165 pounds

Division II, 2024–25, ranked by Elo rating. Wrestlers need at least six rated bouts to be ranked; 103 qualify.

Top 50

Conference

				Last 5
1	Hunter Jump Central Oklahoma	17–6	10–5	WWWWW	65%	1795
2	David Hunsberger Lander	15–1	5–1	WWWWW	67%	1788
3	Bailey Gimbor Kutztown	17–0	–	WWWWW	59%	1772
4	Brent Nicolosi Mount Olive	28–5	4–3	WWLWW	64%	1764
5	Nick Novak St. Cloud State	14–2	5–2	WWWWW	43%	1762
6	Will Kuster Drury	26–6	1–5	WWLLW	85%	1760
7	Dajun Johnson Wisconsin-Parkside	20–3	2–3	WWWLW	45%	1759
8	Jace Fisher Newman	20–5	3–4	WWWWL	70%	1756
9	Jake Chisolm Montevallo	15–1	1–1	WWWWW	60%	1728
10	Kyle Botelho San Francisco State	15–2	1–1	WWLWW	60%	1726
11	Jack Haskin Lake Erie	13–1	2–1	WWWWW	85%	1723
12	Trenton Munoz Nebraska-Kearney	16–5	4–3	WWLWW	50%	1710
13	Trent Mahoney King	21–7	3–7	WWLWW	67%	1709
14	Nick Mueller Upper Iowa	11–1	–	WLWWW	55%	1693
15	Ivan Smith New Mexico Highlands	11–2	2–2	LWWWW	27%	1692
16	Cory Peterson McKendree	15–5	2–4	WWWWL	33%	1689
17	Nolan Gessler Tiffin	9–3	3–2	WWWWL	44%	1682
18	Guy Deleonardis Glenville State	10–1	3–1	LWWWW	50%	1671
19	Jakob Smith Colorado Mines	9–3	1–3	WWWLL	56%	1660
20	Kaden Renner Mary	13–7	1–4	WWWLW	31%	1659
21	Nate Barrett Ashland	15–6	2–3	WWWWL	60%	1652
22	Alec Cook West Liberty	6–0	–	WWWWW	50%	1647
23	Levi Deaguero Adams State	14–7	0–3	LWWWL	64%	1644
24	Gaven Bremenkamp Drury	11–5	–	WLWWW	82%	1641
25	Kyler Everly Shippensburg	9–3	–	WLLWL	78%	1637
26	Charlie Petit Augustana (SD)	8–1	–	WWWLW	38%	1635
27	Nick Delp Shippensburg	9–4	0–1	LWLWW	78%	1620
28	Derek Johnson St. Cloud State	5–1	0–1	WWLWW	60%	1610
29	Tristin David Colorado Mines	6–2	–	WLWWW	67%	1609
30	Leo Mushinsky Mary	11–7	1–5	WWWWL	27%	1608
31	Payton Handevidt Augustana (SD)	19–14	0–5	WLWWL	37%	1603
32	Brendan Barnes Minot State	7–6	0–3	LWLWL	71%	1594
33	Kole Marko Minnesota State	9–6	1–2	LWWLL	89%	1590
34	Aidan Boline Central Oklahoma	8–4	0–1	LWWWW	63%	1587
35	Will Lowery UNC Pembroke	10–9	1–3	LLWWL	70%	1586
36	Cole Zoller Cal Poly Humboldt	10–7	0–4	WLWWL	40%	1573
37	Anthony Erickson Central Missouri	8–5	0–4	LWLWL	25%	1569
38	Anthony DeAngelo Shippensburg	12–7	0–1	LLLLW	33%	1566
39	Jaxon Randall Central Oklahoma	7–5	0–3	WWWLL	71%	1566
40	Jahmon Spiller Thomas More	17–18	0–3	LWWWW	76%	1561
41	Bryor Newbold Quincy	6–4	–	WWLLL	83%	1555
42	Gabriel Orosco Quincy	7–5	–	WWLWL	86%	1553
43	Logan Sanom Findlay	8–6	0–5	WWLLL	88%	1550
44	Mario Tafoya CSU Pueblo	6–3	–	WLWLW	50%	1549
45	Aspen Talbot UNC Pembroke	14–13	0–4	LWWLL	71%	1548
46	Noah Reho Frostburg State	5–3	0–2	WWLLW	100%	1548
47	Brian Crevar Wheeling	5–2	–	WWLWW	60%	1547
48	Joe Bertrand King	10–7	0–2	LWLWL	70%	1546
49	Cooper Sanders Sioux Falls	13–12	0–5	WWLWL	62%	1543
50	Kaleb Valdez-Lemos Colorado Mines	4–2	–	LLWWW	25%	1531

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

22%Elijah Wellings-Osha beat Anthony Lawrence

TF 16-1, Mar 1. NCAA Super Region I Championships

23%Collin Hearn beat Kyler Everly

Dec 2-1, Jan 14. Seton Hill vs Shippensburg

23%Nick Coreno beat Anthony DeAngelo

Dec 2-0, Dec 8. Gannon vs Shippensburg

24%Kaden Lone beat Jackson Jones

Dec 4-1, Feb 1. Indianapolis vs Quincy

25%Collin Hearn beat Eric Falleni

Dec 4-3, Feb 10. East Stroudsburg vs Seton Hill

25%Jacob Thomas beat Izaak Hunsley

Dec 6-1, Dec 5. MSU Moorhead vs Northern State

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.