INDIANAPOLIS — The ݮվ߿ has announced the second coaches ranking and first Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) for the 2025 ݮվ߿ Division I Wrestling Championships.
The coaches’ rankings are determined by a vote of 16 coaches in each weight class with two head coaches from each of the eight conferences. For ranking purposes, coaches may only consider a wrestler that has been designated as a starter at a respective weight class. Wrestlers must have eight Division I matches in the weight class to be considered with at least one within the last 30 days.
The RPI is a calculation that consists of three factors: winning percentage, opponent winning percentage (strength of schedule) and opponent’s opponent winning percentage (opponent’s strength of schedule). Only matches against Division I opponents at the designated weight class count towards the RPI and a wrestler needs to have wrestled 15 matches to be ranked.
In the coaches’ rank, of the 10 weight classes five are led by former national champions. in Four-time national champion in the 174-pound class at Penn State, Carter Starocci leads the 184-pound class while teammate Levi Haines, 157-pound champion in 2024, tops the list for the 174-pounders. Champions in 2024, Ohio State’s Jesse Mendez and Virginia Tech’s Caleb Henson are out front in their respective weight classes. Taking the lead in the heavyweight division is 2021 and 2022 champion Gable Stevenson of Minnesota.
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Two wrestlers sit atop both the coaches' rank and RPI in their respective weight classes: the aforementioned Mendez at 141 pounds and Iowa’s 197-pound Stephen Buchanan.
Purdue’s Matt Ramos leads the 125-pound class in the coaches’ rank this week while placing second in RPI. Antrell Taylor of Nebraska, Dean Hamiti of Oklahoma State and Parker Keckeisen of Northern Iowa all rank first in RPI while being ranked second in the coaches’ ranking.
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The coaches’ ranking and RPI are two of several criteria that will be evaluated by the ݮվ߿ Division I Wrestling Committee during the at-large selection and seeding process along with head-to-head competition, quality wins, conference tournament placement, results versus common opponents and win percentage.
A full description of the entire selection process for the 2025 Division I Wrestling Championships is available at
The 2025 ݮվ߿ Division I Wrestling Championships take place March 20-22 at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia as the event returns for the first time since 2011.
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