UI Athletics news release
Hawkeyes To Compete at National Duals Invitational
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa men’s wrestling team has accepted entry to the 2025 National Duals Invitational it was announced Tuesday.
The event will be held at BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on November 15-16.
The 16-team event will feature a total purse of more than $1 million. The top eight teams will each earn payouts, with the winning squad receiving $200,000. The second- and third-place teams will earn $150,000, while fourth place earns $75,000. Fifth through eighth place payouts will be: $50,000, $40,000, $25,000, and $20,000, respectively. All participating teams will receive $20,000 for attending.
Automatic entry is awarded to the top 12 teams in the final 2025 NCAA Division I standings (Penn State, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio State, Cornell, NC State, Northern Iowa, Illinois, Virginia Tech and Michigan). To secure their spots, these 12 must complete their participation agreements by April 15.
The remaining spots will be filled through a random drawing on April 24 from teams that finished 13-24 in the NCAA standings (Purdue, Missouri, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, Little Rock, Arizona State, Stanford, West Virginia, Navy, Wyoming, South Dakota State, Indiana, Maryland and Oregon State).
Teams and the bracket will be listed at nationaldualsinvitational.com as they are confirmed.