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D-I2024–25Elo

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285 pounds

Division I, 2024–25, ranked by Elo rating. Wrestlers need at least six rated bouts to be ranked; 141 qualify.

Top 50

Last 5
1
Oklahoma State
26–011–0WWWWW77%1958
2
Minnesota
18–110–1WWWWL89%1890
3
Penn State
21–48–4WWLLL76%1857
4
Arizona State
26–67–6WLWWW58%1812
5
Owen Trephan NCAA 5th
Lehigh
16–26–2WWLWL63%1785
6
Isaac Trumble NCAA 4th
NC State
20–88–6WLLWW60%1783
7
Michigan
22–67–6WWLWL55%1781
8
Lock Haven
19–33–3LWWWL53%1764
9
Pitt
17–64–5LWWWL53%1752
10
Ohio State
18–95–9LWWWL61%1742
11
Cal Poly
22–70–2WLWLW91%1734
12
Virginia Tech
16–62–5WWWLL75%1728
13
Ben Kueter NCAA 8th
Iowa
21–96–8WWLLL33%1727
14
Illinois
19–76–6LWWWL42%1725
15
Maryland
22–83–8WLWLW45%1713
16
Cleveland State
19–70–3LWWLL58%1703
17
Virginia Tech
7–10–1WLWWW86%1700
18
Virginia
7–0–WWWWW100%1696
19
Binghamton
21–70–6LWWLL76%1690
20
Rutgers
17–92–7WLWLW41%1687
21
Bellarmine
20–100–1LWWLW85%1675
22
Cal State Bakersfield
20–51–4WLWLL15%1669
23
Morgan State
13–40–2WWLWL69%1669
24
South Dakota State
22–100–4WWWLL68%1668
25
Ohio
19–71–2WWLLL63%1665
26
Army
17–52–3WLLWL41%1660
27
Northern Iowa
19–91–6WWWLL63%1647
28
Cornell
15–70–6WWWLL27%1627
29
Indiana
8–40–1WWLWL50%1623
30
Indiana
15–111–10LWLLW47%1620
31
Minnesota
8–30–1WWWWL50%1616
32
Penn State
4–20–2WWWLL100%1614
33
North Carolina
13–82–3WWLLL54%1612
34
Central Michigan
21–160–4WWLWW52%1607
35
Brown
15–110–2WLWWL80%1604
36
Iowa State
18–150–7LWLLL61%1603
37
George Mason
15–81–4WLWWL60%1603
38
Duke
24–121–8LWLLL58%1602
39
Wyoming
23–110–3LWWLL13%1598
40
American
17–110–3WWLLL47%1597
41
Princeton
17–80–3WWLLL53%1596
42
Northern Iowa
13–9–LWWWW62%1590
43
The Citadel
4–2–LWWWL100%1590
44
Oklahoma
11–70–3WWLLL36%1582
45
Army
6–30–1WWWLW17%1581
46
Ohio State
5–10–1WLWWW20%1579
47
Penn
18–110–2LWLWW72%1578
48
Stanford
11–121–9WLWLL55%1578
49
The Citadel
9–60–1WWWWL56%1572
50
Binghamton
5–30–1WWWWW40%1572

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 285

Dec 4-2, Feb 23. Bellarmine vs Chattanooga
Fall 6:19, Dec 21. North Dakota State vs West Virginia
MD 10-1, Jan 26. Kent State vs LIU
Dec 7-2, Jan 4. Southern Scuffle
Fall 3:19, Dec 29. Midlands Championships
Dec 9-2, Nov 24. Big Red Invitational

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.