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D-III2025–26Elo

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285 pounds

Division III, 2025–26, ranked by Elo rating. Wrestlers need at least six rated bouts to be ranked; 204 qualify.

Top 50

Last 5
1
Josh Harkless NCAA 1st
RIT
38–16–0WWWWW87%1969
2
Wartburg
25–16–1WWWLW72%1880
3
Arcadia
33–34–3WWWLL73%1866
4
Washington and Lee
23–24–2WWWLL70%1836
5
Jonah Clark NCAA 3rd
Loras
16–47–3LWWWW69%1836
6
Titus Waters NCAA 7th
Wabash
26–25–2WWLWL54%1826
7
Ursinus
25–55–5WWLLL84%1822
8
Andy Vanscoy NCAA 4th
Baldwin Wallace
24–64–5LWLWW58%1811
9
Coast Guard
13–25–2WWWLL77%1756
10
Alvernia
32–102–6LWWLL56%1751
11
Wisconsin-La Crosse
9–11–0WWWWW89%1745
12
Ithaca
27–80–7WWLWL52%1735
13
Augsburg
17–65–4WWLLW29%1735
14
Springfield
24–73–6WWLWL58%1728
15
Wisconsin-Eau Claire
15–53–3LWWLL67%1728
16
Coe
19–61–5WLWLW63%1718
17
Wisconsin-Eau Claire
11–12–1WWWWL55%1717
18
Norwich
26–72–4WLLWL50%1716
19
Wisconsin-La Crosse
21–102–8WWLLL29%1713
20
Ithaca
11–21–1WWLWW55%1712
21
Ozarks
18–61–3LWWLW50%1707
22
Baldwin Wallace
22–90–8LWWWW45%1702
23
Thiel
9–10–1WWWWL78%1701
24
Concordia-Moorhead
14–3–WLWWL64%1684
25
Millikin
22–90–4WWWLL82%1677
26
Albion
12–5–LWLLW33%1671
27
Wartburg
9–22–0WWWWW67%1669
28
Dubuque
17–80–4LLWLW65%1664
29
Johnson & Wales
10–20–1LWWLW60%1664
30
Roanoke
15–92–7WWWLL33%1654
31
Ohio Northern
19–100–3WWLLW74%1648
32
Oneonta
19–90–5WWWLL84%1648
33
Castleton
12–51–2WWLWW58%1648
34
Muskingum
13–5–LLWWL31%1647
35
Gettysburg
20–71–3LWLWL30%1643
36
Roger Williams
15–60–2WWWLW60%1640
37
Olivet
23–100–1WWLLL26%1639
38
Wisconsin-Platteville
15–80–4LWWLW47%1637
39
Alvernia
12–40–1WWLWL42%1635
40
TCNJ
12–51–3WWWLW58%1628
41
Augsburg
5–10–1LWWWW100%1628
42
Trinity (CT)
7–2–WLWWW43%1627
43
Augsburg
9–33–3LLWWW22%1624
44
Lakeland
16–110–5LWLWL69%1622
45
Misericordia
14–70–5WLWWL50%1618
46
Elizabethtown
7–30–2WWWLL57%1616
47
RIT
10–4–WLWLW100%1615
48
Mount Union
13–50–2WWLLL38%1614
49
Johnson & Wales
8–51–5WLWLL75%1612
50
Olivet
12–80–3LLWWL75%1611

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

Fall 4:27, Jan 17. Marymount vs McDaniel
Fall 1:45, Jan 10. Cornell College vs NYU
MD, Nov 22. Concordia Wisconsin Open
Dec 2-1, Feb 28. NCAA Division III Region V Championships
Dec 8-6, Feb 27. 2026 NCAA Division III Region II Championships
Fall 1:33, Feb 21. St. John Fisher Cardinal Invitational

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.