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D-II2025–26Elo

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165 pounds

Division II, 2025–26, ranked by Elo rating. Wrestlers need at least six rated bouts to be ranked; 101 qualify.

Top 50

Last 5
1
Lander
18–06–0WWWWW61%1854
2
McKendree
28–57–4WWLWL46%1818
3
Shippensburg
21–33–2LWWLL62%1783
4
Trenton Munoz NCAA 2nd
Nebraska-Kearney
19–59–2WWWLW37%1765
5
Central Missouri
20–44–3WLLLW80%1748
6
Lane Ewing NCAA 3rd
Mary
32–115–8WWLWW66%1744
7
Gannon
17–35–2WWLLW47%1740
8
Ivan Smith NCAA 7th
New Mexico Highlands
21–34–2WWWLL52%1738
9
Pitt-Johnstown
21–73–6LWLWL57%1723
10
Nolan Gessler NCAA 6th
Tiffin
9–14–1WWWWL44%1720
11
Brody Hemauer NCAA 5th
Wisconsin-Parkside
14–77–6WLWWL57%1716
12
St. Cloud State
11–12–1WWWWW55%1705
13
Sioux Falls
18–70–4WWWLW78%1696
14
Kutztown
15–70–5WLWWL80%1690
15
Menlo
10–0–WWWWW50%1688
16
West Liberty
10–10–1LWWWW60%1683
17
Thomas More
22–90–4WLWWL77%1680
18
Fort Hays State
15–71–6WLWLL53%1662
19
Augustana (SD)
16–73–3WWLWL63%1658
20
Minnesota State
7–31–3WLWLL57%1643
21
St. Cloud State
12–52–5LLWWW58%1640
22
Seton Hill
8–51–3WWWWW63%1631
23
Montevallo
10–40–3WWWLL60%1630
24
Newberry
12–41–3WWLWL50%1622
25
Adams State
9–40–3WWWWL56%1620
26
Northern State
9–31–2LWWWW78%1619
27
Upper Iowa
20–121–6WLWLL65%1617
28
Bridgeport
17–100–2WWLWL41%1615
29
Nate Barrett NCAA 8th
Ashland
7–52–3WWLWL57%1615
30
San Francisco State
13–70–3WLWLL54%1605
31
Central Oklahoma
6–20–1WLWWL67%1603
32
Chadron State
9–70–4LWWLW33%1584
33
UNC Pembroke
11–70–3WWWLL73%1581
34
Drury
5–50–1LWWWL100%1576
35
Minnesota State
14–92–3LLWLW57%1575
36
Findlay
6–31–2WWLLW33%1574
37
Central Oklahoma
11–133–12WWWLL36%1568
38
Minnesota State
8–6–LWWWL63%1567
39
UNC Pembroke
6–40–2LLWWL67%1566
40
Simon Fraser
3–30–2LWWWL67%1561
41
Grand Valley State
12–101–7WWLWW25%1550
42
Ouachita Baptist
4–2–WWWWL100%1545
43
Glenville State
4–40–1WLLWL50%1540
44
Tiffin
3–30–3LLLWW67%1534
45
Upper Iowa
12–90–1WWLLW42%1528
46
Glenville State
4–2–WLLWW50%1528
47
Frostburg State
3–40–4WLLWL67%1527
48
Fort Hays State
7–8–LLLLW86%1526
49
Western Colorado
5–70–2LLLWL60%1526
50
East Stroudsburg
18–120–5WLLLL72%1524

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

Dec 7-5, Dec 3. East Stroudsburg vs Millersville
Fall 4:33, Jan 16. Central Oklahoma vs Grand Valley State
Dec 3-2, Mar 1. NCAA Super Region IV Championships
Dec 10-4, Jan 3. Fairmont State Invitational
MD 9-1, Dec 13. Midwest Classic
MD 14-6, Mar 13. 2026 NCAA Division II Championships

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.