149 pounds

Division I, 2025–26, ranked by Elo rating. Wrestlers need at least six rated bouts to be ranked; 174 qualify.

Top 50

Conference

				Last 5
1	Shayne VanNess NCAA 2nd Penn State	26–1	10–1	WWWWL	77%	1887
2	Jaxon Joy Cornell	25–3	8–3	WWWLL	76%	1837
3	Collin Gaj NCAA 5th Virginia Tech	24–9	11–5	WWWWW	33%	1806
4	Aden Valencia NCAA 1st Stanford	21–7	8–7	WWWWW	48%	1791
5	Cross Wasilewski NCAA 7th Penn	28–5	5–5	WWLWL	50%	1787
6	Lachlan McNeil NCAA 3rd Michigan	21–7	6–5	WWLWW	33%	1769
7	Caleb Tyus SIUE	23–4	3–2	LWLWL	52%	1758
8	Koy Buesgens NC State	22–5	4–5	WLWLW	32%	1739
9	Carter Young Maryland	26–10	3–5	WWWLL	38%	1735
10	Eugene Harney Morgan State	26–7	2–4	WWWLL	42%	1725
11	Casey Swiderski NCAA 8th Oklahoma State	17–8	4–8	WWLLL	29%	1713
12	Jacob Frost Iowa State	20–9	5–6	LWWWL	50%	1705
13	Ryder Block NCAA 6th Iowa	16–11	5–8	WWLWL	50%	1700
14	Kaden Cassidy George Mason	15–6	2–1	LLWLL	73%	1694
15	Gabe Willochell Wyoming	21–10	3–5	WLWWL	43%	1692
16	David Evans Utah Valley	21–8	3–5	WWLWL	38%	1686
17	Kelly Dunnigan Penn	17–8	0–3	WWWWL	65%	1686
18	Josh Edmond Missouri	23–6	0–4	WLWWL	30%	1683
19	Ethan Stiles Ohio State	16–7	3–5	WLLWL	44%	1677
20	Dylan Layton Rider	22–10	1–3	WLWLL	55%	1676
21	Ryan Michaels Edinboro	18–7	0–5	WWWLL	72%	1674
22	Kaden Keiser Appalachian State	28–10	0–4	WWLLW	57%	1673
23	Lucas Kapusta Lock Haven	19–5	1–2	WWWLL	42%	1672
24	Seth Mendoza Missouri	11–6	3–4	LWLWW	73%	1666
25	Chance Lamer NCAA 4th Nebraska	15–9	3–7	WWWLL	67%	1656
26	Joseph Zargo Wisconsin	18–8	3–5	LWLLL	50%	1653
27	Logan Paradice Northern Iowa	18–7	0–2	LWWWW	61%	1649
28	Sergio Lemley Michigan	6–0	–	WWWWW	33%	1649
29	Max Petersen North Dakota State	17–10	4–9	LWLLW	53%	1646
30	Christopher Martino Princeton	8–3	0–1	WWWWL	75%	1637
31	Donavon Allen SIUE	12–3	–	WWWWL	42%	1634
32	Noah Nininger Virginia Tech	8–2	0–1	WWWLW	50%	1630
33	Michael Gioffre Illinois	16–11	2–6	LWLLW	38%	1626
34	Anderson Heap Davidson	20–11	1–3	WWWLL	30%	1625
35	Maddox Shaw Ohio State	12–5	0–2	WWWLL	42%	1624
36	Brock Herman Little Rock	9–4	2–2	WWWLL	22%	1624
37	Austin McBurney Brown	23–14	0–6	WWWLL	35%	1620
38	Cooper Hilton Michigan	5–1	0–1	WWWWW	40%	1620
39	Connor Pierce Penn State	5–2	0–2	WWWWW	60%	1618
40	Caleb Rathjen Northern Iowa	11–8	3–7	LLWLW	36%	1613
41	Tommy Johnson The Citadel	6–2	–	WWLWW	50%	1599
42	Drew Roberts Minnesota	10–7	1–2	WWLLW	40%	1598
43	Cole Solomey Purdue	6–2	0–1	WLWWW	33%	1597
44	Patrick Jordon VMI	12–9	0–4	LLWWW	67%	1596
45	Antonio Avila Wyoming	11–6	0–3	WWWWL	36%	1594
46	Noah Tapia Hofstra	10–8	0–1	WLWWL	70%	1593
47	Billy Meiszner Chattanooga	6–2	–	WWWWL	83%	1591
48	Kade Brown Pitt	13–10	1–9	WWLLL	31%	1586
49	Sam Ewing Buffalo	13–9	0–3	WLWWL	54%	1586
50	Dylan Ross Duke	16–13	0–5	LLWLL	44%	1584

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

20%Joey Buttler beat Joseph Zargo

Dec 4-1 SV1, Feb 7. Indiana vs Wisconsin

21%Riley Bower beat Eugene Harney

Fall 1:50, Dec 21. Bucknell vs Morgan State

22%Scott Robertson beat Zytavius Williams

Dec 6-3, Jan 3. Soldier Salute

23%Nate Higley beat Kaden Keiser

Dec 4-3, Mar 7. 2026 SoCon Championships

24%Caleb Rathjen beat Joseph Zargo

Dec 7-4 SV1, Feb 22. Northern Iowa vs Wisconsin

24%Collin Arch beat Donavon Allen

Dec 7-3, Feb 20. Northern Illinois vs SIUE

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.