Top 15 Georgia High School Boys Wrestling Teams Across All Classifications
Updated 2/16/2026 – Final Ranking
The 2025-2026 GHSA high school wrestling season officially came to a close last Saturday with the traditional state championships at the Arena at Southlake in Morrow, Georgia, and with it comes our final Georgia high school boys wrestling top 15 rankings.
Social Circle won the boys traditional wrestling state championship in Class 1A, its ninth overall title and fourth straight.
The East Jackson boys wrestling team captured its first-ever traditional state championship, winning the Class 2A title. Mason Smith won the individual title at 126 pounds, and the Eagles also had Brody Buckley capture a runner-up spot at 113 pounds.
Jefferson had eight individual state champions to pace the Dragons to the Class 3A title, their 26th overall boys traditional wrestling state championship. Among Jefferson’s individual state champions was Dallas Russell, who at 165 pounds became a four-time state champion.
Woodland-Cartersville won its fifth all-time traditional wrestling state championship, taking home the GHSA Class 4A state title. Woodland’s John Gill won the individual state championship at 215 pounds.
South Effingham won the boys traditional wrestling state championship in Class 5A, its second state championship in the past three seasons.
The Camden County boys wrestling program continued its decade-plus dominance of Georgia high school wrestling – not only in the state’s highest classification of 6A, but across all classifications – by winning its 12th straight boys traditional wrestling state championship.
The Wildcats were led by individual state champions Ryder Wilder at 190 pounds, Brock Weaver at 157 pounds, and Hunter Prosen at 150 pounds. Wilder has now won four straight state championships in his high school career. He is headed to Northwestern University in Chicago to continue his wrestling career at the collegiate level.
Here are the updated Georgia high school boys wrestling top 15 rankings:
- Camden County (6A)
- Jefferson (3A) +1
- Social Circle (1A) -1
- Buford (6A) +3
- South Effingham (5A) +3
- Woodland-Cartersville (4A)
- Creekview (5A) -2
- East Jackson (2A) +2
- Toombs County (1A) +5
- Cass (4A) +2
- Troup (4A) -2
- Walton (6A) NR
- Ola (4A) NR
- Commerce (1A) NR
- West Forsyth (6A) NR
Out: Rockmart (2A), Elbert County (1A), Jackson County (5A), Carrollton (6A)
Updated 1/24/2026
The top Georgia high school boys wrestling programs recently met to determine the GHSA team duals state champions at various venues across the state. This followed the region and area meets, which determined which schools advanced to the championships.
The host sites were:
- Class 6A: Camden County
- Class 5A: Legacy Arena, Douglasville
- Class 4A: Ola
- Class 3A: Jefferson
- Class 2A: East Jackson
- Class 1A: Heard County
Eight teams advanced to the state championships in each classification, followed by four semifinalists.
In the end, two programs battled for the right to be named state champion in each class, and quite a few familiar faces stared at each other as they prepared to start each match. Every 2025 state champion was in a position to defend their championship.
The defending state champions from 2025 looking to win it again in 2026 were:
- Class 6A: Camden County
- Class 5A: Creekview
- Class 4A: Cass
- Class 3A: Jefferson
- Class 2A: Rockmart
- Class 1A: Social Circle
All but one of the state champions were able to defend their title.
In Class 6A, Camden County not only was able to defend their state championship, but this year’s championship was Coach Jess Wilder’s Wildcats’ 12th in a row, a feat unmatched in Georgia high school wrestling.
Creekview won their second consecutive Class 5A state championship.
Class 4A’s Woodland-Cartersville was the lone champion that wasn’t the champion last year, but they were champions in 2021.
The Jefferson Dragons were the 2025 Class 3A state champion, and now they are once again the 3A champions after their win over Troup County.
Rockmart won their fifth straight championship in Class 2A with a dominating performance over East Jackson.
In Class 1A, Social Circle won their second consecutive boys wrestling state championship with a 56-13 defeat of Elbert County.
Next up will be the girls team duals wrestling rankings following their state championship results. Then comes the boys traditional wrestling region and area tournaments.
Here are the updated Georgia high school boys wrestling top 15 rankings:
- Camden County (6A)
- Social Circle (1A) +2
- Jefferson (3A)
- Rockmart (2A) +3
- Creekview (5A)
- Woodland-Cartersville (4A) +3
- Buford (6A) -5
- South Effingham (5A) -2
- Troup (4A) +4
- East Jackson (2A) NR
- Elbert County (1A) NR
- Cass (4A) -1
- Jackson County (5A) -1
- Toombs County (1A) -6
- Carrollton (6A) -1
Out: Lovett (2A), Pike County (2A)
Updated 1/14/2026
Georgia high school boys wrestlers recently competed at their respective region and area meets and are now preparing for the 2026 GHSA Team Duals State Championships, which will be held on Jan. 16-17 with various locations around the state hosting each classification.
Here is a breakdown of each of the host sites:
- Class 6A: Camden County
- Class 5A: Legacy Arena, Douglasville
- Class 4A: Ola
- Class 3A: Jefferson
- Class 2A: East Jackson
- Class 1A: Heard County
The defending state champions who will be looking to win it again in 2026 are:
- Class 6A: Camden County
- Class 5A: Creekview
- Class 4A: Cass
- Class 3A: Jefferson
- Class 2A: Rockmart
- Class 1A: Social Circle
As the teams get ready for the state championships, here is an updated ranking of the top 15 programs in the state. We presented to you the top 15 Georgia high school boys wrestling programs ahead of the 2026 season back in November, so let’s take a look at our updated top 15 before these teams and others prepare for the state duals.
At the top is one of Georgia’s most consistent and dominant sports programs, inclusive of any and all sports: Camden County.
Camden County wrestling head coach Jess Wilder’s Wildcats will be looking for their 12th consecutive duals state championship, and they’ll be in familiar surroundings as the host site for the Class 6A duals. Wilder isn’t taking anything for granted despite his team’s long-running streak of success.
“This year will be just as challenging as the past several years with Buford having a nationally ranked team,” Wilder said.
Camden County returned 10 starters from last year’s championship squad, and as Wilder told us back in November as we rolled out our 2026 Georgia high school wrestling preseason rankings, he was hopeful with so much experience returning in 2026.
“This 2026 group is probably the strongest senior class in our storied history, so our goal is to win the state championship,” he said then, while admitting that there was plenty of stiff competition to get through, including the aforementioned Buford Wolves.
Camden County and Buford aren’t the only teams to watch for in the upcoming duals.
Here is our updated top 15 as 16 teams from each classification (except Class 3A, which will host 17 teams) head to their respective sites the weekend of Jan. 16-17.
- Camden County (6A)
- Buford (6A)
- Jefferson (3A)
- Social Circle (1A)
- Creekview (5A)
- South Effingham (5A)
- Rockmart (2A)
- Toombs County (1A)
- Woodland-Cartersville (4A)
- Lovett (2A)
- Cass (4A)
- Jackson County (5A)
- Troup (3A)
- Carrollton (6A)
- Pike County (2A)
