174 pounds

Division II, 2025–26, ranked by Elo rating. Wrestlers need at least six rated bouts to be ranked; 103 qualify.

Top 50

Conference

				Last 5
1	Hunter Jump NCAA 2nd Central Oklahoma	23–5	9–4	WWWLW	57%	1795
2	Bryce Dagel NCAA 3rd St. Cloud State	19–6	7–6	WLWWW	53%	1784
3	Drake Hayward NCAA 7th Minnesota State	30–9	7–8	WWLWL	47%	1780
4	Tyler Morrison NCAA 4th Pitt-Johnstown	21–4	5–4	WLLWW	57%	1771
5	Josh Kenny Grand Valley State	17–3	8–3	WWLLW	59%	1764
6	Otgonbayar Batsuuri NCAA 1st Nebraska-Kearney	18–6	8–3	WWWWW	56%	1746
7	Maxwell Kiel NCAA 5th Lander	16–5	4–5	WWWLL	75%	1744
8	Dalton Gimbor Kutztown	22–5	1–3	WWWLL	59%	1735
9	Coy Gunderson Augustana (SD)	18–5	9–4	WWWLL	44%	1728
10	Kydyn Lima NCAA 6th San Francisco State	15–4	4–3	WWLLL	87%	1714
11	Jakob Smith Colorado Mines	13–5	1–5	WLLLW	77%	1697
12	Lawson Losee Upper Iowa	12–2	1–2	WWWLL	50%	1694
13	Dajun Johnson Wisconsin-Parkside	17–6	6–4	WLLWW	47%	1686
14	Clinton Morrisette King	17–6	3–5	LWWLL	65%	1675
15	Cooper Zickefoose Central Oklahoma	9–1	–	WWWWL	89%	1669
16	Isaiah Morales Menlo	8–1	0–1	WWLWW	75%	1665
17	Carter Winegardner West Liberty	10–3	1–3	WWWWL	50%	1659
18	Cole Ritter NCAA 8th Maryville	18–10	1–7	WWLLL	50%	1645
19	Damen Pape Northern State	8–5	2–4	LWWWL	75%	1643
20	Emilio Arellano Tiffin	10–4	1–4	WWLLW	50%	1642
21	Connor Manske Mary	9–3	0–1	LWWWW	78%	1640
22	Tom Grimley Kutztown	10–4	–	WWWLL	100%	1623
23	Ethan Lopez Glenville State	6–2	–	WWWWL	100%	1615
24	Trammel Robinson Grand Valley State	7–2	0–2	WWLLW	71%	1611
25	Noah Reho Frostburg State	6–1	–	WWWWW	33%	1609
26	Griffin Luke Upper Iowa	11–7	1–4	WWLLL	64%	1605
27	Dillon Walker Gannon	10–6	0–3	LLLWL	70%	1602
28	Hunter Thompson Ferrum	11–5	–	WLWWL	82%	1599
29	Levi Deaguero Adams State	8–3	0–2	WWLWL	50%	1597
30	Kane Kettering Seton Hill	13–7	0–5	WLWLL	46%	1595
31	Joey Mushinsky Mary	17–10	0–6	LWLLW	71%	1594
32	Sevriano Garza Ashland	7–4	3–3	WLWLL	29%	1593
33	Anthony Sykora MSU Moorhead	13–7	0–7	WWWLL	62%	1582
34	Gavin Turk Minot State	13–9	1–6	LWWLL	62%	1580
35	Anthony Erickson Central Missouri	10–9	1–7	LLWLW	30%	1576
36	Mason Fey Northern State	9–6	0–3	LLWLL	78%	1571
37	Zeke Waltz McKendree	7–7	0–6	WLWLL	86%	1567
38	Zachary Taylor Findlay	7–3	0–3	WLWWW	57%	1559
39	Alexander Dorce Felician	5–3	0–3	LWWWL	60%	1554
40	Gunner Mullen Augustana (SD)	4–2	0–1	WWWLL	75%	1550
41	Duncan Kammar Frostburg State	6–5	0–2	WWWLL	83%	1548
42	Josh Woyan Fairmont State	6–4	0–1	WLWLL	50%	1547
43	Lucas Henderson Upper Iowa	10–8	0–2	WWWLL	60%	1546
44	Solomon Arnds-Volcin CSU Pueblo	6–7	1–3	WLLWL	50%	1546
45	Noah Duke Thomas More	4–2	–	WWWLL	25%	1544
46	Christian Pebley Colorado Mesa	8–5	0–2	LWLLL	63%	1542
47	Cole Hivnor Mount Olive	4–4	0–1	WLWLL	75%	1542
48	Christian Arrington Belmont Abbey	11–11	0–3	WLWLL	45%	1537
49	Shane Bates Indianapolis	8–6	0–3	LWWLW	38%	1533
50	Aiden Knight Montevallo	6–3	0–2	WWLLL	50%	1532

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

24%Logan Berger beat Christian Pebley

Dec 10-4, Feb 7. Chadron State vs Colorado Mesa

24%Solomon Arnds-Volcin beat Kydyn Lima

Fall 4:42, Feb 28. NCAA Division II Super Regional VI

27%Breck Williams beat Gavin Turk

Dec 8-6, Jan 10. Adams State vs Minot State

29%Hunter Jump beat Lawson Losee

Dec 2-1, Dec 13. Midwest Classic

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.