174 - Levi Haines
JD Rader's prediction of how the 174 lb weight class will look at the end of the year.
| RANK | GRADE | NAME | SCHOOL |
| 1 | SR | Levi Haines | Penn State |
| 2 | SR | Patrick Kennedy | Iowa |
| 3 | SO | Simon Ruiz | Cornell |
| 4 | JR | Matthew Singleton | NC State |
| 5 | SR | Carson Kharchla | Ohio State |
| 6 | FR | Brock Mantanona | Michigan |
| 7 | JR | Alex Facundo | Oklahoma State |
| 8 | JR | Danny Wask | Navy |
| R12 | JR | Cameron Steed | Missouri |
| R12 | SR | Lenny Pinto | Rutgers |
| R12 | SR | Garrett Thompson | Ohio |
| R12 | JR | MJ Gaitan | Iowa State |
| R16 | JR | Sergio Desiante | Chattanooga |
| R16 | SR | Luca Augustine | Pittsburgh |
| R16 | SO | Lorenzo Norman | Stanford |
| R16 | JR | Dalton Harkins | Army |