2025 DIII wrestling championship: full replay
The 2026 DIII wrestling championships will be held March 13-14 at Alliant Energy Power House in Cedar Rapids, IA. The championship qualifiers will be announced on Monday, March 2, and brackets will be released Friday, March 6 on vipkrikya888.com.
Below you can find the complete schedule of the 2026 DIII wrestling championship.
2026 NCAA DIII wrestling championships schedule
*All times Eastern
- Monday, March 2
- Qualifiers announced
- Friday, March 6
- Brackets released
- Friday, March 13
- Preliminary rounds one & two, consolation first round | 10 a.m.
- Championship quarterfinals, consolation second-round wrestle-backs,
consolation third round | 5 p.m.
- Saturday, March 14
- Championship semifinals & consolation wrestle-back quarterfinals;
consolation semifinals; seventh-, fifth- & third-place matches | 10 a.m. - Championship finals | 7 p.m.
- Championship semifinals & consolation wrestle-back quarterfinals;
2026 NCAA DIII wrestling championship history
Johnson & Wales tied with Wartburg College for the 2026 title. Wartburg now has 16 national championships, making it the winningest team in DIII wrestling history. Below is the complete history of the DIII wrestling championship.
| Year | Champion | Coach | Points | Runner-Up | Points | Host or Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wartburg/ Johnson & Wales |
Eric Keller (Wartburg) Lonnie Morris (Johnson & Wales) |
83.5 (Tie) | Augsburg | 74 | Providence, RI |
| 2024 | Augsburg | Tony Valek | 95 | Wartburg | 87.5 | La Crosse, Wis. |
| 2023 | Augsburg | Tony Valek | 101 | Wartburg | 66.5 | Roanoke, Va |
| 2022 | Wartburg | Eric Keller | 79 | Wabash | 78 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| 2021 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Augsburg | Jim Moulsoff | 130.0 | Loras (Iowa) | 66.0 | Roanoke, Va |
| 2018 | Wartburg | Eric Keller | Augsburg | 82 | Cleveland, Ohio | |
| 2017 | Wartburg | Eric Keller | 129.5 | Augsburg | 79 | La Crosse, Wis. |
| 2016 | Wartburg | Eric Keller | 129.5 | Messiah College | 100.0 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
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2015 |
Augsburg | Jim Moulsoff | 100 | Wartburg | 89.5 | Hershey, Penn. |
| 2014 | Wartburg | Eric Keller | 103.5 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 67 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| 2013 | Wartburg | Jim Miller/Eric Keller | 103 | Elmhurst | 82 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| 2012 | Wartburg | Jim Miller/Eric Keller | 141.5 | Augsburg | 86.5 | La Crosse, Wis. |
| 2011 | Wartburg | Jim Miller/Eric Keller | 117 | Augsburg | 88.5 | La Crosse, Wis. |
| 2010 | Augsburg | Mark Matzek | 110.5 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 100.5 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| 2009 | Wartburg | Jim Miller | 117.5 | Augsburg | 105 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| 2008 | Wartburg | Jim Miller | 147 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 100 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| 2007 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 135.5 | Wartburg | 99.5 | Loras |
| 2006 | Wartburg | Jim Miller | 145.5 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 106 | TCNJ |
| 2005 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 162 | Wartburg | 104.5 | St. Olaf |
| 2004 | Wartburg | Jim Miller | 156.5 | Augsburg | 140.5 | Loras |
| 2003 | Wartburg | Jim Miller | 166.5 | Augsburg | 84.5 | Ohio Northern |
| 2002 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 87 | Upper Iowa/Wartburg | 81 | Wilkes-Barre, Pa. |
| 2001 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 119.5 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 72 | Wartburg |
| 2000 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 136 | Wartburg | 88 | Ohio Northern |
| 1999 | Wartburg | Jim Miller | 117.5 | Augsburg | 116 | TCNJ |
| 1998 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 132 | Wartburg | 90 | Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| 1997 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 122 | Wartburg | 80 | Ohio Northern |
| 1996 | Wartburg | Jim Miller | 95.5 | Augsburg | 89.5 | SUNY Cortlnd |
| 1995 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 84.5 | TCNJ | 76.5 | Augustana (Ill.) |
| 1994 | Ithaca | John Murray | 77.75 | Wartburg | 75 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
| 1993 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 93 | Wartburg | 92 | Coast Guard |
| 1992 | Brockport | Donald Murray | 76.5 | Augsburg | 62.5 | TCNJ |
| 1991 | Augsburg | Jeff Swenson | 92 | TCNJ | 59.5 | Augustana (Ill.) |
| 1990 | Ithaca | John Murray | 81 | Augsburg | 64 | Ithaca |
| 1989 | Ithaca | John Murray | 72.5 | Delware Valley | 64.5 | John Carroll |
| 1988 | St. Lawrence | John Clark | 71 | Montclair State | 66.75 | Wheaton (Ill.) |
| 1987 | TCNJ | Dave Icenhower | 107.5 | Brockport | 70.75 | Buffalo |
| 1986 | Montclair State | Steve Strellner | 87.25 | Brockport | 78 | TCNJ |
| 1985 | TCNJ | Dave Icenhower | 67 | Central (Iowa) | 59.25 | Augustana (Ill.) |
| 1984 | TCNJ | Dave Icenhower | 96.75 | Augsburg | 68.5 | Binghamton |
| 1983 | Brockport | Donald Murray | 85.75 | TCNJ | 80.75 | Wheaton (Ill.) |
| 1982 | Brockport | Donald Murray | 111.5 | TCNJ | 93.5 | SUNY Cortlnd |
| 1981 | TCNJ | Dave Icenhower | 111.75 | Brockport | 100 | John Carroll |
| 1980 | Brockport | Donald Murray | 111.25 | TCJN | 99.25 | Coast Guard |
| 1979 | TCNJ | Dave Icenhower | 77.75 | Brockport | 77.5 | Humboldt State |
| 1978 | Buffalo | Edward Michael | 91.75 | Millersville | 90 | Wheaton (Ill.) |
| 1977 | Brockport | Donald Murray | 99.25 | Humboldt State | 93 | Binghamton |
| 1976 | Montclair State | Larry Sciacchetano | 143 | John Carroll | 112.25 | Coe |
| 1975 | John Carroll | Tony DeCarlo | 111 | Montclair State | 96 | John Carroll |
| 1974 | Wilkes | John Reese | 135.5 | John Carroll | 86.5 | Wilkes |
