165 pounds

Division I, 2025–26, ranked by Elo rating. Wrestlers need at least six rated bouts to be ranked; 165 qualify.

Top 50

Conference

				Last 5
1	Mitchell Mesenbrink NCAA 1st Penn State	27–0	13–0	WWWWW	93%	1967
2	Nicco Ruiz NCAA 4th Arizona State	29–6	9–5	WWLWW	45%	1853
3	Michael Caliendo NCAA 2nd Iowa	22–5	8–5	WWWWL	77%	1835
4	Joey Blaze NCAA 6th Purdue	25–4	8–3	WWLLL	44%	1815
5	Cesar Alvan NCAA 3rd Columbia	29–8	9–3	WWWLW	28%	1812
6	Andrew Sparks NCAA 5th Minnesota	23–8	8–6	WWWWL	35%	1758
7	Max Brignola Lehigh	20–6	7–5	LWWWL	50%	1754
8	Bryce Hepner NCAA 7th North Carolina	19–6	6–4	WWLWL	37%	1753
9	Ryder Downey Northern Iowa	24–7	4–6	LWWWL	46%	1751
10	LaDarion Lockett Oklahoma State	18–4	9–4	LLWLW	22%	1740
11	Matty Bianchi Little Rock	18–4	0–3	LLWLW	6%	1720
12	Leandro Araujo Nebraska	19–11	5–10	WWWLL	42%	1711
13	Will Denny NC State	18–6	4–4	LWWLL	44%	1706
14	Noah Mulvaney Bucknell	27–9	1–6	WLWLW	37%	1703
15	Ryan Ford Rutgers	14–2	2–1	WLWWW	57%	1699
16	Connor Euton Iowa State	19–9	3–7	WWLWL	74%	1694
17	Aiden Riggins Iowa State	13–6	0–3	WWWWL	54%	1685
18	Ty Whalen Princeton	22–9	3–7	LWWLL	59%	1672
19	Sean Seefeldt Penn	21–9	0–5	WLWLL	33%	1672
20	Paddy Gallagher NCAA 8th Ohio State	19–11	2–11	WWWLL	47%	1672
21	Cody Walsh Drexel	26–14	1–8	WWLLW	42%	1671
22	Brock Woodcock SIUE	26–11	1–4	WWLLL	54%	1665
23	Mac Church Virginia Tech	21–11	1–6	LWWLL	52%	1662
24	Ben Weader Virginia Tech	13–6	0–2	WWWWL	62%	1658
25	e'Than Birden Ohio State	14–6	0–3	WWLWL	36%	1655
26	Ryan Burton Virginia Tech	14–5	3–3	WWWWL	43%	1647
27	Ryan Burgos Edinboro	20–9	0–3	WLLLL	60%	1639
28	Charlie Darracott North Carolina	11–4	–	WLWLW	55%	1639
29	Matthew Olguin Oregon State	17–8	0–8	WWWLL	53%	1638
30	Gunner Filipowicz Army	17–8	4–6	WWLLL	65%	1631
31	Thomas Snipes The Citadel	24–9	1–5	LWWLL	17%	1630
32	Andrew Barbosa Rutgers	18–10	3–6	LLLLL	28%	1630
33	Ethan Parco Stanford	15–9	4–4	LWWLL	20%	1629
34	Jacob Herm South Dakota State	12–6	0–4	LWLWL	58%	1628
35	Alejandro Herrera-Rondon Clarion	17–8	0–2	WWLLL	65%	1627
36	Chris Earnest Kent State	11–4	0–1	WWWLL	55%	1626
37	Anthony Conetta Appalachian State	24–12	0–3	WWWWL	46%	1621
38	Jason Kwaak NC State	8–3	–	WWLWW	75%	1619
39	Max Mayfield Missouri	13–7	1–5	WWLLW	38%	1618
40	Braeden Scoles Illinois	16–11	1–10	WLLLL	50%	1617
41	Max Kirby Edinboro	5–1	–	WWWWW	80%	1609
42	Tyler Lillard Indiana	12–10	2–8	LLWLL	58%	1607
43	Gage Murphy SIUE	10–6	0–1	WWLWW	80%	1595
44	Dylan Elmore Navy	21–13	1–5	WLWWL	33%	1594
45	Isaiah Fenton Iowa	12–4	–	WWLWW	58%	1594
46	Leo Contino West Virginia	8–4	0–1	LLWWL	50%	1588
47	Max Norman Brown	21–15	0–7	WWLWL	76%	1584
48	Kody Routledge Oklahoma State	6–3	0–1	WWWLW	50%	1584
49	Gabriel Schumm California Baptist	9–6	0–2	WWLWL	56%	1579
50	Keller Rock Oregon State	7–4	–	WLLWW	43%	1577

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

21%Ryan Mann beat Max Norman

Dec 6-3, Jan 16. Brown vs Presbyterian

21%Shawn Taylor beat Ryan Burgos

Dec 8-2, Dec 5. Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational

21%Kody Routledge beat Max Norman

Dec 11-8, Dec 7. Cougar Clash

22%Nick Kunstek beat Ryan Burgos

TF 19-3, Mar 6. 2026 MAC Championships

22%Joshua Greenwood beat Josh Palmucci

Dec 10-4, Mar 6. 2026 EIWA Championships

23%Benny Rogers beat Sean Seefeldt

Dec 4-1, Mar 8. 2026 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.