157 pounds

Division II, 2024–25, ranked by Elo rating. Wrestlers need at least six rated bouts to be ranked; 109 qualify.

Top 50

Conference

				Last 5
1	Joel Jesuroga St. Cloud State	19–0	7–0	WWWWW	58%	1834
2	Gabe Johnson Central Oklahoma	22–1	5–1	WWWWW	73%	1810
3	Jake Nicolosi Mount Olive	28–6	4–3	WWWWW	61%	1772
4	Ryan Wheeler Colorado Mesa	10–1	1–1	WWWWL	80%	1768
5	Aaden Valdez Adams State	13–0	1–0	WWWWW	69%	1752
6	Carson Freeman Montevallo	17–2	0–2	WWWWW	76%	1726
7	Cash Raymond Augustana (SD)	13–1	–	WWWWW	62%	1718
8	Ben Durocher Wisconsin-Parkside	17–6	4–5	WLWWL	41%	1715
9	Caleb Meunier Minnesota State	12–4	1–3	WWWWL	50%	1701
10	Gaetano DeLeonardis Glenville State	12–3	1–2	WWLWW	67%	1687
11	John Ridle Central Missouri	15–5	1–4	LWWWL	73%	1685
12	Cooper Warshel Pitt-Johnstown	18–8	2–6	WWWWL	28%	1673
13	Matthew Kaufmann Lake Erie	7–1	2–1	WWWWW	57%	1670
14	Casey Barnett Tiffin	7–3	0–3	WWLWW	100%	1668
15	Jordan Watters West Liberty	6–0	1–0	WWWWW	50%	1649
16	Ethan Richner Gannon	11–7	3–2	WLLWW	73%	1640
17	Eric Falleni East Stroudsburg	14–4	–	WWWWL	43%	1635
18	Parrish McFarland East Stroudsburg	8–3	1–1	WWWWL	75%	1630
19	James Hoskinson McKendree	5–1	1–1	WWWWW	40%	1626
20	Owen Cline Colorado Mesa	8–3	0–1	WWWLW	50%	1625
21	Caleb Olson Upper Iowa	9–3	–	LWWWL	78%	1624
22	Sean Howk Southwest Minnesota State	18–9	0–5	WLLLW	11%	1620
23	Griffin Lundeen Northern State	15–9	1–6	WLLLL	67%	1616
24	Tate Condezo Southwest Minnesota State	9–5	–	LLWWW	89%	1612
25	Tommy Thomas Colorado Mesa	5–1	–	WWWWW	40%	1602
26	Keegan Roberson UNC Pembroke	5–3	1–2	LWLWL	40%	1600
27	Paolo Salminen Minnesota State	5–2	0–1	WLWWW	60%	1598
28	Lane Ewing Mary	18–11	2–5	LWWWL	72%	1594
29	Connor Simmonds Augustana (SD)	8–6	1–4	WWWLL	50%	1589
30	Chance Kimmy Gannon	6–2	–	WWWLL	83%	1589
31	Magnus McCrackin Simon Fraser	5–3	0–1	LWWWW	40%	1583
32	Lance Overmyer Ashland	9–7	0–4	LWWWW	78%	1581
33	Gavin Reynolds East Stroudsburg	15–10	0–1	WLWLL	53%	1577
34	Jaylon Otero Ouachita Baptist	6–5	0–4	LWWWL	50%	1564
35	Mike Lowry UNC Pembroke	9–8	0–1	WWLWL	100%	1562
36	Ezekiel Lara Menlo	5–2	0–2	WLWWW	40%	1558
37	Cale Hoskinson McKendree	7–5	0–2	WLWWW	43%	1556
38	Hunter Vernon Quincy	13–13	0–2	LLWWL	69%	1555
39	Maclain Morency Grand Valley State	8–9	0–7	LWWLW	63%	1553
40	Ryan Hrcka Minot State	10–8	0–2	WLLLL	50%	1549
41	Aliazer Alicea Kutztown	8–6	0–3	WWLLW	50%	1549
42	Vincent Cabral Western Colorado	7–7	0–5	WLLLL	14%	1547
43	Nico D'Amico Frostburg State	6–4	0–3	WWWLL	67%	1546
44	Grant Gober Central Oklahoma	7–5	–	WWWLL	43%	1541
45	Brody Arrants Nebraska-Kearney	4–3	0–1	LWLWW	75%	1541
46	Dalton Schams Upper Iowa	16–13	0–7	LWLLL	50%	1540
47	Danyk Jacobsen Mary	6–7	0–1	WLWWL	83%	1538
48	Brandon Paredes Chadron State	9–9	0–3	LWLWL	56%	1534
49	Zane Stoddard San Francisco State	12–9	1–2	LWWLL	58%	1530
50	Bryant Faucett Thomas More	10–9	–	WWWWW	60%	1530

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

19%Lincoln Fink beat Joe Kuster

MD 15-3, Jan 18. Drury vs Sioux Falls

25%Seth Thomas beat Marcus Gable

Dec 8-3, Jan 25. Millersville vs Salem

26%Jim Green beat Anthony DeAngelo

Dec 4-3, Feb 10. Fairmont State vs Shippensburg

26%Jim Green beat Mason Kleinberg

Dec 11-9, Jan 11. Fairmont State vs Findlay

26%James Thaxton beat Tyler Nelson

Fall 6:03, Dec 1. Lincoln Memorial vs UNC Pembroke

26%Keegan Roberson beat Jake Nicolosi

Dec 7-4, Jan 24. Mount Olive vs UNC Pembroke

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.