spencer Mooberry, North Dakota State over #16 Luke Surber, Oklahoma State F :49

165: Nick Hamilton, Virginia over #17 Derek Fields, NC State 2-1 TB

141: Dylan Chappell, Bucknell over #17 Malyke Hines, Lehigh 8-7 TB

184: Roman Rogotzke, Indiana over #18 Shane Liegel, Wisconsin 2-0

133: Jace Koelzer, Oklahoma over #18 Julian Farber, Northern Iowa 3-2

165: #25 Maxx Mayfield, Northwestern over #9 Caleb Fish, Michigan State 5-3

174: Alex Faison, NC State over #19 Luca Augustine, Pittsburgh 4-2 TB

125: Tristan Lujan, Michigan State over #19 Brendan McCrone, Ohio State 5-0

149: #21 Jordan Williams, Oklahoma State over #6 Casey Swiderski, Iowa State 8-7

Upsets with a Difference of between 14 and 10 in the Rankings

149: Zach Price, Gardner-Webb over #20 Noah Castillo, Chattanooga 2-1

149: Jeffrey Boyd, The Citadel over #20 Noah Castillo, Chattanooga 4-1 SV

133: #25 Julian Chlebove, Arizona State over #11 Zeth Romney, Cal Poly 4-2

197: Joseph Novak, Wyoming over #21 Wyatt Voelker, Northern Iowa 10-8

285: #28 Dorian Crosby, Bucknell over #16 Cory Day, Binghamton 8-2

165: Blaine Bergey, Princeton over #23 Gunner Filipowicz, Army West Point 3-2

125: #25 Kysen Terukina, Iowa State over #14 Stevo Poulin, Northern Colorado 3-2

184: Anthony D'Alesio, LIU over #23 Maximus Hale, Penn 4-2

184: David Key, Navy over #23 Maximus Hale, Penn 5-2 SV

157: #15 Will Lewan, Michigan over #4 Michael Blockhus, Minnesota F 4:24

174: #22 MJ Gaitan, Iowa State over #11 Peyton Mocco, Missouri 13-5

184: Chase Mielnik, Maryland over #24 Troy Fisher, Northwestern 10-3

197: #13 Silas Allred, Nebraska over #3 Jaxon Smith, Maryland 10-3

125: #25 Kysen Terukina, Iowa State over #15 Tanner Jordan, South Dakota State 10-6

133: #20 Brody Teske, Iowa over #10 Nic Bouzakis, Ohio State 15-13

285: #27 Lucas Stoddard, Army West Point over #17 Grady Griess, Navy 2-2 TB RT

125: #16 Jore Volk, Wyoming over #6 Troy Spratley, Oklahoma State 3-2

125: #12 Michael DeAugustino, Michigan over #2 Drake Ayala, Iowa 4-2

285: Nash Hutmacher, Nebraska over #24 Seth Nevills, Maryland 7-0

141: #18 Josh Edmond, Missouri over #8 Tagen Jamison, Oklahoma State 8-1

165: #22 Tyler Lillard, Indiana over #12 Bryce Hepner, Ohio State 9-7

165: #22 Tyler Lillard, Indiana over #12 Bryce Hepner, Ohio State F 6:56

157: #12 Brock Mauller, Missouri over #2 Vinny Zerban, Northern Colorado 4-1 SV

Upsets with a Difference of between 9 and 5 in the Rankings

133: #19 Jacob Van Dee, Nebraska over #10 Nic Bouzakis, Ohio State 10-8

125: #23 Jett Strickenberger, West Virginia over #14 Stevo Poulin, Northern Colorado 12-9

197: #12 Zach Glazier, Iowa over #3 Jaxon Smith, Maryland 4-1 SV

285: #33 Nick Willham, Indiana over #24 Seth Nevills, Maryland 4-1 SV

141: #14 Sergio Lemley, Michigan over #5 Brock Hardy, Nebraska 4-2

157: #17 Ed Scott, NC State over #8 Bryce Andonian, Virginia Tech 14-5

174: John Worthing, Clarion over #26 Sal Perrine, Ohio 12-7

174: #13 Rocco Welsh, Ohio State over #5 Patrick Kennedy, Iowa 4-1 SV

197: #25 Justin Rademacher, Oregon State over #17 Nikolas Stemmet, Stanford 4-2

125: Mike Joyce, Brown over #26 Diego Sotelo, Harvard 4-3

125: #16 Jore Volk, Wyoming over #8 Noah Surtin, Missouri 6-5

165: Chris Moore, Illinois over #26 Stoney Buell, Purdue 7-5

174: Michael Wilson, Rider over #26 Sal Perrine, Ohio 7-6 TB

184: David Key, Navy over #26 James Conway, Franklin & Marshall 8-4

165: #29 Jake Logan, Lehigh over #21 Noah Mulvaney, Bucknell 8-7

197: Krystian Kinsey, Virginia over #26 Andy Smith, Virginia Tech 9-4

125: #21 Nico Provo, Stanford over #13 Brandon Kaylor, Oregon State 9-6

125: #20 Dean Peterson, Rutgers over #12 Michael DeAugustino, Michigan 9-6 SV

133: Kase Mauger, Utah Valley over #26 Kade Moore, Missouri F 2:08

197: #21 Wyatt Voelker, Northern Iowa over #14 Evan Bockman, Utah Valley 4-1

125: #31 Elijah Griffin, California Baptist over #24 Trever Anderson, Northern Iowa 5-2

157: #18 Cael Swensen, South Dakota State over #11 Teague Travis, Oklahoma State 5-4

149: #18 Ethen Miller, Maryland over #11 Caleb Rathjen, Iowa 7-6

149: Kaden Cassidy, George Mason over #27 Caleb Tyus, SIU Edwardsville 8-2

184: #19 Aaron Ayzerov, Columbia over #12 Chris Foca, Cornell 9-6

149: #23 Gabe Willochell, Wyoming over #16 Willie McDougald, Oklahoma F 2:11

165: #33 Blaine Brenner, Minnesota over #26 Stoney Buell, Purdue F 3:43

157: #18 Cael Swensen, South Dakota State over #11 Teague Travis, Oklahoma State 13-5

133: #20 Brody Teske, Iowa over #14 Braxton Brown, Maryland 4-1

133: #24 Derrick Cardinal, South Dakota State over #18 Julian Farber, Northern Iowa 4-1 SV

141: #12 Cole Matthews, Pittsburgh over #6 Lachlan McNeil, North Carolina 4-1 SV

157: #18 Cael Swensen, South Dakota State over #12 Brock Mauller, Missouri 4-3

184: Malachi DuVall, George Mason over #28 Zayne Lehman, Ohio 6-4

174: #30 Brody Conley, West Virginia over #24 Jared Simma, Northern Iowa 7-6

184: Matt Zuber, Northern Illinois over #28 Zayne Lehman, Ohio 8-2

133: Tyson Lane, Gardner-Webb over #28 Blake Boarman, Chattanooga F 4:57

197: #24 Luke Geog, Ohio State over #19 John Poznanski, Rutgers 4-2

149: #18 Ethen Miller, Maryland over #13 Dylan D'Emilio, Ohio State 4-3

149: #29 Finn Solomon, Pittsburgh over #24 Jayden Scott, North Carolina 5-2

157: Nick Stampoulos, Buffalo over #29 Colton Washleski, Rider 6-4

165: Kyle Mosher, Columbia over #29 Jake Logan, Lehigh 7-2

197: Benjamin Smith, Cleveland State over #29 Sam Mitchell, Buffalo 8-3

141: #28 Danny Fongaro, Indiana over #23 Kal Miller, Maryland 8-5 SV

125: Drew West, Gardner-Webb over #29 Anthony Molton, Campbell F 5:30

197: #21 Wyatt Voelker, Northern Iowa over #16 Luke Surber, Oklahoma State F 6:32

184: Chase Mielnik, Maryland over #29 Dylan Connell, Illinois F 7:43

Upsets with a Difference of between 4 and 2 in the Rankings

165: #26 Stoney Buell, Purdue over #22 Tyler Lillard, Indiana 2-1

125: #17 Richard Figueroa, Arizona State over #13 Brandon Kaylor, Oregon State 2-1

285: John Meyers, Clarion over #30 Jacobi Jackson, Northern Illinois 4-1 SV

157: #30 Legend Lamer, Cal Poly over #26 Matty Bianchi, Little Rock 5-3

197: #9 Rocky Elam, Missouri over #5 Stephen Buchanan, Oklahoma 5-4

149: #19 Graham Rooks, Indiana over #15 Joseph Zargo, Wisconsin 5-4

285: Jordan Greer, Ohio over #30 Jacobi Jackson, Northern Illinois 9-2

184: #21 Brian Soldano, Rutgers over #17 Layne Malczewski, Michigan State 11-1

197: Logan Deacetis, Bucknell over #30 John Crawford, Franklin & Marshall 12-2

165: Jack Thomsen, Northern Iowa over #30 Cael Carlson, Oklahoma 12-3

141: #29 Greyson Clark, Purdue over #26 Jordan Hamdan, Michigan State 10-9

165: #27 Joseph Bianchi, Little Rock over #24 Hunter Garvin, Stanford 2-1

184: #6 Bernie Truax, Penn State over #3 Lenny Pinto, Nebraska 4-2

125: #10 Jakob Camacho, NC State over #7 Cooper Flynn, Virginia Tech 4-2

157: #22 Trevor Chumbley, Northwestern over #19 Joey Blaze, Purdue 5-2

141: #26 Jordan Hamdan, Michigan State over #23 Kal Miller, Maryland 6-3

141: #20 CJ Composto, Penn over #17 Malyke Hines, Lehigh 7-4 SV

133: #32 Braden Basile, Army West Point over #29 Kurt Phipps, Bucknell 9-3

184: #24 Troy Fisher, Northwestern over #21 Brian Soldano, Rutgers 9-7

133: Hunter Adrian, Brown over #31 Mason Leiphart, Franklin & Marshall 11-1

141: Pat Phillips, Franklin & Marshall over #31 Kai Owen, Columbia 20-8

285: Nash Hutmacher, Nebraska over #31 Bennett Tabor, Minnesota 9-1

133: #7 Dylan Shawver, Rutgers over #4 Dylan Ragusin, Michigan TF 23-8

157: Marcus Robinson, Cleveland State over #32 Alejandro Herrera-Rondon, Clarion 4-0

141: #10 Cael Happel, Northern Iowa over #8 Tagen Jamison, Oklahoma State 4-1

184: #9 Sam Wolf, Air Force over #7 Bennett Berge, South Dakota State 4-1

141: #3 Jesse Mendez, Ohio State over #1 Beau Bartlett, Penn State 4-1

197: #16 Luke Surber, Oklahoma State over #14 Evan Bockman, Utah Valley 4-1 SV

149: #4 Jackson Arrington, NC State over #2 Caleb Henson, Virginia Tech 4-1 SV

165: #17 Derek Fields, NC State over #15 Holden Heller, Pittsburgh 4-1 SV

184: #9 Sam Wolf, Air Force over #7 Bennett Berge, South Dakota State 4-3

165: #20 Andrew Cerniglia, Navy over #18 Brevin Cassella, Binghamton 7-0

157: Nick Stampoulos, Buffalo over #32 Alejandro Herrera-Rondon, Clarion 7-4

285: #29 Matthew Cover, Princeton over #27 Lucas Stoddard, Army West Point 8-2 SV

165: #23 Gunner Filipowicz, Army West Point over #21 Noah Mulvaney, Bucknell 8-4

285: #8 Nick Feldman, Ohio State over #6 Lucas Davison, Michigan 8-6

285: #18 Lewis Fernandes, Cornell over #16 Cory Day, Binghamton F 3:28

149: Kelvin Griffin, Lehigh over #32 Jude Swisher, Penn F 3:44

174: #21 Tyler Eischens, North Carolina over #19 Luca Augustine, Pittsburgh F 6:28

Upsets with a Difference of 1 in the Rankings

125: #16 Jore Volk, Wyoming over #15 Tanner Jordan, South Dakota State 1-0

184: #26 James K. Conway, Franklin & Marshall over #25 Jacob Nolan, Binghamton 10-6

285: #3 Yonger Bastida, Iowa State over #2 Wyatt Hendrickson, Air Force 10-7

165: #5 Mitchell Mesenbrink, Penn State over #4 Dean Hamiti, Wisconsin 13-11

184: #9 Sam Wolf, Air Force over #8 Will Feldkamp, Iowa State 17-11

133: Maximilian Leete, American over #33 Micah Roes, Binghamton 2-1

125: #20 Dean Peterson, Rutgers over #19 Brendan McCrone, Ohio State 3-2

165: #11 Cameron Amine, Michigan over #10 Antrell Taylor, Nebraska 3-2 TB

125: #33 Ethan Berginc, Army West Point over #32 Jack Maida, American 4-1

197: #8 Jacob Cardenas, Cornell over #7 Lou DePrez, Binghamton 4-1

125: #2 Drake Ayala, Iowa over #1 Matt Ramos, Purdue 4-1

157: #15 Will Lewan, Michigan over #14 Brayton Lee, Indiana 4-1 SV

157: #25 Max Brignola, Lehigh over #24 Lucas Revano, Penn 4-1 SV

141: #22 Vance Vombaur, Minnesota over #21 Danny Pucino, Illinois 4-1 SV

285: Bradley Hill, Iowa over #33 Nick Willham, Indiana 4-2

157: #28 DJ Mcgee, George Mason over #27 Johnny Lovett, Central Michigan 4-3

197: #31 Jack Wehmeyer, Columbia over #30 John Crawford, Franklin & Marshall 4-3

285: #28 Dorian Crosby, Bucknell over #27 Lucas Stoddard, Army West Point 5-1

165: #8 Izzak Olejnik, Oklahoma State over #7 Peyton Hall, West Virginia 5-1

125: #28 Colton Camacho, Pittsburgh over #27 Spencer Moore, North Carolina 5-2 TB

184: Tomas Brooker, Appalachian State over #33 Caleb Hopkins, Campbell 5-4

141: #3 Jesse Mendez, Ohio State over #2 Real Woods, Iowa 6-3

285: #13 Owen Trephan, NC State over #12 Dayton Pitzer, Pittsburgh 7-3

149: #12 Tyler Kasak, Penn State over #11 Caleb Rathjen, Iowa 8-1

174: #23 Brayden Thompson, Oklahoma State over #22 MJ Gaitan, Iowa State 8-2

165: #10 Antrell Taylor, Nebraska over #9 Caleb Fish, Michigan State 8-5 SV

184: #15 Jaden Bullock, Michigan over #14 Ryder Rogotzke, Ohio State 8-7

125: #5 Braeden Davis, Penn State over #4 Eric Barnett, Wisconsin 8-7 SV

165: #16 Connor Brady, Virginia Tech over #15 Holden Heller, Pittsburgh 9-3

285: #23 Boone McDermott, Oregon State over #22 Trevor Tinker, Cal Poly F :59

133: John Hildebrandt, Drexel over #33 Micah Roes, Binghamton F 2:52

149: #9 Chance Lamer, Cal Poly over #8 Jaden Abas, Stanford 11-3

174: #9 Lennox Wolak, Columbia over #8 Nick Incontrera, Penn 16-6

174: Cael Valencia, Arizona State over #33 Tyler Brennan, Little Rock TF 15-0