285 pounds

Division II, 2025–26, ranked by Elo rating. Wrestlers need at least six rated bouts to be ranked; 99 qualify.

Top 50

Conference

				Last 5
1	Dorian Crosby NCAA 1st Gannon	15–0	6–0	WWWWW	60%	1815
2	Crew Howard NCAA 2nd Nebraska-Kearney	22–2	4–1	WWWLW	64%	1811
3	Carter Blough NCAA 4th Grand Valley State	25–4	4–4	WWLWL	76%	1796
4	Isaiah Vance NCAA 8th Pitt-Johnstown	18–6	7–4	WLWLL	89%	1787
5	Colby Whitehill Glenville State	17–1	5–0	LWWWW	59%	1781
6	Zach Glazier NCAA 3rd St. Cloud State	11–1	6–1	WWWWL	55%	1774
7	Isaac Sheeren Lander	20–4	1–3	WWWLL	40%	1746
8	Gavin Harper Wheeling	21–5	1–3	WLWWL	76%	1714
9	Lincoln Carlson East Stroudsburg	9–2	0–1	WWWWW	89%	1705
10	Luke Tweeton Mary	24–7	4–4	LWLLW	33%	1691
11	Ajay Hiller East Stroudsburg	30–8	2–3	WWLLL	70%	1689
12	Giulian Bodiu Findlay	17–6	0–5	WWWLW	76%	1678
13	Freddie Retter NCAA 5th Kutztown	8–4	2–4	LWWWL	88%	1677
14	Wyatt Bailey Ashland	13–5	1–4	WWWLL	62%	1667
15	Willie Cox Montevallo	12–3	0–2	WWLWL	50%	1656
16	Cristian Hercules-Pleitez UNC Pembroke	11–3	0–1	WLWWW	55%	1655
17	Torin Forsyth Central Missouri	17–6	3–1	WWWLL	35%	1653
18	Cade Whish Colorado Mines	7–1	–	LWWWW	43%	1649
19	Caleb Wunsch Newman	12–7	2–6	WWLWW	67%	1647
20	BK Seago Ouachita Baptist	13–6	3–4	WWWLL	46%	1645
21	Liam Babitt MSU Moorhead	16–5	0–2	WWWLL	44%	1638
22	James Bankston NCAA 6th UNC Pembroke	9–7	4–5	WLLWL	67%	1633
23	Ruben Samuelson Colorado Mesa	8–5	0–1	WLWWL	88%	1630
24	Felipe DeMatos San Francisco State	7–1	–	WWWWW	57%	1628
25	Tyler Wise Fairmont State	10–6	1–4	LWWLW	60%	1623
26	Nigel Williams UNC Pembroke	15–6	1–4	WWWWL	33%	1618
27	Max Balow Augustana (SD)	13–4	–	WLWWW	46%	1618
28	Tyler Doyle Colorado Mesa	5–4	1–2	WLWLW	60%	1610
29	Riley Dean-Butt Western Colorado	6–2	0–1	LLWWW	50%	1608
30	Nathan Glass San Francisco State	8–2	–	WWWLL	75%	1603
31	Cale Gray NCAA 7th Indianapolis	12–9	2–7	WWLWL	58%	1599
32	Laith Ibrahim Colorado Mines	8–4	0–2	WWWWL	50%	1598
33	Jake Powell Tiffin	7–5	4–4	WWWLL	71%	1598
34	Stetson Davis Sioux Falls	15–7	0–3	WLWWW	20%	1597
35	Jonovan Smith Maryville	7–3	0–3	WWLWL	43%	1587
36	Jadon Mims St. Cloud State	6–3	0–3	WLWWW	50%	1586
37	Cooper Caraway Wisconsin-Parkside	15–9	3–6	WWWLL	33%	1580
38	Riah Ostrander Fort Hays State	10–7	0–1	WWWWL	70%	1579
39	Daniel Karmanov UNC Pembroke	11–6	–	LWWWL	55%	1573
40	Jesus Gonzalez Minnesota State	8–6	0–2	LWWWL	38%	1572
41	Paul Sharp Central Oklahoma	8–5	0–2	WLLLL	50%	1566
42	Nathan Carnes Belmont Abbey	7–6	1–2	LLWLL	71%	1566
43	Emery Slater Mary	12–8	0–3	LWLLL	75%	1565
44	Orest Nazarchuk Maryville	11–6	0–1	WWWLL	45%	1560
45	Jaret Peterson Augustana (SD)	10–6	0–2	WWLWW	40%	1560
46	Casey Olszowka McKendree	8–6	0–2	WWLWL	75%	1560
47	Ryan Nichols Central Oklahoma	10–9	2–5	WLLWL	40%	1559
48	John Domencic Mount Olive	5–2	0–1	WWLLW	60%	1556
49	Eli Reese Chadron State	8–7	0–3	WLWLL	25%	1546
50	Gavin Bage Frostburg State	7–4	0–3	LWLWL	43%	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 285

17%Freddie Retter beat Isaiah Vance

Fall 4:09, Feb 28. NCAA Super Region I Championships

19%Freddie Retter beat Ajay Hiller

MD 11-3, Feb 17. East Stroudsburg vs Kutztown

20%Cale Gray beat Ajay Hiller

Dec 9-2, Dec 13. Midwest Classic

21%Jake Powell beat Ajay Hiller

TF 16-0, Dec 13. Midwest Classic

21%Jaylen Ignacio beat Nathan Glass

Fall 2:37, Feb 28. NCAA Division II Super Regional VI

23%Zach Glazier beat Luke Tweeton

Dec 8-1, Jan 22. Mary vs St. Cloud 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.