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College Wrestling: National Duals Invitational Bracket set

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The 2025 National Duals Invitational Bracket is set after being finalized Tuesday night on FloWrestling. The outlet will stream every dual while ESPNU will televise the finals.

The National Duals are set for November 15th and 16th in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the BOK Center. There is a prize pool of $1 million, a first for college wrestling.

The top four seeds are Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio State and Oklahoma State across 16 teams. The full bracket can be seen below.

National Duals Invitational Bracket

No. 1 Iowa vs. Missouri
Illinois vs. Arkansas-Little Rock
Northern Iowa vs. NC State
No. 2 Oklahoma State vs. Cornell
No. 3 Ohio State vs. Wyoming
Virginia Tech vs. Minnesota
Arizona State vs. Michigan
No. 2 Nebraska vs. Lehigh

“The inaugural National Duals Invitational will feature some of the top teams in NCAA Division 1 wrestling with $200,000 up for grabs for the winning squad,” the National Duals website reads. The second-place team will earn $150,000, and all participating teams will receive $20,000. The National Duals Invitational is sponsored by Paycom and hosted by 34-time NCAA champion Oklahoma State University.”

There will be wrestlebacks as well. Teams have the opportunity to win on the backside of the bracket and finish as high as third place. Third place will also receive $150,000 while 4th gets $75,000.

As far as other prizes are concerned, $50,000 is given to 5th, $40,000 to 6th, $25,000 to 7th and $20,000 to 8th. Prize money is on top of the $20,000 appearance fee.

Session 1 of the National Duals takes place on Saturday, November 15th from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. local time. That’ll be all eight first round duals.

Session 2 is from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. that same day and it’ll feature quarterfinal duals, as well as two rounds of wrestlebacks. Session 3 begins Sunday, November 16th at 10 a.m. with the semifinals and wrestleback semifinals. At 12 p.m., the National Duals will showcase the placement duals.

The National Duals conclude that Sunday at 6 p.m. with the finals between the top two remaining squads. The top prize will be on the line.