184 pounds

Division II, 2025–26, ranked by Elo rating. Wrestlers need at least six rated bouts to be ranked; 97 qualify.

Top 50

Conference

				Last 5
1	Darion Johnson NCAA 1st McKendree	25–2	8–2	WWWWW	68%	1873
2	Cole Glazier NCAA 7th St. Cloud State	23–2	8–2	WLWWL	57%	1813
3	Damon Ashworth NCAA 2nd Central Missouri	21–2	6–2	WWWLW	62%	1788
4	Keegan Gehlhausen NCAA 4th Chadron State	15–5	6–4	WWLWL	47%	1757
5	Patrick Jackson NCAA 8th Gannon	17–4	5–4	WLWLL	41%	1737
6	Branson Britten Central Oklahoma	23–6	4–5	WLLLW	65%	1725
7	Luke Ciampa East Stroudsburg	36–10	1–6	WLWLL	75%	1723
8	Wyatt Reisz NCAA 3rd Colorado Mines	15–5	5–5	WLWWW	40%	1721
9	Marquize Brown Vanguard	18–5	0–2	WWWLL	89%	1713
10	Cole Casilio Kutztown	18–4	2–4	WWWLL	44%	1704
11	Sullivan Ramos NCAA 5th Wisconsin-Parkside	9–4	5–4	WWWLL	44%	1701
12	Brady Westall Northern State	28–10	2–7	WWWLL	61%	1694
13	Josh Wagener Augustana (SD)	8–1	2–0	WWWWW	50%	1688
14	Charlie Petit Augustana (SD)	16–7	0–6	LWLWL	81%	1681
15	Kaden Hart NCAA 6th Nebraska-Kearney	14–9	5–7	LWLWL	57%	1672
16	Seth Sarasua Central Oklahoma	13–4	–	WLWWW	62%	1665
17	Callan Ivy Quincy	16–4	3–1	WWWWL	38%	1658
18	Max Winkler East Stroudsburg	15–7	–	LWWWW	93%	1656
19	Braxten Westendorf Upper Iowa	23–8	0–3	WLWLL	61%	1654
20	Kyler Pickard Belmont Abbey	17–8	1–2	LWWLL	41%	1648
21	Bradley Mayse Grand Valley State	15–9	1–7	WWWLL	40%	1640
22	Dylan Kohn Lander	11–5	3–4	WWWLL	64%	1639
23	Mason Diemert UNC Pembroke	6–2	–	WWWWL	83%	1628
24	Jeffery Tubbs Montevallo	8–2	–	WWLWW	63%	1627
25	Jose Zambrano Canuto UNC Pembroke	9–1	–	LWWWW	44%	1625
26	Christian Chavez Indianapolis	10–6	3–4	WLWWL	40%	1611
27	Mathias Collins Menlo	5–1	0–1	WWWWW	40%	1605
28	Brady Schuh Wisconsin-Parkside	12–8	1–6	WLWWL	67%	1603
29	Travis Smith Northern State	7–2	1–2	WWWWL	29%	1596
30	Ayden Flores Central Missouri	6–4	2–3	LWWWL	67%	1592
31	Hunter Richardson Western Colorado	8–4	1–3	LWWWW	50%	1591
32	Cameron Johnson Central Oklahoma	7–4	1–1	WLWWL	57%	1590
33	Sean Crews Lander	6–2	0–1	LWWWW	83%	1584
34	Zachary Holstion Glenville State	6–4	–	WLWLW	83%	1580
35	Joseph Toner Ferrum	12–7	0–1	LWLWL	58%	1578
36	Noah O'Dougherty Colorado Mesa	8–6	0–4	LLLWL	88%	1572
37	Luke Shirmacher East Stroudsburg	7–5	–	WLLWW	86%	1569
38	Luke Justice King	8–4	0–1	LLWLW	38%	1566
39	Sam Bruss Mary	16–13	3–5	WLLWL	56%	1565
40	Isaiah Feeney Kutztown	5–4	–	LWWWL	100%	1565
41	Fletcher Rose Ashland	13–10	1–6	WWLLL	62%	1563
42	Owen Wasley Augustana (SD)	5–3	0–1	WWLWW	40%	1558
43	Donn Greer CSU Pueblo	10–9	0–6	WLWWL	80%	1557
44	Evan Farley Minnesota State	7–7	1–5	WWLLW	57%	1557
45	Landon Ristoff Salem	8–6	0–2	WLWLW	88%	1555
46	Cooper Durst Fairmont State	11–9	0–3	WLWLW	64%	1554
47	Alex Munoz Nebraska-Kearney	4–3	0–1	LWWWW	75%	1554
48	Gabe Blissenbach West Liberty	5–3	0–2	WLWLW	20%	1547
49	Noah Gnibus Pitt-Johnstown	7–7	0–4	LWLWL	71%	1546
50	Jack Mackiernan Mount Olive	5–6	0–6	LLWLL	60%	1541

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 184

19%Max Borton beat Braxten Westendorf

Dec 9-7, Dec 13. Midwest Classic

23%David Davis beat Luke Ciampa

Dec 12-5, Dec 13. Midwest Classic

26%Sam Bruss beat Brady Westall

Dec 5-2, Feb 28. NCAA Super Region V

27%Patrick Jackson beat Luke Ciampa

MD 8-0, Dec 13. Midwest Classic

27%Kaden Hart beat Cole Glazier

Dec 4-2, Mar 14. 2026 NCAA Division II Championships

27%Evan Farley beat Braxten Westendorf

Dec 8-4, Feb 28. NCAA Super Region V

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.