197 pounds

Division I, 2025–26, ranked by Elo rating. Wrestlers need at least six rated bouts to be ranked; 149 qualify.

Top 50

Conference

				Last 5
1	Josh Barr NCAA 1st Penn State	23–0	12–0	WWWWW	96%	1942
2	Andrew Reall Brown	37–5	4–5	WLWWL	49%	1820
3	Joey Novak NCAA 4th Wyoming	21–5	5–5	WWLLW	62%	1806
4	Cody Merrill NCAA 2nd Oklahoma State	22–5	6–4	WWWWL	32%	1800
5	Stephen Little NCAA 3rd Little Rock	18–2	6–2	WWLWW	50%	1799
6	Camden McDanel NCAA 5th Nebraska	25–8	6–7	WLWWL	32%	1783
7	Rocky Elam Iowa State	18–2	5–2	WWLWL	39%	1780
8	Sonny Sasso Virginia Tech	26–9	4–5	WWWLL	65%	1776
9	Angelo Posada NCAA 6th Stanford	20–8	6–7	WLLWL	60%	1758
10	Zayne Lehman Ohio	21–4	1–4	WLWLW	62%	1748
11	Mac Stout Pitt	21–6	5–5	LLWLW	43%	1731
12	Justin Rademacher Oregon State	23–5	5–4	LWLWL	70%	1726
13	Gabe Arnold NCAA 7th Iowa	20–9	4–8	WWWWL	40%	1720
14	Remy Cotton Rutgers	20–8	4–5	LWWLL	55%	1712
15	Branson John NCAA 8th Maryland	25–10	5–8	WWWLL	44%	1711
16	Brock Zurawski Rider	21–7	1–3	WLWLL	67%	1709
17	Luke Geog Ohio State	20–9	4–8	WLWWL	50%	1708
18	Mikey Squires Binghamton	20–5	1–3	LWWLL	45%	1696
19	Harvey Ludington Iowa	14–4	0–1	LLLWW	71%	1696
20	Dillon Bechtold Bucknell	16–6	3–3	WWLWL	31%	1692
21	Kade Rule Chattanooga	17–7	0–4	WWWLL	76%	1682
22	Bennett Berge South Dakota State	17–8	1–2	WLLWL	47%	1666
23	Deanthony Parker Oklahoma	19–9	3–6	LLWLL	63%	1663
24	Gabe Sollars Indiana	16–12	1–9	WWLLW	50%	1659
25	Evan Bates Missouri	22–11	2–6	LLWLW	55%	1643
26	Devin Wasley North Dakota State	22–12	1–7	LWLLL	50%	1641
27	Blake Schaffer Kent State	18–8	1–5	LWLWL	39%	1641
28	Tucker Hogan Lock Haven	18–10	0–6	WWLWL	50%	1641
29	Massoma Endene Iowa	6–1	2–1	WWWWL	33%	1640
30	Logan Eller Appalachian State	26–11	0–1	LWWWL	46%	1638
31	Wyatt Ingham Wisconsin	14–10	2–6	WLLLL	64%	1635
32	Connor Mirasola Penn State	6–1	0–1	WWWWL	83%	1634
33	Kael Wisler Michigan State	24–11	1–7	LLWLL	38%	1629
34	Seth Shumate Ohio State	11–5	1–1	WWWWL	55%	1623
35	Jack Wehmeyer Columbia	13–7	1–4	WLLLW	54%	1619
36	Rune Lawrence West Virginia	17–12	3–7	WWLWL	41%	1617
37	Quin Morgan South Dakota State	8–5	–	WWLWW	88%	1614
38	Robert Platt North Carolina	15–10	1–6	LLWWL	47%	1612
39	Mason Higley Kent State	5–1	–	WWLWW	60%	1611
40	JT Davis Lehigh	12–5	0–3	WLWWW	75%	1610
41	Zyan Hall Navy	16–11	0–5	LLWWL	44%	1605
42	Brokton Borelli Stanford	6–2	–	LWWWL	67%	1603
43	Luke Cochran Central Michigan	20–12	0–1	LWLLW	55%	1590
44	Ben Vanadia Purdue	15–13	2–7	LLLLL	47%	1590
45	Anthony Harris Oklahoma	7–3	0–1	WLLWW	43%	1587
46	Payton Thomas Navy	11–9	0–6	WLWWW	45%	1586
47	Levi Bussey Cal Poly	7–3	0–1	LWLWW	57%	1579
48	Reid Schroeder Army	10–6	0–2	LWWWW	90%	1575
49	Austin Johnson Oklahoma State	5–3	0–2	WLLWW	40%	1574
50	Brody Evans Edinboro	12–8	0–2	WWLWL	33%	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 197

14%Colton Hawks beat Justin Rademacher

Dec 6-4, Feb 6. Arizona State vs Oregon State

18%Colton Hawks beat Sonny Sasso

Dec 12-8, Mar 19. 2026 NCAA Championships

20%Eric Washington beat Chris DeLena

Dec 2-0, Feb 14. Morgan State vs Sacred Heart

24%Toby Schoffstall beat Anthony Harris

Dec 7-6, Jan 3. Soldier Salute

26%Nick Nosler beat Alex Smith

Dec 6-4, Nov 15. Northwestern vs SIUE

27%Colton Hawks beat Bennett Berge

Dec 5-1, Mar 19. 2026 NCAA 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.