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The National Duals Invitational announced its top four seeds on Thursday for the 16-team tournament on Dec. 12 and 13 at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The Top 4 Seeds
- Oklahoma State
- Virginia Tech
- Ohio State
- Stanford
The tournament's seeding committee ranked the teams based on 2026-27 season projections and national rankings. Each of the top four will be placed in its own quadrant of the bracket, and the remaining 12 teams will be drawn at random.
Potential Semifinals
If the seeds hold, the semifinals would be Oklahoma State vs. Stanford and Ohio State vs. Virginia Tech.
Oklahoma State vs. Stanford would feature a battle of returning NCAA champions at 149: Oklahoma State's Sergio Vega, ranked #2 by InterMat, and Stanford's Aden Valencia, ranked #3. Vega won his NCAA title as a freshman at 141 last March, and Valencia won at 149.
Ohio State is the defending champion. The Buckeyes won the inaugural National Duals Invitational in 2025.
The Field and the Prize Money
The 16-team field: Arizona State, Little Rock, Iowa State, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, NC State, North Carolina, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Stanford, Virginia Tech and Wyoming.
The total purse tops $1.23 million. The champion earns $250,000, up from the $200,000 Ohio State won last year. Second and third place each earn $175,000, fourth and fifth earn $100,000, and sixth through eighth earn $40,000, $25,000 and $20,000. Every team gets $20,000 for competing, plus a chance at $50,000 in team takedown bonuses.
How to Watch
FloWrestling will reveal the full bracket at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Dec. 1. Flo streams the first 27 duals of the tournament, and the championship dual airs on ESPN on Sunday, Dec. 13 at 8:30 p.m. ET.
We'll break down the bracket on Basch & The Brain once it's out. Subscribe on YouTube so you don't miss an episode.