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Division I, 2025–26, ranked by Elo rating. Wrestlers need at least six rated bouts to be ranked; 173 qualify.

Top 50

Conference

				Last 5
1	PJ Duke NCAA 3rd Penn State	24–2	8–2	WWWLW	71%	1889
2	Antrell Taylor NCAA 2nd Nebraska	26–4	8–3	WWWWL	50%	1848
3	Landon Robideau NCAA 1st Oklahoma State	21–2	7–2	WWWWW	52%	1838
4	Brandon Cannon NCAA 4th Ohio State	23–4	6–3	WWLWW	61%	1834
5	Kaleb Larkin Arizona State	26–4	9–4	WWWLL	58%	1823
6	Ty Watters NCAA 6th West Virginia	25–6	6–6	WWLLL	64%	1823
7	Meyer Shapiro NCAA 8th Cornell	18–4	7–4	WWLLL	72%	1812
8	Kannon Webster NCAA 5th Illinois	25–6	5–5	WLWWL	64%	1807
9	Daniel Cardenas Stanford	19–5	5–5	LWWWL	74%	1790
10	Jude Swisher Penn	23–5	6–3	LWWWL	48%	1777
11	Cameron Catrabone NCAA 7th Michigan	23–9	4–7	WWWWL	52%	1751
12	DJ McGee George Mason	26–7	0–4	LWLLW	50%	1738
13	Vinny Zerban Iowa State	16–7	2–5	LWWLL	50%	1725
14	Derek Raike Ohio	21–7	2–1	WWWLL	52%	1703
15	Kai Owen Columbia	17–8	2–6	WLWWL	59%	1694
16	Cael Swensen South Dakota State	25–9	1–4	LWWLL	52%	1688
17	Ethen Miller Virginia Tech	15–7	4–5	WLWLW	33%	1685
18	Kyrel Leavell The Citadel	19–9	0–3	LWWWL	68%	1684
19	Joe Sealey Penn State	9–2	1–1	WWWWW	78%	1675
20	Dylan Evans Pitt	22–10	0–9	LWLLW	64%	1674
21	Jimmy Harrington Harvard	22–11	3–10	WLLWL	36%	1666
22	Logan Rozynski Lehigh	12–5	1–4	WWLWL	42%	1665
23	Charlie Millard Minnesota	19–11	3–8	LLLWL	53%	1661
24	Joey Showalter North Carolina	14–5	1–1	WWWLW	71%	1658
25	Mason Shrader Central Michigan	23–11	2–5	WWLLL	43%	1648
26	James Conway Missouri	18–9	0–7	LWLWW	39%	1648
27	Fin Nadeau Binghamton	21–9	0–1	WLLWW	14%	1646
28	Jacob Silka The Citadel	18–9	0–1	WWWWL	33%	1644
29	Conner Harer Rutgers	12–5	0–1	WWWWL	33%	1640
30	Kaleb Burgess Buffalo	15–6	0–4	WLWLL	20%	1635
31	Gavin Drexler North Dakota State	16–12	1–7	WWLLL	38%	1627
32	Luke Mechler Wisconsin	19–10	3–4	WLLWL	26%	1623
33	Cavarius Liddie Chattanooga	24–10	1–2	LWLWW	58%	1619
34	Teague Travis Missouri	12–8	0–6	LWLWL	67%	1618
35	Nick Stampoulos Lock Haven	21–12	0–2	WLLWL	38%	1616
36	Anthony White Rutgers	15–8	0–2	WWWLL	40%	1614
37	Bryce Lowery Indiana	13–14	1–9	WLWLL	62%	1614
38	CJ Hamblin Oregon State	16–11	0–4	WWLLW	44%	1613
39	Jonathan Ley Navy	22–12	1–4	WWLLL	23%	1612
40	Jaivon Jones Little Rock	16–9	0–5	WWLLW	13%	1609
41	Kai O'Dell Appalachian State	17–9	0–1	LWLWW	47%	1607
42	Laird Root North Carolina	17–12	0–9	WLWLL	59%	1606
43	Joel Adams Oregon State	8–3	–	WWWWL	38%	1599
44	Victor Voinovich Iowa	10–6	0–3	WWWLL	30%	1598
45	Kendrick Hodge Campbell	16–10	0–2	WWWWL	31%	1596
46	Jordan Williams Iowa	8–7	0–6	LLLLL	38%	1595
47	Austin Paradice Northern Iowa	6–4	–	WWWLW	67%	1595
48	Cole Evans West Virginia	5–1	0–1	WLWWW	80%	1595
49	Cameron Milheim American	4–2	–	LLWWW	50%	1587
50	Chance McLane Arizona State	10–6	1–4	WWLWL	40%	1586

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 157

18%Yannis Charles beat Fin Nadeau

Dec 9-7, Mar 6. 2026 EIWA Championships

20%Eric Almarinez beat Keller Rock

Dec 6-4, Dec 29. Midlands Championships

21%Meyer Shapiro beat Kannon Webster

Dec 2-1, Dec 21. Cornell vs Illinois

21%Yannis Charles beat Jaivon Jones

Dec 8-1, Feb 22. Patriot Last Chance Open

22%Yannis Charles beat Jonathan Ley

DQ, Mar 7. 2026 EIWA Championships

23%Garrett McChesney beat Mason Shrader

Dec 7-5, Mar 6. 2026 MAC 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.