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List of NCAA Division I wrestling programs

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This is a list of men's collegiate wrestling programs in the United States that compete in NCAA Division I. As of the most recently completed 2015-16 NCAA Division I men's wrestling season, 76 schools in the United States sponsored Division I varsity men's wrestling. This list reflects each team's conference affiliation as of the 2016-17 season.

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Wrestling conferences

  • The Big Ten Conference (Big Ten) is the only all-sport conference whose members (14) all compete in wrestling.
  • The six wrestling schools in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) are all currently full members of the conference.
  • The Mid-American Conference (MAC) has three affiliate members in addition to the six full members which would meet the requirement for NCAA recognition.
  • The Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12) and the Southern Conference (SoCon) with three full members each meet the membership requirement by having three and five affiliate/associate members respectively.
  • The Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) is a sixteen-member wrestling-only conference. Six members are also full members of the Ivy League and compete for that conference's dual meet championship during the EIWA season. EIWA member Franklin & Marshall College is the only Division III school competing in Division I wrestling.
  • The Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) is a seven-member wrestling-only conference. Four of the members compete in Division II in other sports.
  • The Big 12 Conference (Big 12) had lost its NCAA recognition when wrestling membership fell to only four full member schools, despite the fact that three of those four schools had won a combined 49 NCAA Division I wrestling team titles. On July 29, 2015, the Big 12 announced that the members of the Western Wrestling Conference, which had six members but it was not recognized by the NCAA, had been accepted as affiliate members of the Big 12, increasing the number of participating schools to ten and restoring the conference's automatic bids.

    • In transition

    One school that is currently in transition to Division I from Division II sponsored wrestling, but Grand Canyon University discontinued the sport following the 2016–15 season.

    References

    List of NCAA Division I wrestling programs Wikipedia
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