The NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships is a double-elimination tournament for individuals competing in ten weight classes.

[2] Since 2011, Penn State under head coach Cael Sanderson has won 11 NCAA team titles.

Only the 2001 Minnesota Golden Gophers have finished the NCAA Tournament with an All-American at every weight class, and famously won the team championship despite not having a single finalist.

Central to the expansion of "March Matness" (a play on March Madness, the nickname for the NCAA basketball tournaments) has been television network ESPN, which broadcasts all days of the tournament live and provides additional feeds dedicated to one particular mat online.

Starting in 2025–26, all currently existing NCAA men's wrestling championships will add the word "Men's" to their official titles, following the elevation of women's wrestling from the Emerging Sports for Women program to full championship status.