174 pounds

Division II, 2024–25, ranked by Elo rating. Wrestlers need at least six rated bouts to be ranked; 100 qualify.

Top 50

Conference

				Last 5
1	Hayden Pummel Glenville State	20–1	5–1	WWWWW	75%	1812
2	Bryce Dagel St. Cloud State	16–1	6–1	WWWWW	50%	1782
3	Cole Ritter Maryville	18–3	2–3	WWLWW	67%	1756
4	Drake Hayward Minnesota State	15–2	2–2	WLWWW	60%	1745
5	Wyatt Reisz Colorado Mines	19–3	3–1	WWWWL	37%	1729
6	Owen Butler Frostburg State	15–2	1–2	WWWLW	87%	1729
7	Sevriano Garza Ashland	15–1	1–1	WWWWL	53%	1723
8	Dalton Gimbor Kutztown	13–4	3–4	WWLWW	69%	1720
9	Patrick Jackson Gannon	17–6	5–6	LWWWW	53%	1703
10	Mason Gode MSU Moorhead	17–5	1–3	WWWWL	41%	1695
11	Cole Hernandez Western Colorado	12–4	2–4	WWLWL	75%	1691
12	Clint Morrisette King	17–6	1–3	WWWWW	71%	1681
13	Matt Ortiz McKendree	15–6	5–5	WWWWL	33%	1673
14	Joshua Kenny Grand Valley State	13–4	3–4	WWLWW	54%	1672
15	Lawson Losee Upper Iowa	18–9	6–7	WWLWL	61%	1667
16	Mason Fey Northern State	14–5	1–3	WWLWL	50%	1660
17	Brad Mahoney King	6–1	0–1	WWWWW	100%	1655
18	Kane Kettering Seton Hill	14–7	1–2	LWWLW	86%	1651
19	Cole Sykes Montevallo	6–1	–	WWWWL	100%	1647
20	Carter Winegardner West Liberty	6–1	2–1	LWWWW	33%	1637
21	Connor Smith Findlay	9–2	0–1	LWWWW	44%	1636
22	Zane Coleman Central Oklahoma	18–8	0–5	WLWWL	67%	1635
23	Coy Gunderson Augustana (SD)	11–5	1–5	WLWWL	45%	1634
24	Bryce Dauphin Central Oklahoma	10–4	0–1	LWWWW	40%	1632
25	Maxwell Kiel Belmont Abbey	8–2	0–2	WLWWW	50%	1626
26	Kydyn Lima San Francisco State	10–4	0–1	WWLLL	60%	1623
27	Eason Martin Montevallo	5–1	0–1	WWLWW	100%	1622
28	Solomon Arnds-Volcin CSU Pueblo	14–9	0–5	LWLWW	43%	1619
29	Dayton Fields Newberry	12–5	0–2	WWLWL	42%	1616
30	Travis Smith Northern State	7–3	0–1	WWLWL	57%	1608
31	Bradden Galassi Davis & Elkins	12–8	0–2	LWWWL	92%	1596
32	Caleb Lake Thomas More	12–7	–	WLWWW	75%	1595
33	Logan Berger Chadron State	13–7	1–4	WWLLL	38%	1592
34	Isaac Valdez Wheeling	9–4	0–2	LWWLW	22%	1586
35	Trey Shoemaker Shippensburg	15–10	0–3	WWLLL	80%	1584
36	Anthony Sykora MSU Moorhead	11–7	1–3	LWLLL	45%	1578
37	Gavin Turk Minot State	10–7	0–2	LLLLL	60%	1576
38	Connor Manske Mary	12–9	0–1	WLLLW	83%	1575
39	Owen Wasley Augustana (SD)	5–4	0–1	LWWLL	100%	1573
40	Logan Hoffman UNC Pembroke	11–6	0–1	WWWLL	73%	1567
41	Wyatt Elam Mary	9–6	0–1	LWWWL	78%	1567
42	Garrett Bakarich Colorado Mines	5–2	0–1	WLLWW	80%	1565
43	Gus Dalton Colorado Mesa	8–8	1–5	LWWLW	13%	1559
44	Josh Wagener Augustana (SD)	7–7	0–2	WLLWL	86%	1557
45	Evan Morris Maryville	8–8	0–4	WLWLW	38%	1555
46	Jackson Hoskins Thomas More	5–4	–	WLLWW	100%	1549
47	Jeremiah Halter Drury	19–17	0–7	WWLWW	53%	1547
48	Crosby Schlosser Wisconsin-Parkside	6–5	0–2	WWLLL	50%	1545
49	Connor Padgett Fort Hays State	16–15	0–4	WWLLL	63%	1541
50	Aiden Knight Montevallo	6–2	–	LWWWL	50%	1540

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 174

21%Gus Dalton beat Wyatt Reisz

Dec 6-5, Mar 1. NCAA Super Region VI

21%Zachary Holstion beat Trey Sizemore

MD 10-2, Feb 8. Glenville State vs Indianapolis

23%Dallas Porter beat Logan Berger

Dec 10-3, Mar 1. NCAA Super Region VI

23%Brady Schuh beat Mason Gode

Dec 10-4, Feb 7. MSU Moorhead vs Wisconsin-Parkside

26%Nathan Buckovich beat Dayton Fields

Dec, Mar 1. NCAA Super Region II

27%Cole Ritter beat Zane Coleman

MD 14-6, Nov 16. Drury Open

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.