165 pounds

Division I, 2024–25, ranked by Elo rating. Wrestlers need at least six rated bouts to be ranked; 160 qualify.

Top 50

Conference

				Last 5
1	Mitchell Mesenbrink NCAA 1st Penn State	26–0	9–0	WWWWW	81%	1915
2	Peyton Hall NCAA 3rd West Virginia	34–2	10–2	WWLWW	56%	1902
3	Michael Caliendo NCAA 2nd Iowa	24–3	10–3	WWWWL	75%	1861
4	Terrell Barraclough NCAA 5th Utah Valley	30–3	10–3	WLWWL	53%	1850
5	Evan Maag George Mason	18–8	–	WLLWL	67%	1750
6	Hunter Garvin NCAA 6th Stanford	23–10	5–9	WLLWL	43%	1749
7	Cam Steed NCAA 7th Missouri	15–7	3–6	WWWWL	67%	1742
8	Julian Ramirez Cornell	16–2	0–2	LWWWL	63%	1734
9	Drake Rhodes South Dakota State	20–6	1–1	WLLLL	55%	1732
10	Christopher Minto NCAA 4th Nebraska	16–7	6–4	WWLLW	56%	1727
11	Braeden Scoles Illinois	19–7	2–6	LWWWL	68%	1723
12	Andrew Sparks Minnesota	22–8	3–8	WWLWL	64%	1704
13	Will Miller Appalachian State	18–4	3–3	WLLWL	56%	1698
14	Brock Mantanona Michigan	12–3	1–2	LWLWW	75%	1697
15	Max Brignola Lehigh	8–0	1–0	WWWWW	50%	1697
16	Cameron Amine NCAA 8th Oklahoma State	15–9	4–7	WWWLL	40%	1696
17	Thomas Snipes The Citadel	26–9	1–5	WWWLL	42%	1694
18	Beau Mantanona Michigan	12–5	3–5	WWWLL	33%	1678
19	Nick Hamilton Virginia	14–5	2–5	WLWWL	7%	1676
20	Gunner Filipowicz Army	17–7	0–3	LLWLL	71%	1669
21	Kyle Mosher Hofstra	20–11	1–6	WLWLW	45%	1657
22	Maxx Mayfield Northwestern	20–13	2–8	LLWLW	65%	1657
23	Nicco Ruiz Arizona State	14–9	3–6	LLWLL	64%	1656
24	Jack Thomsen Northern Iowa	19–11	3–8	WLWLW	53%	1645
25	Marcus Espinoza-Owens South Dakota State	14–7	0–2	LWWWL	57%	1641
26	Bubba Wilson Nebraska	9–5	1–4	WLLLL	44%	1630
27	Carter Baer Binghamton	18–9	0–4	LWWWL	61%	1628
28	Cesar Alvan Columbia	14–7	0–5	WWLLL	43%	1625
29	Enrique Munguia Rider	16–6	1–3	WWWLL	44%	1618
30	Chris Crawford Indiana	5–1	0–1	WWWWL	40%	1612
31	Evan Canoyer Cornell	6–1	0–1	WWWWW	50%	1610
32	Luka Wick Cal Poly	12–7	1–2	LWWLW	42%	1606
33	Aidan Wallace Duke	22–10	1–5	WLLLL	45%	1605
34	Tyler Lillard Indiana	15–10	1–6	LLWLL	53%	1605
35	Blaine Brenner Minnesota	7–4	0–2	WWWWL	71%	1604
36	Izzy Moreno Northern Iowa	5–4	–	WWWLL	80%	1602
37	Guillermo Escobedo Cal State Bakersfield	13–8	0–3	WWLLW	23%	1600
38	Dylan Elmore Navy	10–5	1–2	WWLWW	60%	1595
39	Clay Giddens Oklahoma	6–3	–	WWWWL	33%	1595
40	Drayden Morton California Baptist	13–9	0–4	WWWLL	38%	1593
41	Tate Picklo Oklahoma	12–8	1–5	LLWLL	75%	1590
42	Anthony White Rutgers	11–9	0–5	LWLLW	36%	1587
43	Murphy Menke Oregon State	10–5	0–2	WWWLW	40%	1587
44	E'Than Birden Ohio State	7–5	1–2	WLWLL	57%	1583
45	Dom Baker Campbell	21–11	0–4	LLWWL	19%	1582
46	Andrew Barbosa Rutgers	6–3	0–1	WWLWW	33%	1574
47	Kaleb Williams Cornell	5–3	–	LWWWW	60%	1574
48	Mateo De LaPena Pitt	5–2	–	WLLWW	40%	1573
49	Zeke Dubler Lehigh	5–2	–	WWWLL	60%	1572
50	Tyler Swiderski Central Michigan	11–8	1–1	WWLLL	45%	1568

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 165

16%Aiden Riggins beat Drake Rhodes

Dec 9-3, Mar 20. 2025 NCAA Championships

17%Cooper Lockhart beat Richie Grungo

Dec 8-4, Mar 7. 2025 EIWA Championships

19%Charlie Darracott beat Aidan Wallace

Dec 6-3, Mar 9. 2025 ACC Championships

21%Aiden Riggins beat Tate Picklo

Dec 7-3, Jan 24. Iowa State vs Oklahoma

22%Aiden Riggins beat Will Miller

MD 9-1, Mar 21. 2025 NCAA Championships

24%Keegan Rothrock beat Blaine Bergey

Dec 7-0, Mar 9. 2025 Ivy League Championships

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.