D1 Development Rankings

Development score measures how much a program's wrestlers improved against what they were expected to do — not how good the roster already was. Every active Division I program, 2021–2026.

#SchoolConference Dev score
1Penn StateBig Ten316.4
2Ohio StateBig Ten251.9
3NebraskaBig Ten194.5
4AmericanEIWA182.6
5Arizona StateBig 12180.5
6StanfordACC179.3
7MichiganBig Ten169.3
8Iowa StateBig 12164.9
9RiderMAC150.8
10IowaBig Ten136.4

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