197 pounds

Division III, 2024–25, ranked by Elo rating. Wrestlers need at least six rated bouts to be ranked; 185 qualify.

Top 50

Conference

				Last 5
1	Cameron Butka Wilkes	29–2	5–1	WWWWW	52%	1869
2	Carson LiCastri Oneonta	34–5	2–4	LWWWW	82%	1868
3	Massoma Endene Wartburg	16–0	3–0	WWWWW	75%	1829
4	Will Davis Elizabethtown	25–3	2–3	WLWWW	76%	1811
5	Blaise Wagner Stevens	20–2	2–2	WWWLW	85%	1808
6	Joey Petrella Baldwin Wallace	17–2	3–0	WWWWW	65%	1792
7	Aris Dashiell Wesleyan	24–4	0–2	WWLWW	54%	1778
8	D.J. Henry TCNJ	21–5	3–3	WWWWW	62%	1777
9	Matthew Kelly Rhode Island College	18–2	1–2	WWWWL	72%	1768
10	Anthony Cascen Oswego	24–5	3–4	WWWLL	46%	1761
11	John Santowski Washington and Lee	23–5	2–4	WWLWW	78%	1761
12	Ian Pepple Wisconsin-Eau Claire	12–4	2–3	WWLWW	92%	1757
13	Dylan Harr Johnson & Wales	13–3	1–2	WWWWW	62%	1739
14	Nicholas Brashear Huntingdon	25–7	0–1	WWWWL	80%	1737
15	Gavin Layman Ohio Northern	22–6	2–3	LWLWW	41%	1716
16	Treyten Steffen Cornell College	20–6	1–1	WWWLL	50%	1712
17	Parker Venz Augsburg	13–5	5–4	LWWLW	69%	1708
18	Ben Kawczynski Wisconsin-La Crosse	13–3	4–2	LWWWW	77%	1708
19	Jackson Punzel Wheaton (IL)	10–3	0–1	WWLWW	90%	1706
20	Gunnar Garriques Chicago	8–1	1–1	WWWWW	75%	1705
21	Casey Aikman North Central	19–8	3–5	WWLLW	74%	1695
22	Braydon Vandenberg St. John Fisher	17–6	0–3	WWLLW	71%	1693
23	Joey King Thiel	14–4	0–2	LWWLW	86%	1687
24	Nolan Fenton Penn State Behrend	15–5	0–3	WWWLL	87%	1684
25	Jonathon Fagen Linfield	11–2	–	WWWWW	73%	1679
26	Josh Negron Castleton	9–2	0–1	LWWLW	67%	1678
27	Elijah Brockie North Central	11–4	–	LWWWW	82%	1670
28	Nero Bono Keystone	15–5	0–3	LWWWL	80%	1668
29	Pilo Perez Dubuque	7–2	1–1	WWLWW	86%	1667
30	Christian Curley Bridgewater State	20–8	0–4	WLWWL	85%	1665
31	Isaac Kassis Alvernia	11–3	0–1	LWWLL	55%	1665
32	Brent Perry Alfred State	16–4	–	WLWWL	50%	1664
33	Aidan Gassel Case Western Reserve	6–0	–	WWWWW	83%	1659
34	Jacob Badger Augustana (IL)	11–3	0–3	LWWLL	64%	1656
35	Sawyer Dereszynski Messiah	22–14	0–10	LWLWW	68%	1655
36	Spencer Fetrow Roger Williams	12–6	2–4	LWWLL	83%	1653
37	Ruben Vasquez Concordia Wisconsin	17–5	0–1	WWLWL	71%	1652
38	Bryce McCloskey Mount Union	14–6	0–5	LWLLW	57%	1652
39	Charles Baczek Wabash	8–2	4–1	LWWWW	50%	1648
40	Ethan Winkelman Augsburg	7–2	1–2	WWLWW	86%	1647
41	Abraham Keep Penn State Behrend	6–2	0–1	WWWLL	67%	1637
42	Eamon Callaghan Ithaca	13–8	0–5	LWLWW	85%	1636
43	Ben Strehlow Luther	12–8	2–4	WWWWL	67%	1635
44	Jack Ward Olivet	17–8	0–2	LWWLW	53%	1631
45	Haven Tatarek Castleton	15–7	1–4	WWWWL	53%	1631
46	Cole Harrell Westminster (MO)	9–2	–	LWWWW	78%	1631
47	Nick Woodruff Penn College	11–8	0–3	WLWLL	73%	1627
48	Nick Smith RIT	10–6	0–3	WWWWL	60%	1623
49	Sam Slate Ferrum	17–12	0–5	WWWLL	71%	1621
50	Charles Maloy Western New England	17–8	0–4	LLWWL	65%	1620

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 197

11%Aaron Llanas beat Carson LiCastri

Dec 8-5, Mar 1. NCAA Division III Mideast Regional

16%Quincy Risper beat Elijah Myers

Dec 15-12, Jan 25. Ober Invite

17%Evan Danowski beat Ruben Vasquez

TF 17-0, Jan 31. Pete Willson Invitational

18%Britton Sorenson beat Wyatt Sage

Fall 2:50, Jan 4. Jim Crytzer Memorial

21%Sawyer Dereszynski beat Christian Curley

Dec 11-9, Dec 6. Messiah Petrofes Invitational

21%Jake Bobersky beat Nero Bono

Dec 6-3, Dec 14. Keystone vs King's (PA)

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.