NCAA Wrestling Championships 2025: Results, Updated Team Standings After Thursday

Penn State is undefeated through Day 1 of the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships.

The Nittany Lions went 20-0 on Thursday to send all 10 wrestlers through to the quarterfinals.

Mitchell Mesenbrink picked up technical falls in both the first and second round in order to help the Nittany Lions stay perfect.

The Nittany Lions led team standings after Session II. Here's a look at how things are shaking out heading into Friday.

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Top Ten Teams (through Thursday)

1. Penn State: 39.5

2. Nebraska: 28.0

3. Oklahoma State: 27.0

4. Iowa: 18.0

4. Minnesota: 18.0

4. Ohio State: 18.0

7. Northern Iowa: 17.5

8. Cornell: 17.0

9. Illinois: 16.5

9. Michigan: 16.5

Full tournament results and standings are available at NCAA.com.

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Two former national champions were knocked out of contention Thursday night.

Rutgers' Dean Peterson started out by pinning reigning national Richard Figueroa of Arizona State.

Iowa State's Jacob Frost then upset two-time national champion Andrew Alirez of Northern Colorado.

Wisconsin's Zan Fuggitt upset All-American and No. 3 seed Nasir Bailey of Little Rock with a sudden victory.

Another upset at 133 pounds came at the hands of Indiana's Angelo Rini. At No. 21, the Indiana wrestler will become the lowest seed to make it through to the quarterfinals after stopping Northern Colorado's Dominic Serrano.

Maryland's Jaxon Smith advanced to the 184 quarterfinals after back-to-back pins on Thursday.

Pittburgh's Mac Stout and Princeton's Luke Stout meanwhile became the first brothers to meet in the history of the DI NCAA Tournament.

Mac Stout will represent Pitt in the 197 quarterfinals after claiming a 4-2 win over his brother.

The wrestling quarterfinals start Friday at noon ET, followed by the championship finals on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET. The full bracket and schedule can be found at NCAA.com.