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D-I2024–25Elo

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149 pounds

Division I, 2024–25, ranked by Elo rating. Wrestlers need at least six rated bouts to be ranked; 150 qualify.

Top 50

Last 5
1
Ridge Lovett NCAA 1st
Nebraska
25–210–2WWWWW64%1883
2
Penn State
26–38–3WWLWW85%1880
3
Caleb Henson NCAA 2nd
Virginia Tech
22–14–1WWWWL59%1848
4
Penn
25–57–3LWWWL52%1795
5
North Carolina
23–77–6WLWWL52%1783
6
Sammy Alvarez NCAA 7th
Rider
23–77–4WWWWL30%1759
7
Iowa
21–55–5LWLWL48%1758
8
Ohio State
24–73–7WWLLW46%1755
9
Northern Iowa
23–76–4WLLWL48%1742
10
Iowa State
20–55–2WWLLW20%1735
11
Little Rock
15–64–6WWWLL53%1713
12
The Citadel
25–70–2WWWLL36%1710
13
Princeton
21–51–4WWLWL48%1705
14
Ethan Stiles NCAA 6th
Oregon State
17–86–6WLLWL53%1698
15
Cal Poly
16–42–2WLWLL63%1698
16
Gavin Drexler NCAA 8th
North Dakota State
25–113–6LWWWL56%1693
17
Illinois
16–84–7LWWLL56%1692
18
Oklahoma
20–72–5WLWLL30%1672
19
Cornell
16–81–6LWLLW44%1669
20
Central Michigan
22–100–4WWLLL41%1646
21
Appalachian State
16–81–1WLLWW44%1645
22
Pitt
11–30–2WWLWL36%1645
23
Lehigh
18–93–3WLWWL22%1642
24
Northern Iowa
15–8–WWWWW73%1634
25
Oklahoma State
7–52–4WWLLW57%1634
26
Ohio
14–60–1LWLLW64%1629
27
George Mason
15–60–4WLWLL53%1627
28
Virginia
9–63–4LLWLW33%1621
29
Stanford
18–123–10WLLWL44%1617
30
Rutgers
19–141–11LLLWL26%1616
31
Kent State
15–61–0LWWLL40%1616
32
Iowa
9–50–4WWLLL56%1610
33
Edinboro
10–80–1LWWWL70%1608
34
Michigan
7–40–2LLLWL71%1608
35
Campbell
26–122–6WLWLL19%1607
36
Arizona State
13–71–5LLWWL23%1607
37
Northwestern
16–111–4LLWLL44%1602
38
Davidson
10–4–WWWLL60%1601
39
Oklahoma
9–30–1WLWWL44%1599
40
Iowa
8–4–WWLLL75%1599
41
Iowa State
6–30–2WWWWL33%1597
42
Penn
10–51–1LLWWW20%1592
43
Lock Haven
15–101–5LLWWL47%1590
44
Oregon State
5–1–WWWWL20%1583
45
Wyoming
17–141–10WLLLL53%1581
46
VMI
10–70–1WLLLL70%1578
47
Kent State
12–7–WWLLL75%1576
48
Hofstra
18–130–4WLLWW33%1575
49
Davidson
13–9–WWLWL54%1572
50
Northern Iowa
10–50–1WLWLW30%1571

Click a column heading to sort. Bonus is the share of wins by fall, tech fall or major decision. Vs top 20 counts matches against wrestlers currently ranked in the top 20 at any weight.

Upsets at 149

Dec 11-6, Jan 31. Appalachian State vs Bellarmine
Dec 5-2, Jan 17. Campbell vs Gardner-Webb
MD 10-1, Dec 7. Cougar Clash
Dec 4-1, Mar 7. 2025 EIWA Championships
Dec 7-1, Feb 9. Bellarmine vs Davidson
Dec 11-5, Feb 16. Cal State Bakersfield vs North Dakota State

How the rankings work

Pick a system here or from the menu at the top of every page.

Elo rating

The chess system. Everyone starts at 1500. After each bout the winner takes points from the loser: more for an upset, and more for a fall (×1.75), tech fall (×1.5) or major decision (×1.25). New wrestlers move faster for their first eight bouts.

A 200-point gap means the higher-rated wrestler wins about 76% of the time.

In use now

Glicko-2

A newer cousin of Elo that also tracks how sure it is about each wrestler. It counts wins and losses only, not margin, and updates week by week.

The ± number is that uncertainty: a wrestler with few bouts or a long layoff has a wide range and moves more after his next match.

RPI

The formula college sports used for years: 25% your win percentage, 50% your opponents’ win percentage, 25% their opponents’.

It rewards a tough schedule, not how you won. Shown as a decimal, so .650 beats .600.

Win percentage

Plain winning percentage, with a minimum of ten bouts.

Simple, but it ignores who you beat.

Every division is rated on its own, and forfeits never count. To be ranked a wrestler needs six rated bouts (ten for win percentage). Team strength, on the Teams page, is the average rating of each team’s best wrestler at all ten weights. Ratings start fresh each season.