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D-II2025–26Elo

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157 pounds

Division II, 2025–26, ranked by Elo rating. Wrestlers need at least six rated bouts to be ranked; 119 qualify.

Top 50

Last 5
1
Aaden Valdez NCAA 3rd
Adams State
22–111–1WWWWL55%1866
2
Gabe Johnson NCAA 1st
Central Oklahoma
23–06–0WWWWW70%1863
3
Joel Jesuroga NCAA 2nd
St. Cloud State
24–18–1WWWLW42%1848
4
Minnesota State
23–52–3WWWLW83%1782
5
Wisconsin-Parkside
19–77–5WWLWL26%1730
6
Nico Taddy NCAA 6th
West Liberty
19–63–6LWLWL58%1729
7
Tiffin
11–31–2WWWWL91%1714
8
Glenville State
10–0–WWWWW70%1705
9
Owen Cline NCAA 5th
Colorado Mesa
15–43–4LWWWL47%1700
10
San Francisco State
22–61–3WLWLL68%1693
11
Seton Hill
16–42–2WWWLL38%1692
12
Augustana (SD)
7–11–1WWWWW43%1691
13
McKendree
16–70–5WWWLW63%1682
14
Northern State
15–91–7LWWLL67%1676
15
Holden Huhn NCAA 7th
Gannon
6–21–2WLWWL33%1659
16
Mary
12–42–3WWLLW50%1657
17
UNC Pembroke
14–52–1LWWLW64%1649
18
Central Oklahoma
12–30–2WWWWW50%1646
19
Mary
11–41–1WWWWL82%1640
20
Nebraska-Kearney
14–82–6LWWWL43%1638
21
Felician
8–20–2LWWLW50%1638
22
Upper Iowa
13–6–LWWWW92%1635
23
Upper Iowa
22–130–8LWWWL68%1624
24
Central Missouri
8–40–3LWWLW88%1622
25
Maryville
16–122–5WLWLL50%1617
26
Lander
5–21–1LLWWW80%1617
27
Western Colorado
12–72–7LLLWW25%1616
28
Montevallo
11–41–0WWWLL45%1615
29
Pitt-Johnstown
13–100–4WWLLW77%1613
30
Millersville
8–40–2WWWLL38%1613
31
Glenville State
14–90–6WLWLL50%1610
32
Sioux Falls
20–111–5LWWLL60%1609
33
Colorado Mesa
7–3–WWWLW43%1607
34
East Stroudsburg
25–150–4LLWLW56%1606
35
UNC Pembroke
7–30–1WWLWW57%1604
36
Upper Iowa
11–6–WLWWW91%1600
37
San Francisco State
6–2–LWWWW67%1599
38
Mary
13–80–5WLLLL54%1598
39
Augustana (SD)
9–72–5WWWLL44%1595
40
Ferrum
5–2–LWWWL80%1591
41
Ferrum
14–10–LLWWL79%1590
42
Colorado Mines
8–50–1WWLLL75%1584
43
Mary
13–90–5LLLLL69%1582
44
Mary
11–70–3WLWLL36%1577
45
Frostburg State
6–3–LWLWL67%1576
46
Lake Erie
6–30–2LWWLW50%1571
47
San Francisco State
11–7–WLWWL82%1570
48
Northern State
11–80–4LWWWL55%1569
49
Frostburg State
9–6–LWWLL56%1567
50
Mount Olive
4–31–3WLWLL50%1566

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

Dec 3-0, Feb 28. NCAA Super Region Three
Dec 4-2, Jan 31. MSU Moorhead vs Sioux Falls
Dec 8-1, Mar 13. 2026 NCAA Division II Championships
MD 10-1, Mar 13. 2026 NCAA Division II Championships
Dec 7-5, Jan 24. Augustana (SD) vs Sioux Falls
Dec 3-1, Jan 15. 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.