285 pounds

Division II, 2024–25, ranked by Elo rating. Wrestlers need at least six rated bouts to be ranked; 95 qualify.

Top 50

Conference

				Last 5
1	Crew Howard Nebraska-Kearney	21–0	4–0	WWWWW	81%	1853
2	Dorian Crosby Gannon	16–2	3–2	WWWWW	81%	1811
3	Ryan Herman Maryville	18–2	7–1	WWWWW	28%	1809
4	Carter Blough Grand Valley State	19–2	3–2	WWWWW	53%	1781
5	Isaiah Vance Pitt-Johnstown	21–4	4–2	LWWWL	71%	1778
6	Jake Swirple Minot State	18–4	7–1	WLWWW	33%	1738
7	Giulian Bodiu Findlay	19–4	0–1	WWLWW	79%	1730
8	Orest Nazarchuk Maryville	9–0	–	WWWWW	78%	1714
9	Tyler Doyle Colorado Mesa	18–5	2–4	WWWWL	67%	1712
10	Cody Pinkerton Chadron State	13–3	3–3	WWLWW	69%	1698
11	Oggie Atwood UNC Pembroke	18–6	1–3	WWWWW	56%	1693
12	Freddie Retter Kutztown	7–1	1–1	WWWWL	57%	1687
13	Caleb Wunsch Newman	15–7	3–5	WLWLL	87%	1680
14	Gavin Harper Wheeling	12–4	0–3	LWWWL	92%	1671
15	Clayton Ours Upper Iowa	13–5	2–1	LWWWL	69%	1669
16	Luke Tweeton Mary	16–7	2–3	LWWWL	19%	1661
17	Nathan Schauer Northern State	16–6	1–5	WLWWL	38%	1649
18	Ayden Viox Northern State	6–2	0–2	WWWWW	83%	1645
19	Massimo Sullivan UNC Pembroke	10–4	0–1	WWWLW	80%	1643
20	Cale Gray Indianapolis	10–5	2–4	WWWWL	60%	1643
21	Judson Rowland Central Oklahoma	12–7	1–3	LWWWL	33%	1638
22	Gregory Dennard Bluefield State	9–1	1–1	WWWWL	44%	1638
23	Wyatt Bailey Ashland	11–7	1–5	WWWLW	64%	1631
24	Isaiha Casto Glenville State	10–5	0–5	WLWWL	70%	1631
25	Jadon Mims St. Cloud State	7–3	0–1	WWWWL	71%	1630
26	Bishop McCoy Millersville	17–7	1–4	LWWWL	53%	1618
27	Daniel Karmanov UNC Pembroke	5–2	–	LWWWW	80%	1618
28	Parker Bentley West Liberty	9–3	1–2	WLWWL	67%	1616
29	Layton Schmick East Stroudsburg	21–10	1–6	LWLLL	71%	1612
30	Colby Whitehill Glenville State	8–3	1–3	WLWWW	38%	1612
31	Carson Hatch Cal Poly Humboldt	9–5	0–2	LWLLW	56%	1604
32	Tyler Haynes McKendree	7–5	1–3	WWLLW	57%	1604
33	Sam Pereira Simon Fraser	6–2	0–2	WLWWW	50%	1600
34	Lloyd Reynolds Wisconsin-Parkside	15–7	3–4	WWWWL	7%	1599
35	La'Ron Parks St. Cloud State	14–6	3–1	WWLLW	36%	1588
36	Isaac Sheeren Lander	7–4	0–3	LWLWL	86%	1587
37	Grady Fey Northern State	4–2	0–1	WWWLW	75%	1586
38	Kale Schrader Newberry	10–6	0–2	WLWWW	60%	1584
39	Wyatt Walker Thomas More	7–6	0–1	WLWLL	100%	1580
40	Torin Forsyth Central Missouri	9–7	1–4	LWLWL	44%	1576
41	Joshua Gaye Upper Iowa	5–4	0–3	LWWLL	60%	1576
42	Henry Sturn CSU Pueblo	12–7	0–2	LWWLL	50%	1575
43	Gavin Bage Frostburg State	9–5	0–3	LWWLL	78%	1574
44	Kourdell Todd Salem	4–2	–	WWWLL	75%	1566
45	Willie Cox Montevallo	10–4	0–1	WWWWL	50%	1560
46	Liam Babitt MSU Moorhead	10–9	0–5	LLLWL	80%	1549
47	Callen Smithpeter Minnesota State	12–7	0–1	WWLLL	42%	1542
48	Jake Powell Tiffin	5–6	0–4	LWWLL	100%	1540
49	Paul Sharp Central Oklahoma	12–12	1–6	LWLWL	75%	1538
50	Kiyon Brown UNC Pembroke	7–5	–	WWWLW	57%	1533

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 285

11%Max Balow beat Jake Swirple

Dec 6-1, Jan 25. Augustana (SD) vs Minot State

16%De'Leon Freeman beat Rio Gomez

Fall 4:06, Jan 4. Jet Open

19%Riley Dean-Butt beat Henry Sturn

Dec 7-4, Feb 1. CSU Pueblo vs Western Colorado

19%Max Balow beat Callen Smithpeter

Dec 5-1, Feb 8. Augustana (SD) vs Minnesota State

20%Colby Whitehill beat Oggie Atwood

Fall 3:42, Dec 1. Glenville State vs UNC Pembroke

22%Cale Gray beat Ryan Herman

Dec 5-1, Jan 18. Indianapolis vs Maryville

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.