125 pounds

Division I, 2025–26, ranked by Elo rating. Wrestlers need at least six rated bouts to be ranked; 157 qualify.

Top 50

Conference

				Last 5
1	Luke Lilledahl NCAA 1st Penn State	25–1	14–1	WWWWW	52%	1897
2	Tyler Klinsky NCAA 8th Rider	29–5	5–3	WWWWL	52%	1827
3	Troy Spratley NCAA 5th Oklahoma State	20–4	7–4	WWWLW	55%	1807
4	Nico Provo NCAA 3rd Stanford	20–6	10–6	WWWWW	30%	1795
5	Sheldon Seymour Lehigh	21–2	3–2	WWWLL	43%	1776
6	Eddie Ventresca Virginia Tech	21–3	8–3	WWWLL	33%	1775
7	Marc-Anthony McGowan NCAA 2nd Princeton	19–7	4–6	WWWWL	58%	1767
8	Vincent Robinson NCAA 4th NC State	21–6	4–6	WWWLW	43%	1755
9	Nic Bouzakis Ohio State	18–5	8–4	WLWLW	61%	1753
10	Jore Volk NCAA 7th Minnesota	21–7	6–4	WWWLL	29%	1731
11	Jett Strickenberger West Virginia	19–8	6–7	LWWWL	47%	1715
12	Maximo Renteria Oregon State	21–5	3–4	WWLWL	43%	1704
13	Jacob Moran NCAA 6th Indiana	20–8	2–7	WWLLL	60%	1700
14	Travis Clawson Clarion	22–6	0–1	WWLWL	41%	1693
15	Stevo Poulin Iowa State	17–9	3–9	LLWLW	47%	1685
16	Cooper Flynn Chattanooga	20–6	1–5	WWLLW	50%	1684
17	Ezekiel Witt North Dakota State	24–13	2–8	WWLLW	58%	1682
18	Nate Desmond Penn State	8–0	2–0	WWWWW	38%	1678
19	Desmond Pleasant Drexel	24–10	0–4	WLWLL	50%	1676
20	Dean Peterson Iowa	15–8	4–8	LWWLL	20%	1667
21	Blake West Northern Illinois	19–7	1–2	WLLWW	21%	1663
22	Jace Schafer Bloomsburg	22–10	0–3	WWWLL	68%	1661
23	Brendan McCrone Ohio State	9–1	1–1	WWWWL	33%	1661
24	Koda Holeman Cal Poly	19–7	2–5	WWWLL	37%	1659
25	Brady Roark South Dakota State	21–8	1–5	WLWLL	38%	1648
26	Kysen Terukina North Carolina	16–8	0–7	WLWLL	25%	1644
27	Vinny Kilkeary Ohio State	10–4	1–0	WWWWL	50%	1640
28	Sebastian Degennaro Oklahoma	7–1	1–0	WWWLW	57%	1637
29	Spencer Moore Illinois	16–10	1–8	LWLWL	38%	1633
30	Louie Gill West Virginia	7–2	–	WWLWW	71%	1631
31	Davis Motyka Penn	17–8	1–5	LLWLL	29%	1628
32	Daniel Guanajuato South Dakota State	14–5	0–1	WWWWW	36%	1627
33	Sulayman Bah Columbia	21–14	0–8	WLWLL	62%	1623
34	Chris Vargo Edinboro	16–9	1–4	WWWLW	50%	1623
35	Nicolar Rivera Wisconsin	17–8	1–5	LLWLL	35%	1620
36	Tucker Owens Air Force	18–10	2–4	WWWLL	44%	1614
37	Carson Wagner Binghamton	24–10	0–1	LWLWW	29%	1613
38	Andrew Binni Navy	18–11	2–6	WLWLL	44%	1611
39	Keyveon Roller Virginia	13–8	0–4	LLWLL	54%	1606
40	Charlie Farmer Army	14–12	0–5	WLWWL	79%	1605
41	Gylon Sims The Citadel	18–10	0–3	WWWLW	39%	1604
42	Christian Castillo Iowa State	5–2	–	WLWLW	20%	1600
43	Colby Crouch Campbell	10–7	0–1	WWLLL	50%	1599
44	Gage Singleton Oregon State	7–3	0–1	WWLWW	71%	1593
45	Trever Anderson Northern Iowa	12–12	1–7	LLLLW	33%	1587
46	Ben Monn George Mason	17–11	0–2	WWWLL	12%	1586
47	Jack Parker Franklin & Marshall	15–11	–	WWWLW	60%	1579
48	Mack Mauger Missouri	22–16	0–7	WLLWL	41%	1577
49	J.J. Peace American	20–12	0–3	WLWWL	45%	1574
50	Nick Treaster Navy	7–6	–	LWLWW	57%	1573

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 125

13%Sawyer Ostroff beat Charlie Farmer

Dec 9-6, Mar 6. 2026 EIWA Championships

19%Drew Davis beat Chris Vargo

Dec 4-3, Jan 10. Edinboro vs SIUE

19%Damion Ryan beat Colby Crouch

Dec 6-2, Jan 3. Southern Scuffle

19%Tyson Roach beat Chris Vargo

TF 18-3, Jan 10. Edinboro vs Little Rock

21%Drew Davis beat Blake West

Dec 4-1, Mar 6. 2026 MAC Championships

23%Damian Moreno beat Brady Roark

MD 12-4, Dec 5. Cliff Keen Las Vegas 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.